TV 1000-yard shoot-out held
Bessi e i i et zel l
U o f j N e n s p a o e r L ic r c ir y
E u g e n e , OR 97 4 0 3
Shooters test their long range skill.
Keith Rea won $100 w hen he shot and broke a TV.
Approximately 65 shooters turned out to test their skill at long
range shooting on a very windy day last weekend. Three holes were
found in the TV, but only Keith Rea, designated shooter for Elmer’s
Irrigation of Hermiston, broke the tube, winning the $100 prize money.
This year, the $ 100 gold pieces were in the bed of a remote controlled
Ford pick-up.
Terry Mewhinney, event organizer, deemed the shoot-out a
success, with enough money collected to buy lots of prizes for kids'
games at the lone 4th of July celebration.
VOL. 121
NO. 16
8 Pages
Wednesday, April 17,2002
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Local student heads to national convention
School district to redraw board zones
The Morrow County
School Board, at their April 8
meeting in Irrigon, reviewed a
proposal for redrawing the school
board zones. The board rejected
a motion to put the zones into
effect immediately and instead
voted to allow the communities
in the district time to review the
proposed changes. The board
stipulated that they would make
no changes to the zoning proposal
unless they received a
“compelling” reason to do so.
The rezoning plan will be
available for review at the
Heppner-Lexington Advisory
Committee meeting at Heppner
High School on Wednesday, May
1, at 7 p.m.; the lone-Lexington
Advisory Committee meeting at
the lone School on Thursday, May
2, at 7 p.m.; and the Boardman-
Irrigon Advisory Committee
meeting at Riverside High School
in Boardman on Tuesday, May
7, at 7 p.m. The board is
expected to take action on the
proposal at the next regular
meeting planned May 13 at 7
p.m. at the district office.
The rezoning proposal,
which was created by Portland
State University at the request of
the board, was designed to
redistribute the population more
equally among all the zones. The
target per district was 1,571
people per zone, based on the
2000 census. Proposed Zone 1
would include a population of
1,521; Zone 2-1,589; Zone 3-
1,643; Zone 4-1,535; Zone 5-
1,518; Zone 6-1,674; and Zone
7-1,515.
Based on the 2000
census, the populations o f
previous zones are as follows:
Zone 1-1,689; Zone 2-1,606;
Zone 3-880; Zone 4-1,074; Zone
5-2,246; Zone 6-1,164; and Zone
7-2,336. The school board is
mandated by law to delineate
zones so that they represent an
approximately equal number of
citizens.
Proposed Zone
1
includes the area immediately
east of the city of Boardman and
small portions north and west of
the city; proposed Zone 2 is the
area east of the city of Boardman
to the eastern county line,
excluding Zone 4 and Zone 5,
from the Columbia River south
to Highway 74, excluding the city
of Heppner; Zone 3 is the area
from the Columbia River to the
southern border of the county,
encom passing
lone
and
Lexington, excluding Zones I and
7; Zone 4 is the area which is
immediately west of the city of
Irrigon, north to the Columbia
River; Zone 5 is the area including
the city of Irrigon and east to the
county line; Zone 6 is the area
south of Highway 74, east to the
eastern county line and south to
the southern county line, including
the city of Heppner; Zone 7 is the
area including the city o f
Boardman. (See accompanying
zone maps.)
In other business,
Superintendent Bruce Anderson
discussed problems which would
delay construction o f new
elementary school buildings at
both the Boardman and Irrigon
sites if issues are not resolved.
Planners
are
requiring
improvement of streets, funds for
which are not included in the
construction bond.
The board also voted to
combine the Heppner Elementary
School and Heppner High School
principal positions into one
kindergarten through grade 12
position.
The board heard a
com plaint from H eppner
Advisory Committee members
Mike Armato and Marcia Kemp
about the height of the stage for
the new construction at Heppner
Elementary School. Armato and
Kemp maintained that the stage,
as planned by architects with
an 18-inch elevation, would not
allow the audience to see children
as they perform. They said that
the advisory committee had not
approved blueprints and requested
a 36-inch stage, but Nan Hall,
representing the architects, said
that a 36-inch stage would require
extensive ramping. The board
offered a solution in which risers
would be employed.
In other business, the
board:
-received a report from
Hall concerning the pre-bid
conference held at the Port of
Morrow. The general contractor
bids will be opened at 8 p.m. at
the school d istrict office in
Lexington on April 24, with the
Heppner projects on May 22 at 8
p.m. and the lone projects in
June.
-discussed
with
Anderson a procedural issue
concerning a vendor who
contacted a board member
concerning school district
purchases prior to contacting the
superintendent and. in another
issue, clarified that hiring
recommendations to the board are
the sole responsibility of the
superintendent.
-rejected the bid of Knerr
Construction for $ 166,289.32
because of budget constraints and
voted to extend the bid deadline
until April 12.
-received a report from
Anderson concerning state school
funding.
-heard comments from a
m em ber o f the audience
commending Phyllis Danielson for
her many years of employment
with the district and expressing a
hope that the district be able to
continue to employ her. Danielson,
a form er teacher, recently
resigned as principal at Heppner
Elementary School.
-heard a report from
board Chair Julie Weikel on the
small schools conference she and
Anderson recently attended.
-heard a curriculum
report from the Columbia Middle
School art teacher and students
concerning murals in the school
cafeteria about the 9-11 tragedy
and about student life at CMS.
