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F Getting ready for company ORF o r m i z t\ L I B HEPPNER M em bers of the senior class at Heppner High School w ere out doing community service work for the citizens of H eppner Tuesday and W ednesday morning. The class volunteered to help clean up Heppner in preparation for the St. Patrick’s celebration in appreciation for all the support the community has given to them with fundraisers for their drug and alcohol free senior class trip to Seattle. Pictured from left: M ike Alldritt, D eana Peck, Bev Haugen and April Rollis. Ballots to be m ailed this w eek Morrow County mail-in ballots will be sent out this week, according to Morrow County Clerk Barbara Bloods- worth. Ballots must be return ed to the clerk's office by Tues day, March 28, at 8 p.m. Voters will decide the fate of: -Measure 25-17, a one-year county operating levy $3,213,069 outside the tax base for fiscal year 1995-96. Accor Morrow County Heppner, Oregon ding to the Morrow County Court, the one year levy is $16,657 less than the levy ap proved by the voters for 1994- 95. The operating levy will assist in funding the general fund, At HHS, East served as man which includes the following ager of the varsity basketball mandated services: property team and was well liked by the tax assessment and collection, team members. And of course management of public fin he plans to tum out for the golf ances, maintenance of public record, public health services, team this spring. He says that he has made 9 county government, land use lot of good friends during his stay in Lexington, and says that Starr explains one of the advantages of an ex equal taxing change program is that "You're learning a lot about yourself." East has had the opportuni By Chuck Starr, superintendent ty to get together with other of Morrow County Schools ASSE exchange students, in Why are those of us who live cluding a Quebec girl, Pascal, out of town going to have to who lives only 80 miles from pay more tax for this school his home town. The ASSE ex- bond measure than those who hange program is planning an live in town? ice skating get-together in You won't pay more unless Portland. Several of his friends your assessed value is higher from home are also in an ex than someone in town. The change program; three are liv School District bond measure is ing California, one in Indiana outside the restrictions of and one in Georgia. Measure 5. When it passes, all East says that while food is property in Morrow County much the same as it was back will be taxed equally on a per home, it is much spicier here, $1,000 of assessed value to pay which, he says just kills the off the bonds over a 15 year taste. But, American food must period. The "compression" agree with him, since he has you hear about under Measure gained 15 pounds and grown 5 will not apply to this tax levy. an inch, to reach six feet, since City folk and country folk will he arrived in the U.S. in Oc all pay an equal share based on tober. One thing that he loves the assessed value of the pro and would like to take home perty they own. with him is eggnog. He says You say that my tax rate for that he had never heard of it schools should go down, even back in Quebec. if this school bond levy passes. Since his arrival in the U.S., Do you guarantee that my East has attended a hockey taxes will go down? match and has been to Port No. I can't guarantee that land "at least four times" and your taxes will go down if this took in a golf show at PSU; school bond measure passes. I Tillamook, where he enjoyed can guarantee that the Measure the air museum; Oceanside; 5 limit on the tax rate for school Pendleton, where he played operations will go down in golf; Cottonwood, Idaho, 1995- % from $7.50 per $1,000 to where Gary's brother lives; and $5 per $1,000. Our best estimate has been steelhead fishing on of the tax rate to begin paying the Salmon River and skiing at off this bond issue in 1995-% Anthony Lakes with the HHS will be $1.% per $1,000, the Outdoor Club. Earlier he had 1995-% tax rate for schools traveled to Florida with his should be $.54 less than family on a Christmas break. 1994-95. Therefore, if your Before he leaves for home, East assessed value stays the same, would like to go to the coast you should pay less tax for one more time and to Bend or schools in 1995-% than you did Redmond to, what else, play in 1994-95. golf. Keep those questions com East says that his future is ing. uncertain, depending on accep tance at a college and his finan cial situation, but expects that his father will have some build ing projects for him wh^n he returns home in June. The Heppner High School seniors are planning a trip to Quebec to see him after graduation, so he has to make sure he's back by then. imes VOL. 114 NO. 10 12 Pages Wednesday. March 8, 1995, Exchange student has golfing on his mind Heppner High School ex change student David East has golf on the brain. In fact, his love for golf is one of the things that drew him to the U.S. David, 18 years old, is from LaSarre, Quebec, Canada, where, he says, you can only play golf three or four months out of the year. LaSarre, which is around 500 miles north of the Great Lakes, has a lot of snow, sometimes four to five feet, which stays around for five or six months. Here, he says, with what can only be described as glee, you can play year round. "H e golfs as much as possi ble," laughs his host mother, Martha Munkers, Lexington. "He plays in the house, outside the house, in the car, in his mind." Munker says that there are "golf balls all over the house and golf clubs on every wall of the house," especially his room, which he has manag ed to clean only twice since he came. East hopes to be able to at tend a U.S. college, and