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S IX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 20,1999 School board hears about Benchmark Booster program Advisory Committee members composed of the two Position #3-incumbcnt Marcia elementary committees of Kemp; no one has filed. Imgon and Boardman; lone Position #5-mcumbent High School-five members Greg Smith; no one has filed. composed as follows-elementary Position #6-incumbent Steve committee plus one from Cecil Hill; Ken Grieb has filed. area and one from Lexington Boardman-Irrigon area; Heppner High School- Advisory Committee seven members composed as Position #2-vacant; no one has follows-elementary committee filed. plus one from the Hardman- Position #5-incumbent Kate Ruggs area, two from the Close has filed. Lexington area and one from the Ione-Lexington North Lexington-Pine City area. Advisory Committee Changes in the policy include: Position #1-incumbent Anita New local committee members Orem has filed. shall be elected at the biannual Position #4-vacant; no one has school directors' election for filed. four years and the terms Position #5-incumbent George staggered so that approximately Miller; Glenda Taylor has filed. half of the terms will expire each -received a monthly year; and the local advisory enrollment report as of January 4 committee will hold monthly as follows: meetings with the local Heppner Elementary School administrator, the zone board grades one through six-253 member and the district students; Heppner High School superintendent or his designee, if grades seven through 12-222 possible. students; lone Schools grades The Ione-Lexington Advisory kindergarten through 12-162 Committee position #4 students; Sam Boardman Lexington area information was Elementary School grades one changed to indicate that if no through five-400 students; A.C. candidate is available from the Houghton Elementary School, Lexington area, the position will Irrigon, grades one through five- be elected or appointed from the 364 students; Columbia Middle lone attendance area at large. School, Irrigon, grades six Position #5 Cecil area was through eight-354 students; changed to indicate that if no Riverside High School, candidate is available from the Boardman, grades nine through Cecil area, the position will be 12-437 students. elected or appointed from the As of January 4, the district has lone attendance area at large. 176 kindergartners, 180 first -approved continuation of graders, 180 second graders, 182 baseball co-sponsorship between third graders, 158 fourth graders, Heppner and lone high schools. 162 fifth graders, 161 sixth Board members Russ Morgan, graders, 177 seventh graders, Scott Bauska, Dwayne Carroll, 171 eighth graders, 186 ninth Gary Frederickson and Barney graders, 177 10th graders, 174 Lindsay voted in favor; John 11th graders and 108 12th Rietmann opposed the action, graders for a total of 2,192 saying that co-sponsorship students. created problems with staff and -heard that the district is in supervision and added that he compliance with the state felt schools should sponsor only standards. the activities they could support -heard a governor's on their own. proclamation in appreciation for -approved retirement and school board members. "I want resignations for: Jo Olsen, to add my personal admiration," retiring from ACH fourth grade said Starr. "The thanks is in the position as of Feb. 26 and kids, when you walk up on the - completing the school year on a graduation stage and see their personal services contract; faces when ytULhand them their Helen Symionow, retiring diploma." Starr stressed me from CMS language arts/social important of service on a school studies position as o f Feb. 26 board, saying, "if we don't do a and completing school year on a great job educating our children, personal services contract; we all suffer." Bill Karwacki, retiring as HES -approved a boundary change principal as of Feb. 26 and request for property in Gilliam completing school year on a County to be returned to Gilliam personal services contract; County and not be included in Dora Viall, retiring from SBE the MCSD with no significant secretary position as of Feb. 26 financial impact. No children and completing the school year were living in the transferred on a personal services contract; property. Cheryl Flint, retiring from -approved a first reading of a RHS office position as of Feb. drug and alcohol policy which 26; would expand the district's Trudy Patton, resigning from policy to include student ACH third/fourth grade teaching members of clubs and position as of Dec. 31, 1998; organizations, such as Future Charles Spivey, resigning from Farmers of America, National CMS assistant custodian Honor Society, Associated position as of Dec. 31, 1998; Student Body, etc. The board Maijorie Shelly, resigning previously approved a revision from CMS special education of the district's drug and alcohol assistant position effective Jan. policy for student athletes. 