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David and April Sykes, Publishers
Letters to the Editor
Voters say no more taxes
T o the E d ito r:
M o r r o w C o u n ty teachers seem to
he ta k in g the School B o a rd '* hard
stand on pay raises as a personal a f
fro n t to th eir capabilities o r th eir
w o n h as professionals It is not. hut
m e re ly a re flec tio n o f w hat the
voters have repeatedly said at the
p o lls -N o m o re taxes
L e t’ * lak e a look at the salary and
p e rq u is ites the M o rr o w C ounty
teachers have under th eir o ld c o n
tract I acq u ired this in fo rm a tio n by
c a llin g the superintendent's o ffic e at
9 8 9 8 2 0 2 . le s in g to n
A v e r a g e s a la r y la s t y e a r •
$ 2 4 .1 9 2 0 0
Plus: 9 5 % o f health coverage
$ 2 9 4 s 12 m onths
$ 3 .5 2 8 0 0
Plus: 17 8 % o f salary paid into a
re tire m e n t fund (a vc ra g c)$4 3 0 6 .1 7
D iv id e this by 19 0 days on the jo b
$179 00
per year (p er d ay)
Plus E x tra D u ty
E x a m p le V a ris ty H ig h School
C o a c h R a n g e o f $1 .486 (III
$ 2 .1 8 6 0 0 /s p o n
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As nearly 2 0 0 people rose to ap^
plain! the speech o f M rs A rd y Even
son. it was clearly perceived thal the
n e g o tia tio n * had reached a crises
stage M rs Evenaon em phasized the
need fo r ccxiperalion o f both parlies
to reach a just settlem ent H e r
e va lu atio n (hat the b oard's attitude
o f do-nothing was causing our coun
ty . c o m m u n itie s , s ch o o ls and
c h ild ren s ' education to he dam aged
There is no doubt that her pcrcep
lio n s and evaluations are quite
c o rre c t.
A w illingness to negiHiate has
been a p ro blem D ie school hoard,
through their professional negotiator
Ed R utled ge, has defined ncgiKia
Hons as com ing d o w n to the h oard's
proposal o f a three year wage in
crease o f 0 % | % - | % and a d o lla r
cap on insurance at last y e a r's
am o unt Because o f this p re va ilin g
selfish a ttitu de, negotiations has
stalled fo r the past 16 m onths
A t the first negotiation session in
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E xa m p le: S e llin g tickets at hall
gam es $ 9 0 0 /h r
Plus 10 days per year paid sick
leave
Plus Som e free education at the
Jan 16th school board m eeting
$ 1 0 .0 0 0 was budgeted for schooling
teachers in com puter science Som e
college tu itio n can he reim bursed
Plus A n autom atic longevity step
increase (o r raise) each year for add
ed
s e n io r it y .
R ange
of
$461 013-$84 3 0 0 per year
Pius A u iu iT w H Taiscs fo r added
degrees o r credit hours.
T h is in fo rm atio n is easily verifie d
and I have trie d to present them
w ithout any cm iH ion o r o pinion I
hope you w ould study them and
d ra w y o u r o w n conclusions W e all
can conclude thal M o rro w C ounty
has excellent teachers and I hope we
can keep them
(s ) G e o rg e K enney
Rt 2 Box 204
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T h en m y H earing H ealth
Professional tested me and said I
was suffering fiu iti N e rv e
D e a fn e s s , a type o f hearing
loss that affects m illions o f
people
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f o r m o re in fo r m a tio n ,
please c o n ta c t:
1987, hoard m em ber 'o c Stevens ¡n
dicated that a settlem ent could he
reached by C h ristm as T w o holiday
seasons have passed nothing has
changed A t our second session Joe
said, " w e have the ability to pay, we
are just not w illin g to .'* N othing has
changed The hoard continues to
c la im they arc representing the nui
jo rity o f citizens in M o rro w C oun
ty D us is a false assum ption M a n y
c o m m u n ity m em bers have had the
facts presented to th em through
speeches to G ran g e groups and
genera) coffee gatherings Alm ost all
have been very receptive to the
te ac h e r's plight A ll have been c o n
cerned by the h o a rd 's negative at
titu d e to w a rd n e g o tia tio n o f a
c o ntract.
