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- / _ • . f - <- • '/ -• ■ ' " • * ' • County and Road Department reach agreement ♦ r • • Morrow County's Home-Owned Newspapo* The Heppner Morrow County residents will be pleased to know that there has been an agreement reached between mor row County and the County Road Department employees, members of Local 2479 AFL CIO. County nv*d employees have been working without a contract since July of 1987 while negotiations have been underway. Morrow County Judge. Louis Carlson said that the new contract will he effective through June 30. 1990 Signing of the actual contract w ill take place next week if the final document can be completed and reviewed by both parties during the holiday period At issue between the parties were salaries and benefit packages Negotiators working through a mediator arrived at a contract that provided for a 5 751 wage increase for each of the first two years and a formula based cost-of living index increase for the third and final year of the contract plus a 25C per hour wage increase F.mployee medical and insurance benefits were agreed to be capped at the 1987 dollar levels This cap will allow employees to choose which level of medical insurance fits their needs most appropriately Any ad ditional coverage that they choose beyond the cap level will he paid by the employee Carlson said that he felt that the new contract puts Morrow County Road Fployees on an equal par with *. - . - . * i i ■ . r % .Æ . • ’ * ■ surrounding counties of equal sue and economic condition. He also said that the County is now concen trating its efforts on standardizing road construction and maintenance operations In addition, certain pieces of equipment that are costing an excessive amount of dollars are to he budgeted for replacement The County Road Advisory Com mittee will he meeting Monday, January 4. at 7:30 p.m at the Public- Works Dept in Ixxington to discuss with the employees the contract, the W illow Creek Project and the draft plan segments of the six year road plan Other interested parties arc welcome to attend. Carlson said ■ T •• • > : • .1 azette VOL 105 NO. 52 Wednesday^ December 30. 1987 lines Heppner 25* 10 Pages Ruby Steers tells of her life in the Philippines Ruby Steers, a former Heppner resident, is currently a resident of Samar, in the Philippines Samar is the third largest island in the Philip pines, consisting of 55,000 square kilometers She has been in the Philippines for 16 months, serving on a mission for her church She was called home because of her mother's illness, but has plans to return after the first of January Ruby and another woman, a teacher, share a house in Samar They have electricity and water but "it comes and goes", and they do their own laundry "by hand-’ says Ruby They have beds but the natives sleep on mats on the floor A young girl lives with them and docs the cooking, cleaning and in terpreting for them Their nearest phone is Calbayog, 7 kilometers away. The natives cat mostly rice and fish, but Ruby says their diet consists of bread they buy every day from a hoy that come* by. and meat and vegetables The bread is made in a bakery The people do not have ovens so they cannot bake, and bread is a luxury few can afford. Vegetables are very abundant and they get mung beans, cabbage, green beans, carro ts, potatoes and numerous kinds of squash At 6 a m on Sunday mornings is the only time to buy meat You can purchase pork or carabow, Since there is no refrigeration, you can only buy what you can cat Their other purchases arc made at open markets Ruby says these markets smell very bad. and she doesn't go there often Ruby's job is teaching the children The people in the Philip pines pretty much ignore the educa tion of their children Ruby is try ing to change that by convincing the people that they need to start teaching the children so they can become useful adults There is a very large drug problem in the Philippines The conditions arc such that they can grow marijuana in u couple of days and a lot of people use it She is convinced that if you educate the children as to the harm the drugs can do. you will have a healthier culture The people in the Philippines are very small, they arc. however, a very kind, loving and polite group of people They arc very clean, always bathing (which they do with their clothes on, outside) and always washing their hair “ They have beautiful hair, ’* according to Ruby They have free hospitals in the Philippines. The care is free, however, the patients have to take their own bedding supplies and must pay for medications, such as an I V . would cost about 100 pesos or four davs wages Most of the people can not afford to go to the hospitals The average age is 40 years. Many, nunv people die there, especially children Any