TWO > Heppnef Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 23, 2000
Chamber Chatter
• y Claudia H u g h *« , Cham bar Manager
As I drove home from the
office last week, huge bijlowing
clouds moved across a brilliant
blue sky, a sign that spring wasn't
far behind. This reminded me of
childhood days spent laying on
my back m a bachelor button
field discovering any number of
faces, animals, and shapes in the
sky overhead. Summer wasn't
television and full schedules
then; it was mud pies, the library,
climbing trees and time to use
your imagination. In today's
high-tech world of deadlines and
over-scheduling, I recommend
looking for shapes in clouds
periodically. If adults can't quite
justify it, then grab a child and
teach them. You won't be sorry.
Calls are coming into the
Chamber office asking about
events in Heppner this year, and
of course, the next is our St.
Patrick's celebration. Lakeview,
who also has a celebration, called
for ideas.
Most important is that the
community have fun with the
various events, be it a day of
green, history, parade, music,
dog trials, auction; a day of
celebrating
Heppner
with
sidewalk sales and music; a
Motorcross event; or the ever
growing Oregon Trail Pro-
Rodeo, Morrow County Fair and
the Christmas Light parade.
These are all about Heppner and
the people who live here and in
the outlying areas. They are
about working hard to show off
our communities; they are about
putting this area on the map in a
positive way. They are most
definitely about hard-working
volunteers whom we hope can
still have fun in the process.
Some opportunities for children
this year will be the parade,
experiencing all types of music,
the chance to join with the
doggers step dancing, the dog
trials, the DayCare sponsored
children's activities between the
' Shoe Box and Post Office, the
hoop shoot, and The Trail Band.
Next week during Chamber,
vice president Chris Meyer will
head the meeting. It will be an
open meeting with, continued
opportunities
to
discuss
Chamber's action plan and
specific
concerns
in the
community. President Sharon
Harrison and I will be attending a
Northwest Chamber Leaders
Conference in SunRiver. It
provides a chance to learn about
how other communities are
dealing with situations such as
school
funding,
advanced
technology, etc., and to come
back energized with new ideas.
Thought for the week:
"Sometimes facing opportunity is
like staring at the knees of a
giraffe. Keep looking up."
Heppner honor roll released
Heppner Jumor/Semor High
released their honor roll for the
first semester, 1999-2000. To be
on the honor roll, students must
earn a grade point average of 3.5-
4. To be on the honorable men
tion, students must earn a GPA of
3.-3.49. Following are the students
who qualify:
Heppner Junior High School
Seventh grade: honor roll-
Shanna Rietmann, 4., Madison
Bailey, Cara Kennedy, Jessica
Wainwnght, Terra Wilson; honor
able mention-Chelsea Britt, Jode
C oil, Kylee Disque, Kyle
Huddleston, Trampas Jeffreys,
Blair Keithley, Joshua Lankford,
Linsey Mitchell, Elizabeth Orwick,
Grady Penturf.
Eighth grade: honor roll-Luke
Murray, 4., Blake Allstott, Juan
Elguezabal, Brian Haguewood,
Stefame Hanson, Danielle Looslie,
Courtney Nelson, Sheena Shank,
Jessica Westberg, Jessie Wood
ward; honorable mention-Tanner
Britt, Justin Botefuhr, Lindsey
Lutheran,Episcopal churches
form youth group
The churches of All Saints'
Episcopal and Hope and Valby
Lutheran have extended their
ministry with the formation of a
youth group.
A meeting was held Sunday
evening, Feb. 20. Opportunities
for activities, education and
service were discussed and
planned.
The group's first activity will
be an evening of bowling at
Corbin's Bowl in Heppner on
Friday March 10, at 6 p.m. The
youth group also plans to walk in
the MS Walk on Saturday, April
15.
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assessed value, they may pay
little, if any, local option levy
tax.
The Matrix Group was to hold
another facilities meeting at lone
on Feb. 15. John Rietmann
explained that this group is
determining what facilities are
needed for the next 25 years or
so. The school board will then
decide about floating a bond levy
for
additional
school
construction, possibly on the
November ballot.
Linda Jones and Betty
Rietmann requested funds for
reading workshops. The council
approved their requests.
In honors and recognition, the
junior high boy's basketball team
and coach Dale Holland were
honored for their character.
During a basketball game in
lone, a Helix boy had his CD
player stolen. The lone boys
decided to raise money to replace
it and presented the player to the
boy at the Helix Tournament.
The team was commended
publicly by the father of the
player who wrote a very
complimentary letter to the editor
of the East Oregonian. Holland
also reported that both he and the
school have received calls and
notes praising their actions.
Finally, Debbie Radie reported
that the Cardinal Booster Club
provided the funds to buy letters
for the first round of academic
letter winners. It was reported
that over 30 students met the
criteria for an academic letter.
