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School board says yes to 7-12 combination
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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.
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