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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1987)
Young scientists show work VOL 105 NO 15 Wednesday. April 15. 1907 Oregon 25« 8 Paqes . _ -------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- -— ---- - — Raymond Corwin (left) and Bill Looney demonstrate how a volcano erupts Planners approve county’s use of Annex By V im Melbs weeds, must be cleaned up C'lls pljnne's approved a condì County 1*1 aimer Deane Sieger said tional u\o permit tor county uve ol the ccHirt was already looking into the tormer dental clinic building lor luvenile serviccv. Justice Court and county mental health o ffic e v rc-lixaling the pad but had not found a suitable substitute Monday However the city w ill have to follow the recommendation o l the planning c o iiu t iis m o m and i hange the uncinarne to allow conditional uvev lor those purposes he (ore the present building is legal N i one appeared at the public heating to object to the change bred Toombs, a neighbor who had ob iccted last month had been con suited bv the county in draw in. up the proposed changes he had sug gested. covering several areas ol county use m the hospital vicinity The county proposal includes screening fence and landscaping to incorporate the building belter into the residential neighborhixxl A sa cant lot which had been partially built up. w ill be completed and w ill be paved tor more parking space Because |usticc court w ill be held there and require additional parking This was attached as a restriction to be met betöre the conditional use ■•ould be* >mc permanent Also. die section of hill there has had flooding in the past, so draining the parking and sard into the storm sewer was added as another restriction I he conditional use w ill lx1 reviewed in 90 day »to see it requirements are be ing met The Planning Commission w ill notily the hospital th jt the re quircmcnts made when a conditional use permit was allowed tor the helicopter pad at the hospital are not being met Condition of the pad area, including risks, debris, and I Counts Planner. Deane Seeger said the Cits Planning Commission resolved the issue hy agreeing to amend the zoning ordinance to allow for a permitted condition at that specific site Additional cortdi tMMisask tor landscaping, sufficient parking adequate drainage ol the parking lot and signing and accep lance hy the residents of the im mediate area. Seeger said f oul work on the pro|c\t will pro seed upon completion of the amend men! to the zoning ordinanc e hs the City Council. Seeger said Dinoseh meeting planned wzm ss Truitt Greenup (left) and State Senator Gene Timms (R-Burns) Extension visits Capitol "H ow does it f it * '' asks Sen (iene Timms i standing i as 4 H er I ruitt Greenup. lone, tries the Governors chair in the Capitol, Salem Greenup. a Tilth grader traveled with the group o l adults who toured the legislature and Salem area last week The tour was sponsored by Morrow County f i t tension Homemakers Council While I ruitt would have enjoyed the company ol another kid or two. he wanted to sec his legislators in ac lion so he decided he'd go it alone Me and the adults visited the Senate as the liability laws were under discussion, had lunch with Kcp Kas Trench and his wife Norma, and Sen ( iene I imms and his w ile hit na Truitt jls o chose to sit in on the committee where the sjicts net" lo r education hearing was in progress Art disjilass and visits to txxh Sen Timms' and Rep Trench's office along with a close look at both Senate and House ol Representatives completed the day at the Capitol tor Truitt and the adults Other stops jlo n g the was were the historic Mission M ills Village in Salem, and a dinner slop at Clackamas Town Center After a lull and long das in Salem. I ruitt voluntecrd to give a tcporl to his fifth grade class, encouraging them to visit the Capitol and learn about government After all. how nuns iXhct Morrow Counts kids can claim they've " tr ie d '' the chair of the Governor of ( >regon 1 Apply no more than MO acres per day pci person Have either a private applicator or a commercial applicator license Maintain special it ord keeping A special meeting on the use ol Dinoseh w ill he held April lb in I’endleton Anyone with questions is cn couragcd to call the I »tension ol fices listed M tke Stoit/. Pendleton No one home when fire started Hermision 5h7 M121. or I red I un din. Heppner b'h*>M 2 An estmuted S22.0H0 damage was caused by a Salurdav evening tire at the Mike and ka rlyn Stookey home on l.inden Way No one was home when the tire broke out in an upstairs storage area a spokesperson lor the Heppner Tire Dept reported Ihc lire spread between walls and floor ol the two story