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Problems left unsolved for new year
The Official Newspaper of ihc
City o f Heppner and ihe
County of Morrow
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To the Editor
Regard the unfinished problem*
coming forward into the ne w year
The north pan of county at this
point of time has no doctor m
residence in Btiardman or Im gon
Yet the south part of county has
two doctors in residence plus a
hospital within close range Also the
medical board and county court who
oversees the problems of total county
does nothing to correct the poor
managment
Also there seems to he no problem
in asking the taxpayers in nonh pan
of county to keep on pay ing for this
•hove described services. Therefore
the people in north part is paying for
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Letters to the Editor
Former school board member questions
teacher contract settlement
To the Editor
As a longtime former school hoard
member of Morrow County I am
very distressed by the continuing
contract dispute between the teachers
and the present school hoard These
negotiations have been going on
since October 1987 and reached an
impasse last spring, mainly on these
issues, com of living adjustments.
"F a ir S hare", and a reduction in
county paid insurance benefits The
differences were submitted to State
mediation and tact finding When the
finding was reached, the teachers ac
cepted it but the hoard rejected it and
since has refused to negotiate In the
meantime, the administrators were
given salary increases and a budget
was adopted which included enough
extra in the personnel section to
cover the mediated salary increases
Several questions come to mind
"A rc Morrow County teachers
overpaid’" Ihe figures that I’ve
seen show that our teachers are third
from the bottom in salaries for this
si/e district During my terms on the
board, we tried to maintain salaries
above the sixtieth percentile in order
to attract and to hold better teachers
in this area Apparently this
philosophy has been abandoned
"Is Morrow County too poor to
pav comp-ir-tMr snlnnes’’” As
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recently as ten years ago we were
supposed to be one of the top coun
ties in the nation for income per
capita and remain one of the top
counties in Oregon And the fact re
mains that PGE pays over half the
property tax in Morrow County and
we arc still third from the bottom of
all Oregon counties in property tax
rates paid
F inally, " a r e a few board
members try ing to create an image
of themselves as 'Union Busters'?”
The lack of discussion or good taith
negotiation and particularly the
failure to inform the public could
lead one to suspect that such is the
case We have always had good
labor relations with our teachers and
as a result had a willing staff with
pride in their work It would he a
shame to lose that over someone's
ego
A lot of time and effort is spent by
our people to promote economic
development Can We afford to com
pete for new industry with a strife
tom school diMrict and tailing stun
dards of education? Join me in urg
ing the hoard to settle or at least to
go public with the reasons for their
inability to compromise
fs) Don McElligott
lone. OR
MCEA president attempts to dispel
disinformation regarding teachers
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Since November of 1487, the
MCEA has attempted to negotiate
and has moved at least lour times on
salary proposals The Hoard has re
mained firm in their offer Essential
ly we have countcrpmposed our own
counterproposals to get a settlement
Finally. we accepted the neutral fact
tinder's report which was paid lot
by tax monies and the MCEA equal
ly The Hoard rejected it
The other item is insurance
coverage The Ftoard's proposal of
a monetary cap rather than the pre
sent percentage cap on insurance
would require approximately a 5T
raise lor teachers to break even this
year Their concern lhat the Oregon
Education Association receives
kickbacks for our insurance is entire
ly false It is a benefit trust in which
those who have the coverage in their
names receive the benefits
I would urge all Morrow County
citizens to contact the Board
m em bers and dem and a fair
settlement
Sincerely yours,
C. Maureen Mcl-.lligott
MCEA President
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an extended period.
