MCSB discusses ESL teaching methods
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V0L. 122
NO. 46
8 Pages
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Wednesday, November 12, 2003
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Heppner celebrates Veterans’ Day
Heppner Mayor Bob Jepsen addresses crowd of 80 at the Memorial Park. Also in
cluded in the program was Mothers speaking for their sons. The mothers were Wendy
Appleton, Linda Schultz and Donna Schonbachler. Samarra Van Dorn sang God Bless
America and Luke Murray played taps. Jerry Breazeale read the names of the Heppner
war dead, Pastor Keith Brudevold talked about our responsibilty to veterans. Judy
Rickert read the story of the origin of the song taps. The ceremony ended with a fly
over by a Chinook helicoper from Pendleton and then a reception was held at John’s
Other Place.
City of Heppner moves ahead with
$3 million water project
The City o f H eppner
voted M onday to move ahead
w ith the city w ater system
renovation project at a cost o f
$3 m illion. The project is a
pared down version o f a water
renovation project originally
adopted earlier this year.
The city raised water
rates this sum m er to pay for
the new system , how ever,
council m em bers feared the
rate increase would not cover
the cost o f a $6 million project
so they cut the project in half.
H igh priority w ork
( m a in ly
w a te r
lin e
replacem ent) is scheduled to
be done on the fo llo w in g
streets: G ale, M ay, A iken,
W a te r, C e n te r, W illo w ,
C annon, Hill, Jones, Shobe,
Union, A, and Baltimore.
M e d iu m p r io r ity
stre e ts to h av e w a te r line
replacem ent are: Thom pson,
G ilm o re to R e s e rv o ir 5,
Cowins, Hager, Court, Chase,
Linden Way (650 feet south
o f Jenkins to Main), Riverside,
Sperry, Morgan, Elder, Minor,
South o f Shobe, and Church.
Low priority streets
are Rock, Pioneer and Linden
Way Alley. If funding becomes
a problem or bids for the
project com e in too high the
low priority streets would be
cut off.
Council member Tom
W olff has been adam ant for
m any m onths that the city is
only able to afford a $3 million
water project, and M onday he
reiterated that stand. W olff
presented the $3 million plan
to the council. “1 believe this is
an affordable and do-able
project. If costs go up we start
cutting streets,” W olff said.
The city raised water
rates in July to cover the cost
o f the new w a te r system .
Since the increase the city has
collected $51,360 m ore than
over the same period last year.
At that time, city officials were
unsure if H eppner residents
w o u ld cut back so far on
w a te r u se th a t p ro je c te d
incom es to pay for the new
system co u ld not be m et.
A ctual w ater collections are
about $2,848 less than had
b e e n p r o je c te d b y c ity
officials.
N o w th a t th e c ity
w a te r p r o je c t h a s b e e n
approved, bids on the project
are expected to be taken next
fall, with construction to begin
n e x t w in te r . E n g in e e r s
explained that better bid rates
are received for projects in
w in te r tim e w h e n m a n y
contractors m ay not be as
busy.
In other water related
business, the city manager said
city water had been receiving
higher than allowed coliform
re a d in g s . T re a tm e n t w as
added to the system and the
problem has been traced to
leaky lines that run through
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The M orrow County
School Board d ebated the
merits o f “ immersion” versus
“ t r a n s i t i o n ” m e th o d s o f
teaching English-as-a-second-
la n g u a g e s tu d e n ts at the
b o a r d ’s r e g u la r m e e tin g
M onday night at H eppner
Elementary School.
Board m em ber Ken
M atlack said th at he had
contacted several educators in
other states who promoted the
im m ersion program , which
im m e rs e s th e s tu d e n t in
E n g lish , c o n c en tra tin g on
intensive English instruction
b e fo r e te a c h in g s u b je c t
content.
District superintendent
Dr. Jack Crippen favored the
transition m ethod, w hich he
believes is the method taught
in M orrow County schools
an d , he say s, has been
successfully employed at A.C.
Houghton Elementary School
in Irrig o n . T he tra n sitio n
m ethod em ploys bilingual
teachers and aides to assist
monolingual Spanish-speaking
students. M atlack countered
that he did not believe the
tra n s itio n m eth o d w as as
successful as it should be.
H o w e v e r, th e d iffe re n c e
between the two methods was
not immediately apparent and
the board directed M atlack to
r e s e a r c h th e im m e r s io n
program further.
Dr. C rippen told the
board that they currently didn't
have enough
bi-lingual people to
implement either program.
T h e b o a rd a ls o
d is c u s s e d n e w la n g u a g e
c o n c e r n in g th e d i s t r ic t ’s
athletic policies. The district’s
p o lic y , a tte m p tin g
to
discourage athletic contests
M o n d a y s , T u e s d a y s an d
W ednesdays, w ould require
principals to sign o ff if they
p erm itted gam es on those
days. B oard m em ber Julie
Weikel said that the proposed
policy would be impossible to
uphold and suggested changes
that the district could live with,
while still discouraging games
on those days. A com m ittee
agreed to fine-tune the policies
via a V-tel m eeting set for
Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 8 a.m.
