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Heppner Gazette Times Heppner Oregon Wednesday, January 8, 1997 - THREE The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S P S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Hoipe-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 147 West Willow Street Telephone (541)676-9228. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $18 in Morrow. Wheeler, Cilliam and Grant Coun ties; $25 elsewhere. April Hilton-Sykes.................................................................... , , ........News Editor Stephanie Jensen ....................................................................................Typesetting Monique D evin..................................................... Advertising Layout & Graphics Bonnie Bennett ...................................................................................... Distribution Penni Keersemaker ........................................................................................ Printer David Sykes, Publisher HEALTH DEPT. Weather Report The Morrow County Health ________ B y City of Heppner Dept, lists the following For the month of December monthly schedule for blood Low Precip. High pressures and immunizations: 12/1 .11 37 53 Thursday, Jan. 9-blood pres 12/2 .00 44 33 sures and immunizations, 12/3 .17 27 48 Heppner office, 8:30 a.m.- 12/4 .00 24 41 4:30 p.m.; .21 36 48 12/5 Monday, Jan. 13-blood pres 12/6 .08 33 47 .00 42 sures and immunizations, Irri- 12/7 47 .20 49 40 12/8 gon annex, 1-4 p.m.; .13 38 50 Tuesday, Jan. 14-blood pres 12/9 .22 38 51 sures and immunizations, 12/10 .14 32 53 12/11 Boardman, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; T 32 48 Thursday, Jan. 16-blood 12/12 .02 33 53 12/13 pressures and immunizations, .00 28 46 12/14 Heppner office, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 12/15 .00 34 47 p.m.; .04 33 53 12/16 Monday, Jan. 20-blood pres 12/17 .00 17 40 sures and immunizations, lone 12/18 .00 17 34 City Hall, 2-4 p.m.; .00 29 17 12/19 Tuesday, Jan. 21-blood pres 12/20 .01 22 43 T sures and immunizations, 12/21 31 47 T 28 Boardman, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; 44 12/22 T 28 47 Thursday, Jan. 23-blood 12/23 .15 33 46 pressures and immunizations, 12 24 .28 49 23 Heppner office, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 12/25 .35 17 28 12/26 p.m.; .05 15 12/27 45 Tuesday, Jan. 28-blood pres T 24 37 sures and immunizations, 12/28 .25 12 12/29 26 Boardman, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; T 20 50 1230 Thursday, Jan. 30-blood .01 46 53 12/31 pressures and immunizations, Heppner office, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Card, bunko party set at St. Pat's church St. Patrick's Altar Society has scheduled a public card and bunko party for Sunday, Jan. 19. Games o f pinochle, bridge and bunko will begin at 2 p.m. at the St. Patrick's Catholic Church parish hall. Cash prizes will be awarded for high and second high scorers and a floating prize for each o f the three types o f play will also be offered. Desserts and coffee, tea and punch will be served. Cost for the afternoon will be $3. "We think we haven't had a public card party in Heppner for too long. We hope interest is strong enough that we can hold another party next winter," said a spokes person. "Winter weather is perfect for gathering indoors for games." Local teen dance held on Dec. 31 By Lonnie Rill An Oregon Together Teen dance was held on New Year's Eve. Barb Peterson, Doug Rathbun and others helped organize the dance. Every piece , every pattern. On sale now during our Open Stock Sale! • Letters to the Editor Editor’s note: Letters to the editor must be signed The Gazette-Times will not publish unsigned letters Please include your address and phone number on all letters for use by the G-T office. The G-T reserves the right to edit County school days lowest in state To the Editor: A recent report by the Oregon Education Dept, gives the following statistics: These are the average number of days schools in Oregon's 36 counties operated: COUNTY Baker Benton Clackamas Clatsop Columbia Coos Crook Curry Deschutes Douglas Gilliam Grant Harney Hood River Jackson Jeflerson Josephine Klamath Lake Lane Lincoln Linn Malheur Marion Morrow Multnomah Polk Sherman Tillamook Umatilla Union Wallowa Wasco Washington Wheeler Yamhill 1 «02-03 173 172 172 176 174 175 169 178 173 169 175 173 168 170 175 172 173 153 166 174 171 174 175 170 177 175 175 168 171 175 165 176 175 176 167 174 1003-04 1004-05 100S-M 175 174 172 177 174 176 158 178 173 159 177 170 170 176 173 172 175 139 169 175 175 172 175 175 177 175 176 171 172 177 166 176 179 178 167 176 174 170 172 175 167 176 153 177 172 156 173 168 169 174 173 174 163 140 164 172 142 170 174 174 150 172 170 176 170 176 166 176 171 172 160 165 174 169 170 170 169 175 166 173 166 161 165 170 171 171 172 172 170 173 165 173 158 170 173 174 148 165 170 173 166 173 165 175 171 170 160 166 Oregon is short on days as compared to the rest o f the world, but Morrow County has the distinction o f being the lowest in Oregon. Oregon