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OICC ♦ ♦ ♦ May ail mankind rejoice in the meaning and message of this happy, holy holiday, as we extend our warmest wishes to you for a season filled with love and joy. Merry Christmas and many thanks. School board says yes to 7-12 combination heppner imes VOL. 112 NO. 51 8 Pages Wednesday, December 22, 1993 Morrow County Heppner, Oregon M ike VanArsdale big contest winner Mike VanArsdale of Heppner was the big winner in the final drawing of the Christmas Punch contest. He won $600 in gift cer tificates to local businesses. Other winners in this week's drawing are: Betty Mills ($25 gift certificate to The Shoe Box), Mary Ella Moyer (Pettyjohns), Linda Kenny (Green Feed), Janet Greenup (Coast to Coast), Rita Bowman (Les Schwab Tires), and Linda Conklin (Central Market). Seventh-Day A dvents plan carolling This Wednesday, Dec. 22, members of the Seventh-Day Adventist church will be caroll ing through the streets of Heppner. The community is invited to join them. Those interested should meet at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church at 7 p.m. Ruth Maben of Court Street Market draws the lucky grand prize Christmas Punch ticket. Infant death attibuted to unknown causes An autopsy has been completed on a 22 month old Irrigon girl, according to Morrow County Undersheriff Verlin Denton. According to Denton, doctors attribute the death to unknown natural causes. Other, more ex tensive tests are pending, but doc tors do not expect to find anything, said Denton. The baby had been discovered not breathing at her home around 11 p.m. on Dec. 19 and was pro nounced dead at Good Shepherd Com m unity H ospital at Hermiston. C utsforths win bank logo contest Terrie and Toni Cutsforth, a mother and daughter team of Heppner, have won the Bank of Eastern Oregon logo contest and the $500 prize, announced bank president George Koffler. "T he bank very much ap preciates the time and effort each entrant took in designing and drawing the logo entries," Kof fler said, adding that the Cutsforths' logo was selected from amongst almost 100 entries. The logo is to be publicly displayed after the first of the year. Sally M addern w ins $100 b eef Sally Maddern, Heppner, was the winner of $ 100 worth of meat from Court Street Market, raffl ed off by the Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home Auxiliary. PMNH resident Don Bellen- brock drew the winning ticket. Post office to close early Dec. 24 The Morrow County School Board Monday evening Dec. 20, approved a plan to combine Heppner grades seven through 12 at the high school building, but decided not to go ahead with a plan to open a high school in Irrigon. District superintendent Chuck Starr recommended this option, adding that the Boardman-Irrigon advisory board unanimously voted against a proposal to build a new high school in Irrigon, while the Heppner-Lexington ad visory board unanimously ap proved the 7-12 configuration for Heppner junior high and high school. In the initial vote to accept Starr's recommendation, board members deadlocked, with Scott Bauska and Gary Frederickson, both Boardman, and Dwayne Carroll, Irrigon, voting for the plan, and Marcia Kemp and Bill Doherty, both Lexington, and John Rietmann. lone, opposing lb#plan. Starr urged a decision, and in a second vote, Rietmann changed sides. Board member Molly Rill, Heppner, was out of town and unable to cast her vote in absentia. The configuration of the school is tied to a bond issue which the board plans to present to the voters in the March election. With no new junior high school proposed for Heppner, the pro posed bond issue now stands at $17,912.992 million. Bond amounts were estimated to be the same regardless of the configura tion at Columbia Junior High School in Irrigon and Riverside High School in Boardman. A proposal had been under consideration by the board in which Irrigon students in grades 7-12 would attend school at Col umbia Junior High School in Ir rigon and Boardman students in grades 7-12 would attend school at Riverside High School in Boardman. Now Boardman and Irrigon junior high school students will continue attending CJH and high school students will continue attending RHS. However, Boardman and Irrigon sixth grade students will move from classroom s at A .C. Houghton Elementary in Irrigon and Sam Boardman Elementary in Boardman to classrooms at the CJH building. According to the proposal, Heppner Junior High School seventh and eighth graders will move to Heppner High School and fifth and sixth graders will move to new classrooms at the elementary school. This proposal will save the district around $2.5 million, since it will not require building a new, junior high in Heppner. Cost estim ates for each building are as follows: A.C. Houghton Elementary $1,593,490: $135,000 site work and demolition; $1,275,000 con struction of new classrooms; $80,000 remodeling of existing fa c i 1 i t i e s ; $6,000 removal of boiler room asbestos and reinsulation; $19,000 enclosure for a freezer; $22,500 new storage building; $2,800 