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VOL. 123
NO. 38 10 Pages
Wednesday, September 22,2004
lone School District to apply for
charter school status
The lone School
B oard, at th e ir reg u lar
m eeting M onday night,
approved an application to
become a charter school. “I
think i t ’s an e x citin g
opportunity for us,” said
Lisa Rietmann of lone, one
o f the d ra fte rs o f the
application. “I think it would
be good for the school and
the community.”
A ccording
to
Rietmann, if the application
is approved by the state, the
lone School District would
be able to accept students
outside the ISD and still
receive state reimbursement
for those students. Rietmann
said that lone already has
accepted students outside
the district, who have not
been released by the
M orrow C ounty School
District, but is not receiving
state funding for those
students. ,
Rietmann said that a
ch arter school would be
ideal for lone because it
provides the opportunity for
the school and community to
work together for the benefit
o f the stu d en ts and
community.
A c h arter school
d esig n atio n w ould also
allow certain subjects to be
taught by “non-certified,
citizen
in s tru c to rs,”
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon how ever, those classes
would be limited by what is
allowed under the Title 1 of
the No Child Left Behind
A ct. All teach ers and
teaching assistants in core
academic areas will meet the
licensing and certification
requirements mandated by
lone Education
dedication,
auction & dinner
M ural painter returns to town
Painter Robert Walton, of Leavenworth, WA has returned to Heppner to continue
working on the Ag Museum Mural. The initial sketch has been laid out and Walton
is now beginning to add color. Weather and time will determine when the project
will be completed said Walton.
Arts and Crafts to be included in Oktoberfest
O k to b e rfe st
in
H eppner on O ct. 9 w ill
include a “harvest" of art
and crafts. The M orrow
County Creative Arts group
and the Farm Foundation’s
Mural Committee will offer
several works for public sale
and as raffle prizes.
The raffle prizes
provided by the M ural
Committee will be a print of
the Heppner Main Street
m ural and tw o orig in al
paintings by local artists.
Proceeds from the three
drawings will help with the
financing of the next phase
of the mural to be completed
on
the
A g ricu ltu ral
Museum. Raffle tickets will
be on sale in the dining room
of the St. Patrick’s Senior
Center on Oct. 9.
Three tables at the
C en ter w ill featu re the
talents of five or six local
artists. Sandra Haynes and
her father, Jake Haynes will
offer some of their recent
works. Molly Day will show
her intricate paintings on
feathers, nicely matted and
framed. Mary Ella Johnson
plans to display a sampling
of her rugs. Shirley McNary
will feature some painted
C hina, as w ell as her
paintings and beadw ork.
Bobbi Angell plans to offer
The lone Education
Foundation invites alumni
and frien d s o f the lone
School to spend the
afternoon and evening of
Saturday, Sept. 25 in lone.
The lone H igh School
football team will be in
action starting at I p.m. At
4:30 p.m., you will have an
opportunity to tour the new
green house, which was
partially funded by the IEF.
There will be a dedication
ceremony at the school’s
new Plaza at 5 p.m. Come
and find your inscribed brick
and celebrate the completion
of the Plaza.
The IEF w ill be
holding its annual meeting
at the lone American Legion
Hall at 5:30 p.m. The
meeting will be followed by
a 6 p.m. social hour and
d in n er at 7 p.m. The
foundation will be raffling a
shotgun and auctioning lone
School memorabilia and a
wide variety of other items
following the dinner.
The d in n er menu
consists of prime rib, crab,
shrimp, baked potato, bread,
salad and dessert. The meal
includes two beverages:
choose from beer, wine or
soft drinks. Dinner ticket
prices are $25 for adults and
$10 for children ages seven
to 12. Children six and under
are free. Ticket sales will be
lim ited to 2 5 0 adults.
Tickets may be purchased in
advance at the Bank of
the state of Oregon and the
fed eral go v ern m en t for
pu b lic school teach ers.