5, 1999. Board member Dwayne Carroll -approved maternity leave for commented on the exclusion of Virginia Garcia from SBE tobacco from the drug and English as a second language alcohol policy, since it is illegal assistant position from Dec. 23- for minors to possess tobacco March 31. products. Starr said that the -approved personal services district's tobacco policy for club contracts for: Jo Olsen as ACH and organization members fourth grade teacher from March would be the same as the 1-June 8, 1999; tobacco policy for student Helen Symionow, CMS athletes. language arts/social studies -approved a first reading of teacher from March 1-June 8, revisions to the election of 1999; advisory board members as for the position. Bill Karwacki, HES principal follows: three members in each Zone 5-incumbent Scott from March 1-June 25, 1999; community where there is an Johnson; Johnson and Pat Dora Viall, SBE secretary elementary school; high schools: McNamee have filed. from March 1-June 25, 1999. Riverside High School-six Heppner-Lexington -approved temporary contracts for Shannon Jensen, ACH a a * * * * * * ■* a*** kindergarten-first grade teacher for balance of school year, replacing Terri Stiefel; and Tina Brodis, ACH third/fourth grade teacher for the balance of the school year, replacing Trudy Patton. -accepted resignation of Advisory Committee member Julie Weikel from Boardman position #2 on Boardman-Imgon Advisory Committee. -accepted donations of 53,750 from the A.C. Houghton Parent Group to help support the accelerated reading program at ACH; $175 from the Bank of Eastern Oregon to help support join us at the Heppner Elks Club, the ACH family skating program; $250 from the Irrigon Saturday, January 30th Chamber of Commerce to help support the ACH family skating program; and $150 from the Mid from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Columbia Bus Co. to the Tern Stiefel Memorial Fund. The Morrow County School Board heard a report on "Benchmark Boosters" in their regular meeting on January 11 at Heppner Elementary School. Benchmark Boosters is a program implemented in Morrow County schools which is designed to assist students in reaching the state-mandated benchmarks in math and language arts. HES teachers Sherry Matteson and Karen Smith-Gnffith, both of whom volunteered for the Friday classes, reported on the program they have implemented at HES. Matteson, who teaches the booster program in grades one to three, and Smith-Griffith, who teaches classes for students in grades four-six, said that they generally target children who are between eight and 35 points below passing the levels test benchmarks. Benchmarks assess whether a student has achieved a certificate of initial mastery of a subject (CIM). Students will later be assessed as to their achievement of the certificate of advanced mastery (CAM). More subjects will be added to the assessments later. The teachers said that they focused on children whose scores were at least eight points below the benchmarks because scores typically increase around eight points a year with regular classroom instruction. HES Principal Bill Karwacki added that while HES has targeted children who have achieved test scores as low as 35 points below the benchmarks, the school does not turn anyone away who wishes additional help. Volunteer Benchmark Booster teachers at Heppner High School include Linda Dutcher for language arts and Karen Beck and Keelie Keown for math. The program is also in place in lone, Boardman and Irrigon schools. In other business, board member Gary Frederickson brought up a question concerning the drug and alcohol policy for athletes at Morrow County Schools. Frederickson asked if students who were already at a party would be penalized if other students came to the party with drugs or alcohol. "We would treat them as guilty for not getting out of there," said Starr. Starr said that the new district policy concerning drug and alcohol use by athletes takes away the district's previous problem of trying to prove the student's guilt. A student "determined" to be at a party where drugs or alcohol are being used can now be suspended from participating in athletics whether or not the student actually used drugs or alcohol. "Innocence is pretty hard to argue if you didn't leave or try to put a stop to it," said Starr. In other business, the board: -received a report on positions open in the March 1999 school board election. The following positions are up for election: School Board Zone 1-incumbent Gary Frederickson; Frederickson and Judy Hirai have filed for the position. Zone 3-incumbent John Rietmann has filed for the position. Zone 4-incumbent Russ Morgan; Keith Lewis has filed OPEN HOUSE for EVA GRIFFITH'S 9 0 th BIRTHDAYI -approved appointment of Grace