The next meeting of the lone
Site Council will be March 8,
starting at 5 p.m. at lone High
School. The public is invited to
attend.
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The Morrow County
telecommunications
planning
group will meet Friday, Feb. 25,
at 10 a.m. at the Port of Morrow
Conference Center in Boardman.
The goal is to improve
telecommunications services for
Morrow County businesses and
agencies.
The agenda includes
T
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and
health care providers on their use
of telecommunications as well
as a discussion of top county
priorities for funding under
Senate Bill 622.
Anyone interested in improving
telecommunications in Morrow
County is invited to attend.
Call Lisa Breckenndge at (541)
276-6745 for more information.
Spray Rodeo queen tryouts slated
Tryouts for the Spray Rodeo
will be Saturday, March 25, at 4
p.m. at the Spray rodeo grounds.
Contestants do not have to be
local or Wheeler County,
residents. They must be a least
15 years old and never married.
The queen will be announced
that evening and crowned by
1999 Queen Kira Glithero at the
rodeo kick-off dance at the Spray
School gym beginning at 9 p.m.
Music will be by The Juke Box
Cowboys from Hermiston.
The rodeo will be held May
27-28.
For more information and
applications call (541) 468-2442.
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Council discusses parent survey
lone School Principal Dick
Allen, at the lone Site Council
meeting February 9, reported on
the lone responses to the distnct-
wide parent survey .
With 48 responses, the
majority answered the questions
positively concerning areas such
as student safety and academic
standards.
School report cards were
discussed, although results for
lone were delayed. Allen
explained that any school
receiving a "poor" rating would
be visited by a state team who
would attempt to help the school
remedy the situation. He also
reported that a district report card
would be issued soon.
Budget cuts and changes were
discussed. Allen informed the
council of changes to the budget
procedure where each building
would be accountable for
planning and implementing their
own budget. Capital outlays have
been removed from lone's budget
due to shortfalls.
The proposed staffing cuts were
discussed with Iojjb lqsitji a tech
ed position, an elementary
position, elementary art, part-
time office assistant and a part-
time custodian. The nearly $1
million in cuts were necessary to
bring the district's budget back to
a break-even point.
The local option levy tax was
discussed and declared to be
most confusing. Allen reported
that the assessor has figured that
$1 million must be levied in order
to collect the $500,000 and taxes
are assessed on the difference
between market value and
assessed value. According to
reports, since most industrial
property has equal market and
Clough, Tasha Hlavinka, Amy
Majors, Kiel Naims, Tiffany Piper,
Danielle Prindle, Brooke Rust,
Adam Wight.
Heppner High School
Freshmen: honor roll-Daniel
Jepsen, Lacey Matteson, Douglas
Orwick, Darren Van Cleave, all
4., Sally Calvert, Marcy Miller,
Whitney Shemtt; honorable men-
tion-Brad Adams, Donald Adams,
Dawn De Boer, Cindy Gall,
Megan Healy, Tyler Henderson,
Rachel Howard, Conor Kilkenny,
Ashley Ward, Nicole Wilson.
Sophomores: honor roll-
Jonathan Bennett, Shelley
Rietmann, both 4., Meghan Bailey,
Brad Bowman, Jodie Carlson, Jes
sica Gutierrez, Paula Spicerkuhn,
Sam Van Liew; honorable men-
tion-Claire Anderson, Brett Bar
ber, Kevin Drake, Kelsey
Greenup, Stefan Matheny, Julie
Proctor, Leland Rill, Codi
Rosecrans, Brian Rust, Tammy
Smith, Molly Turrell.
Juniors: honor roll-K rista
Adams, Lindsey Ward, both 4.,
Kelli Bates, Amber Flaiz, Blake
Knowles, M arissa McCabe,
Danielle McDowell, David Piper,
Melinda Smith, Amanda Sneddon,
Scott VanWinkle; honorable men-
tion-San Juanita Elguezabal, Kyle
McDaniel, Jennifer Patton, Maria
Saenz, Craig Scott, Brandon
Young.
Seniors: honor roll-Trisha
Adams, Casey Ingraham, Macy
Rhea, Ashley Ropp, Michael
Schonbachler, Matt Van Liew, all
4., Clint Bellamy, Cody Bellamy,
Leah Denton, Amy Drake,
Kristen Marshall, Laurie Michael,
Justin Nelson, Kim Pointer, Jef
frey Sneddon, Aleea Strouse, Alan
Woodward; honorable mention-
Joe Bourne, Stephanie Clough,
Jeff Currin, Levi Geer, Kim
Hansen, Abby Kahl, M itch
Mathews, Corey Miller, Takahiro
Monta, Amy Papineau, Tracy
Rankin, Jake Roy, Luiza Saenz,
Katie Sherritt, Heidi Turrell.