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VOL. 123
NO. 5
10 Pages
Wednesday, February 4,2004
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
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Thursday night's wind storm caused a tree next to G eorge and Anna Mae Steagall’s
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Three Morrow County boys chosen for Shriners’ game
T h re e
C o u n ty
f o o tb a ll
p la y e rs
w e r e
chosen to
play in the
5 2 nd
annual
S h rin e rs
H o s p i ta l
M o rro w
Oregon
East-W est
A ll-S ta r
f o o t b a l 1 Chuy Klguezabal
g a m e .
Chuy Elguezabal. a H eppner
High School senior and Paul
Neiffer, an lone High School
senior, were selected as East
team players. Kyler Lovgren.
a HHS senior, was selected as
an East team alternate. Players
were chosen in The Dalles on
Saturday, Jan. 17 as the 2004
season got underway.
T his y e a r’s slate of
o ffic ers w ill be u n d er the
directio n o f N oble W ayne
Lewis. B aker City, Al Kader
S h rin e C en ter. F irst Vice
C h airm an is N oble R alph
Patterson, U nion, AI K ader
Shrine Center and the Second
Vice Chairm an is Noble Tom
Reeves, Klamath Falls, Hillah
Shrine Center. N oble Dick
Gam er. W oodbum. AI Kader
Shrine C enter will fill the
secretary positions and Noble
Randy Guyer, Baker City, AI
Kader Shrine Center will stay
on
as
tre a su re r.
T he East-
W e s t
Association
has
19
committees
and/or
d i r e c to r s
t h a t
a m m m ifc
all aspects
of
th e
game.
Kyler Lovgren
A pproxim ately 150
high schools participate in this
activity contributing 120 high
s c h o o l g r a d u a te s . T h e
s e le c te d
p la y e r s
a re
considered on their athletic
ability, grade point average, the
a b s e n c e o f a n y j u v e n ile
criminal record and graduating
senior status in the year he was
s e le c te d . E ach tea m w ill
consist o f a 30-m an player
squad and a 30-man alternate
s q u a d , e a c h o f w h ic h is
comprised o f 14 players from
the 3A schools, 12 from the
2A schools and 4 from the 1A
schools. Should any one of the
starting line-up be disqualified
o r fo r any re a so n c a n n o t
attend, he will be replaced
from the alternate line-up.
P la y er se le c tio n is
c o n d u c te d s o le ly by th e
c o a ch e s. T he c o a c h e s are
selected on a rotating basis,
e a ch co a ch h a v in g had a
league w inning season. Ben
B u c h a n a n , F o re st G ra v e ,
COWAPA
League
w ill
be
coach for
m
i
th e W e st
♦ -
*
team. John
M a ttila ,
Warrcnton.
Northwest
League
and Todd
S h irle y ,
Paul Neiffer
P o w ers,
Skyline League will assist him.
T im D o d s o n , F lo r e n c e ,
Skyline League will be head
c o ach fo r the E ast Team .
Assisting him will be Bill Yester,
Myrtle Point, Big Fir League
and Dan Taylor. W amic, Big
Sky League.
T eam
p e rs o n n e l
manager for the East Team will
be Dave Courtney, Bum s, A1
K ader Shrine Center. G ary
Tate, North Powder. A1 Kader
S h r in e C e n te r is te a m
personnel for the West Team.
The Shrine o f North
American is the world's laigest
philanthropy, supporting 22
hospitals throughout North
America. The sole purpose of
the Shrine is to im prove the
life sty le s and a b ilitie s o f
orthopedically disabled and
burned children. The East-
West game in Baker City has
continued page two
The M orrow County to spend som e o f their cash
M C U R D reiterated
U nified R ecreation District carryover,” she added. She th at they did not w ant to
Board has decided to issue a said that M C SD previously m icrom anage M C S D ’s co-
p r e s s r e le a s e to c o u n te r had asked for $318,(XX) when curricular program, as alleged
statem ents m ade about the they had a $ 1 60.000 cash by Renfro, but instead had
recreation district at a Morrow carryover.
offered to help M CSD get out
County School Board meeting
C o lu m b ia M id d le o f a sticky political situation.
a n d c la r if y M C U R D ’s School Principal Ron Anthony “We do not want to dictate
p o s itio n . T h e r e le a s e is said that the school district had w hat activities the schools
e n d in g board approval.
increased its carryover during have," said M CU RD Board
M CURD Chair Cyde the time o f Bruce Anderson’s m em ber Del LaRue, lone.
E s te s b e c a m e c o n c e rn e d stin t as su p e rin te n d e n t to
Lisanne C urrin, the
about statem ents m ade by prepare for the opening of the recreation d istrict’s budget
M CSD Chair John Renfro at Irrigon Junior/Senior High officer, who was present at the
the M CSD meeting in Irrigon School, which could occur this m eeting, told M CU RD that
Jan. 21 and brought the issue fall. The opening entails turning they could not continue to
before the M C U R D Board Columbia Middle School into spend at their current level
la s t w e e k . A c c o rd in g to the junior/senior high facility.
w ith o u t c o n s e q u e n c e s .
M C U R D Board m em bers,
The M CU RD Board “Everyone has to realize we
M CSD Board m em bers told sta te d th at they ty p ic a lly have only so much money and
th e m th a t s c h o o l b o a rd receiv ed a budget request when it’s gone, it’s gone," said
m e m b e rs h a v e a rig h t to from the school district, but did LaRue.
express their opinions, but do not have specific information
School
d i s t r ic t
not necessarily represent the s u c h as w h a t c o s ts a re principals iind athletic directors
entire board.
involved in running a football at the meeting concurred that
M CURD
B o a rd program, for example.
