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The Gazette-Times, Ileppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 31, 1979 FIVE
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Jim Ackley
Last week, Jim Ackley, high
school and elementary school
music teacher in Heppner,
turned in his resignation to the
Morrow County School Dist
rict after six years of moti
vating, instructing and lead
ing young musicians.
Ackley cited personal rea
sons for his decision and asked
by the Gazette-Times to define
these feelings, he said, "frus
tration with student and
parent attitudes."
"I emphasize self-discipline
and I've become frustrated."
He says most students
aren't giving 100 percent of
their efforts to the music
' Joney praises faculty and community support
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For nine years, Dennis
Toney has taught Heppner
High School students how to
publish the school newspaper
and yearbook and photo
graphy. Next fall he will
return to the University of
Oregon to pursue a graduate
course in film studies.
A 1966 graduate of the
University of Oregon, with a
B.A. in journalism and two
years of graduate training in
photography, Toney came to
Heppner in 1970 to complete
the work of Rachel Dick.
"Rachel started the nucleus
for the journalism and photo
graphy classes which we have
now. I've been able to develop
it into a longer and larger
program."
When he first started teach
ing at the high school, the
journalism students had a
single photo studio. It now has
two photo labs and the
curriculum enlarged to in
clude two photography
courses.
Toney praised faculty and
community for its support of
the journalism program here.
"I've had tremendous support
from Jim Bier, had a good
faculty to work with and
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teacher resigns;
program and the community
and school administration
seems to place a greater
emphasis on athletics.
Not that Ackley is against
athletics. He has been the
supervisor of a Junior Basket
ball League.
What type of advice would
he give his successor? Ackley
says the program should
cover all kinds of music and
parents and students should
"give the next guy a fair
shake."
"The faculty and admin
istration are behind the pro
gram but guidance is lacking
from parents with the students
running around all over the
Journalism teacher back
community support. Numer
ous parents have told me I'm
doing a good job and to keep
my program going, I've al
ways had the equipment."
His reason for leaving:
"I've been stimulating kids
for nine years, now I need to
be stimulated. I want to
further my options in career
choices."
Toney is interested in fur
thering his knowledge of
documentary production,
mainly on the visual side and
will be taking a newly started
film production course at the
U of O. He has taught
photography and film study
courses for Blue Mountain
Community College but feels
more knowledge is necessary
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The band director feels
students in the school's music
program have been the best
students which he has encoun
tered and he expressed con
cern that because he was
leaving, some might drop out
of band.
"If they drop by the
wayside, they are not inter
ested in continuing the pro
gram at the level which I left
it."
Ackley said his high school
band program has doubled in
numbers to 46 from the 23
band members he started with
six years ago. And out of that
group, nine are seniors, two
are juniors and the rest,
freshman and sophomores.
"The sophomores were the
first beginning band I had,"
the director said in pinpoint
ing the increased level of high
school band interest to greater
elementary school participa
tion. "I've tried to concentrate on
the fundamentals and make it
a fun thing to do."
The band director has tried
to make band more fun by
developing a variety of musi
cal styles and getting away
from strictly pop music. He
has introduced contemporary
arrangements such as the
music offered at the recent
band concert and for two or
three years offered a rock
ensemble class.
He said he would attend
future band concerts under
the direction of another music
to open up his options in the
future.
"I want to immerse myself
in film studies," Toney said.
During his years advising
the staff of the HEHISCH, the
student newspaper, Toney has
observed that students who
are not motivated by English
classes, have entered his
newspaper class and done
suprisingly well, spending
from 15 to 20 hours a week
writing stories.
He says journalism training
helps some students scholast
ically. As for photography, Toney
says, "I'm interested in teach
ing students to see and use
photography as a language to
express themselves."
teacher but if the students
were not putting out 100
percent, he would be inclined
to stay away.
The high point of his career
as school band director was
his nomination by the faculty
for State Teacher of the Year
and his low point, "deteriora
tion of discipline and morale
at the high school level."
"I'm not quitting but retir
ing," Ackley said, promising
that he would return to music
education if his other goals fell
through.
When his six year career
ends, Ackley will continue
living in Heppner and open an
upholstery shop in his home,
hopes to make a recording of
his own vocal music in
Portland.continue staging
disco dances at schools and
local organizations and write
his own arrangements.
He said Bill Kenny, this
year's recipient of the John
Phillip Sousa Award, was the
hardest-working student
whom he has ever taught and
had as much of an influence on
him as his parents.
A native of Malalla, Oregon,
Ackley majored in music at
Clackamas Community Col
lege in Portland State. His
first teaching job was at
Heppner.
The Jim Ackley Band is
expected to disband because
two of the members are
leaving for college.
Ackiey hopes to concentrate
his future music career on
county rock.
Rather than emphasizing
journalism classes for voca
tional purposes, Toney sees
instruction in that area as
increasing their visual senses.
Toney was honored this year
as a guest of honor at the
commencement exercises of
the 1979 graduating class an
honor which he feels is largely
due to his similarities with
class members. Toney is an
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Lexington Grange No. 726
met for their regular meeting
on Monday evening with
Kenneth Smouse. past master,
presiding.
