Track renovation project moves forward
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Pavers w o rk at la y in g asphalt at the new H e p p n e r H ij;h School tra c k .
Renovations on the
Heppner High School track
continue to progress as
pavers laid asphalt down on
the track last Friday, May 6.
Once the paving is finished,
the track will need a
rubberized c o atin g and
stripping
for
lane
designation The final stage
o f the re n o v atio n s is
estimated to cost $35,000
Through cash and in-
kind donations, the school
has raised between $40-
50,000 for the project and
has received $75,000 from
M o rro w C ounty School
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NO. 19
12 Pages Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon District, said HHS principal
Wade Smith Those that
have been instrumental in the
project include Bailey Heavy
Equipment, Roger Britt and
Jerry Gentry
The Morrow County Oregonian, which, in effect, how ever, pass in the
To help in the
School Board has learned claimed that M orrow Portland area
project, the track teams have
A similar situation
that an urban renewal plan County schools are “stealing
held numerous fund raisers
P o rtla n d ,” said occurred several years ago
for the city of Boardman, if from
The ju n io r high team
approved, will cause a loss Burrows The Oregonian within the Morrow County
o f around $24,000 to the story said that Portland School District, when people
school d istrict M CSD taxpayers are subsidizing in the north end of the county
S u p erin ten d en t
M ark Morrow County and other charged that north end
B u rro w s said that he rural schools M orrow taxpayers were subsidizing
The H eppner city
believed the district would County was listed as one of schools in south Morrow
not be adversely affected the top five receiving extra County. The district then council voted Monday to re
because the state school fund funds from Portland to switched to a system where write the law governing the
its
schools each school’s expenditures number o f parking spaces
would fill in the loss Other o p e ra te
Ironically,
Measure
Five, are tied to that particular required o f dow ntow n
local districts will also lose
which
changed
school
school's income, based on businesses
tax monies A hearing on the
Review o f the
urban renewal plan has been funding from d is tr ic ts ’ student population and state
scheduled for Tuesday, May dependence on local taxes to school support The board, parking space law was
17. (See related story p 2.) statew id e funding to however, ultimately took sparked by Hayden Family
In a separate matter, equalize per capita student into consideration that each Dentistry being required to
have nine parking spaces in
Burrows called attention to spending, did not pass in continued on page 12
downtown Heppner Hayden
a story published in The M orrow County. It did,
w ho is rem odeling and
moving into the former Shoe
Box building, had objected
to what it felt was an
By the lone Jo u rn a lis m C lu b
ex cessive am ount
of
required parking spots
The lone M usic
Hayden's dentist office is
program is considered a
presently located in the back
success even before the first
o f city hall
year is complete Teacher,
Hayden’s application
Michelle Stone, is funded
for a building permit to turn
half-tim e by the lone
the former shoe store into a
E d u catio n F o undation,
dentist office triggered the
which considers their grant
requirem ent for more
one o f the best things they
parking Existing buildings
have done so far for the lone
downtown are not required
Community School The
to follow such stringent
lone
program
serves
p ark in g
requirem ents,
students in grades K-12 and
explained City M anager
includes guitar and chorus
Jerry Breazeale
instruction. “The #1 reason
Since Hayden does
this program is so great is
not at this time have extra
b e ca u se o f M ic h e lle ,” Students p re p are fo r “ W e Sing o f A m e ric a ” spring concert.
