TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 15,2006
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Will not run for second term
To the Editor:
To the voters and citizens of
Morrow County:
In the fall of 2002 I
was greatly honored when
you elected me to the Office
of
M orrow
C ounty
Commissioner. During the
past several years I have
w orked d ilig e n tly
to
represent you in a manner
worthy of the trust, which
you placed in me.
T his
p o sitio n
requires knowledge across a
broad range o f areas,
including federal, state and
local law s, rules and
programs. It requires skills
in general m anagem ent,
budgeting, labor relations,
personnel matter and what
we call “ p eople s k ills .”
S o m etim es it re q u ire s
e n g ag in g in “ p o litic a l
com bat” to be certain the
people you represent receive
a fair share of the (never
sufficient) funding essential
to perform mandates steadily
em anating from both the
state
and
fed eral
governments. Additionally,
in M orrow C ounty, the
ongoing Chemical Weapons
Disposal Program requires
constant monitoring, to be
certain your public safety is
both
a d eq u a te ,
and
adequately funded. As your
Commission, I have enjoyed
these challenges, and am
gratified to have been of
service to the citizens of
M orrow C ounty in these
areas.
B ecause o f my
satisfaction in serving, and
because of the steep learning
curve necessary for a new
C o m m issio n er, I fully
intended to run for a second
term. However, as I began
taking stock to enter a re-
election campaign, I realized
th a t in creased p erso n al
obligations may interfere
with my ability to provide the
time and attention you, the
citizens, deserve from your
elected official.
For this reason, 1
have regretfully decided not
to seek a second term as
your Commissioner.
(s) Ray Grace
Morrow County
Commissioner
Creative Arts to meet
T he m eetin g o f
M orrow County C reative
Arts and Crafts will be held
Feb. 23 at 1 p.m. at G D ’s
banquet room.
P lans
for
St.
Patrick’s are on the agenda,
with discussion of the sale
and show at the Les Schwab
showroom. Everyone taking
part is asked to attend the
meeting so organizers know
what is available and how
much space is needed. Also
needed is a list of the types
of items to be displayed so
descriptions can be given for
advertising. All members are
urged to bring in their arts
and crafts to St. Patrick’s, so
there is a great variety, thus
making a great display. If
you are unable to be at the
St. Patrick’s Sale and Show
the entire time, arrangements
will be made. If you are
unable to attend the Feb. 23
m eetin g , c o n tac t B etty
Christman at 989-8534.
Sign-ups for Betty
Crosswhite’s workshop on
April 21 and 22 are being
held. A choice of seascapes
or flowers is available, with
the possibility of an English
cottage. The workshop must
be paid for by March 17. To
sign-up, contact Betty Mills
at 676-5546.
New m em bers are
welcome and may attend the
Feb. 23 meeting to become
in fo rm ed on the group
agenda for 2006.
Poker and
Bingo
Lester S. Grasser fundraiser to
L ester S. G rasser,
91, o f H eppner, died be held
Obituaries
T uesday,
Jan . 24,
2006, at
t
h
e
Hermiston
G o o d
Samaritan
Center.
A
memorial
s e rv ic e
w ill
be
held at 2
p.m., on Saturday, Feb. 18
at the Seventh Day Adventist
Church in Heppner.
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to the d o n o rs’ charity of
choice.
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
Sherry Ann
Carmack
Deponty
Sherry Ann Carmack
Deponty, 41, of Spokane,
WA and form erly o f
Heppner, died Feb. 8, 2006
at V alley H o sp ital in
Spokane.
She was bom July 2,
1964 in Grants Pass.
S urvivors include
husband, Ernest Deponty;
daughter, Ashley Carmack;
son, Teddy Peckham, III;
two brothers, George Locust
o f G rants Pass and Bill
Malotte of Spokane; sister,
Andrea Shaw of Roseburg;
and h er m other and
stepfather, Karron and Gib
Gibson of lone.
Joe Bourrie
wins game
maker award
Joe Bourrie, a 2000
H eppner High g rad u ate,
recently won this y e a r's
aw ard fo r innovation in
programming at the 2006
S lam d an ce
G u e rilla
G am em aker C om petition
held in Park City, UT. The
gam e he help ed c reate
during his senior year at
Digipen is also a finalist at
the
sev en th
annual
Independent Game Festival.
