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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 15, 1997 The Official Newspaper of the , City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S 240-420 Morrow County’s Hoipe-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly ami entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at 147 West Willow Street Telephone (541) 676-9228 Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Bos 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $18 in Morrow, Wheeler, Gilliam and Grant Coun ties; $25 elsewhere. April Hilton-Sykes................................................................. * y ¡'lews Editor Stephanie Jensen ....................................................................• • • Typesetting Monique D evin.....................................................Advertising Layout & Graphics Bonnie Bennett ....................................................................................Distribution Penni K eersem aker...................................................................................... Printer D avid S yk e s, P u b lish e r Letters to the Editor Editor's note: Letters to the editor must be signed. The Gazette-Times will not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone number on all letters for use by-the G-T office. The G-T reserves the right to edit. For four-day week To the Editor I am a seventh grader at Heppner Junior High School I go to a four day school week and I am very happy with it. I would not like a five day school week For some reason I don't understand why people are saying that the kids' grades are dropping because we aren't going enough hours a week My grades have stayed the same and I have been on the honor roll every time since fourth grade Also, people are saying that the kids going five days a week are getting more learning time than us but we are going the same amount o f hours o f a kid going five days a week A lot o f people, including me, are playing school sports and would have to be taken out o f school on Fridays and that would include taking my younger sibling out o f school on Fridays also I am not struggling in school and never have because o f the four day school week so therefore I state that I think there should be a four day school week Jodie Carlson Heppner Arts and Crafts group to meet The Morrow County Creative Arts and Crafts Club will meet for lunch on Wednesday, January 22, at 1 p m. in the coffee room at Yaw's in Heppner The meeting will follow at 1:30 p.m. Plans for classes to be held this year and for the fair booth will be discussed. Anyone with ideas is invited to come to the meeting and share them Several prominent artists have been contacted concerning holding local classes in oils, watercolors and pastels Beginners are welcome to attend. The fair annex building will also be open from 9 a m. to 4 p.m. on January 22 for any one who would like to join in old or new artistry or crafts projects or sharing time and ideas with others. Members, guests and any interested persons are invited to attend County flood damage adding up Morrow County continues to add up damage estimates from the re cent flooding. People with damage to farmland or residential property in Morrow County should call 676- 5161. This number is for reporting uninsured damages only. Callers will need to know the name of the owner, the location of the property, a description of the damage and an estimate of the dol lar value of the loss. County com missioners need this information to request state and federal assistance. Estimate of flood damages is at $250,000. This includes farmland that has been washed away, dam age to roads and bridges and dam age to other private property. The amount does not include damage that private utilities received in the flooding. Repair estimates are ris ing as more damage reports come in, said a news release from the Morrow County Emergency Man agement office. County awarded emergency funds Morrow County has been awarded federal funds under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program The county was chosen to receive $2,234 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the area The local board will be made up of the Morrow County Commissioners and will be distributed among emergency food and shelter programs run by local service organizations The local board in responsible for recommending agencies to receive these funds Applications may be made to Louis Carlson, Morrow County Judge, P.O. Box 788, Heppner, Oregon, no later than January 22. E .O .S .C . lists fall honor roll Eastern Oregon State College’s 1996 fall quarter dean’s list includes the names of 281 students who achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or better. