State Ag director addresses wheat growers
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Hi ppm t ( • w r i ^ I i a n , H rp p o rr, Oregon W rd n o d » ? . A p ril 1.1987
Oregon Dept <)| Agriculture
Director Hot) Buchanan (old county
w hcji growers E ndjy night that
muc h i \ going nn in Salem which
concerns agriculture
ll nu> n<>t seem like much to Ul.
hul gaining approval for the Japanese
A|i Standards mark on some
American products which certify
they meet exact quality control
guidelines is a big step as far as the
Japanese are concerned he said, in
improving trade relations with
Japan We need to realize that the
Japanese mas not need to trade with
us as hadly as we think they do
II we can gain (he right leverage
with the I’ac ifie Kim countries, we
mas he able to get f rench fries into
Korea helore the I9KH Olympics
there, he said
As an industry, agriculture is
generally not organized and specific
enough to get the things we need
through the legislature
We need to get into the system and
work with it. he emphasized, while
guarding against looking loo tar
down the road Iberc's no way we
could have guessed what the Ctmsrr
sat ion Reserve Program would do
three sears ago. he said Several
seaers into the CRF. when govern
menl begins estimating the impact it
has had on how we build roads,
educate kids etc . changes may oc
cur again, he said
I feel co m fo rta b le
w ith
agrtculture s relationship to ( «over
nor (ioldschm idt." he continued.
and with the governor's awareness
of
a g ric u ltu re
[Justnesses
throughout the state have made it
c leal to him that it ( begun is to have
an economic comeback, agriculture
and natural rcuiurces w ill need to
lead the parade
Wee an also look toward c leaning
up our act he said Dinoseb is an in
expensive chemical which does a
Bob Buchanan (left) receives bouquet of Morrow
County Wheat from county wheat growers president
Clint Carlson
good job W ith more attention to
upgrading private chemical ap
plie at or licenses and care for proper
destruction of chemical containers
th f I P \
rv*# h-typ hrf»b #vrvvrv»ll
cd to take it o lt the market hut thes
can t afford to he wrong in their
responsibility lo t safeguarding
health and wcllare. he said
Supt. says safety net won’t Daylight Time
begins April 5
help Morrow County
A "Safets Net” measure placed
on the May IV hallo« by the state
legislature may benefit schools in
other areas o f the stale, but would
not be good for Marrow County,
School supt Doyle McCaslin said
last week
rhe measure unanimously endues
cd bs the stale board of educatnin
is designed to present school
closures which have given Oregon
a had name Die measure w ill allow
school districts to tail hack on their
previous year s less if voters do not
approve a less amount by the end o f
September
I he measure w ill he on the May
I V ballot and. il jpprosed w ill take
c ite d in June This means that if the
district tails to pass an operating lev y
by September o f this year, we w ill
fall inlo the satrls net, McCaslin
said The salcty net then gives the
district authority to less taxes equal
to this year s operating levy Should
Morrow Counts have to less the
Three Heppner athletes chosen for China trip
By Ashley C onklin
fhrcc Heppner High School trac k
athletes have heen selected to tour
China (his summer with the Amateur
Sports Development Class " A ”
track team
Senior Jason Palmer and juniors
Jason Dougherty and Kim Sager,
along with head track coach Dale
Conklin depart from Portland on
June 2 1 for a 10 day trip to the f ar
[vast
W hilc on the trip a contingent of
K) athletes and two coaches w ill
compete in an all day track meet take
in the cities of Hong Kong and
Macao, and sec the rural life of
Canton
Other HHS track stars Stephanie
Payne, now a sophomore at
Willamette t nisersits and W'asnc
W ilgcrs. currentls a senior at HHS
have been part of the cultural ex
change in previous years
Patch athlete must pay his own
expenses
•'Several tund raising jctis ities arc
planned to help the Heppner athletes
meet the cost ot the trip
Conklin
sard
Norm Dyler of West I inn w ill
coach the team along with ( onklin
Othct jrca athletes going on the
trip include John (ia lsin and Shel
Is W ebb o f Arlington. I is.t Ite m of
Pa.ho. Juds Coen of Kisetstdc. and
CENEX
W E E D
a -'
I tz Both well of Sherman Counts
"I'm nervous ahout going but I
think it w ill be a lot of fu n ." Sager
caul “ I ’ m glad there jrc other pco
pie from Heppner going
'I'm glad I was chosen to g o .”
