TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 18,2004
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Informational meeting regarding
distance education to be held at
BMCC
offer flexibility to students and
With the increase of
employment opportunities in
the criminal justice field in the
Eastern Oregon region there
has been considerable interest
in higher education programs
by crim inal justice
professionals. People are
finding that a baccalaureate
college
degree
is
advantageous for career
advancement and are seeking
the assistance of a cooperative
program betw een Blue
Mountain Community College,
Eastern Oregon University
and Southern O regon
U niversity to meet their
educational needs. An
information session explaining
how C rim inal Justice
professionals can complete a
college degree via distance
education will be held at 7:15
p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 25
in Pendleton at BM CC,
Morrow Hall Room 3.
Adult students who
want to continue their
education in Criminal Justice
to advance their careers can
take advantage of distance
education courses at the lower
and upper-division levels
tow ards a degree from
Eastern Oregon University.
“Since many of the courses are
available via the web, they
professionals currently in the
criminal justice field who have
difficulty continuing their
education because of 24-hour
work shifts,” says Deborah
Lee, EOU Regional Center
Director in Pendleton.
The courses will be
taught by BM CC and
Southern faculty members and
will apply towards Eastern’s
distance learning Liberal
Studies m ajor (w ith a
Criminology minor). BMCC
will be offering at least one of
the program's lower division
core courses each term.
Mary Koza, Director
of D istance Learning at
Eastern Oregon University
commented, “These courses
illustrate how colleges and
universities are working
together to provide degree
program s at a distance
whereby students are able to
apply courses from one
university toward degree
programs at others. Sharing
resources to save funds and
bringing education to students
at convenient times and places
is what effective partnerships
are all about.”
For more information
contact the EOU Umatilla/
Morrow Regional Center
(541) 278-5776 or toll free at
(866) 801-6196.
Boardman-Irrigon CEC
separates leaving vacancies
The Morrow County
School District Board of
Directors has recently split the
Boardman-Irrigon Community
Education Committee (CEC)
into two separate committees,
one for each community.
The Boardman CEC
has four vacant positions- three
new positions and one created
by a recent resignation.
Candidates must live in the
Boardman school attendance
area.
The Irrigon CEC has
three vacant positions- all new
positions. Candidates must live
in the Irrigon school
attendance area.
To be eligible for
appointment, you must be a
registered voter and submit a
letter of interest to: Julie
Ashbeck, Board Secretary,
M orrow C ounty School
D istrict, P.O. Box 368,
Lexington, OR 97839.
It is the responsibility
of the candidate to determine
eligibility. The people
appointed to these positions
will serve until the next regular
election in 2005. For more
information, please contact
Chairman Dean Mason at
(541) 481-3511 or Julie
Ashbeck (541) 989-8202.
These positions will remain
open until filled.
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Property should be cared for
To the Editor:
All properties and
equipm ent used by the
Heppner city officials and city
employees, including City Hall,
the City Corporation Yard, the
vehicle parking garage, and all
vehicles were acquired using
taxpayers’ dollars. The city
officials and employees are
then allowed to use this
property and equipment free
of charge. Even the
maintenance costs are borne
by the taxpayers. Heppner
residents have the right to
demand this property be cared
for, and not allowed to become
in such a run down condition
that it is a shame for visitors to
see.
The house I
purchased in Heppner was in
somewhat of a run down
condition. I did not take this
problem to some out of town
newspaper. I did not allow it
to deteriorate further. It took
me years to correct this
condition and make the house
livable. If I would have had the
manpower the city has I could
have accomplished this in
about a week.
I have observed city
employees busy watering
hanging flow er baskets,
polishing drinking fountains,
trimming trees, and mowing
grass on Main Stieet, while
potholes in other city streets
become deeper (Riverside
Ave. is an exam ple), the
equipment and the building in
the City Corporation Yard
slowly rusts and rots away,
and City Hall becomes even
more run down. Looking to
the past, it seems if something
will get a city official’s picture
in this newspaper it will be
done. Filling potholes should
qualify.
(s) Gene Sonstegard
Heppner
Regarding Morrow County 4-H
To the Editor:
I w ould like to
respond to some questions I
have heard about the 4-H
program. First I would like to
explain the programs 4-H
offers today. Most of us know
the traditional 4-H program as
“4-H ” . The traditional
program consists of livestock,
home economics, horse, small
animals, expressive arts, which
is the 4-H we grew up with.
Today we have two
additional components to the
4-H program. One is school
enrichment. This is curriculum
developed or adopted by
Oregon State U niversity
departm ent of 4-H to
supplement learning in the
classroom. Oregon Ag in the
Classroom is one example of
school enrichment curriculum.
This fall we brought the
director of the Ag in the
C lassroom program to
Heppner to provide a teacher
training. This was offered to all
the teachers in M orrow
County. All H eppner
elementary teachers plus one
from lone and two from
Boardman were trained. Now
they have some excellent
agriculture curriculum to
support w hat they are
teaching in the classroom.
The other component
of today’s 4-H program is
outreach to underserved
audiences. About four years
ago, Mario Magana was hired
by Oregon State University
Extension to provide
program ming that would
encourage more Hispanic
students to get involved in
Morrow and Umatilla County
4-H. There was a great need
for this type of programming
since 65 percent of the
population at Sam Boardman
Elementary alone is Hispanic.
The traditional 4-H program
is available to everyone,
however it is utilized by and
large by Anglo youth. The
programs Mario started were
also available to everyone, but
mainly utilized by Hispanic
youth.
