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Ione celebrates homecoming activities Be33Ìe f e t s a l l U o f 0 N a i o p a o a r Li b r a r y Euga. i e. OR 9 ' 4 J 3 IHS Homecoming Court (Back row L-R): 2003 lone High School Homecoming Court: Freshmen, Kayla LaKue and Mason Bradfield, Sophomores, Abby Key and Kyle Palmateer, Juniors, Barbara Holland and Arthur Ekstrom, Sr. Princess/Prince Tina Tuzarova and Tim Doherty, Sr. Queen/King Emily Key and Johnny Collin. (Front row L-R): Crown Bearers Brendan Thompson and Rachel Holland. Championship teams from 1960,1978 and 1979. lone honors past championship football teams VOL. 122 NO. 43 12 Pages Wednesday, October 22,2003 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Health district hears audit report, scenarios in the event of a levy failure the follow ing issues: not all The M orrow County H ealth D istrict B oard and CEO Victor Vander Does met w ith c e r t if ie d p u b lic accountants Konrad Capeller and M ichael Bell o f M ichael R. Bell & Company, Certified P u b lic A c c o u n ta n ts & C o n s u lta n ts , at a s p e c ia l M CHD meeting held Monday night in Heppner. Capeller said that his firm gave M C H D a “clean audit” and noted “no significant” areas o f concern. T he report indicated total assets and liabilities o f $4,373,067 for the 2003 year, com pared to $4,424,128 last year; and a profit o f $60,641 fo r the 2003 year, d u e to $ 3 9 1 ,7 9 4 in d o n a tio n s , com pared to a $133,505 loss last year. The district actually suffered a loss from operations in the am ount o f $326,669, c o m p a re d to a lo ss from operations o f $181,432 last year. Despite a clean audit, th e d i s t r ic t r e c e iv e d a m em orandum concerning its b id d in g p ro c e d u re s, p u r c h a s in g c o n tr o ls a n d autom obile usage. According to B e ll & C o m p a n y , th e district “did not seek bids for th ree c o n tra cts in m anner consistent w ith O R S 279.” The district solicited bids for an asphalt paving contract by d ire c tly c o n ta c tin g lo ca l contractors w ithout publicly advertising the bids; purchased th re e v e h ic les by d irectly c o n ta c tin g lo c a l car dealerships w ithout publicly a d v e rtis in g th e b id s; and entered into a vinyl fencing construction contract without soliciting any bids whatsoever. A ccording to Vander D oes and N icole M ahoney, c h ie f financial officer, the district sometimes has had difficulty in rec e iv in g any bid s for its projects at all. Bell & Com pany said that a review and testing o f the p u r c h a s in g and cash disbursem ent system reveled invoices are marked “paid” to preclude their réintroduction into the a c co u n ts p ay ab le system ; som e invoices w ere not initialed for approval or did not have sufficient supporting d o c u m e n ta tio n a tta c h e d ; purchase orders did not always specify prices or include order or catalog num bers, w hich would help the purchasing and r e c e iv in g d e p a r tm e n t determ ine im m ediately if the incorrect price was charged or th e in c o rre c t ite m s w e re re c e iv e d ; a n d th ere is no i n d ic a tio n th a t th e a d m i n i s t r a t o r ’s a c c o u n t reim bursem ent requests are review ed carefully by a third party. Bell & Com pany also c o m m e n te d th a t th e automobiles used by the Home H ealth, H ospice and EM S departments were not marked that they are ow ned by the continued page two lone will still accept students from Morrow County School District S a y in g th e y o n ly wanted what was best for the kids, the lone School District v o te d M o n d a y to a llo w ch ild ren not living in the district to continue attending lone schools. lone decision means it will not receive $5219 per out-of-district student from the S tate o f O regon. T he decision takes effect next year w ill not affect this y e a r’s students. The M orrow County School D istrict, w hich last w eek rescinded an earlier decision to release students and allow them to attend lone schools, prom pted the lone decision. U nder the m utual agreem ent to allow students from the M orrow C ounty district to attend lone, lone would receive the $5219 from the state. W ith H e p p n e r’s decision not to release any m o re s tu d e n ts fro m th e M orrow County District, lone will not receive the money. If the students still attend lone without the release, which the lone Board said they w ould a llo w , n e ith e r lo n e n o r M orrow County will receive the state money. “ ...( M o r r o w C o u n ty ) h a s d e n ie d th e request o f the Stillman Family to gain a release to com e to lone even thought the students were being schooled at home. This is somewhat confusing in th at one o f th e ir c h ild ren a tte n d s H e p p n e r w h ic h r e f le c ts th e s p ir it o f o u r agreement that lets students in that area go either direction,” said lone Board Chairman Joe M cE llig o tt at th e m eeting M onday night. “ This is very disturbing since the Lexington- Pine City agreement has been in place for m ore than h a lf a century,” M cElligott added. McElligott went on to state that he had heard from “m any L exington-Pine City parents w ho are extrem ely upset by this decision and who w ant to find a w ay to keep sending their students to lone. For the rest o f this year, it