TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 28,2003
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of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
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News from the regular
m eeting o f the Board o f
Director’s is that the Heppner
H ousing A u th o rity has
selected new blinds for the
common room. The plan is
that, in due time, there will be
new blinds for the office, foyer
and dining room, also.
New baking pans and
cooling table liners are now in
use in the kitchen. These are
items approved by the Board.
Tom Wilson reported
taking members of the Garden
Club to Hermiston on May
20. Their mission was to select
plants and shrubs for the city
park.
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HES enjoys artist in
residence Nina Walz
Colton Raver finishes up his clay project.
By Debbie Harper
Nina Walz is the Artist
in Residence this year at
Heppner Elementary School.
She is a full time potter with a
studio, OffThe Walz, in Bend.
Blit she takes time out every
year to go into schools, as part
o f the artist in residence
program, to share her love of
clay.
Each of the 205 HES
students made two pieces.
W alz used slab and coil
te ch n iq u es to teach the
students some principles and
elements of design. Everything
the stu d en ts m ade w ere
utilitarian pieces that could be
used, such as vases, masks,
fish platters, frog shaped
sp o n g e
holders.
Kindergarteners made hand
shaped trivets. A fter the
students created their pieces
they painted them with glazes.
After the pieces were painted
Walz used the high school’s
kiln to fire most of the pieces
but because there were so
many, she had to take some
tq ber.^tudiq jp 3<?frd
return them later.
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T. ,.. Walz enjoys com ing.
into the sch o o ls and
encouraging students o f all
ages to follow their passions,
no matter w hat they might be.
“ Som e kids d o n ’t excel
academically, but they may be
good at art or music,” said
Walz. “ H ere ev ery one
succeeds. Everyone makes
something. I try to show them
they can be a success. I try to
instill self-confidence.”
Walz has been a full
time potter for eight years. She
went to the Institute of Art in
Chicago, originally to study
illustration, but she fell in love
with clay, and became a full
time potter.
BEO Boardman holds
appreciation day
The Bank of Eastern
Oregon Boardman branch
held a customer appreciation
day on Friday, May 16 and it
w as a huge success. The
b ran ch serv ed over 200
hamburgers and hot dogs and
all who attended had a good
time. Mike Tallman, branch
manager said, “ It is always a
pleasure to give back to the
community ofBoardman, who
supports the Bank of Eastern
Oregon so well.”
T he sen io r class
served from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
to raise funds for “Operation
G ra d u a tio n .” O p eratio n
Graduation is an annual event
for seniors and is sponsored
by Riverside High School.
The bank presented the class
with a $150 check. Cindy
Turner and Anita Donovan
were the adults in charge o f
overseeing the students.
There was over $500
put back into the local
community. Bank of Eastern
Oregon was pleased with the
w onderfu l tu rn o u t and
support.
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Smaller school concern not valid
To the Editor:
The people o f Irrigon
would like to express their
a p p re cia tio n to John
Rietmann, Larry Mills and
Burke O ’B rien for their
support o f our e ffo rt to
educate our children in our
community. Their presentation
o f facts, at the M ay 12
M orrow C ounty School
District Board meeting, made
it a b so lu tely c le a r that
opposition to our cause is not
based on financing. The
dissenting Board members
expressed concern that two
small schools will not offer the
caliber o f education as one
large school. Considering that
the smallest high school in the
District [lone High School]
produces the top scholars in
Morrow County, that concern
seems patently disingenuous.
There is no way to
a cc u ra te ly p re d ic t how
successful Irrigon High School
will be. However, we can look
at the record of Riverside and
anticipate doing as well or
perhaps better.
W hen my o ld est
grandson was a freshman at
RHS he was one o f 154
students. By the time he
graduated the class had shrunk
to 84. Since the years o f his
high school career coincided
with the fastest growth in
Morrow County’s history, it is
difficult to believe that almost
halfhis class moved away. The
conclusion that must be drawn
is th a t RHS ha§ an
unacceptable drop-out rate.
We believe that we can make
a real impact in reducing the
number of children from Irrigon
that choose to drop-out. Many
o f Irrigon’s children enjoy no
connection with RHS beyond
the classroom. We believe that
more children will choose to
stay in a school that offers them
the opportunity to become fully
involved in their high school
experience.
Frederickson,
M cN am ee, R enfro, and
Weikel expressed concern that
the separated schools might
lose programs. With that many
kids dropping out the loss is
much larger than a couple
programs.
It
should
be
mentioned here that of the 84
graduates in 2002 only 12
completed their SIMs. So
even the kids that stay in school
are not getting an adequate
education at RHS.
We hope that the next
Board will see the wisdom of
re in statin g Irrigon H igh
School. M uch o f an
individual’s knowledge is
gained outside the classroom.
We b eliev e th at lif e ’s
experiences contribute greatly
to a person’s education and
our children are missing one of
life’s greatest experiences: the
tim e-honored pleasure o f
going to school in your own
neighborhood.
(s) Meredith DeHaven
Irrigon
On Wednesday, June
1, the volunteer servers will be
from the Christian Life Center.
The new serving time, begun
in January, beginning at 11:30
a.m., with flag salute, table
blessing and announcements,
has been received well by
regular participants.
Obituaries
Robert George
Sicard
R obert
G eorge
Sicard, 69, ofBoardman, died
Sunday, May 18,2003 at his
home.
A graveside memorial
WCVEDG to hold service will be held Thursday
at 2 p.m ., at R iverview
mailing campaign Cemetery
in Boardman.
