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Heppner High
School releases
registration info
G ardner’s sponsor
all around saddle
Gardner's Men's Wear owner Roe Gardner and employee Sandra
Van Liew display the Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo All Around Saddle
sponsored by Gardner's Men’s Wear.
Lex FD Auxiliary to sell corn at fair
Everyone is invited to stop by
the Lexington Fire Dept. Auxil
iary food booth located by the fair
entry office during the Morrow
County Fair on Friday, Aug. 18
from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4-7:30
p.m. The auxiliary will offer hot
buttered com for sale. An auxil
iary spokesperson also invites ev-
eryone to “Laugh, visit and see the
famous “Cobweb”.”
The auxiliary is also planning
their fourth major fund raising
project for the fire dept, with a
pre-hunting food sale in Septem
ber.
New members are welcomed
to join.
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M cL eod ‘R eunion
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L ee's 8 0 tfi ‘B irthday
The first day of school for
students at Heppner High School,
grades seven-12, will be
Monday, August 28, beginning at
7:54 a.m.
All students will meet in the
gym
for an
introductory
assembly before meeting with
their advisors and will then finish
the day on a modified schedule.
Students will need to bring
pen, pencil and paper on the first
day of school. Teachers will
inform students of any special
supplies needed for a particular
class.
Registration will be Monday,
August 21, from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
and Tuesday, August 22, from
8:30-11:30 a.m. All students
need to register. In doing so
students may pick up their class
schedules, pay fees, and get
assigned lockers and locker
combinations.
All seventh grade students and
all new students are invited to
meet with the Heppner High
School student body officers on
Thursday, August 24, from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m. The officers will
provide tours, assist students
with finding and opening lockers,
and help answer general
questions.
Student body fees are as
follows:
Grades 9-12: student body fee,
$11; computer lab fee, $5; towel
fee, $2; yearbook (optiopal), $25;
Grades 7-8: student body fee, $9;
computer lab fee, $5; towel fee,
$2; yearbook (optional), $16.
Checks should be made payable
to Heppner High School.
Meal prices are $ 1 for breakfast
and $ 1.75 for lunch. Meal
checks should be made payable
to Morrow County School
District.
Students planning on playing
sports must pay their pay-to-
participate fee before the first
contest. The fees are: $50 per
sport with a $100 maximum per
person per year and a $200
maximum per family per year.
Checks are payable to Heppner
High School.
Call Heppner High School at
676-9138 for questions or further
information. The office is open
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Ted Smith
Local electrician Ted Smith,
Imgon, died on Monday, August
7, 2000 at Amber Valley Care
Center in Pendleton. He was 75.
At Mr. Smith’s request, there
will be no funeral service. Dispo
sition will be by cremation.
Mr. Smith was bom in Leba
non on November 21, 1924. He
married Dorothy Mulkey on April
15, 1948. The couple lived in
Irrigon for 22 years, while Mr.
Smith worked in construction as
an electrician.
He is survived by his wife,
Dorothy Smith; mother, Ruth
Caton, Portland; stepson, Chuck
Dubois, Hamilton City, California;
stepdaughter, Nancy Smesrud,
Medford; brother. Jack Smith,
Sumpter; sister, Carla Smith, Port
land; three step-grandchildren and
three step-great-grandchildren.
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Senator Ron Wyden has
cancelled his town hall meeting
in Heppner this weekend.
A spokesperson for Wyden
said that the senator hopes to
schedule a meeting in Heppner in
October or November.
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The audience at the Morrow
County School Board Monday
night, comprised mainly of
supporters of a high school in
Irrigon, said they were growing
tired of hearing the board say
they needed additional study
before placing a bond issue for
construction and remodeling on
the ballot.
The board had previously paid
for a study by "The Matrix
Group" which laid out three
plans for construction and
remodeling for the board--a pie-
in-the-sky version of needs and
wants for the schools in the
district; a second more scaled
down version; and a even more
scaled down proposal. However,
the board itself did not agree and
a later survey indicated that the
board did not have the public's
trust. The board met defeat at the
polls with a ballot measure to
rehire teachers who were cut to
balance the district budget.
Feeling they did not have the
voters' backing, the board
declined to put forth a bond
measure for remodeling and
constructional the time.
At the Monday night meeting
board chair Gary Fredenckson
said he was in favor of additional
meetings
before
deciding
whether to place a bond measure
on the ballot and what to include
in the measure. "We need to
know what we need before we
get to that point," said
Frederickson.
