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Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Library
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
Time is up for Time Out for Reading
Fifth and sixth grade students of Heppner Elementary gather for a reading parts at the school.
VOL 124
NO. 6
10 Pages
Wednesday, February 9, 2005
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Fair Board ready to begin dorm project
Pam Wunderlich (left), vice-president of the Morrow County
Livestock Growers, presented Kelwayne Haguewood, chairman
of the Fair Board w ith a check for S2500 for the dorm project.
BEO branch manager Sharon Harrison (left) presents Morrow
County Fair Board member Lori Seitz with a check for $5000
for the dorm pro ject.
TV raffle winner announced
The Morrow County
Fair Board’s dormitory/
community building project
is now set to begin in
Heppner, after the final
donations from Bank of
Eastern Oregon of $5000
and Morrow County
Livestock Growers of
$2500. The Fair Board has
reached and exceeded its
goal of raising $36,700 and
is ready to contact the Ford
Family Foundation for the
matching grant, said Fair
Board Chairman Kelwayne
Haguewood
Other
recent
donations that helped to
bring the Board to its total
came from the 4-H Leaders’
Council ($1000) and
Wilkinson Ranches, LLC
($500).
The new building
will be located on the
Morrow
County
Fairgrounds and serve as a
dormitory for the 4-H and as
a community building, for
use as a locker room and
“ Snack Shack” during
football games and to house
public restrooms and pay
showers.
The building which
will be 74 feet 2 inches by
25 feet is set to be completed
by the middle of August for
the Morrow County Fair
Bid openings for the drawing
of the plans and construction
will begin soon, added
Haguewood
Girl Scout
Cookie Sale
begins
Doris Brosnan (left) with the FARM Foundation congratulates
raffle winner Gladss Alderman of Heppner. The FARM
Foundation raffled a 32-inch color TV donated by Cliff Green of
Heppner Hardware to raise funds for completion of the Ag
Museum Mural Project.
It’s Girl Scout
cookie time again Soon,
Girl Scouts in your
community will be offering
America’s favorite cookies
for sale as part of their major
fund raising event
Girls will begin
taking orders beginning Feb
1 from friends, family and
door-to-door Cookies may
also be purchased on
weekends between March
26 and April 17 from Girl
Scout booths
ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE:
MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
As the calendar is
turned to February, the
popular reading incentive
program for grades 5-6 at
Heppner Elementary School
ends for another year “Time
Out for Reading” began
about 14 years ago and is a
definite highlight of the
school year for the young
readers involved
The key to the
program is that students
count the amount of minutes
they read, rather than the
pages or books. Every
student has an equal chance
of success, no matter what
the individual’s reading level
Every minute has to be
accounted for by an adult, so
signatures of bus drivers,
babysitters, parents and
teachers are found on each
reading log kept by the
students Everyone carried a
book from class to class in
case they could find an extra
minute of reading time
In addition to adding
us as many reading minutes
as possible, students also
work as teams. Each
Monday when the minutes
are added, the team with the
highest average wins a prize
Weekly prizes included
pillowcases, cookies, rocks
and school supplies The top
team, the Mustangs,
received a pizza and pop
lunch on Feb. 2
Another activity held
in connection with “Time
Out for Reading” is the
evening reading party. This
year 90 percent of the
students attended the party
on Jan 27 The party ended
at 9 p m. for the fifth graders
and the sixth graders were
invited to spend the night at
school. Throughout the
evening, students read, won
prizes, ate sack dinners,
watched “Where the Red
Fern Grows” and read some
more Several Heppner High
students attended the
festivities and a few even
stayed the night After
continental breakfast in the
morning, everyone headed
home
The minutes were
totaled and it was time to
award the prizes During the
On May 17, 2005 an
election will be held for the
purpose of electing board
members to fill the positions
and terms for the following
Morrow County districts
All candidates for
these positions are required
to file a Filing of Candidacy
for Special District
Nomination form, with the
Morrow County Clerk by
March 17, 2005 Petitions
may be picked up at the
Morrow County Clerk’s
Office or by going to the
Secretary of State's website
at www sos state or us and
following the following
links- Election Division,
Manuals and Forms, and
then District Election
Manual Use forms SEL 190
and SEL 191 Include SEL
220 if you are filing a
Statement of Organization
A $10 filing fee or 25
signatures of eligible
Morrow County voters are
required
The clerk can be
reached at Morrow County
Clerk, PO Box 338, 100 S
Court Street, Heppner, OR
97836 or by phone at (541)
676-5601
The positions open
are as follows:
Heppner Rural
Fire Protection District:
Director at large- four year
term. Director at large- four
year term, Director at large-
four year term, and Director
at large- two year term;
Heppner Cemetery
M aintenance District:
Director at large- four year
term; Director at large- four
year term; and Director at
large- two year term;
H e p p n e r
Community Education
Committee: Position 1-
four year term; Position 2-
four year term; Position 3-
two year term; Position 4-
four year term; Position 5-
two year term, and Position
6- two year term;
Heppner Water
Control District: Director
at large- four year term and
Director at large- four year
term,
lone Rural Fire
Protection District:
Director at large- four year
term; Director at large- four
month of January, young
readers in grades 5-6 read
123,098 minutes That’s
over 2051 hours The top ten
readers were: Daisy
Victorio, 6310; Taighler
Dougherty, 5348, Lindsay
Cutsforth, 4601; Joe
Armato, 4443; lan Murray,
4244; Amber Gray, 4206;
Justin Pranger, 4085; Karlie
Crumbliss, 3650, Curtis
Martin, 3588; and Sarah
Kendrick, 3520 Prize
winners chose between large
stuffed animals, a CD player,
backpacks, OSU and U ofO
chairs, reading lamps,
pillows, bean bag chair and
a multitude of others
including lots and lots of
books
“Every year a parent
will walk up to me on the
street and say, ‘I can’t
believe how much the kids
are reading The TV is rarely
turned on and we’re talking
about books,”’ said Jannie
Allen, coordinator of the
event
Filing deadline approaching for district elections
year term, and Director at
large- four year term;
lone Lexington
Cemetery
District:
Director at large- four year
term;
lone
School
District: Position 3- four
year term; Position 4- four
year term, and Position 5-
four year term;
Boardman Rural
Fire Protection District:
Director at large- four year
term; Director at large- four
year term; and Director at
large- four year term;
Boardman
Cemetery
District:
Director at large- four year
and Director at large- four
year;
Boardman Park &
Recreation District:
Director at large- four year
continued page 2
Super Bowl fans miss part of game
Fans of the Super Bowl in Heppner may have
missed part of the game Sunday if they were watching
through Heppner TV’s cable service Heppner TV
receives its programming from Fox 12, which translates
out of The Dalles, and due to a loss of satellite feed on
Fox 12’s end, Heppner TV lost its reception part way
through the game along with any other providers
receiving programming through the Fox 12 translator,
said Tom Rawlins, Heppner TV’s technician
Rawlins also said that the problem had nothing
to due to Heppner TV’s equipment. Fox 12 was also
off again yesterday morning Fox 12 is working on the
problem, added Rawlins
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