Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 19,2005 - THREE
Ione School District receives ‘strong’ report card
B ryn B row ning,
superintendent of the lone
School D istrict, told the
board, at their Monday night
regular m eeting, that the
d is tric t has receiv ed a
“strong” rating on its state
school
report
card.
Browning said the rating was
up from a “ satisfactory”
rating the previous year.
B row ning
also
reported that the ISD has
received notice that student
Kristal Temple was in the top
five percent o f students,
based on 2004 PSAT scores.
Browning said that Temple
was one o f only several
stu d en ts in the state o f
Oregon.
Also at the meeting
the school’s biology class
gave a pow er point
presentation on their field
trip.
In other business, the
board:
-learn ed that the
OMS1 planetarium will hold
an assem bly for lone
stu d en ts, including p re
school c la sse s... The
presentation was funded by
the L ibraries o f Eastern
Oregon.
-le a rn e d
of
a
rocketry lesson presented to
students by Pat Struthers of
Heppner. The presentation
required an FAA clearance
because o f the size o f a
rocket fired and the altitude
it achieved.
-learn ed that the
school’s publications class
had received a grant for
funds for p h o tography
equipment and the class took
the school’s sports photos.
Browning said that the photo
package was professional
and affordable.
-learned that school
conferences will be held
November 2-3 from 4-8 p.m.
School will be dism issed
early that day.
-learn ed that the
s c h o o l’s co lle g e prep
coordinator, Allison Rudolf,
has held one informational
meeting and has held one-
o n-one m eetin g s w ith
stu d en ts and p aren ts to
discu ss colleg e o p tio n s,
fin a n c ial
aid
and
scholarships. A website is
being created to provide
access to sch o la rsh ip
updates, news and tips. She
plans workshops regarding
resume writing, how to get
organized for scholarships
and will check with students
to
ensure
co m p lete
scholarship packets. Several
college visits to lone are
planned throughout the year.
-in se rv ic e s have
been held regarding English
Language Learner strategies
and they will continue once
a month after school. A high
school course catalog has
been co m p leted , a K-5
writing plan created and the
school Accelerated Reader
plan put into action. Eric
Volger from the Umatilla-
M orrow ESD trained the
s ta ff on “ M astery in
M o tio n ,” a database for
assessment information.
-the lone Education
Foundation awarded a grant
to the school for the research
science class taught by Kevin
Cam pbell to build a salt
water aquarium which can
be used for science classes
in all grades. A field trip to
the coast is included so that
research science students
can be trained on aquariums
and marine biology. The
students will then become
teachers to the elementary
middle school classes on the
aquarium they build. Each
class will get to adopt a fish
to put in the tank.
-tw o F rid ay s o f
music lessons in guitar and
piano have been held at the
school by John Wambeke
from Hermiston. Students
range from first to l l lh
graders.
-the project around
the reader board is complete.
The h o rtic u ltu re class
designed the flowers in the
planter and Janet Holland
planted the plants.
-received a buildings
and
gro u n d s
rep o rt
concerning a sewer backup
that resulted from burned-
out pum ps. R oger B ritt
pumped out the sewage and
new pumps were installed
with the assistance of Loyal
Bums.
-briefly discussed
bids from the city of lone and
Pacific Green for grounds
maintenance. No decision
was made. The d istric t’s
contract with the city ran out
the end of June. The school’s
last hom e gam e w ill be
October 28 and if the school
needs the law n mowed again
it will ask the city.
-ad o p ted
the
d is tr ic t’s
C o n tin u o u s
Improvement Plan required
by the Oregon Department
of Education.
-approved usage of
the high school gym by the
Inland Northwest Musicians
for a concert on Saturday,
April 22.
- a p p r o v e d
recom m endations of staff
contracts for Susie Stillman
for a half-tim e position;
Allison Rudolf, Next Steps
c o o rd in a to r; Lynn Dee
R am os, m iddle school
volleyball; Janet Holland,
Read-n-Play coordinator.
Heppner Booster Club would like to thank the following individuals
and organizations for their generous donations to the
2005 Steak Feed and Auction. Without their support,
this annual event would not have been such a success!
