Kincaid promoted to OSL assistant basketball coach
Bessie Weizell Newspaper Libran
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VOL 123
NO. 49
8 Pages
Wednesday, December 8, 2004
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Light Parade winners announced
Mary Kincaid, a
graduate of Heppner High
School, has been working at
Oregon State University as
the Director of Basketball
Operations for the past two
years, but received a
promotion in September of
this year to Assistant Coach
Kincaid had 14 years
o f coaching experience
before joining the OSU
team She has coached at
Fort Hays State University,
Linfield College, University
o f Idaho and Radford
University.
During her own
college years, Kincaid was
active in basketball, playing
as a guard for the Whitman
College team and serving as
captain of the team She was
named all-league in both her
junior and senior years
At
Whitman,
Kincaid receive a degree in
sociology and then traveled
to Boise State University
where she completed post­
graduate work in health and
physical education She then
received her master’s degree
from Fort Hays State
University
At Fort Hays, she
was a teaching graduate
assistant
teaching
undergraduate classes and
was an assistant volleyball
and basketball coach
While in her third
year at Radford, Kincaid
resigned from her position to
return home and take care of
her ill mother After her
mother’s passing, Radford
offered Kincaid a position
back at the college, but she
decided to decline to help
with the family business.
In 2002, a job
opened at OSU and filled
many of the personal criteria
Kincaid had for a job It was
Mary Kincaid (center) watches the game from the bench and
considers the next coaching move.
a Division 1 school and a
member of the Pac 10, as
well as being close to home
Kincaid’s position
entails many behind the
scene details, besides on the
court duties She is active in
creating the scouting reports
and creates 15-minute “film
edits” from watching hours
of opposing teams' games
She also creates reports of
the opposing teams’ offense
and defense tactics that the
players and coaches use to
build strategies against the
teams Kincaid is now also
active in off-cam pus
recruiting, as a Director of
Operations, NCAA rules
limited her to on-campus
recruiting Kincaid is also Mary Kincaid
active in summer camps
[in Oregon] and wonderful
“It’s great to be back to work for Oregon State,”
said Kincaid
Morrow County Report cards in
The Shamrockettes perform ‘Here Comes Santa Claus’ at the light parade last week
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The Morrow County
schools report cards given by
the Oregon Department of
Education have been
published for the 2003-2004
school year Schools receive
an overall rating, as well as
individual ratings in student
performance, student
behavior, improvement and
school characteristics.
Ratings range from
Unacceptable
to
Exceptional
lone Schools, grades
k-12, received an overall
rating o f satisfactory. In
student performance they
received a satisfactory
rating; in student behavior an
exceptional rating, they
stayed about the same in
their improvement; and
received an exceptional
rating
in
school
characteristics
H e p p n e r
Elementary, grades k-6,
received an overall rating of
satisfactory. In student
performance they received a
strong rating; in student
behavior a satisfactory
rating; they stayed about the
same in their improvement,
and received an exceptional
rating
in
school
characteristics
Heppner
High
School, grades 7-12,
received an overall rating of
Frosty the Snowman looks down over the light parade
satisfactory In student
performance they received a
satisfactory rating, in student
The Reload Ridge Riders took the prize for “Best Community Float" in the behavior
they received an
Heppner Eight Parade held Dec 2
“Best Commercial Float” was a tie between Morrow County Grain Growers and exceptional rating; they
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Gary Jones took the prize for “Best Individual Float” and the Heppner High
School freshman class took “Best School Float.”
There was a $75 cash prize for each category Bank of Eastern Oregon, Columbia
Basin Electric Co-Op and Morrow County Grain Growers donated money for the light
parade winners
stayed about the same in
their improvement; and
received an exceptional
rating
in
school
characteristics
A C . Houghton,
grades k-4, received an
overall rating of strong In
student performance they
received a satisfactory
rating; in student behavior a
satisfactory rating; they saw
an overall improvement; and
received an exceptional
rating in
school
characteristics
Irrigon Elementary,
grades 5-6, did not receive a
rating due to the lack of
required data to determine
ratings because it is a new
school They did receive a
rating for school
characteristics
of
exceptional
Columbia Middle
School, grades 7-10,
received an overall rating of
strong
In
student
performance and student
behavior they received a
satisfactory rating; they saw
an overall improvement, and
received an exceptional
rating
in
school
characteristics
Sam Boardman
Elementary, grades k-4,
received an overall rating of
strong
In
school
performance they received a
rating of strong, in student
behavior they received a
satisfactory rating, they saw
an overall improvement, and
received an exceptional
rating
in
school
characteristics
Windy
River
Elementary, grades 5-6, did
not receive a rating due to
the lack of required data to
determine ratings because it
is a new school They did
receive a rating for school
characteristics
of
exceptional
Riverside High
School, grades 7-12,
received an overall rating of
satisfactory. In student
performance they received a
satisfactory rating; in student
behavior they received a
strong rating; they stayed
about the same in their
improvement; and received
a rating o f exception in
school characteristics
Lagooned to
reappear at
HHS
The Heppner High
School drama department is
holding its encore
presentation of the two-act
“tropical laff spoof’ by Tim
Kelly, “Lagooned ” The play
will lie held Dec 8 at 7 p m
in the Heppner High School
cafeteria Jodi Chapa, o f
Heppner, is directing the
play
Cost for admission is
$1 per person at the door
Proceeds will go towards
repairing the stage floor
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