I Vnigherty added It w ill be a greal
experience and *>mething I know I'll
never lotgct
Die athletes going on this trip
are not onls going because they're
good athletes hut also because
thes re good citizens jn d have
demonstrated
good
scholar
s h ip .C o n k lin said " It 's a real
credit to them as individuals
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Oregon Senator Bob Pack wood
A pril 5 is fhe day lo remember this
year to set clocks »head one hour
"T h e DST legislation approved by
Congress last year, which w ill go in
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Board members answer
school budget
I drtnt s note School board members w ill answer
questions in the newspaper between now and the
Mas school less election (Questions they address
w ill he those which thes repeatedly are asked by
voters
“ Whs do we have lo sole every sear on fhe
school budget?" “ Have you spent all fhe money
we just soled in the January election already?”
AND
It« i r j a #
safety net next year it would require
cutting our budget even m ire «sere
Is than we would have had to if the
serial levy had not passed this year,
he said
"W e hear the argument that the
safety net w ill provide lead time for
school finance re fo rm .” ihe
superintendent continued ll w ill
achieve its goal o f keeping schools
open without increasing taxes The
problem is that inequities are hound
to occur and get worse each year A
district that falls info the safety net
this first year could conceivably stay
there for several years with the
IVKZi H7 less amount, he said
The safety net docs not allow an
automatic annual increase nor docs
it allow additional funds for enroll
ment increases or a way lo compen
sale tor lost revenues such as federal
forest fees
The safety net would require a
district lo operate a standard pro
gram for a full year with the less
amount previously approved by
voters A district could not ask tor
a special lsupplementali less Sixty
percent of the state's school districts
have realistic tax haves, he said, hul
the other 40 rl do not and would
need lo reduce programs in order lo
operate, if they should tall into the
safety net
Districts would he permitted to
seek new tax bases once each sear
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The budgeting process lor education is scrv com
plex and is especially contusing it you are not in
Mary Lou Carlson
solved in th jt pnicess and only see parts ol it
Die budget covers anticipated expenditures lor one fiscal sear July I
to July I The last elections covered fiscal year July I. |9Xb to July I,
19X7 The budget you w ill vote on May 19 covers fiscal sear Juls I. 19X7
to July I. I9XX
The primary foundation of the budget is the las Base Which is the
amount of money appmsed by the voters that we can automatically in
crease by b ri annuallly to meet the financial needs ot the District
Morrow County's la x Base w-js established in I9lf> and is presently
SXL4.X09 i |9Xb K7) With the annual increase of b's . the las Base lor
I9X” MX only grows to SXK4.X9X
I he estimated cost of operating all Schools m Morrow t ounls Sc hool
District lor one month is VOS.OUI So you can rcadils see oui I j s liase
is vers inadequate as you wsiuld expect with over fid years of growth in
the district
I sen with additional tund resources such as Stale Basic School Sup
port. Common School f-und and Hot Lunch Match, we still are left with
onls $2.Xb9.ii|() in funds lo use in education Still not enough lo support
Ihe educational and extra curricular programs at the level the voters have
supported
Then we must go to the voters for the balance of tumis needed to main
tain the program levels This year's budget review pnicess resulted in
1 Reduction of requests tor stalling
including new and lemporars
stall especially extra summer help
2 Reallocation ul stud time transfers fm m locations of less to loca
lions of greater need
' Deletion of most items which have
A Cosmetic purpose, e g lowering ceilings, remodeling.
B Energy Saving purpose, eg replacing incandescent lights with
florescent;
( Impniscmcnt purpose, e g gym floors irrigation projects,
D Replacement purpose, c g repair those items lor one more sejr
busses, hejt pumps.
I New Equipment purpose anything new including Is|x-ssliters,
instructional equipment, grounds equipment.
E M ajor Repair purpose including roots, patch and make do is
Ihe order of (he das
We retained those expenditures required bs minimum standards i Stale
I aw i and mandated by negotiation
The end result of this examination of the budget resulted in a Special
I ess amount of SV9Xfi.lfSX outside Ihe las Base of SXX4.X9X An amount
each member of the board and Budget Committee can whole hcartedly
supfX'rt for (he sake of a stable Sc hool District and the educational welfare
of our children
We sincerely hope sou loo w ill wholeheartedly support ihe Spec uil I .ess
when sou go lo the polls on Mas 19
(siM a ry Tou Carlson
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