Architects, advisory boards meet
on school construction
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Wednesday August 8 2001________ Morrow County Heppner Oregon
Princess Kelsey has a real love of family,
friends and the outdoors
Irish eyes must be
sm iling down on 2001 Morrow
County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro
Rodeo Princess Kelsey Colleen
Greenup.
With names like Kilkenny.
Healy and Gentry
in her
background, the pretty . 16-year-
old princess, with sparkly blue
eyes and naturally curly brown
hair, is the product o f a rich
heritage o f Irish and Scottish
ancestry and fair and rodeo
royalty.
Each year Kelsey, the
daughter o f Greg and Janet Gentry
Greenup. Heppner, wears a
traditional Irish costume in the
Heppner's St. Patrick's Parade. Her
grandfather, Don Greenup, had
been a grand marshal in the fair
and rodeo parade and her
grandmother. Colleen Kilkenny
Greenup, was a fair and rodeo
queen and princess. Her aunt Tag
Greenup Ashbeck was princess;
aunt Susie Greenup Walton was a
princess and aunt Bridget Greenup
Whelan was princess and queen.
Kelsey's sisters Amy (Kollm an)
and Sarah were both princesses
and sister Kathleen was a pennant
bearer.
Her cousin.
Shelly
Ashbeck. was also a princess. This
year, Kelsey's cousin, Lacey Davis,
is a pennant bearer, along with
Megan McCabe. Chaperon is Lori
McCabe.
Kelsey's
uncle
Jerry
■Gentry is also active in the
rodeo. H e r
maternal
grandparents are Patricia and B ill
"Gentry . Heppner.
Princess Kelsey was born
and raised in Heppner. She
attended Heppner Elementary
school and w ill be a senior this
year at Heppner High School
where she is an "A " student and
achieved a 3.8 grade point average
this last spring. Her favorite
subject is art. She is also active in
basketball, playing in the Colt,
ju n io r high and high school
■basketball programs. She also
played volleyball and softball in
ju n io r high. A fter school and
during the summer this year she
has been busy working for Devin's
■Chevron station in Heppner. Last
summer she worked in the YCC
program for the Heppner Ranger
District.
For the past six years, she
has also been active in 4-H with
horse and sheep projects.
This
self-confident
princess has a special love o f
family, friends and the outdoors.
Her favorite activities, and she has
quite a few o f them, are riding
horses, going on cattle drives,
going to the mountains, camping
bind hunting. She grew up going
On cattle drives with the Greenup
family, who have cows in the
t
Princess Kelsey Greenup
mountains and "everywhere." She
usually rides with her cousin Lacey
on the cattle drives.
Kelsey has been active in
the Wranglers riding club and her
mother was president o f the club
for many years.
Kelsey has competed in
barrels, goat tying and poles since
she learned to ride. "I was
probably pretty little." laughs
Kelsey. "Because my sisters had
horses and they would take me
riding." She has also done run ins
at rodeos and has carried the
sponsor Hags.
Princess Kelsey got her
first horse when she was I I years
old. She also has some pretty
special pets at home, her dog.
Swayze. 14. a German shepherd,
and her cat. Fatso a calico. Kelsey
says that she originally named her
cat "Cassie"—until she grew to be
22 pounds and the name change
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‘Lyes: ‘Blue
‘J iair: ‘Brown
ty e : 16 years old
'Heppner ‘Miqh School Senior,
‘.Honor Student
‘Parents:
Ijrey and ‘lanci Ijreenup
Interests:
Active in basketball,
enjoys the outdoors,
huntimj, campincj,
and lamily activities
too.
seemed logical.
As a member o f the court.
As Morrow County Fair
and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Kelsey and Queen lammy Booth
Princess. Kelsey w ill ride her sister have been to parades and rodeos in
Kathleen’s appaloosa. Reggie. Arlington. Spray. Irrigon. Union
"He's very athletic." said Kelsey. and Boardman. So far. I nion has
"He's not really a kid's horse, but been Kelsley's favorite I here they
he taught me everything." I uckily
for Reggie, he likes to run cows.
continued page 2
Architects
for
the
upcoming
school
bond
construction
and
renovation
projects met with advisory boards
and community members in
Heppner and lone on Monday.
I odd Turner and Alan
le v age. architects with Barber
Barrett I urner Architects Inc..
Bend, and Nan Hall with I leery
International, project manager
hired by the district, presented a
preliminary timeline for the
projects and took input from the
audience.
"It's our firm belief that
each project is unique and we don't
want to superimpose our ideas on
you."
Turner
told
both
groups.
"You
ought
to
be
congratulated for passing your
bond issue.” he added.
I le said that his firm plans
to take additional input the first
part o f September, complete the
schematic design phase around
mid-December, complete the
design development phase around
the end o f January, begin the
bidding process mid-March and
award bids toward the end o f April
so that construction work can be
completed during the summer
months.
O f major concern w ith the
Heppner Elementary construction
is the possible vacation o f
Stansbury street in front o f the
school and subsequent rerouting
o f traffic, possibly through the
area where the current gym stands.
Adv isory Board members said that
the city does not favor vacating
Stansbury Street because closure
would add additional minutes o f
response time for emergency,
police and tire vehicles. Instead o f
the short cut past the school,
responders would then have to
travel to May Street (by the
courthouse) to access Court Street.
Highway 74 (rodeo grounds)and
Eairview Road.
School officials have
expressed concerns about safety
issues on Stansbury Street with
children crossing the street to and
from the other buildings and
parents and buses picking up and
dropping off.
