Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 14, 2 00 3-THREE
school board continued from page one
D w a y n e C a r ro ll, B a rn e y
Lindsay and Keith Lewis.
T he m ajority o f the
present board stressed that
they e v e n tu a lly in te n d to
estab lish a h igh school in
Irrigon, but em phasized that
criteria were not met. “I’m not
voting against an Irrigon high
school, I think the tim ing is
wrong,” said M cNamee. But,
the board also reiterated that
they could not bind a new ly-
elected board to their decision
and
a
com m ent
by
Frederickson, “I can't imagine
any board going back on its
w ord,” elicited groans from
the mainly Irrigon audience.
G ladys H obbs, long
tim e Irrig o n re s id e n t an d
former teacher, angry with the
board’s decision, commented,
“I’ve been listening to this for
42 years... 1 think you enjoy
torturing us.” Debbie Stratton
o f Irrigon cautioned the board
o f a loss o f Irrig o n v o te r
support. “We busted our butts
(to get the school bond issue
p a s s e d ) . I f th is d o e s n ’t
happen, there w ill n ev er be
another bond p a sse d ,” she
said.
Meredith DeHaven o f
Irrigon alleged that one o f the
b o ard ’s m ajor concerns w as
that R iverside H igh School
would no longer have 3 A status
and w ould drop dow n to 2A
athletic competition. W hen the
B oardm an m em bers o f the
board said that they d id n ’t
.support the motion, DeHaven
retorted, “ I d idn’t expect that
a n y o n e fro m B o a r d m a n
w o u l d ,” in ti m a t in g th a t
B oardm an area residents are
g e n e ra lly n o t in fa v o r o t
s p littin g R iv e rs id e H ig h
School.
Board m em bers were
cautioned that if R iverside
H igh School w ere divided, it
w o u ld n ’t be a 5 0 -5 0 sp lit
b e tw e e n
I r r ig o n
and
B o a r d m a n s tu d e n ts , b u t
p e rh a p s m o re o f a 6 0 -4 0
s itu a tio n , w ith B o a rd m a n
e x p e c te d to h a v e m o re
s tu d e n ts . U s in g c u r r e n t
enrollment figures, if the north
M orrow C ounty high school
p o p u la tio n w as s p lit on a
projected 60-40 situation, for
g rad es n in e - 12, R iv e rsid e
w o u ld h a v e a ro u n d 2 4 0
students and the new Irrigon
h ig h s c h o o l w o u ld h a v e
a ro u n d
160 s tu d e n ts .
C u rre n tly , H e p p n e r H ig h
S c h o o l, a g rad e s e v e n - 12
facility, has 133 students in
grades n in e-12. A ccording to
the proposal, both R iverside
and the new Inigon junior high/
high school would eventually
be grade seven-12 facilities.
M onthly enrollm ent
figures currently show 2,315
students in the district, exactly
the sam e num ber o f students
in the district as last year at the
sam e tim e. E nrollm ent as o f
M ay 1, 2 0 0 3 , sh o w s th a t
R iv e rs id e H ig h S c h o o l’s
enrollm ent is 406, up 11 over
lone announces 2003 prom court Local student
last year. Enrollment is also up
at Sam Boardman Elementary
w ith 481 s tu d e n ts , an
additional six students over
e n ro llm e n t M ay 2, 2 0 02.
E n r o llm e n t a t C o lu m b ia
M id d le S c h o o l a n d A .C .
Houghton Elementary, both in
Irrigon, is dow n, how ever,
w ith 351 students at C M S,
compared to 368 last year, and
393 s tu d e n ts a t A .C .
H oughton, com pared to 401
last year. Heppner Elementary
S chool e n ro llm e n t is also
dow n, w ith 205 students this
year, com pared to 218 last
year. H eppner High School
enrollm ent is up, w ith 201
students, compared to 187 last
year. lone School enrollment,
w ith 158 students, is up one
over last year.
In other business, the
b o ard a g re e d to re je c t an
a m e n d m en t th at had been
attached to the lone School
secession bill in the O regon
Senate. The am endm ent was
designed to show connection
between the secession bill and
th e b o a r d ’s le tte r o f
understanding, but a majority
o f the board did not believe
the amendment added anything
to the bill. Board members and
m e m b e rs o f th e lo n e
com m unity planned to travel
to Salem Tuesday, since time
w as o f the essence to get the
lone secession bill passed. A
division o f assets and liabilities
b e tw e e n M o rro w C o u n ty
S c h o o l D is tr ic t a n d th e
proposed lone school district
has yet to be w orked out.
In other business, the
board:
-set a w ork session to
discuss board policy rewrites.
The board adopted a revised
policy w hich put the athletic
policy and other policies on
h o ld u n til th e y c o u ld be
examined further and amended
the original policy m otion so
th a t th è 2003 g ra d u a tio n
requirem ents w ould be the
sa m e as 2 0 0 2 g ra d u a tio n
requirem ents. The board had
earlier updated g raduation
r e q u ir e m e n ts fo r 2 0 0 3 ,
sp e cify in g th at 24 cred its
w o u ld be r e q u ir e d fo r a
student to graduate. However,
the student handbooks had not
been updated and high school
p r in c i p a l s ,
o b v io u s ly
concerned that some students
m a y n o t b e e lig ib le fo r
g ra d u a tio n th is year, still
believed that only 23 credits
w ere required.