land for parking, the business
comments Bryn Browning,
May 25 at 7 p m in the lone asked for and was granted a
lo n e
Schools Creek A ssisted Living, High School gym This is a
public hearing May 2 before
superintendent/principal, Umatilla-Morrow ESD Arts tribute to all veterans and
the
city
planning
“she is full o f energy, talent and Culture Fair, football active military personnel,
commission At the hearing
and c re a tiv ity w hich is and basketball games and who will be given tokens of
Hayden asked for a variance
contagious to the children ” pep assemblies Individual ap p reciatio n from the
waiver to reduce the parking
Daily you can find local students performed at the stu d en ts Local heroes
requirement from nine to
musicians volunteering their lone Idol talent show in including fire, hospital,
three spaces
time with individual students March, which raised money am bulance, police and
At its meeting last
or tweaking the donated for new stage curtains Most search and rescue personnel
M on d ay the planning
sound
system
Each recently the high school will be recognized as well
instructional class consists of guitar and chorus performed Students have prepared a
musicians, soloists, or group at Inside lone for parents and slide show presentation,
pieces
community members
poems and personal tributes
To date the students
You can catch the to their heroes Please wear
have given performances at next act for the music your uniform or red, white
school board meetings, the program at their “We Sing of and blue to celebrate our
Christmas concert. Willow America” spring concert, on
country
MCSD could be affected by proposed
Boardman urban renewal plan
recently held a car wash and
pop can drive and raised
nearly $2000, said head
coach Susan Hisler The
team is still collecting pop
cans for those interested in
donating them
Retaining wall bricks
are also being sold at $35 a
piece Donators' names will
be engraved on the bricks
Another fund raising
project is the “ Adopt a
Lane” program
Any
individual or group may
purchase one of the lanes of
the track for $5000 The
school still has three lanes
left to sell There are several
po ssib ilities for lane
recognition, with ideas such
as having the sponsors name
on the track rather than the
regular numbers, along with
a large sign designating the
lane and its sponsor(s) or just
having a sign
The school is also
collecting Red A pple
receipts to help raise money
A donation can for the
receipts has been placed at
HHS
In addition to the
num erous fund raisers,
Smith has submitted grants
for the HHS project Grant
a p p licatio n s have been
submitted to organizations
such as the Bowerman Grant
(sp o n so red by the Nike
Corporation), Ford Family
Foundation,
Meyer
M emorial
Trust
and
Wildhorse Foundation. As of
yet, no word has been
received on the acceptance
or rejection of these grants
For
more
information on the projects
or fund raisers, you may
contact track coaches Dale
Conklin or Susan Hisler at
HHS by calling 676-9138
Heppner City Council votes to re-write
parking space law
lone music program considered a success
commission had extensive
discussion on the variance
request and in the end voted
to grant a variance that
would reduce the needed
parking spaces to eight With
three spaces available on the
street the Haydens were told
that under the existing
ordinance they would have
to come up with an
additional five spaces.
At its meeting
Monday the council held a
long discussion about the
parking ordinance
“ We need to back
up,” said councilmember
G eorge Koffler “ These
people are spending one
hundred and fifty to two
hundred thousand dollars (to
remodel the Shoe Box
building) and I don't think
you find anyone who thinks
they need eight to nine
parking spaces to do their
business,” he said “We need
to help people develop
business in town ”
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Court hires new executive secretary
Karen Wolff was
chosen as
the new
executive
secretary
to
the
county
court and
the county
personnel
d ire c to r
A
s
executive
secretary
she will be
K a re n W o lff
a ssistin g
the
three
county
commissioners, specifically
Judge Terry Tallman As
personnel director she will be
in charge of recruitment and
hiring for county jobs and as
well assisting department
heads in personnel matters
W olff had been
w orking
as
the
administrative assistant to
the public works director for
Morrow County However,
when the opportunity for the
job change presented itself
she decided to venture out
“ I am delighted that they
picked m e,” said W olff
“There were many qualified
applicants ”
Wolff said that there
are still many things she
needs to learn in her new job,
but that she has an
understanding of the county
philosophy, which should
help her With her prior
county experience, she says
she know s that keeping
what’s right for the county
in mind is the key
Wolff also said that
her children. Kelsey and
Ashley, students at Heppner
J u n io r/S e n io r High, are
excited to have mom in
Heppner Wolff’s husband,
Tom, works for Columbia
Basin Electric Co-Op
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