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I •v y * fi: . » * . V t . ' ;■ ■ ' v ,; • • W o t • • / ! # 4 • V rf- ' Heppner Chamber Board of Directors installed n rg g ! c u o r o r ?. c* o p *: p • » EUGENE Oh !' ; ■ . -, -♦ V J W r TZ p t ! t !. I I? 074(3 l»*,*4* HEPPNER 50 * - ' --V i 1 . r „ -v , 1 i - ■.*“ G*, ..'y' 2 . v i ■ «v . The Heppner Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors was installed during the Chamber annual luncheon on Jan. 13. Officers are as follows: front (l-r)-Cara Osmin, treasurer; Delanne Ferguson, board member: Gary Marks, outgoing president; Mike McGuire, president; Sharon Harrison, second vice-president; back (l-r)-Tricia Sweeney, board member; Darrel Raver, board member; Tom Sly, board member; and Bob Kahl, vice-president. Lynn Lundquist announces re-election candidacy imes VOL. 117 NO. 4 8 Pages Wednesday, January 28,1998 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon P ro posal w o u ld add th re e te a c h e rs Oregon House Speaker o f the House Lynn Lundquist has formally announced his intent to seek re-election in House District 59. As he kicks o ff his campaign he plans to visit communities in the district in the near future with his wife, Barb, meeting with local business leaders and citizens. Lundquist is currently serving his second term as a state representative and his first term as speaker o f the House o f Big gam e regs to no rth M o rro w C o u n ty sc h o o ls The Morrow County School Board, at their regular meeting Monday, Jan. 19, head a staffing proposal which would add three teachers to north Morrow County Schools. The proposal, which does not guarantee that funds will be available for the hiring o f the new teachers and other staff, recommends one full-time teacher each for growth at both A.C. Houghton Elementary School in Imgon and Sam Boardman Elementary School in Boardman and one full-time Spanish teacher at Columbia Middle School in Imgon. The proposal also recommends hiring a full-time one-on-one special education assistant and a full-time technology repair person, both to serve the district. Increased costs are estimated at $43,000 for each teacher for a total o f $129,000; $17,000 for the educational assistant; and $40,000 for the technology repair person. Total costs are projected to be $186,000. The board also learned from Bob Baker, bond project coordinator, that the projects in Boardman are completed and occupancy permits have been finalized. The board accepted the new additions at Riverside High School and Sam Boardman Elementary School. Baker said that as o f Jan. 19, the Heppner High School new addition had been framed and the roof put on, but the windows had not yet been installed. Carpeting had been installed in the upper hallway and the administration area, but will not be installed in the lower hallway until the addition is completed. He said that basketball backstops had also been installed. Baker said that the ground floor addition o f Heppner Elementary School had been framed and the sub flooring installed. He said that half o f the roof joists had been placed. Baker added that he had spoken with an architect and an electrical engineer concerning electrical work at the lone Schools. He said that plans were to move the breakers at the school to a more enclosed area. In other business, the board: -heard from John and Alisha Blake concerning the 24-hour Relay Challenge, an anti-drug and alcohol run-walk marathon to be held at Riverside High School in June; -heard a presentation from Heppner Elementary School teacher Linda Shaw concerning technology education for third and fourth-grade students at the school; -heard that the sale o f the Type 20 buses had been completed with Mid Columbia Bus Co.; -learned that the district is in full compliance with the state stdTTdards; -heard principal reports and academic excellence reports; -recognized school board members in honor o f School Board Recognition Month; -accepted resignations from: Guy Post, RHS math teacher; Dale Johnson, HHS math teacher; Marilyn Winters, Imgon Learning Center ed assistant; Sarah Britt-Wilson, HHS half time cheerleading advisor; Jeannie Pershall, CMS assistant girls' basketball coach; - approved employment for: Keelie Keown, paid intern assignment to teach math at HHS under the supervision of principal Ron Anthony; Elizabeth Jones, HHS assistant custodian; Tim VanCleave, Heppner Junior High assistant girls' basketball coach; Adam Eldridge, temporary RHS math teacher; Gabriela Nieto, 3-1/2 hour per day English as a second language assistant at ACH; Bingo Ganvoa, CMS assistant girls' basketball coach; -accepted the resignation o f Rollie Marshall, Heppner- Lexmgton Advisory Committee; -approved appointment o f Doug Drake, Heppner-Lexington Advisory Committee, and Brenda McKinley, Boardman-Irrigon Advisory Committee; -accepted donations o f $11,328 worth materials and equipment used in the repair o f the lone Swimming Pool; $100.75 from Good Shepherd Lutheran Church for SBE playground equipment; $150 from Mid Columbia Bus Company for district libraries; -approved variance to allow two students from the Arlington School District attend school at lone Elementary; -considered contracting transportation versus a district- run program as a first reading. Supenntendent Chuck Starr said that he will recommend continuing contracting because o f the money saved by the district. He said that contracting busing saved the district $100,000 the first and second years. Now that the district is no longer flat funded, under the state formula the district will get 70 percent o f their transportation costs reimbursed, he said. -approved the expulsion o f a RHS student until the end o f the school year; -heard announcements that budgets are due from buildings and supervisors on Feb. 6. The next board