Allstott Construction L.L.C
Alpine Meadows Golf Course
Angie Hanson
Artisan Village
Bank of Eastern Oregon
Banner Bank
Barbara Bloodsworth
Barbara Hayes
Barb Orwick
Becky Ripple
Betty Christman
Bev Howe
Bi-Mart
Bob Despain
Brian & Susan Thompson
Buffalo Peaks Golf Course
Campbell Motors, Inc
Canyon Lakes Golf Course
Carri Grieb
Cascade Athletic
Casey Moving
Celita Strouse
Central Red Apple Market
Charlie and Marcia Anderson
China Creek Golf Course
Chuck & Sherry Matteson
Collier's Market
Columbia Basin Electric Coop.
Columbia River Processing
Cottage Flowers
Country Shears
Coyote Springs PGE
Craig Gatzlaff - Nautilus, Inc.
Crown Paper & Janitorial Supply
Dale & Linda Conklin
Dan Gusick
Darlene Lovgren
Dave, Patty. Shane & Stefan Matheny
Daye & Michelle Stone
Dean's Athletic
Deena Reid
Dennis & Babbette Wall
Dennis Turner. DMD
Deona Hodges
Devin Oil
Dick Temple. DVM
Dobyns Pest Control
Donna Osmin
Dority Auto Sales. Inc.
Dougherty Ranch
Elguezahal Family
Ernie & Mary Jean McCabe
Francis Freel
Frederickson Farms
Ginger Keithley
Green Feed & Seed
Greg's Custom Clubs
Haas Wood & Wind Things
Hague wood Ranch
Hair Expressions
Helen Troxell
Heppner Auto Parts
Heppner Day Care
Heppner Garden Club
Heppner Gazette-Times
Heppner Hardware
Heppner High School
Heppner High School Alumni Assoc.
Hermiston Glass
Hisler Family
Hollomon’s
Hope Lutheran & All Saints Episcopal
Howe’s About Pizza
Ida Farra
Irv & Lynne Uitto
J & G Services
Jaci Hughes
Jack Thompson
Jan Brindle
Jan McDonald
Jan Stroeber & MaKenzie Correa
Janet Dezellum
Jannie Allen
Jared Eckman
Jay & Sue Gibbs
Jean Healy & Mike Hryciw
JeffCutsforth
Jeremy & TyLynn Cimmiyotti
Jill Martin
Jim Hurl
John & Diane Kilkenny
John Edmundson
John & Nancy Gochnauer
John & Shelli Britt
John Nickey
Judy & Sandy Photography
Kacdene Bailey
Karen Clough
Karen Smith-Griffith
KayRcne & Roscoe Qualls
Kevin & Petra Payne
KIE Irrigation
Kim Bach
Kyle & Darcy Robinson
Larry & Betty Mills
Lee Padberg
Les Schwab Tire Center
Lott's Electric
Louis & Betty Carlson
Marcia Kemp
Mark & Pam Dowdy
Mark & Tami Rietmann
Mark Huddleston
Mark Schlichting
Mary Ella Johnson
Merry Brannon
Mike & Kim Armato
Miller & Sons Excavating
Moore Excavation
Morrow County Grain Growers
Murray's Drug
Oregon Zoo
Ostler Orthodontics
Panda Inn Chinese Restaurant
Papa Murphy's
Pat Dougherty
Patriot Auto Glass
Pendleton Bottling - Pepsi
Peterson's Jewelers
Petty john’s Builders Supply
Phil & Kathy Carlson
Pizza Hut
Portland Trail Blazers
Red Robin
Rene’ Devin
Rhonda Helfrecht
Rick & Susan Johnston
Riddell & Mark Elmblade
Robert Reid
Rock Thoughts
Rolling Hills Hunting Preserve
Ron & Maybelline Young
Sandra Haynes
Seitz Aviation
Shelly Key
Shirley George
Sportsman's Warehouse
Steve & Mindy Wilson
Styling Arena
Sunflower Junction
Tobey Garrett
Todd & Melissa Lindsay
Tom & Bonnie Bennett
Tricia Gunderson
USA Subs
Verda Hager
Victor & Nancy VanderDoes
Virginia Grant
Wade & Marianne Smith
Waite Family Fencing L.L.C.
