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Letters to the Editor
M CEA bargaining members makes
response to news release
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Although the teachers accepted the
factfinder's recommendations, the
school hoard rejected it Whenever
one or both parties reject these
recommendations the typical pro
ccxiure is for both parlies to go hack
to their ongmal pnrposals and return
to the bargaining table to resume
talks
It becomes apparent that by accep
ting the factfinder's recommenda
tions M orro w County teachers are
only trying to keep current with the
cost o f livin g I f the teachers were
to accept (he school hoard’ s present
o ffe r o f 2% salary increase over
three years and a dollar cap on their
insurance, their monthly net (take-
home l pay would he less than it was
last year Due to the continuing in
crease in insurance costs, this cut in
pay would only hccimic greater with
each year o f the contract In other
words, the teachers in M orrow
County would earn less money each
year o f the contract
Another comment M r C arroll
made was regarding the teachers'
previously salary increases Perhaps
he needs to he reminded why the
most recent contract provided
"handsome raises" to the teachers
When the base salary increased less
than 3% over the I4H2 K$ school
years. M orrow County became the
th ird lowest paid sch«>ol district in
Oregon The School Board approv
ed ‘ ‘ handsome raises" in 1485 gg
to attract and maintain quality
educators in the district and to bring
teachers salaries up to the state
average
After 15 months o f ncgirtiatmg the
teachers o f M orrow County arc not
"dem anding" salary increases up to
22% nor fd ll payment o f their in
surance They are. however, deman
ding that (he school hoard meet with
them and bargain in good faith
Sincerely,
(s) Carol Faith Peterson
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Speech C linician
M«>m>w County Education Asaocia
lion Bargaining Team Member
To the Editor:
Recently, I wav asked why M o r
row C ounty teachers had not
responded to Dwayne C am >11’ * latest
news release regarding teacher con-
tra d negotiations M y response was
that it has never hcen the intention
or desire o f M orrow County Educa
tio n A s s o c ia tio n ( M C E A ) to
negotiate through the newspapers,
since it is easy to misinterpret the in
form ation H owever, after much
consideration. I do feel (hat several
items from M r C a rro ll’ s news
release need to be addressed.
When M r C arroll stated that
M C IiA is "dem anding up to a 22%
(salary) increase in three years" and
that "th e district fu lly pay for all
(teacher insurance) b e n e fits", he
neglected to rcporl that on July 15,
M C E A accepted the recommenda
tions made hy an impartial facl-
fmder This means that after four
months o f negotiations the School
Board and teachers could not come
to an agreement so they entered
mediation When the state appointed
mediator was unable to settle a con
tract a t.u Hinder came !<> M orrow
County to hear the evidence and
arguements ot the school hoard and
MCE A His recommendations for
salary and were as billow s
I) I4K8 K4 school year 4 5%
salary increase.
2 1 1484 40 school year C«>st o f
livin g increase minus I 5% with a
m inim um 3 5% and a maximum
7%
3) 1440-41 school year Cost o f
lysing merraKV,minus I 5% with a
m inim um 4% and a maximum H%
Regarding insurance, the tact
finder recommended a percentage
cap instead o f the dollar cap the
school board proposed The fact
finder suggested the school district
and teachers share the cost o f in
surance premiums with the district
pay mg 45T and the teachers paying
5%
This recommendation is a
heiK'tii that live teachers have had for
the last three years
Boardman resident has idea for relief of
boredom
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To the Editor.
I ’ m a resident in Boardman And
altwig with many other people, we all
feel bored The reason for this is we
have nothing to do No place to go
I am not totally telling the truth
We do have a Pectsa Corner, a cou
ple food marls, four gas stations, the
mam Sentry store, C h ris ti’ s Floral
Shop and the Holy R oller’ s; hut
that's too small There is one tMher
thing called Rat Stomping, hut that's
pretty gruesome
I also speak f«>r the college
students When they return home
from college, they're pretty bored
after visiting and all I. for example
have tvso sisters Jennifer Beth. 14
and Lisa. IK They both have the
s irus o f Boardman Itus. So they had
to travel 25 miles, to Hermiston. I«>
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shop I hat's a waste o f money and
gas to travel
I understand we don’t have a lot
o f money But what i f we were to
save up, then use the money to put
in a public pool, theater, or com
m unity center Then there would he
a new business for the town and
young people That would keep peo
ple in Boardman. instead o f travel
ing a long way to «Xher towns and
cities wasting money It would also
give young people something to do
I really think my idea might he
good for Irrigon too But it seems
that they have a kit o f things on hand
already so1
W ell I think I'v e said my mind
now Thank you.
