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3 e a 3 ie U of 0 ¿ a tiio ll ¿ ■» e n a p a s a r Eugane, OR L ib ra ry 97403 Youth snorkeling class offered New city council members appointed Willow Creek Water Park is offering a snorkeling class to area youth on Tuesday, July 16, from 5:20-6 p.m. This 40-minute class will introduce children to the proper use of a mask and snorkel, including clearing the mask, snorkeling and breathing. Darrell Raver, an experienced scuba diver, will be teaching the class. Raver is certified by the National Association of Underwater Dive Instructors. Lifeguards will be on duty but students need to be able to swim and must have their own mask and snorkel. The cost is $ 1.00 per student. Two new council members were sworn in at the Heppner city council meeting Monday night. Cynthia Doherty and Marian Murchison will replace Rita Hedman and Kari Keown who recently resigned. Doherty has lived in Heppner the past 27 years and is presently employed w ith the US Forest Service. Previously she worked as the lone city clerk and worked Clndi Doherty eight years with the Morrow County Sheriff’s office. Doherty has been a member of Heppner Little League board, Heppner Elementary Site Council, the Heppner Booster Club and the parent-teacher club. She has been appointed chairman of the police commission. She and her husband, Mike, have three children. “I am looking forward to the job,” she told the Gazette. Murchinson has lived almost nine years in Heppner. She is currently manager of the St. Patrick’s Senior Center in Heppner. Previously, for approximately 10 years, she held the job o f entertainm ent coordinator for Knotts Berry Farm in California. In other business at Monday's meeting the council heard from local rancher Kyle Robinson who said he is having various problems on his property adjacent to the city limits of Heppner. Family barbecue at the Willow Creek Country Club VOL. 121 NO. 28 6 Pages Wednesday, July 10,2002 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon The Willow Creek Country Club in Heppner will have a fam ily barbecue on Sunday, July 14; starting at 4 p.m. Golf play is for both men and women, with the type of play to be determined by the committee in charge. Each family is asked to bring their own meat to the barbecue. Those whose last name begins with “A” through “K” are asked to bring dessert, and “L” through “Z”, salad. Cost will be $ 1.50 per person for members and $5 per person for non-members, with $3.50 go ing to the club for greens fees. Hosts are Slater and Darci Mitchell, Dave and Corol Mitchell, Gary and Barb Watkins, and Les and Jan Paustian. School board learns new Heppner principal resigned The Morrow County School Board, at its July 8 meeting, learned that Lester McCormick, the recently hired principal of Heppner schools K- 12, has already resigned from that position to take a job in Alaska. McCormick's resignation leaves the district scrambling for another candidate to fill the void. This is the first year that the principal's job has been combined to include both H eppner Elem entary and Heppner Junior/Senior High School. Following the resignation of former HES Principal Phyllis Danielson and the retirement of HHS Principal Dick Allen, the board elected to not fill the elementary principal's position because of declining student population at the school and as a cost-saving measure. Instead, they decided to combine the elementary position with the seventh through 12th grades administrator's position. Other applicants are being interviewed for the position of principal and Dr. Jack Crippen, who made his debut as the new district superintendent at the meeting, says that he is confident a principal will be in place this summer. In other business, the board: ‘ -Learned of the following vacancies: Heppner Junior/ Senior High-seventh and eighth grade math teacher, advanced math teacher, language arts teacher and possibly a business teacher; lone Schools-science teacher; Riverside High School- band/choir teacher, music/ business teacher, reading specialist, additional teacher; Sam Boardman Elementary- English-as-a-second-language teacher; A.C. H oughton lone celebrates the 4th of July South Morrow County i l l worker* we re the grand marshalls of last week'» July 4 celebration. More picture* of the celebration are on page 5. Elementary-special education teacher, ESL ed assistant; C olum bia M iddle School- technology education teacher, language arts/Spanish teacher, assistant cook. Dr. Crippen and the board discussed the su p erin ten d en t's role in transferring teachers among schools in the district. The general consensus of the board was that they wished to be informed if the transfer would impact a school to the extent that a program would be lost. -D iscussed with Dr. Crippen the district’s policy on use of district vehicles. Crippen had asked the board for clarification on the issue. Board member Gary Frederickson said that board policy allows for use of vehicles for district business and the board concluded that it would be reasonable for Crippen to take a district vehicle home when he anticipates leaving on district business early in the morning and when he arrives back too late at night to change to his personal vehicle. -D iscussed use o f a district cell phone by Crippen who asked about the issue. The consensus of the board was that the district would purchase a cell phone plan for Crippen's use, but that he would use his private phone. The board learned that prev ious superintendent, Bruce Anderson, had used his private cell phone and had not sought reimbursement. -Discussed with Crippen his membership in v arious clubs and organizations. The board consensus was that he attend as much as possible the Heppner, Boardman and Irrigon Chambers o f Commerce and the lone Com m unity A gri-Business Organization (IC ABO). -A pproved an intergovernmental agreement with Morrow County Unified Recreation District to provide funding for athletics and other extra-curricular activities. The funding amount has increased by $20,000, from $432,000 to $452,000 for the 2002-03 year. -Heard an update on the relocation o f the Head Start building in Boardman to allow tor con stru ctio n o f the new elementary school. -Learned that positions four and five o f the budget ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: M O N D A Y S AT 5:00 P.M. committee, currently held by Mike Armato of Heppner and Wayne Huwe, Irrigon, are expiring. Appointments for the two three-year terms will be made at the September meeting. -Adopted the 2002-03 board meeting calendar. -Adopted the policy on school board elections. -A dopted the jo b description of student health/ safety coordinator, which will be funded through Medicaid. No district funds will be used. -Set meeting dates for setting board and superintendent goals. -Re-elected Julie Weikel as board chair. -E lected Gary Frederickson as vice chair. -A pproved annual organization details, such as insurance agent, bank depositories, auditors, legal counsel and newspapers o f record. -H eard a bond construction update from Nan Hall of Heery International. -Learned o f concerns over disposal o f m aterials resulting from the demolition of school buildings in preparation for construction. -Approved the following resignations: Kitty Bredemeier. retiring from her teaching position at Columbia Middle School, effective August 17; Colleen Cunningham, A.C. Houghton computer trainer; Torrie Philippi, Riverside High School head volleyball coach; Lorraine Ellis, RHS music teacher; Diana Hammermeister, ACH second grade teacher; Troy Phillips, CMS ed assistant; Melissa Metz, Heppner High School assistant volleyball coach; Joanie Peck. ACH special ed teacher; Micki Fabian, CMS counselor. -Approved the following extra duty contracts: Fred Long, RHS head volleyball coach, replacing Torrie Philippi; Gigi Lemmon, RHS assistant continued page two Robinson owns the property on which cross hill is located. He asked that when city employees were to travel to the area that they notify him beforehand so he is aware of any activity on the hill. He also told of loose dogs on his property which he said have caused thousands of dollars in damage to livestock over the years . He asked how the problem could be taken care of and was told that there is a $111 fine for dogs running loose, however, he would have to identify the dog’s owner. Robinson also said garbage from overflowing garbage cans behind Mountain Glenn apartments was blowing onto his property and causing problems. John Gochnauer who owns property next to R o b in s o n 's was also at the 4 Ü ||k . meeting and said cattie had torn down a chain link fence he had on his property line. He asked |k * I for city clarificatio n where the city limits were, Marian and also city Murchison policy on animals within the city limits. No action was taken. In other city business the council voted unanimously to raise the Columbia Basin Electric franchise fee to 5 percent. The increase would raise an additional $27,000 a year for the city. The fee is money collected by Columbia Basin on electric bills and then turned over to the city. ,|i? v r •" lone UCC holds VBS Kids o f all ages are invited to participate in Vacation Bible School at lone United Church o f Christ, July 22-26. The program for preschool-aged children through third grade will be held from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. each afternoon. They will be learning about sharing, honesty, forgiveness, and trust through singing, stories, crafts, and other fun. Fourth thorough eighth graders will meet at the church from 6:30-8:00 p.m. each evening. They will experience the stories of Daniel, Ester, and other Bible characters through a variety of activities. They will also swim together Friday night at the lone pool. Offerings will be taken each day to benefit the Neighborhood Center. Children may bring money or packaged food. Anyone with questions may call the church at 422-7530, Terri Clay at 422-2504. or Carri Grieb at 989-8353. Softball tournament to benefit local family A co-ed softball tournament will be held to raise funds to help with medical expenses incurred by the Paul McElligott family, lone citizens have organized a day or two of games w ith all proceeds going to McElligott who was injured in a car accident last March. The games will be held Saturday, August 10, and Sunday if needed, at the lone softball fields. There will be a coaches meeting on August 9 at 7:30 at the fields to determine starting times and whether there are enough teams to run the games into Sunday. The teams must have a minimum of 10 players but no more than 15 and registration costs are $125.00 per team. As the teams are co-ed, there must be a minimum of four women in the lineup at all times. The games will be played in a two-pitch format with six innings (or 1 '/j hour time limit per game). If enough interest is shown, there will also be a homerun derby Friday, August 9 at 6 p.m. with registration to be $ 10 per person. This is a contest in which males will go against males and females against females. O rganizers want the tournament to be fun for everyone and have come up with some “fun and original" rules for each inning. Contact Lynn Dee Ramos at 422- 7559. Melissa Larue at 422-7060 or Shilo Svetich at 422-7355 for a complete list of rules and more information. Entry deadline is Friday, August 2. Kids Parade is a feature of Celebrate Heppner All youth through age 12 are invited to participate in the Kids Parade in conjunction with “Celebrate Heppner's History” on July 26. “Anything goes." says Claudia Hughes of the Heppner Chamber of Commerce, but the tum-of-the-century theme is encouraged. “Dress your kids and bake your pies and come to town for fun." said Hughes. “Plan on a community day to celebrate historic Heppner." More details concerning the parade and the rest of the day’s activities will be published in next week's Gazette-Times. HARVEST HOURS Starting Monday, July 8th: Monday through Friday: 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. orrow County Grain Growers Lexington 989-8221 • 1-800-452-7396