B ourrie
is
c u rre n tly
em ployed with R ainbow
Studios in Phoenix, AZ (a
game production company).
T h o se in te re sted
may visit the game’s website
to learn more information
about the gam e and the
competitions. You can also
download a free copy of the
game. The game's website is
phackett.com/rumblebox.
DA’s report
R ach elle
F reda
ad m itted to v io latio n o f
probation allegations for
Interfering with a Police
Officer. Her probation was
revoked and reinstated, with
an extension of one year
from the original expiration
date and she was sentenced
to 30 suspended days in jail
and payment of all financial
obligations.
Donald Ray Wright
adm itted to vio latio n of
probation allegations for
Harassment. His probation
was c o n tin u e d w ith an
extension of 12 months from
the original expiration date.
The second annual
Texas Hold 'em Poker and
Bingo Fundraiser will be
held on Sunday, March 12
from 4 to 10 p.m. at the lone
American Legion Hall.
Bounty prizes will be
awarded for the Texas Hold
’em Poker. This was a hit
with all the players last year.
The gun raffle has
been a very popular item for
those w ho en jo y guns.
W illard French and John
Jepsen have donated this
year’s model. It’s a limited
edition Ruger 22-caliber,
semi-automatic long rifle.
Tickets are $ 1 each or 6 for
$5 and are a v a ila b le at
MCGG, C ollier’s Market,
Bank of Eastern Oregon -
lone branch, or Legion and
A uxiliary m em bers. The
drawing will be held at the
Texas Hold ’em Poker night
at 7 p.m.
A sub sandwich and
salad buffet will be served.
Taylor’s Restaurant will be
serving a no-host bar with
beer, wine, wine coolers, pop
and non-alcoholic beer.
O th er card and
board games will be available
for any one who would like
to try their hand at other
gam es. A M exican Train
Dominoes table will also be
set up for those who enjoy
playing dominoes.
A m inim um -bid
Silent Auction will be held.
Anyone who has items they
would like to donate can
contact Irene Holtz or Jean
Jepsen.
The L egion and
Auxiliary have made many
im p ro v em en ts to the
Century old building in a six-
year project. The painting of
the ceiling and the wiring and
lighting project in the main
ballroom has been paid for
with funds from last year’s
event. This year’s event will
help with ongoing projects
and general maintenance. We
want to keep this building
up-to-date and accessible to
everyone in lone and the
surrounding area.
P lease plan to
attend. We'd love to see you.
Whether it’s to play poker,
bingo, have a sandwich and
visit or just come to watch
the fun. E v ery o n e is
welcome.
Heppner
UGB
expansion
hearings
postponed
Due to the. need to
review some transportation/
traffic issues at the Kinzua
industrial park (at ODOT’s
request) the Heppner UGB
expansion hearings have
been put on hold until further
notice. On Wednesday, Feb.
16, at 2 p.m., a meeting will
be held at Heppner City Hall
w ith the state ag en cies
involved to determ ine if
there are other unresolved
issu es and p ro ced u ral
processes that yet have to be
addressed. This meeting is
open to the public.
N APA P A R TS N O W A T M CG G
School district
continued from page one
at the Port of Morrow. The
Irrigon meeting is planned
for Wednesday, March 8, at
12:45 p.m. at the Irrigon
Community Center.
-ap p ro v ed
a
resolution for the Umatilla
Morrow Education Service
District to provide services
for the district for 2006-07.
Burrows said that ESDs,
through tax monies, provide
a large variety of services
w hich are often too
expensive or too difficult for
the sch o o ls to p ro v id e
th e m selv e s,
in clu d in g
serv ices to E nglish as a
second language students,
and a u tis tic , learn in g
d isab led ,
em o tio n a lly
d istu rb e d or p h y sica lly
handicapped children.
-learn ed th at the
district received a clean audit
in its annual audit report,
which reflected the district’s
stro n g fin a n c ial statu s.
Burrows said, however, the
d is tric t did receiv e a
m anagem ent letter which
indicated that the district
needed to do a better job of
reconciling accounts, which
the d is tric t has alread y
addressed.
-heard a report from
Heppner Jr./Sr. High School
P rin cip al D aye Stone
concerning a proposed ag/
FFA program for Heppner
High School. He said that if
the community wants such a
program, the district could
bring it back. He said that the
bent of the program is largely
determ ined by the person
who is hired, but it could also
include classes which would
satisfy
g rad u atio n
re q u ire m e n ts, such as a
freshman careers class, a
personal finance class and
possibly a biology, animal
science or life science class
in addition to three or four
ag classes. “We think we can
make it work,” said Stone.