C ordially yours
(s) Laura L. Jumcy
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To the Editor
The teachers and school hoard o f
the M orrow County School district
have been in negotiations for the past
year I have always understood
"n e g o tia tin g " to mean that both
sides give and take so that an agree
ment may be reached
This has not hcen the case One
unsettled issue is the salary The
school hoard s till is sitting on its
same o ffe r, zero percent the first
year The teachers did begin asking
fo r a seven percent increase, hut
since that offer made a couple pnv
posals with lower increases At the
present time they have accepted a
report dooe by the Factfinder The
Factfinder is a party from outside
both groups that is appointed hy the
stale to study the economic situation
o f the area and surrounding school
districts to " fin d '* a reasonable
offer
I am not sure if the public, or
residents o f M orrow County arc
aware o f the situation the teachers
are in at this punt They have started
the school year and completed the
second quarter, still with no con
tract The school hoard has only said
that it has (he "u nw illin gn ess” to
pay (The Factfinder did stale in his
report, that money in the school
district is available for a salary
increase.)
What is the school hoard saying to
M orrow County, that the teachers
are "not worth it ’ ’’’ Evidently, hut
if we have teachers for the students
the school hoard is then saying the
students of M orrow County are not
" w o rth it " I think they are w orth
it C all your school N>ard members
and ask about it
Sincerely,
(s) Kathleen Danielson
Boardman
Tired of being a ‘watchdog’
To the Editor
We. neighbors and pet lovers
think it's high tim e fo r people who
think they are pet lovers to unders
tand something
Letling your animals run w ild to
k ill, breed and spread disease, you
have a lot to learn
You're me doing them any favors.
There arc alot o f people around
town getting tired o f being a watch
dog. even while their pets arc on
leashes They arc also getting tired
o f being pooper scoopers I f you
want your neighbors to he friends
don't ict your tramps hurt other peo
ple and their "besi frie n d s '’
Could he friends about town
Gay & Jcr Davis
Heppner
Students deserve the best education
possible
To the Editor:
In a recent article. M orrow Coun
ty School Board Chairman Dwayne
C arroll was quoted as saying that
teachers deserve a good salary If
that is truly M r C a rro ll’ s opinion,
then why is the school hoard offer
ing the teachers less take home pay
than last year ’ Surely M r C arroll is
aware that many teachers do not get
inc remental raises hased on teaching
experience In fact the teachers who
have served the longest in M orrow
County get no incremental raise
That coupled with the hoard's offer
o f a 0% pay inc rease and the hoard s
intention to cap insurance heneftts at
last year's dollar amount would
result in levs take home pay for these
teachers.
