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    EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 21, 1995
Big catfish snagged
Mary Setness
Nine year-old Mary Setness
caught a 13-inch, I-V 2 pound
catfish at Willow Creek Lake
Sunday, June 11.
Setness said she used worms
to catch the fish.
School district approves budget
By April Sykes
The Morrow County School
District adopted a $29,668,119
total budget for the 1995-%
year at its regular board
meeting on June 12. This in­
cludes a general fund budget of
$12,534,905 and a capital pro­
jects fund of $13,690,000. The
general fund is comprised of
transportation, maintenance,
district operation and the in­
dividual schools' budgets
The district anticipates
$6,872,404 in state school sup­
port, up from $5,688,080 for
1994-95, $3,863,335 for 1993-94
and $2,632,750 for 1992-93.
The transportation budget is
down, with $588,089 budgeted
for the 1995-% year, down from
$636,657 in 1995-95, $639,860 in
1993-94 and 663,540 in 1992-93.
The board earlier voted to pur­
sue the contracting of busing
services from a private
company.
Maintenance is up over last
year, from $1,452,654 to
$1,656,847. The maintenance
budget was $313,865 in 1993-94
and $387,310 in 1992-93.
The district operation fund is
up from $1,932,326 in 1994-95
to $1,979,274 in 1995-%.
Individual schools' budgets
are as follows: A.C. Houghton
Elementary-from $1,212,999 in
1994-95 to $1,064,889 in 1995-
% ; Heppner Elementary $807,
433 to $936,594; lone Elemen­
tary $377,877 to 379,662; Sam
Boardman Elementary $1,055,
575 to $1,089,963; Heppner
Junior High $598,097 to zero
(junior high students have been
moved to Heppner High
School); lone Junior High
$145,105 tp $137,407; Columbia
Junior High $778,195 to $962,
237; Heppner Junior/Senior
High School $934,436 to
$1,089,810; lone Senior High
School $399,496 to $363,243;
Riverside Senior High School
$1,614,343 to $1,386,890.
In other business at the June
12 meeting, the board:
-honored outgoing board
members Molly Rill, who was
on the board for five years and
Marcia Kemp, who was a board
member for eight years. When
school districts were redrawn,
Kemp and Dwayne Carrol re­
sided in the same district as did
Rill and John Rietmann. Car­
rol's and Rietmann's terms ex­
pired at a later date, so they re­
tained the positions.
-approved resignations of:
Judy Meyer, Sam Boardman
Elementary teacher; Becky
Kington, Riverside High School
and Columbia Junior High art
teacher; Marti Baker, north end
schools music teacher; Lisa
Nelson, CJH teacher; Tom
Graham, RHS technology ed­
ucation teacher; Dan Marshall,
maintenance I; Marilyn Ste­
wart, A.C. Houghton Elemen­
tary food service education
assistant; Pam Dowdy, Hepp­
ner Junior High head volleyball
coach; Susie Hisler, HJH head
track coach; Tori Meyers, RHS
Title VII coordinator.
-approved transfers for: Bob
Davidson, from RHS to Colum­
bia Middle School; Helen Sy-
mionow, RHS to CMS; Martha
Lee Wallace, ACH to CMS;
Doug Howell, ACH to CMS;
Karen Talaski, ACH to CMS;
Kitty Bredemeier, Heppner
Middle School to CMS; A1
Beck, HMS to Heppner High
School; Barb Peterson, HES/
HMS to HES and HHS; Greg
Grant, HMS/HHS to HHS;
Terri Gentry, HMS/HHS to
HHS; Karen Beck, HMS to
HHS; Sally Walker, HMS to
RHS; Guy Post, HHS to RHS;
Sarah Carlson, HMS to lone;
Michelle Miller, Chapter I to
regular teaching assignment at
CMS; Judy Marston, food ser­
vice CMS to ACH; Ruth Sul­
livan food service from ACH to
CMS; Marilyn Winters, library
technician, SBE to ACH.
