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School board retains four-day school week
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The Morrow County School
Board, at a special meeting
Monday , March 3, voted in favor
of continuing the four-day w eek in
Morrow County Schools In an
earlier vote February 10. the board
deadlocked on the four-day week
issue
Board President Scott Bauska
and members Gary Frederickson,
Scott Johnson and Russ Morgan
voted in favor o f retaining the
four-day week while Dwayne
Carroll and John Rietmann
opposed the motion Bill Doherty
abstained from voting In the last
vote, Bauska. Johnson and
Morgan favored the four-day
week and Doherty, Carroll and
Rietmann opposed it Frederickson
did not attend the Feb 10 meeting
The board majority said they
based their decision on financial
considerations
Estim ates
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indicated that the district saved
around $200,000 under the four-
day plan and it expects to save
$ 150,000 to $200,000 next year
The majority also maintains that
nothing indicates that students arc
not doing as well under the four-
day week as they have in the five
day week
Opponents of the four-day week
say the $200,000 in savings is
insignificant when compared to the
district's $14 million budget
Former teacher, Jane Rawlins,
Heppner, urged the board to
choose the five day week,
especially for elementary students
"Can our people disregard those
kids that age," said Raw lins "They
depend entirely on us They're at
our mercy 1 can't believe we're
going to say they're expendable."
Mike Armato. Heppner. echoed
that sentiment, adding, "The one
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thing that's missing from this
(four-day week) is excellence "
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Pnor to the board's vote. Bauska
countered an accusation that the
board did not listen to people in
the community, besides parents
"We have heard from the citizens,"
said Bauska "We heard it when
Measure 5 was passed I heard it
loud and clear when the sales tax
didn't pass 1 also heard it when
Measure 47 passed ."
A motion by Rietmann to go to
a "calendar plan", which would
have allowed schools in the district
to be on different schedules, died
for lack of a second In his plan,
some schools could elect to not
schedule school on a particular
Friday, if the school had a planned
sporting event, for example, while
other schools could opt to attend
that dav
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Low turnout may void Heppner city election
VOL 116
NO 10
b Pages Wednesday. March 5, 1997,
M C H D to hire
another doctor
The Morrow County Health
District Board, at its regular
meeting Monday. March 3,
instructed administrator Kevin
Erich to proceed with negotiations
for an additional doctor for the
district
The district will pursue
negotiations with Shanilka Natalie
de Soy /a, M D , Hermiston
In other business, the district
has scheduled a budget meeting
for this Thursday. March 6, at 7
p nv at the Boardman Ambulance
hall
Low voter turn-out for the
March 11 mail-in election may
invalidate the city of Heppner’s
operating levy election As of
Tuesday . March 4, only about 34
percent of the city’s ballots had
been returned to the county clerk's
office
"Ballot Measure 47 requires lew
elections to achieve a 50 percent
voter turnout for the election to be
Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
valid." said city manager Gary
Marks "Voters could approve the
city's levy measure with a majority
vote, but if less than 50 percent of
the voters sent in their ballots the
voters' approval is invalidated by
Measure 47 rules."
"Clearly. Ballot Measure 47 has
added new importance to voter
turn-out and has increased the
power of each vote Your v ote
Vandals break in Arm y Depot shed
Vandals broke into a storage
shed near Boardman. stole about
$200
worth o f emergency
response supplies and covered
the shed with graffiti, according
to a news release from the
Morrow
County
Emergency
Management public information
office
The shed is located near sites
where authorities would set up
road blocks in the unlikely event
of a chemical accident at the
Umatilla Chemical Depot The
barrier materials stored there
have also been used to close
roads during severe weather
The damage is not the first
instance of vandalism for the
Chemical Stockpile Emergency
Preparedness Program, according
Find The Hidden Shamrock
Win A Silver Eagle
The popular St. Patrick's Day treasure h u n t is back again.
Each w eek until M arch 12 a clue for the treasu re h u n t will
be printed in the Gazette-Tim es. If followed, these clues will
guide treasu re h u n ters to a green sham rock hid d en som e
w here in the city lim its of H eppner.
The first person to find the h id d en sham rock w ill w in a
.25 ounce silver Am erican Eagle coin w orth $90. The coin
is donated by the Bank of Eastern O regon and is on display
there.
FIND THE SHAMROCK
and win the coin!
RULES:
1. A new set of clues to guide you to the hidden .
shamrock will appear in each edition of the Hepp
ner Gazette-Times.
2. A total of four clues will be given up to March 12.
3. The hidden shamrock is not on private proper
ty and no digging or moving of objects, dirt or other
material 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 silver American Eagle.
CLU E N U M B E R TH R EE
H eeee’s Back!
Mr. Clue Man from 1995.
Father was a POL
No longer alive.
Good with a rod,
and a cue stick too.
This gu y’s got
a hint just for you.
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EXTRA SPECIAL DOUBLE BONUS
SUPER DUPER CLUE BOOSTER:
(This week only, so don't get used to it.)
Near Seasonal Symbol
Follow the clues, and may the Luck O ' The Irish be with you.