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must have a minimum o f 12 graded credit hours. Local students who qualified are Heidi Orem, lone, and Becky Wagenblast, Lexington. N O T IC E T O A L L E L K M EM B ER S: The Dining Room will be closed until Fri., Jan. 31 Our cooks, Karl and Alice, were called back to the Midwest due to illness in the family. Thank you for your patronage and patience. Ja n u a ry 29: Scholarship interviews for $2,500 in scholarships. Ladies’ Night. Dining at 6 p.m. Feb ruary 14-15-16 100th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Music both upstairs and downstairs. Heppner Elks 358 J iiii.i. /...»i,/, M tv i" The Morrow County School Board, at its regular meeting Monday, January 13, in Lexington, approved the first reading of a staffing proposal which would add teachers, educational assistants and extra duty computer trainers for the 1997-98 school vear at a cost of $376,825. The proposal would fund a licensed art teacher to reinstate the art program in Heppner and provide an art program in lone and would add a quarter time music teacher at both Heppner Elementary School and Heppner High School' Morrow County School Superintendent Chuck Starr said that the proposal is dependent on funds becoming available, but added that an increase in students, and a subsequent increase in monies received by the district, is expected to offset the additional expenditures. The proposal would add the following employees: Heppner Elementary School (HES)-one full time teacher for fifth-sixth grades multi-age grouping; 4 time art teacher; .25 time music teacher; one extra duty computer trainer Heppner High School (HHS)- 4 time art teacher; .25 music teacher; half time office assistant; one extra duty computer trainer lone Schools (K-l2)-.2 time art teacher; one 3-1/2 hour educational assistant for third- fourth grades multi-age grouping (would expand part time existing aide to full time); one extra duty' computer trainer Sam Boardman Elementary (SBE)-half time counselor; two 3- l/2 hour English as a Second Language (ESL) educational assistants; .6 time assistant custodian; one extra duty computer trainer. A.C. Houghton Elementary (ACH), Irrigon-half time counselor; one 3-1/2 hour educational assistant for kindergarten-first grade; one extra duty computer trainer; Columbia Middle School (CMS), Irrigon-one full time remediation educational assistant; two 3-1/2 hour ESL educational assistants; one extra duty computer trainer; Riverside High School (RHS), Boardman-one full time advanced math science teacher, one full time language arts/social studies teacher; one extra duty computer trainer District-one full time alternative education teacher in north Morrow County schools; one full time alternative educational assistant. Totals-6 5 teachers/counselors x $ 4 1,000=$266,500; one half time office assistant x $18,000=$9,000; two full time educational assistants=$33,000; six 3-1/2 hour ed assistants=$37,200; one .25 media assistant=$4,125; .6 time assistant custodian=$ 16.500; seven extra duty computer trainers x $1,500=$ 10,500 In other business, the board: -approved resignations of Gregg Rietmann, extra duty head football coach for lone High School (IHS); John Thomas, extra duty position as head girls' software for the entire state of basketball coach for RHS at the Oregon. This will be distributed to end of the season, Anne Orcutt, the Educational Service District special education assistant, ACH; and then to other schools in the Jim Raible, extra duty contract, state, which is expected to recoup head tennis coach, IHS, effective the district’s costs by the end o f the ..year Arbogast added that PLATO immediately -approved termination of software has been installed in Anastacio Garza from 3-1/2 hour alternative classrooms at Heppner and Riverside and said that he is in assistant custodian position, SBE the process of setting up a Web -approved transfer for Ray Godin, from ACH special ed server so that the district and assistant to SBE assistant schools in the district can create custodian position, Marjorie their own home pages He Shelly , transfer from SBE to ACH ; indicated that there is a possibility to continue as one-on-one special of providing dial-in lines for remote access. ed assistant. , Training sessions on Internet -approved employment for access have been scheduled at Ron Neighom, temporary contract schools in February to teach music and Spanish at -heard a bond projects update Heppner and lone schools for the by Bob Baker balance o f the school year; -heard a report on a burglary of Heather Hacking, temporary a computer at ACH. contract, Heppner and lone -heard a report on state schools for balance o f school y ear, standards compliance "In every 1/2 extra duty contract as instance (the district) met or cheerleader advisor, HHS; Dave Horn, promotion from assistant to exceeded state standards," said Starr. "We do exceed state head custodian, SBE; Paul Van standards in instructional time " Cleave, 3-1/2 hour assistant -approved a bid for wheel chair custodian, SBE; Mary Ann lifts at the district office from Anthony, one-on-one special Klau-Med, Inc., Beaverton, for educational assistant at HES, $22,706.55 working with special needs -heard announcements o f the student; Jane Ginther, 3-1/2 hour following upcoming events: Jan. one-on-one special ed assistant 16-last day of first semester; Jan working with special needs 20-Martin Luther King. Jr., student, ACH holiday, no school; Jan 21 -27- -approved resignation o f Janice Huddleston from position #1 of special education due process the Heppner-Lexington Advisory hearing; Feb 7-budgcts from administrators and supervisors Committee. -accepted a donation o f $150 due. The board is expected to from Mid-Columbia Bus consider the four-day week at the Company for funding drug-alcohol regular meeting scheduled for free senior activities at Heppner, Monday , February 10, at SBE at lone and Riverside high schools. 