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Agreement reached on HES first grade U OF O R E N F. V.' S P A T E R LID E U G L' N E Ö74G3 OR Administrators, teachers and parents of first grade students at Heppner Elementary School have arrived at a solution for easing the crowded situation in the first grade classroom. After meeting with parents and teachers Nov. 16, HES Principal Bill Karwacki said that four boys will be moved to each of two second grade classes starting Monday, Nov. 27. Kar wacki said that the students to be transferred will work at their appropriate level. Concerns had been raised heppner Garden Club 50 < sponsors workshop imes VOL. 114 NO. 47 6 Pages Wednesday, November 22, 1995, Morrow County Heppner, Oregon It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Tom Rawlins of Heppner TV (right) and Bill Kuhn help carry on the Christmas tradition by stringing lights on the Heppner Main Street Christmas tree Tuesday, Nov. 21. The tree, a Blue Spruce 25-30 feet tall, was donated by Clay ton and Evelyn Sweek who live on Water Street in Heppner. The tree was cut and moved to the site by Columbia Basin Elec tric Co-op (CBEC). Clayton says that the man they bought the house from planted the tree at the Water Street house in 1968 or '69. Clayton and a neighbor, Leon Ball, replanted the tree in the front yard in 1970 or '71. At that time it was only about a foot tall. Clayton says that although he hated to cut the tree down, it had grown so tall that it was getting into the power lines. Last Thursday, Nov. 16, Heppner TV and CBEC, with the assistance of the Heppner City crew and pickup, placed the Christmas decorations on the street lights in downtown Heppner. The Chamber of Commerce spearheads putting the decora tions up every year, along with the Heppner Merchants Com mittee. Last week chamber members replaced light bulbs and sockets on the decorations at the Heppner Fire Hall. Four winners in punch card contest There were four lucky win ners drawn in this week's Christmas Punch contest. Each will receive a $25 gift certificate to a certain area business. Scott Wryn won a gift cer tificate to Murray's Drug; Eilen Taylor to Country Rose; Barb VanArsdale to Peterson's and Melissa Towers to Court St. Market. There is a lot more time to enter the Christmas Punch Contest, with winners each week throught Christmas. Pick up your punch card at any of the participating businesses, have it punched around town, drop it in an entry box, and you could be a winner. All entries throughout the contest will be eligible for the giant $600 grand prize drawing one lucky shop per will win. 4-H horse club sponsors raffle 4-Her Julie Proctor dons a riding helmet in keeping with the new ruling that 4-H horse club members must wear an approved riding helmet to be able to participate in any horse event. Also pictured are Roy Proctor and Matt Kenny. The local 4-H horse club, the The Heppner Garden Club will again offer a greens work shop during the Artifactory, Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the annex building at the Morrow County fair grounds. It is open to the pub lic. Free greenery will be provid ed for those wishing to make their own Christmas wreaths. Forms, wire and ribbons will also be available. Participants are encouraged to bring their own pruners and wear gloves. Those who want to donate evergreens from their yard or elsew here should contact Dorothy Jackson, 676-5255, be fore bringing them to the fair grounds. Starting Monday, Nov. 27, the club members will be craft ing large Christmas wreaths or swags for those who pre-order by Thursday, Nov. 23. Orders, at $15 each, may be placed by calling Ida Farra, 676-9446. The arrangements may be picked up at the annex from Tuesday, Nov. 28 to Saturday, Dec. 2. Meeting set on U.P. property sale A meeting concerning Union Pacific Railroad's (UPR) sales of property adjacent to UPR's recently abandoned Arlington- Heppner Branch has been scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. at Willows Grange Hall in lone. Several adjacent landowners feel they have been treated un fairly by the railroad. Volunteers to C-T closed for lead 4-H groups Thanksgiving Several individuals have recently gone through a 4-H leader orientation class and are now ready to take over leader ship of a 4-H club. Becky Tullis will lead outdoor cooking at lone, Pam Sagely, foods and nutrition and Bill Jepsen, livestock both Hepp ner. Foods and nutrition leaders are still needed in the Board- Wild Riders, is raffling a Mon man area and clothing leaders tana Silversmith jewelry set, are needed in lone. The 4-H donated by Green's Feed and staff will train volunteers in Seed, to raise money to buy subject matter and club man helmets. agement techniques. Tickets are available for $1 each at Green Feed and Seed and from 4-H members. when the number of students in the classroom reached 33. Administration had anticipated only around 17 students when staffing decisions were made in the summer, so only one teacher was hired for the HES first grade class. However, parents became upset at the size of the class and the subse quent noise and disruptions that occurred in the classroom. The class was also lopsided, with 26 boys and only seven girls. A