illness such as the flue will kill hundreds cf peo ple She thinks it must partially be their diet consisting mainly of rice and fish, (hat causes this. The temperature ranges from 70-93 degrees year around This combined with monsoon rains make a good rice harvest of which (hey have three per year They still plow their fields with carabow Fanning has not changed the way uf life lor hundreds of years The closest large city is Manila The thing that Ruby most noticed when visiting there is the huge number of security guards present rhey arc at (he banks, department stores, just everywhere The security people nuke up the largest number of employed people there There arc very nuny unemployed people and the job market is almost non existent Ruby is presently building a church made of hl»xks with Napa (Thatched) roofs It will consist of a place to worship and pastors quarters She hopes to be able to stay long enough to complete her church This time of year is very special The Philippine Christians there are up very early every morning sing ing at 4 30 a m. They start celebrating Chnstnus the last of Oc tober by singing Christmas carols and shooting fireworks, and then on January 10. it just “ stops" Ruby says this is a very joyous tune and it is easy to get caught up in the season "W e told Morrow County that Tidewater would he the only one they would have to deal with. " said Skip Hart from Tidewater's head quarters in Vancouver, "and that's (he way we want it." He said bid ding on the project separately would put Morrow County and the Port of Morrow in the position of having to deal with Metro directly "Thai's not the way we set ours up We set it up as a total package," said Hart Tidewater originally proposed it would handle the entire operation from collection stations, to transpor tation to operation of the landfill Metro asked for separate bids on each phase of the operation. "I think they were a little surprised we didn't submit a hid." said Hart The only company submitting a hid was Oregon Waste Systems, a newly formed subsidiary of Waste Management of North America. Inc Waste Systems plans on building a similar disposal site in Gilliam C onntv . - -V — la . Mark Fishburn was incorrectly identified as Bryan Padberg in last weeks basketball ph«xo Sorry Mark m :* •'* * -if ''•'I * . • * i * v - _ ’ * a * I 0 . 3 . • ' »• a . » »j • :• * * « * . *) i •/ • ' *; . -.j •" "There's nothing glamorous about their figures." said Hart, and he in dicated talks are still going on bet ween Tidewater and Metro. "It's not over." he said According to a news release from W'aste Systems. Metro has 180 days to accept or reject its bid. The waste disposal sites in both Gilliam and Morrow Counties could accept up to 20.000 tons of w aste per day. and have a life of 20 years, Both sites presently have operating permit applications before the Oregon Department of Finsirontnen tal Quality, which must approve (he sites before cither company can go into construction. ' .* > • O v . • - • • 1 I * 4 •• *. v . ,\r> « 4-H’ers benefit from Grieb's experience I - - * >»*• .*. s t ♦ > ■».: ■ ¿r I* 4 Angell to write Sports • * d ‘ i ». '• - • X*V»C»*dV" V* ' Tr t .. - „ J - ; "■ ¡s f--* -- * :*v .9 cra Angen by C»y <* tzai * ■* A. w* ‘■a-i* ." '--'y J* • H*wna> Unrmhfr 22 - 28 Tues. VXrd. Thurs. F'ri. Sal. Sun. Mon f *m t I * 4 High laiw Prêt I8 .02 39 0 I5 32 39 .0 I2 .0 24 I2 .0 I7 22 .0 IS 23 .0 IS 22 Market Report Ovnpkm anw of lb« M iro » ( Oravi Q m m Tuesday, Dec. 29 Soft White Dec Jan Feb *3 09 »3II/V3I3 »3 l4/»3 15 Barley Dec Jan Feb »87T *88T »89T PIK Hard Red Winter 103 'A4* *3 18 C V -*% ■ -"1 Y oar CD . * , DANK OF —----- G-T to he closed The Gazette will be closed at noon Thursday Dec 31 and Friday Jan I The staff wishes everyone a Hap py New Year astern Oreqon Arlington • Heppner • lone "Your Wont") Hrlpmii Your Neighbors a* iff / f j •/ ______________ Mf MBf R f O ' C v, \ v n: 1 Weather Report D 4 • • Craig Angell will he writing J V sports for the Ga/ettc Craig is a member of Outdoor Club He has also been a class representative for his class Craig likes all sports, and has been a member of the football team for three years, and baseball for two years "I just like to write about sports." he says, when asked why he wanted to do this Craig hus two brothers and one sister that all live in Heppner He is the son of Bobbie Angell and l-arry Angell. both ol Heppner He also enjoys bird hunting, and deer and elk hunting Welcome to (he (ia/ettc, Craig (Back) Jim Ackley. Kevin Gutierrez, (front) Rick Myer, Scott Not all 4 H'crs can travel to Washington D C , but all Morrow Arnson members hail an opportunity to learn about the National 4 H office and the lake IV band will be making their and Funk, lake IV as a band has capital through the eyes of Julie final performance together