wood house Its cause is still under investigation Three trucks and 13 firefighters had the blaze under control within '0 minutes Paster egg hunt slated at lone lone Community Taster Lgg Hunt will he Saturday . Apnl IH at III a m Preschoolers wril hunt at St Williams Catholic Church and grades K 1 will hunt as mss the street in the city pturk There w ill he p n/e eggs and some money eggs lone Extension Club sponsors ihc annual event School levy ready to go to voters Good reason to shave Cecil Rill ended his reign as Exalted Ruler for Heppner Elks Lodae No 350 amid a flurry of scissors and shears He con sented to auction his beard on March 7. Old Timers Night, on the condition that the proceeds of the auction go to the Meadowwood Speech Camp Judge Louts Carlson was the highest bidder and happily presented the club with a check for the camp Rill was heard to say that "at least my mother-in-law would be pleased " Jerry Hollomon was glad to be of service with his barbertng expertise A special hearing on April lb tt> Washington D C w ill consider use ol I tinoseh in ( ireiton I Jouiseb is a selective herbicide used in beans, peas, potatoes, and other crops It has recently lost ns registration because ol a possible teratogenic bchas mr Hie Oregon Department ol Agriculture is applsing lot an ex eruption to the ban at the April lb hearing It Dinoseb is approved lor emergenc s use here it w ill proKibls be under conditions similar to those in Washington said Morrow ( oun ts Ag \gent Tred I undm Washington law requires ap plicalors to Wear s|iecijl. chemical resistant coveralls and gloves l se a closed loading system Apply it with a ground rig I no aerial application and in a closed A total one year special school levy ot S5.870.VI9 w ill go to voter» for approval May 19 The school hoard reduced next year's proposed budget by S2 I .• ■ *> jn d the proposed tax levy hy S I2 l.5 h 7 at j hydget meeting April f> The schcxil board was able to reduce the proposed levy by rcsis ing the beginning cash balance estimate and by reducing the budget S21 tXXI more, school superinten deni l> iylc McCaslin said cah .' 76-7111 i o »3 l uther I itch Yard salt* to benefit China-hound souths its \shlcs t onklin A yard sale and bake sale w ill fx- held at the Harley Sager residence in Lexington this Saturday to help raise money tor three Heppner High athletes heading to China this summer The yard and bake sale w ill he held to help benefit senior Jason Palmer and juniors Jason Dougher ts and kun Sager who will lx- travel mg to ihe Tat Last in June with the Amateur Sjsirts Deselopim-nt ( lass V trac k team Among the featured items to be sold include a dishwasher according to Bertha Sager Other items to he »old inc lude clothing items and hak cd goods at the sale which begins at HI a m and mns all das Any dona lion of items lor sale is also welcome according to Sager Anyone wishing to make dona lions may deposit with a specul ac count at the f irst Interstate Bank. Heppner branch Master e^^ hunt slated in H eppner Grades one tour w ill hunt faster eggs ai a new kxation. at Hager Park in Heppner this year Pre schoolers w ill still tind eggs on the Museum lawn Ih c T.lks sponsored hunts w ill begin promptly at 10 a m The Taster Bunny w ill be at ihe Museum to visit with pre schoolers Mans attended last week ' science tan at Heppner I lemenlars School Childtcn from grades I M began choosing general toj'ics tor ex pertinents in December, teacher Sarah Carlson said In Januars students did lihrais research, and in I ehruary began experiments I Hu mg Match the students learned techniques lor log hook writing Seventh and eighth grade projects wete lodged hs high velimi students I rent Harrison. Theresa lindsay. Wayne Wilgers. Jix- Taylor. Call Martin Jt aixl Jason Palmer Ts |X T im c n ls wete indeed on the basis ot an oral presentation, the disjilas. and log hm k In the chemistrs proicct division. Scon Johnston's experiment on the elicete ol an (solution on fabrics placed tirsi Jodi Wilson’ » making toothpaste project piateti second Tighth giade |'hs\ics protects were awarded as follows lust Jeamc Patterson, construction ot a motor second Becca W icklund, testing c is dal gtowth m dittcrcnl kinds ot scalei thud Starla Marlalt. distilla lion ol water I ighth earth science projects received these awards tost Nikki Hrisbois. idem i tic at ion ol fossils, second ke tis H indi, glaciation lit e science projects tor eighth gratters were awarded as follows lust Ri, k t hmin measuring damage done to water (owl in an oil \|u k second Htandon Pedro green hnuse cllcct. thud Hob krein. diet coin pansori .nit! contrast ol town and countrv owls Seventh grade physic a I science awards were tirsi Mynah ( ushuig