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- ar — EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 25, 1995 School board zone changes explained By C huck Starr, superintendent of M orrow C o unty Schools elected from zone 5 in March, and begin service July 1. Zone 6 everything south of Zone 2 and east of Zone 3. Bill Doherty currently serves this zone. Zone 7 the southern part of Boardman. Scott Bauska cur rently serves this zone. The positions representing these zones are up for election March 28. The deadline for fil ing is January 26. Keep the questions coming. required under the 21st Cen tury Schools Act (HB3565); pro vide new class rooms for our growing student population; provide funds for maintenance; and repair and remodeling of existing school buildings; pro vide funds to comply with new state and federal mandates; and provide funds to ensure that our students have an equal chance at jobs and higher education in the future. For making these very dif ficult decisions, these volunteer representatives of all of you in the district receive the follow ing: no pay; countless hours of stressful meetings; late night phone calls from irate citizens who dislike their decisions, or some other school decision or action; written complaints, or worse yet, general complaining around town that eventually reaches them third or fourth hand. On the positive side, they do know that they have done the best job they can making these decisions with the information available. These dedicated peo ple need a big pat on the back from all of us. Please join me in su p p o rt of G overnor Kit- zhaber's proclamation of the week of January 22-28, 1995 as "School Board Recognition Week". Let the following board members know you appreciate them: Marcia Kemp, Scott Bauska, Bill Doherty, Molly Rill, G ary Frederickson, Dwayne Carroll and John Rietmann. As we near the January 26 deadline for prospective can didates to file for school board positions, the following ques tion is an important one: Why did the district change the school board's geographical zones, and what are those new zones? State law requires the district to re-examine geographical board zones after every official census. The 1990 cesus show Why should we thank the ed that our board zones were no longer representing equal members of our school board? The Morrow County School population number in the District is in the middle of one district. Therefore, the board of the most difficult time had two choices: 1-change the periods in its history. The state /ones to areas of equal popula of Oregon has taken control of tion representation; or, 2-ask school funding and that change the voter to approve seven at has resulted in our district large positions instead of hav needing to cut our general fund ing representative zones. The budget (money to operate our board decided to change the zones to make them each schools) in 1995-% to a total representative areas of equal amount that is over $1,000,000 population. Thus, the follow less than the district had to operate in 1992-93 (three years ing zones were adopted: Zone 1 Northeast Boardman ago). Our school board must through the western edge of Ir- make the very difficult deci rigon. Gary Frederickson was sions about what cuts in staff recently re-elected to this and programs to make to balance our budget with less position. Zone 2 the town of Lexington resources for the third straight and area north to southern year. Any decision they make edge of Boardman; area south is going to be unpopular with of Highway 730 to Umatilla someone, yet they make those Depot; and area south of 1-84 decisions in what they believe to the Umatilla county line on is in the best interest of all of the east and extension of Finley the Morrow County students. In the midst of funding pro Buttes Road on south. Dwayne Carroll and Marcia Kemp blems, our board members curently live in this zone. As of must also support the changes |ulv 1, 1995, Dwayne will be the sole representative for zone 2. Zone 3 the western third of of the county from north to south. This area includes the Although some folks seem bent on self-destruction, the average town of ione and the western person isn't as ignorant as many manufacturing companies seem part of Boardman. John Riet- to perceive. (That excludes youngsters with invincible attitudes mann and Molly Rill currently such as long ago when a son attempted to parachute off a barn live in this zone. The position using an umbrella). However it's easy to be coerced into follow is open for election in March. ing directions under threat of penalty by law or consequences. That means that at least one of But how many people read labels with dire warnings on aspirin- the current board members liv type products when seeking relief from pain in the middle of ing in zone 3 will be off the the night? Note that a popular mouthwash that I've used for years board July 1, 1995. says on the label "if ingested consult a physician or a poison con Zone 4 the town of Heppner. trol center". In spite of mouthwash traces that have trickled down This is a new zone. No current the pipe, I guess I'm lucky to have beaten the odds. board member lives in this I'll admit there have been times when reading directions could zone. T herefore, a new have prevented flustration when trying to assemble a product member of the board will be or set a digital clock. But sometimes it's better to pretend that elected from zone 4 in March, you know what you're doing instead of following confusing direc and begin to serve July 1. tions that often lead to abandoning an engineering feat. Zone 5 the northeast corner People can become robot-like by living with programed direc of the county, including most tives or unwritten rules, such as when to get up or go to work. of the town of Irrigon. This is During our so-called retirement years, it would be a sin to sleep also a new zone, with no cur in past 5 a m. to comply with hubby's chore-bound morning rent member of the board liv routine. Minus a crew to feed or kids to get off to school, it would ing in it. Once again, a new be hard to sleep in when the whole house begins to gyrate. member of the board will be We're so hide bound by instructions that when not following precise directions that say "tw o teaspoon fulls" I expect a red flag to pop out of a bottle like a genie. It's difficult to imagine P harm acy & anyone inventing something when rules thwart the imagination. Y