Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 1, 1995 - FIVE
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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
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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.
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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
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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