- s e t in m o tio n a
p r o c e d u r e to c h o o s e a
committee to select names for
the new elementary schools in
Boardman and Irrigon.
-h e a rd a re p o rt on
changing the bell schedules to
coordinate class tim es for all
schools in the district. Reading
periods w ould be added to
each school’s schedule, which
resulted in very little change to
th e ir orig in al startin g and
e n d in g tim e s a n d b u sin g
schedules.
-heard a report from
Dr. Crippen on the process to
close the district office and
m inim um requirem ents for
heating and cooling the newly-
constructed buildings. Costs
and other details are still not
available and the board took
no action.
-discussed asphalting
th e
Sam
B o a rd m a n
E lem entary parking lot, but
took no action pending review
o f the M a trix list, w h ic h
prioritized projects desired by
com m unities, in the event o f
m onies left over after m ajor
b o n d p r o je c ts h a d b e e n
completed.
- a c c e p t e d
r e s ig n a tio n s fro m S ta c ie
M ille r, S B E e d u c a tio n a l
assistan t; E rin A ndreason,
RH S extra duty head g irls’
soccer coach; Karen Holland,
lone Middle School extra duty
position as volleyball coach;
Dale Holland, IMS extra duty
girls’ basketball coach.
-learned that Christina
Reggear, CM S m ath teacher,
and Erin Andreason, half-time
R H S h e a lth te a c h e r, h ad
declined contract offers.
- a p p r o v e d
em p lo y m en t for: K resim ir
Waite, H eppner High School
a d v a n c e d m a th te a c h e r ,
replacing Fred M onaco; and
D ieter W aite, HHS biology
te a c h e r, r e p la c in g S te v e
Brownfield.
-approved extra duty
contracts for: C hris Rauch,
HHS assistant girls' basketball
coach; and G igi L em m on,
RH S head g irls’ basketball
coach.
-approved the 2003-
04 classified/confidential staff
for re-hire.
-heard the follow ing
announcem ents: M em orial
D ay holiday, M ay 26; lone
H ig h S c h o o l g r a d u a tio n ,
Friday, June 6, at 7 p.m .;
H e p p n e r H ig h S c h o o l
graduation, Saturday, June 7,
2 p.m.; Riverside High School
graduation, Sunday, June 8 ,2
p.m .; next board m eeting,
M onday, June 9, 7:30 p.m .,
RHS; last day o f school for
students, Wednesday, June 11;
last day o f school for staff,
Friday, June 13.
Date change for
American Legion
and Auxiliary
meeting
Due to Memorial Day,
the A m e ric an L egion and
A u x ilia ry has c h a n g e d it
meeting date to Monday, May
19, instead o f the regular date.
The m eeting will be held at 7
p.m., in the Methodist Church
basement.
VOTE
BARNEY LINDSAY
fo r
MORROW COUNTY
SCHOOL BOARD
POSITION #6
Graduate of Morrow County School District. BMCC, University of Idaho
Taught in Morrow and Umatilla County Schools
Previous Morrow County School Board Member
Currently serving on Board of Directors for MCGG
and Morrow County Soil and Water Conservation District
PARENT FARMER TAXPAYER
EXPERIENCED DEDICATED DEPENDABLE
I'aitl fo r h\ ( iininiittrc to l i m i t I H \ l ) / . / \ / ) \ I )
-
HONEST
inn Murray. Trcas.
awarded MSU-
Bozeman
scholarship
L in d s e y W ard o f
H eppner was the recipient o f
a scholarship presented to an
ou tstan d in g student in the
C o lle g e o f B u s in e s s at
M ontana State U niversity-
B ozem an.
W ard ,
a
sophom ore, who is pursuing
an option in accounting in
M S U ’s C ollege o f Business,
re c e iv e d th e D e lo itte and
Touche scholarship.
M o re th a n
100
students received scholarships
that w ere g e n e ra te d from
endowments and funds set up
to specifically grant financial
aid to students enrolled in the
MSU College o f Business. The
College o f Business offers four
option areas o f studies, five
m inors and a M a s te r’s o f
P rofessional A ccountancy.
The M SU -Bozem an College
o f Business is one ofonly 300
colleges in the nation to be
a c c r e d ite d by A m e ric a n
Assembly o f Collegiate School
lone High School held its 2003 Prom, May 3. The 2003 Prom Court ofBusiness.
(back L-R): Queen Diana McElligott and King Cayle Krebs; and
For more information
Crown Bearers (front L-R), Michaela Forester and Daniel Holtz.
on M SU visit its w ebsite at
w w w .m o n ta n a .e d u o r the
College ofBusiness website at
www.montana.edu/cob.
High School in Stanfield; and
a 1996 graduate o f University
o f O regon, w ith a degree in
Journalism - public relations.
Currently, she is employed as
the director o f The Q uixote
Foundation.