our H e a lth Just having to think up new regulations for use of a product could be a downer. Probably no one stood around telling Ben Franklin Boardman Pharmacy that electricity could be hazardous. User beware, an axe doesn't come with a warning that misuse & Hardware 202 1st. N. W. P.O. Box 170 could result in a too close manicure of a digit. Young people are Boardman, Oregon 97818 quick to pick up on the use of electronical gadgets. Yet adults 481-9474 481-7351 don't trust them with power tool useage, thinking they might Vaccines for Children attempt to use a hedge trimmer for a haircut. However some of the male students' haircuts nowadays look more like their hair Program had been trimmed to resemble a hedge. Perhaps you're one of the guilty ones who has removed pillow Last year the U.S. Department tags that say "under penalty by law, do not remove label". Maybe of Health and Human Services an you've also machine washed a garment that was labeled "hand nounced the Vaccines for Children wash". Yet there are no guarantees after carefully following direc Program. According to a report in tions and that garment ends up looking like the dog has taken Journal o f American Medical As sociation, the program, which will it for a drag around the block. be introduced in January (1995), People are busy analyzing and labeling everything including will provide free vaccines to chil over 3,000 grocery store items. As long as they're so free with dren at participating private and advice, they should at least state that food overindulgence has public health centers. Health offi been known to increase body weight. cials are concerned about the low Advertising is another effort at mind control that seems to work immunization rates of children. as noted by increased sales. However if those products must have According to the Center for Dis eases Control, the current vaccina labels with detailed instructions, then why not use larger print tion rate of 2-year-old children is so one doesn't have to use a magnifying glass? only 55 to 88 percent. A goal of one When it comes to all these directives that govern our lives federal program for 1996 is to in sometimes it gives one a pain that is just a little bit lower than crease immunizations for polio, a thorn in the side. measles, mumps, rubella, diphthe First Interstate hosts agri-business First In terstate Bank of Oregon took advantage of the mid-winter lull in agricultural activity to sponsor an "A gri business Appreciation Day" and open house at its branch in Heppner on Wednesday, Jan. 18. The open house was design ed to recognize the importance of agriculture to the Oregon economy and to First Interstate Bank. Marilyn Garcia, H eppner Branch Manager, said "This event lets our customers and other local residents have a chance to talk informally with bank officers, representatives from agricultural associations and other farmers and ran chers, that they normally might not have. It is also our chance to say thank you to our customers for their patronage and support.” The Morrow County Wheat Growers League attended and displayed information about their products. Representatives from Oregon State University's College of Agricultural Sciences also attended. First Interstate Bank was represented by officers from Portland, Hermiston and Bend, including those from the com mercial lending center and the agribusiness commercial bank ing center. Specialized personal financial representatives who can offer information about the bank's investment and insurance pro ducts were present to discuss their services and products. R ep resen tativ es from the bank's personal trust and agribusiness services offices were also present. A number of local business- es, including Les Schwab Tires and Wright Motors of Fossil were invited to attend. The bank also provided door prizes, including a Pendleton blanket and an Oregon book. The Oregon Wheat Cake bak ed by bank staff members from the Heppner, Condon and Fossil branches was served with complimentary coffee and other beverages. The open house also coin cides with the branch's 61st an niversary. The branch opened on January 5, 1934. W ith 170 branches throughout Oregon, First In terstate Bank has been meqfing the personal and business banking needs of Oregonians since being established in Portland on July 4, 1865. Mens Sweaters | Reg 31 1 995 tO 2595 Reg 29 * to 4995 • Now 1 495 to 3795 Save 1200 to 1500 M ens Sport Shirts By Arrow and Saterdays Reg 1895 to 3395 Now 1195 to 1995SclV© 7^)0 tO 1 4 00 Gardner’s 193 N. 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Darlene Scroggins of Hepp ner won $2,338 in the Megabucks lottery game drawn Saturday, Jan. 14. Scroggins said that she very seldom plays the lottery, but decided to buy a Megabucks quick pick power play ticket after one of her customers bought one Saturday. Scrog gins is a clerk at Central Red Apple in Heppner. Scroggins said that she sent away for the money and had just received it this week. She ad d ed th at the w in was especially appreciated because she recently lost her husband, Larry', and medical bills are still coming in. By Isle of Cotton and Shenandoah Now 1695 to 4595j During the month of January, the human services department at Blue Mountain Community College is seeking submissons from local businesses, agencies and induviduals for informa tion to add to the 1995 U m atilla/M orrow C ounty Human Services Guide. The guide is used as a reference tool by professionals in the field. It is also available to consumers through their local libraries or human sevices offices. To submit information mail to: Blue Mountain Community College, c/o Patricia Tempinski, P.O. Box 100, Pendleton 97801. For more inform ation call 276-1260, ext. 231. Morrow County Creative A rts and C rafts rem in d s members to get their items together for the St. Patrick's Day sale. The sale will be held Saturday, March 17 in the Les Schwab building. Articles are needed for the silent auction as well. Cookies will be served and members are asked to bring two dozen. wins lottery prize JA N U A R Y C LEA RANCE FIN A L D A Y S Submissions sought Creative arts and crafts to meet Darlene Scroggins AU SEASON S T S . B a iB> RADIAL 155 / 80 R -13 .... 3 2 .6 6 205 / 75 R -14 ... 4 2 .2 0 225 / 75 R -15 ............ 4 8 . 1 2 Limited to stock on hand -N--- A ----- ■ - — - - » rj-r* DO N’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME GREAT DEAlJS Heppner 676-9481