Wal-Mart
Wheatland Insurance
Widmer Brothers Brewing Company
Wilcox Furniture
Wildhorse Resort & Casino
Willow Creek Country Club
Wood on Wood
Wright Chevrolet
Wyna Woodford
Kathy Rauch
Jay Coil
Damon Brosnan
Mike Proctor
Jason Palmer
Maryann Smith
Terry Gentry
Pam Dowdy
Keith Price
Rita Bergstrom
Forest McKinnis
Petra Payne
Melissa Coiner
Ron Bowman
Debbie Peck
Deb & Craig Gutierrez
Judy Eckman
Sally Maddcm
Ginger Bowman
Ken Grieb
Keith and Reica Hcrbison
Many others also contributed to the success of the Steak Feed and Auction:
Heppner Junior/Senior High School Students, Faculty, and Staff
Auction Committee • Dinner Committee • Decorating Committee
Ken Grieb, Auctioneer
And everyone who assisted during the night of the dinner and auction
Their hard work and dedication made it all possible!
Thank you, everyone!
Heppner Booster GCuG
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SMART coordinator; Dean
R o b in so n , head m iddle
school track. Talented and
G ifte d c o o rd in a to r and
athletic director.
-learn ed that the
g en eral fund receiv ed
$116,822 in Basic School
Support and $5,121 from the
county in common school
money, in lieu of taxes.
-learn ed
that
enrollment is at 162 K-12.
-learn ed that the
middle school is somewhat
over budget, which is due to
a llo c atio n o f te a c h e rs ’
salaries to the programs they
are currently teaching, which
is slightly different than what
was budgeted. H ow ever,
total salaries and benefits are
under budget. •
-held an executive
session to discuss a student's
records.
-heard the following
an n o u n cem en ts: O regon
School Boards Association
fall reg io n al m eetin g ,
O c to b er 26, 6:30 p.m .,
BM CC S tudent U nion;
OSBA annual conference,
November 11-13, Portland;
board m eeting, M onday,
November 21.
Adopt-A-Teacher
funds art teacher
Heppner flood writer seeks stories
By Joann Byrd
It turns out that the Heppner Flood and the people
affected by it are even more interesting than I expected.
Since I started working in April on a book about the flood
and its impact, every day of research has provided at least
one priceless revelation.
I have learned, for instance, that the Heppner Relief
Committee declined to accept a donation of $ 15,000 offered
by contributors in Portland (who were already among
Heppner’s most generous benefactors). The committee
turned down the offer because “further assistance was not
needed here.”
I guess all of us have heard at least one variation
on the story of the young mother who lost her own baby in
the flood waters but saved another. Mary Addie Jones
Ashbaugh was her name, and the full story reveals that her
ability to save either infant was complicated by the fact
that she was nearly blind.
These pieces of history come from many, many days
in the (marvelous) Morrow County Museum. Now I’m
wearing out the old records in the basement of the county
courthouse.
Along the way, people here and elsewhere in the
Northwest have been willing to tell me their stories (and
their parents' and grandparents’ stories). I’ve probably done
about a third of the research. If everything goes as planned.
I’ll finish at least a first draft about 18 months from now.
I already know that the list of people I’ll be thanking
could take as many pages as the narrative itself. But my
grandmother, Mattie Green (not to mention, my father, Joe
Green) would tell me to keep working until I’ve got it
right. Right means gathering all the stories and memories
that are out there, to make the book as reliable and complete
as is humanly possible.
I wish I had thought of doing this 40 or 50 years
ago. To create that book now, I’m depending a great deal
on others’ generosity. I come today asking for more. I bet
there are people here I haven't met who have experiences—
or letters, pictures, scrapbooks— that would enrich this
account.
I’m looking for individual stories, family anecdotes
and such. But I also have a long wish list that Morrow
County folks may be willing and able to help with. Here's
a sampling:
There was a steam laundry at the confluence of
Willow Creek and Balm Fork in June 1903. Several reports
say the laundry extended out over the creek. Frederick and
Emma Krug and their four children lived in the building,
and sadly, died there. I sure wonder what kind of structure
it was. Pictures, drawings or descriptions of the laundry
would sure help.