To the Editor:
I am writing to dispel some items
of disinformation that have appeared
in some of the local newspapers and
from other sources These concern
sdlary and insurance benefits for
Morrow County teachers
Ihc Morrow County Education
Association did not confirm a de
mand for a 22* raise The only
demands we have made arc for the
Hoard to negotiate in good faith and
for an adjustment in compensation
for cost of living increases that have
occurred because of changes in our
nation's economy The Hoard's stan
ding offer of 0% . I T , IT docs not
meet these demands Ihcrclorc we
are at impasse
Our original salary proposal was
made in an attempt to cover the
possibility ot extreme inflation
Economists arc divided in their
predictions o f what will happen in
our future in view of the enormous
debt of the United States Some arc
predicting the devaluation of the
I S Dollar As a bargaining unit we
have to apply their projections. so
we do not lose purchasing power for
COAST TO COAST
Beulah Myers Hulden
Rankin
Hculah Myers Hulden Rankin.
100. of Portland, a longtime Cnlliam
County resident died Sunday. Jan. I ,
1989 at (iresham
Mrs Rankin, who celebrated her
1 00th birthday last year, was horn
Oct 17, 1888 in Oil City, Penn , to
David and Clara Myers The family
moved to Salem when she was 6
months old and she grew up in
Salem.
In 1*112. she married Ed Hulden
in Salem The am ple moved to
Heppner then to Blalock in 1916
They operated a ranch at Blalock and
later. Hulden Motors and Farm
Machinery in Arlington Hulden
dM to 1999
She mamed Robert Rankin, a
F*ortland attorney. in 1961 He died
in 1464 Following his death, she
moved hack to Arlington until five
years ago. when she moved to a
retirement home in Portland
She was a 50-year member of
Jasmine Chapter of Eastern Star, a
member of the Arlington Methodist
Church and a former member of the
Portland Town Club
Survivors include a son. Walter,
of Arlington, eight grandchildren;
and a sister. Essie Blower of Salem
■\ ton Robert died in 1998
A memorial service will he held
later in Arlington Funeral service*
was held at (he Rigdon-Ransom
Chapel with burial at Helcrest
Cemetery in Salem
Contributions may be made to the
A rlington M ethodist C hurch
memorial fund
Heppner Police
Report
The Heppner Police Department
reports handling the following
business during the past week
Jan I 2:55 a m report of Fight;
5:07 a m report of Stolen Vehicle;
11 57 a in assist Morrow County
Sheriffs department. 3 25 p m -
citation issued for Illegal U Turn;
KOI p in assist Morrow County
Sheriffs department
Jan 2: 12 36 a in request officer
lor Security Check
Jan 4 II a m report of Wor
thless Document. 11 05 a m - report
of Worthless Document
Jan 5 12 30 a m request officer
for Security Check. 12:38 a m
request officer for Security Check,
6 29 p m assist Morrow County
Sheriffs department; 9 |7 p m -
assist Morrow County Sheriffs
d epartm en t. 4 53 p m. Dog
Complaint
Jan 6 11 49 a m assist Umatilla
County Sheriff's department. 2
p m report of Worthless Document.
6 37 p m deliver Em ergency
Message
Jan 7 12 59 a m request officer
for Security Check, I 2b a m .-
request officer for Security Check.
I 55 a m report of Assault
medical services not available to
them
For a long time Irngon residents
have had no relief from this pro
blem At this time Boardman is in
same shape as Irngon
During this long period of tune
Umatilla county has received die
local residents plus taking in the
older people at Hermiston Cate
Center Morrow County is not uk
ing care of their own residents We
need a change now Perhaps we
sltould pay our taxes to Umatilla
County.
(») Murray J Findlay
Boardman. OR 97818
Sheriffs Report
The SJierifTs department at tl»c
courthouse in Heppner reports
dispatching tie following business
dunng the past week
Jan 8 Morrow County SherifTs
deputy went to tie Irngon area to
begin investigation of an animal pro
blem.
Morrow County deputy received
complaint and began investigation of
vandalism in the Im gon area;
Morrow County deputy respond
cd to Im gon area to investigate
report o f harassm ent; not as
reported, turned out it was a
neighborhood disturbance.
Jan 3: Morrow County Sheriff s
office responded to a one vehicle ac
cident at die Port of Morrow exit on
I 84. to assist Oregon State Police.