tea chers' salaries currently rank 14th in the United States. Superintendent Starr reports that average 1995-96 Morrow County salaries are $33,000. But he neglects to add their pension benefits and health care benefits which would probably raise the average salary to the $40,000 reported in one newspaper. As the instruction days in our schools number 148, that leaves 217 days our students are not learning much and less than that amount o f time is spent on instruction when ath letics are scheduled on days other than Friday. And I am told this is necessary to fit other schools' schedules. The average Oregon farm income for 1995 has been officially reported as $9,900 per farm. This 35 percent drop is a near record, marking the worst decline since the Great Depression. The figures for 1996 may be worse due to po tato prices being down as much as 75 percent and cattle prices down by half. The tem porary good glitch in wheat is apparently over. These people, plus small business owners, are the taxpayers supporting schools and government in Morrow County. I believe everyone here supports payment o f adequate salaries to attract good tea chers. We recognize their investment in time, energy and money to get their education. But when we do that, as we are doing now, we expect them to accomplish the job of educating students for the next century. If the U.S. does not maintain an educated work force to secure our economic place in the world, we will be reduced to dumb, brute force (read war) to secure our lead ership role. Who wants that? (s) Meg Murray lone Happy with four-day week To the Editor: I go to a four-day week school and I like it. I like it because on the weekends you can spend more time with your family and you can have more time to read over the weekend. I go the same hours as every other kid that goes five days a week. That's why 1 like four days a week. (s) Jenny Atkins Fourth grade, Heppner Elem. HCC to meet The next meeting o f the Heppner Coordinating Council (HCC) will be held Tuesday, January 14, at 7:30 a m at the Forest Service Building conference room Agenda topics will tentatively include the Heppner Strategic Plan wrap up, HCC leadership in 1997, HCC agenda topics for winter quarter, a fiber optics update; and an Internet update Justice Court Report The Justice Court office at the courthouse annex building in Heppner reports handling the following business during the past week: Cameron Ryan Sweeney, 18, Heppner-Careless Driving, $167 fine; Steven D. Arbogast, 25, Heppner-Violation o f the Basic Rule, $167 fine; Douglas B. Evans, 28, Arlington-Operating a Vehicle in a Cooperative Road Closure, $61 fine; Jason Lee LaFaver, 20, Maupin-Unlawful U-tum, $67 fine; Christy Dale Howell, 22, C ondon-N o O perator’s License, $67 fine; Christopher Harold Ford, 27, Heppner-Violation o f the Basic Rule, 73 mph in a 55 mph zone, $67 fine; Sheri Lynn Arbogast, 26, Heppner-Violation o f the Basic Rule, 36 mph in a 25 mph zone, $67 fine. CRAB Feed Buffet: Jan. 25j 1997 , 'Fresh not Canned1 * i Includes: Cole Slaw, Garlic Bread. Coffee, Tea, or P op \ Choose From 36 Patterns • Over 500 Items Available • Sale Priced From $4.00 - $21.75 ONEIDA Through Jan 20, 1997 L io n s fruit sale begins \ ¡Direct From The Crab Boat.... "KATRINA i To y a w ’s Within 6 Hours Of Docking 4:00 p.m. 676-9489 till 10:00 p.m. First co m e, First S e rv e till w e run out R eservatio n s O K. but not a a u ra n te e d on this even t Heppner Lione Club member Steve Rhea shows some of the fruit now on sale during the annual Lions Club and Heppner High School senior class fruit sale Anyone wishing to order fruit may contact high school seniors Traci Dickenson or Toni Kemp Lions club members will deliver your fruit order to your home or business Cost for a case o f grapefruit or oranges is $ 15; a half case is $8, and a quarter case is $5. Intro to H e rb o lo gy offered in county Introduction to Herbology and Natural Healing is being offered through the Blue Mountain Community College Morrow County office. The weekend class will be held Friday, Jan. 16, from 5:30- 9:30 p.m., and Saturday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., at Riverside High School in Boardman. According to Morrow County coordinator Anne Morter, the class is based on Dr. John Christopher's School o f Natural Healing in Spring- ville, UT. The instructor, Ben Titus, has received a master herbalist degree from that school. Subjects covered will in clude cleansing and rebuild ing the body. Emphasis will be placed on internal organs, proper use of herbs as food supplements, various herbal combinations, basic formula preparations, identify ing herbs, the role exercise plays in natural healing, and proper diet for rebuilding the body. Preregistration is required. Cost o f the course is $55 with a $10 lab fee. Required text for the course will be "Herbal Home Health Care" by Dr. Christopher. The cost of the book is $12. For more in formation or to register, con tact Morter at 422-7040 or 481-2099. W illow Creek Park District meeting Has been changed from Jan 8 to Jan 22 7p nv Heppner City Hall
