TWO ■ Heppner Gazette-Tim es, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 17, 2001
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lone site council hears report
on swimming pool
An lone Site Council meeting was
held at the lone School at Jan. 10.
Concerning the swimming pool
report, Jim Swanson reported to
the dommittee how various funds
were com bined and amended.
Approximately $2,300 is in the fund.
The monies were left over from the
general fund, the pool fund and
another operating maintenance fund.
The school board will fund $5,000
so the pool fund will start with
$7,300 for the new season.
Expenditures for last year amount
ed to $13,262 for supplies, salary,
heating, etc. The fund took in $2,300
in donations, $800 in swim lessons
and $4,476 from season passes,
totalling about $7,600. Fifteen
thousand is still coming to the pool
fund from the park district, with
$5,0(10 o f that coming in December
plus $5,000 in March and $5,000
in June o f 2002.
A meeting is planned with Betty
Rietmann, Shelley Key, Mike Stuart
and others to plan how the money
is going to be managed and put
together a viable budget for approxi
mately two years. The budget must
be prepared before March 2002 to
request funds for the following
year's budget needs.
School improvement plan reports
were given, with teachers reporting
on ways that math is used in all of
the classes. Discussion was held
on the math contest and it was noted
that the contest is geared toward
above average students.
A new grant, the "Umatilla-
Morrow Small and Remote Schools
Consortium," will target particular
focus areas that have been identified
as needed for improvement. lone
has not yet been awarded the grant.
Included in the grant will be a
teacher on special assignment and
V-Tel two-way video conferencing
The idea is to have free exchange
o f instruction between sites. Princi
pal Mike Stuart explained how the
V-Tel camera is set up and how it
works. This grant would help fund
stipend paym ents for non-school
time and help provide continuing
professional units for teachers.
It was suggested to have parents
of the groups involved bring nutri
tious snacks during testing dates.
Debbie Radie volunteered to be in
charge o f making sure that comes
together. Contact her to help in this
area.
The OSSOM report was tabled
until the next meeting due to illness
o f the presenter Mona Hardman,
school counselor.
LaCrosse Overboots
A small group o f Future Business
Leaders o f America members will
attend a contest in LaGrande in
February.
Booster club members, with the
help o f staff and community mem
bers' donations, have purchased new
mats for the end walls o f the gym.
In addition, they have completed
the painting of the gymnasium. New
m ascot em blem s have been con
signed.
Site council m embers watched
a video, distributed by the Oregon
Department ofEducation, explaining
the state's goals and why ODE is
issuing a report card each year. The
video explained how the scores are
tabulated. Implications o f those
scores for the school were explained.
After the video, members discussed
the "satisfactory" rating and empha
sized that the rating refers to im
provement. A school improving
from 87 percent to 88 percent would
received a "satisfactory," whereas
a school improving from 60 to 75
percent might receive a "strong,"
even though their scores are not as
good.
M ention was made o f Duane
Neiffer’s wife, Linda, a teacher at
Sam Boardman Elementary, who
made the front page o f the East
Oregonian several days ago in an
article written about the video
conferencing between her class and
a child in a hospital in Portland.
In other business, a discussion
was held about help for the school
in various ways. ESD has specialists
available to come in to do special
testing for hearing, eyesight, etc.
There is also a summer school
program for improving benchmark
scores. There was discussion o f the
effectiveness of a Friday benchmark
booster day held several years ago.
There was also a discussion o f the
level o f learning that children are
getting today. A comment was made
that today's fifth graders are learning
information that high school students
learned previously.
Men's breakfast
scheduled
The monthly m en's breakfast,
sponsored by the First Christian
Church and Christian Life Center,
will be this Sunday, Jan. 21, at 8
a m. at Christian Life Center, 535
W. Morgan Street, Heppner.
"All men and boys are welcome
to attend for a time o f food, fellow
ship and inspiration in the word o f
Goid," said a spokesperson.
Heppner Cham ber o f Commerce
for many years, serving on
numerous chamber committees.
He has headed up the Morrow
County Fair and Rodeo Parade
and the St. Patrick's Parade for a
number o f years.
Kahl was a m em ber o f
the
Heppner
Economic
Development C om m ission and
the
Heppner
Coordinating
Council and was also a mem ber
o f the City o f Heppner Budget
Committee.
Kahl was a m em ber o f
the Odd Fellows, the Lions Club
and served on the South Morrow
County Scholarship Committee.
He was also very active in the
United Methodist Church.
The Kahls' daughter,
Abby, was honored with the
Youth Achievement Award last
year for her civic involvement.
Bob and Marianne Kahl
owned VanM arter and Kahl
insurance in Heppner for 15
years before recently moving to
Oregon City to be near relatives.
Since
the
first
presentation o f the Man the Year
Award in 1980 the following
have been named recipients o f
the honor: Oscar Petersen, Jerry
Peck, Forrest Burkenbine, Louis
Carlson, Harold Peck, Bill
Collins, Larry Mills, Dr. Wallace
Wolff, Bill Kuhn, Don Bristow,
Bill Rawlins, Jim Farley, George
Koffler, John Edmundson, Ken
Turner, Glenn Ward, Kevin
Erich, Skip M atthews, Bob
DeSpain and Sam Bellamy.
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Cham ber
also
honored the Heppner Fire
Department for the sacrifices the
fire fighters make for the
com m unity. Fire C hief Rusty
Estes accepted the plaque on
behalf o f the department.
Amy Jepsen o f Heppner
provided harp music.
Creative Arts
Club to meet
M orrow County Creative Arts
and Crafts Club will meet on
Thursday, Jan. 25, at 1 p.m. at GD's
Restaurant banquet room.
The agenda will include a progress
report on the mural and workshops
for the year. All members are asked
to let the club know their interest
and now many classes they would
like. Those who cannot attend the
m eeting are asked to contact a
workshop chairperson. Any non-club
member interested in classes should
call Shirley McNary at 422-7569.
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David and April Sykes,
owners o f the Gazette-Tim es
since 1980, received the Heppner
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The
Gazette-Times,
which celebrated its 100th
anniversary in 1983, has moved
from lead type to a complicated
typesetting machine to computers
over the years.
Besides a newspaper, the
Gazette includes a print shop and
a web page business.
Gazette publisher David
Sykes is a long-time mem ber o f
the Chamber o f Commerce, past
president and board member, and
has also been a mem ber o f the
Lions Club for many years.
He is the originator o f
the "Zero M oney M arketing
Plan", designed to help market
the former Kinzua Mill site after
the mill shut down, displacing
around 100 workers.
April Sykes, editor o f the
Gazette, is a mem ber o f the
H eppner High School Site
Com mittee and the Morrow
County Educational Standards
Committee.
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