This contest is sponsored by the Bank of Eastern Oregon
_____________and the H eppner G azette-Tim es.____________
to the release
In the last two years, highway
message boards and a warning
siren have been put out of service
by vandals' bullets Repairs on
the sirens and boards may total
more than $50,000
CSEPP
officials are looking into how
much it will cost to make the
message boards bulletproof, says
Dave Trott o f Oregon Emergency
Management
"These vandals don't have much
sense These crimes jeopardize
public safety We may need to
use the sirens or the reader
boards on a moment's notice If
they're out o f order because of
vandalism, then our response to
an emergency won't be as
effective," says Casey Beard,
Morrow
County
program
coordinator "Our tax dollars
bought these items, and now
we're paying again to have them
replaced or fixed."
Flashlights, first aid kits, and
stop/slow paddles for traffic
control were stolen from the
storage shed While the items are
expensive. Beard says that every
dollar counts Beard also wants
potential vandals to know that
nothing in the sheds is worth
much money; there are mostly
just traffic barriers and cones
inside
He says anyone with
information on the vandalism or
theft
should
contact
the
authorities
County cancels
bank payments
The Morrow County Treasurer
and Tax Collector offices have
announced that effective March 1.
citizens are no longer able to make
their property tax payments
directly to their local banks
This service was instituted a
couple of years ago to facilitate
easy payment of property taxes
However, after a number of
problems with the process,
including delayed tax payments
and the discontinuation o f the
serv ice by at least one area bank, it
was concluded that this was not an
effective service, said a county
spokesperson
Taxpayers may still make their
payments directly to the Tax
Collector's Office in Heppner. or
the payments can be mailed in to
their office in the envelopes that
are provided with the tax
statements
For more information, call the
Tax Collector's Office at 676-
5628.
H H S drama club to present Southern spoof
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Murder in the Magnolias cast: front (l-r)-Traci Dickenson, Travis Judd, Julie Watkins, Kim Pointer; center-
Abby Kahl, Laurie Michael, Kristen Marshall, back-David Michael, Mitch Mathews, Jake Roy, Lonnie Rill
The Heppner High School
Drama Club will present "Murder
in the Magnolias", "a parody of
characters and plots of almost
every Southern play imaginable",
this Friday and Saturday, March 7
and 8, at 7 p m at the Heppner
High School cafetorium
The plot of the spoof, w hich has
the flavor of "Gone With the
Wind", goes something like this:
"Colonel Ranee Chickenwing has
The Morrow County Arts Comcil
is putting together a children's
musical This play will require many
speaking and singing parts for adults
and children In short, the play is
about nursery rhymes that get mixed
up
Director Shelly Rietmann says she
hopes the play can be broken up into
parts that each community can work
on For example Heppner, lone,
Lexington. Boardman and Imgon,
would come together for one dress
rehearsal
and
then
a
final
perfomancc
Help with costumes,
sets, and music will be available, and
busing if needed
Those who are interested being on
the stage crew, or auditioning for a
part need to contact Rietmann by
Monday, March 10, at 422-7243
"This will be a fun county and
eommmity event and should not
require a lot o f rehearsal lime," savs
Rietmann "Come and let your
talents emerge "
This play production is funded by
the
Morrow
County
Unified
Recreation District
A total o f 592 students com
pleted requirements for degrees
at the close o f the University of
Idaho fall 1997 semester.
Local graduates include: Eric
Neal Connor, Heppner. College of
Engineering; Nina Kiyomi Tucker.
Hermiston, C ollcge of Agriculture;
and Ryan Nicholas Adelman. Pen
dleton, College of Engineering
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Heppner Little L eague and
Heppner Girls' Softball sign-ups
w ill be held on March 17-18 at the
Bank of Eastern Oregon from 5-
6:30 p.m.
Cost is $25 per player, with a
$50 maximum per family.
To enroll, children must be six
years old before August l, 1997
and not turn 13 until after August
l, 1997, to be eligible for Little
League.
Heppner Little I eague is also
in need of umpires for the upcom
ing season Anyone who is inter
ested and can help should call
Craig Gutierrez, chief umpire, or
Rollie Marshall. Heppner League
president.
Ul graduates
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Sale begins Thursday, March 6. ends Saturday, March 15
The first Heppner High School
varsity baseball game will be held
Thursday, March 13, at 3:30 p m
at the high school baseball field
Heppner will play the Pendleton
Jvs
:
Bubba
Kamrowski;
Laurie
Michael. Lorraine Carruthers;
Abby Kahl. Lawy er Possum. Traci
Dickenson. Princess Lotta Cargo;
Lonnie Rill. Sheriff Billy Jerk, and
Kim Pointer. Blanche Du Blank
Director is Brandi Marshall,
assisted by Eric Schonbachler
Nancy Swarat is faculty adv isor
Admission is $2 for adults and
$1 for children
kicked the bucket, leaving the
secret o f his buried treasure for a
houseful of demented relativ es to
discov e r "
The "demented" cast of
characters includes Trav is Judd as
Ranee; Julie Watkins. Amanda
Chickenwing; Kristen Marshall.
Jezabel. Leah Denton. Voodoo
Woman; David Michael. Pete
Bogg; Mitch Mathews. Thombird
Chickenwing. III. Jake Roy.
M C Arts Council plans musical ups, March 17-18
H H S baseball
season starts
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makes a difference more than
ever." said Marks
"If the County Clerk docs not
sec a healthy upswing in ballot
returns from city residents within
the next week, the city levy will be
invalidated no matter what the
voters decide "
Voters have until Tuesdav.
March 11 at 8 p m to submit their
ballots to the county
clerk's
office.
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