full-time classroom aide was then hired to help ease the situation. Parents, saying that the hir ing an aide was helpful, but not enough, went before the school board Monday, Nov. 13, asking for an additional teacher to be hired to reduce the classroom size. The board, however, turn ed down that request and in stead voted for mixed age classrooms. Karwacki added that the parents were "really positive and had great questions" at the Nov. 16 meeting. IHS SAT scores average 1136 By April Hilton-Sykes lone Schools Principal Dick Allen told the Morrow County School Board, at their regular meeting Monday, Nov. 13, that he had learned that the average SAT score for lone High School seniors was 1136, far above the state average which is around 850. Allen said that the lowest score was 1100 and the highest, 1190. Out of nine students in the senior class, five took the exam. In other business the school board: -learned that the Oster Pro fessional Group indicated that the district was given the highest opinion or clean audit for 1994-95; -learned from the state that Union Pacific tax monies will be used to offset the state school fund received by the district, instead of being given to the district outright; -heard a curriculum report from teachers Karen Clough, Cara Osmin and Joy Krein on a course that will be im plemented in the spring of 1996; -accepted the first reading of the revision to expulsion and weapons policies and admini strative regulations; -accepted revisions to the fingerprinting policy and ad ministrative regulations; -approved and signed an in- tergovernmental agreement between the district and the Morrow County Unified Re creation District; -accepted resignations from: Judy Daniels, assistant girls' basketball coach at Columbia Middle School (CMS); Dirk Dirksen, head football coach at Riverside High School (RHS); Sandra Goytia, north end bus driver; and John Boyer, Heppner-Lexington Advisory Board committee member; -approved employment for: Barney Lindsay, temporary teaching contract as vo-ag teacher at Heppner High School (HHS), extra duty con tract as FFA advisor; Bart Pro- uty, three-hour assistant custo dian at CMS; Carol Holmes, three hour assistant cook, CMS; Pam Piper, one-on-one special education assistant, HHS; John Boyer, extra duty contract as HHS head girls' basketball coach; Missy Cuts- forth, Heppner Junior High (HJH) head girls' basketball coach; Dana Reid, HHS assis tant girls' basketball coach; Chuck Matteson, HHS assis tant boy's basketball coach; Kelly Boyer, HHS rally advisor; Steve Humphrey and Benn Houk, CMS assistant boys' basketball coaches; Mark Mesteth and Marge Bertleson, CMS assistant girls' basketball coaches; Michele Miller, CMS cheerleader/drill team advisor; Bob Byrd, RHS assistant boys' basketball coach. Thanksgiving meals delivered to shut-ins The Community Action Pro gram of East Central Oregon (CAPECO) has announced that it will deliver Thanksgiving Day meals to shut-ins. Those who are unable to at- tend the community Thanks giving dinner held at all Saints Episcopal Church in Heppner may call Corol M itchell, 676-5313 or 676-5596, or Aloha Despain, 676-5376, to have a meal delivered. High School Rodeo standings released Current state standing for the Oregon High School Rodeo Association have been releas ed. Following are local stand ings: First, Heppner/Condon (Tif- fanie and Angela Munkers, Katie McCoin, Tina McGuire), 152 points. All-around girl-first Tiffanie Munkers, Lexington, 75.5 points; fifth Katie McCoin, Condon, 37.5; sixth Lexi Mat teson, Heppner, 36; eighth Angela Munkers, Lexington, 30; 14th Annie Hisler, Hepp ner, 13. All-around boy: ninth Ty Wilkins, Arlington, 18; 12th Justin Matteson, Heppner, 15. Rookie girl: first A. Munkers, 39. Poles: fourth McCoin, 10; sixth L. Matteson, 8; seventh T. Munkers, 7; 10th Hisler, 4. Goat Tying: first T. Munkers, 29; sixth A. Munkers, 8; eighth L. Matteson 7; ninth McCoin, 6.5. Barrels: second A. Munkers and L. Matteson, 20; fifth Hisler, 9; seventh T. Munkers, 7, 12th Tina McGuire, Condon, 2 . Breakaway roping: fourth McCoin, 12; fifth T. Munkers, 11; 15th L. Matteson, 1. Girls cutting: third T. Munkers, 21.5; seventh A. Munkers, 11. Team roping: seventh McCoin and J. Matteson, 9. Calf roping: eighth J. Mat teson, 6. Bull riding: third Wilkins, 10. Bareback riding: third Nate Filbin, Maupin, 16; fourth Tyson Shoemaker, The Dalles, 12; sixth John Fagan, The Dalles, 9. Bronc riding: sixth Wilkins, 8. Wheat Commission to hold meeting holiday The Heppner Gazette-Times will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 23 and 24 for the Thanksgiving holiday. Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving from the G-T staff. The Oregon Wheat Commis sion will hold its next regular meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 29, beginning at 1 p.m. at the Red Lion-Lloyd Center in the Hawthorne Room in conjunc tion with the annual Oregon Wheat Gorwers League con vention. The Red Lion-Lloyd Center is located at 1000 N.E. Multnomah, Portland. Commission meetings are open to the public and anyone wishing to attend is welcome. Holiday Sale Hurry our BIG SALE ends Saturday Nov. H appy T h a n k sg iv in g Morrow County Grain Growers Lexington 989-8221 1-800-452-7396