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! School superintendent proposes district reorganization M 11 1 11 1 1 1 1 11 11 1 1 1111 1 1 • I ( 11 ' I M orrow C ounty School Superintendent Mark Burrows, at the district’s regular meeting rescheduled for Feb 15, proposed a far- reaching reorganization o f the district by reinstating the d is tric t’s assistan t superintendent position and eliminating the maintenance director’s position, currently held by Howard Sheets B urrow s told the board that his extensive workload does not permit him to accomplish all he would like to do and said th a t hiring an assistan t superintendent would help him accomplish the goals the board has set, but would not result in an increase o f the administrative budget Instead of retaining a m aintenance d ire c to r. Burrows proposed that the district hire three facilities c o o rd in a to rs, one for Boardman, one for Irrigon and one for H eppner- Lexington, which he believes would be more effective The board approved the first readings o f job descriptions fo r an assistan t su p erin ten d en t and a facilities coordinator B urrow s also announced that two assistant principals will retire on June 30, Mike Stuart at Riverside Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon High School and Bill DeBoard at Irrigon Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Library University o f Oregon Eugene, OR 9 ,'401 VOL. 124 NO. 8 10 Pages Wednesday, February 23, 2005 Heppner Mustang girls head to state competition In other business, the board -heard a brief report from board member Barney Lindsay, who traveled to Salem Feb 14 (the reason for rescheduling the regular meeting) to speak with state legislators concerning school funding and developing a rap p o rt betw een the le g islato rs and eastern O regon concerns Board Chair John Renfro said that the board w ants to be apprised of what’s going on in Salem and would like to make the legislators aware of the co n cern s o f the “hinterlands.” -discussed the future o f ed u catio n service districts, which could be reduced by the state from 20 currently to as few as eight C urrently the M orrow - Umatilla ESD serves the M orrow C ounty School District. The board agreed to proceed for now as if no changes had been discussed -heard a report from R honda L orenz, MCSD deputy clerk, concerning refinancing the d istric t’s bonds, which could save the district as much as $750,000 over a 23-year period Lorenz told the board that it may be possible to refinance the bonds from the current five percent interest rate to around 3 7 percent, which would result in large savings for the district She said she w ould know m ore later about the possibility o f the change -learned from B urrow s that the district roofing projects are moving along w ith the A C . H oughton E lem entary School project around 95 p ercent com pleted, the R iverside High School project half completed, the Heppner Elementary project around one third completed and the H eppner High School project scheduled to begin around Feb. 21 -learned about a sta te bill which w ould change high school graduation requirem ents The board also discussed changing diplomas district wide with the possibility of having a basic, a standard and an honors diplom a, depending on cred its achieved Board member Ken M atlack questioned whether having an advanced diplom a w ould help a student get into college B urrow s responded that some colleges require more m ath, which w ould be required under an advanced diploma. -learned that alternative education student nOmbers are up, since the continued page fo u r A view from the hill The Heppner Mustang girls’ basketball team, who finished third in the District 7 2A basketball tournament, will play at Oakridge on Wednesday, Feb 23 in the first | round o f the US Bank/Les Schwab Tire/OSAA Class 2A state basketball tournament If the girls win on Wednesday, they will need another win on Saturday, Feb. 26 to advance to the final eight in Pendleton on March 2-5. Cardinal boys and girls head to state Both the lone Cardinals’ boys’ team and the girls’ team will be playing in the 1A state playoffs Both teams will host games at lone this coming weekend The boys will play on Friday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. against Country Christian from Molalla The winner o f the lone K-4,h grade students from game will advance to Baker City, while the loser will be Bv Doris Brosnan out. The girls will play on Saturday, Feb 26 at 5 p.m. Residents o f Willow against Powder Valley from North Powder The winner C reek T errace view the will advance to Baker City, with the loser out v o lu n te e rs and frequent visitors to their home as Baseball clinic to be held members o f their extended family Tuesdays’ pinochle The Spring Break HHS Baseball Clinic will be held games w ould not be the March 23-24, from 4-6 p.m , at the Heppner High School same without Joe Burleson baseball field The clinic is open to children ages 9-13 and and Arnie Appleton and can will be conducted by HHS baseball coaches and players anyone call Bingo on Participants will receive instruction in hitting, Mondays like Duane Jones bunting and fielding There will also be pitcher and catcher o f the Nazarene Church? instruction Each Thursday reading o f There is a $15 entry fee per person, which also the local paper, the Heppner includes a Heppner Mustang baseball shirt Entry fee help Gazette Times, is eagerly is available Participants need to sign-up by March 10 at anticipated, whether read by Heppner TV or by calling Rick Johnston at 676-5562. Suzanne Jepsen, Melissa M onaco or Sherron Woodside Also Mary Ann Elguezabal, o f St Patrick's parish, can be counted on to bring a friend on Fridays for An lone man, identified as Joe Key, 67, died as a some type o f parlor game result o f a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Friday, Feb 18 The Sentim entalists, Peg Morrow County Sheriff’s Office received a report W illis and her fiddle ofthe incident at 3:20 p m Upon deputy arrival and medical students, and the Old-Time examiner investigation, Key was pronounced dead at the Fiddlers keep memories alive scene at 3:31 p.m , according Morrow County Sheriff Ken and to e s tapping Eve Ironhawk, Al Riney, Jim and Matlack Monica Swanson and Bob DeSpain also frequently visit and contribute to the daily pleasures at the Terrace Chief Warrant Officer John Martin, son o f Carl and A look at some of the Geri Martin of Heppner, a member o f the US Marine Corps, pleasures experienced in has been sent on his third tour o f duty to Iraq with his unit February Residents made from Yuma, AZ Valentines for one another, For those wishing to send cards to Martin, his staff and volunteers On that address is: CWO John Martin USMC, MWSS 371 HQ UT special day, lone students Unit 43041, FPO AP 96426-3041 lone man dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound Martin returns to Iraq ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. Mrs. Stone’s class perform for the residents from grades kindergarten through fourth and the high school choir, u n d er the direction o f Mrs. Michelle Stone, shared love songs and hand-made Valentines with the residents Some of those stu d en ts are g re a t grandchildren o f residents Melba Quackenbush, Irene Swanson, Nina Harshman and Eva Griffith The staff' made Valentine’s cookies to share with the visitors On Feb 8, the local Book W orm s group held its m onthly m eeting at the Terrace, the same day that several residents attended the All S aints Shrove Tuesday pancake supper Two birthdays will see out the m onth o f February at the Terrace Kathleen Hisler celebrated her 97th birthday on the Feb 21 Melba Quackenbush will celebrate being 95 on the Feb 28 Hisler was born to Frank and Marie Monahan near C ondon, on Rock Creek She was the oldest of a family o f three girls and ~ one boy. At age 5, Hisler moved with her family to Heppner. “ I played in the middle o f the dam,” she likes to jest, for the family moved to a ranch located where the Willow Creek Dam now sits Hisler attended St Joseph A cadem y in Pendleton, from which she g rad u ated in 1927 The boarding school received many students from busy ranch fam ilies w hose children would otherwise have needed to be transported many miles daily to public schools. A year after graduation, she married Paul H isler, a local boy. The couple lived most o f their 72 years to g eth er on L ittle Butter Creek, where they raised two daughters and a son Hisler spent her days as wife and mother meeting the demands typical o f the cattle and farming industry Today, she can be counted on by family, friends and curious visitors to remember the names and events that have created the history o f this area during her lifetime. O ften, when locals are discussing the past and not certain o f details, someone will say, “Go ask Kathleen She will know ” Daughters, Joan and Francine, and son. Paul, told Hisler to expect them for an intimate family celebration on the Feb 21 Melba Quackenbush will celebrate one week later She was one of eight children born to M att and G race Hughes and she also had three older half-siblings, so the home at Madison Butte was a full and busy one The family had moved there from P o rtlan d , w here Quackenbush was born, and she attended the Madison Butte School A fter g rad u atio n , Quackenbush worked in the Heppner telephone office She m arried Roy Quackenbush when she was 20, and the couple had one child, Phyllis The Quackenbushes owned a grocery store in Heppner and Melba enjoyed continued page four 10% OFF ALL WRANGLER PRODUCTS! LAST WEEK TO SAVE! M orrow C o u n ty G rain G ro w er» Lexington 989-8221 * 1-800-452-7396 For farm equipment, »hit our web «it* at WWW m e** net
