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VOL 105 NO 24
Wednesday, June 17. 1987
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Ji m VanW inkle (top photo-
crouching tar right) explained v»me
o f the weed control methods used on
Conservation Reserve Program
sccdings during last Friday s annua!
weed tour
At nghi Chef Jun Swanson makes
sure the steak is just right while
Ri«ger Records, and Kelly and Virgil
Morgan wait for their dinner at con
elusion o f tour
New doctor may not arrive before June 22
There may he a lapse between the
departure o f Dr Thicsxen and the
time a new doctor can he recruited
to Heppner. the Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce was told
T uesday
The Pioneer Hospital hoard has
hired a recruiting firm to search for
a new doe tor. however, one may not
he here before June 22. when Dr
Curtis Thlessen is scheduled to close
his practice and leave Heppner. said
Marcia Anderson, chairman o f the
Pioneer Memorial Hospital hoard of
directors
Several doctors said they w ill
come to Heppner for emergency
care while a permanant physician is
being sought, and Dr Wallace W olff
has indicated he w ill keep longer
hours, Anderson said
Anderson also said the hospital's
recruitment budget has been increas
ed this year, not only to cover the
cost o f finding a new doctor, but also
to cover the cost of hiring doctors to
cover divergency duties
“ It is absolutely necessary that we
keep the HR (emergency room) open
for the survival o f the hospital.” she
said
Dr Ji>e G ifford, who previously
had a practice in Heppner. and is
now in Prairie C ity, was also at the
Chamber meeting
Dr G iflord said that it would be
difficu lt lor Heppner to recruit a
doctor, and that when one is located
here, the people should support him
" I f the community is interested in
keeping the hospital tvpen. they must
support the doctors who arc here.”
he said
Dr W o lff pointed out that in the
past the city has supported up to five
doctors at one time, however, the
economics o f medical care have
changed, and it is now more difficult
for the town to support doctors
Dr W olff said that many o f the
serv ices prev khis I v pn»v ided by doc
tors, have shifted to government
funded health care agencies, cauyng
a decrease in business for local
doctors
He also pointed to a decrease in
the population of Heppner. fewer
people coming in from neighboring
communities and better roads for
people to travel to physicians out of
town as reasons for the decrease in
medical business in Heppner
County Commissioner Jerry Peck
said the county court w ill only
guarantee tax funding o f the hospital
one year at at time, and that " it's up
to the people to decide the taxes and
the usage o f the hospital.” he said
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Enter Saturday xvalk/run to
help purchase defibrillator
There's still time to enter the Roll
mg Hills Walk Run I ate entiles w ill
be accepted up until race time Satur
day. June 20. Tables w ill be set up
at 7 a m at Heppner City Park to
begin taking day of race registra
turns for both the 3k ami I Ok
courses T shirts arc still available
Main d<*or prizes donated by area
merchants w ill be presented at an
awards ceremony following the race
Plaques w ill be awarded to the lust
male and first female finisher in the
10k and to the oldest male and
female finishers Ribbons for the
fust three pl.ues in each .use div iskui
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w ill be presented lor both distances
Runnets and spectators alike
won't want to miss the nun mous
breakfast prepared by the Hcppnet
Volunteer l ire Dept Pancakes,
ham. scrambled eggs, codec, and
orange juice w ill he served beginn
mg at X a in and continuing until
after the race
A ll proceeds from the walk run
ami tlu- breakfast will go tow ani pur
chase ol a portable delibnllatoi lor
the Heppner ambularne fo r mote
inform ation, call 676 ssr>) oi
f>7(> SXOK
Delegation protests staff cut, change to middle school
A proposal to cut the sixth grade
teacher from the lone elementary
stall ami group those students with
seventh and eighth graders to form
a m id d le school brought a
30-member delegation from lone
before the school board Monday
night
"W e are concerned the proposed
staff reduction w ill significantly
reduce the quoins of «ducation for
our c h ild re n ." John Rictmann.