-approved employment for:
Vicky Broden, half time at
HMS to full time at HHS; Rose
Sebastian, probationary con­
tract for 1995-% to teach at SBE,
replacing Judy Meyer; Regina
Mills, probationary contract for
1995-% to teach half time at
SBE, new position; Nancy
McElhany, library teachnician,
HES, replacing licensed media
specialist; Kay Ceton, library
technician, RHS, replacing
licensed media specialist; Ron
Dean district maintenance, re­
placing Dan Marshall; Eugene
Lewis, assistant custodian,
HES, replacing Bill Baker;
Eileen Wheeler, library techni­
cian SBE, replacing licensed
media specialist; Vicki Wagen-
blast, temporary educational
assistant for 1995-96, replacing
Pam Minster, who is on a one-
year educational leave.
-learned of problems with the
lone Pool. The pool is in need
of major repairs and opening of
the pool will be delayed.
-ratified the classified em­
ployees' contract. The contract
calls for a two percent increase
for the top step of the salary
schedule only for the 1995-96
school year. The remainder of
the classified salary schedule
will be frozen for that year. All
classified em ployees will
receive a two percent increase
in each of the two remaining
years of the three-year contract.
-ratified and signed the cer­
tified contract. The 1995-% con­
tract includes step increases
and a 1.25 percent increase for
the tope step of the last two col­
umns in the schedule. In each
of the next two years, teachers
will get step increases in addi­
tion to a 2.5 percent increase on
the whole salary schedule.
-called for bids on the sale of
the Lexington ball field proper­
ty, which is owned by the dis­
trict.
-accepted a roofing bid from
Palmer Roofing at $40,190 for
the lone gvm and locker room.
-accepted a bid for asbestos
removal and reinsulation from
W.L. Thomas, Inc. at $9,832
each for lone High School and
Heppner Junior High.
-rejected bids for roofing the
district office gym from two
bidders, Allstott-Gentry Con­
struction and Brown Roofing.
Both bids were over budget.
it. Patrick’s
Senior Center
Bulletin Board
found in contempt of court for
absconding a court-ordered
probation. He was ordered to
serve 30 days in the county jail
and have his probation extend­
ed for two years until June
1997.
Cameron Allyn Ruff, 19,
Portland, was convicted of
Unauthorized Use of a Motor
Vehicle, stemming from an in­
cident which occured when the
defendant allegedly stole a car
from Sco tt's Auto Sales,
Portland, and transported the
vehicle to Heppner in order to
visit friends. Ruff was sentenc­
ed to 180 days in jail, two years
probation, 100 hours of com­
munity service, pay attorney's
fees, costs and fines totaling
$635 and send a letter of
apology to the victim. The
Court suspended the 180 day
jail sentence provided the
defendant complied with those
conditions.
Shawn Bruce Linton, 24,
Portland, was convicted of
Possession of a Controlled
Substance, methamphetamine
and illegal possession of a
weapon stemming from an in­
cident which occured on April
29, when the defendant was
passing through Morrow
County en route to Washing-'
ton. Linton was ordered to
serve 19 days in jail, pay fines,
and assessments totaling $665
and undergo drug and alcohol
evaluation and treatment.
Daniel J Hum, 19, Irrigon,
was convicted of Unauthorized
Use of a Motor Vehicle stemm­
ing from an incident which oc­
curred in the Irrigon area
January 15. Hum and Larry A.
Perrin, along with a juvenile
took a Honda Odyssey from a
residence in Irrigon. Hum was
placed on 18 months probation
and ordered to pay $750 restitu­
tion, complete 75 hours of com­
munity service and not commit
any additional crimes.
Cindy Irene Hart, 21, Irrigon,
was found in contempt of court
for failure to abide by a juvenile
court order dated May 18,
wherein she had been ordered
to undergo inpatient drug treat­
ment. Hart was arrested June
8 and was ordered to remain in
custody until June 21 when she
was to be transported to the
ARC drug treatment program
in Ontario.
