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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
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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
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VOL 105 NO. 52
Wednesday^ December 30. 1987
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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
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weeks basketball ph«xo Sorry Mark
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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.
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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
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promoting
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growing a special program Sunday at Dodge Heppner and Scott Arnvon.
City. Boardman She encouraged [¿Grande
Meadowoixl Speech Camp through
industry- tourism
fundraising benefits
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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