District to hire m usic teacher for south end
imes
8 Pages Wednesday, July 10, 1996
Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
Morrow County School
Superintendent Chuck Stan-
announced, at the regular
school board meeting Monday
night, that the district expects
to hire a music teacher for the
south Monow County area
soon. Stan said that one of the
applicants for the position had
“ extremely high" recommen
dations and added that the
district has made an offer to
her. “ She's the kind of person
I believe will attract students to
the program."
Ann Munay and Amie Hed-
man, both of Heppner, spoke
at Monday night's meeting in
support of a stronger music
program in Heppner and lone.
Starr and school board
members said that they, too
support a strong program, but
added that they cannot hire an
additional teacher until student
numbers justify that action.
The last three years, one
teacher taught vocal and in
strumental music in both lone
and Heppner. Prior to that
there were three music posi
tions in Heppner and lone, but
the district, because of serious
budget considerations, elim
inated two positions.
In other business, the board:
-elected Scott Bauska to
another term as board chair
man and John Rietman to
another term as board vice
chairman;
-approved resignations for-
Lori Pruitte, from educational
assistant position at A.C.
Houghton (ACH) Elementary;
Barney Lindsay, from voca
tional agriculture teaching posi
tion at Heppner High School
(HHS); Sarah Carlson, from
science teaching position at
lone Middle School (IMS); and
Geneva Matthews, from music
teaching position at Heppner
and lone schools.
-approved transfer for Mar-
chell Downey, from special ed.
assistant position at Columbia
Middle School (CMS) to Title 1
ed. assistant at Riverside High
School (RHS).
-approved employment at
ACH- Maria Aguilar and Maria
Gomez, English as a second
language (ESL) ed assistants;
Raymond Godin, special ed
assistant; Mari Gordanier,
Eleanor Parker, Kelly Wright
and Heather Ball, 3 V 2 hour ed
assistants; ACH and CMS-
Anne Orcutt, special ed assis
tant; CMS-Rita Luce, Title I ed
assistant; Jeannie Pershal,
special ed assistant; RHS-
Michelle Erickson and Dianne
Skoubo, Title I ed assistants;
Sam Boardman Elementary
(SBE) for Evelene Finley, 3Vi
hour Title I ed assistant; Mar
jorie Shelly, special ed assis
tant; Elva Rangel, Gloria Hirio-
jos and Rosa Norwood, ESL ed
assistants, Laurie Jo Cox, ed
assisant; ACH and SBE-
Angele Preslar, art teacher;
ACH for Colleen Coyne, bil
ingual ESL teacher; CMS-
Dawn Bradley, language
arts/social studies teacher;
Heppner Elementary School-
Sherry Matteson, primary
teacher; Heppner and Ione-
Chuck Matteson, alternative
education teacher.
-heard from Jim Van Winkle
concerning establishing a high
school girls softball team,
possibly in 1997-98.
-heard a report from super
intendent Starr concerning
Morrow County Schools for the
1995-96 school year. Starr
stated that “The positives far
outweighted the negatives in
the Morrow County School
District in the 1995-% school
year. It was a very succesful
year."
-were introduced to Michael
Keown, assistant superinten
dent, and Nate Arbogast, com
puter technician/software
specialist.
-heard a report on leaking
fuel tanks in Heppner and
lone, and an update on the
bond projects.
-approved a bid for office
machine maintenance from Ab
solute Business Solutions,
Walla Walla for $5,945;
-set a special meeting on bids
for the Boardman project for
Monday, July 29, at 7:30 p.m.
at the district office.
-authorized contingency ex
penditure for fuel tank removal
and replacement.
-approved annual organiza
tional details.
The next regular meeting will
be held August 12 at 7:30 p.m.
at ACH.
Lexington Auto Body moves to new location
L-R: Dan Looslie Carmen Wilson, Danielle Looslie, Dale Wilson, Brian Basford, Scott Dammeyer
Photo by Joyce Hughes
M ary Rietm ann of lone rides her 4th ofJuly special trike during the annual celebration
last week in lone. She is the daughter of Joe and Donna Rietmann. More photos page 3.
Parents, teens oppose curfew change
High School rodeo
team to nationals
A public hearing on a pro
posed ordinance to change
curfew hours for minors drew
a small crowd of concerned
parents and teenagers at the Ju
ly 8 city council meeting. About
11 citizens testified in opposi
tion to a provision to change
curfew hours for minors 14
years and older. No one was
present to testify in support of
the proposed change. The pro
posal would have changed the
curfew from 11 p.m. to 10 p.m.
on school nights and from 12
midnight to 11 p.m. on non
school nights.
