Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 7, 2003 - THREE
A d o p t- a - T e a c h e r F o u n d a tio n f o r m s to r a is e f u n d s f o r Children’s art classes to be
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indicate offered in Heppner
K irsten H arriso n , board
which position they would like
members Cara Osmin and
to fill, but the certified teacher
Denise Riddle and advisor, or aide will be hired by the
H eppner Principal Wade school district.
Smith. The Adopt-a-Teacher
O r c h e s tra to p re s e n t c o n ce rts
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Jackie Adams (right) of Heppner won the quilt made by Gwen
Healy and raffled by the Adopt-a-Teacher Foundation, represented
by Kirsten Harrison (left).
The Heppner Adopt-
a-Teacher Foundation is now
a fully-formed board with a tax
ID number and is now eligible
for tax-exempt donations. The
foundation, a spin-off o f the
n o w -disbanded H eppner
Grass Roots Organization,
was created to raise funds so
that Heppner schools could
afford to hire teachers or
educational assistants not
funded by the district because
o f state budget woes and the
M orrow C ounty S chool
B oard’s policy o f equity,
w h ereby
s c h o o ls ’
expenditures are limited to the
amount of state funding they
bring in. The board, at their last
meeting, voted make a one-
year exception to its “equity”
policy and give H eppner
Elementary School $190,000
to balance its budget “because
it could not afford to live within
its means,” but the school is
still left u n d e rstaffed .
According to projections, the
upcoming fall classes at HES
will have the following makeup:
half-tim e kindergarten-17
stu d en ts; first g rad e-2 4
students; second grade-23
stu d en ts; third grade-33
students; fourth grade-33
students (a combined third/
fourth grade will have an
additional half-time teacher);
and fifith/sixth grade-three
classes o f 22 students each.
The Adopt-a-Teacher
Foundation, through brick
sales for the new school
building, membership fees,
door to door campaigning, an
annual fund-raising dinner
planned in September, quilt
raffles, drawings and other
fund raisers, hopes to initially
generate $ 19,024 to hire an
additional half-time third/fourth
grade teacher, so that the
position can be a full-time slot.
Their second priority, if they
can raise the Kinds, is to raise
an additional $25,133 for a
half-time kindergarten teacher,
so that the k in d erg arten
teacher would be full-time, or
an additional $22,409 for an
educational assistant. As of
A pril 30, the group had
$2,609, (including $1,000
from a quilt raffle) but that
amount is expected to increase
rapidly with the brick sale.
H eppner Principal Wade
Smith says that he will send in
an order after the first 100
bricks are sold at $ 100 each.
He said that “at least 600-700
bricks” could be available for
sale. “It’s a very attainable
goal,” said Smith. To buy a
brick, which would be placed
at the Heppner Elementary
School construction site,
contact Kirsten H arrison,
Cara Osmin or Jeannie Collins,
call Heppner Elementary,
676-9128, or Heppner Junior/
Senior High School, 676-
9138, or write to Adopt-a-
T eacher, P.O. Box 367,
H eppner, O regon 97836.
Those buying a brick should
keep in mind that two lines are
allowed for engraving with 20
characters per line, including
spaces.
Membership in the
organization is also available at
$50 for a one-year single
membership; $75 for a one-
year family membership; $200
for a fiv e -y e a r sin g le
membership; $300 for a five-
year family membership; or
$500 for a lifetim e
membership. Members will
receiv e a c e rtific a te o f
membership and a quarterly
newsletter. Members may also
be polled as to which positions
they would like to see filled.
Organizers stress that
M orrow C ounty School
Superintendent Jack Crippen
told the group that the fUnds
g en erate d by A d o p t-a-
Tcacher w ill be used in
Heppner schools and will not
go into the school district’s
general fund. “It’s Heppner
money for Heppner schools,”
says the board, which consists
o f President Jeannie Collins,
Vice President Mary Ann
Elguezabal, Secretary Bill
Kuhn, who provided much of
the legal advice for organizing
The Inland Northwest
Orchestra and R. Lee Friese,
music director and conductor,
will present a pair of concerts
May 10 and 11 in Monument
and H erm isto n .