Building a new road,
budgeted at $500.000. would be
one o f the more expensive line
items, with the demolition o f the
old gy m budgeted at $ 150.000 and
construction o f a new middle
school gy m. music room, cafeteria
and
locker
rooms
set
at
$1.976.832.
The advisory committee
also discussed leaving the old gym
standing, which would give the
community another much-needed
practice area.
Another concern w ith the
demolition o f the old gym is the
loss o f an auditorium for plays and
concerts. Members o f the audience
stressed that the new facility be
able to fill that need.
However, with a length o f
usage estimated at only six to 15
years, committee members were
also hesitant to put any additional
money in the auditorium/gym
facility. That would also include
the additional cost to heat and
maintain an older building.
"I don't think that you
have eight years." said Morrow
County
School
District
Superintendent Bruce Anderson.
"The decision early-on was to not
put more money in."
Another suggestion was to
include more parking at HI S
"Parking is a real problem." said
Louis Carlson. Heppner. " I f that
old gym is torn down, there would
be an opportunity for parking.
Community members are
encouraged to come to the next
meeting, which is scheduled for
Wednesday. September 5. at 6
p.m. At that time, the architects
w ill assist those in attendance in
prioritizing their wishes for the
Heppner Elementary building
construction.
Conforming to flood plain
regulations was a major issue in
Heppner Elementary Principal Phyllis Danielson shows Morrow
County School Hoard member John Renfro the newly-installed energy
efficient windows at the school.
discussion at the lone meeting. It
the new building is constructed in
the "footprint" o f the old building,
then there are no problems with
the flood plain. However, if the
construction encompasses a larger
space or is moved to another
location, then problems may arise
with permits from the city, the
f ederal Emergency Management
Agency
and
the
Land
Conservation and Development
Commission .
"We can replace it (the
lone E lementary building exactly
with no problem." said Turner. "If
it's someplace else, then we need
to get a survey. We need to
determine if the school is in the
tloodway. the tloodway fringe or
the flood plain."
I urner said that his firm
would contact officials to try to
determine what exactly is allowed
by the next meeting in lone which
is scheduled for Thursday.
September 6. at 7 p.m. However,
he added. "I think it's going to take
some time. I don't know if it's
going to slow it down.
Another concern raised at
the lone meeting was the amount
o f storage and work room space
the current elementary school
provides.
Classroom
size
was
another factor. Because o f small
enrollment, many classes are
doubled up and classrooms must
accommodate up to around 30
children.
Because the lone Schools
are a hub for the community,
those in attendance Monday night
stressed that a new facility should
provide space for community
meetings and activities and also
allow space for the numerous
school volunteers »o work with
students outside of classrooms
Several people at the
meeting raised the issue of the
amount o f time students and
teachers travel between lone
Elementary and lone High School
and the disruption that ensued
One suggested that the space
between the two schools be
shortened.
Remodeling and updating
the kitchen and adding additional
space there was discussed,
however, those in attendance were
also concerned that the adjoining
auditorium space was already not
adequate to accommodate the large
crowds that turn out for plays and
other events.
Discussion also ensued
about construction of an additional
gym. what type o f construction
would be desired and costs
involved Members o f the audience
indicated that another gym would
be desired for practice schedules
and to shorten the length o f time
young athletes spend at the school
The limited life span o f the current
gym was also an issue.
School officials stressed that as
many people as possible get
involved in the planning stage o f
construction.
I he next lone
meeting on September 6 w ill seek
even more input and is expected to
last around three hours
"It's really important that
lone reach a concensus on what we
want and what were capable of
getting." said John Rietmann.
Morrow County School Board
member. "It's important that each
one o f us bring 10 more, so we
don't get down the road three
months from now and some people
come cruising in saying. My idea
didn't get on the plan.'"
Special program offered kids
CH A( )S. a group from the
Grandview. WA. Church of the
Nazarene. w ill be in Heppner
Sports physicals
scheduled
Free sport physicals will be given
to Heppner High School and Junior
High students Tuesday and
Wednesday. August 14 and I 5. at
Pioneer Memorial Clinic.
Sev enth and tenth grade boys will
be examined on Tuesday from 4-7
p.m. and girls will be examined from
4-7 p.m. on Wednesday.
A ll seventh and tenth grade
students, new students to the school
district and students participating
in co-curricular activities must have
a current physical examination to
participate. Parents must complete
.tnd sign a medical history form before
an examination w ill be given.
I onus are available at tlic I leppner
High School office or Pioneer
Memorial Clinic.
Daily doubles w ill being at
I leppner High School on August 20.
Practice tor junior high school
students will begin aller sclxxil sums.
Dailey doubles at lone I ligli Sch<x>l
will also begin on August 20. EVxvthall
practice will be held at 7:30 a.m. and
intheartemoon. Volleyball practice
w ill be held from 6-9 p.m.
August 13-15 to offer a special
program for junior high kids.
Monday. August 13. w ill
be free swimming for seventh and
eighth graders at the W illow Creek
W ater Park from 5-7 p.m.
Tuesday. August 14. a
free "bash in the park" with a hot
dog barbecue will be held from 5-8
p.m.
Wednesday. August 15.
junior high kids are inv ited to the
Shamrock l anes m Heppner for
free pizza. I here w ill be a charge
for bowling.
Cl IA( )S. which stands tor
Christ Honored and Others
Served, also plans to have a
special service project during their
stay in I leppner
I heir group. Fish Out o f
Water, with band members Craig
Harris. John Schenck. and Eddie
Wheeler, w ill also play at the
Morrow County l air
Beginning August 21. an
interdenominational church youth
group meeting w ill be held each
I uesday at the I leppner Church of
the Nazarene at 7 p.m.
A ll junior high youth are
invited to attend
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