Ione celebrates homecoming activities
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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
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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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