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IHS students prepare for Homecoming this Friday night The Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October fd8Z SEVEN Morrow Co. School board reviews new hiring policy The Morrow County school bourd reviewed a new policy on the hiring of relatives of school officials and office hold Ih hh( mating October 18. The policy spells out seven separate points the school dis trict will follow when hiring relatives of school board members, advisory commit tee members and others con nected with thp rlistrict. Although the board did not pass the policy at this meet ing, the points of the policy reviewed included: 1. The dihliid hali not employ persons to work under the direct supervision of any member of their immediate family. 2. The district shall not emplov members of the im mediate familv of its chief executive officer. 3. The district shall not employ a member of the school board or an elected member of an advisory com mittee as a full time employee as long as the person contin ues to serve in that capacity. 4. If a family member of a school board member is an applicant for district employ ment, the board member should exclude himself from Juvenile Ser. Comm. without chairman, lont'i Homecoming Court from left to righti Sharon Crowll, nlor; Dorlo Anglin, wnior; Paula Andnn, iophomor( and DeAnna Akr, tophomor ft-A 1 - rv I assist, chairman, sec. Students at lone High School are busy this week with Homecoming activities before the Homecoming game on Friday when lone meets Du fur at 7:30 p.m. " On Tuesday, "a freshman work day was held, on Thurs day, a Junior class pizza feed will take place from S to 7 p.m. A bonfire will follow the feed at 8 p.m. On Friday, a spirit rally will be held in Downtown lone at 1 p.m. lone's Homecoming Queen will be crowned at the game Friday night. Members on the court are Sharon Crowell, senior; Darla Anglin, senior; Paula Anderson, sophomore; and DeAnna Akers, sophomore. A Homecoming Dance will follow the game at the high school. IHS rips Wheeler Co., 40-8 By CRAIG GUTIERREZ lone High School's football team was victorious over the Wheeler County Falcons by a core of 40 8 last Friday, Oct. 22. The" Cardinals came out with a slow start but finished very strong. lone didn't score until late in the first quarter when Craig Hams rushed 63 yards down the sideline to the endzone for six points. Tim Patton caught a pass from Denny Starr for the point after. Ione's defense was awesome at times, blocking two points and forcing another to be dropped. Ione's next score came on a pass from Starr and good running by Patton for a 30-yard touchdown. The extra point failed. Coach Gordon Meyers said "We didn't play well the first half, mostly because we took Wheeler County too lightly, but after we started shaping up, we played better. We played a better second-half and played with more inten sity than we ever have and we got some good performances out of a lot of people." Denny Starr recovered a blocked punt in the endzone that put Ine up 20 8 in the end of the first half. In the second half lone was in command. Howard Leavitt scrambled 46 yards for a touchdown and Vince McElli gott received a pass from Starr in the endzone for six more. Howard Leavitt ended Ione's scoring on a 23-yard run Into the endzone that put lone over Wheeler Co. Craig Hams had 86 yards on five carries and Howard Lea vitt had 97 yards on six car ries. Denny Starr passed the ball for 96 yards on six carries. Denny passed the ball for 96 of the total 292 yards earned on offense. lone plays Dufur for their Homecoming game, starting at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29. Mustangs lose, won't see play-off action By GLENN SMITH It was a rainy night when the Mustangs traveled to Pilot Rock Friday, Oct. 22, to play the Rockets. The game was a "must win" situation for the Mustangs, to be eligible to go to the play-offs. Unfortuna tely, the Heppner Mustangs could not get a rhythm to their playing, and they lost the game, 6 20. "Our main problem was inconsistency," commented Coach Les Payne, "The de fense would hold Pilot Rock the first couple of times and then give it away." The only score for the Mus tangs came in the fourth quar ter when freshman Alex Lind say ran the ball into the end zone for a touchdown. Heppner will be traveling again this week when they go to Stanfield on Friday, Oct. 29, to play the winless Tigers at 8 p.m. "If we go out there with what we have and play foot ball for forty-eight minutes then we will win," Coach Payne commented, "Anything less won't do it." f 'o&)0 i UtLJi ZI 1 uwinjigjirutstiu For Stale Superintendent of I'ublic Instruction HIS promts "Re-emphaslze basic skills" As Superintendent of the State's Second Largest School District (Salem) Bill Kendrick lias Proven He is Realistic An Aggressive leader A Skilled Manager and Administrator An Articulate Spokesman tor Education Respected by Citizens and Educators Alike O Dill Kendrick He'll Restore Confidence in our Schools These Organizations Endorse Bill Oregon Council of Career and Vocational Administrators Oregon School Supervisor's Associationn Oregon Secondary School Mil IMIVMMkVt fVMVWf Oregon Restaurant and Beverage Association Oregon Community Education Association Portland Association of Teachers Salem Education Association Work Experience Coordinators of Oregon Salem School Board Salem Association of Administrative Personnel Oregon Teamsters Oregon AFL-CIO Oregon Education Association Oregon Music Educators Association Oregon School Boards Association Oregon Elementary Principals Paid for by committer to elect Bill Kendrick Box 427 Heppner By MARY ANN CERLU.O Last Wednesday, Oct. 20, Morrow County Court learned that the Juvenile Services Commission is presently with out a chairman, assistant chairman or a secretary. Commission member Bill Sheirbon requested the court's assistance in recruiting mem bers for the commission. Jhe court also discussed the need of clerical help for the commission. According to Classes postponed Two Dance to Fitness clas ses, sponsored through Blue Mountain Community College and conducted by Renee Sim inoe of Heppner, have been postponed one week. The two classes will meet as scheduled at the Heppner Elks Lodge, but the dates have been changed, Siminoe said. The beginning class will meet November 8, and the advanced class will begin November 9. Both classes will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. Carolyn Holt, director of Ju venile Services Department, until recently, the department had been handling the com mission's budgeting, typing and phone calls. The depart ment became overwhelmed by the added workload and requested that the commis sion find someone to take it over. "" 'Judge Dori McElligott moved that $250 be granted to the Juvenile Services Com mission on an emergency ba sis to match their funds for a part time bookkeeper. In other business, the court received the resignation of Barbara Cummings of Lex ington as administrative as sistant to Morrow County Court. She has accepted the position as Job Corps, repre sentative in Pendleton. The court accepted Cum mings' resignation "with much regret." any part of the decision on such application. 5. If a board member's immediate family member is employed by the district and is a member of a bargaining unit, the board member should abstain from any vote on the requests of the bargain ing unit which would specifi cally benefit such family member. , 6. Nothing in this policy is intended to prevent the dis trict from the hiring of a board' member, advisory committee member, or their families on a temporary or substitute basis if this is deemed to be in the best interest of the school district. 7. No member of the im mediate family of any advi sory committee member shall be assigned full employment in the attendance area repre sented by that advisory com mittee member. The school board is expec ted to accept or reject the employment policy at its next meeting in November. In other business, the beard: accepted a bid from Sherrell Chevrolet, Hermis ton, for the district to pur chase a new 1983 pickup. The bid was $8,423. heard a report from the district's computer committee which recommended that $15,350 be included in the 1983-84 school budget for pur chase of computer equipment and supplies. The amount is part of a five-year computer plan spelled out earlier by the district to guide computer education in the Morrow County School district. decided to sell four used school buses, two 66-passen-ger and two 30-passenger. accepted the resignation of Virginia Tollenaere, a sixth grade teacher at Sam Board man Elementary School. 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