Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 7.2005 - FIVE
School district receives funding request for RHS track
The Morrow County
School Board received a
proposal from a Boardman
contingency for funds for
paving the Riverside High
School track in Boardman.
Boardman resident Dean
Kegler told the board that
the Boardman community
built the track with no
district
funds
and
commented, “We asked for
a lot and we got nothing.”
He also reminded the board
that the largest growth is in
the north end and noted that
the district granted funds for
the Heppner High School
track. “Right now we have
a great need and we’ve
gotten nothing. It seems like
a really small amount,
considering what we did.”
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Superintendent
Mark
Burrows told Kegler that he
would put the item in the
budget, but the funds would
not be available until next
year, because the budgeting
process is already completed
for this year. However, the
board agreed that Burrows
would work with Kegler to
expedite the funding for the
request, if possible.
In other business, the
board
learned
that
graduation requirements
have been changed by the
state beginning with the class
of 2009. The changes will
require 24 credits for a
student to graduate,
including four English
credits and three math
credits. MCSD has already
raised the total credits
required to graduate, but will
need to change the
mathematics requirements.
The MCSD alternative
education program, which
currently requires 22 credits
for graduation, will be
required to add two more
credits.
In other business, the
board:
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By DAVID SYKES
REA LTO R
STRUCTURAL INSPECTION
A correctly written struc-
tural inspection converts an
iron-clad form agreement into
an option that gives purchas
ers time to examine the prop
erty and decide whether or not
to buy it. It also ties up the
property so that it cannot be
sold to anyone else until the
purchaser has made a deci
sion.
Will a seller accept a struc
tural inspection? Some sellers
will refuse any offer that modi
fies a standardized form
agreement, a position that
typically softens if a property
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property listings are available
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remains unsold for a lengthy
period. Other sellers will en
courage structural inspections
to prevent future litigation.
There reasoning is: that by hir
ing an independent inspector,
a buyer cannot later claim to
have relied only on the seller
or the broker for structural
advice.
Structural inspections are
keenly important to most buy
ers because they are not quali
fied to judge a home’s physi
cal aspects and working sys
tems.
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Market Sheep
Lade Wagoner - Seller
Les Schwab Tire Center, Heppner - Buyer
-approved
an
agreement with the Morrow
County Unified Recreation
District in which MCURD
will provide up to $349,000
for the 2005-06 school year
for athletic programs and
other
extracurricular
activities.
-approved moving
forward on a four-classroom
expansion at Windy River
Elementary School in
Boardman.
-learned that the
American Disabilities Act
will eventually require
wheelchair accessibility for
the shops at Heppner High
School and Riverside High
School.
MCSD will
formulate a plan.
-learned that an
appointment has been set up
with Blue Mountain
Community
College
concerning
offering
expanding course work
through BMCC.
-learned that the new
shop/PE building in Irrigon
is behind schedule because
certain panels have not
arrived and the panels must
be installed before concrete
is poured.
-approved textbook
adoption, but received a
comment of concern that
textbook approval by the
board comes after the
textbooks are already
purchased. Burrows said
that the district should look
at policy changes concerning
textbook adoption.
-reviewed
the
“accountability model”
which is to be established at
Riverside Junior High
School and may later be
implemented at other
schools. The program
requires students to attend
summer school if they fail
one to three classes. If they
do not attend summer school
or do not pass the summer
school classes, they will be
placed in remediation
classes. If they still do not
pass the classes or fail four
classes, they will be retained
at their grade level. A flow
chart has been established
and parents and students are
being made aware of the
policy change.
- a p p r o v e d
attendance variances for
eight students.
-approved
the
following resignations: Karl
Hoffman, new RHS science
teacher; David Neese,
Irrigon Junior/Senior High
School vo-ag teacher; Eileen
Searles, Sam Boardman
Elementary School English
as a second language ed
assistant; Heath Suchy, A.C.
Houghton Elementary
general ed assistant; and
Terri Cable, ACH special ed
assistant.
- a p p r o v e d
employment for: Kathleen
Spinks, Heppner High
School/Heppner Elementary
School special ed teacher;
Robert Marshall, IJHS
health teacher; Lance Eads,
half-time HHS art teacher;
William Coltrin, IJSH vo-ag
teacher; Wayne Whitley,
RHS science teacher;
Michelle Nead, SBE fourth-
grade teacher; Sarah Miller,
IJSH math teacher; Alesia
Hearn, SBE assistant cook;
Gloria Cornwall, RHS two-
hour assistant cook; Carol
Smith, from Windy River
Elementary head cook to
Irrigon Elementary head
cook; Dawn Mills, half-time
ACH ed assistant; Robin
Mulder, half-time ACH ed
assistant; Michelle Gale,
ACH Title I ed assistant;
A^ril Linnell, ACH special
ed one-on-one assistant;
Toni Baker, Morrow
Education
Center
(alternative ed) ed assistant;
Maria Gomez, IES special
ed one-on-one assistant;
Diana Orr, IES special ed
one-on-one assistant;
Raylena Sherman, IES
2005 Grand Champion
Market Beef
Jessica Hughes - Seller
Morrow County Grain Growers - Buyer
special ed one-on-one
assistant; Laurie Snyder,
increase in hours to include
3.5-hour food service
clerical assistant; Yvonne
DeLos Santos, SBE ESL
assistant; Lorena Pacheco
Morales, SBE special ed
assistant; Martha Rivera,
RHS ESL ed assistant;
Heather Shaner. WRE 3.5-
hour special ed one-on-one
assistant.
