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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
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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
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Lundquist's third term as a state
representative.
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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.
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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.
House District 59 is
geographically the second largest
legislative district in Oregon,
covering all or part o f eight
counties and 29 incorporated
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