TW O - Heppner G azette-Tim es, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, Decem ber 3, 2003
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Morrow County Fair Board
receives grant
funds. C urrently, th ey are
looking into other grants, as
well as enlisting 4-H groups to
p e rf o r m
c o m m u n ity
fundraisers.
Building construction
will not begin until all the money
has been raised. The building
will have a multi-purpose use.
It w ill be used as a dorm itory
for 4-H students during fair, a
Snack Shack and half-tim e
area for football gam es, and
will also have pay showers.
lone Schools announce honor roll
lo n e
S c h o o ls
announced its 2003 quarter
one honor roll.
In seventh grade: A-
Tiana C am arillo (4.0), Kara
Clay (4.0), Matt Coleman and
B renna R ietm ann; B- C lay
M orter, C ory Peterson, Tori
Heagy, Lynzee Sjurset and
Lucas Bradfield.
In eighth grade: A-
Justin A rcher (4.0), Em ily
Rietmann (4.0), Shannon Clay,
A la n R ie tm a n n , K a y le e
Palm ateer and Kip Krebs; B-
K ylee Svetich, M ax Trahan,
Teonna V andever and Paul
Hams.
In n in th g rad e : A -
K a y la L a R u e ( 4 .0 ) a n d
S te p h a n ie H o lla n d ; B-
M e g h a n G a in e s , M e g a n
T o lle f s o n a n d B r ittn e e
DesBouillons.
In te n th g rad e : A -
A sh ly G ra m s (4 .0 ), A m y
Jepsen (4.0), Abby Key, Tyler
Brow n, Jenny G riffith and
K y le P a lm a te e r; B - Jo h n
Walton and Kelly Thompson.
In eleventh grade: A-
N ic k C h r is tm a n ( 4 .0 ) ,
Barbara H olland (4.0), Sara
Peck (4.0), Tyler Raible (4.0)
and A ly ssa R ietm an n ; B-
Amanda Emery, Missy Baker,
Katie Robey, Arthur Ekstrom,
K im M o rris a n d T a y lo r
McElligott.
In tw elfth grade: A-
B illy G ates (4 .0 ), N atalie
McElligott (4.0), Paul Neiffer
(4.0), Tina T uzarova (4.0),
Johnny C ollin, Em ily Key,
M eghan M. M cC abe, Bill
R o ss, N a th a n R ea, B rian
Bunch, Sim one Reisenbauer
and Curtis Thompson; B- Eva
C h itty a n d M e g a n E.
M cCabe.
Grandson graduates with MBA
Ryan Schiller, son o f Tony and Verina Schiller o f
Pflugerville, TX and grandson o f Ray and Norm a French o f
H eppner and M arilyn Schiller o f Echo, will graduate Dee.
15,2003 from Cham inade University o f Honolulu. Schiller
com pleted his M BA degree at Cham inade University while
stationed at Pearl Harbor during his enlistment with the United
States Navy.
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Morrow County School District # 1
News
Dorothy E. Curry
H ep p n er
The M orrow County
Fair B oard received $36,700
grant from the Ford Fam ily
Foundation. The grant will be
used to build a dorm itory/
com m unity building at the
fairgrounds in Heppner.
The m oney com es in
the form o f a 1 -for-1 matching
grant, which means that the fair
board w ill have to raise a
matching $36,700. The board
has one year, until Nov. 3,
2004, to raise the m atching
w ife, C oyla, o f H erm iston,
G reg B edord and his w ife,
Linda, o f G resham , and Bill
B e d o r d a n d h is w if e ,
I hope all o f you had an enjoyable T hanksgiving
C laudette o f H ayw ard, CA ; H oliday and are looking forw ard to the N ew Year. It seem s
Dorothy E. Curry, 71,
sisters, Irene Higuera and Ruth impossible that we are almost halfw ay through the school year.
o f Boardm an, died M onday,
Moe, both o f Kennewick; six
Is the Legislator's $5.2 billion budget going to affect
Nov. 24, 2003, at K ad lec
grandchildren and six great
this school year?
M edical C enter in Richland,
grandchildren. B edord was
Yes it is. The Board in its N ovem ber meeting agreed
WA.
p re c e d e d in d e a th by her to put approxim ately $700,000 m ore into this y e a r’s budget.
A m em orial service
h u sb an d , L eo n ard , by her This m oney is distributed to the schools based on the Average
was held Nov. 29 at the Irrigon
p a re n ts, an d by b ro th e rs, Daily M em bership weighted (A D M w ) factors. This has been
S e v e n th - d a y A d v e n tis t
Stanley Z unker and Sidney the Board’s method o f maintaining equity in the district’s schools.
Church.
Ferguson.
The principals have decided to spend all or m ost all o f the
Curry was bom Sept.