Sandlin, CMS head custodian, to the superintendent screening committee, replacing Sharon Sample as a classified employee on the committee. -held an executive session to consider a legal services contract with regard to a contract for a new superintendent and to discuss licensed negotiations. -received a tour of the remodeled facilities at Heppner Elementary School. -heard announcements of the following events: January 14- end of first semester; January 18-school closed, Martin Luther King Jr. holiday; January 21- licensed negotiations, RHS, 7 p.m.; January 27-licensed negotiations, district office, 7 p.m.; January 29-deadline for superintendent applications; February 1 -5 -superintendent screening committee at work; February 2-Boardman-Irrigon Advisory Committee, SBE, 7 p.m.; February 3-Heppner- Lexington Advisory Committee at HES, 7 p.m.; February 4-Ione- Lexington Advisory Committee, lone, 8 p.m.; February 5-four hour in-service; February 8- special executive session to review recommendations of superintendent screening committee, select candidates for interview, select interview questions and plan interview schedule, SBE, 6:30 p.m.; February 8-next regular meeting, SBE, 6:30 p.m.; February 15- President's Day holiday. Births Jessie Mae W illiam s-a daughter, Jessie Mae, was bom to Denise and Michael Williams of Irrigon on January 8, 1999 at Good Shepherd Community Hos pital in Hermiston. The baby weighed 8 lbs. 6 oz. PUBLIC NOTICE MORROW COUNTY T AND IISF. HEARING The MORROW COUNTY COURT will hold the following hearing of public interest on Wednesday, January 27, 1999, at 10:00 a.m. at tHfc Morrow County Courthouse in Heppner, Oregon: Third and final hearing to amend Morrow County Zoning Ordinance ARTICLE 4, Supplementary Provisions, to allow temporary residence in a travel trailer during construction of a home. Opportunity to voice support or opposition to the above proposals or to ask questions will be provided. Failure to raise an issue in person or by letter or failure to provide sufficient specificity to afford the decision maker an opportunity to respond to the issue precludes appeal to the Land Use Board of Appeals based on those issues. Copies of all relevant documents will be available after January 20,1999. For more information, please contact Tamra Mabbott at the Morrow County Planning Department at 922-4624 or 676-5650. DATED this 20th day of January 1999. MORROW COUNTY PLAN NING DEPARTMENT Published: January 20, 1999 ---------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF HEPPNER WATER SYSTEM SUPPLY FEASIBILITY STUDY REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS The City of Heppner is requesting proposals from q u a lifie d e n g in e e rin g consultants to provide a feasibility analysis for serving the water needs of the City with a population of 2,000. Qualified applicants will have experience in municipal water supply and shall demonstrate experience doing an extensive analysis of water systems with multiple pressure zones. Copies of the complete request for proposals containing required scope of work and qualifications of the consultants can be obtained from The City of Heppner, PO Box 756, Heppner, OR 97836; phone (541) 676-9618. Applicants may also obtain a copy in Microsoft Word through e-mail by sending their request to heppnertgptinet. net. Gerald W. Breazeale City Manager Published: January 13 and 20, 1999 Affid___________________ Arts & Crafts club to meet The Morrow County Creative Arts and Crafts Club will meet at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 28 at Yaw’s Restaurant for lunch and a short meeting. Plans will be made for activi ties for the coming year, including several workshops. Guests are welcome to attend. PUBLIC NOTICE The Morrow County Museum Commission will meet Tuesday, January 26, 1999, at 7PM at the Morrow County Museum. Published: January 20. 1999___ PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR BIDS Morrow County Public Works is accepting bids on the following diesel ftiel Approximate usage per year: Lexington Shop 58,000 gallons Irrigon Shop 5,000 gallons Crusher 30,000 gallons All bidders must submit a bid for all three locations. Lowest bid der on the total will be success ful. Specifications may be received by calling 541-989-9500. Bids must be received at the Public Works Office in Lexington, OR by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 26, 1999. Bids will be opened on January 27, 1999, at 10:00 a.m. Morrow County reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to postpone the award of bids for thirty (30) days from date of open ing. Bids must be in a sealed enve lope marked, “Bids”. Morrow County does not dis criminate on the basis of age, reli gion, race, national origin, sex or handicapped status in hiring or the provision of services. Published: January 20,1999 PLEA SE check your ad on the first date