It was 'One Sweet Day' at Heppner HS prom
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A highlight of the Heppner High School prom, held Saturday, April 6, at the school, was the
crowning of the prom court.
Court royalty includes (left to right): Princess Jossie Evans, King Chris Sykes, Queen Jessica
Sumner, Prince Dan Burnside, Princess Bethany Cookston, Prince Shaun Hisler, Princess Renee
Devin and Prince Rod Zumwalt, all seniors.
The theme for the evening was ‘One Sweet Day’ .
Public offers input on four-day school week
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VOL. 115
NO. 15
6 Pages Wednesday, April 10, 1996,
Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
N ew plan for Boardman Health Care
Boardman residents wanting
to pull the city out of the Mor
row County Health District
have apparently changed their
minds, and now want the city
to consider remaining in, and
providing health care through
a contract with the health
district.
The reason for the change
was unclear, however, last
week the Morrow County
Court informed the city of
Boardman that the courity had
no authority to grant the with
drawal request. The city had
earlier requested the action
from the court
The Boardman group also
learned at a meeting Monday
night, that the health district
board of directors could not
legally let the city out of the
health district.
As part of the contract plan,
the city would receive tax
money from the health district
equal to what is taken out of the
city in taxes by the district.
A committee appointed by
the Boardman City council told
the health district board of
directors Monday night that it
would recommend the city take
over funding of health care in
Boardman and then pursue set
ting up a contract with the
health district to take over
Boardman s health care com
pletely. "W e predict that as
you move forward on Plan A
and educate the general public
of the merits of Plan B, then all
the people of Morrow County
will begin to wonder why we
didn't get it quite right the first
tim e," the committee wrote.
The committee is comprised
of Karen Pettigrew, Gene
Allen, Jack Strege and Board-
man Pharmacy owner Ray
mond Michael.
Veterans closed
Veterans' Service officer, Rita
Hedman, will not be in her
Heppner office April 17-19. She
will be in The Dalles attending
the semi-annual conference
and ground-breaking for the
new State Veterans' Home.
Morrow County School
Board chairman Scott Bauska
told an audience of around 25
people at the regular board
meeting Monday, April 8, that
the issue of returning to a five-
day student week would not be
an agenda item unless one of
the board members changed
his vote on the issue.
The board had voted four to
three to retain the four-day stu
dent week at the March 11
meeting.
Several members of the au
dience commented pro and con
on the four-day week at the
April 8 meeting held at the lone
School.
Those against the four-day
week cited school days which
they believed were too long for
younger students, a lessening
of educational opportunities, a
concern that Morrow County
students will not be able to
compete with other students in
the state and U.S. and a belief
that there is more shoplifting
because students do not have
school on Fridays.
Those favoring the four-day
week commented that they
believed their children benefit
ed by having sports activities
scheduled, for the most part,
on Fridays.
MCSD
Superintendent
Chuck Starr said that achieve
ment tests had improved, but
added that they did not know
if there was any connection bet
ween the scores and the four-
day week.
In other business, the board:
-accepted resignations from
Don Holes, principal at Colum
bia Middle School in Irrigon to
accept the superintendent's
position with the Echo School
District, effective June 1996;
from Betty Carlson, who will
retire from her position as lone
Schools library technician; and
JoLynn Britt, from Heppner
High School cheeleader
advisor.
-approved employment for
Carolyn Prouty, part-time
assistant cook at Columbia
Middle School; Barbara Stefani-
Peterson, extra duty contract as
head track coach as Heppner
Junior High (HJH); Barney
Lindsay, extra duty contract to
serve as assistant track coach at
HJH; Jan Coe, part-time laun
dry person at Heppner schools;
Gary Olson, extra duty contract
to serve as assistant track coach
Honor Society members selected
at Riverside High School
(RHS); and Jill Scanlan, extra
duty contract to serve as assis
tant tennis coach at RHS.
-heard a curriculum report
from lone teacher Dale Holland
II on open ended math assess
ment;
-learned that the dropout rate
in Morrow County, at six per
cent for 1994-95 and 6.8 percent
or 1993-94, is lower than the
state rate of 7.37. Starr said that
Morrow County was penalized
by the state for encouraging
enrollment of transient stu
dents;
-agreed by a consensus that
Starr begin advertising new
staff positions proposed at the
March 11 board meeting;
-heard a report on the bond
issue projects;
-reviewed a list of classified
and confidential employees for
May action;
-heard announcements for
the following events: elemen
tary math contest at Sam
Boardman Elementary School
6:30 p.m. April 10; Budget
committee meeting Columbia
Middle School, 7:30 p.m. April
15; Blue Mountain Skills Con
test, BMCC, April 18; junior
high math contest, lone, 6:30
p.m., April 24; budget commit
tee meeting, district office, 10
a.m. april 29; budget commit
tee meeting (if needed), RHS,
7:30 p.m., May 6; regular board
meeting, district office, 7:30
p.m., May 13.
HEDC developing
Heppner
subdivision
Willy Gentry, the son of Terri and Jerry Gentry, and Devin Robin
son, the son of Darcy and Kyle Robinson, all Heppner, enjoy the
company of the Easter Bunny.
L-R: Kristina Grant
Rick Worden, Eric Schonbachler, Phillip Tellechea, Mindy Qualls, Ben Hubert.
Six new members of National
Honor Society were tapped at
an awards assembly at Hepp
ner High School Monday, April
8 .
New members include: Kris
tina Grant, Mindy Qualls, Ben
Hubert, Rick Worden, Phillip
Tellechea, Eric Schonbachler
and transfer member Sarah
Bourrie, not pictured.
The new members join cur
rent members: Tina Kemp, Ben
Ewing, Traci Dickenson, Phillip
Spicerkuhn, Toni Kemp, Bran
di Marshall, Lindsey Water-
land, Stormy Howard, Brian
Koffler, Brent Gunderson and
Josh Coiner.
Honor Society members are
elected on the basis of scholar
ship, leadership and service.
They must also have at least a
3.33 cumulative grade point
average and be selected by a
faculty committee.
Heppner Economic Develop
ment Corporation (HEDC) is in
the process of developing the
Lakeview Heights subdivision
project on Port of Morrow pro
perty. A perspective buyer list
is needed to proceed with the
development. The lots will be
approximately 10,000 square
feet improved lots, overlooking
Willow Creek Lake, Heppner.
The price of the lots will range
from $15,000 to $20,000 per lot.
HEDC is looking for a show
of interest from people from
around the area. Interested per
son are invited to call (541)
676-5536 or to write HEDC Sub
division, P.O. Box 1232, Hepp
ner, OR 97836, for further in
formation.
Pool raffle
Dad Pat Lovgren helps out daughters, Torri (left) and Hannah,
during the Heppner Easter egg hunt Saturday.
The sun shone down on the
Easter Bunny at the annual
Easter egg hunt in Heppner
Saturday as youngsters gather-
ed candy and the bunny vis.ted
with youn8 adm,rers
People for the Pool, Inc. will
raffle an afghan with proceeds
going towards the south Mor
row County swimming pool.
The green and white afghan
was crocheted and donated by
Annie Lusher of Heppner.
Tickets are 25 cents or five for
$1 and may be purchased at
Heppner TV, where the afghan
is displayed.
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