His comment drew exasperated
comments
from
audience
members who said they had
already attended a number of
meetings for that very purpose.
"You guys have got to get
organized," said Gladys Hobbs,
Irrigon. "There's no way we're
going to be able to do anything
until you folks get yourself
together."
"I don't understand why you
have to have more meetings,"
said Meredith DeHaven, Irrigon.
"I thought the aim of all that
(Matrix Group) was to make a
decision. It seems to me all the
work has been done."
An insinuating comment by
board member Dwayne Carroll
further antagonized the crowd.
"If there's a*Wgh school in
Irrigon you'll support the bond?"
asked Carroll. "Yes," responded
the crowd. "If there's not, you
won't?" asked Carroll. "No," they
responded. "And you're all for
education?" remarked Carroll, to
which the crowd again responded
a resonant "Yes."
School superintendent Bruce
Anderson said he supported an
additional school in Irrigon to
accommodate the expected
growth in the north end. "I
strongly recommend you look at
a high school in this community
within
four years,"
said
Anderson. He also reminded the
board that it would take an
additional three to four years
before
new facilities are
completed to
house the
burgeoning student population.
Board members discussed
arriving at a decision by the
October meeting and putting the
issue before the voters in May of
2001, but added they wanted to
meet with advisory boards before
reaching a decision.
The advisory meetings are
scheduled as follows: Tuesday,
September 5, Boardman-Irrigon
Advisory Committee, A.C.
Houghton Elementary, 7 p.m.;
Wednesday,
September
6,
Heppner Advisory Committee
Heppner High School, 7 p.m.;
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Advisory
Committee,
Thursday, September 7, lone
School, 7 p.m.
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-heard a report on a successful
program
involving
ability
grouping in reading at A.C.
Houghton Elementary.
-was introduced to new lone
High School principal Mike
Stuart.
-heard a report from board
member Julie Weikel on a
workshop she attended on the
"Baldridge Criteria," concerning
setting, measuring and working
toward goals.
-heard from Anderson that he
met with several individuals
planning to form a bond support
group.
-heard a report from Riverside
principal
Duane
Yecha
concerning
the
"School
Improvement Plan." Riverside
High School, which received an
overall "low" rating on its school
report card, is still eligible to
receive a grant for school
improvement. Columbia Middle
School, which also received an
overall low rating, has received
notice that the school will not
receive a school improvement
grant. Riverside could receive an
initial
$10,000
towards
formulating a plan and then, if
the school is accepted, as much
as $50-65 thousand a year to
implement changes at the school,
said Anderson.
-heard a report from Anderson
concerning a proposed agreement
with the Willow Creek Park
District which would specify that
the park district provide $15,000
a year toward opeation of the
lone swimming pool beginning
2001. The pool, located at the
lone Schools, has been funded
through the school district.
-received a report concerning
upcoming ballot measures that
would affect schools and school
funding. Measures included:
Measure 86, 88,91,93, 1,92, 95;
and initiatives 88, 16 and 71.
Measure 91, which would make
federal income taxes fully
deductible on Oregon tax returns,
would have one of the most
drastic effects on school district
budgets in that it would reduce
the 1999-2001 state general fund
revenue by an estimated $632
million, retroactively cutting the
current state school fund
appropriation by $272 million or
approximately
$435
per
(weighted) student. It would also
reduce the 2001-2003 state
general fund by an estimated
$2.03 billion.
-heard that state legislators
have been invited to attend the
next Morrow County School
Board meeting on Monday,
September 11, at Heppner High
School at 7 p.m. to discuss
school funding and other school-
related issues.
-approved a request from
Morrow County Emergency
Management to build a 30-foot
tower at Columbia Middle
School. The project would
include a fence to prevent
children from climbing the
tower.
-adopted three goals: to
maintain and develop high levels
of community and employee
support for the district through
communication and community
relations;
improve
student
performance as measured by
state assessments; and align and
develop resources to meet
diverse education needs and
promote
high
student
achievement.
