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.
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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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