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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
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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