o f publication. W hile we are happy to make any necessary corrections, we cannot be responsible fo r er rors appearing on multipie days. When cancelling an ad, PLEA SE check to be sure your ad was not inadvertently published. THANK YOU! CARD OF THANKS My sincere thanks to all who helped with the achievem ent award given to Barbara Strothers and I at the Town and Country banquet; also thanks to family and friends. The years I have volunteered are not regretted. I especially en joy Mrs. Calvert’s class. Helping at other places is equally enjoy able. Eleanor Gonty ____________________ 1-20-lc We would like to say Thank You to the Pioneer Memorial Hospital staff for doing Zach’s blood test in a timely manner. For Doctor Wenberg and Trish for letting us know what to expect at Doembecher’s. Martha and Gary Munkers for watching Heather and Justin. Merry and everybody at Heppner Day Care for cover ing for me and caring about Ziggy. Finally for all the prayers and thoughts. He is doing great, taking his shots and dealing with his diabetes. Thank you, Jack, Renee’ and Zach Yocom ____________________ 1-20-lc NOTICES HELP WANTED WANTED: person to write Heppner High School girls’ bas ketball articles. Call April or Dave at the G-T. 676-9228. 11-11-tfx PART-TIME HELP NEEDED. Applications available Bueramur*. at 152 N. Main, Heppner 676-5274 The Bank of Eastern Oregon, a profitable growing community bank, is now accepting applica tions for one peak time teller po sition in their Heppner, Oregon branch immediately. The successful applicant will possess outstanding customer ser vice skills, be a team player, and have a genuine interest in help ing customers with their financial needs. Hours will be 10:00-3:00 Mon day - Friday with additional hours possible depending on Bank needs. Position will include a com petitive salary and prorated ben efit package. Applicants may call or write Darrell Raver, Branch Manager, (541) 676-9125, or P.O. Box 39, Heppner, Oregon 97836 to re ceive an application. Applications will close on January 22, 1999. The Bank of Eastern Oregon is an Equal Opportunity Em ployer. l-13-2c Morrow County Sheriff’s Office Communications Deputy For an opening for a half-time position (minimum 20 hours/ week) and to build an eligibility list. Job requires typing, general office experience and ability to function in stressful situations. Duties including taking 9-1-1 calls, radio dispatching, teletype operation, working with word processing and computer files. Must be willing to work any shift. Office operates 24-hours a day/ 7-days a week. Pay for the half time positRift Harts fP$904WiWI» m onth uncertified ($952.00/ month certified). This half-time position includes benefits. Apply at Sheriff's Office, 325 Willow View Drive, Heppner, OR. Phone (541) 676-5317. Re turn by closing date Friday, Feb. 5, 1999,5:00 p.m. Morrow County does not dis criminate on the basis of race, color, natural origin, sex, religion, age and handicapped status in employment or the provision of services. l-20-3c REAL ESTATE Home For Sale: custom-built in 1949, 4114 sq. ft., Heppner, 655 Hager St. Contact Robert Mahoney, 676-5876, or Mike Mahoney, 676-5157. _____________________ 4-8-tfc For Sale: three bedroom home on view lot. 676-9689. ____________________ 11-4-tfc For Sale by owner-3 bdrm, 1 bath home on fenced comer lot. Nice yard, two decks, and stor age shed. For appointment, call 676-5247. ____________________ l-20-2c Heritage Land Co. 180 W. Baltimore #5, Heppner J Free counseling for victims of abuse and sexual assault. 24 hr. 676-5049 <w om W Y Crisis Line, 1-800-833-1161. • 72,000 - 3 bdrm, 1 bath on large Shelter available. lot, new windows, newer roof, new ___________________ 6-17-52c kitchen carpet, new covered deck. A must see-Lexington. Planning a bulk mailing? • 13,000- 1.80 acre bare lot with Ask about our complete design, water, sew er and electricity printing, folding and mailing ser hookup to lot. Heppner. vices. We can handle it all. Hepp • 48,000- 3 bdrm, 2 bath mobile on .29 acre. Has wood stove. Built ner Gazette-Times, 676-9228. in 1975. Heppner. ____________________9-16-tfx • 2 bdrm house and 1 bdrm apt. Receive discounts on for rent with good references. NEW LEASED CARS Sharon Lewis 676-5233 by joining our Auto Club. JoyceKay H ollom on 676-5542 Call 989-8365. Bob Ployhar 676-9649 ____________________ 12-9-tfc Wanted: RENTALS Heppner T.V. is accepting Blue Spruce Apartments bids for Janitorial Services. One bedroom and studio apart - Job requirement: 1) clean of . ments for rent. 1 -888-982-3456. fice weekly. 2) wash windows ____________________ 10-7-tfc inside and out monthly. 3) sham For rent: newly rebuilt duplex poo carpets when needed. in Heppner. RV parking. Non Please submit bid to: Heppner smoking. $450/month plus de T.V., Inc., 162 North Main, posit. Call collect (503) 663- Heppner. OR 97836. 7407. l-13-2c 1-13-2C