After hearing the public in
put, the council amended the
ordinance to remove the
change for minors age 14 and
up. However, the council did
enact a curfew change for
minors under 14 years old.
That change sees the curfew
reduced from 10:15 pm on non
school nights to 9:15 pm. The
curfew for school nights was
left unchanged at 9:15 p.m.
In other business, the coun
cil learned that the City had
been awarded a $49,100 grant
from the Oregon Department
of Justice for replacement of the
North Court Street sidewalk
between the May Street bridge
near the courthouse and the
old Heppner middle school
building on Stansbury Street.
Actual Construction dates are
unknown at this time, but will
likely be in 1997 or 1998.
-The council adopted an or
dinance authorizing police to
impound motor vehicles being
driven by unlicensed drivers or
drivers without insurance.
-The council approved a
resolution referring an updated
city charter to the voters for
consideration at the November
general election. The updated
charter retains and recognizes
the City's current organization
and mode of operations and
updates several sections that
have been outdated by changes
in state laws.
-City staff was authorized to
seek construction bids for a
new public works pole garage
to be constructed in the area
behind city hall off Gale Street.
Local high school rodeo team
members will head off this
week to National High School
Rodeo competition July 15-21 at
Pueblo, Colorado.
The rodeo is the largest rodeo
in the world, with over 14,000
students qualifying in the U.S.
and Canada.
The first go-around will run
from Monday, July 15 to
Wednesday, July 17. The se
cond go will be from Thursday,
July 18 to Saturday, July 20;
with the short go scheduled for
Sunday, July 21. The top 20
average times from the first and
second goes will qualify for the
short go.
Six students from the area
will compete at Pueblo.
Tiffanie Munkers, Lexington,
will go into competition in first
place in goat tying; Lexi Mat
teson, Heppner, first in barrels;
Justin Matteson, Heppner, first
in team roping and steer
wrestling; Annie Hisler, Hepp
ner, barrels and poles; Angela
Munkers, Lexington, barrels;
and Katie McCoin, Condon,
Poles.
Lexington Auto Body, own
ed by Dan Looslie and Carmen
Wilson has moved to a new
location.
The shop, formerly on Main
Street, in Lexington was mov
ed to its new location at 165
North 'C street in Lexington in
mid-June.
The new shop offers more
O p e n casting
set for m usical
After two “ hilarious“ script
read-throughs, the Morrow
County Theatre group an
nounced two open-casting
calls. The first one will be held
Monday, July 22 at 7 p.m. at
the Heppner High school band
room. The second one will be
Monday, July 29 at 7 p.m. at
Morrow Estates meeting room
in Boardman.
Those who wish to par
ticipate in “ I'm Sorry the
Bridge is Out You'll Have to
Spend the N ight", a fall
monster musical, need only at
tend one meeting. For more in
formation about the musical or
car pooling call Debbie Wryn,
541-422-7017 or Paul Marshall,
541-676-9192.
spacious and convenient
quarters for the body shop,
which offers towing as well as
auto repair.
“It's about three times bigger
than the other shop," said
Looslie. “There's a lot more
room and you don't have to
fight the traffic (on Main
Street)."
The new shop also has larger
office space and a bigger break
room for the employees. Lex
ington Auto Body has three
employees, Dale Wilson, Brian
Basford and Scott Dammeyer.
Wilson and Looslie have
owned the shop on Main Street
around 11 years.
The phone number for Lex
ington Auto Body is 989-8565.
Museum to sponsor storytelling
“ Pacific Rim: Mythtime," a
program by renowned Nor-
thwest storyteller Dave Barrett,
will be presented Thursday, Ju-
ly 18, at 7 p.m. at the Morrow
Co. Museum in Heppner. The
public is invited to attend and
admission is free.
“ Pacific R in * Mythtime" in-
eludes a variety of stories which
collectively trace the history of
native cultures along the Pacific
Rim. Unfolding the story of
human Migration to this conti-
nent, Barrett demonstrates how
with Grizzly Bear," from the
Mollala Tribe, and "Song of the
Owl God, “ from the Ainu peo-
P*e of Northern Japan,
The Program is made possi-
ble by the Oregon Council for
the Humanities, an affiliate of
the National Endowment for
the Humanities,
For more information about
the program, contact the Mor-
row County Museum at the
Heppner City Park at 676-5524.
The museum is open 1-5 p.m.
Tuesday through Sunday.
lone 4th of July
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