-accepted first readings
for the follow ing: science
curriculum and textbook adoption;
hazing/ harassment/intimidation/
bullying/m enacing policy;
promotion/retention of students
policy revision; education records
management policy; personally
identifiable information policy
revision; confidentiality-students
with disabilities policy; classified/
confidential personnel; second
languages CIM recommendation.
-approved the MidCo
contract for transportation
services.
-approved the PERS/
Bond resolution.
-approved resignations/
retirements for the following:
Sarnie Griffin, retiring from her
position as CMS head cook; Julie
Rogers, English as a second
language teacher at Sam
Boardman Elem entary and
Riverside High School.
-approved employment
for Nina Minton, CMS assistant
custodian, replacing Tom Taylor;
Cathy
G ates,
Heppner
Elem entary School special
education one-on-one assistant
(autism ); Kristi Orcutt, SBE
special education one-on-one
assistant (autism ); Darla
Vandever, RHS special education
one-on-one assistant (autism);
Bertie Van Dyke, CMS special
education one-on-one assistant
(autism ); Janet Wilson, HES
special education one-on-one
assistant (autism).
-approved extra duty
contracts for David Boor. RHS
assistant tennis coach, replacing
Alissa Daltoso.
continued page 5
Josh Zinter at ACE state convention at GFl' in Newberg. Zinter won first
place for making a scale model of the w orld's simplest jet engine.
Barney Zinter assists Josh in attempting to light the pulse jet engine.
By Sarah Coller
Josh Zinter, an 18-year old senior from lone, will soon be
displaying his talent to an international audience.
Zinter, a home-schooled student, recently won first prize in a
science and engineering contest held by Accelerated Christian
Education. He used blue prints, Internet information and a steel bar to
build a scale model of a pulse jet engine.
This was the first time Zinter had entered the regional contest
at George Fox University in Newberg. an opportunity that will now
take him to the ACE internationals in Flagstaff. Arizona, in May.
Zinter. the son of Sid and Barbara Zinter. began working on
his entry in September and finally finished it less than a month ago.
His brother, Barney, helped him to perfect and machine some of the
parts on the pulse jet engine.
The pulse jet engine is the world's simplest jet engine with
only one moving part. Conceived in the 1930's and developed during
World War II, the engine was known as the jet that powered the
“Buzz Bomb”.
Primary May 21
By Sarah Coller
Morrow County voters
will choose candidates for
Oregon’s general election when
the primary election is held on
May 21.
Republican candidates
for the Morrow County Board of
Commissioners, position two,
include Betty L. Gray, Ray Grace,
and David L Barnett. Barbara
B. Bloodsw orth is running
unopposed for the Democratic
position. No one is on the ballot
for either the Democratic or
Republican county precinct
position.
The Democratic list for
state governor includes Jim Hill,
Caleb Bums, Ted Kulongoski,
William Peter Allen, and Bev
Stein. Republican choices are
Roger Weidner, Kevin L. Mannix,
W. Ames C urtright, Lee R.
Shindler, Ron Saxton, and Jack
Roberts.
Both parties' candidates
for the 57th district state
representative position are
running opposed: Elizabe.th
Scheeler, Democrat, and Greg
Smith. Republican.
For the position o f
Commissioner of the Bureau of
Labor and Industries, voters will
decide between Victor Hoffer,
Pavel Goberman and Don Frazier.
Republican voters will have an
additional candidate to add to the
list, Dan Gardner.
The
choices
for
Superintendent o f Public
Instruction are Stan Bunn, Rob
Kremer, and Susan Castillo.
Democrats will have the
opportunity to nominate a fourth
runner, Gloria McCleary.
Judge of the Court of
Appeals nominees include David
Hunnicut and David Schuman for
position one and Walt Edmonds
for position two. The candidate
for Oregon Supreme Court,
position one, is Thomas A. Balmer.
The Oregon Tax Court choice is
Henry C. Breithaupt.
Voters will see David C.
Allen running for D istrict
Attorney and Garry L. Reynolds
on the ballot forjudge of the sixth
district Circuit Court, position one.
In addition to the
individual positions to be filied.
three ballot measures will appear
on voter’s ballots this spring.
Measure 10 will amend
Oregon’s constitution to allow
public universities to receive
stock in private companies as
compensation for publicly created
technology. This proposal would
allow the schools to receive the
compensation for technology that
the schools create and to hold
certain stocks invested in Oregon
technology development.
Measure 11 would allow
the state to issue obligation bonds
instead of the current revenue
bonds to finance OHSU medical
research capital costs. The
current revenue bond financing is
more expensive than the proposed
general obligation bonds.
M easure 13 w ould
amend our state's constitution to
allow legislature to use any
portion of the education fund
principal
for
specified
circum stances. This w ould
transfer $220 million into the State
School Fund from the educational
stability fund.
Ballot drop sites will
have extended hours on election
day. The Morrow County
Courthouse in Heppner will be
open from 7 am until 8 p.m.; the
Lexington Road Department will
stay open from 8 am until 8 p.m.;
and the lone Branch of the Bank
of Eastern Oregon will accept
ballots between 8 am and 4 pm
Boardman voters ean leave their
ballots at the Morrow County
Behavioral Health office betw een
8 a.m. and 8 p.m. and voters in
Irrigon can take theirs to the
Imgon Annex building between 8
a.m. and 8 p.m.
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