light through liquids, second Nina Dicker lenses and light, third David MeCurrs solar energy cells Seventh grade life science awards lust Sarah ( latk. texxi preference of buds, and second a lie hetween Rsan Adcluun. the etlccls of let tilizct on barley growth, and Jem Wheeler, theellectsot different ter tilizcrs on plant growth Heppner honor roll named Heppnct High Schcxil announced its thud quartet honor rttll this |\is| week I wo students soplioniore J J Shaw and Iteshuun Cases IVdro earned straight A s Seniors natiM-d to the honor to ll were Aside» Conklin Tina David son Miss» I ubatiks I rent Har nson. Theresa 1 uidsas Jason PaliiK't David Pedto Shell Pipet. t ti<isis R.ithhun ('unis StriK-bet, Joe las lor and Clark \kalli» Juniors were Dtiane Hall Kathleen Hiazell M.uk iis h t in i K isien (ireen J J O sm in. and Dan Stiuthers Sophonxires named to the honor roll were Michelle Iks k Jill Con k lin . M ik e Mahoney Hr van Padherg B enji Pearson. Sue Pltxharsky Brent Temple Sandi Turner, and Michelle Wallis Trcshmen wete C am Brownfield, Jenniler Currin. Dina Schmidt Kim Stookey and Kevin lucket Nineteen students earned recogni lion as most improved students hy improving their grade point average a halt |n>inl nr more since the first semester of the school year Seniors named were I d Hamlin. Sheri Pijx-r. A rkic Smith and Ksm Warren Continued page 2 Board Members answer School Budget questions \\ hs should I sole fu r a school less when school costs seem to in crease w ithout letup? f >m e again we are going to Ihe (Hills , this year in May. to vote on the coming »i h m l sear's proposed less Meetings w ill be held ques lions w ill be asked and answered to the satisfaction ol some hut not all I m sure a lew people have alreads decided and nothing said or written w ill c hange their minds Still there arc others who a.e undecided or iu\t don't plan on voting Regardless, when the votes are counted the deci 1 »ion w ill tx- split, unlike sonic ot the other "countries in this world I where the j'.uts in jxiw et runs unop|xiscd and gets ItJO's ol the sole I would like |(*>*i ol all Ihc eligible voters in Morrow ( ountv to su|> |xul the upcoming schix'l less bill I can t force you. I can only h •jx1 to persuade sou It not. I hope somebody else can because we se got ti maintain a quality education in Morrow ( omits and (rankly it» got ten to the point where we could get into a long game of "catch up which won't benefit anyone Mans , it sou like ins sell have come to Morrow ( Hunts from other towns cities and slates lake a moment and look at your schcxil taxes When was the last tunc sou paid less lhan MO. M 2 , or even M 5 f»er thousand dollars assessed value ’ I ve resided lx-ie since 1979 My sc J hhi I taxes ale lower hxlav than thev were 15 20 yeatv ago elsewhere I'm sure many ol you can say the same So where'» the beef’ Among other things, the Morrow County School I tistrict gets accused of being overstaffed of administrators and teachers, overpaid when esersone else is cutting back and any other reason that i an be thought ot to disc redit the sc hind district in regard to the misuse ot the taxpayer's money I el's look at some of these accusations Vk e have seven pruicijials lor the seven elementary, junior high and high schools in the county or one per building These schools are anywhere trom one to 4M miles apart and handle front 115 to iKt) students or a total o f over IHtx) *some high schools alone in the state have more students I here is one suj'ernilendent and one assistant \u|x-rintendcnt in the whole distric t ( 'onsulcrmg the distances involved, the number o f visits to each schcxil, the meetings to attend, (schcxil hoard, advisory boards, committees, parent groups, administrator jm l civic related and many, many more) in addition to the daily routine, it's quite a bargain, with only two to cover the bases Ihc teachers w ill lx* working on the third year of a three year con tract Ihe raise thev are getting is higher lhan the current rate o f infla tion Dies negotiated the increase and therefore, they should get it After all. 4 h years ago when they were getting tar less than the rate o f infla lion atxl several others in the area were doing much better, nohxly said, 1x7 » raise the teacher’ s pas because they're not getting as much as us In Morrow Counts, midst rumors of division, we can unite and show the doomsday prophets that our " h e e l" is really in our schcxils and althcHigh lean, it's prime and that's by choice (s) Joe Steveni Position I School Board Member • A schcxil board or advisory committee member w ill answer your ques lion in writing in this column, write "Schcxil (Questions. ’ PO Hox 168. L e x in g to n , OR 97839 or ca ll 989 8202 I
