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FOUR- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March Morrow County School District to reorganize administration Changes are coming to the Morrow County School District administration In a move to better implement curriculum and create “ more effective operations,” the assistant superintendent position is being reinstated and the maintenance department is being restructured, said MCSD Superintendent Mark Burrows “To help provide leadership and coordination in the areas o f district curricula, instruction programs and support programs including state and federal grant programs,” the assistant superintendent position is being reinstated The assistant will also work closely with the superintendent to help divide the other administrative duties that are beyond the cirricula, including budgeting, m anagem ent o f maintenance and construction projects and implementation o f the numerous district programs Many programs, such as special education, Title programs. Talented and Gifted and bilingual education have been overseen by the programs director With the inclusion of an assistant superintendent, the programs director will move to a half-time position, in which the director will focus only on special education Another change is the need to have an administrator in each school in the north end The administrators already in position are being reorganized so that they can better cover the schools to have one administrator in each building This change is also being brought to help the middle band o f students (fifth through eighth grade) better reach state test averages “Test scores in kindergarten through third grade are fantastic,” said Burrows. “The north end schools are beating many state averages .” High school scores are also doing well, but fifth and eighth grade tests are not where the administration would like to see them It is hoped that having leadership presence in each school will help better implement curriculum that will better the test scores One o f the final changes in the administration will be seen in the maintenance department. Responsibilities that have general been handled by the maintenance supervisor, maintenance worker and summer grounds keepers, will now taken over by three facilities coordinators who will hold full-time positions. The three coordinators will be over three separate areas- Boardman, Irrigon and LexingtonTJeppner. “The facilities coordinator will perform a variety o f duties including custodial and maintenance duties, as well as grounds keeping under the direction o f the building principals and the assistant superintendent and in cooperation with the head custodian at assigned schools,” states the job description These changes in administration will be seen as soon as April, when the facilities coordinators will begin. The position o f assistant superintendent will begin with the new fiscal year which begins July 2005. While many may worry that all things changes will increase administration costs, Burrows was glad to inform that the reorganization is actually reducing Vi an FTE position, bringing the district total down from 1 \-Vi to 11 FTE position. Willows Grange donates dictionaries to lone students Wedding ‘BeCCs in your future? We offer distinctive designs & lovely ensembles. 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R EA LTO R 9 541-676-9228 Past Real Estate columns and property listings are available at w*,w.heppner.net/heritage l 2, 2005 Royals end Mustangs season in second half By Rick Paullus A 37-7 advantage in the second h a lf by the Portland Christian Royals ended the season for the Heppner Mustang girls in the second round o f the US B ank/Les Schw ab Tires/ O SA A 2A b ask etb all playoffs on Saturday, Feb 26. The M ustangs, who ended up 19 and 7 on the year, hit five o f eight 3- pointers and had a 25-23 lead at the half, but a 21 -0 run in the th ird q u a rte r carried the Royals to a 60- 32 win The game marked the end o f their high school basketball careers for seniors Shanna Rietm ann, Susan Southworth, Terra Wilson, Linsey Mitchell and Blair Keithley. Madison Bailey had her season end earlier with a severe knee injury Returning for coach Mark D ow dy will be ju n io rs, Heather Yocom and Lynan B ingham , so p h o m o res, Sarah Price, Lyndi Patton, Regi Seitz and M ahaley Huddleston and freshman, Megan Orr. The Mustangs took a 16-14 lead after one, getting two 3-pointers from Patton, one from Seitz and th re e p o in ts from Southw orth as they came back from an 8-0 deficit to start the game Patton and Orr each hit 3-pointers in the second q u arter as the M ustangs clung to a two-point lead at 25-23 at the half. The Royals came out o f the half with a vengeance as they took advantage o f their height going on a 21 -0 run to take a 44-25 lead after three quarters o f play. Rietmann hit a 3- pointer in the fourth, but it w asn’t nearly enough as the Royals continued to pull away for the win The to p -ran k ed R oyals will re tu rn to Pendleton to defend the state championship they won last year as they beat Sherman County in the title game Patton led the way for the Mustangs with nine points and pulled down six rebounds, with Orr adding seven points, four rebounds and four steals. Seitz had six p o in ts and tw o steals, Rietmann had five rebounds and four a ssists and S o u th w o rth had five rebounds and two steals. Heppner 16 9 0 7-32 Portland Christian 14 9 21 16-60 H eppner- Lyndi Patton 3 0-0 9, Megan Orr 2 2-2 7, Regi Seitz 2 1-2 6, Susan Southworth 2 1-1 5, Shanna Rietmann 1 0-0 3, Sarah Price 1 0-1 2, Linsey Mitchell, Terra Wilson, Blair Keithley, Heather Yocom, M ahaley Huddleston and Lynan Bingham Team: 11 4- 6 32. 