M CURD provided a valuable
members stress that the reason
“We didn't realize that asset to M orrow County and
they budgeted $94,000 for the you g u y s (p rin c ip a ls and expressed a desire to work
new ly form ed lone School athletic directors) were asked through the situation. “There’s
D i s t r i c t ’s c o - c u r r ic u la r to cut programs and funding . not a conversation with my
program w as because that . . and w e w ere ask ed to colleagues from other school
am ount was earm arked for increase our b u dget,” said districts where 1’ m not thankful
lone in the budget M C SD Estes.
(for M CU RD ) and we want
presented to M CURD, if lone
E s te s s a id th a t to be protective o f w hat we
had not seceded. M C U R D M C U R D is also suggesting have,” said H eppner High
a ls o p o in te d out th a t the th a t th e s c h o o l d is tr ic ts School athletic director and
b u d g e t fo r the u p co m in g increase their co-curricular teacher Greg Grant.
2 0 0 4 -0 5 y e a r has not yet incom e by raising pay-to-
Estes sum m ed up the
been decided.
participate fees from students situation by saying, “We all
T he first M C U R D and gate receipts.
have to play nice in the same
budget meeting is planned for
sandbox.”
Thursday. April 29, at 7:30
p.m . at the Irrigon A nnex
building. Public hearings will be
held May 27 in lone and June
24 at Boardm an. Each year,
M C SD and other involved
entities have presented their
b u d g e t r e q u e s ts to th e
M C U R D Board. This will be
the first year that lone will
present its budget as a stand
alone entity.
The M C U R D Board
said that their initial goal is to
fund the sam e co-curricular
program at each school and
then, if m oney is available.
M CURD could go beyond the
basics and fund additional (L-R): Kelsey YVolfT. Whitney Smith and Wendy Appleton.
program s, such as soccer, for
Two Heppner Junior S ectio n s in cluded H onors
example, which has become an
H
ig
h
s
tu d e n ts r e c e n tly Band. Honors Orchestra and
important activity at Riverside
attended
the
Oregon All-State Honors Choir.
High School.
Music
Festival
held recently at
H ead clinician and
The M CU RD Board
Springfield
High
School
in
g u e s t c o n d u c to r fo r the
also took issue with the way
Springfield.
Kelsey
Wolff
was
Honors Band section was Dr.
Renfro calculated the amount
selected
for
the
Honors
Band
Jay
W. G ilbert, chair o f the
o f money M CU RD spent per
section.
W
hitney
Sm
ith
was
m
usic
departm ent at Doane
student. R enfro included all
selected
for
the
Honors
Choir
C
ollege
in C rete. NE. Dr.
students in each district to
section.
David Childs, director of the
a r r iv e at M C U R D 's p e r
The
H
onors
M
usic
Vanderbilt
Symphonic Choice
s tu d e n t e x p e n d itu re s . He
Program
is
sponsored
and
run
and
a
ssistan
t p ro fesso r o f
estim ated that students in the
by
th
e
O
re
g
o
n
M
u
sic
choral
studies
at the B lair
lone School D istrict would
Educators
A
ssociation,
and
School
let
the
H
onors C hoir
rec e iv e $604 per stu d en t,
involves
those
students
who
section.
$94,000 for the entire district,
The H eppner youth
while students in the Morrow show extraordinary aptitude in
the
m
usic
arts.
The
program
w
ere
able
to interact w ith
County School District would
involves
two
days
of
technique
o
ther
m
usic
students from
receive only $ 140 per student,
clinics
and
intense
practical
acro
ss
the
state
and from
am ounting to $318,000 for
applications.
The
culmination
various
sizes
o
f
ju
n io r high
that district. How ever, says
of
the
clinic
is
a
formal
concert
sch(X)ls. Local music educator.
E stes, M C U R D funds co-
w
ith
a
ll
th
re
e
s
e
c
tio
n
s
Wendy Appleton, referred the
curricular activities at the junior
dem
onstrating
their
skills.
students
to the program.
high and senior high level only,
Local students selected for all-state
not at the elem entary school
level, so the figures quoted by
Renfro are inaccurate.
M C U R D expressed
c o n c e rn w ith the am o u n t
M C SD had earlier budgeted
for cash carryover in their
M CSD co-curricular budget.
M C U R D m aintains that the
c a r r y o v e r h a d in c re a s e d
dramatically, while at the same
tim e M C SD was asking for
a d d itio n a l f u n d s fro m
M CURD.
“ It a p p e a r s th a t
M CSD was over-inflating its
budget,’’ Estes said. “We have
encouraged the school board
SMCST announces 2004
board members
Bill Rietm annoflone
w as elected president o f the
S o u th M o rro w C o u n ty
Scholarship Trust for the 2004
year at the S M C S T ’s annual
m eeting held in Heppner. at
Bank o f Eastern O regon, on
Jan. 26. D el La Rue w as
e le c te d tre a s u re r, S h aro n
Harrison, secretary and Barb
H a y e s , V ic e P r e s id e n t.
M artha M unkers and Bill
Rietmann were re-elected for
a three year term. Other board
members include Carri Grieb
and Missy Cutsforth.
The South M orrow
County Scholarship Trust was
established several years ago
to p ro v id e funds to grant
scholarships to graduating
seniors from H eppner and
lone High Sch<x)ls and to take
the p lace o f the T roedson
Scholarship Fund, which will
be discontinued in the year
2023.
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