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M ” n r S O S R , E F OF N * F * ’,v «? r n # *■ O E 'J Ci S E J £ F ■ N O H School board approves classified contract WE-^LL l ! 9 ? 35C azette imes VOL. 111 NO 37 6 Pages Wednesday, September 23, 1992 Morrow County Heppner, Oregon Progress continues on fairgrounds renovation project The Morrow County School Board approved a 3.5 percent wage increase in a contract with the Oregon School Employees A ssociation for classified employees at the Sept. 21 school board meeting. C lassified employees include non-certified personnel such as aides, secretaries, cooks and bus drivers. The board changed the bus drivers reimbursement to an hourly rate. Previously the drivers had been paid various amounts, depending on the route they drove. The board increased secretaries’ wages to bring the wages more in line with the state average. According to school board member Marcia Kemp, all of the classified employees are now near or above state averages. The board also combined the classified employees’ separate medical and dental plans into one plan with $100 deductible per employee or $ 150 deductible per family. The classified employees’ plan has a $330 per month cap. In other business the board: -approved purchase of a $1,800 commercial drier for Columbia Junior High School. The school had previously used a non commercial drier, but required a commercial machine because of the quantity of clothes dried. CJH dries an average of 300 towels a day, in addition to uniforms; -granted three requests for out of district students to attend various schools-one to attend Umatilla High School, one to at tend Echo High School and one to attend Heppner High School; -disapproved purchase of PE locker baskets for Columbia Junior High. The baskets will be budgeted next year, said Kemp; -approved a tuition rate for Olex High School students; -adopted the budget calendar to meet state requirements for next year; -accepted donations totalling $150 to Riverside High School; -approved a pilot program at A.C. Houghton which would allow first grade teachers to use a textbook they had developed; -did not approve a contract with the Oregon School Boards Association to revise board policy. The policy revision will be put in next year’s budget, said Kemp; -tabled a proposal for an elec trical service study for all district buildings; -approved hiring an additional teacher for A.C. Houghton Elementary School’s third grade class. The two current third grade classrooms have 32 students each; -discussed purchase of a $2,800 stairmaster which would enable a handicapped student to access second and third floor classrooms. Kemp said that a wheelchair may be attached to the stairmaster, which would me chanically climb the stairs. She said that the machine may be moved to other buildings as needed; -approved resignations of: Dan Daltoso, Boardman-Irrigon Ad visory Committee; Robin Graff, lone Middle School assistant track coach; Tom French CJH head football coach; Sandra Queen and court tryouts slated Dooney, Irrigon bus driver; Dirk Dirksen RHS assistant baseball coach; Tracy Foster, HHS assis tant volleyball coach; -approved employment of: Roger Helm er, assistant superintendent; Courtenay Deniston. RHS newcomer center teacher; Torrie Meyers, RHS newcomer center trainer/coor- dinator; Arlene Flanagan, Boardman-Irrigon bus driver; Melissa Richards, RHS instruc tional assistant for newcomer center; Jane Swann RHS instruc tional assistant for the newcomer center; Marchell Downey, RHS clerical assistant for the newcomer center; Pat Quarisa RHS special education instruc tional assistant; Dawn Watt, ACH instructional assistant, Lori Pruitte, ACH special education instructional assistant; Barbara Broadbent, SBE cook's helper, part time; Dirk Dirkson, RHS head baseball coach: Robin Graff HHS assistant baseball coach; Bobbette Howell, HES special education instructional assistant; Gregg Rietmann. IHS assistant boys basketball coach; Victor Wallace. RHS head girls basket ball coach; Steve Schaber. IMS assistant football coach; Nancy Swarat, HHS assistant volleyball coach; Sue Thompson, HHS dance team advisor. Granted a leave of absence to Theresa Proctor. Sam Boardman Elementary fourth grade teacher and Darcy Robinson, Heppner High School secretary. HHS senior class plans potato feed amount of time and materials to The Heppner senior class of make the project go smoothly,” ‘93 will hold a baked potato feed Koffler added. Tryouts for the 1993 Morrow try out. For an application and from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. at the The Heppner Booster Club has County Fair and Oregon Trail rules contact Darlene Scroggins, fairgrounds annex building before arranged for financing the pur Pro Rodeo Court have been set 676-9474 or Julie Ashbeck at the football game against Sher chase of the lights and other ex for Sunday, Oct. 25 at the Mor 989-8202. man County, Friday, Sept. 25. penses related to the football row County Fairgrounds. All completed applications The cost for a potato with topp field, as well as funding for the Any young lady who will be 16 must be returned no later than ings, drink and dessert is $3. new baseball field. by August 1, 1993 is welcome to Friday, Oct. 23. Toppings available will be chili, “ Fund raising has begun to Boys and girls at least 11 years broccoli and cheese sauce, take care of these costs,” Koffler old wishing to serve as pennant cheese, onions and sour cream. said. The Bank of Eastern bearers for the court may send a Proceeds will go towards the Oregon, Kinzua Corporation and letter stating your desire to serve senior class drug and alcohol free Morrow County Grain Growers to Julie Ashbeck. HC70 Box 411. graduation trip. each have contributed $2,500 to Echo. OR 97826. Heppner TV Inc. will ex start the fund raising drive by the perience signal loss October 6 Fairgrounds Masterplan Ex through 13 around 1:05 p.m. for ecutive Committee and the approximately 10 minutes each Morrow County Creative Arts Center in Heppner. All members Booster Club. Koffler reports that day. Most satellite channels will and Crafts will resume meetings are encouraged to bring J im and John Logan of lone have be off at these times, however for the remainder of the year, something to sell and an item for made a sizeable contribution and VHI will be off earlier in the day following a break during the sum the white elephant table. contacts are now being made and the Disney Channel and USA mer months. A meeting has been Meetings are regularly schedul throughout the area on an in will have interruption at about scheduled for Monday, Sept. 28 ed for the fourth Monday of each dividual basis. The Morrow 1:40 p.m. Each interrruption is at Kate's Pizza. 