meeting will be held on Feb. 9 at SBE at 7:30 p.m. Sign to m em o rialize Jo and Howard Pettyjohn on Hwy 207 On the evening o f Nov. 19, 1992, Jo and Howard Pettyjohn were returning to Heppner from a visit to their son. Three miles south o f the I-84/Hermiston inter change on Highway 207, a semi truck loaded with potatoes pulled onto the highway directly in front o f the Pettyjohns. Traveling be tween 50-60 miles an hour, the Pettyjohns, without even having time to apply their brakes, ran into the semi-trailer and were instantly killed as their vehicle burst into flames. A ccording to police reports, there was evidence o f drugs in the truck and around the crash site. M ed ica l reports sh ow ed the driver o f the truck was under the influence o f drugs at the time the accident occurred. To this day, bum marks on Highway 207 mark the accident location. In July 1997, Dorris Graves, the mother o f Jo Ann Pettyjohn, made an application to the Or egon Dept, o f Transportation (O D O T ) to have an Impaired Driving Victim Memorial sign installed. According to ODOT, the purpose o f the Impaired Driv ing Victim Memorial Program, a pilot program that has been in place since 1995, is to raise driver awareness about the impacts o f driving under the influence o f drugs and/or alcohol. For the mother and family o f Jo Ann Pettyjohn, it was an opportunity to save other families from the pain and trauma through which they have suffered. The memorial sign, which will be installed by ODOT sign crew members on Jan. 30, is located on the southbound lane o f Highway 207 at milepost 14.5, where the accident occurred and reads, “PLEASE DON ’T USE DRUGS AND DRIVE. In Memory o f Jo Ann and Howard Pettyjohn.” The cost o f the sign was cov ered by the surviving family continued page five n o w availab le The 1998 Oregon Big Game Regulations are now available at Oregon Dept, o f Fish and W ild life (ODFW ) office and license vendors throughout the state. In dividuals interested in hunting antelope, bear, bighorn sheep, deer, elk, mountain goat, moun tain lion and western ground squirrel are encouraged to pick up a copy. The publication contains infor mation about license and tag re quirements and fees, general and controlled hunting seasons, appli cation procedures for controlled hunts and landowner preference tags. There are new items in the 1998 regulations: Sports Pac Li- cense-a new license package where individuals get $131 worth o f licenses, tags and stamps for $ 101 ; handgun validations are no longer necessary for any big game seasons; cougar tag fee reduced to $11; extended cougar season in four areas in southwest Or egon ; private land hunts are printed in red; visually-impaired hunter legislation signed by the governor allows expanded oppor tunities; Fossil unit has changed to controlled elk hunting only; and western Oregon bull hunting regulations may change drasti cally in 1999. Deadlines to consider are the spring bear controlled hunt appli cation on Tuesday, Feb. 10, and all other big game controlled hunt applications on May 15. Hunters are encouraged to get their copy o f the regulations soon, make note o f important deadline dates and apply early to avoid long lines. For more information, contact your local ODFW office or li cense vendor. W CPD to meet The W illow Creek Park Dis trict will hold its regular meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. at Heppner City Hall. Representatives. He won his first election in District 59 by a 70 percent margin and was elected speaker by a unanimous vote from the 60 members o f the House. Lundquist and his wife Barb live on their ranch in Powell Butte where they raise cattle and mint. They have raised seven children o f their own and have taken in and cared for nearly a dozen troubled teens. Lundquist has a long list o f com m unity achievements including president o f the Oregon Cattlemen's Association, Chairman o f the Crook County Planning Commission and an earlier appointment by the governor to the Oregon State Board o f Agriculture. He also serves as a member o f the Oregon 4-H Foundation, the t - - v«' ' cities. If elected, this will be Lundquist's third term as a state representative. -v • v ' * V W aterp ark holds open house / ^ ' •> -*.v c V J "V - j •• c ' K ' - " - •• •-» . •- * »• • . „ T - • , v • ' _ c ■ r. >.-« ■■ ' * -, J ’ . * * .*> , w j • j T 1 % Participants and onlookers enjoy Willow Creek Waterpark open house Sarah Carlson, W illow Creek Waterpark manager, accepted a $500 donation on behalf o f People for the Pool from Betty Carlson, representing the Hardman Community Center at the waterpark's "grand re opening" on Saturday, Jan. 24. The Hardman Community Center made the donation to thank the community for supporting their oyster feed, a fund raising event. Other donations were received from Miller What and Inland Empire Bank. During the open house and dedication, people were invited to tour the waterpark facilities, see demonstrations, look at the newly installed inscribed bricks; sign up for season passes and water classes and enjoy refreshments. .-V‘; Chemical Growers Meeting * .>• % ■■ -.■• ■ . ... • • - lone Willows Grange Hall Friday, Feb. 6 from 8 a.m .-iz noon k & .X ;\ Applicator credit hours will be given ~ Lunch following - M O R R O W C O U N T Y G R A IN G R O W E R S — •“ 1 - Lexington 989-8221 **rr* advisory board o f the Oregon Gun Owners Association, the Deschutes Basin Resources Conservancy and is on the executive board o f the Western States Coalition. Lundquist, who earned a bachelor's degree in agriculture economics from Oregon State University and holds a master's degree in economics from the University o f Connecticut, also is a former professor o f economics at George Fox University and Warner Pacific College. 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