“I'm excited about having
the opportunity to build a
staff. I’m looking at it as an
opportunity to offer more
o p p o rtu n itie s fo r kids.
Hiring the right person is the
key.” The board postponed
action on reinstating the
program for a month until
m ore in p u t is re ceiv ed .
Burrows said that funding
for the new ag program
would be from within the
school’s budget.
-a c ce p te d
a
resignation from Toni Baker,
from her p o sitio n s as
alternative ed assistant at the
Morrow Education Center,
effective Feb. 2.
- a p p r o v e d
retirement for Kay Ceton,
R iv ersid e H igh School
library tech, retiring from
PERS, effective Feb. 28, but
continuing through the end
of the 2005-06 school year;
Sharon Sample, Irrigon High
School library tech, retiring
from PERS effective March
1, but continuing through the
end of the 2005-06 school
year.
- a p p r o v e d
em p lo y m en t for Tam era
Lien, Heppner Elementary
School special ed one-on-
one assistant for a high needs
student.
-approved extra duty
contracts for Robin Graff,
RHS assistant softball coach;
Dawn Dyer, RHS assistant
ten n is coach; and Brian
Frazier and Brian Jones, for
a sh ared p o sitio n as
R iv ersid e Ju n io r H igh
assistant wrestling coaches.
-discussed 2006-07
school calendar options as
follows: Option A-pre-Labor
Day start w ith te ach ers
beginning Aug. 21, students
beginning Aug. 28, one-plus
weeks at Christmas with the
last w ork day D ec. 19,
school resum ing Jan. 3,
students ending June 5 and
teach ers ending June 7;
Option B-post Labor Day
start with teachers beginning
Aug. 28, students beginning
Sept. 5, one-plus weeks at
Christmas with the last work
day Dec. 19, school
resuming Jan. 3, students
ending June 12 and teachers
ending June 14; Option C-
pre-Labor Day start with
teachers beginning Aug. 21,
students beginning Aug. 28,
two-plus weeks at Christmas
with the last work day Dec.
21, school resuming Jan. 8,
students ending June 6 and
teach ers ending June 8;
Option D-post Labof Day
start with teachers beginning
Aug. 28, students beginning
Sept. 5, two-plus weeks at
Christmas with the last work
day D ec. 21, school
resuming Jan. 8, students
ending on June 13 and
teachers ending June 15.
A.C. Houghton Elementary
School P rin cip al John
Sebastian told the board that
a longer Christmas break
allow s m ore students to
return from extended family
vacations in Mexico. He said
that it not only aids students
and their families, but also is
financially beneficial to the
district by creating fewer
a b sen tees. Each day a
student is not in attendance
costs the district in state
funding. The options will
now go the staff for their
preference.
-heard the following
announcem ents: B ridges
Project community meeting,
Heppner Elementary School,
Feb. 23, 7 p.m.; Bridges
Project community meeting,
Port of Morrow, Feb. 28, 7
p.m .; B ridges P ro ject
community meeting, Stokes
Landing, March 8, 12:45
p.m.; next board meeting
d is tric t o ffice M onday,
March 13, 7 p.m.
Baseball camp
and clinic to be
held
A baseball camp for
students in grades 4-12 will
be held in Heppner on Feb.
25 and 26. The camp will be
conducted by Grays Harbor
C om m unity C ollege and
H ep p n er H igh S c h o o l’s
coaching staff.
The cost is $10 per
player.
Form s
and
registration fees need to be
returned by Wednesday, Feb.
22 .
The cam p will be
held from 8:30-11 a.m .,
Saturday and Sunday for
grades 4-8 and 12-4 p.m.,
Saturday and 12-3 p.m .,
Sunday for grades 9-12.
There will also be a coaching
clinic on Saturday, Feb. 25
at 6:30 p.m. There is no cost
for the clinic.
For
m ore
information, contact Terri
G entry or Greg G rant at
HHS, 676-9138, or Rick
Jo h n sto n at 6 7 6 -5 5 6 2 .
Registration forms can be
picked up at the TV office in
H ep p n er or at e ith e r
Heppner school.
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