International Club to spend spring break in France
Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Library
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
Members of the lone International Club.
By Kay lee Palmateer and
Kylee Svetich
The
lone
International Club will be
spending spring break in
France this March They will
leave on M arch 23 and
return on March 31 for a
total of nine days.
The group consists
of nine lone High School
students and six students
from Heppner High School.
Seniors include Ashly
Grams, Kelly Thompson and
Kyle Palmateer. Juniors are
Kayla
LaR ue,
Kody
The students will be
spending most of their time
in Paris. They will also visit
areas along the Normandy
Coast and the Loire Valley.
The stu d en ts have been
planning their trip for the
past year, having fundraisers
during the summer, such as
helping with the lone 4th of
July C eleb ratio n , C ycle
O regon, and the lone
E ducation
Foundation
dinner. C lub m em bers
currently have two ongoing
fundraisers. They are selling
“Go Cardinals" bracelets and
tickets for two raffles during
the basketball season.
Lovgren, Tony Haguewood,
Aaron Allstott, Mahaley
Huddleston and Regi Seitz.
Sophomores include Kylee
Svetich, Kaylee Palmateer,
Teonna Vandever, Juli
VandenBrink,
Emily
Rietm ann
and
Katie
Kilkenny. The advisor of the
group is lone High School
Social Studies teacher Ryan
Rudolf. This is his third trip
with the International Club
since 2001. O ther adult
chaperones are Jim and
Monica Swanson and Laura
Parks.
Health district to buy
defibrillators for high schools
VOL. 125
NO. 2
10 Pages
Wednesday, January 11,2006
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Council deals with senior center leaky roof
The Heppner City
Council Monday night again
wrestled with the problem of
a leaking roof at the St.
Patrick's Senior Center.
The council heard
from city manager David
DeMayo w ho said he had a
preliminary estimate from
Palmer roofing that it would
cost $49,000 to put on a new
“membrane” roof to stop the
leaking. There is also some
masonry work that needs to
be done on the roof.
The
council
discussed several options to
fund the repairs including
refinancing the current loan
on the building, and asking
for
assistan ce
from
governm ent agencies to
maintain senior housing in
Heppner.
There are currently
four v acan cies in the
building, with one room
uninhabitable because of the
leaking. DeMayo said he
hoped to get Palmer here
soon to do temporary repairs
and fix the leaks. Public
works director Bruce Nelson
told the council one of his
crew men crawled into the
attic in an attempt to find the
leaks,
but
he
was
unsuccessful.
C ouncil m em ber
George Koffler said the city
might consider refinancing,
saying the city might be able
Nancy Snider is new
Chamber president
Nancy Snider (left) takes the gavel from out-going
Chamber president Nancy (iochnauer
Newly
elected Snider, Vice President, John
C h am b er o f C om m erce Murray, Second Vice
President Nancy Snider is President, Jeff Bailey, and
calling for “C om m unity board members. Alvin Liu,
Pride,
Hard
Work, Jack Thompson, Tim Van
Determination: the Right Cleave, Bert Houweling,
Mix in 2006." 2005 Brenda Sherrell. and Barbara
Chamber President Nancy Hayes. All directors will be
Gochnauer handed off the put to task as they plan
gavel to Snider during this C h am b er’s 2006 Plan of
past T u e s d a y 's annual Action during Goal Setting
C h am b er of C om m erce on Tuesday, January 17,
L uncheon at All Saints from 10 a.m. to I p.m. at
John's Place. Members were
Episcopal Parish Hall...
D irectors for the invited to share ideas for “the
2(X)6 Chamber Board were right mix in 2006”.
installed: President. Nancy continued page 3
to find low interest loans
since it is senior housing and
the city can prove it is
operating at a deficit. “We
could get some good
financing when they realize
we would rescue 14 senior
housing slots," Koffler said.
He said he didn’t want the
city to have to subsidize the
rent for senior residents
anymore than it already is.
In his report
DeMayo said no one favored
raising rent on the seniors,
and he proposed a gas tax in
Heppner of 25 cents per fill
with the tax being split
between rent subsidy and
upkeep on the senior center.
The council did not discuss
or
act
on
his
recommendation. He said
the center needed $50,(XX) to
$60,000 in a reserve fund to
adeq u ately take care of
repairs and emergencies.