The article also stated that negotia
tions were at an impasse Isn't that
because the hoard's offer fo r salary
and insurance is no better now than
it was fifteen months ago when
negotiations began’ M y dictionary
tells me that negotiation is bargain
Obituary
Wilbert ‘Buck’ I^ine
Funeral services for W ilbert W
"B u c k ” lan e. 8 0 o f Pendleton were
Tuesday. January 17 at Bums M or
tuary Chapel in Pendleton Interment
follow ed at Olncy Cemetery in
Pendleton
la n e died Jan 12 at Dclamartcr
Care Center in Pendleton
lame was bom Sept 22. 1408. in
Goodrich. Idaho, the son o f W illiam
R and Ethel Woods l.ane
Before moving to Pendleton three
years ago he lived in M ilto n
Freewater for 20 years and had liv
ed in Heppner for 15 years before
moving to M ilton Freewater
He was a member o f the Episcopal
Church
Survivors include two daughter^
M c m iM Bonder o f Pendleton and
l^cola F Bailey o f Klamath Falls, a
son. O rv ille W illiam lame o f Walla
Walla, eight stepchildren, a brother
Arnold Ross lame o f Crescent, eight
g ra n d c h ild re n
and
several
step grandchildren
He was preceeded in death hy one
brother, U oyd lame
Bums Mortuary o f Pendleton was
in charge o f arrangements
tng w ith a view toward reaching an
agreement Why d«> I get the feeling
that after fifteen months, the hoard
is not really trying to reach an
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M r C arroll is not comparing a p
pies to apples when he compares
teachers' salaries to the economic
climate ot the county Depressed
agricultural and timber prices arc the
result o f a supply and demand
economy The result o f underpaid
teachers w ill he undereducated
students
As a farmer myself. I know that
my income is tied to a supply and
demand economy. Some years
prices are up and some years (hey
are down But I also know that the
children o f M orrow County must
continue to receive the best p>ssiblc
education So. M r C arroll. I agree
w ith you that teachers do deserve a
good salary When arc you going to
make them a decent o ffe r’’
(s) Doug F rit/
Boardman
4-H News
Steve A llen . R eporter
The Seven Super Sewers met
T h u rs d a y . January 12 at St
W illia m 's Catholic Church Wc
discussed our next project which is
sweat pants We w ill he in Pendleton
Woolen M ills for our next field trip
Wc elected the follow ing officers
President, Jory C row ell; vice presi
dent. Kelly Morgan; second vice
president, Kandy Scott, secretary,
Jacob T a y lo r; treasurer. M arc
Orem, recorder Steve Allen
Justice Court
Report
Ih c Justuo C o w l office m the
courthouse annex re p irts handling
the follow ing business during the
past week
Paula Lynn Anderson, lonc-
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HJHS Update
Jenny K r r in
Student Body Secretary
Our canned food dnve that was in
December was a great success
Thanks to all the community that
helped in giving We bn night in over
1.350 canned goods Mrs Carlson's
class (Kth grade) won the competi
tion in the Jr High building M r
Shcirhon's class won the elementary
building, both classes got an ice
cream cone fn>m the Bowling Alley
We are going to have more fun
draisers before the next year
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Dec 2K, discharged Jan 3;
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I had a nightmare the other night, a
real
c o ld -s w e a t,
s it-u p -in -b e d
nightmare. I don’t often remember
nightmares and rarely do they hnng me
up w ith a start I don't even have
dreams often But this one was so real
I feel compelled to share it
I dreamt o f signs saying " U n fa ir ,"
’C hildren's Future At R is k ." "E q u i
ty to Educators " Lines o f pickrters
blocked at the doorways to every
school in the county as dozens o f school
children and their anxious parents
watched
Everything was orderly until the
charter busses o f substitutes rolled in Then I saw well educated, highly
respected, professional educators turn into animals yelling slogans, ca ll
ing names and throw ing rocks
The schools were opened, fewer than half o f the students showed up
A meeting o f parents turned into a shouting match, fists flew, the oops
came and in the end long-time friendships were severed and families
divided
As the days wore on. more and more students returned to school The
striking teachers began to mail «>ut resumes The school hoard began to
weed out the child molesters, drunks and fakes from the ranks o f the
substitutes
By spring, the best o f the sinkers and substitutes as well had found jobs
elsewhere The worst o f the strikers stayed on w orking odd jobs to feed
their families The school budget went down to resounding defeat because
enough new " n o " voters would now overwhelm what few supporters
remained
In the fall, a decertification election removed the old teachers union and
the new union quickly signed w ith the hoard for a zero wage increase
Every teacher who could, got a job somewhere else Those who could
not. stayed Budget constraints forced elimination o f many positions and
classrooms filled far beyond even the best teacher's ability to he effective
Not one o f the high schools in the county won a football game that fall
A board recall petition prevailed and a m ajority o f them turned out A
subsequent election brought in a bunch o f m ilitants, themselves so divid
ed and so fu ll o f hate, the superintendent and many o f the school prin
opals resigned
M y son flunked out o f college, my daughter got pregnant and d ropp'd
out her sophomore year and my wife committed suicide That’ s when I
woke up
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