A fte r a recent January 16th hoard
m ee tin g , B ill [> »h erly , a current
hoard m em b er, expressed his view s
H e was asked w hy the citizens w ere
not a llo w e d to speak at the m eeting
H is answ er was that they did not
a llo w the public to speak this tim e
because they d id not w ant the same
response as they got three years ago
B ill w ent o n to say that we have
“ single A " and B " teachers w h o
are getting “ A A " pay H e stated
that the public is 9 to I in fa vo r o f
the board s position and is calling (he
board to express a w illingness to
house substitutes in case o f a strike
B ill also expressed a “ let 'e m go on
s trik e ” attitude This is the attitude
w ith w h ic h the teachers o f M o rro w
C o u n ty are dealing
I encourage the patrons o f M o r
ro w C o u n ty to voice y o u r feelings
to the M o rr o w C o u n ty School
B oard. Supt D o yle M c C a s lin o r the
M o m iw C ounty Education Associa
lio n to insure a positive educational
atm osphere fo r o u r young people
R espectfully S ubm itted.
(» ) K cvan Pratt
B oardm an, O R
T o the E d ito r
O n ce upon a tim e in a land o f
M o rro w i w h ich was in the kingdom
o f O re g o n !, there lived a proud pco
pie kn o w n av M o rro w ite v They
w ere hard w o rke rs and proud o f
th eir sim ple w ay o f life T h e land
itself was rather barren com pared to
other lands to the w esi. hut it made
fo r a unique, free lifes ty le
F o r years and years e veryth in g
was pleasant and happy in (he land
o f M o rro w (w h ic h was the kingdom
o f O re g o n ) Because the land o f
M o rro w was considered one o f the
richest lands in ihe k ing dom o f
O re g o n , the c o lle c tio n o f adequate
Uses was m l a real problem In ta c t,
o v er h a lf o f the taxes w e re paid hy
the very rich and p o w e rfu l C o u n t
Peegee (P G E )
T h is m eant, o f
course, that the local M o rro w ite s
them selves had one o f the lowest tax
rates in the k in g d o m M ost o f the
citizens re alized th eir good fo nunc
T h e re w ere those that com plained
(th e y w o u ld c o m p la in a b o u t
anything) because they w anted m ore
contro l o v e r the taxes and even the
citizens them selves H o w e v e r, most
things w ere going quite nicely in the
land o f M o rro w The indentured ser
v a n t*(M o rro w C o schoolteachers)
took great p rid e in th eir w o rk and
had fin a lly begun to he p aid close to
an adqualc am ount o f g o ld coin for
the excellen t w o rk that they did
As tim e w ent b y . the p o w erfu l
C o u n c il o f M o rro w (M o rro w C o
School B o ard ) began to e xert th eir
authority o v er the citizens o f M o r
ro w H ardest hit w ere the poor in
dentured servants The cost o f liv
ing was rising, hui the C ouncil refus
ed to pay them m ore go ld co in than
they w e re a lread y getting
“ C a n 't you see w hat y o u 're do
in g ? " they scream ed " C a n 't you
see how many citizens are leasing ho
land of M o rro w ’ C a n 't yi*u sec how
m any young people c a n 't w ait to
m ove to lands w ith m o re o p po rtun e
t y ' Y o u should try to keep the
citizens here so o u r land can grow
and p ro s p e r.”
H o w e v e r, the C o u n c il refused to
talk to any o f the citizens T h e y
knew that there w ere a l<* o f citizens
thal w o rk e d fo r the council that
w anted to leave But they also knew
thal a lot o f those citizen s had too
m any ties and obligations to m ove
fro m Ihe land They knew that they
could exert th eir p o w e r o v er these
poor citizen s w ithout the threat o f
th em m o v in g away
T h e indentured servants w ere
heartbroken They had w o rke d p ro
udly fo r the council fo r years They
had dedicated them selves to being
ihe best they could he But . the coun
c il rem ain ed silent
“ A re you deaf, d um b and blind'*’ *
they questioned “ Is y o u r personal
quest for p o w e r m ore im portant to
you than the land o f M o rro w '* D o
you want us to have the same kind
o f reputation as the land o f Eslacada
(w h ic h had m ade news throughout
the kin g d o m as a poor place to w o rk
and liv e because o f th e ir C o u n c il's
a c tio n s )*"
B ut. the C o u n c il rem ained silent
W h o could guess what e v il lurked in
th eir m inds ’ W hat w ere th eir plans
fo r the poor indentured servants o f
M o rro w ’ W hat was to becom e o f
fu ture generations o f M o rro w ite s *
I. S ir Jam es o f A . was once a
c itize n o f the land o f M o rro w I was
also an indentured servant, w o rk in g
to r the C o u n c il I had seen what the
C o u n c il was capable o f d u rin g my
years in the land, hut I never dream
cd th.rt they could become even m ore
e vil A lthough . I left the citizens that
I lo sc d . I escaped the land o f M o r
row and m ade il west to the land o f
opportunity I realize thal I w ill p ro
bably never liv e in the land o f M o r
row or w o rk lo r the C o u n c il again
H o w e v e r, my best wishes are alw ays
fo r the citizen s o f M o rro w I w ould
encourage these citizens, h o w e v e r,
to escape the land o f M o rro w if the
C o u n c il changes the nam e o f th eir
m eeting place to “ Red S q u a re " A
hum an being has only so m uch
dig n ity to g ive away
S in c e re ly .