-approved extra duty
contracts for: Kevin Payne,
Heppner Junior High
assistant boys’ basketball
coach and half-time Heppner
High School assistant
football coach; Petra Payne,
HHS C-team volleyball
coach; Josh Coiner, HJH
assistant football coach;
Adam Doherty, HJH head
boys’ basketball coach;
Dawn Dyer, Riverside Junior
High assistant volleyball
coach; Lisa Connell, RJH
head volleyball coach; and
Francisco Velazquez, RHS
assistant soccer coach.
-scheduled the next
meeting for Monday, Sept.
12, at 7 p.m. at Heppner
High School.
-planned a workshop
via Polycom for Thursday,
Sept. 29, concerning safety
and the threat of violence in
the schools. The Morrow
County District Attorney
David C. Allen, Juvenile
Director Carolyn Holt, and
Morrow County Sheriff Ken
Matlack, who is also a
school board member, will
be part of the program.
Polycom sites are at the
school district office in
Lexington and in Irrigon.
Workshop meetings are
open to the public.
Card party at
Rebekah Lodge
rescheduled
Because of the
Labor Day holiday. Holly
Rebekah Lodge will be
hosting the monthly pinochle
card party on Saturday, Sept.
10 in Lexington at the I OOF
Hall. (In October the party
will be held on the first
Saturday.)
Play will start at 7
p.m. For only $5, a person
will have an evening of
cards,
visiting
and
sandwiches, chips and
snacks to eat while playing.
Prizes will be awarded to the
high man, high woman, low
man, low woman and two
traveling prizes.
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Rebekah
Lodge is also collecting
pictures of all Holly Past
Noble Grandes. If you are
one or have a picture of one.
please contact LaRae Kindle
at 676-5223.
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2005 Grand Champion
Market Swine
Teonna Vandever - Seller
JVB Dairy - Buyer
The A/torrow County Livestock Growers would like to thank the following
for their support of the 2 0 0 5 Aiorrow County 4-H/FFA Auction!
BUYERS:
Agri Check
American West Properties
Anderson Lamb
Anderson Land & Livestock
Bailey Heavy Equipment
Bank of Eastern Oregon -
lone
Bank of Eastern Oregon -
Boardman
Bank of Eastern Oregon -
Heppner
Bank of Eastern Oregon -
Irrigon
Banner Bank - Hermiston
Banner Bank - Boardman
Beef NW
Bill & Nancy Jepsen
Boardman Auto Parts
Boardman Family Foods
Bob Worden Farms
Bobbie Angell
Brian & Susie Thompson
C&D Drive In & Bakery
Cascade Specialties
Central Market
Charlie & Marcia Anderson
Chris Huffman
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Chris Rauch
Chuckwagon Cafe
CLD Pacific Grain
Columbia River Title
Con Agri Foods
Connie Lawyer
Currin Bros. Ranch
Dan & Ashley Lindsay
Devin Energy Group
Devin Oil
Don & Gail Haggard
Double T Farming
Earl Aylett
Eastern Oregon Mobile Slaughter
Elmers Irrigation
Farm Credit Services
Frank & Lavonne Mader
Frederickson Farms
Gar Aviation
George & Debbie Koffler
George Miller Farms
Green Feed & Seed
Greg & Carma Barron
Greg & Kate Close
Grieb Farms
Haguewood Ranch
Harrison Farms
Healy Ranch
Hendin Construction
Hermiston Ford New Holland
Hermiston Generating Plant
Hermiston Vet Clinic
Hughes Ranch
Jay Coil
Jim Houston
Joe & Donna Rietmann
John & Renee Ledbetter
JVB Dairy
Ken Turner Ranch
KIE Supply
Kinzua Resources
Krebs Ranches
Les Schwab Tire Center
Lindsay Ranch
Lunders Suffolks
M-5 Custom Farming
Mark & Pam Wunderlich
MCGG
McNamee Farms
Mid Columbia Producers
Mid Columbia Title
Mildred Rauch
Montana Coat Co.
Morter Farms
MSB Fencing
Mt Valley Realty
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Murray Drugs
Nancy Miller
NW Farm Supply
NW Metal Fabricators
O'Doherty Cattle Co.
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Boosters
Osmin Ranch
Pat & Sean Barron
Pat & Shirley Hector
Patricia Piltz
Patriot Auto Glass
Paul & Susie Walton
PegLeg Farms
Pettyjohns Farm Builders Supply
Pilot Knob Construction
Pioneer Cattle Co.
Portland General Electric
Potlatch
Proudfoot Ranch
Ray Shultens Motors
Reisch Co.
Ron Williams Trucking
Rusty Spur Ranch
Sandy’s Soup & Catering
Schools Plus Credit Union
Seitz Aviation
Shelco Electric
Sherrell Chevrolet
Snow McElligott Ranch
Starvation Farms
Stephen Hill
Steve & Camille Peck
Steve Currin
Susan Johnson
Swanson Ranch
Terry & Karen Thompson
Three Mile Canyon
Trails End Farm Supply
Umatilla Electric Co-op
Van Schoiack Ranches
Vandever Bros. Plumbing
Vey Ranch
Wade & Maryann Smith
Waste Management
Western States Cat
Wheatland Insurance - Heppner
Wheatland Insurance - lone
Wightman Construction
Wilbur Ellis
Wilkinson Ranch
Willow Creek Realty
Windwave Communications
Wright Chevrolet
TRUCKERS:
Monty & Becky Evans
Mitch & Tag Ashbeck
C & M Sausage
RINGMEN:
Ken Bailey
Chris Rauch
Brian Thompson
Justin Mattcson
BANK OF EASTERN
OREGON:
Kevin McCabe
Corey Bennetto
Christy Correa
Anita Orem
Donna Osmin
AUCTIONEER: Ken Grieb
4-H AMBASSADORS:
Shanna Rietmann
Heather Yocom
Kyle Huddleston
Barbara Holland
Regi Seitz
Colton Helfrecht
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