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Ä ä ,ul City takes delivery of new fire truck Universa of^ « s p a p e ,u brar e P9ene o r g ^ " 5(K City council member Cindi Doherty inspects a new fire truck delivered to the Heppner Fire Department on Saturday. The truck was driven down from Yakima on the final leg of its trip to Heppner. “It looks good,” said Fire Chief Rusty Estes who, along with numerous members of the fire department, was also on hand to check out the new equipment. -Photo by David Sykes VOL. 131 NO . 16 8 Pages Wednesday, April 18,2012 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Heppner prom court rules the night Stone resigns as principal, Combe named successor Heppner to change to K-12 principal By Andrea Di Salvo Elementary, says the fam for the moment. H eppner Jr./S r. ily decided on the move in “ Looking at the High School Princi order to be closer to student enrollment and the pal Daye Stone will family in southwest balancing o f responsibili be stepping down Oregon. ties district-w ide, w e’ve at the end of this “The com made administrative reduc school year. Current munity support here tions and teacher reductions Heppner Elementa in Eastern Oregon is and counselor reductions... ry School Principal second to none, and it’s what we’ve been doing M att Com be has that will be missed,” to balance our budget,” been named the new Dave Stone says Stone’s email. Dirksen says. K-12 principal for “At this point, we He adds that it was Heppner schools, according have lots of ques never the plan to lay to Morrow County School tions that are not off anyone from the D istrict Superintendent answered, but we school district, but Dirk Dirksen. are trusting that MCSD has been A ccording to an God will set the looking at contin email sent out by Stone, he sights on our next gencies for down has accepted a job as prin steps and chapter sizing as people cipal at Hidden Valley High of life.” retired or left the School in Grants Pass, OR. As for the Matt Combe district. He will start that position in move to one prin “ It was a Heppner High School’s prom took place last Saturday, April 14, at the Elk’s in Heppner. On this hypothetical situation...if year’s prom court were (back L-R) Mayci Garrett, Natalie Rauch, Queen Carrie Haguewood, August of this year. Stone, cipal for both Hep Stephanie Shulyer, Cassie Day, (front L-R) Seth Palmer, Andrew Bara, King Justin Pranger, whose wife, Michelle, is the pner schools, Dirksen says -See HEPPNER PRINCIPAL/ Drew Brannon and Jake Bowles. -Contributedphoto music director at Heppner that is the long-term plan PAGE FIVE Ballot measures for May election Along with con tested races for a couple of county positions, voters in south Morrow County will find several local or county measures on their ballots in May. Measures range from the extension of a school district levy to the amend ment of Lexington’s town charter, giving voters plenty to think about as they fill out their ballots. B allot m easures are as follows: For Morrow County School District, 25-62 Morrow County School District Renewal o f Local Option Serial Levy. Q uestion: S h a ll School D istrict levy SI per $1000 assessed value each year fo r fiv e years beginning 2012-13 fo r op erations and programs? This measure may cause property taxes to increase more than 3 percent. S um m ary: T his measure, if passed, would simply continue for an ad ditional 5 years the exist ing levy o f $1 per $1000 assessed value. For ex ample, it is estimated that if this measure passes, the owner of a home assessed at $ 100,000 would pay ap proximately $100 per year for five years only. This measure au thorizes the district to levy a property tax in the amount of $560,000 each year for five years beginning with Í the fiscal year of 2012-13. The funding would offset declining revenues from state funding. The School District will use the funds received to pay for expenses related to educational programs such as to buy materials and textbooks, to maintain the current level o f programs with associated staff, and to maintain class sizes at lev els considered appropriate for proper education. The estimated tax costs for this measure is an estim ate only based upon the best information available from the county assessor at the time of the estimate. Vote yes or no. For lone Library District, 25-63 Permanent Tax Rate Limit Question Shall the district be authorized to impose $.25 per $1,000 o f assessed value as a perma nent rate limit beginning 2012-13? S u m m a ry : The lone Library D istrict is newly formed in November 2011 with the intent to take over operations of the lone Public Library. For over 50 years, the lone Public Library has been run by the lone Topic Club through fund raisers and donations. The lone Library District will use the revenue gener ated from the permanent -See BALLOT MEA SURES/PAGE FIVE School levy on the Wyden holds May ballot Morrow town hall M orrow County voters will see a Morrow County School D istrict renew al serial levy on their ballots, which will be mailed to registered voters on April 27. This levy is a continuation of the previous school district levy that has expired. If approved, the ballot measure will levy $1 per $1,000 assessed value for five years for school district operations and programs. The owner of a $100,000 home would pay $ 100 per year for five years. The levy would raise $560,000 a year in property taxes for five years, beginning this 2012-13 fis cal year. According to the school district, the funds w ould offset declining school revenues from the state. The district says the funds will be used to buy materials and textbooks, maintain the current level of programs and maintain class sizes conducive to learning. Sen. Ron Wyden (I.) takes center stage while Morrow County Judge Terry Tallman looks on during Wyden's 622“* town hall meeting at Riverside Jr./Sr.High School in Boardman. Wyden addressed 60 students from Irrigon, Boardman and Heppner, along with 20 adults, during the town hall last Thursday. He made the stop during a trip of Eastern Oregon that included several town hall meetings and a tour of the ZeaChem biore -Maintains the of finery in Boardman. -Contributedphoto County surveyor... who, what, why? Among the con tested races during the up coming election is the run for Morrow County Sur veyor. It may be a difficult decision for some, since the behind-the-scenes posi tion, while affecting many county residents, may not be understood by more than a handful. In som e “ hom e rule” counties, like Uma tilla County, the surveyor is an appointed position. In others, like Morrow Coun ty, the county surveyor is an elected official. That leaves voters wondering. “So what, exactly, does a county surveyor do?” Among other things, the county survey- or: ficial survey records of the county; -Maintains the of ficial survey monuments of the county; and -Reviews and ap Z e a C h e m I nc. gallon-per-year biorefinery proves survey records for w elcom ed U.S. Senator -See WYDEN IN BOARD- -See COUNTY SURVEYOR/ Ron Wyden to its 250,000 MAN/PAGE THREE Wyden tours Boardman plant PAGE FIVE 10% discount F ? on Market A n im a l F e e d ^ ^ ™ g | | f t S u p p lie s JJ Morrow County Grain Growers Green Feed A Seed 242 W. Linden Way,'Heppnsr « 676-9422 • 989-8221 (MCGG m«ln offlc«| 1