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O n io n M ills Rd
M u lm o . O R 97(142
Port asks support for economic
growth in Morrow Countv
l o the E d ito r
Since the fo unding o l the P ori o f
M o rr o w , the hoard o f com nns
sioners o f the port have taken co n
siderable p rid e in the fact that the
port has o p erated at very little cost
lo the lax payers Presently that c o g
am ounts to ap p ro x im a te ly 6v per
thousand o f county w id e pro perly
value
T h ro u g h the years it has been the
policy o f the port to finance port
developm ent through tlie use o f
revenue bonds The debt paym ents
on these bonds arc paid by adding
charges to u tility rates o f the
idustnes located on the port These
industries also service the debt on
their ow n bonds as w ell as pay mg the
cost o f daily o p eratio n o f (he ports
u tility system
In recent years econom ics have
changed C o m p e titio n for industrial
developm ent is keen O th e r in
dustrial parks in our com petition
area arc in a better position to o ffe r
com petitive rates because o f hn>ader
tax support and m ore debt free
utilities
Thus despite an excellent k va tio n .
the port finds its e lf losing the c o m
p e titiv e edge A fte r c a re fu l con-
sideration. the com m ission feels that
it is tim e to ask the taxpayers o f our
county w id e port d istrict for help by
seeking passage o f a general obliga
tion bond issue in the am ount o f
$ 7 5 0 .(8 *1 O f Ihis am ount six hun
dred thousand w ill lie used to retire
certain port hondi». w h ic h could
d irectly affect the ports rates One-
hundred thousand d ollars w o u ld he
used to im p ro v e port fa cilities and
the rem aining fifty thousand d ollars
w o uld he used to p ro vid e a nucleus
fo r industrial developm ent in south
M o rr o w C o u n ty
T h e cost o f the bond issue w o u ld
add approxim ately IOC per thousand
o f value to the current tax support
o f the port
W e b elieve you w ill agree w ith us
that this a m o unt, w h ich w o u ld be a
tax o f $5 fo r y our $ 5 0 .0 0 0 h o m e , is
perhaps one o f the most im portant
expenditures that we can m ake in
support o f o u r econom ic g m w ih
S in c e re ly ,
(s) l^ trry L in d s ay , President
Port o f M o rro w C o m m is sio n
John B ristow , v ic e president
K ent G o o d y e a r, secretary
H ill S h a rk e y , com m issioner
M a tt D o h c rtv . treasurer
H a a rln g A id S « r v l « «
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T liia n M la y , J a n . 2 S f k
F ood s Inc
D a w n B o o r. R e p o r te r
O n January 18. 1989 w t- held a
4 H cooking m eeting in the home
cc roo m at 3 4 5 p m W e w orked on
o u r records W e arc planning on
having a hake sale on M a rc h 14 to
raise m oney fo r o u r clu b O u r next
m eeting w ill he on February 8,
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An open letter to the school hoard
T o the E d ito r
Y o u w e re elected to the schtxil
hoard hy y o u r peers and y o u r
n e ig h b o r s b e c a u s e y o u w e r e
respected for your values, ideas, and
your independent thinking The p u r
pose o f y o u r e lectio n was not that
you line up rank and file in support
o f the policies o f the superintendent
It was that each o f you. independent
ly speak out on y o u r o w n opinions
o f w hat you b e lie v e is best fo r the
education ol tin- c lu ld ic ii m M o rro w
C ounty It seems strange to m e that
all o f you agree on the position not
lo negotiate w ith the teachers on the
term s o f th eir contract
Y o u arc asking the teachers to ac
cept a total pay increase o f tw o p e r
cent o v e r the next three years I f in
f!atio n continues at 4 5 T the cost o f
liv in g w ill rise 13 5 % d u rin g the
same period, so you arc actually tr y
ing to cut th eir salaries by 1 1 5 %
d u rin g this three year contract. T h e
reason that I have heard fo r this low
pay increase is that there is too m uch
dead w eight am ongst the teachers
As far as I know , the teachers arc not
the ones thal hire o ther teachers, the
adm inistration is responsible for this
fu nctio n N o w you w ant a ll o f the
teachers to g ive up 1 1 .5 percent o f
th eir salaries because you arc not
satisfied w ith (he pe rfo rm an c e o f a
few ITie m ajority o f the teachers arc
good teachers and arc s trivin g to
becom e better teachers
I f this
deadlock continues, it cannot help
hut put a had taste in the m ouths o f
all the teachers