A pot -luck dinner was enjoy
ed and the group entertained
with slides and talk concern
ing the Carty Coal-Fired Plant
at Boardman, presented by
Bus Clough, public relations
man for PGE, Arlington.
A surprise visitor arriving
later was Walter Fenton, state
deputy from Central Oregon,
and his wife. The Fentons
spoke a few words and
encouraged the Grange mem
bers from Eastern Oregon to
attend the state session in
Gresham and to be sure that
each grange had delegates
there.
During the business meet
ing, the members voted to
hold the 50th Anniversary
New appointee has
experience
The new appointee to the
Morrow County School Board,
Jim Wishart, is no stranger to
school boards, having served
for five years as a member of
the Union School Board and a
member of the budget com
mittee of the Prairie City
School District.
He is currently a member of
the budget committee for the
Morrow County School Dist
rict and chairman of the
Heppner-Lexington School
Advisory Committee.
to school
easy-going man who views his
former students as friends and
one year shared the honor of
teacher of the year with Jane
Rawlins.
His wife, Ann, has also been
active locally as a calligraphy
and cross country skiing
teacher as well as working at
Heppner Elementary School.
Party of Lexington Grange,
Sept. 16 on a Sunday. Plans
are being made for a State
Officer as speaker, dinner at
1:30 p.m. and a program.
Florence McMillan and
Freida Majeske returned
home Friday evening from
Baker where they attended
the Rebekah State Assembly.
On Sunday and Monday, thay
attended the activities of the
Ladies Patriot Militant Aux
iliary. They also attended the
State Rebekah Assembly on
Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday. Also attending were
Mrs. Kenneth Palmer and
Mrs. Cecil Jones as delegates.
Enroute home, they stopped at
the G.E. Irvin home in Irrigon
where they met Bonita Stitts
of Yakima who is visiting the
Jones for a few days. She is a
sister of Mr. Jones.
Wishart's appointment to
the board is filling a vacancy
created by the retirement of
Dr. Wallace Wolff, Heppner,
and the new director will be up
for election in April, 1980.
He is vice-president of the
Bank of Eastern Oregon and
he and his wife, Camilla, have
four children, all of whom
have attended Heppner
schools at various times. The
youngest son, John, is a
member of the 1979 grad
uating class.
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Venice Hendrickson was a
visitor at the home of her
daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Forrest Rinehart of
Ukiah and attended the grad
uation exercises there.
Jeanette Hughes of Hood
River, who has been visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H.G. Peck, has returned to her
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Howard have had as their
guests Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Groves of Albany, Mr. and
Mrs. Jeff Mason and daughter
Kelli of Madras, Mr. and Mrs.
Daryl Dick and family of
Portland, Melba Fish of Seat
tle and Tom Howard from
Sandy.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Rine
hart of Ukiah were Heppner
callers and visited with her
mother, Venice Hendrickson
and a sister and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Yocom.
Mrs. Dale Jones and daugh
ters, Brenda and Jane of
Salem were visiting with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Yocom and attended the
graduation exercises of her
sister, Marie. The two child
ren remained for a week's
visit with their grandparents.
Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Jones and
Bonita Stitts were Haines and
Baker visitors over Saturday
and Sunday. On Saturday
evening they were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Stamback of Haines.
Catie Padberg feted
in Lexington
About 60 people attended an
open house Sunday, May 20 for
Catie Padberg. Hosting the
80th birthday party were her
three children, Mr. and Mrs.
L.D. Vinson, Monument, Ore
gon, Mr. and Mrs. Elden
Padberg, Lexington, and Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Padberg,
Dayton, Wash.
A granddaughter, Mrs.
Louis Corley made and decor
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Senior
Citizen.
News
By Alena Anderson
Senior meals for the next
week include:
For Irrigon, Monday, June
4, braised tips with gravy over
rice, buttered spinach, tossed
green salad, bran muffins,
butter and jelly, peach upside
down cake with topping.
For Heppner, Tuesday,
June 5, beef stroganoff over
noodles, buttered peas and
carrots, cabbage slaw, bis
cuits and jelly, rhubarb sauce
cake.
For Heppner and lone,
Wednesday, June 6, meat loaf
with tomato sauce, oven
baked potatoes, brussel
sprouts,- molded vegetable
salad, cornbread and jelly,
butterscotch pudding with
topping.
Ten seniors went by bus to
see "Fiddler on the Roof" at
BMCC. Truman Messenger
drove the bus.
A blood pressure clinic will
be held June 6 at the Degree of
Honor Bldg. in Heppner.
Social Security representa
tive will be at the Heppner
Neighborhood Center June 8,
from 10 a.m. to noon.
ated a beautiful sheet cake.
Colors used were pink and
yellow.
Out of town guests were
Mrs. Floyd Vaughn, Anaheim,
Canada, Mrs. William Linde,
Williams Lake, Canada, Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Corley and
children, Sandy, Pat and Bill,
Dale, Oregon, Jill Perkins and
son, Brandon, Pendleton and
Mr. and Mrs. Tex Ross, '
Hermiston.
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