Last year, OSU
Extension had major budget
cuts at the state level. One of
the results was Mario was
transferred to the Salem area
to be an area agent
(programming for several
counties). Mario’s move left us
without any way to maintain
the Outreach programs. With
the help of a grant writer from
the Oregon 4-H Foundation,
we were able to get three
grants to try to keep those
youth involved in positive
youth development programs.
The grants were from PGE
Foundation, W ildhorse
Foundation and Trust
Management Services. It is
m onitored by the 4-H
Foundation since they wrote
the grants. This money did not
come to the Morrow County
4-H Leaders Association
treasury.
At the current time, I
am looking into possibilities for
an after school program in
Heppner and/or lone. In a
recent conversation with
Wade Sm ith, H eppner
schools’ principal, it sounded
like there were programs
happening after school at
Heppner Elementary almost
every day of the week. I
would be interested in talking
with anyone that has ideas on
how we can provide additional
programs for the students at
the elementary or high school
level. Some of the previously
mentioned grant funds can be
utilized to start a program in
South M orrow C ounty
communities. If you have any
ideas or suggestion, call Bill
Broderick at 676-9642.
(s) Bill Broderick
Morrow County 4-H Agent
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To the Editor:
A recent letter in the
paper made me pause and
think about our city hall, and
what a wonderful job the staff'
there does in making us all feel
welcome. It is not easy to make
an old building look inviting,
but they have gone that extra
mile to make it as attractive
and welcoming as they can.
I am sure, that when
we stop and think about the
age of the building, we realize
that the building codes at that
time don’t begin to meet the
needs of the 21 st century. It
would cost a lot to update the
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have a deteriorating building
that is a potential fire-trap.
The current building is
inadequate, not from neglect
or misuse, but by time and
state and federal mandates.
Our money is more wisely
spent in having the city hall
moved to a new location that
has the needed upgrades.
I would just like to
say I appreciate the mayor and
the city workers fordoing such
a wonderful job for all of us. 1
wish it could be in a nicer
environment. And, hopefully,
in the near future, it will be.
(s) Pat Edmundson
Heppner
Maryan L. McElligott Memorial
Fund now accepting applications
The M aryan L.
M cElligott Fund is now
accepting scholarship
applications for the 2004-
2005 academ ic year.
Applicants must be a graduate
of lone High School in the
second, third or fourth year of
study at an accredited
institution of higher education.
The M aryan L.
McElligott Memorial Fund
was established in 1994.
Maryan McElligott was an
active and longtime member of
the lone community. She
placed high value on
community and education. She
raised eight children, all of
whom graduated from lone
High School and proceeded to
graduate from various
universities. The memorial fund
was established to provide
students the opportunity to
attend college and carry on the
values she cared for most. The
family set-up the fund in 1994
and by 1996 it had reached
the target endowment of
$20,000 and began to award
annual scholarships. Only the
income from the endowment
fund is used to make the
annual awards, thus leaving the
principle intact and creating a
perpetual source of
scholarships for lone scholars.
To date 15 scholarships have
been awarded and more than
$8700 distributed.
Requirements include:
lone High Schools graduates
that are enrolled or will be
enrolled as sophomores or
above with full-time status at
an accredited post-secondary
iastitution of higher learning, in
the federal Title IV student
financial program. Applicants
can attend either an in or out
of state institution. Previous
scholarship award winners are
eligible to reapply for additional
assistance.
The recipients for the
2003-2004 academic year
included Kristina Powell who
attends Eastern O regon
University, Adam McCabe
who attends University of
Idaho, Rhonda Wilhelm who
attends M ount Hood
Community College, Jennifer
Thompson who attends Blue
Mountain Community College
and Collin McElligott who
attends St. Louis University.
lone High School
graduates interested in the
M aryan L. M cE lligott
Memorial Fund can access the
application online at
www.getcollegefunds.org.
Completed applications must
be postmarked no later than
March 1, 2004 and can be
mailed to: Oregon Student
A ssistance Com m ission,
Grants and Scholarships
Division, P.O. Box 40370,
Eugene, OR 97404-0062.
They can also be delivered to:
Oregon Student Assistance
Commission, 1500 Valley
R iver D rive Suite 100,
Eugene, OR 97401.
Applications are also
available to those with
disabilities in an alternate
format by calling (541) 687-
7395 or (800) 452-8807 ext.
7395.
Obituaries
Leslie Kay Hams
Leslie Kay Hams, 37,
formerly of lone, died Friday,
Feb. 13,2004 at Dungarvin’s
Taylor Street House in
Portland.
A funeral was held
Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 2
p.m ., at the lone United
Church of Christ. Concluding
service and burial will follow
at High View Cemetery in
lone.
She was born June
16, 1966, at Pendleton, to
Wayne and Dianna Pettyjohn
Custom
Hams. At 3 months old, she
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suffered seizures that caused
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severe retardation. In 1971,
she was admitted to Fairview
Lots of Colors
Hospital in Salem. She
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resided at Fairview until 1999
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at GD s Restaurant in Heppner
Moving City Hall better choice than
upgrading
building and we would still
Taylor House, a group home
where she lived until her death.
Survivors include her
parents, Wayne and Dianna
Hams of lone; brothers,
Jeffrey of Heppner, Craig of
lone and Shawn of Pendleton;
sister, Deena Hanson of Sitka,
AK; grandmother, Helen
Pettyjohn of lone; and nieces
and nephew s. She was
preceded in death by
grandparents, Paul Pettyjohn
and Stub and Lorraine Hams.
Memorial
contributions may be made to
the Oregon Trail Special
Olympics, do U.S. Bank, P.O.
Box 28, H erm iston, OR
97838.
Sweeney Mortuary of
H eppner is in charge of
arrangements.
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