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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-
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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
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Lexington 989-8221
1-800-452-7396
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