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. ■ , BESSIE ORF 9 7 4 ' Special Election Tuesday, March 26, 1991 , Issues and Candidates § 1 Irrigon LIB lone NEWSPAPER OR E 'J <3 F. N Heppner OF t— -------- WETZEL Boardman U . mrnrnmmmm ■ M M * • . ' • .»/ .* ' ; . • , ‘V. • / . ••• ’e ’ :. * • 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Totals No No No No No ; Morrow County 212 382 148 205 106 1053 Operating Levy $3,401,984 outside tax base 173 341 80 248 82 924 Morrow County Medical Fund 192 527 167 183 125 1194 Operating Levy $474,645 outside tax base 189 188 60 27Q 63 77C Morrow County School Marcia Kemp 106 380 115 109 161 871 District Director Zone 4 Bill Sheirbon 261 303 123 175 63 925 lone Rural Fire 143 14 157 Protection Measure 89 94 5 .1 «* * . » *% * * 1 1 -Tr V- . . ••• ' •• ‘ •* v'-J I • ■ - C l *... ** 4 *« . a Æ jV l •. /. ■*! • ■ » v >/. .. *. - ■ • '<• .*'1 ~ * Y » T v - . '- 'i l ____________ ». ■ Easter Services planned azette imes 35C The community Easter Sunrise service will be this Sunday, March 31 at 7 a m. in the Heppner High School gym. The Rev. Grace Drake will deliver the message. Everyone is invited to attend. Following is a list of church ser vices throughout the area for the Easter week. lone United Church of Christ By the Rev. Isa Brown The Maundy Thursday commu nion service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 28 An Easter breakfast is planned for 8:30 a.m. on Easter Sunday with Sunday school at 9 a.m. and worship at 10 a.m. St. Patrick’s Catholic Church VOL 110 NO. 13 Wednesday, M arch 27, 1991 8 Pages Heppner 3 5 c Principal’s departure ‘bittersweet’ Principal at Heppner Elementary School for the past 20 years. Don Cole, 51, will be leaving the district when his contract expires June 28. The departure is “ bittersweet,” says Cole—he will be leaving his home and friends, but he has an nounced that he has plans to man-y. He will marry Glenda Elskamp, whom he had met shortly after high school. The pair renewed their friendship through a mutual acquain tance in Hermiston, where Elskamp was working as an auditor for Adult and Family Services. She later call ed on Don and suggested a reunion. Don. an avid sportsman, postponed the meeting, because elk season started the next morning. They did however finally get together the following year, and plan to marry this summer. Cole came to Heppner right out of college and taught for three years, from 1961 to 1964. He taught science in the first completed wing of the high school building. At that time high school was held in what is now the junior high building. Because some classes were at the high school and some were at the elementary school the students were bused back and forth. “ We spent more time on the bus than we did in the classroom,” said Cole. The year before Cole came, he said the elementary school gym had been divided into four classrooms to ac commodate the number of students and music classes were held on the stage. Originally from Baker, Cole graduated from Eastern Oregon State College in LaGrande with a degree in elementary education. On ly three credits shy of having a dou ble degree in elementary and secon dary ed., Cole said that after he got involved with elementary kids he never went back. “ I really enjoy working with elementary and junior high students.” He taught third grade through high school freshmen. In 1964, he left the Heppner area and worked in Milwaukie. Ore. While teaching there, he also receiv ed his master’s degree in counseling from Portland State University. The basic certificate for counseling and administration was basically the same, but Cole never accepted a full time counseling position, opting in stead for administration. Cole's first administrative position was with a one-school district at Three Links, which was located around 25 miles up the Clackamas River near Estacada At Three Links he was not only superintendent, but principal and half-time teacher. Cole returned to Heppner in 1971. when he became HES principal Ron Daniels, now Blue Mountain Com munity College president, was Mor row County Superintendent When Don taught school in Heppner. Daniels was principal at Boardman High School, now called Riverside Fr. Gerry Condon The schedule of Holy Week Devo tions at St. Patrick’s is as follows: Thursday evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7 p.m.; Good Friday, commemoration of the Lord’s suffering and death. 7 p.m; Holy Saturday: vigil Mass of the Resurrection, 5 p.m.; Easter Sunday: Mass of the Resur rection 11 a.m. St. William’s Church, lone Good Friday: Stations of the Cross, 5:30 p.m. IT" Don Cole .» t \ u High. Cole says that when he first came he was probably within 10 to 15 students of enrollment now, which is around 350. The exception to that was when the plywood plant was running and enrollment soared to around 500, with 30 to 35 students per classroom. Some things have changed about the community, though, says Cole. In the first years, only 12 or 13 students came and went over the school year. Now an average of 40 to 50 change during the year. “ One of the biggest changes I’ve seen,” he said, “ is in the family structure. When I came back probably only 10 percent of the mothers worked, now we're lucky to have 10 percent that don't work.” He also noted that a much higher percentage of students are eligible for reduced or free breakfast and lunch programs from one to two percent to 20 to 30 percent. But the biggest change that Cole has seen in his job, “ I think the thing that has changed the most about the job is the thing that got me into this in the first place-the direct contact with the kids. The paperwork ab sorbs so much of your time and energy. I like to get into the classroom. I like the ‘Lunch Bunch' program—I think I like it more than the kids do.” (In the program at Heppner Elementary, students are rewarded for good behavior in assemblies and are selected to have lunch with the principal.) Cole said that he was first drawn to the community as a good place for kids. “ 1 came back here with the idea that this was a great place to raise a family and I raised three boys here. I hope I've returned things to the community. It’s a great place to raise kids.” Cole’s three sons are