w o n ’t m ak e a d iffe re n c e because the M CSD decision is for next year.” McElligott said he has advised parents to visit the M o rro w C o u n ty S c h o o l B o a rd a n d a s k th e m to reconsider. “ It would seem to me that m oney and spite may be overshadow ing the best continued page three ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. On th e 2 5 th anniversary o f the 1978 state football cham pionship, the lone B ooster C lub chose to honor the three state football champion teams from lone. The first championship te a m w a s th e 1960 sta te cham pions who won the first 8-m an cham pionship in the state o f Oregon. Not only was it a great win, but it was a terrific birthday present for coach C huck H udson. The C ards got o ff to a fast start, and then slowed in the middle q u a rte rs only to co m e on strong with a big fourth quarter to beat Triangle Lake 33-13. Coaches for the 1960 team were head coach Chuck H u d s o n , a s s i s ta n t B ill M c K in n ey , m a n a g e r Bob R ic e . P la y e r s w e re L es M adden, Bruce Rigby, Gary M organ, Tom Heim bigner, Roland Ekstrom , Lee Hams, W ayne H am s, Jack Crum , Ken K linger, K en N elson, Steve Lindstrom, Jim, Martin, Tom Martin, Marvin Padberg, Ron Crabtree, John Swanson, Francis Rea, Jerry Palmer and John Rea. Those attending the F riday, O ct. 17 cerem o n y w e re C oach H udson, M a d d en , R igby, L ee and Wayne Hams, Crum , Nelson, Lindstrom, Padberg and Rea. The 1978 Cardinals w ere dubbed the “C ardiac C a rd s ” by local rep o rters b ecau se o f the n u m b er o f close contests that they were able to pull o ff for a win. The C a r d in a ls to o k on th e M cL aren C o u g a rs for the cham pionship w ith tw o to three feet o f snow' stacked around the field and a gam e tim e te m p e r a tu r e o f 10 degrees. The Cardinals were a g a in a b le to h o ld o f f a determ ined M cL aren team with a fourth quarter stand, and w on 3 0 -2 8 in o n e o f the hardest fought battles ever on the lone turf. 1978 a n d 1979 coaches for lone w ere head coach G ordon M eyers, who made the trip from Hollywood, CA , for this cerem ony, and assistant coach Del LaRue. M anagers were Rick Doherty and Larry Snider. Players for rQ (gf the 1978 team were D ennis Stefan i, Robin LaRue. Shawn LaRue, G len Krebs, Kevin M cC abe, John L indstrom , D anny M cE llig o tt, G regg Rietmann, Mark Patton, Jerry R ietm ann, Treve Peterson, Leslie T hom pson, Richard Ladd, Craig Rea, Je ff Hams, Mike Conklin, Duane Fetsch, T erry Starr, Tim Key and Bruce M ¡liman. Attending the ceremony were Stefani, Robin and Shawn LaRue, M cCabe, G regg and Jerry Rietm ann, Peterson, T hom pson, Rea, Hams and Key. The 1979 Cardinals traveled 360 m iles to m eet P ro s p e c t fo r th e C h am p io n sh ip on a cold, foggy and som etim es snow flurry day. The 1979 Cards h a d a p re tty e a s y tim e com pared to the 1978 Cards as they turned back Prospect to th e tu n e o f 7 2 -6 . N o cardiac finishes for this group. New players who joined with the 1978 team w ere Vince M cElligott, Jeff Key, Denny S ta rr, S c o tt B a lfe , Jim M cC abe, C raig G utierrez, Matt Barnes, Don Taylor and Tim Patton. A ttending the c e re m o n y w e re V in ce M cElligott, Jeff Key, Denny Starr, Jim M cC abe, C raig Gutierrez and Don Taylor. Nursing home closure topic of community meeting A community meeting will be held Monday, Oct. 27, at 5:30 p.m ., regarding the closure o f Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home. The m eeting will be held at the St. Patrick’s Senior Center, Heppner, and is open to everyone in the community. “ W e n e e d to fin d c o m m u n ity s o lu tio n s to community problems,” stated Carolyn M cDaniel, m eeting organizer. “ [This issue] is som ething that is at the heart and soul for all o f us. We either have a friend or a loved one or we are at the age where it is really important.” P io n e e r M e m o ria l Nursing Home, currently the hom e o f 11 re s id e n ts , is scheduled to close Nov. 10. Centennial-Heppner exchange ends after 23 years T h e C e n te n n ia l- H e p p n e r M id d le S c h o o l e x ch an g e p rogram , w hich highlighted the springtime for m any H eppner students, has come to an end after 23 years. T he e x c h a n g e has ended as C entennial M iddle School o f Portland decided to no longer work w ith Heppner and sw itch to a school in Bums. The new s th a t Centennial had pulled out o f the program came to Heppner principal Wade Smith through an article in The O regonian. A fter reading the article he called Centennial and they co n firm e d the a rticle and stated that they w ould be K E Y R L A C K LOGGER JEA N S holding an exchange with Bums instead o f Heppner. Principal Sm ith and teachers instrum ental in the e x c h an g e have now been discussing options to fill the C e n te n n ia l p o s itio n w ith another school or replace the program w ith another activity. Due to most school budgets an exchange this year with a different school is unlikely, stated Smith. "We have been talking about doing something on our own to fill the g ap ,” stated Smith. T h e r e a s o n s fo r C e n t e n n ia l ’s c h a n g e o f schools is still unknow n as school officials did not return Gazette-Times phone calls. 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