Because a fire destroyed the Heppner newspapers’
files a few years after the flood, the microfilm of the Gazette
and Times does not include the last edition published before
the flood: June 11, 1903. It’s also missing a number of
issues in the months afterward. Any 1903 edition after June
6 would be enormously valuable.
Many survivors were reluctant to speak of the flood.
It’s not hard to imagine some reasons, but people who knew
the survivors—or knew about them and their generation—
could provide a more trustworthy explanation.
In a perfect world, I'd ask every current and past
resident two questions: What impact, if any, do you think
the flood has had on Heppner through the years? What has
that history of grief and fortitude done to the personality,
the identity of this community?
Stories handed down—even if we cannot be certain
they're accurate— help explain the legacy of the flood. Since
every story could get us closer to what’s likely true, I hope
everyone will contribute whatever stories they inherited.
(Know something I may or may not want to know? Please
assume that I do.)
I won’t be driving to Heppner during the winter
because—even though I grew up in Pendleton— I am an
ice-and-fog coward. I can do a lot of research from the
west side of the Cascades. And I'll be back in Morrow
County in the spring.
Now or later, anyone who’s willing to share a story
or memorabilia, could contact me this way: Joann Green
Byrd, 2419 8th Ave. N. #302, Seattle, WA 98109; 206-
285-7104; joannbyrd@gbronline.com
Or, for anyone who’d rather talk in person, I will
have my notepad at the ready this Saturday (Oct. 22) from
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the foyer outside the Oregon Trail
Library on Main Street in Heppner.
The
A dopt
A
T eacher F o u n d atio n has
elected to fund Lance Eads,
Heppner High School art
teacher, to teach art at the
elementary school for two
hours every day for the rest
of the year. The cost of this
p ro je c t
is
approximately$ 11,000.
Adopt a Teacher has also
d o n ated $ 1 ,5 0 0 to Bill
B roderick, 4H extension
agent, to help fund Friday
Fun with 4-H. This program
is modeled after the National
L ig h ts On A fter School
Program . A ctiv ities w ill
in clu d e p lay in g gam es,
w orking on hom ew ork,
eating snacks and learning
about good nutrition. Each
w eek ’s activities will be
planned around the theme of
a book. Students will meet
at the Morrow County 4-H
Annex from 8 a.m .-12 p.m.
each Friday b eg in n in g
October 14. This program is
free to all children in grades
1 -4 who wish to participate.
Parents are required to fill
out a registration form. Call
6 7 6 -9 0 8 2
fo r
m ore
information.
Adopt A Teacher is
in the final phases o f
completing the paperwork
required for gaining a non
profit organization status.
Adopt A Teacher will be
selling food at the Heppner
E lem en tary
C arn iv al
T h u rsd ay , O cto b er 20.
Everyone is invited to attend
Beginning ballroom dancing planned
and support the elementary
stu d en ts and A dopt A
Beginning ballroom lessons for $45. Discounts
Teacher.
dance lessons, taught by Jodi are available for couples.
Chapa, will begin October
D ance step s w ill
20 at the Morrow County include b eg in n in g and
Fair Grounds Annex. The intermediate levels of the
lessons will begin at 7 p.m. Cha-Cha. Waltz, Rumba and
on Thursday and Saturday the Tango.
By Lacie W agoner
evenings. All ages are invited
Drop ins are always
The Pony B team to atten d . People may
w elcom e.
For
m ore
took a hard loss against the purchase lessons on a drop
information please call 676-
Mt. Vernon M ustangs on in basis for $10 per person
8161.
T h u rsday , O cto b er 13. or buy the package of five
Heppner lost both games,
25-21.
C oach
M elissa
Coiner said, "The girls just
didn’t come out focused. We
weren’t receiving serves as
JATURDAY, OCTOBER 22ND
well as we have been in
S TO 9 P.M.
practice.”
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Although they took
an early lead in both games, ^
cold Coronel Zoolito»»!
the tough Mt. Vernon
serv ers
allo w ed
the
JOHN’S
Mustangs to catch up and
overtake the Ponies for the
win.
M a in S l r M l , H e p p n e r
Pony B team
suffers loss
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