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
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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
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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
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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
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NOTICES
HELP WANTED
WANTED: person to write
Heppner High School girls’ bas
ketball articles. Call April or
Dave at the G-T. 676-9228.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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For Sale: three bedroom home
on view lot. 676-9689.
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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.
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#5, Heppner J
Free counseling for victims of
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Receive discounts on
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Call 989-8365.
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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.
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Heppner. OR 97836.
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