spokesperson for the delegation told
the board
When the budget committee and
administrators were ¡Hitting together
the budget lor next year, ad
m inisirators were instructed to
evaluate current staff and make the
most e ffic ie n t use or current
employees he lore they considered
hiring additional teachers in the
district That was done. Assistant
Superintendent Chuck Starr, ex
plumed, by cutting one teacher from
Heppner High School, one teacher**«“
from lorn*, undone aide from Hcpp
ner f ie ment ary School, where
enrollment is decreasing and adding
those positions to north counts
si bools where e n ro llm e n t is
increasing
Rictmann said they objected to the
cut at lone because il eliminated all
tlexihility for elective class offerings
at the high school, left inadequate
full turn- stall to provide superv ision
at extra c u rric u la r a c tiv itie s ,
eliminated all male staff from the
clcniciUary school, would erode
discipline and contiof o f upper
elementary and junior high students
who would be unsupervised when
classes changed, would force sixth
graders to take solid subjects such as
s * k ial studies and math at the end ol
the day when their learning poten
tial is at its lowest, amt that a catch
as
catch can system disguised as a
Eric Burden and the Animals, and
middle school designed to meet the
was a lw on a T V show hosted bv
special needs ol 11 13 year olds was
a former Kings men o f the "L o u ie .
being forced on parents
Louie” fame
Starr explained that Dick Allen
Ackley’s fame is renowned in the
had developed the current proposal
local area for the extravaganza
from within his own stall and that his
spring concerts he writes and directs
plans address all the major concerns
tor his A C Houghicn Elementary
expressed hy the delegation Ihc
music students to perform Ackley
stall reduction w ill m*t eliminate any
spent 12 to 16 hours a day getting
classes or programs at lone, he said
ready lor this year's bigger and bet
Although not having a male
ter musical program. \A Tribute to
teacher in the elementary building is
A m e ric a ', according to A C
a concern, it is not an uncommon
Houghton S ecretary. M a rily n
situation Teachers assigned to teach
Stewart
sixth grade classes are those who
A ll except $500 o f the $10.000
have K en trained to teach younger
worth of costumes, sound equip
students, he said
ment. lighting ami props, such as a
” W c’ rc asking the hoard to
21' x 16' paper Hag that ccovcrcd
review the proposal,” Rictmann
part of the gym floor at the base »»I
said Starr ami lone School Principal
the four tiered stage, was donated,
Dick Allen "trie d to sell the plan to
according to Acklev The students,
the community at a town hall type
parents and Ackley raised the SMX>
by various means such as pop bottle meeting last month, and. in reality,
it isn't something we can buy.” he
drives, selling homemade pops tele,
said
and selling ice cream cones after the
"D ire ctio n from the board.”
concert
Superintendent McCaslin said, "was
"M v number one priority the next
to be as frugal as possible No effort
lew months w ill he promoting new
was made to hide any of the staff
education through music hy means
cuts Chuck Starr ami Dick Allen arc
ol my hooks and tapes.” said
probably the most concerned ol
A. klr
anyone about the quality ol cduca
non at lone and I trust their judgment
about education There is no ques
tain that the middle school is a good
concept
We could debate Ihc middle school
concept all evening. Starr noted, and
some would still mil agree, but I am
convinced that the children w ill
receive as good as an education with
the system as they have in the past
with one classroom teacher
The district's administrators ami
princ ipals arc "professionals in their
field and we take their advice.”
Board member Boh Mahoney
pointed out
In other business, the board
appointed Dora Viall, a classified
employee, to serve on the district's
Population
B u ild in g
Study
Committee
canvassed the May 1*4 election
returns
approved the necessary rcsolu
lions to adopt next year's budget and
levy taxes
Summer may be start of new career
By Joyce Hensley
Summer marks the beginning o f
freedom for students and most
teachers, hut it may be the beg inn
ing o f a new career in recording,
publishing, ami writing for Jim
Ackley.