flush valves for urinals; $15.500 trash compactor; $7,690 baler; $5.000 recycling bins; $25,000 remodel/repair parking area. Colum bia Junior High $1,778.190: $60,000 site work and demolition; $1,428,000 new classroom construction; $140,000 new locker room construction; $20,000 wheel chair lift; $100,000 new roof; $15,500 trash compactor; $7,690 baler; $5.000 recycling bins. Heppner 7-12 $777,890:$35,000 chair lift; $102,000 new com puter lab; $48,000 remodeling stage area; $22,500 construct greenhouse; $10,000 replace ac- coustical tile with carpet in gym; $23.500 replace ceiling tile in upstairs hall and floor tile; $15.000 replace wainscoating in halls; $2,000 replace glass panels; $3.000 carpet for library and band room; $45.000 remodel art room; $1.000 remodel vo-ag room; $4,000 replace controls on two CZY units; $3.700 air lock bus entrance; $24,000 convert to hot water heat; $15.000 metal siding on gym; $15,500 trash compactor; $7,690 baler; $5,000 recycling bins; $21,000 site Madras couple to operate Heppner Bowl The Heppner Post Office will close at 1:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 and New Year’s Eve. Dec. 31. Postmaster Mike McGuire reminds everyone that any outgo ing mail must be mailed before 1:30 p.m. on those days. Those with concerns should contact McGuire at the post office. Gazette to close Dec. 24 & 31 The Heppner Gazette-Times will be closed Christmas eve. Fri day. Dec. 24 and New Year's eve, Friday, Dec. 31. Advertis ing and news deadline will remain the same. The Gazette staff wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. L-R: Randy Samples, Victor and Jane Yahr, Sonia and Doug Smith Jane and Victor Yahr. former ly of Madras, are the new operators of Heppner Bowl. The Yahrs' son, Randy Samples, will also be involved in the business, running the junior leagues. The bowling alley is now open for business and the cafe will open as soon as possible say the Yahrs. The Yahrs are no strangers to the bowling business. Victor was elected president of the Jefferson County Bowling Association four years ago and Jane was the secretary for league mixers at Madras. Victor ran a bowling center in Oakridge and Jane operated a cafe in Madras in the ‘70’s. Victor has two grown children and Jane has four, in cluding Larry Samples of Boardman. work; $375,000 remodel and ex pand gym. H eppner Elem entary $2,481,340: $90,000 site work; $637,500 construct new art and music rooms and cafeteria; $714,000 construct six rooms (computer room, classrooms, staff room); $900,000 construct new gym; $1,650 replace urinal flush valves; $25,000 new boiler (primary building); $15.000 removal of boiler room asbestos and reinsulation; $15,500 trash compactor; $7,690 baler; $5.000 recycling bins; $50,000 air con ditioning (primary); $20,000 carpeting (primary). lone Elem entary School $225,350: $100,000 barrier free elevator; $1,350 flush valves; $19,000 main floor air condition ing; $10,000 electrical update; $20,000 carpeting; $50,000 renovate basement; $25,000 repair walks and concrete areas. -lone High School $400,640: $12,000 install distance learning equipment; $3.500 replace ceil ing tile; $8,500 install lockers; $10,000 gym acoustical treat ment; $20,000 exterior painting (both buildings): $44,000 reroof gym and locker area; $1,100 flush valves for urinals; $44,000 separate boiler for pool and locker room; $26,000 asbestos removal and reinsulation; $15,500 trash compactor; $7,690 baler; $5,000 recycling bins. R iverside High School $4,954.690: $150,000 site work and demolition; $1,390,000 new classroom construction; $1,275,000 new gymnasium and wrestling area: $315,000 new corridor and lobby; $400,000 new lockers and weight room; $760,000 new auditorium and platform ; $110,000 new restrooms; $448,000 remodeling of existing facilities; $19,000 enclose freezer: $17,500 asbestos removal and reinsulation; $23,000 water tower for chillers; $10,000 mineral cap on roof; $7.000 intercom system; $15,500 trash compactor; $7,690 baler; $5,00 recycling bins. Sam Boardman Elementary $1,329.690: $30.000 site work and demolition; $740,000 new classroom construction; $40.000 remodel existing facilities; $9.000 replace soffits; $16.000 fence playground; $36.000 repair gym floor: $408.000 add four more rooms; $22,500 expand storage; $ 15.500 trash compac tor; $7.690 baler: $5,000 recycl ing bins. D istrict Office $61,500: $8,500 replace floor tile; $30.000 chair lift to first floor; $18.000 roof gvm (storage area); $5,000 recycling bins. District wide $1,080,000: $1,000.000 wiring and equipment foi technology communication; $80.000 copy machine updates. Other expenses $3,230,212: $1.468.278 contingency plus 10 percent; $1.468.278 architectural engineering design, fees, etc., plus 10 percent; $293.656 cost of bond issuance plus two percent. Starr said previously that a plan to cut six full time teaching posi tions at Heppner Junior High and High School will proceed whether the bond issue is approv ed by voters or not. North end schools facing an increase in students will lose one teacher. -A ,1 %s!a & f- ■’ s