-accepted resignations for:
John Larson, Riverside High
School language arts teacher;
Susan Jones, A.C. Houghton
Elementary School second grade
teacher; Jon Coleman, Columbia
Middle School PE educational
assistant; Jewell DeLong, ACH
ed assistant; Bobbi Childers, lone
School library tech and computer
trainer; Greg Torres, ACH
assistant custodian; Maryanne
Anthony, Heppner Elementary
School special ed assistant; Dale
Holland, CMS head boys'
basketball
coach;
Wendell
Kreder, RHS science teacher;
Donna Roy, HES ed assistant;
Tina Walker, HHS special ed
assistant and assistant cook;
Gloria Schmidt, RHS Title I ed
assistant; Dana Reid, Heppner
Junior High assistant volleyball
coach.
-approved recall of: Clair
Costello, CMS Basics program
teacher; George Riedel, RHS
science teacher.
-approved employment of:
Nohemi Estrada-Suro, lone
Spanish teacher; James Stanton,
RHS music teacher, Sarah Eaktn,
CMS social studies teacher; Fred
Long, CMS lanuage arts teacher;
Teena Sirucek, RHS asssitant
cook/food
service
clerical
assistant; Ruby Jean Neufeld,
CMS assistant cook; Gordon
Cooper, HHS math teacher,
replacing
Keelie
Keown;
Gabrtelle Meyers, ACH second
grade teacher, replacing Susan
Jones; Keegan McCaslin, RHS
language arts teacher; Amanda
Gribble, ACH part-time ed
assistant; Troy Phillips, CMS PE
ed assistant, replacing Jon
Coleman.
-approved promotion for:
Carmen Diaz, from part-time to
full-time
Sam
Boardman
Elementary School English-as-a-
Second-Language ed assistant;
Charity McElligott, lone Schools
media ed assistant to library
technician, replacing Bobbi
Childers; Valerie Ross,CMS
special ed assistant to office
assistant; Nancy Burnett, an
increase in hours as ACH Title I
ed assistant.
-approved extra duty contracts
for: Rick Paullus, Heppner Junior
High School assistant football
coach; Val Campbell, Heppner
High School DART coordinator;
Vanessa Eldridge, RHS assistant
volleyball coach; James Stanton,
RHS band and chorus; Paul
Keefer, RHS assistant boys'
basketball coach; Clair Costello,
CMS head football coach;
George Riedel, CMS assistant
football coach; Adam Eldridge,
CMS assistant football coach;
Susana Barrera, RHS head girls'
soccer coach; Dana Reid, HHS
assistant
volleyball
coach;
Melissa Metz, HHS assistant
volleyball
coach;
Cynthia
Doherty, HJH assistant volleyball
coach; Grant Wright, HHS
assistant football coach.
-approved transfers for: Dianne
Skoubo from SBE Title I ed
assistant to RHS ESL assistant;
and Ellen Slover, from RHS ed
assistant to CMS ESL ed
assistant.
-heard the following
announcements:
beginning
inservice, August 22; district
wide inservice, Riverside High;
School, August 23, 8 a.m.; first
day of renbol for students,
August 28; Labor Day holiday,
September 4.
-held an executive session for
the purpose of superintendent
evaluation.
At the July 3 meeting the
board:
-accepted resignations for:
Winston Cook, RHS music
teacher; Tracy Kramer, ACH ed
assistant; and Carol Daulton,
RHS head cook.
-approved employment for:
Enn Ewing, ACH kindergarten
teacher; Alison Sullivan, SBE
kindergarten teacher; Greg Torre,
ACH
assistant
custodian,
replacing Bart Prouty.
-approved extra duty contracts
for: Robin Graff, RHS assistant
football coach.
-approved extra duty contract
transfers for: Dean Peck from
CMS head football coach to RHS
head football coach; Ray Davis,
from CMS assistant football
coach to RHS assistant football
coach and CMS head girls'
basketball coach to RHS assistant
girls' basketball coach.
Marriage licenses
The Morrow County Clerk’s
office at the courthouse in
Heppner reports issuing the fol
lowing marriage licenses:
Aug. 4: Walter Joseph Spack,
39, Umatilla; and
Dena Diane W agner, 41,
Umatilla.
John Andrew N elson, 29,
Heppner; and
Alita Denise Schutter, 26,
Heppner.
Aug. 8: James Russell Hall, 19,
Boardman; and
Dora M aria V elasco, 23,
Boardman.
Mitchell Jedediah Berg, 20,
Washington, D.C.; and
Candace Renee Favorel, 19,
Washington, D.C.
Justice Court
Report
The Justice Court office at the
courthouse annex building in
Heppner reports handling the fol
lowing business:
Rodger Amtt, Jr., 72, Heppner-
Careless Driving, $297 fine.