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I Guy VanArsdale new public works director Guy VanArsdale Guy VanArsdale, Lexington, was hired as the Moirow County Public Works director March 20. VanArsdale comes to the position from a long career in road construction and logging. Originally from Stockton, California, VanArsdale first came to Oregon when he was around 20 years old to see his father, whom he had never met before. His father was road construction supervisor for Boise Cascade at Joseph. VanArsdale worked with his father for four or five years and then got a job doing road con struction. He was one of the crew who built Coal Mine Hill. After that he went to work for Kinzua Corporation at the re quest of Milo Prindle. VanArsdale then purchased Kinzua's road construction and logging equipment and con tracted for various mills in the area, providing mostly mech anized cutting, skidding and loading and hauling VanArsdale's son, Mike, now operates the road con struction business. Another son, Steve, works in manage ment at UPS in the valley. VanArsdale and his wife, Bar bara, are in the process of sell ing their logging-specific equip ment. They also own a flying service. VanArsdale, who has a com plete crew of around 30 at the Public Works Department, says that plans now are to concen trate on road maintenance, with new construction to begin probably next year. VanArsdale says that he real ly enjoys his new job and is usually in the office around 5 a.m. to get some work done before the crew leaves. He says he hopes to have a separate line installed so people can get in touch with him before the county switchboard opens. "People should be able to get a hold of us if we're here," says VanArsdale. The crew is now on a four- day, 10 hour shift through the summer, although VanArsdale will be working five days a week. * / * 7 . : *.•>, . , ' \ V- .r ; '■ - ■ i c . v • ■■il .t -, • > .. - . i** *vw> T\*-V J • . • . - ' ■ All day everyday kindergarten recommended VOL. 114 8 Pages Wednesday. April 19, 1995, NO. 16 Morrow County Heppner, Oregon lone girls visit Australia on sports exchange tand Australian English, es pecially spoken by immigrants. Wagenblast was hosted by an Albanian-Yugoslav family for one night and McElligott stayed with a Greek family. Most of their experiences with host families were good ones, they said. The girls also commented on the many Japanese tourists in Sydney. Becky Wagenblast (back 2nd from left) and Melissa McElligott (front center) with the rest of the volleyball team. They may not have thrown a shrimp on the barbie, but two lone High School girls sampl ed much of life 'down under' during a volleyball exchange to Australia during spring break. Becky Wagenblast, 17, and Melissa McElligott, 16, both lone High School juniors, traveled to Australia as a part of a volleyball team organized by Dufur volleyball coach Kel ly Darden. Wagenblast and McElligott said that the Dufur coach asked them to join eight other girls to play against Australian high school teams through the International Sports Exchange. Besides the two lone girls, five girls from Dufur, two from Wheeler and one from The Dalles made up the team. They won three out of five games against the Australian girls' high school teams. The team left March 18 for Sydney, Australia, and return ed March 26. In between that time, they played a volleyball game a day for five days, against five different schools and stayed with five different Australian families. Most of the time the girls stayed two to a family. They spent the entire time in Sydney, which has a population of around three million, but were able to go to the beach, which had warm water, visit an aquatic center, go shopping, tour a koala farm which also had kangaroos, take a 'Captain Cook's Cruise', go up in the Center Point, which is like the Space Needle, and just wander around Sydney. The girls said that the weather was warm there and they were able to wear shorts all of the time. Becky said that one of the highlights of the trip, besides shopping, was celebrating her birthday in Australia. They both said they brought back "tons of souvenirs". % V • % ; On the down side, the girl noted the many mosquitos and the "h u g e" cockroaches in Australia. McElligott and Wagenblast said that there were many im migrants in Australia and add ed that it was hard to unders- Wagenblast said she had flown to Florida and LA, but McElligott had never flown before. Still, despite a two and- a-half-hour plane trip to Los Angeles, a 15 hour ride from Los Angeles to Sydney and a serious case of jet lag upon their return, the girls echoed their desire to 'do it again' some day. Wagenblast is the daughter of Steve and Vicki Wagenblast, Lexington. McElligott's parents are Joe and Jeri McElligott, lone. Service clubs have new pole for shingles Barbara Bloodsworth and Vi Wilgers stand in front of sign main tained by the Soroptimist International Club of Heppner. The service clubs of Heppner now have a new pole to hang their shingles on. Soroptim ist member Vi Wilgers, who often takes care of the planter the pole was set in, said she recently noticed that the pole had rotted away after years of watering. Archie Ball and Columbia Basin Electric donated a new pole and the labor to reset the pole. This time they placed the . * -,« * * * (* * -. . f r i -v. . ' . if* pole outside the planter to pre vent water from rotting it. However, according to Wilgers, Ball said that the old pole had held up for 20-30 years. Guy VanArsdale, with the county crew, put the service clubs' sign back on the pole. Wilgers and Soroptimist Bar bara Bloodsworth gave the spot a splash of color, planting red tulips in the planter. y -, • - » hi m ? .