T h e 7 th A n n u a l
The bridegroom -to- O regon W heat Foundation
be, Erik M artin H anisch, is G o lf Tournam ent is set for
Erik Hanisch and Lenore Pointer from Seattle, WA, and is the T hursday, M ay 15, at the
L e n o re M a rih e le n son o f Lyn Maxwell McGuire, W ildhorse G o lf R esort in
P o in te r a n d E rik M a rtin o f Berkeley, CA and the late Pendleton.
Everyone is invited to
H anisch w ish to announce A r th u r S tu a rt H a n is c h .
th e ir e n g a g e m e n t to each Hanisch is a 1984 graduate o f a tte n d th is y e a r ’s e v e n t.
other.
West High School in Madison, Individuals without team s o f
T h e b r id e - to - b e , WI. Currently, he is employed four will be m atched up w ith
Lenore Marihelen Pointer is o f as th e p r e s id e n t o f T h e o th er in d iv id u als to form
teams.
S e a ttle , W A, a n d is th e Quixote Foundation.
If you w ould like to
d a u g h te r o f B a rb a ra L ee
The couple plans a
Pointer, o f Barrow , A K and July 19,2003 w edding at the attend, but do not golf, you are
L arry E d w ard P o in ter, o f Maui Prince Hotel’s Maluaka w elcom e to com e and help
Longview , WA. Pointer is a Lawn, M akena Beach, Maui, out. A d d itio n al hands are
always needed when holding
1992 graduate o f Stanfield Hawaii.
a g o lf scramble and are much
appreciated.
The tournam ent is an
annual fund raising event for
Pasco, Sunday, M ay 3 at the th e
O re g o n
W heat
Red Loin Hotel.
Foundation's many programs,
Roberts placed first in including college scholarships.
the dead lift competition for his
Registration materials
d iv is io n , T e e n s 1 6 -1 9 . are available from the OWGL
R o b e rts ’ lifts w ere 474.5 office (541) 276-7334, and
po u n d s, 502 p o u n d s, 519 a re a ls o a v a ila b le on the
p o u n d s , a n d th e n 5 3 4 .5 O W G L w eb site, located at
pounds. His 519-pound lift http://ww'w.owgl.org.
broke the state record and
then he turned around and
broke this record again at
534.5 pounds.
B uzz’s Pow erlifting
Team o f Boardman, o f which
Roberts is a m em ber, took
Ashley Roberts with his trophy
first overall.
from the WABDLcompetition in
Roberts has qualified Bv Debbie Harper
Pasco.
The Friends o f the
A s h le y R o b e rts, a to compete in the World Finals
Heppner
Library are having a
in
Las
Vegas
on
Decem
ber
9-
high school senior from lone,
Book
and
Bake Sale June 14
14,2003.
A
nyone
interested
c o m p e ted in the W A B D L
a
n
d
th
e
y
are lo o k in g fo r
(W o rld A s s o c ia tio n o f in sponsoring Roberts for this
donations
o
f books for their
B enchpress and Dead lift) in competition in December can
sale.
contact him at 422-7559.
The F riends o f the
Library is an organization o f
c o m m u n ity
m e m b e rs
dedicated to helping keep and
A m y Jep sen , a
improve library services. They
The state finals had 24 are raising m oney to use for
H eppner freshm an, recently
had the honor o f w inning the different m usical instrum ent such program s as the weekly
2 0 0 3 O S A A S o lo M u sic categories, including stringed reading program and summer
b r a s s , reading program . They are
Cham pionship in harp. There in s tr u m e n ts ,
were 436 high school students w oodw inds, percussion and also hoping to fund additional
representing 102 high schools piano, as well as six vocal programs in the future.
in the O regon High School categories. Awards were given
Donations are already
Solo M usic C ham pionship to o n ly th e to p th r e e com ing in, said spokesperson
competition held at Willamette contestants in each category. Ann Spicer. For people who
University in Salem on May 3. Jepsen was the only Eastern are drow ning in books, but
Jepsen performed the O regon m usician to place in can’t bear to throw them away,
first m ovem ent o f the “H arp any event. First place w inners this is an alternative that can
Concerto in B Flat M ajor” by were awarded a medallion in benefit the whole community.
G.F.
H andel
fo r th e an aw ards cerem ony at the
Donations can be left
com petition and received top college that evening.
at K uhn and Spicer attorney
Jepsen is the daughter office, o r w ith Pastor Keith
scores from all three o f her
judges. Jepsen qualified earlier o f Bill and N ancy Jepsen o f B rudevold at the M ethodist
this year for the state finals by Heppner. She has been playing Church.
earning a “ 1” rating at the the harp for seven years and
For questions, contact
D is tric t 8 c o m p e titio n at currently studies with Denise Keith Brudevold at 676-9224
H erm iston H igh School in Fujikawa o f Portland.
or Ann Spicer at 67 6 -9 141 or
March.
676-5033.
Engagement
Pointer-Hanisch
Annual OWGL
golf tournament
to be held
Roberts breaks state record at
weightlifting competition
Friends of the
Heppner
Library to hold
book/bake sale
Local harpist wins state high
school music championship
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