In other business,
the council voted to spend
up to $1,000 for bike racks
around town, and $300 for
a new street lamp near the
library.
The council also
had a lengthy discussion w ith
Morrow County Judge Terry
Tallman and M orrow
C ounty Public Works
Director Burk O'Brien.
The county has
asked the city to take over
ownership of several roads
outside the city limits but
close to town. O'Brien and
Tallman said the city agreed
to take over ownership and
maintenance of a portion of
the far end of Riverside
Street, all of Spruce Drive
(which goes up to the high
school) and a portion of
Fuller Canyon Road from
the Highway 207 to Spruce
Drive.
The council
voted 5-2 to accept the
streets, after it was told
former city manager Jerry
Breazeale and former mayor
Bob Jepsen had made an
agreement to do so if the
continued page 3
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MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
M orrow C ounty
Health District CEO Victor
Vander Does and board
members, at the January 9
board meeting in Irrigon,
reported a very positive
response to the district’s free
county-wide workshops on
the new M edicare drug
program.
Board member John
Murray, who is also the
owner of Murray's Drug in
Heppner, said the workshops
were a “g o d sen d " in
assisting people with a very'
difficult process.
The board learned
that the lone community will
be g ettin g a transport
ambulance. lone’s previous
rescue vehicle will now be
located at the ATV park, 32
miles south of Heppner off
Highway 207. Boardman
will get a backup vehicle
previously used in Heppner
and Boardman is next in line
for a replacement.
Also at the meeting
Vander Does told the board
and the board agreed that the
district should be starting
long-term
physician
recruitment for the future.
In other business, the
board:
-learned
from
Vander Does that Greg
Sayles has completed his
paramedic training and has
been hired by the district to
work full-tim e as a
paramedic in Boardman.
-learned that EMS
responders will now wear a
jump suit uniform, which,
says Vander Does, will give
them a more professional
look.
-approved providing
half of the cost of automated
defibrillators, amounting to
around $3.(XX) total, for each
of the four high schools in
the county. Board Chair
Larry Mills advised Vander
Does to contract Morrow
C ounty
School
Sup erin ten d en t
Mark
B urrow s
and
lone
Sup erin ten d en t
Bryn
B row ning
co n cerning
purchase
of
the
defibrillators, which Vander
Does estimates to be around
$1,500 each. The board
discussed placement of the
machines, particularly in the
gym for basketball games,
and at baseball games and
track meets. An ambulance
generally stands by at
football games. The health
d istrict also agreed to
provide training in the use of
the defibrillators free of
charge. “It’s a good idea,”
said Mills. “We hope we
never have to use it."
-discussed forming
an education policy, which
would
include
reim bursem ent for some
educational costs for district
em ployees. The board
instructed Vander Does to
develop a policy to bring
back to the board for
approval.
-heard from CFO
Nicole Mahoney that the
district had $341,812 in
gross patient revenue for
November. She reported that
revenue for December is
almost $421,000, a record
amount, and also said that
January revenue is looking
Jonathan Nicholas is keynote
speaker at Town & Country
Jonathan Nicholas
Jonathan Nicholas,
co lu m n ist
for
The
O regonian, will be the
keynote sp eak er at the
Heppner Tow n and Country
Banquet to be held
Thursday, January 12,
beginning at 7 p.m. at the
Heppner Elks Club.
Nicholas was born
and raised in the coal-mining
valleys of Wales. He was 14
years old w hen his father first
took him 1,500 feet
underground to visit the
coalface. The experience,
Nicholas says, left him with
a renew ed interest in
schoolwork.
He graduated with
honors in sociology and
political science from the
U niversity o f Bristol in
England, and then served a
four-year stint as an
international aid volunteer in
the H im alayas. W hile
working with the World
Wildlife Fund on the first
National Park in Nepal, he
met the woman from
M inneapolis who would
become his wife. In 1978,
the couple spent a year
traveling the United States
looking for the perfect place
to live. They discovered
Portland and settled on a
houseboat on the Willamette
River.
In 1982. Nicholas
began w riting the daily
column that has for 23 years
been a breakfast staple for
the 35(),(XX) people who buy
The Oregonian each day.
Each September, Nicholas
leads 2,000cyclists from all
around the world on the
week-long tour called Cycle
Oregon that has become one
of the signature events of the
state. Proceeds from the tour
fund
com m unity
d evelopm ent
projects
throughout Oregon.
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