as a worked with country stars such as Tourism Council and was recruited Lhe Hager Twins. Susan Rac. Pat group, this New Year's F.vc at the to serve as a member of Governor Gneb Gncb. a former Morrow 4-H Flks Lodge However, the gnnip is sy Slcdd. Kenny Price. Johnny Pat Goldschmidt's Transition Team An ton and the Coffey Twins, a 5<>'s and active real estate broker. Nelson said member who is staff assistant in the not disbanding Jim Ackley and Rick 60 s band from the Hcrmiston area he will work to strengthen the National 4-H Center. Washington. Myer will be moving on and expan Take IV and the Coffey Twins have resource-based economy of limber, D C shared pari of her Christmas ding their interests Other members proudly combined efforts and rais agriculture and mining while active vacation with 4 H as she presented of the band include Kevin Gutierrez. cd thousands ol dollars for ly promoting a growing a special program Sunday at Dodge Heppner and Scott Arnvon. City. Boardman She encouraged [¿Grande Meadowoixl Speech Camp through industry- tourism fundraising benefits "W ith an urban-oricntcd 4 H ers to learn what opportunities Steve Sather of Heppner is being He sure to stop by and give your legislator in Oregon, my job will be arc available state wide, regionally, worked into Jim's spot in the band best wishes to these men and enjoy to promote the land and what it and nationally through their and Tim Hines. LaGrandc. will be an evening ol good music. yicldv-whcther it is crops, timber, membership playing some with the bank after this Gneb. and OSU graduate has week minerals or scenic vistas." said fhc band will be playing from 9 The hand offers a wide variety of Nelson "These are the resources worked in Washington for 4 years P m until 2 a m that can create family wage jobs.” Currently her assignments are direc music from Country to Lop40 Rock he added, ' and we need stable jobs ting regional and national leader and member conferences for the people of District 59 ” "4-H showed me the way to a He and his wife. Jane have two satisfying career." she said college age children. John at She stressed staying involved and Willamette University and Jennifer taking advantage of the many oppor at Lutheran Bible College in (unities available through the 4 H Tacoma He is a member and Coun program cilman of the First Lutheran Church in Baker Correction . • J • 1 f , ,/t* ' ' ! Waste Systems submitted a bid December 21 of $19 50 per ton, which covers only for the landfill, and not for collection stations or transportation. Hart pointed out Last performance for fake IV 4 Businessman Michael R Nelson announced that he will seek election to the Oregon House of Represen tatives from District 59 Nelson, age 40. is currently serv mg as Vice-Chair of the Oregon ; C** -I , sing, financial leases, cash accoun ting prepayment of expenses and debt restructuring In addition, the guide contains lists of important tax dates, and tips for good record keeping Sample tax forms are included, ulong with a list of other IRS tax publications that msv be • of use to farmers and ranchers The updated version of the lax guide is based, in part, on advice provided to the IRS by the Lxtcnsion Service ot the L'SDA. and the var ious stale Lxtcnsion Service of the t) S s land grant universities Nelson to run for House of Representatives Micnael Nelson x * ' ' •«* Farmer’s tax guide now available The !987 Farmer's Tax Guide is now available at the Morrow Coun ty He tension Office For a free copy. stop by at the Pettyjohn Building, or call 676 9642 The tax guide is intended to help farmers and ranchers prepare their 1987 jax returns It is published each j^ ir Sy the Internal Revenue Ser vice, to help farmers and ranchers understand tax law changes as they pertain to agri business Portions of the 1987 Tax Guide that may he special interest to guide- users this year are sections on invest mem tax credit depreciation, expen , * y Tidewater Barge Lines refuses to submit bid for garbage disposal Tidewater Barge Lines did not submit a bid for disposal of Portland's Garbage last week, because, according to company of ficials, "we put our name on the line on this project, and we're not about to give that up." Tidewater is proposing to build an 800 acre landfill near Finley Buttes in northern Morrow County The landfill would accept residential and commercial garbage from com munities along the river, and Tidewater is scry interested in sign ing a long-term contract with Portland's metro district to handle (he waste when the St John's land fill closes, However, Metro (the service district which governs waste disposal in the Portland area) last week ask cd for bids on three separate parts of the waste disposal system, a condi tion Tidewater was unwilling to accept. ’ & ■' .. •A ffiti " IW v IV