The
performances include Bach’s
Concerto for 2 Violins in d
minor, with
soloists W.
Dan Pack
o f F ossil
a n d
K a th r y n
U nruh o f
H eppner,
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Scènes
Alsaciennes
b
y
Massenet,
J e u x
Dan Pack
members o f Willow Creek
Symphony, and three o f their
children have also joined her
in playing with the Inland
Northwest Orchestra.
Performances are as
follows: Saturday, May 10,7
p.m ., M onum ent School
G ym nasium , M onum ent.
Reception will be prov ided by
the M onument Church o f
Jesus Christ o f Latter Day
Saints; Sunday, May 11,3:15
p.m., Hermiston High School
A u d ito riu m , H erm iston,
concert sponsors are Banner
Bank and Columbia Court
Club. R eception will be
p ro v id ed by the Inland
Northwest-Musicians.
Corporate Sponsors
are the P io n eer B ank,
Quantum 9 Distributing and
Finley Buttes Landfill.
Tickets at the door
will be $5 for seniors, $7 for
adults and students may attend
all concerts free, as the group’s
commitment to its educational
mission statement.
More information will
be provided at a later date on
the In lan d N o rth w est
M usicians’ Patriotic Pops
Concert to be held at the
Union C ity Park and the
Boardman Marina Park, June
21 and 22.
By Debbie Harper
B lue
M ountain
Community College is off ering
two children’s art classes in
May.
Instructor Rosemary
Southworth is offering “By The
Sea Art”, a multimedia class
for children in first through
fourth grades beginning May
5. Students will draw sea life,
make a stuffed fish, do fish
prints and other activities.
Southworth is also
offering a drawing and painting
class for grades three through
six, beginning May 8. Students
will learn to draw people,
ev ery d ay o b jects and
landscapes using a variety of
m edium s. P arents are
welcome to take the classes
with their children.
Southworth, who has
lived in H eppner since
November, taught art for years
in Oregon City. At one time
she had 17 art classes,
including drawing, painting,
calligraphy, and many more.
She is also a substitute teacher
in Morrow County schools.
Classes are one day a
week for four weeks. They run
from 3:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. and
are held at H eppner
Elementary School. Cost for
each class is $15 plus a $5
supply fee. For m ore
information or to register,
contact BMCC coordinator
Anne Morter at 422-7040.
D ’Enfants
(Kids Games) by Bizet and
ending with a favorite, The
W illiam Tell O verture by
Rossini.
A reception will follow
each concert. Everyone is
invited to attend and visit with
the director, soloists and
musicians. Art work will be
WCCC Ladies’ Play Day results
displayed at the reception. The
art work is provided by Free
N ineteen w om en field; and Eva Kilkenny and
Spirit Gallery of Pendleton.
gathered, Tuesday, April 29 Donna Morgan took least
W. Dan Pack began
for the Willow Creek Country putts of the field.
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Club’s Ladies' Play Day.
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Shari
Stahl; Low Net-
violin at the
Pat Edmundson took
Luvilla
Sonstegard;
and Least
age
of
low gross of the field; Loa
Putts-
Dana
Reid.
In
Flight B:
three. He
Henderson took low net of the
Low
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Lynnea
Sargent;
re c e iv e d
Low Net- Lois Hunt; and Least
his Ph.D.
Sew Happy
Putts- Carol Norris. In Flight
w ith an
By Kathryn Strouse, reporter
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Least Putts- Barbara Gilbert.
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the Fossil School District.
Kathryn Unruh grew
up in the Seattle area where
she began playing the violin in
the fo u rth g rad e school
o rch estra program . She
g rad u ated from WSU in
Pullman, WA, in 1983 with a
bachelor o f science degree in
bacteriology and public health,
with a minor in chemistry, and
was also a member o f the
Honors Program and Phi Beta
Kappa. After graduating,
Kathryn married Loren Unruh.
His job took them to several
sm all to w n s in eastern
Washington, and in 1990, he
was transferred to Heppner.
Kathryn began studying violin
with R. Lee Friese in 1995.
She has played with the Inland
Northwest Orchestra since its
inception, and she currently
serves as principal second
violin. She is the mother of five
children, whom she home
schools. They were founding
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