School board hears bond project
progress; tables cross-country request
Bob Baker, project coordinator
for county school construction,
reported on the progress of the
projects at the May 12 Morrow
County School Board meeting
held at the district office in
Lexington.
Baker said that the bond issue
projects for Heppner Elementary
School (HES) and Heppner High
School (HHS) were going out to
bid, with advertisements in the
Journal of Commerce and the
Tn-City Herald.
Bids for those projects will be
opened Wednesday, May 28,
with a final completion date of
November 30.
Baker also said that the project
at Sam Boardman Elementary
(SBE) is "moving along" and is
expected to be completed by the
start of school this fall. He said
that work has started at the west
end of the Riverside High School
(RHS) project, but added that the
project may not be completed by
the start of school.
Baker and the board also
discussed concerns with the
electrical system at the lone
Schools.
The board approved new sports
programs for the 1997-98 school
year-soccer at RHS and softball
at Heppner High School (HHS)~
but tabled a request from Skye
and Penni Krebs who wish to
establish a cross county program
next year.
In other business, the board:
-accepted resignations from
Dave
Gunderson,
Heppner
Elementary
School
(HES)
teacher; Regina Mosen-Mills,
SBE teacher; Eileen Fagan, SBE
library tech; Ted Hendricks,
Columbia Middle School (CMS)
assistant
custodian;
Donna
Barton, extra duty assistant girls'
basketball coach; and Iliad
Killingbeck, RHS assistant boys'
basketball coach.
-accepted
transfer/
reassignment for: Karen Smith-
Griffith, from special education
teacher at HHS/Ione Schools to
elementary teacher at HES.
-accepted employment for
Frances Fremault, probationary
contract to teach art at SBE and
AC. Houghton
Elementary
School (ACH); Alissa Lindeman,
probationary contract to teach
language arts at RHS; Paul
Hibbard, probationary contract to
teach advanced
math/social
studies at RHS; and Dale
Holland II, extra duty contract
for assistant track coach at lone
Middle School.
-approved authorization for
county to invest district funds.
-approved ACH, SBE and CMS
field trip to OMSI.
-heard a curriculum report from
Bob Deeter, RHS teacher, and
three of his computer students.
-heard a report from assistant
superintendent Mike Keown on
school funding.
-heard a report indicating that
the 1997-98 breakfast and lunch
prices will remain the same as
this year.
-accepted the first reading of
the extra duty contracts for June
action.
-presented the 1997-98 school
board meeting calendar for a first
reading.
-accepted the Consolidated
District Improvement Plan as a
first reading.
-heard from each principal on
academic
excellence at their
respective schools.
-adopted resolution number 97-
5 so that the district may borrow
up to $2,000,000 for the 1997-98
school year if needed.
-heard principal reports,
-approved all classified and
confidential
employees
as
presented for the 1997-98 school
year.
Fire truck rolls into ravine
the brake apparently failed and
the rig rolled down the slope.
"I want to remind people that
it (fire fighting) is a dangerous
business and accidents happen,"
said Marks. "We just have to be
thankful that no one was. hurt.
Trucks can be replaced, but
people can't."
Marks said that the truck,
valued at $35,000, was covered
by insurance.
lone girls track team first at state meet
A Heppner fire truck was
totalled in an accident Monday
night.
According to Heppner City
Manager Gary Marks, the truck
rolled over a ravine, impacting at
the bottom of a canyon.
Marks said that the fire
department had been called out
to fight a brush fire; the fire
fighters put the brake on the fire
rig and blocked the wheels, but
Boys come in second
Heppner school events listed
VOL. 116
NO. 21
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Wednesday, May 21,1997_______Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
The
Heppner
High
School/Junior High School
spring sports dessert will be held
this Thursday, May 22, at 7 p.m.
at Heppner High School.
The Heppner Middle School
sixth grade class will have their
high school visitation on
Tuesday, May 27. The following
evening, Wednesday, May 28, a
sixth-grade parent meeting has
been scheduled.
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Baccalaureate services set
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Baccalaureate services for lone
and Heppner graduating seniors
will be held at St. Patrick Church
in Heppner on Tuesday, May 27,
at 7
p.m.
Father A1 Miller of All Saints
Episcopal Church will deliver the
sermon; Father Gerry Condon of
St. Patrick and St. William
Catholic
churches,
the
invocation; and Pastor Andrew
Johnson of the First Christian
place at the meet after a
tiebreaker with Fiona Lee o f
Alsea.