3-pts: Patton 3, Rietmann, Seitz and Orr Portland Christian- Kelsey Hill 8 3-4 19, Kim Hill 5 0-0 12, Bauman 4 0-0 8, Myron 3 2-6 8, Johnson 2 1 -2 5, Tipett 1 3-4 5, Clisby 1 0-0 2, M cCain 1 1-2 1 and Hutchinson Team: 24 10-18 60. 3-pts: Kim Hill 2. ' -----« L ' : MUCH L in d se y M itc h e ll g e ts a r e b o u n d a g a in s t a 6 ’3" P o rtla n d C h r is tia n R o y a l. Photo bv Whitnev Matthews Shanna Rietmann fights for the rebound against Portland. Photo by Whitney Matthews. Mustangs blow past Oakridge Morrow County By Rick Paullus The H eppner Mustang girls raced to a 31 - 14 lead at the h a lf and coasted to a 56-46 win over the Oakridge Warriors on W ednesday, Feb 23 in Oakridge in the first round of the US Bank/Les Schwab T ires/O S A A S tate 2A basketball playoffs The Mustangs improved to 19 and 6 on the year with the win and w ere to play at P o rtlan d C h ristian on Saturday, Feb 26 in the second round The Mustangs took a 16-7 lead after one, getting six points from Megan Orr, four points from Shanna Rietmann, three points from Linsey Mitchell and a 3- pointer from Terra Wilson Lyndi Patton hit a 3- p o in te r and scored five points in the second as the Mustangs pushed their lead to 31-14 at the half O rr scored five points in the third, including a 3-pointer, but the Warriors cut the lead to 42-29 going into the fo urth q u a rte r Rietmann and Patton each hit 3-pointers and Mitchell hit four o f four free throws as the Mustangs increased their lead to 20 points with three minutes left and they coasted to the win Orr led a balanced scoring atta ck w ith 13 F eatu rin g PR IM E RIB Every F rid a y CHECK OUT OUR SPECIALS ON SATURDAY! O p e n 6 cT.rn.-9 p .m . T h u r s d a y - S a tu r d a y 6 a .m .-2 p .m . S u n d a y JOHN’S PLACE MAIN STREET, HEPPNER points, three steals and three a ssists, w ith R ietm ann adding nine points, seven assists and tw o steals. Mitchell hit seven o f seven free throws finishing with nine points, Patton had eight points, two steals and two assists, W ilson had four rebounds and four assists and Sarah Price had eight rebounds. Heppner 16 15 11 14-56 Oakridge 7 7 15 17- 46 H ep p n er- M egan O rr 4 4-4 13, Shanna Rietmann 4 0-2 9, Linsey M itchell 1 7-7 9, Lyndi P atto n 2 2-3 8, Susan Southworth 1 2-2 4, Sarah Price 2 0-0 4, Regi Seitz 2 0-0 4, Terra Wilson 1 0-0 3, Blair Keithley 1 0-0 2, Lynan Bingham 0 0-2 0, Heather Yocom and M ahaley Huddleston Team: 18 15-20 56. 3-pts: P atto n 2, Rietmann, Wilson and Orr O a k r i d g e - M cC astand 6 0-0 16, Obermeyer 5 0-1 10, Gamez 4 0-0 8, Freeman 2 2-3 6, Cossette 1 1-2 3, Shoeder 1 0-0 2 and Saraz 0 1-2 1 Team: 19 4-8 46. 3-pts: McCastand 4 HLL try-outs rescheduled T h ere will be no major girl try-outs and the minor girls’ try-outs have been changed to March 9 at 4 p m at Bob Kilkenny field For m ore information, contact Renee Yocom at 676-9474 mornings or 676-9821 Gun Club news On Feb. 27, a warm and breezy afternoon, 12 sh o o ters g ath ered at Morrow County Gun Club In singles shooting (16 yards), Jeff Cutsforth took first place with 24 out o f 25 hits D ennis Peck followed with 22 hits, with M ark S ch lich tin g and Garrett Wilhelm tying at 20 hits each Deona Hodges took high lady with 17 out o f 25 sh o ts and T aylor Hodges, in the sub-junior category, hit 16 out o f 25. In handicap shooting (20 yards), Wilhelm was first with 19 out of 25 shots Dick Goodhead, Schlichting and Cutsforth tied at 18 out of 25 shots Roger Mortimer and Peck tied at 17 out of 25 shots Deona Hodges took high lady at 19 and Taylor Hodges, sub-junior, took 17. A nnies w ere then shot with Mortimer winning two and Schlichting and G o odhead w inning one each The buckles that Markel Mfg., and Peg Leg Farms donated have arrived In w eek four o f w inter league shooting, team Peck and Schlichting are still on top with 394 points out of 4000 Team Crum and Crum follow at 384 and team Munkers and Haguewood follow at 382. Teams Mortimer and Cutsforth and Ashbeck and Childers are tied at 380 The next shoot will be held on March 6 at 12 pm. ACCEPTING CONSIGNMENTS Farm Equipm ent Auction Lee Padberg « Lexington, OR Thursday, April 14, 2005 Contact: © (Booker Auction Coi 1 If* * w m M 10971 #A Coyan Road • Phone (509) 488-3331 • Fax (509) 488-6584 Connell, Washington 99326 »