now grown. Randy, now 30, is a teacher in Aberdeen, Washington. Rick, 28, a home builder, and Rodney, a restaurant manager, live together in Sacramento. “ They still consider Heppner their home.” he said. “ It’s a good feeling to walk down the street and be able to call people by their first names.” He says some people that he taught now have grandchildren going to the same schools. Considering his departure, which he calls “ a challenging experience,” Cole says that he hopes that the “ school can remain a focal point in the community. The school really is a focal point and I wouldn't have it any other way.” He expresses con cern about the effects of Measure 5 saying, “ The equalization is going to hurt this county. You look down the road and wonder what is going to happen...without some kind of supplemental system, the state of Oregon is really going to go down the tubes. There will be no more local control, there will be state-run schools." Active in the Chamber of Com merce, the Tourism Committee, the Lions Club, the Elementary Schools Principal Association of which he was president last year. Cole says he hopes he will be dealing with peo ple in his new undertakings, because “ That’s what I like “ It’s been a really pleasant ex perience here.” he added, “ I really hate to leave the community. I have mixed feelings." • Easter Sunday: Mass of the Resur rection, 8:45 a.m. Everyone is welcome. approximately 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 30 will be the Great Vigil of Easter at 7 p.m. The service will include the lighting of the paschal candle and presentation of the candidates for baptism and Holy baptism. Easter Sunday school classes for adults and children will be at 9:30 a.m. with Easter worship service at 10:30 a.m. First Christian Church Pastor Roger Scharen Easter breakfast hosted by the Lexington Baptist, The Christian Life Center and the First Christian churches will be held at the First Christian church at 8:30 a.m. The public is invited. Sunday school program will follow at 10 a.m with Easter ser vices at 11 a.m. I* v ; v * *• • * - I ' ■* ** .* Jl * ’T ’-. i - 1 .. • •1 * ... • - v * . ’• ’j S «r,. w ... Ì Valby Lutheran Church Rev. Stan Hoobing Valby Lutheran church will observe Easter Sunday services with special music by the Hope-Valby Parish Choir, liturgy sung by Kent Goodyear and lots of food at the Easter breakfast. Pastor Hoobing will preach on the theme, “ On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.” Easter service at Valby will be at 8 a.m. with a breakfast to follow in the fellowship hall at 9:15 a.m The breakfast will be served by Rudy and Jackie Bergstrom, Joel Peterson, Larry Palmer, Dave Baker, Roland and Donna Bergstrom Herb. Nan cy. John and Helen Ekstrom. Heppner United Methodist Rev. Gerry Etchison The Easter service will begin at 10:30 a.m. The choir anthem will be “ An Easter Alleluia” and scripture will be from Jeremiah 31: 1-6 and Matthew 28: 1-10. Everyone is invited for an Order of Worship celebrating the resurrec tion of Christ. All Saints Episcopal Church Rev. George Izzett Maundy Thursday service will be Thursday,March 28 at 7:30 p.m. Good Friday traditional service will be from 12 noon to 3 p.m. The service will be appropriately spaced in 30 minute intervals so that wor shippers may leave when it is necessary. Holy communion will be administered during the service at . •: . • -- Hope Lutheran Church The confirmation youth-Dani Hill, Jossie Evans, Rene Devin, Char Coe, Matt Keersemaker, Rondi Robinson. Kelsie Evans and Andrea Miles and their parents will serve Easter breakfast from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Easter worship service starts at 11 a.m. Bryan Traylor hired as Heppner Easter egg hunt Elementary School principal A twelve-year teaching veteran tificate from the University of planned for Sat. and the father of three has been nam Oregon. He has also participated in ed the new principal of Heppner Elementary School. Bryan Traylor. Pendleton, will replace long-time principal, Don Cole, on July 1. (See related story.) Traylor, 33, has taught four years at McKay and eight at Sherwood, both in Pendleton. Two of his 12 years of teaching have been at the fourth grade level and 10 at the sixth grade level. He has taught in all sub ject areas and has also taught science camp. The Heppner Elementary ap pointment is Traylor's first position as an administrator. Traylor received his bachelor of science degree in education at Western Oregon State College at Monmouth in 1979 and master’s in education at Eastern Oregon State College at LaGrande in 1990. He received his basic administration cer The annual Heppner Elks Easter Egg Hunt for area children will be held this Saturday, March 30, begin ning at 10 a.m. Pre-school through Kindergarten children should assemble at the museum grounds; first and second graders at the lower field of the elementary school; and third and fourth graders at Hager Park. a special two-year intensive study program called a Field Base Intern ship for Principal Preparation and Certification, in which only 25 peo ple were involved state wide. Traylor and his wife, Alice, also 33 have three children. Christopher. 4, Daniel, 7 and Phillip. 10. They plan on moving to Heppner after the school year is over and are looking for a four bedroom home to rent or lease. Traylor said he intends to “ See what things are successful (at Heppner Elementary) and support them and work with staff on im plementing programs. ” He also said he would like to “ look to see what we can do to make computers more accessible" for the students. Alice, a student at BMCC. work ing for her associates degree has also been employed parttime as a bank teller. lone plans Easter party for kids The lone Extension Club will sponsor an Easter party for children ages preschool through the fourth grade on Saturday. March 30. The party which will feature games, refreshments and prizes for everyone will be held in the base ment of St. William's Catholic Church. 110 Main Street, in lone. Party time is 10 to 11:30 a.m. Everyone is invited to come join the fun. L v * V -V; -1 ' *» '\ ? • vl. ‘ ■ "* • . v v v: • * J . . ,, I t» ''tr ‘ • ♦. ‘ . 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