* By Chuck Starr, superintendent of Morrow County Schools. I hear that you have recom mended moving all kinder garten programs in our schools next year to full time, four days a week. Why? Won't that be too long a day and too many days for these little children? Yes, I have recommended moving our kindergarten pro gram to four days per week in '’995-96. All kindergarten tudents in Morrow County ave been attending full days for the last three years. They have not all been attending every day of the week, however. This will be a change for three of our four elementary schools. Why? Well, there are several reasons for this recommenda tion. Let me summarize them as follows: 1. We are completing the se cond year of a pilot program at A.C. Houghton Elementary, where all kindergarten students have been attending the same hours and days as first graders. It has been very successful. 2. Currently, we have three different ways we serve our kindergarten students. All of them are in school full days, but the days are scheduled like this: A.C. Houghton-four days per week; lone-three days per week; Heppner and Sam Boardman-two days per week. We need to be consistent in these programs for all four schools. 3. Research studies in other schools, and our own ex perience at A.C. Houghton in dicate that full day, every day educational experiences for kindergarten students do a much better job of preparing them than either half day or every other day programs. We need to do what is best for our children. As for the long day and long week for these children, I received the following state ment from Cindy Beatty, one of our teachers of kindergarten students at A.C. Houghton Elementary, "W e have found that it only takes about two weeks for our kindergarten students to adapt to the full time schedule. It has been a wonderful program. I highly recommend it for all of our kindergarten classes." Hom e Rule com m ittee seeks public input term is up); and county officials mittee feels that a county ad The Home Rule Charter Committee is seeking public in except the sheriff and justice of ministrator working with a put on its proposed charter the peace who would be ap "volunteer" board would help pointed by the board, rather to open up the board positions draft, in a meeting on Tuesday, to a greater number of county April 25, at 7 p.m. at Boardman than elected. Marshall said that the com- residents. City Hall. The committee will also hold a meeting in Heppner on Tuesday, May 23, at 7 p.m. at the Heppner Elementary School multipurpose room. "In an editorial by Mr. Dinkins in last week's paper, A work party turned the high school students were he erroneously said that Willow Creek Campground recruited by Heppner High School teacher and coach Greg deliberations are essentially green over the weekend. complete," said Rollie Mar- The crew planted 44 large Grant and the 4-H Extension chall, Home Rule Committee trees and 110 two gallon office. chairman. assorted shrubs Saturday, Turner said that Kay Proctor "The fact is, the committee is April 15, at the recreational of Green Feed and Seed made seeking public input because vehicle campground which a special trip and provided the the draft is not complete. Mr. opened St. Patrick's Day at the nursery products at a discount Dinkins also stated that they Willow Creek Dam near rate for the landscaping project. are proposing five districts with Heppner. A 3Vi x 10 foot entry sign at Willow Creek Park District the campsite was done by the entire county voting on all candidates, which is true. What chairman and driving force Robin Graff and the lone High he failed to mention was the behind the campground, Ken School shop class. committee will also be presen ny Turner, expressed his ap Turner says that the next pro ting at least three other pro preciation to the volunteers for ject at the campground will be their hard work. Volunteers in installing the landscape posals." "Whatever your ideas are cluded Bill Gentry with his sprinkler and drip system. about Home Rule, the Charter backhoe, Wilbur Jackson, Cara Anyone wishing to help with Committee wants to hear from Osmin, Gene Doherty, Leon this may call Turner or Keithly. you," said Marshall. A copy of ard Munkers, John Edmund- Paving will be done this sum the charter draft is available son, Vern Keithly and mer and will essentially com from any member of the com students, Jeanette Brantley, plete the campground, said mittee: Marshall, vice chairman Royal Robinson, Travis Wil Turner. He added that a John Prag, Don Holes, Linda helm, Matthew Van Liew, Cor courtesy dock, trails and LaRue, Jack Strege, Lisa Riet- ey Breeding, Matt Berretta and lakeside tree plantings will be mann, Bill Brown, Dan Van Justin Nelson. The middle and done as soon as possible. Schoiack, or Hal Dinkins. According to Marshall, the HES kindergarten visitation day planned committee is proposing: a five Parents of prospective The Heppner Elementary member board of commis kindergarteners should call the kindergarten has planned its sioners nominated by districts, school office, 676-9128, for an spring visitation and registra elected by all the county voters; appointment. tion for Thursday, April 20. commissioners who would be Next year's kindergarten paid a nominal ($500) fee and students will visit with the meet one or two nights per teacher, Mrs. Warren, while The Grade 7-12 Transition month; a county administrator parents fill out forms. Parents Committee will meet Wednes who would eventually be hired should bring the child's im day, April 19, at 7 p.m., at the (Judge Louis Carlson would be munization records and birth Heppner High School cafeteria. asked to fill that role until his certificate. Anyone interested is urged to attend. • . 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