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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
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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 *
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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.
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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.
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