7:30 p.m -approved a Heppner High School senior trip request to Disneyland -heard a performance by Heppner Elementary School fifth and sixth-grade band students under the directrion of Ralph Werner -heard a technology' update by Nate Arbogast Arbogast said that The Morrow County Gun Club the initial computer system will be open Sundays at noon on a installation was completed and E- weekly basis for trapshooting. mail installed at Morrow County Members and interested persons Schools by the end of November are invited to attend. He said that parents may now contact teachers by voice mail at all schools at any time of the day Teachers may elect not to have the phone ring during class time, but The annual Elks Hoop Shoot for parents can leave a message for the teacher without disturbing the Heppner and lone boys and girls class. Arbogast said that Internet ages eight to 13 will be held capabilities were around 50 Saturday, January 18, at the percent completed throughout the Heppner High School gym district, including browsing beginning at 9 a m Signup begins capabilities with the World Wide at 8:30 p.m This is the 25th Net and T-l access lines, which anniversary o f the national Elks would cut access times Free Throw Contest, says local substantially, have been installed organizer Dave Gunderson. The competition will be divided at all schools except CJH, HES into three age groups: eight to and HHS. Installation of T-l nine; 10-11 and 12-13. Age is access lines in Heppner are dependent on fiber optics being determined by the child's age on installed between Lexington and April 1, 1997. Those planning to attend should Heppner bring clean tennis shoes Arbogast said that the Morrow Local winners will go to the County School District was the district contest in Hcrmiston largest school district in the state January 25 The date o f the state to have such computer capabilities "Even the Portland competition will be announced school district is not at that point later. yet," he said Arbogast said that the Morrow County School District has i acquired ownership of OTIS $ M C G u n C lu b sets trapshoot Elks Hoop Shoot set for Jan. 25 r teachers from page one already ," laughed Broden She has commuted back and forth from Pendleton and also stayed at the homes of fellow teachers in Heppner Broden says she hopes to continue teaching here after the baby is bom Broden loves to read and travel and has been to Europe and all over South America She hasn't been to Mexico and would like to travel there, but any trips will have to wait for a while until after she is done "nesting". Her parents and sisters, Elena Chigas, New York, and Margarita Quevedo, Ecuador, will all be on hand for the baby's birth, which is scheduled for Jan 16 at Walla Walla Obituaries Harold C. “Doc” Sherer Harold C. “Doc” Sherer, 87, of lone, died Saturday, January 11, 1997, at Good Shepherd Commu nity Hospital in Hermiston. The funeral was Tuesday, Janu ary 14, 1997, at the United Church of Christ in lone. Concluding ser vice and burial was at the Lexing ton Cemetery. Mr. Sherer was bom January 31, 1909, at Moscow, Idaho, to Guy and Cora Gilman Sherer. The fam ily moved to Top, in 1912, and later ' to Lexington, where he attended school and graduated from high school. He attended Benke Walker Business College in Portland. On September 14, 1934, he m arried Beulah Pettyjohn at Yakima, Washington. They lived on a dairy farm before he went to work for Pacific Power and Light Company. In 1937, he began working for the Morrow County Road Dept, as a truck driver and rock crusher. The family lived in Heppner until 1945 when they moved to their present home, four miles from lone. Mr. Sherer continued to work for the road dept, in Heppner while operating the farm. He retired as Morrow County Roadmaster in 1979, when he was 70 years old. In the 42 years he was with the road dept., many changes oc curred. He worked with six differ ent Morrow County judges and assisted in developing the Bomb ing Range Road which connects north and south Morrow County. He enjoyed his family, spending time with his grandchildren and teaching each of them how to drive. Survivors include his wife, Beulah, at the home; son, Dick of lone; daughters, Kay Barnhart of Redmond and Judy Ripka of Dal las; brothers, Riley Munkers of Heppner, Dale Sherer, Russell Sherer and Bob Sherer, all of Hillsboro, Illinois; and sister, Joan Boas, also of Hillsboro, Illinois; eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the lone United Church of Christ Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 346, lone, OR. 97843. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner was in charge of arrangements. i COAST TO COAST YOUR SOURCE FO R * HOUSEWARES & Home Feb ruary 5: 676-9I8I School board proposes '97-98 staffing increase Furnishinss Peterson's Heppner I42 N. Main » 676-9200
