Backhoe tips during City project
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Bruce Nelson, Heppner Public Works Director, was operating the backhoe when one tire slid into
a hole and tipped the machine.
W hile w orking to
in stall a m anhole near
Heppner Elementary School,
a backhoe being operated by
H eppner Public W orks
D irecto r B ruce N elson,
tipped over Nelson said he
received a few bruises but
was not hurt
The m anhole was
being in stalled to help
alleviate the sewage problem
that caused HES’s flooding
Feb 24. As it was, there was
no way for the city to clean
roots out o f the line near the
school The closest manhole
w as lo cated near the
fa irg ro u n d s Now, if a
problem begins to occur, the
city can use the manhole to
clean the lines
While w orking on
the c o n stru ctio n o f the
m anhole, one o f the
backhoe’s tires was on the
sidewalk and the others were
on “ lev el” g ro u n d As
N elson was using the
backhoe to shake gravel into
place, one o f the backhoe
tires slipped into the hole and
caused it to tip Nelson said
th at in his 20 y ears o f
experience this was the first
time he has had a “close
call.”
lone School Board hears greenhouse,
bowling team proposals
VOL. 124
NO. 10
8 Pages
Wednesday, March 9, 2005
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
lone School District
te a c h e r D uane N eiffer
o u tlin ed plans for the
school’s greenhouse at the
b o a rd ’s reg u lar m eeting
rescheduled for March 7.
Neiffer told the ISD
Board o f plans to build a
holding area to store soils in
the greenhouse and for a
com m unity g ard en . He
reported that a $900 grant
for co n tin u a tio n o f the
greenhouse and a grant for
establishing a community
garden have been received
He said th at he is also
looking at an aquaculture
program to raise fish and
p ro v id in g
ad d itio n a l
landscaping down the creek.
Neiffer also outlined
a CAPECO funded program
that would provide jobs for
six students this summer-
two for the city o f lone and
four for the schools He said
that the program would
provide “close to $30,000
for labor and materials.”
N eiffer
also
requested that the school
bowling team be added to
the d is tric t’s M orrow
County Unified Recreation
D istrict
b u d g et
for
extracurricular activities He
said th at the am ount
req u ested w as a small
amount, but noted that the
team is comprised o f 10-15
students, “close to a quarter
of our student body ” “It's an
ongoing activity enjoyed by
a q uite a num ber o f
students,” said Neiffer He
also said that many o f the
students who participate on
the bowling team do not
participate in other sports
The lone boys (top) bring home the 3rd place state basketball trophy. The girls
and a num ber o f th o se
(above) took 6th place. Stories and more pictures on page 3 & 4.
p a rtic ip a tin g could be
termed at-risk students The
bowling team requirements
are the same as for other
O 'B rie n , school sports- students must
The H eppner St they are asked to understand M ollahan,
P a tric k ’s
C eleb ratio n that the wind destroyed a Sw eeney, Sw eek and maintain a specific grade-
point average and refrain
Committee voted to retire number o f them and age has Wilson
Follow
ing
the
from smoking, drinking, etc
the family flags this year due taken its toll Some will still
to their condition However, be usable on a front porch celebration, all flags will be
because the new windsocks or wall The following flags retired and may be picked up
were not available, those are not flying this year at the Heppner Chamber of
flags without tears will be B rosnan, C unningham , Commerce An opportunity
Currin, Doherty, Higgins, will be given to purchase a
flown one more year
When Irish families Hughes, Kenny, Kilkenny, new flag for 2006 and
M ahoney, families will be notified
see that their flag is missing, L aughlin,
lone brings home 3rd and 6th place
trophies from state tournament
Family St. Patrick’s Day flags retired
ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE:
MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
Neiffer said that the girls’
team finished third in the
district He also commended
Terry Lupinacci, owner o f
the Sham rock Lanes in
Heppner, for his work with
the students. The board
directed the superintendent
to add the bowling team to
lone’s proposed rec district
budget
Also at the meeting,
the board, which was able to
obtain a quorum, despite the
absence o f two members due
to illness, ap p roved the
second reading and adopted
the lone School D istrict
Parent Involvement policy,
required by the federal “No
Child Left Behind” act
The board also
approved the first reading of
the d is tric t’s “ Special
A cadem ic R eco g n itio n ”
p olicy w hich o u tlin es
requirements in determining
the school’s valedictorian
and salutatorian
In other business, the
board
-ap p ro v ed a one-
year contract for 2005-06
fo r M ichelle Stone, a
sec o n d -y e ar
licensed
probationary teacher
-approved two year
c o n tra c t ex ten sio n s for
2 0 05-06, 2006-07 for
teachers: Barbara Collin,
D ale H olland, D uane
Neiffer, Jim Raible, Ryan
R udolf, Thom as Shear,
L indsay O rem , K aren
Holland, Linda Neiffer, Dean
Robinson and Steve Schaber
-heard
from
a d m in istra to r
Bryn
Browning about the need for
a new master lock system for
the school, since numerous
people currently have keys
for the present system and
the system has not been
ch an g ed
since
the
c h an g e o v e r from the
M orrow C ounty School
District
-learned that the
district had a beginning fund
balance o f $318,061 and an
ending balance o f $321,909,
which. Browning said, was
“very good,” considering
that monies for the school
drainage project and costs
for becom ing a c h arter
school cam e ou t o f the
general fund balance The
district showed revenues of
$ 1 ,4 5 3 ,3 3 5
and
expenditures of $1,449,487
-heardwS buildings
and
g ro u n d s
rep o rt
co n cern in g rep airs and
replacement items Board
member John Rietmann told
the board that the list is
down to “nitpicky items”
and added that the district is
in “much better shape that
we were a year ago.”
-accep ted
the
resignation o f Dale Holland
as head football coach
-heard the deadline
for filing for candidacy is
M arch 17. lone School
Board positions three, four
and five, all fo u r-y ear
positions, are up for election
O m itted from the
story on last month’s lone
School Board meeting was
the following: the board
approved s ta ff c o n tra ct
recommendations for Ryan
Rudolf, head girls' basketball
coach; Dennis Stefani, head
boys’ basketball coach; and
Jim Swanson, assistant boys’
b ask etb all co ach ; and
accepted the resignation of
teacher Bias Elguezabal
Account
established BEO
for home fire
victim
An account has been
set up at Bank o f Eastern
Oregon for Joey Van Doom
o f H eppner who lost his
home last Tuesday in a fire
The
fire
co m p le tely
consum ed Van D o o m ’s
home and possessions