M e m o r i a l
increased revenue on hiring people. In Boardman and Irrigon,
2 7 , 1 9 32, a t M ilto n -
contributions may be made to we are looking at hiring teachers and aides who are fluent in
Freewater, to C hester A. and
V a n g e J o h n M e m o ria l Spanish or hold an ESO L certificate or endorsem ent. In
M argaret Rogers Stewart.
H ospice, 645 W. O rchard, Heppner, we are looking at adding a halftim e position in math
O n July 4 ,1 9 4 9 , she
Herm iston, O R 97838.
at the high school and a full time aide position at the elementary
m arried C .L. C urry Jr., at
B u m s M ortuary o f school.
W alla W alla. T he C u rry s
H erm iston is in ch arg e o f
How are the school mascot and school colors chosen
m oved to the Boardm an area
arrangements.
for a school?
in 1981 from Walla Walla.
Tradition has alw ays given this responsibility to the
Survivors include her
students. It is one o f the first items that begin to unite a student
husband, C.L. C urry Jr., o f
body and give notice to other schools that a new school is
Boardm an; sons, R ichard o f
being or has been formed. Until this point, most o f the activity
Lewiston, ID, and M ichael o f
o f a new school is borne by the school board, the teachers
P o r tla n d ; h e r m o th e r,
H e p p n e r J u n io r / and the patrons o f a district, in deciding to build and in designing
M a rg a r e t
S te w a rt
of
Senior High has announced its and seeing to the construction o f the school. This item begins
Boardman, sister, Gerry James
2003 quarter one honor roll. the process ofbuilding the traditions and culture o f the school.
o f Boardman; grandchildren,
In s e v e n th g ra d e : The choosing o f the m ascot and school colors has already
M ic h a e l C u rry , M e c h e lle
Maggie Armato (4.0), Spencer been done for Windy River Elementary School and for Irrigon
H e rn a n d e z , a n d R ic h a rd
Palm er (4.0), Sherilyn Peck E lem entary School and is in the process o f being done for
C u r r y ; a n d fiv e g r e a t
( 4 .0 ) , J o r d a n S h e p h e rd , Irrigon High School.
g r a n d c h ild r e n . S h e w a s
K a th ry n M o o re , K a th ry n How will one determine the athletic teams for the high
p re c e d e d in d e a th by h er
Strouse and Luke Young.
schools and junior high schools in Boardman and
father, Chester Stewart.
In eighth grade: Sean
Irrigon beginning in the 2005-2006 school year?
M e m o r i a l
M urray (4.0), K elsey W olff
It will be a tw o-fold process. First, we have been
contributions may be made to
(4 .0 ) , W h itn ey M atth ew s, basing many o f our decisions on this y e a r’s student body and
Orphanage B.C.S.S. America,
A ndre R auch, Luke Basile, their choices. We have been able to divide the student
P.O. Box 653, K ennew ick,
B aillie K eithley, B enjam in population at RH S and C M S by w here they live. We have
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M cCarl and M egan Orr.
been able to see what classes they are taking and what activities
M o u n ta in
V ie w
In n in th g r a d e : they participate in. In dealing with athletics, we used the fall
Funeral Chapel ofWalla Walla
M ahaley Huddleston, Regina sports participants from this year and the w inter and spring
is in charge o f arrangements.
Seitz, Aaron Allstott and Sarah participants from the 2002-2003 school year. We could then
Price.
see how m any would be on a team at each school if w e were
In tenth grade: Laurie divided this year. That told us that m any sports w ould have
M u rra y ( 4 .0 ) , C h e ls e y enough students to field teams at each school. In some instances,
Harriet J. Bedord, 75, B etsinger, K rystal N a im s, it also told us that some teams might not be able to have enough
o f B oardm an, died M onday, Erika Russell, Brianne Jones, students to have a separate team at each school. We believe
Nov. 2 4 ,2 0 0 3 , at her hom e. Heather Rill, Heather Yocom, that with the smaller schools that we might have more students
A graveside service D aniel B a sile a n d Jessica w anting to participate in the 2005-2006 school year. If that is
w a s h e ld N ov. 29 a t th e Brandt-Drury.
not true w e m ay have to have cooperative team s m ade up o f
Hermiston Cemetery.
In e le v e n th g rad e: student from both RH S and IHS. We m ay not know and
She w as bom June M adison B ailey (4.0), Cara probably w o n ’t decide until closer to Septem ber o f 2005
13, 1928, at Sheridan, WY, K e n n e d y ( 4 .0 ) , S a n d ra w hether w e have the num bers w e need.
to G uy and Ruth M cIntosh K r o tz e k ( 4 .0 ) , J o s h u a
The second part o f the process concerns m oney, or
Ferguson. She w as raised in L an k fo rd (4 .0 ), E liz a b e th rather the availability o f m ore money. As m any o f you know
South D akota until the early O r w ic k
( 4 .0 ) ,
V era our athletic program s and som e o f our activity programs are
1940s, w hen she m oved to P a w lo w sk y (4 .0 ), S hanna finance through the M orrow C ounty U nified R ecreation
Portland and went to w ork in Rietmann (4.0), Blair Keithley, District. We estim ate that to fund the three high schools and
the shipyards.