Jan 4 Morrow County ShenfTs
office investigated a theft of property
in the lone area
Jan 5 Momiw County dispatch
ed die Heppner ambulance to 235 S
Court Street One female was
transported to Pioneer Memorial
Hospital
Jan 7 Morrow County Sheriffs
office arrested Ronald Smith. 42. of
Imgon on a Morrow County warrant
of Failure to Comply with a court
order Subject was released on his
own recognizance.
Morrow County ShenfTs office
began the investigation of a hit and
run reported at the Irngon Mobile
Court There were no suspects at this
time;
Morrow County ShenfTs office
responded to a residence in the
Boardman area to investigate a
domestic assault (Jumno Madrigal,
40. Boardman. was arrested for
Assault IV Madrigal was lodged at
Benton county jail
Jan 8 Morrow County SJienfTs
office began the investigation at the
Kenneth Culver residence to in
vestigate a theft of a horse at Sixmile
in Heppner
[hiring the week of January 2-9,
Morrow County deputies assisted no
disabled motorists
Justice Court
Report
Die Justice Court office at the
courthouse annex in Heppner reports
handling the following business dur
ing the past week
Rusty Jake Rodriguez. Heppner
Disobeyed Stop Sign (2). $104 fine.
luura Wcgworth. Heppner No
Operator License. No Insurance,
Vehicle License Expired. $77 fine
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Folks from the country are invited
into town this week and folks from
town are invited to get better ac
quainted And there is so very much to
do.
Never have two groups of folks, so
much alike, lived so close to each other
and misunderstood each other more
Yet they grow farther apart day by day.
until the very distinction of one is on
the horizon
100 years ago nearly half of (lie na
u rn ’s population lived on a farm, ranch
or in a Rigging camp Direcl produc
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By Ed Cilenn
tion of food and fiber was ttse primary
industry
Now. less than one in fifty is involv
ed in die direct production of food and timber product* Most folks are
several generations removed from the land
The industrial revolution of the last century has today brought Americans
to a degree of prosperity unmatched in the entire world We spend, for
example, only 18 percent of our personal income on food, a figure which
has been steadily declining every year and promises to continue to decline
well into the future By comparison. the rest of the world often spends
50T . many people TOT just to feed themselves
It has become so easy to forget the significance of food and timber pro
duction that many folks now see the country as a place of beauty
A herd of white-faced cattle, belly deep in grass, a field of winter wheat
waving in the breeze, a stand of pumpkin-yellow pine marching up a moun
Uin slope are beautiful sights indeed But when we regulate, legislate,
govern, restrict and control in an effort to preserve those scenes unaltered
in perpetuity, just for their estfietic value, we lose sight of the very foun
dation of this majestic nation of ours
F*nvate ownership of land and control of its use is one of the very cor
nerstones distinguishing us from the nations of the world Protest over
the King’s control of every square fox* of the realm was one of the driv
ing forces behind the very founding of the United States of America
That cattle pasture, wheat field and much of that pine forest all belong
to someone, someone just like you and me We should get to know him.
break bread with him, laugh at his funny stones and (ell him ours, and
toast his health and livelihood before we rob him of the very value of his
property in the name of preservation
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7 SEE IT
Willow Creek Dam receives recognition
Willow Creek Dam was one of 68
federal projects scheduled to receive
recognition January 10 by the Na
tional Endowment for the Arts dur
ing ihe P residential D esign
Achievements Award Program held
in Pasedena. Cal
The dam was cited for " e x
cellence in design” . The design
awards arc handed out once every
four years
Projects are chosen from federal
projects built from January I, 1977
through January I. 1987
The Corps of Engineers from the
Walla Walla District submitted the
entry for consideration A corp
member was on hand to receive the
award
There arc 20 structures located
around the world built o f roller «im
pacted concrete It has been a pro
ven fact, that after curing, the RCC
dam is stronger than the regular con
crete dam
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