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School superintendent proposes
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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
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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
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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
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