Jessica W ainw right, Em ily the three junior high school program s in M CSD # 1 at today’s
In 1946, she m arried Bergstrom, Tyler Boyer, Susan costs will take an additional $98,000. The amount o f additional
Leonard Bedord at Cutbank, Southworth, Joshua Gutierrez, money the Recreational District can provide will determine the
M T. T h e y m o v e d to Linsey Mitchell, Terra Wilson num ber o f athletic team s at each school in M orrow County.
B o a rd m a n in 1 9 5 0 . M r. and Kylee Disque.
The R ecreational D istrict and the B oard are beginning
Bedord w orked construction
In tw e lf th g ra d e : discussions to determ ine the m oney available by the 2005-
and th ey liv ed at v a rio u s Takom Khem pila (4.0), Luke 2006 school year.
lo c a tio n s th ro u g h o u t th e M u rr a y ( 4 .0 ) , D a n ie lle
In ELL, what is the difference between an immersion
w estern U nited States, but Looslie, C hantea M acaulay,
and a transitional approach?
a lw a y s c o n s id e r e d th e C ody Walton, Blake Allstott,
A n absolute im m ersion program to learning English
B o ardm an/H erm iston area S h e e n a S h a n k , W a rre n w ould be the equivalent o f tossing a student in the w ater and
home. In 1977, they m oved to G ivens, Brooklyn Olin, Kiel telling them to swim. A transitional approach is being in the
H erm iston. Mr. Bedord died N aim s, M att Young and Judd water with them helping them to learn to swim. The transitional
in 1989.
Lemmon.
approach also allow s the student to learn other things at the
B e d o r d r e c e n tly
same time, in our case the academic subject matter o f the grade
returned to Boardman to live.
or class the student is in. For m any it is felt that it reduces the
She w as a m em ber o f the
stress o f the process and allows everyone to learn the language
B oardm an C ard C lub. She
and the academ ic subject m anner more quickly.
e n jo y ed p lay in g p in o ch le,
Generally, there is some transitional approach in most
c r o s s w o r d p u z z le s a n d
im m ersion program s and som e im m ersion approach in m ost
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transitional program s. T he purpose in each is to m ake the
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students function at the top o f there capacity academ ically in
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These “program s” are not o ff the s h e lf types o f
programs, but rather a case o f creating the approach that works
best in any given school. If we were dealing with multiple second
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languages in a single building we very well may be forced to
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deal w ith the absolute im m ersion program . At this point, we
aren’t dealing with more than one second language and therefore
Thursday, December 4th
can spare our students that stress.
Lodge Memorial Service fo r Departed Members.
If you have questions about items in this article or desire
“The fa u lts o f our members we write upon tbe sands;
an explanation of items concerning education, please write or
Their virtues upon tbe tablets o f love and memory.”
e-mail me in care of this newspaper or write to me or stop in
Service fo r John Brandenburg; Richard Haslam; Jack
and see me at either the Morrow County School District office
Little; William Lowe; Darrell Ploybar; Roy Martin;
at 270 West Main, Lexington, OR 97839 or on Thursdays or by
Gerald Swaggart; Tom Sly; Raymond Welch;
appointment at 500 Tatone, Boardman, OR 97818 (Windy River
Bill Wilson; and Dr. Allison Willefbrd.
Elementary School Room B3).
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HHS announces
junior/senior high
honor roll
Harriet J. Bedord
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BUSINESS
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(Regular Lodge will follow the Service.)
LADIES NIGHT: Ju d y Buschke, Joyce W a rd
a n d c re w w ill serve a roast pork d in n e r w ith all
th e fixings a n d a p p le d u m p lin g s fo r dessert. D in
n e r w ill start afte r th e Light Parade.
Thursday, December 11th
TOY DINNER: Bring in a n ew , u n w ra p p e d to y
a n d receive a free dinner. Toys w ill b e taken to
th e N e ig h b o rh o o d C e n ter for distribu tion in th e
H eppner, L e xington a n d lo n e areas for Christ
m as. D in n e r w ill start a t 6 p .m .
Friday, December 12th
N o r th e a s t D is tr ic t Vice P r e s id e n t Ed
Hindeman Visitation. A h a m a n d roast b e e f
d in n e r w ill b e served starting a t 6 p .m . PERs
a n d C o m m itte e m e n a re e n c o u ra g e d to atte n d .
Invitation for Christmas news articles
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C h r is tm a s
h o lid a y
approaches, we w ould like to
extend an invitation to all area
pastors w ho w ould like to
include a Christm as article in
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