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WET2ELL U OF ORE N EWS PAP ER L I B EUGENE OR 97403 r Donna Va Inter named '78 Fair & Rodeo Queen . 15c DC VOL. 96 NO. 6 HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1978 12 PAGES rfT1 I M I I n i fv. m i iWlMn rift A a.A liiMIBliT Al, :. -' Donna Palmer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Palmer of lone, will reign over the 1978 Morrow County Fair & Rodeo it was announced this week. Selection of the remainder of the Fair & Rodeo court will take place Monday, Feb. 13 at 6 p.m. at the West of Willow Restaurant. Girls interested in inter viewing for a place on the 1978 court should call Dennis Doherty at 676-5269 before 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10. Applica tions can be filled out Monday evening and one parent should accompany their daughter to the interview session. Queen Donna, a member of last year's court, is a fresh man at Blue Mountain Com munity College. She is a 1977 . graduate of lone High School. Dam set toni A large turnout is expected at tonight's (Thursday) public meeting concerning the pro posed construction of Willow Creek Dam. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the circuit court room at the Courthouse. The public meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Courthouse Senator Mark Hatfield has told local residents the orig inal, mult-purpose dam as authorized by congress in 1965 could be funded this year through the Public Works Appropriation Bill. On hand at tonight's meet ing will be Steven G. Hickok, field representative for Sen. Hatfield; a Corp of Engineers spokesman; Morrow County Judge D.O. Nelson and off icials from cities in Morrow County. Heppner Mayor Jerry Sweeney will moderate the meeting and residents wishing to make a comment are asked to have them condensed and to the point because of the large turnout expected. Results of a straw ballot that appeared in last week's Gazette-Times will also be told. A second straw ballot appears on page two. From the meeting and straw ballot local officials hope to formulate an answer to the Senator on whether or not Morrow County residents are interested in construction of the dam. Much interest in resur recting the Willow Creek Dam project has been shown in recent weeks as the cities in Southern Morrow County have been studying their compre- Weather HILowPrec 43 30 .04 47 34 .11 58 43 52 38 58 37 53 40 .17 51 41 .07 Wed., Feb. 1 Thur., Feb.2 Fri., Feb. 3 Sat., Feb. 4 Sun., Feb. 5 Mon.,Feb.6 Tues.,Feb.7 to I Z1 x J Queen Donna hensive plans and flood plains. Further construction and ex tensive remodeling of com mercial property in those cities will be sharply curtailed because of the existing flood piifoli ght at 7 Hillview Church builds Boardman youth center Groundbreaking ceremony for a new youth center building in Boardman was held Sunday, Feb. 5, at the corner of Olson and Wilson Road. The construction is being financed by the Hillview Christian Center but the Pinpointing students strong and weak areas helps overcome learning problems j f T i .. i (j' !.. .... ' . . . ' I J - i ' x S George Rex deals with both learning disabilities and behavior problems as district school psychologist, visiting each of Morrow County's schools on a regular basis. Above, Rex goes through identification excercises with a student. ' j v v ' A - .LV Palmer c meetin; pni plains, which would be nearly eliminated with the construc tion of the dam. A decision must be made by Jocal officials before the mid dle of March. facility will be open to the entire community, according to Rev. Roy Plant, pastor of the Boardman church. The mulitpurpose youth cen ter building will contain 10,560 square feet and include a gymnasium. Cost of the build ing is estimated at $140,000. i t'j1 L i U. S. National Bank announces Boardman Branch opening United States National Bank of Oregon has named Steven F. Hertel to manage the firm's new Boardman Branch sche duled to open Monday, Feb. 13. Hertel joined the organiza tion in 1972 as an accelerated management trainee at the firm's St. Helens Branch. He" later worked as operations officer at the bank's Clatska nie Branch before assuming the managership of the Gar Heppner city foreman says 'streets ....priority' Ray Schierman assumed his new duties as Heppner city foreman on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Schierman was named to fill the position left vacant by the resignation of Paul Sumner by" the Heppner City Council at its first meeting in January. Schierman said that so far he was just getting acquainted with his new responsibilities, but he suspected that street maintenance would be among -the worst of his problems ' j, As new city foreman, he is t "We've had a lot of good support from people who have no affiliation with our church but who recognize the need for youth recreation facilities in Boardman," said Rev. Plant. He added that hopefully con struction of the center should be completed by mid-May. After three months of kin dergarten instruction, a stu dent is still having problems completing simple classroom coloring. He can't remember sequences of colors and does- n't recall the alphabet well enough to spell his name. Apparently a learning han dicap, but pinpointing the causes, and more importantly working out a solution, is usually beyond the scope of most classroom teachers. That's why the Morrow Coun ty School District has seen fit to, work with Morrow County Mental Health Services in providing a district psycholo gist for the students. MHS has maintained the arrangement with the school district since the fall of 1975 and for the past year, George Rex has filled the role of school psychologist. The description of the kin garten student is typical of the problems Rex has dealt with in his year at the schools. "There's a lot of potential problem areas leading to learning handicaps," Rex said. "I try and get a better understanding of the situation through testing and counsel ing before I can come up with a solution." den Valley Branch in Rose burg, his most recent position. The grand opening of the bank, located at 203 First Street N.W., will include a special ribbon-cutting cere mony at 10 a.m. Monday, to be followed by a week long open house. Sylvia Mc Daniel, Treasurer, Morrow County, will cut the ribbon to mark the start of business. Also in attendance will be Robert R. Mitchell, U.S. working with a city crew that includes two persons who are also new to their jobs, Vincent Ternes and John Mahan, working for the city under the CETA program. Jim Dile, employed by the city, and on the job for three years, is the old-timer of the crew. Schierman 's responsibility as city foreman includes maintenance of city streets, J w - t-Z "H- 'tm. V ' b", Ray Schierman In the kindergarten stu dents'scase, the