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The District Attorney's office
at the courthouse in Heppner
reports handling the following
business during the past
weeks:
June 1: Craig A. Hulse, Ir-
rigon, was found guilty of
allowing livestock to roam at
large. He was placed on proba­
tion for one year, ordered to
pay $135 in fines and assess­
ments and ordered to repair his
livestock fences so that his
livestock will not be permitted
to roam.
June 6: Jeffrey Michael Zim­
merman, Heppner, was con­
victed of Assault IV, Menacing
and two counts of Harrassment
which stem from an incident
that occurred October 26 and
29,1994. Zimmerman was cut­
ting wood illegally in the Uma­
tilla National Forest, and was
confronted by Forest Service
employees and ordered to stop
the illegal cutting. Thereafter
Zimmerman assaulted, menac­
ed and harrassed the forest ser­
vice employees which lead to
his arrest. He was ordered to
serve 185 days in jail, 175
suspended, pay $622 fine, and
ordered to undergo evaluation
and treatm ent for anger
m anagement.
June 15: Bobby Gene Bur­
gess, 29, Hermiston, was found
in Contempt of Court for
violating his probation for a
series of unauthorized uses of
a motor vehicle committed in
January 1993. He was sentenc­
ed to six months in the Depart­
ment of Corrections to run con­
currently with other crimes he
committed in Umatilla County.
This probation revocation pro­
ceeding related to an incident
where the defendent and
Shawn Adlard committed
multiple thefts of vehicles in a
spree which extended across
Morrow County.
James Howard Stark, 26, Ir-
rigon, was found in contempt
of court for failure to complete
satisfactory probation. Stark
was ordered to serve 30 days in
the county jail and had proba­
tion extended for two years in
order to pay court-ordered
financial obligations which he
previously failed to pay. Proba­
tion stems from an incident
where the defendent smashed
in the front windows of Sun
Ridge Mobile Homes and stole
a mobile home, which was
abandoned in Grant County.
Christopher W. Lyons, 23,
Baker City, convicted of bur­
The Creative Arts and Crafts
gary in December 1991, was group will meet Wednesday,
June 28, at Kate's Pizza at 1
p.m.
Arts and crafts
group to meet
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Pharm acy &
Your H ealth
There were 90 people present for the senior dinner, June 14.
Three meals were home delivered. Barton Clark won the meal
ticket. Members of the Catholic Church served. The Senior Center
Board met following the meal.
The menu for Wednesday, June 28, will be oven-fried chicken,
pork and beans, potato salad, pickles, chips, gelatin with fruit
land rolls. Members of the Baptist Church will serve.
There was one table of cards in play Friday afternoon, June
16. Eight seniors watched the movie, "The Capture of Grizzly
Adams" Sunday evening.
The Red Cross blood drawing will be held Thursday, June 22,
from 2-6 p.m. in the Senior Center dining room.
The senior bus departs for the Condon meal site at 10 a.m.,
Thursday, June 22. The Monument reunion potluck dinner will
be July 2 , with the bus leaving Heppner at 8 a.m. Those atten­
ding are asked to bring folding chairs. The trip to the Milton-
Freewater meal site will be leaving at 9 a.m., July 14.
Anyone wishing to go on the bus to the fireworks at lone, Ju­
ly 4, is asked to let Eleanor Gonty know.
Other dates to remember: Tuesday and Thursday exercise, 10
a.m.; Wednesday blood pressures 11 a.m., senior dinner noon;
Friday cards 2 p.m.; Sunday movie 7 p.m.
Shirley Haugan has volunteered to be a substitute office
volunteer. The seniors appreciate having her as so many of the
volunteers have been ill or away. The center could still use a cou­
ple more volunteers.
Roger
Britt
Septic
Service
Serving Morrow-Gilliam County
Boardman Pharmacy
& Hardware
202 1st. N.W.
P.O. Box 170
Boardman, Oregon 97818
481-9474
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Effect of Cigarette
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Cigarette smoke has been linked
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including cancer and heart disease.
Smokers face another, less well
known problem that nonsmokers
do not share. Research has shown
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Antidepressants: The effect o f
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contraceptive use (blood clots,
strokes, and heart attacks) can be
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