The other girls school record
w as set when Nikki McElligott
placed second in the 300
hurdles with a 50.09 mark.
Other scoring included:
Sybil Krebs seventh in the 800
meters; Burright fifth in the
100 meter high hurdles; lone
team sixth in the 400 meter
relay and fourth in the 1,600
meter relay; Katie Garrett fifth
in the discus; McEUigot sixth
in the high jum p and sixth in
the pole vault.
M eanwhile the boys were
busy with their own stellar
performances.
John Garrett set a new
school record in the 1,500
meters with a time o f 4:24.14,
and Joe Bacon set a new
school mark in the triple jum p
with 43-9.
Luke Swanson started o ff the
action with a win in the pole
vault. He cleared 12-6 for the
victory.
Then Bacon set a personal
best record, and school record
w hile on his way to a first in
the triple jum p with a leap o f
43-9. He beat the old school
record o f 41-10 3/4 held by
Rany M cCabe since 1985.
The boys also placed fifth in
the 4x400 relay with a time o f
3:44.32.
Others placing for lone
were: Swanson third in the 100
meters; Jacob Taylor second in
the 400 meters, and sixth in
the 800 meters; Garrett fifth in
the 3,000 meters; lone team
fifth in the 1,600 meter relay;
Bacon third and Swanson sixth
in the high jum p, and Bacon
sixth in the long jump.
The boys team came in
second to Powder Valley 63-
65.
All in all it was a good
performace said retiring Head
Legion, Aux.
plan potluck
The American Legion and
Auxiliary will meet Monday,
May 26, for a potluck dinner at
the Heppner Methodist Church
basement at 6:30 p.m.
This will be the last meeting
until September. The unit will
report on yearly functions and the
Poppy Day sale, which was a suc
cess.
Veterans and their families are
welcome to attend.
Church, the benediction.
Refreshments will be provided
by the Ministerial Association.
The community is invited to
attend.
The lone High School
graduation ceremony will be held
on Friday, May 30, at 7 p.m.
Heppner
High
School's
graduation will be Saturday, May
31, at 7 p.m. Riverside High
School's graduation will be
Saturday at 3 p.m.
Colleges list local graduates
Back row, l-r: Stephanie Haguewood, Pete Cantu, Joe Bacon, Del LaRue, Jacob Taylor, Luke Swanson, Brenda Burright, Kelly
Morgan, Kemmery Burright, and Brenda Holtz. Front row, l-r: Sybil Krebs, Cammie Burright, Nikki McElligott, Jon Garrett, Suzy
Heideman, Katie Garrett, LaRee Anderson.
The lone girls track team
blew away all the com petition
on their way to a first place
trophy at the state track meet
Saturday
in
M onmouth.
M eanwhile the boys came in
second, missing first by only
two points.
The girls could hardly have
asked for a better day, as they
wracked up four cham pions in
five events and broke two
school records to bury their
n e a re st
c o m p e titio n
Canyonville Bible Academy
80 1/2 to 59.
Leading the way for the
Cardinal girls was freshman
Camie Burright w inning the
long jum p with a leap o f 16
feet, 3 3/4 inches, and also the
triple jum p with 33-8.
Burright also com peted in
two spints, placing sixth in the
100 with a time o f 13.65 and
the 200 at 28.38.
In other efforts Suzie
Heideman placed first in the
javelin with a throw o f 131 -10
, a personal best and one
which moved her into eighth
on the all-time 1A state list.
She also placed fourth in the
shot put with a toss o f 32-8.
LaRee Anderson cleared 8-2
in the pole vault to set a new
school record, but took second
The Heppner High School
senior breakfast, put on by the
junior class, will be held
Thursday, May 29, at 6:45 a.m.
The Heppner Elementary
School all-school barbecue will
be held on Friday, May 30.
Friday, June 6, will be the last
day of school for Morrow
County School District students.
The teachers' last day will be
June 10.
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Coach Del LaRue who will go
out with his first state
championship as a head coach.
"I thought our kids performed
very well. The best effort o f
the season. It was just a real
good day for us," LaRue said.
Crystal Minster, lone was one
of
the
candidates
for
undergraduate
degrees
at
Washington State University at
Pullman, WA. She received a
bachelor of science degree in
nursing.
The commencement ceremony
was held Saturday, May 10.
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A total of 1612 University of
Idaho students are candidates for
degrees at the end of spring
semester,
including
Brent
Sheirbon of Lexington.
He is receiving his degree in
the college of business and
economics.
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