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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 12, 1995 What's going on with co-curricular activities? Budget C om m ittee, and answer your question with the following information: 1 am recommending that all cocurricular activities be remov ed from the general fund budget and placed in a separate fund, called Fund 710, Cocur ricular Fund. The total budget for those activities in 1995-% is proposed at just over $440,000. I fully expect that amount to be provided from outside sources, such as the new Recreation District. Since we need to know whether " u p front funding" will be available for the start up of fall activities before the end of this school year, 1 have pro posed a budgeted general fund transfer of $140,000 that can be By Ch u ck Starr, superintendent of Morrow County Sch o o ls I have read two recent newspaper articles that have me confused about your budget plans for cocurricular activities in Morrow County Schools for 1995-%. The Her- miston Herald says, "Athletics and other cocurricular activities will rem ain unharm ed by budget cuts." The Heppner Gazette says, "there will be enough money to fund sports and other cocurricular activities next fall." W hat's going on here? I thought you were going to cut all cocurricular activities and 11 teaching positions, even if the bond issue passed. I will do my best to explain my recommendations to the Come Worship With Us at Willow Creek Baptist Church Sundays at 3 p.m. Meeting in the 7th Day Adventist Church 560 North M inor Spirit Days Sale Dates: AGRI-POWER LSB rear tractor tire designed to reduce vibration and provide a better ride. Tire Size Ioni 08«- alre a dy'o w z a pairot and receive emablefora ROHD'. 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If some, or all of the $140,000 is needed to cover the start up of fall activities, I fully expect the Recreation District to reim burse the district, and restore the $140,000. We need the $140,000 to be available as a start up "loan" only. It must be restored through donations and/or a recreation levy. The $140,000 should be car ried over to 1996-97 to reduce our expected staff reduction that year. It will help save 3.5 teaching positions in 1996-97. Even if the $140,000 was in tended to be spent without reimbursement (which I do not recom m end), the 1995-96 Cocurricular fund will need $300,000 in additional resources to balance the $440,000 budget. Athletics and cocurricular pro gram s are defin itely not "unharm ed" in this budget. Finally, I want to say that we will cut 11 licensed positions in the 1995-96 budget, none of which are elementary class room positions. I have also recommended that we move to a full-time kindergarten pro gram that will require the ad dition of 1.5 elem entary classroom teachers. The net result of this proposal will be a reduction of 9.5 licensed posi tions in 1995-96. Doherty named university senator Brian Doherty of Lexington was elected a senator of the Associated Students of the U niversity of W yom ing, Laramie, Wyoming. He will serve d u rin g the 1995-96 academic year, representing the agriculture college. Pharm acy & Your H ealth Boardman Pharmacy & Hardware 202 1st. N. W. F.O. Box 170 Boardman, Oregon 97818 481-9474 481-7351 Antibiotic Used For Rheumatoid Arthritis The primary treatment of rheumatoid arthritis has been with the nonsteroidal antiinflam matory drugs (NSAIDS). These medicines provide relief of joint pain and inflammation. Second line medicines sometimes used when the NSAIDS are not effec tive include antimalarial medi cines, gold therapy, and other drugs. 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It also suggested that the tetracyclines may have an antiin flammatory effect themselves. -»c A* A School board approves teacher layoff The Morrow County School Board Monday night, April 10, at their regular meeting ap proved layoffs of nine teachers for the 1995-% year to cope with district budget cuts. The board had originally planned to layoff 11 teachers, but one teacher resigned and one other was reassigned. Teachers scheduled to be ter minated are as follows: first year probationary teachers- Carol Knudsen, art at A.C. H oughton Elementary and Sam Boardman Elementary; Pat Sherrett, music at ACH and Columbia Junior High; Tom Logan, science at lone; Joe Bell, language arts at Riverside High School; John Moody, language arts at CJH; Laurel Timm, home ec at RHS; and Terri Stiefel, elementary at ACH; tem porary teachers-M artin Schrattenholzer, math/science at RHS; and Trina Hellberg, social studies at CJH. In other business the board: -did not approve a motion to change kindergarten from all day every other day to all-day every day. The all-day every day program was implemented as a pilot program at A.C. Houghton the past year and was recommended by prin cipals as an academic benefit to the students. Half-day every day kinder garten is not possible because state law specifies that school districts provide transportation to and from school and Morrow County is unable to provide ad ditional transportation funding. Board member John Rietmann abstained from