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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 26, 2000 - THREE HES honors students of month Heppner Elementary School announced its students of the month in an assembly on Friday, lone site council discusses TV project January 2 Students were honored for citizenship, hard work and kindness. Photo captions are back left to right, then front left to right I aylor Hodges, Ben McCarl. Jason Houweling, Kylie Doherty. Trent Miles, Kendra Rayburn Kyle \ anderwalker, Macey Burford, Sliae-l.ee Arbogast, Tori Lankford, Taighler Dougherty, Karlee Olea Kry stal Naims, Sarah Hickerson, Justin Delveaux, Casey Maben. April Drew. Molly Majors. Kyle Arbogast, Lyndi Patton, Jamie Westberg, Tony Haguewood Grant Smith, Matt Holland, Christopher Hendricks, Chelsey Hedman. Taylor Disque, Josh Shank Weddings B a k er-C o lg ro v e Bridger John Baker and Jennifer Samantha Colgrove were united in marriage on Sunday, January 16, 2000, by the Reverend Sara Brown, at the home of Henry and Robin Krebs. Parents of the bride are William and Esperanza Colgrove, Hermiston. Parents of the groom are Robert Baker, lone, and Robin Krebs, Jacksonville and lone. In attendance were the families of the couple. The couple will reside in Pendleton. Bridger is a corrections officer at Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution and Jennifer is a homemaker. .-'iLo bn«» Ptimona hears program on nnuu mr. nirmmrnoo run •o! U3fr (tro.fUM,, ,,r ■ nnw mill site, dairies a voting delegate. ' Following a cake walk, the By Delpha Jones Pomona Grange met on Satur- day at the Willows Grange Hall in lone. Visitors were Louise Holst, Klamath County deputy, and Phil Van Buren, Oregon State Execu tive Committee from District 3. Other visitors were District 6 Luke Hamner, Cassie Drew, Jacob Gregory, Colter Raver, Wacy Coil, GWA chairman and Myra Damon Emily Thompson of Umatilla County Pomona. Plans were discussed for a por table display that can be taken to the Wheatland District festivities. This will be a replica of a Grange Hall that can be set on a pickup in hopes that it will help advertise the granges. The granges reported on their money-making projects and have allowed use of the buildings for various community activities. Van Buren spoke about the in surance offered the grange mem bers. Grange Mutual can be sold only to grange members while GIA can be sold to anyone. Charles Gamer of Greenfield Grange was appointed Youth Chairman for Pomona. Grange members discussed the proposed making of a wilderness area of the Steens Mountains. Af ter some discussion, the resolution Cameron Day, Zach Yocom, Justin Pranger, Courtney George. Trent committee was instructed to pre Cannon, Cody Orr pare a resolution. The resolution concerning the Steens Mountains stated that changing its status would hinder the stock growers' income as many of the acres are used for grazing. The resolution prepared by the committee was voted on and passed. There was some discussion on men attending the women’s func tions of the order. A resolution was read and passed requesting a change in the by-laws to allow men to attend. Doma Reed announced that the GWA conference will be held on March 10 at the Greenfield Grange in Boardman. starting at 10:30 am. Following lunch, Greg Smith, a member of the Port of Morrow, was introduced. He spoke about the Kinzua Mill site. He also spoke on the Tillamook Cheese factory Krystal Nairn*. Molly Majors, Mahaley Huddleston. Jordan Shepherd. that is going in the Boardman area Shelay ne Clement. Dan Rasile The guests reported that state session will be June 26 and invited all to attend and to be sure to send meeting was adjourned earlier due to the weather, The lone Site Council met for its January meeting on Wednesday, January 12 at lone High School with a list of items to he discussed. First on the agenda, the council agreed to appoint Mark McElligott to the Site Council as the student representative. lone Schools Principal Dick Allen has an appointment on January 21 to talk to the person in charge of the high school TV project in Arlington. This is in relation to an on-going discussion of having a similar program in lone. Allen will investigate what kinds of equipment and funds are needed to start the program and will report back at the next meeting. Debbie Radie mentioned that she had informally talked with some students who were enthusiastic about the project. With the end of the first semester just days away, the first academic letters will be awarded. A list of students meeting the criteria will be published by the Honor Society as soon as grades are tabulated. Letters and pins won’t actually he awarded until the spring awards ceremony. Allen gave a Certificate of Initial Mastery (CIM) report on this year's junior class. As sophomores, 33 percent met the standards for the CIM. This year, after re-takes, the total was 60 percent of the class meeting the standards and projections call for 76 percent to meet the standards by the end of the year. Students who pass the CIM will be awarded a CIM certificate but. starting with this year's seventh graders, students must pass the CIM m reading, writing and math to earn a diploma. Allen discussed the funding problems in the district. A budget meeting was scheduled for January 13, where cuts to the budget would be discussed. Staff reductions appear likely. He also mentioned that the school district was cvmsidoritt’gi-i’giomg^ tor - a Local 'dptitirfjf,lLeVy I(T*ixv at approximately $500.000 for five years. The council approved a request from Gary Hunt to attend a science workshop. Allen reported that a meeting to discuss facilities and the possible need for a bond for school improvements was to be held Tuesday, January 18, at Sam Boardman Elementary in Boardman starting at 7:30 p.m.. Another meeting will be held in lone on Tuesday, February 15, also at 7:30 p.m. The next Site Council meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 9, beginning at 5 p.m. at the high school library. The public is invited to attend. Vacancy on ESD board The Umatilla-Morrow ESD Board is seeking a person to fill a vacancy on the board. Anita Jams, who has served on the ESD Board since March of 1997, has resigned to accept a position in Astoria "We sincerely appreciate her contributions," said ESD Superintendent George Murdock. "Anita has a distinguished background in education, particularly at the college level. Because of her training and experience, she provided a very valuable dimension to the ESD." Persons living in Umatilla or Morrow counties interested in serving on the Umatilla-Morrow Education Service District Board of Directors, are asked to contact Tami Peterson, 2001 S.W. Nye. Pendleton, or call 966-3102. for an application. The position will run through June 30, 2001. Applications must be received in the ESD office by 4:30 p.m. on February 8, 2000. The Education Service District is approaching an important time in its history, says Murdock. "As districts face tight finances and higher state standards, they are looking more and more to the Education Service District for additional support," said Murdock. "This would be an exciting and challenging time for someone to become'a: part of this process. I am very hopeful that a number of interested candidates will step forward." 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