Sicard was bom June
party
The W CVEDG is 27, 1933, at Portland, to
sponsoring another mailing G eorge and N ina Parks
campaign to businesses in Sicard.
He
cam e
to
California. The mailing will
Boardman
in
1947
and
for
32
have a new look and will be
faster and easier to prepare for years was a dairy farmer.
He was a veteran of
mailing. The last campaign
the
Korean
War, serving with
done actu ally g enerated
several interesting leads. the U.S. Air Force from 1952
Invitations need to be kept up until 1956.
On Sept. 28, 1954,
with to continue to attract
he
married
Carolyn Wood at
people to bring th e ir
Moses
Lake,
WA.
businesses to “ O reg o n ’s
He
has
been a
Willow Creek Valley.”
The m ailing work member o f the Boardman
party is sch ed u led for Park Board, Morrow County
Thursday, June 5, at 5 p.m. at Soil Conservation Board,
Columbia Basin Electric’s M orrow C ounty School
conference room. You are District Board and a member
invited to come and participate o f Mayflower Farms.
Survivors include his
in sending off approximately
wife,
Carolyn,
ofBoardman;
6,000 mailers. WCVEDG will
sons,
Kenneth
and Michael,
provide pizza and soda for the
both
ofBoardman;
daughters,
hard working mailers.
Please come and join Roberta Kelly of Estacada and
us for this social event where Peggy Simi o f Oakland, CA;
we can help promote our a sister, Carolyn Skoubo of
economy and take an active Boardman; five grandchildren
part in helping to secure new and one great-grandchild.
M e m o r i a l
Traetor Training > contributions may be made t®.
Memorial, Hospice, -
& safety1
* Pioneer
P.O. Box 9, Heppner, O R 1
97836.
a g ric u ltu ra l ex p erien ce Workshop
Bums Mortuary o f
M orrow C ounty
pro g ram in a g ric u ltu ra l
Hermiston is in charge o f
education, career plans and Grain Growers and Morrow
County Extension will be arrangements.
financial need.
FFA is a national youth sponsoring a workshop to Adopt-A-Teacher
organization of over 400,000 teach y o u n g sters safe
student members preparing for practices o f operating farm Foundation still
leadership and careers in the equipment such as, wheel selling bricks
scien ce, b u sin ess and tra c to rs, sw ath ers and
The
A dopt-A -
technology of agriculture with combines on June 17 and 18.
The workshop is open Teacher Foundation is selling
more than 8000 local chapters
in all 50 states, Puerto Rico to all youth ages 14 and up. bricks that will be placed at the
and the Virgin Islands. FFA Check-in will take place from new Heppner Elementary
strives to make a positive 7:30-8 a.m . at M orrow School. The bricks are on sale
difference in the lives o f County Grain Growers in for $ 100. Adopt-A-Teacher
students by developing their Lexington. Pre-registration is m em b ersh ip s are also
p o te n tia l for p rem ier required and can be done by available.
The Foundation plans
leadership, personal growth calling the OSU Extension
to
hold
monthly
raffles to raise
and career success through office at 676-9642 or 1-800-
agricultural education. Visit 342-3664. There is a $5 fee, money for the program, which
w w w .ffa.o rg for m ore unless you are a 4-H member will benefit Heppner schools.
information.
Marriage Licenses Currently the group has raised
National FFA scholarship * M¿3b
awarded to local HHS M n f -
The N ational FFA
O rg an izatio n aw arded a
$1000 Cargill Community
S ch o larsh ip
Program
scholarship to Daniel Jepsen
o f Heppner High School.
The
C arg ill
C om m unity S ch o alrsh ip
Program, as a special project
o f the N atio n al FFA
Foundation, Inc., sponsors the
scholarship. Jepsen plans to
use the funds to pursue a
degree at the University of
Idaho.
This scholarship is one
of 1926 awarded through the
National FFA Scholarship
Program this year. Currently,
153 c o rp o rate sp o n so rs
generously contribute more
than $2 million to support this
program. This is the 19th year
that the scholarships have been
made available through the
National FFA Foundation by
business and industry sponsors
to rew ard and encourage
excellence and enable students
to pursue their educational
goals.
Scholarship recipients
were selected from 5927
applicants from across the
country. Selections were
based on the a p p lic an t’s
academic record, FFA and
other school and community
a c tiv itie s,
su p erv ised
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DA’s Report
Adolfo Castillo pled
guilty to Harassment, a Class-
B misdemeanor. Castillo was
sentenced to 180 suspended
days in ja il, 20 hours
community service, completion
o f a d o m estic v io len ce
package with the Batterers
Impact Panel, and payment of
$305 in fines.
Michael A. Mooso
was found guilty of Contempt
o f Court. He was sentenced
to 90 suspended days in jail
and th ree y ears bench
probation.
$
May 23: R afael
Ramos, 24, Boardman and
Jesus A leyda Lopez, 20,
Portland. Reymundo Gomez
Correa, 45, Hermiston and
Ma de Jesus H errera
Cardenas, 25, Umatilla.
12 , 000 .
Jean Collins is the
president o f the Adopt-A-
Teacher foundation, with
Mary Ann Elguezabal as vice-
p re sid en t, B ill K uhn as
secretary and Kirsten Harrison
as treasurer.
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overlooking city
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Well kept with large fenced yard and flower beds.
Storage shed in back yard.
Family room in basement.
$127,000
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