W h e n these people chose to
becom e teachers, they re alized that
they w o u ld never he w e a lth y , hut
they d id expect to he fairly paid The
teachers must also re alize that this is
not the best of econom ic tim es in this
area, and a cost o f liv ing increase is
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a fa ir o ffe r. W ith the factfinders
re com m endation o f 12% o v er th ree
years, I fail to com prehend y o u r
m o tiv a tio n o f not negotiating w ith
the teachers
W ith our local econom y in its c u r
rent state, it is increasingly d iffic u lt
fo r high school graduates to find
good paying jobs in this area T h is
m eans that o u r c h ild ren need to he
prepared fo r additional education
a fte r high school, w h ich m akes the
e ducation o f o u r c h ild re n m o re im
portant than it has e ve r been I c a n
not b e lie ve that w e w ill he able to
keep the best o f o u r teachers in this
area i f the hoard docs not begin to
negotiate in good faith w ith the
teachers I also feel that it w o u ld he
unpovsihle to replace o u r best
teachers if they d id leave, c o n sid e r
ing the term s o f the contract the
hoard is proposing T h e m a jo rity o f
the people w ho w ould m ove into this
area to accept a jo b under those
term s w o u ld he the ones that could
not fin d w o rk e lsew h ere W e need
teachers w h o arc going to m ake a
life lo n g c o m m itm en t to the c h ild ren
in this com m unity and m return we
need to show our appreciation hy
payin g th em fa irly
I perceive the attitude o f the school
h o a rd , led hy the a d m in is tra tio n , o f
not w anting to resolve these negoda
lio n s, but to w in them I urge the
hoard to stop and think about the
possible consequences o f th eir cur
rent position T h is is a risky ap
p ro ach . because if the hoard suc
ceeds in w inn in g these negotiations,
it w ill not he just the teachers w ho
lose hut also the c h ild ren o f o u r
c o m m u n ity .
(s ) John K ilk e n n y
H eppn er
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FOR APPOINTMENT CALL
T h e Port o f M o rro w proposes a
$ 7 5 0 .(8 )0 G e n e ra l O b lig a tio n Bond
issue, once rejected by the voters hut
renew ed on the M a rc h ballot W e have
som e questions about that issue
G Genera) O b ligation Bonds may he
repaid w ith any source o f revenue vuch
as sew er and w a te r charges, te rm in a l
handling charges and the lik e I f those
sources are inadequate taxes must he
le v ie d , h o w ev er Is it the intention to
levy taxes, in a d dition to the tax base,
lo repay this new Bond issue"* I f so.
how m u c h ’ I f not. what source o f
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revenue w ill he used*
Q A bout $ 6 0 0 .0 0 0 is pm posed to
re tire some R evenu e Bondv w h ic h are
now being retired hy w ater and sewer charges to the fix x l processing tenants
in the P o rt's industrial park H o w m uch w o u ld re fin a n cin g these R evenue
Bonds save the tenants in w ater and sew er charges'* W o u ld thal he enough
to m ake th em “ c o m p e titiv e “ enough to m ain tain current em p lo ym e n t
levels'* increase em ploy m ent ’ D o we have any kin d o f c o m m itm en t fro m
th em to d o so?
Q Is n 't p a n o f that $ 6 0 0 .0 0 0 bond re tire m en t related to the c onstruc
tion o f the container te rm in a l' D oesn't the container term inal handle enough
c arg o to pay the coat o f o p eratio n includ ing bonded indebtedness * I f so.
why refinance it? I f not. is it now foreseeable that it ever w ill he profitable ’
Q A bout $ 1 0 0 ,(8 1 ) o f the proposed G e n e ra l O b lig a tio n B ond issue was
o rig in a lly intended to restore the e ro d in g riv e r hank as it threatened to
destroy a truck scale That project appears to have h e rn com pleted already
and presu m ably paid for W h a t new pro ject is planned * W ill any public
com m ent he solicited to d e te rm in e an ap p ro p ria te project?
G The rem aining $ 5 0 .(8 8 ) is said to he earm arked to acquire an industrial
site in South C ounty Is there a specific site in m in d ' Is an industrial site
the best use. as opposed to buildings, m achinery , research, m arketing plans,
feasib ility s tu d ie s ’ W ill any public co m m en t he solicited to d e c id e ’
A passing grade on the fo reg o in g e xam w ill w a rra n t o u r support o f the
G e n e ra l O b lig a tio n Bond issue
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