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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 1, 1995 - FIVE lone students have stamp cancellation , . #- / i t t i / ■ Methodist women IES celebrates Red Ribbon Week plan sale, luncheon The United Methodist Church Women will hold a craft sale and luncheon on Saturday, Nov. 4, at the church in Heppner. The sale, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., will feature crafts, hand made items and foods. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Torres to attend youth congress lone mayor Betty Gray (I), postmaster Nancy McKay (r), teacher Diana Kincaid (back) with lone fourth grade class. The lone School Station was open for business at 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, following opening ceremonies for the special cancellation of the new cartoon stamps. lone mayor Betty Gray read a proclamation designating Oc tober as stamp collecting month in lone and postmaster Nancy McKay unveiled the stamp and cancellation. Diana Kincaid's fourth grade class sponsored the special cancellation as a kickoff for the year-long study of stamps. Fourth grade students welcom ed visitors to the school and took them on tours of the various displays. Those who were unable to at tend and still want the collec table cancellation may submit a mail order request by affixing When You Need LETTERHEAD & ENVELOPES Call Us Today ,, , Heppner •Free price quotes rr •Fast service G3Z6tt6 •Free pickup & delivery 676-9228 stamps to any envelope or postcard, address it to yourself or others, insert a card for stur diness and tuck in the flap, place the envelope or postcard into a larger envelope and ad dress it to: Toon Into Stamps, lone Elementary School Sta tion, P.O. Box 167, lone, OR 97843-0167. Mail order requests must be received before Nov. 26. Alejandra Torres of Board- man will be among more than 850 youth gathering in Mem phis Nov. 24-28 for Youth Issues '95: A 4-H Congress. Delegates from more than 35 states and Puerto Rico will at tend with state advisors, 4-H staff members, trustees, donors and volunteers. This year's Congress will be an issues- based educational experience that develops leadership skills while recognizing contributions and accomplishments of the 4-H youth involved. lone Elementary fourth graders Emily Key and Johnny Collin celebrate Red Ribbon Week. lone Elementary School celebrated Red Ribbon Week, Oct. 23-26, as part of an ongo ing drug education program. The students held a special assembly on Wednesday, Oct. 25, where they played coop- eialive gam es, sang an original song by teacher Diana Kincaid, entitled "My Choice-Drug Free", and all signed the "Just Say No" pledge. Students and school person nel all wore red ribbons during the week to signify their choice to be drug free Other activities included special videos, tying MSWCD to meet Construction The monthly board meeting begins on H w y of the Morrow Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) will be held at Irrigon City Hall, Tuesday, Nov. 7, from 1-3 p.m. Agenda items to be discuss ed are: Morrow County water shed priorities; review of NRCS Basin Team FY 96 priorities; education partnership pro posal; OANRCD convention news review; Irrigon Park bank erosion tour; and other busi ness. SWCD board meetings are open to the public. All in terested persons are welcome to attend. The structure over Hinton Creek on highway 74, east of Heppner, will be rebuilt and approximately one half mile of roadway realigned. When con struction begins, the public can expect minor traffic delays con trolled by flaggers, said an Oregon Dept, of Transporta tion (ODOT) news release. ODOT awarded the con struction contract to JAL Con struction Inc. of Bend. The con tract completion date for this project is Oct. 31, 1996. JAL was the successful bid der for the project with a total bid of $469,979.50. red ribbons around town and decorating lone Market grocery sacks with anti-drug slogans. Morrow County Schools im plemented new drug education materials this year entitled ''Here's Looking At You 2000''. The overriding purpose of this ' curriculum is to reduce the risk of children getting into trouble with drugs by giving them specific information about drugs, teaching them social skills to help them be polite and assertive, use self-control and make good decisions, said lone teacher Betty Rietmann. BMCC lists snow closure policy Blue Mountain Community College (BMCC reminds all college students to listen to their local radio stations for in formation on class closures due to inclement weather. BMCC makes decisions on class schedules by 6 a.m. and calls the following radio sta tions: KOHU/KQFM in Her- miston; KUMA, KTIX/KWHT in Pendleton; KUJ in Walla Walla; KLBM in La Grande; and KIOK in the Tri-Cities. Decisions on evening class closures in Morrow County, Pendleton, Hermiston and Milton-Freewater are made by the local coordinator. The coor dinators try to contact local radio stations by 3 p.m. with these announcements. . f . . Is the Morrow County School Board Meeting Its Responsibility The Morrow County School Board is taking a The Morrow County School Board is considering horrendous risk if it goes ahead with its announced plans To You turning our school bus service over to an outside contrac to contract out the school bus service. tor, to strangers, to a business which doesn't have the It's taking a risk with our tax money and with the roots in our region that the bus drivers have. & safety of our children. Because of the professionalism of the present Here's what is at stake with this expensive and bus drivers, the safety and comfort of our children is dangerous decision the Morrow County School Board Your their Number 1 concern. is considering making: Now we can go directly to the Superintendent or the School Board with any concern about safety or the If the School Board contracts out the school bus Children? time or location our children are picked up for school or service to an outsider, it will violate the bus drivers' OUR CHILDREN S SAFETY OUR TAX MONEY contract and expose the Morrow County School District to a potentially huge financial obligation which will need to be paid with our tax money! That’s as foolish as it is unfair. And. if selling the school buses and contracting out the school bus sys tem is found to be illegal or too expensive, the District will be compelled to undergo the costly business of starting the bus system all over again. returned home. A contractor adds a dangerous web of red tape between parents and the safety of our children. KEEP THE SCHOOL BUSES IN THE PUBLIC’S HANDS The School Board should keep control of the school bus service and vote NOT to contract it out. It would waste our tax money, and our children's safety is far too important to turn over to strangers. If you agree our children’s safety is too important to turn over to strangers, please phone the School Board and District Superintendent a n d . . . John Reitman Dwayne Carroll Scott Johnson Scott Bauska 422-7123 481-7047 922 - 5 131 567-5767 Bill Doherty Russ Morgan Gary Frederickson 989-8113 676-5882 ' Superintendent Chuck Starr 481-6225 989-8202 Attend the Morrow County School Board meeting 7:30 p.m., Monday, November 13, at the District Office in Lexington Authorized by the Oregon School Employees Association • 4735 Liberty Road S, Salem, OR 97302» Paul Krissel. Treasurer