A ccording
to
the
a p p lic atio n ,
em ployee
assignment to the charter
school shall be voluntary
and staff members not under
contract at the time of the
ch arter signing and who
choose not to participate in
the charter school shall be
released from their contract
if they request the release at
least 30 days prior to the
charter going into effect.
The ap p licatio n
states that students must
show “ad eq u ate yearly
progress” in reading, writing
and mathematics, which will
be measured annually by the
Oregon Benchmark tests.
F urther, all “ ap p licab le
federal and state laws and
O regon A d m in istrativ e
R ules w ill apply to the
charter school.”
A ccording to the
application, the lone School
District Board will be the
governing authority for the
charter school.
The
target
population for the charter
school consists of: district
resident students; students
residing within the historical
attendance area of the lone
S chool; retu rn in g n o n
resid en t stu d en ts; n o n
resid en t stu d en ts w ith
family ties to the district
(historic family attendance,
sibling
atten d an ce);
qualified foreign exchange
students; and non-resident
stu d en ts
who
have
historically attended lone
School. Students who do not
fall into any o f these
categories may be admitted
if the school has capacity
rem aining
a fte r
all
applicants in one o f the
target populations have been
admitted.
A ccording to the
admissions policy, “student
en ro llm en t
shall
be
v o lu n tary .” The lone
Community Charter School
w ill adm it all resid en t
students of the lone School
District and non-resident
students under certain
g u id elin es. The policy
states, “Student enrollment
shall be voluntary. Students
who reside outside of the
d istric t may also be
adm itted. If m ore n o n
resident students apply for
any grade than can be
accommodated, admission
will be based on an equitable
lottery conducted by the
lone Charter School District.
E n ro llm en t o f special
education students shall be
the same as for students in
general, except as modified
by the special placement
p ro c e d u re s ...”
w hich
specify that the district will
not
in ten tio n ally
d iscrim in ate
against
enrolling special education
students or violate laws
ap p licab le to special
education students. The lone
Community Charter School
will admit students without
regard to their status as
special education students
continued page two
Hardman Community
Center to hold annual dinner
The Hardman Community Center
H a r d m a n
C om m unity
C en ter
members are anticipating
serving their annual Oyster,
Salmon and Ham Dinner to
m ore than 400 hungry
hunters and v isito rs on
Saturday, Oct. 2.
Hardman is a ghost
town with many of its old
buildings still intact. The
town originated in 1870 and
had its first school in 1879,
in an area then called
D airyville. Locals in the
community also gave the
town the handle of “Red
Dog.” Another town sprang
up a mile away and it was
called “Yaller Dog.” The
tw o com m unities were
un ited
when
D avid
Hardman applied to have a
post office in 1882. The
application was approved,
but it cam e back as
Hardman, Oregon. Some
residents also referred to the
new town as “Dog Town."
a v ariety o f her painted
ceramics. Wood sculptures
o f another artist may be
included in the fall sale.
The C reative Arts
group will also provide two
tables of miscellaneous arts
and crafts items and baked
goods. Proceeds from the continued page two
sale of these items will help
to fund the g ro u p ’s art-
related projects.
The
public
is
en co u rag ed to visit the
dining room of the Senior
Center on Oct. 9. to visit the
artists, to browse, to enter
the raffles and to make a
p u rch ase at this local
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“harvest of artwork."
The town prospered
with over 3(X) residents and
was the main stop over for
the freight line and was the
“ S tag e” route from The
Dalles to Canyon City.
The town boasted
three hotels, a post office,
livery stable^ grocery store
and an asso rtm en t of
saloons.
The d in n er also
includes crisp coleslaw ,
baked potato, cake, coffee
and punch. Meal prices are
$14 for adults and $5 for
children under 12 years,
with no charge for the meal
of preschool children. The
meal will be served from
4:30-7:30 p.m. Tickets may
be purchased at the door.
Proceeds from the dinner
will be used to preserve the
h isto ric
H ardm an
Community Center.
Hardman is located
20 miles south of Heppner
on Highway 207.
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