voting, saying that the move was "financial" adding that he still supports a five-day school week. Board chair M arcia Kemp and members Gary Frederickson and Molly Rill voted for the change to all-day every day kindergarten. Board members Bill Doherty, Scott Bauska and Dwayne Carroll were absent. A motion must be supported by at least four board members to pass: The meeting was not ad journed, but recessed until the district budget meeting Mon day, April 17, at Riverside High School, at which time board members say they will bring up the issue again. -learned from district business manager Shirley Lan- dauer that the bonds from the March 28 bond election have already been sold. Landauer said that the district received a favorable interest rate at 5.125 percent and added that the premium sales will be enough to cover the cost of issuance. Landauer said that the life of the bond was able to be shortened from 15 to 12 years, because the interest rate was so good. The tax rate will range from $1.94 to $1.42 per thou sand, lower than the $1.96 in itially thought. -heard a report on the dropout rates of Heppner, lone and Riverside high schools. Heppner High School had two Correction A story about the Cub Scout Pack #661 m eeting listed aw ards incorrectly in last week's Gazette-Times. Brian Haguewood received a bear badge and one gold arrow and one silver arrow point and Kiel Naims received his bear badge and one gold arrow and two silver points by doing achieve ments out of their book. ->r dropouts, for a dropout rate of -declared the winners of 1.3 percent; lone had no board and advisory positions: dropouts for 1993-94; Riverside Board-zone 3, John Rietmann; had 40 dropouts for a dropout zone 4, Russell Morgan; zone rate of 10.05 percent. The state 5, Scott Johnson; Heppner/Lex average is 6.63. Riverside High ington Advisory Board-position School assistant principal Kevin 1, Sheridan Tamasky; 3, Mar Fry said that some of the cia Kemp (write in); 5, Rollie students who are dropping out Marshall; Ione/Lexington Ad are male, 16 or older and enroll visory Board-position 1, Anita ing in U.S. schools for the first Orem; 5, George Miller; Board time. He said it is especially dif man/Irrigon Advisory Board- ficult for these students who position 2 Julie Weikel; 3, may be leaving school to work. Kathy Neal (write in); 5, However, he said that River Marilyn Acock. Kemp will be side is seeking these students off the school board as of June and that the special programs 30 as a result of state mandated will help the students as well redistricting based on popula as the community. "W e want tion. She and Dwayne Carroll to keep this program. We need of Irrigon reside in the same to be doing this," said Fry. district and her term expires "W e're greeting them with before his; open arms. We want them -accepted the following dona here." tions: Apple lie computer at -approved a change of 1996 Sam Boardman Elementary spring break from the third from Karen Pettigrew; $300 week in March to the fourth toward scoreboard at A.C. week to coincide with other Houghton from Lamb Weston; high schools and colleges in the donations toward Sam Board- state; man Elementary scoreboard -approved resignations of $300 from Lamb Weston, $300 Benn Houk from his position of from Columbia Youth Basket assistant track coach at Colum ball, $50 from Ratheon, $50, bia Junior High, effective Oregon Potato, $25, Boardman March 23; Farms, $20 Lindsay Ranch; -approved employment of -heard of the filing of an un Lola Malmberg as assistant fair labor practice complaint cook at Sam Boardman Ele against the district; mentary, three hours a day, -heard curriculum reports replacing Barbara Broadbent; from the lone language arts Cindy Turner, as Chapter I teacher and lone K-2 teachers educatonal assistant at A.C. on their programs; Houghton Elementary, replac -approved a request from the ing Krysta Marlow; Krysta lone senior class for a senior Marlow, temporary extra duty trip to Lincoln City contract to serve as assistant -learned of the following up track coach for this season on com ing events: A pril 12, ly, replacing Benn Houk; Bet elementary math contest, lone ty B ergstrom and Rudy High School, 6:30 p.m.; April Bergstrom, as bus drivers in the 17 budget committee meeting, south end, resulting from RHS, 7:30 p.m.; April 19 licens resignations of Anne Bedortha ed negotiations, district office, and Nancy Ekstrom; 7:30 p.m.; April 24, Creating -appointed Dale Baker to fill the Future Communication Boardman/Irrigon Advisory group meeting, HHS, 7 p.m.; Committee position no. 3, May 1 b udget com m ittee Boardman, through June 30; meeting, district office, 7:30 -accepted results from March p.m.; May 8 next regular board 28 bond measure election: 1,704 meeting, district office, 7:30 yes to 1,114 no; « p.m. 5 ft Bridal Tables April 15, 1995 <SyCoia P«rU & Jïic fia x A <£ancLfoxA ÛÜÛ • April 29, 1995 Jennifer ¿Scyxin & Qacoù cMaLen* June 3, 1995 JV ance W xig/U & M a n ic i SBuffcta • ^Miwimj'iD/tug 217 North Main Flowers Vegetables Herbs C orrine's G reenhouse Fuller Canyon Road 9 a.m .-6 p.m . 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