In other business, the
board:
-discussed proposed
facility changes and costs to
turn Columbia Middle School
into Irrigon Junior/Senior High
School. Proposed changes
s u g g e s te d b y b u ild in g
principals include: outfitting a
shop building appropriately for
senior high school students;
rem odeling a resource room,
r e m o d e lin g th e lib ra ry ,
rem o d elin g the com m ons/
office area; upgrading the gym
fire exit and installing security
cam eras. A thletic and extra
curricular changes include
im p r o v e m e n ts su c h as:
fo o tb a ll fie ld lig h ts -a t a
p o ssib le co st o f $4 5 ,0 0 0 ,
bleachers, goal posts, score
c lo c k , a n d a r e s tr o o m /
c o n c e s s io n s fie ld h o u s e
e s tim a te d a t $ 2 2 8 ,0 0 0 ;
soccer goals, gym bleachers
and a score clock-$7,000;
w r e s tlin g
m a t- $ 9 ,0 0 0 ;
b a s e b a ll
and
s o ftb a ll
backstops and field prep; an
all w eather track-$250,000;
upgrading locker room s, a
w eight room and equipm ent,
security fencing and grades
seven through 12 uniforms for
all sports-football, volleyball,
soccer, basketball, wrestling,
track, baseball and softball-
$172,805.
Facilities adjustments
for R iverside High School
g ra d e s se v e n th ro u g h 12
included bleacher/restroom
c o n c e s s io n s
f a c ility -
$228,000, a four-pole, three
net volleyball set up for Windy
R iver E lem en tary -$ 2 ,2 2 5 ;
storage shed-$ 1,000; locker
ro o m u p g r a d e - $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 ;
sev en th and e ig h th g rad e
science equipm ent, seventh
and eighth grade library books
and security cameras.
M any o f the projects
m ay be appropriate for bond
monies, said Dr. Crippen. He
said around $800,000 in bond
funds still remains.
-re c e iv e d a re p o rt
from Dr. C rippen outlining
player numbers, coaching staff
required and costs for current
ju n io r high and high schools
and estim ated data for three
ju n io r/sen io r high schools,
H e p p n e r, R iv e r s id e a n d
Irrigon, for the 2005/06 school
year. Costs are estim ated to
increase from $400,247 for
2 0 0 3 -0 4 to $ 4 9 4 ,1 0 5 -
$498,105 for 2005-06, if all
current athletic teams remain.
C o a c h in g p o s itio n s a re
estimated to increase from 84
to 95. C rip p e n s a id th a t
athletic participation m ight
increase when Riverside High
School is divided into tw o
schools and each school will
likely be classified as 2A ,
rather than 3A for athletic
competition. Heppner already
competes at the 2A level.
Currently HHS offers
f o o tb a ll,
v o lle y b a ll,
cheerleading, boys’ and girls’
basketball, b o y s' and g irls’
track, softball, baseball and
golf. RH S currently offers
football, volleyball, soccer,
cheerleading, boys' and girls’
basketball, w restling, bo y s’
and g irls ’ track, baseb all,
softball, golf and tennis. Yearly
p a r tic ip a tio n at H H S is
c u r r e n tly a v e ra g in g 211
s tu d e n ts ; y e a rly a v e ra g e
p a r tic ip a tio n at R H S is
currently 398. Estim ates for
2005-06 are: 209 participants
at HHS, 206 at RHS and 194
at Irrigon High School.
C u rren tly H eppner
Junior High offers football,
volleyball, cheerleading, boys’
and girls' basketball and boys'
a n d g i r l s ’ tra c k w ith an
estim ated 126 participants;
C o lu m b ia M iddle S chool
c u rre n tly o ffe rs fo o tb a ll,
volleyball, bo y s’ and g irls’
basketball, wrestling and boys’
a n d g i r l s ’ tra c k w ith an
estim ated 221 participants
F o r 2005 -0 6 , H JH w ould
have the same programs with
a p p ro x im a te ly th e sam e
n u m b e r o f p a r tic ip a n ts ;
Riverside Junior High would
offer the sam e program s as
C M S w ith an estim ated 98
participants and Irrigon Junior
High would also offer the same
program s as CM S with an
estimated 126 participants.
-requested a m eeting
w ith the M orrow C ounty
Unified Recreation District to
b e g in
ta lk
about
e x tr a c u r r ic u la r fu n d in g .
M C U R D gave the district
$318,000 this year to fund
extra curricular programs.
-heard from M orrow
County Assessor Greg Sweek
w ho explained that Coyote
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HCMF to host community-wide
Thanksgiving dinner
It is that tim e o f year
again, w hen we long to hear
the “G obble, G obble” song
s a n g a t th e C o m m u n ity
Thanksgiving Dinner. Heppner
C h r is tia n
M is s io n a r y
F e llo w sh ip is hostin g the
d in n e r, j o in i n g w ith th e
Episcopal C hurch who has
g ra c io u s ly d o n a te d th e ir
facilities to hold the gathering.
The dinner will be held
on Thursday, Nov. 27 at 1
p.m . Everyone is invited to
com e and hear the G obble,
Gobble” song and enjoy good
food and have a great time o f
fellowship.
Last year, B ank o f
Eastern Oregon donated five
turkeys and this year they have
donated six turkeys. Central
R ed A p p le M a rk e t a ls o
donated a turkey last year.
The community support for the
dinner is greatly appreciated.
For more information
contact John or Kathy Marick
at 676-5951.
lone celebrates Veterans’ Day
Adam Collin, of lone, displays flag created by first through fourth
graders at lone Elementary School to show their support for the
veterans.
A round 40 people gathered on Tuesday, Nov. 11,
V eterans' Day, at the lone L egion Hall to show their
appreciation to the local veterans.
As part o f the program , the Legion Post 95 Color
G uard displayed the flags, guest speaker Bob Spanger, o f
Pendleton shared o f his tim e in W orld War II and patriotic
songs w ere sung.
Mustangs advance to
quarterfinals 2A football playoffs. This win
The
H e p p n e r a d v a n c e s th e m to th e
M ustangs took a 47-2 win quarterfinals, which will be held
over the Vemonia Loggers on in Heppner on Saturday, Nov.
N ov. 8 in th e O S A A /U S 15, at 1 p.m. The M ustangs
Bank/Les Schwab Tires Class will be going against the Myrtle
Point Bobcats.
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