1 p.m. month. Anyone interested in at County School District also approximately 10 minutes or less. Plans are underway for the tending a meeting or joining the budgeted $20,000 to give the pro The loss of satellite signal due groups second annual Harvest of group is most welcome. For more ject a big boost. to solar interference is an inherent the Arts show and sale Fri. and information contact club presi Preparations are also being part of satellite operations and oc Sat., Nov. 6 and 7 at the Senior dent Mary Moyer. 676-9844. made to contact a broad base of curs in the spring and fall of each people interested in the fur year. It takes place when the or therance of the project. “ A $100 bital positions of the satellite and Club is being established and let the sun are in one line. The earth ters will go out in the next two station then receives signals from weeks to a number of individuals both, but the more powerful sun L and families in the area, hoping subdues the desired signal, caus they can contribute $100 to help ing a loss of service. get through the first phase of this im provem ent to the •airgrounds,” Koffler explained. Fund raising is being handled through the Heppner Booster Club. Donations may be made to / the Bank of Eastern Oregon, Some terrific prizes have been Heppner Branch, in care of the lined up for the Heppner Booster Booster Club Fairgrounds Club’s Reno Night planned for Renovation. Oct. 17. Already on tap are four OSU- Stanford football tickets. The tickets are for 50-yard line at the OSU homecoming game on Oct. 24. Other prizes to be auctioned off are Tri-Cities Chinook basketball By Anne Morter The lone Chapter of the Legion tickets; Tri-Cities Americans Auxilary will sponsor a Flea hockey tickets and several Tri- Market on Saturday, Oct. 17. Cities restaurant gift certificates. The event will be held at the lone Tickets are now available at Legion Hall from 9 a.m. to 3 Morrow County Grain Growers for the half beef drawing. The p.m. Tables at the Flea Market are winner will be drawn on Reno available for $2 and may be Night. Now that’s a fish. Steve Rhea and his daughter Macy show reserved by calling Beverly Craft items for the country off a 32-inch steelhead Steve caught Saturday on the John Day River. Doherty at 422-7177 or Vera store are still needed. Call Susan Although it’s not the biggest steelhead he's caught, he did say it was Rietmann at 422-7155. Tables Johnston 676-5562. close. Steve guessed the fish weighed “ a little over 13 pounds." must be reserved by October 15. Homemade pie and coffee will be served during sale hours by the auxiliary. The Auxiliary also discussed traveling to Hermiston on September 26 for a district 6 meeting. At the end of their Ask about the IK OF meeting they draped the charter FDlC Bank o f E.O. in memory of Alice Newell, a * ' A rlin g to nn n • H e e p o p o n e t • lo n e former member of the group who Credit Card ). h lived in San Francisco before her death last spring. Solar interference to disrupt TV Arts and Crafts club to meet Photo by Joyce Hughes G erald Pierson (I) of the Bank of Eastern O regon and Larry M ills of M orrow C ounty G rain G row ers help unload the truck carrying the lighting system for the football field at the Mor row C ounty Fairgrounds that arrived this week. Progress continues on the renovation of the Morrow County Fairgrounds this week with the delivery of the football field lights from Musco Lighting Company of Muscatine, Iowa. The lights will be installed over the next two weeks through the direction of Archie Ball of Columbia Basin Electric Co-op. “ The Co-op has been a major contributor of time and talent, taking care of the elec trical and technical aspects of the project,” said George Koffler, vice chairman of the Morrow County Fairgrounds Master Plan Executive Committee. “ Roger Schoonover and Lott's Electric are also providing a substantial Prizes lined up for Reno Night Judge Gray selected for legal institute lone Auxiliary Charlotte Gray Morrow County Justice of the Peace Charlotte Gray. Heppner. has been notified that she is one of only three judges in Oregon selected to attend the 1992-93 Legal Institute, conducted by the National Judicial College at Reno. Nevada Only 20 people from all over the U S. were ac cepted for the course. Judge Gray will receive a $5.000 scholarship to attend the institute. The scholarship will in clude air fare, lodging and meals and tuition and books. She said that the county will cover only $300 of the costs involved in at tending the course. Felix Stumpf. project director, said that the National Judicial College was “ impressed by (Gray’s) prior judicial service, dedication to a continued career in the judiciary and enthusiastic desire to improve and enhance knowledge and use of the law,” in the cases that she handles. Judge Gray will attend a two- week course at Reno December 6-18. followed by a four-month video correspondence course and a two-week course in June, followed by another four-month video correspondence course. Gray said that the course was the equivalent of the first year of law school. Judge Gray has been Morrow County Justice of the Peace for the last 14 years. plans flea market Lower Your Credit Card Interest Rates a ste rn O reaon •■VV •, k