first step was a standard intelligence test which showed that the young- ster was of average intelli gence. Next came the possibi lity that the problem was disciplinary in nature. But conversations with the teach er indicated the student did put out effort and was well like by his classmates. Next came one of those alphabet soup designations for an important test which at tempts to isolate various channels of communication used by. the student. The Illionois Test of Psycholin guists Abilities (ITPA) test ing procedure charts 10 differ ent communications functions including auditory reception and association, visual recep tion and association, gramma tic closure and manual ex pression. "During this part of the process, I'm interested in finding the student's strong and weak points," Rex said. "The results of the test are used as a guide and are correlated with the teacher's assessment." In this case, the ITPA showed a weakness in visual and auditory sequential mem ory, which involves the ability Bank's president and C.W. Beckett, senior vice president and manager of the bank's eastern region. Refreshments will be served at the open house and small gifts and balloons will be offered to those attending. Regular lobby hours for the Boardman Branch will be 10 a .m . to 5 p.m . Monday through Thursday, and 10 to 6 on Friday. The drive-up window sewer and water systems, parks and other city-connected upkeep. "I like the people here. If I could just find a place to live," commented Schierman, who was employed in construction work for 30 years. He needs to find a lot before his wife, Ellen, can move with their mobile home to Heppner. I. t J w to reproduce sequences from memory. Because this was the only area in which the student showed a weakness, Rex worked with the teacher to develop an educational pro gram to remedy the specific area. If however, the test had shown weaknesses in all but a few areas, the program would have been structured around the strong points, using them as building blocks to reinforce the lacking areas. Suggestions were made to the teacher using techniques that wouldn't single out the student from the rest of the class. If possible, the exerci ses actually involve the other students and seldom do they require materials not already available in the classroom. Matching colored blocks with the appropriate spot in a color scheme or studying color sequences and then reciting r them from memory were two of the exercises recommended for the student. Rex also met with the parents and sug gested exercises such as reading short repetitive sto ries and having the child retell the details or playing simple repetitive games such as Simon Says. Because Rex visits each of m. mm n ni mm imiinir imiiiii iinii iiinmr iiIi-kViiiiiWi i will be closed on Monday, February 13, but afterwards will be open from 9 a.m. to 5p.m. Monday through Thurs day and from 9 to 6 on Friday. The new 2,200 square foot facility will feature full bank ing service to local merchants and residents, including drive in window, letter drop, night r News Briefs " Michael Olds trial scheduled Friday The trial for Michael Olds, accused of murdering 72-year old Mary Lindsay of lone last April, will begin Friday morning in front of Malheur County Circuit Court Judge Frank Yraguen. Olds was found to be mentally competent to assist in his defense according to a ruling filed by Judge Yraguen last Saturday. The defendent has pleaded innocent by reason of mental disease or defect. Judge Yraguen's ruling has no reflection on whether mental disease or defect were involved at the time Olds is alleged to have killed Mrs. Lindsay. Olds was convicted last July in the murder of a Walla Walla cab driver near Helix. At the conclusion of the trial in LaGrande, Umatilla County Circuit Court Judge Jack Olsen sentenced Olds to life imprisonment. V-G Tavern takes new 'old time9 look The V & G Tavern in 'downtown Lexington' is getting a face lift. Proprietors Gay and Patti Harsman expect the outside remodeling work on the building to give the business an "old-time saloon" look. Cliff Aldridge and John Mollahan are putting up rough lumber on the front of the building and adding a balcony. A sillouette of a.dance hall girl in an upper window will add to the old-time atmosphere. Gay is also looking for a special painting to put over the bar to enhance the effect. The Harshmans invite everyone to Lexington this weekend to inspect their remodeling job. the five district schools every week, and still maintains his duties at the Morrow County Mental Health Services office, uic emu e m uce&a vaivco auuut a month, with a follow-up visit made a few months later. Dealing with learning handi caps is only part of Rex's duties as student psychologist. He also handles behavior problems, working with the student, the teacher and the parents. When a teacher experiences behavior problems, with a student, the parents are con tacted for their consent before Rex enters the picture. Through observing in the classroom, counseling with the student and conversations with the teacher, he sets up a program to deal with the problem. "Each evaluation is tailored to the individual," Rex said. "But in many cases the problem involves lack of attention span or disregard for the teacher's requests." The teacher and the psycho logist try to focus on some part of the school routine that interests the student and then try to work in the rest of the classroom activities around the interest areas. If it appears family pro depository, safe deposit boxes and ample parking. Construction was by Timber Company of Hermiston and U.S. Bank invested about $81,000 in the project, plus costs for equipment, fixtures and supplies. The new branch is U.S. Bank's 156th office in Oregon. blems are involved, Rex refers the case to Mental Health Services where the rest of the family can get in on the "I actually wear two hats, working with both the district and Mental Health Services," Rex said. "I've been with both for a full year now and the schools are starting to use our services a lot more than before." The use has increased to the point where Rex now faces a backlog of cases. Most of the casework comes from the elementary grades where it is easier to determine learning problems. At the junior high and senior high levels, Rex is more involved with counsel ing, which in many cases is initiated by the students themselves, after first obtain ing parental consent. As school psychologist, Rex conducts classes covering sub jects as mental health and effects of crime. With MHS, he also holds classes for students on alcohol abuse. Whether working with students in the classroom, or counseling their families at the Mental Health Services office, the objective is the same to provide a full array of mental health ser vices for the community.
