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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.
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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".
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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
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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.
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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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Shrubs and trees planted at
Willow Creek campground
Spring Circular Sale
Ends Sat«, April 22
Morrow County Grain Growers
Lexington 989-8221
1-800-452-7396
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