Band, choir, and general music
teacher at A C Houghton Elemen
tary and Columbia Junior High in Ir
rigon, Jim Ackley has requested a
onr year sabbatical from his teaching
duties to write a booklet that w ill
follow the script o f his already
recorded educational tape on
multiplication tables for grades three
through six
A fter the Nntklet is finished, he
and his partner. Rick Meyer o f
l.uGrande. w ill follow up on the
already successfully field tested tape
to further the testing, along with the
booklet, in the Bay area o f Calitor
nia. LaGramte. and Irngon
I heir teaching method on the
cassette uses rapping or talking with
a non stop rock heat, according to
Ackcly
He is no stranger to the recording
business His combination C ountry.
Rock music cassette. Jim Acklev " A
Little Bit o f Everything” is available
locally at Rod's Market and the
Board man Pharmacy, and at Central
and Court St Market's in Heppner
Ackley wrote the words, music, then
performed ami recorded the entire
cassette himself tn his complete
recording studio located m his home
at Bourdman
His musical abilities were ap
parent at an early age. "They said
I could whistle before I cinild talk.”
said Ackley At the age of seven he
asked to be- allowed to take piano
lessons Parents o f budding must
cians can take heart "There were
times that my parents had to make
me practice and I'm glad they d id ."
he said
By the time he was 13. he was tak
mg piano, saxophone, guitar, and
clarinet lessons At age 13. Ackley
became a professional musician
playing with the hand "Thirteenth
Story " When in college he bought
every ddferent kiml of used musical
instrument he could get his hands on
and is now capable o f playing over
12 instruments
During a seven year period his
group opened for such hands as the
the Box Ions Young Bloods
Jim Ackley gives student Ronnie Sanchez a few pointers Ronnie was recorder soloist in
the recent A Tribute To America school concert
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from downtown to the fairgrounds
accepted resignations from
classified employees Karen Kamllc
and Marcy Bacon
accepted resignations from cer
tificated employees. Joe Olson tart
teacher at Sam Boaidman and A (
Houghton), I'h cryl McNutt isjici ial
education teacher ai Sam Bo.ml
man). Peter I ongway Vince
(language arts teacher at He|>pner
High School). John Edmund son
(math teacher at Heppner High
School), and John Hughes llanguage
arts teacher at Riverside High
Sc hr Nil)
accepted retirement ol 2h vear
district employee Myra Skouho and
2S year district employee Alice
Vance
appointed Rhonda I orenz Depu
ly Clerk to replace Alice Vance
approved hiring Sandra Patton,
lexington. to fill a secretary jnisi
lion at the District office
approved offering a teacher con
ttact to Martin Per lot (math at llcpp
ner High Schooli who was on tent
porary contiact with the district Iasi
year
approved extra duiv contracts as
recommended hy the principals
approved support ol Roger
Records' application tor a restricted
certificate to keep him certified tin
til he completes sunnier school re
quirements tor a standard certificate
approved supporting Jay liar
man's ajvplication tor a special vtrea
tional certificate lor which he is
qualified
approved increasing a part time
conk's helper to full time to fully ac
tivalc the kitc hen at Sam Boardman
approved renewal o f the
Superintendent's bond fur next year,
approved bonding two other district
office cmpl *yccs
authorized Jim Bier to continue
ihe search for used vehicles to
replace some o f the o ld e r, sm all
vehicles in the district
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d istrib u te d a report on advisory
com m ittee c o m m u n ica tio n s w ith
curricular A ll vines and management
o f food services
■approved the use o f a sc I xn i I bus
during ihe lair lo transport people
voters
held an executive session regar
ding personnel, legal matters, and
collective bargaining
a p p ro v e d
pboK) by J o y c e Mencley
John and Kerry Rietmann represented an lone deleqa
tion at Monday's school board meeting
p o lic ie s
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meeting vcill be lulv 20 .it A <
Houghton I lcnicnt.il y School m
Irngon
Pest control
month
proclaimed
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claimed the month ol June I*>87.
I’est ( ontrol Month to cncoutagc
citizens to recognize the valuable
work performed In the structural
(vest control industry
Ihe structural jh - si control in
dustry encourages the sale, effective
use of pesticides and alternate con
trol methods through research and
training Unwanted jn-sts destroy
property, transmit disease, con
laminate lood ami are universally oh
jcctionahlc. the proclamation s.ivs
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