of course golf also figures in the picture. Munkers adds proud ly, amid protests from a modest East, that he is "very capable of making any of the college teams." East has applied to 67 American colleges with hopes of getting some kind of finan cial assistance, because of the expensive price tag U.S. col leges carry, compared to Cana dian schools. East has already completed high school back home, under a kindergarten through 11th grade system. After high school, students in Canada may go to either a three year- vocational program or a two year college program. After col lege, students then go to a university, where a bachelor's degree takes around three years. If he returns to Canada, East intends to enroll in a two year college in a health sciences program and will then go to a university with plans of becom ing an optometrist. Besides golf, East says that another advantage to becoming an exchange student is being able to perfect his English. French is his native tongue, since Quebec is a French speak ing province, but East has taken eight years of English in school. After only four months in the U.S. he sounds like a native speaker. East says that he gets along well his host family, which in cludes host father, Gary, and has become close to his host grandparents, Riley and Bebe Munkers, Heppner. Grandpa Riley fills in as an occasional golfing partner. In an amusing coincidence, both of East's mothers, his real mom, Marie- Paule, and his host mom, work at his high school. Marie-Paule is a secretary with the school district and Martha is a cook and an aide. David laughingly says he just can't escape. His father, Bruno, is director of the local motor vehicles office, call ed the SAAQ in Quebec. David is an only child in both homes, since the three Munkers boys, Shane, Ryan and Dean, have all graduated from high school. The Munkers are old hands at having exchange students. In addition to numerous 4-H and Centennial exchange students, the Munkers hosted another French-speaking Canadian stu dent last year, Eric Fournier. David says that except for the first three weeks, he hasn't been homesick, although it was a little hard getting used to a small town. One of the biggest adjustments was not being able to drive in the U.S., because of insurance and the exchange program's policy. "You need to have a car, especially out here in the country," said David, who got his driver's license at 16. He says that it is hard to de pend on someone to take him everywhere. While school is easier here, East says there is a lot of work, especially packed into a four- day school week. He does well enough in school to qualify for a position on two knowledge master teams. His favorite class is advanced conditioning. Back home, in addition to golf, he played varsity badminton and played hockey for eight years. planning, elections, juvenile services, emergency manage ment, solid waste management planning and land survey; non- mandated services: justice court, veterans' services, museum, Extension Service, weed control district, Soil and Water Conservation District, Irrigon-Boardman Emergency Assistance Center, Neighbor hood Center of South Morrow County, Watermaster, preda tory animal control. The levy also assists in supporting the road fund, cities' road fund, county school fund and the fair and rodeo fund. Of the entire $16 million county budget, $13 million is paid for by other resources besides taxes, such as grant monies, fees, fines and timber resources, according to Morrow County Judge Louis Carlson. And, he adds, 60 percent of the taxes are paid by utilities. The $800,000 tax base is entitled to a six percent increase each year without a vote of the people. This automatic six percent in crease this year amounts to around $33,000. -Measure 25-15, a Morrow County School District general obligation bond for $13,290,000 to fund construction of class rooms, remodeling, repair and maintenance, to meet state and federal requirements for disabl ed access and asbestos removal and to purchase updated tech nology communications sys- continued page 3 Find The Hidden Shamrock Win Silver Medallions The popular St. Patrick's Day treasure hunt is back again Each week until March 15 a clue for the treasure hunt wil be printed in the Gazette-Times. If followed these clues wil guide treasure hunters to a green shamrock hidden somewhere in the city limits of Heppner. The first person to find the hidden shamrock will win a set of pure silver Oregon Trail Commemorative medallions worth over $90. The coins are donated by the Bank of Eastern Oregon and are on display at the bank. Find this Shamrock... and win these silver coins RULES: 1. A new set of clues to guide you to the hidden shamrock will appear in each edition of the Heppner Gazette-Times. 2. A total of five clues will be given up to March 15. 3. The hidden shamrock is not on private property and no digging or moving of objects, dirt or other materials is necessary to find the shamrock. 4. The first person to find the shamrock should bring it to the Heppner Gazette-Times office to claim the commem orative silver medallions. Clue Number Three A num bers gam e This w eek w e play Do it right, and find a sham rock you m ay Add the years from all your clues D o n ’t m iss one now or y o u ’re sure to lose A dd th e digits in your sum T im e s by four, and h e re ’s w hat y o u ’ve won An address you have in our fair burg on w hat street? N ext w eek you will learn Follow the clues and may the luck of the Irish be with you. This contest is sponsored by the Bank of Eastern Oregon and the Hepp ner Gazette-Times. Spring Oil Sale continues through Saturday March th 18 Morrow County Grain Growers Lexington 989-8221 1-800-452-7396 T O w r 'V * '* * ? » » . v,:~ .V- I ■ » ;V -' . / J
