SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 1,2006
lone School District
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sell through the school or
Collier’s Market;
-over 30 volunteers
have been trained for the
SMART program;
-B row ning
is
working with the ESD to
create a staff em ergency
handbook under a grant in
conjunction with the ESD.
The grant is also paying for
the d is tric t’s h a lf of the
defibrillator and will cover
use of the defibrillator, first
aid and CPR;
-beginning with the
2006-07 school year the
d is tric t w ill o ffer the
“ E xp an d ed
O ptions
Program (Senate Bill 300)
concerning college class
offerings;
-an estimate for state
school funding indicated that
lo n e ’s
e stim ate
was
“relatively flat in comparison
to the c u rre n t y e ar.”
B row ning said she has
c o n ta c te d the O regon
D epartm ent of Education
and requested them to revisit
the school’s calculation;
-a survey will be sent
to parents asking them in
March or April how well the
school district is doing.
In other business, the
board:
-adopted the second
reading o f the policy for
selection o f students for
honor roll and honorable
m ention. High school
students must be enrolled in
at lest four core units of
credit and middle school
students must be enrolled full
time. Students receiving a
grade of less than ‘C ’ or
re c e iv in g a g rad e o f
incomplete or “no grade’ will
not be eligible for honor roll
o r h o n o rab le m en tio n .
Students must have a grade
point average greater than
3.49 and no more than one
grade of “C ’ for honor roll;
students must have a grade
point average greater than
2.99 and less than 3.5 and no
grade less than ‘C ’ for
honorable mention.
-approved the 2006-
07 b udget c a le n d a r as
follows: March 15-teacher/
staff budget requests due to
superintendent; March 20-
publish first notice of budget
committee meeting; April 3-
publish second notice; April
10-budget
co m m ittee
m eeting, p resentation of
budget
m essage
and
document, 7 p.m.; May 25-
final meeting target date for
budget approval by budget
committee; June 5-publish
notice of budget hearing and
budget summary; June 12-
budget h earin g , 6 p.m .,
followed by regular board
m eeting
and
budget
adoption, appropriations and
levy tax.
-approved hiring of a
half-time reading aide for the
remainder of the school year.
-approved moving
the charter review until the
next meeting.
-ap p ro v ed
a
reso lu tio n accepting the
ESD service plan
-approved various
policies.
-learned that the next
m eeting will be held on
Monday, March 20.
Group works to bring mega
motorplex to Morrow County
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h ig h lig h ts o f G a rd n e r’s
N A SC A R career are his
1983 N ASCAR W inston
Cup C ham pion win with
Bobby Allison as his driver,
his 43 NASCAR Cup Series
wins (still among the top-15
in all-time Cup Series wins
for car owners) and his 1982
Daytona 500 win.
P art
of
the
Boardman proposal hinges
on how M orrow C ounty
v o ters resp o n d to a
Speedway Activity District
Excise Tax measure on the
M ay 18 b allo t. M orrow
C ounty C o m m issio n ers
ap p ro v ed p u ttin g the
measure on the ballot at their
Feb. 22 m eeting. The
p ro p o sed eig h t p ercen t
excise tax will be charged on
ticket sales and specific retail
goods and services sold only
w ith in the Speedw ay
Activity District. Of the eight
percent, 7.5 percent will be
used
by
O regon
International Speedway to
pay for road and utility
improvements and .5 percent
will go to Morrow County
to
o ffse t
co sts
of
administering the tax.
A pproval o f the
ex cise tax w ill provide
M orrow
C ounty
Commissioners the option to
enact a motor vehicle fuel
tax and lodging tax only
w ith in the S peedw ay
District. Those funds would
be used by OIS to repay the
public purpose bonds.
“The excise tax will
only be charged on ticket
sales and retail goods and
serv ices sold w ithin the
Speedway Activity District,”
said Tallman. “The county
will use its share of the excise
tax to adm inister the tax.
OIS will use funds from the
tax to pay for roads and
utility improvements for the
speedway.”
“The tax will sunset
in 30 years and it can not be
changed in any way without
approval from M orrow
county voters,” he added.
OIS is in the process
o f secu rin g race date
co m m itm en ts
from
motorsport organizations to
bring major events to the
speedway in 2008.
“OIS is committed
to working with the Port of
M orrow and M orrow
County com m issioners to
make this project a reality,”
said Steve B rucker, OIS
Senior Vice President of
Operations. “This speedway
will create economic growth
for Morrow County and for
Oregon.”
The
e stim ated
statewide economic impact
could be more than $140
million per year, according to
O IS p ro je c tio n s. The
construction of the project’s
phase one will support an
estim ated 1,200 jobs and
$175 million in wages. An
estim ated 250 perm anent
jobs will be created by the
c o m p le tio n
of
the
speedway’s first phase.
G o v e rn o r
Ted
K u lo n g o sk i,
S en ato r
G ordon
S m ith ,
US
Representative Greg Walden
and Oregon Representative
Greg Smith have all sent
letters o f support for the
project to Port of Morrow
Commissioners.
“As the governor of
Oregon, I have emphasized
economic development and
the creation of new jobs as
one of my top priorities,”
wrote Kulongoski. “I want
to encourage you in your
efforts to locate a m ajor
motorsports speedway and
family recreation destination
in Boardman. A project of
this magnitude will be of
great benefit not only to your
region, but also to the entire
State of Oregon.”
Women of Hope donate to
Helping Hearts program
Tillamook County Creamery
Association offers scholarship to
local students
Jan MacDonald (left), with Columbia Basin Electric Co-op,
receives a $100 check from Pauline Matheny (center) and Joan
Basile (right), of the Women of Hope group for CBEC’s Helping
Hearts Program.
The Women of Hope
group from Hope Lutheran
in Heppner held a bake sale
and donated $100 o f the
proceeds to Columbia Basin
Electric C o-O p’s Helping
H earts p rogram . The
program helps families in
need pay delinquent bills to
keep their electricity on.
Helping Hearts was
started four years ago and is
funded by donations and
m atching funds from the
CBEC Board of Directors.
The board will match up to
$2000. Persons in need can
co n tac t one o f tw o
re p re se n ta tiv e s,
one
H e p p n er-b ase d and one
C ondon-based, and have
their situations assessed and
if granted, at least a portion
of the delinquent bill will be
c o v ered to keep the
electricity on.
This year, 34 families
requested assistance and
each family received help,
said Jan M acDonald with
CBEC. She also said that
funds d o n a ted to the
program are tax deductible.
One-time gifts may be made
to the fund, or there is an
option of giving a monthly
donation with your electric
bill.
For
m ore
information on donating to
the p ro g ram , or for
assistance, you can contact
Columbia Basin Electric at
676-9146.
Nazarene Church to host guest
speaker
Rev. Paul Barber of
Tillamook will be speaking
at this year’s Church of the
N azaren e O regon Zone
Crusade. The crusade will
com e to H ep p n er on
Saturday, M arch 11 at 7
p.m., hosted by Rev. Duane
Jones.
Meetings will also be
held: Friday, March 10 in
Pilot Rock at 7 p.m.; Sunday,
March 12 in Arlington at
10:30 a.m .; and Sunday,
March 12 in Pendleton at 6
p.m.
The public is invited
to attend. The evening will
also include a time of praise,
w orship and inspirational
music.
T he
N o rth w est
D istric t C hurch o f the
N azaren e en co m p a sse s
Washington State east of the
Cascade M ountain range,
Idaho north of the Salmon
River and Sherman, Gilliam,
M orrow and U m atilla
counties in Oregon. There
are 71 Nazarene Churches in
the district that are divided
into 11 zones.
For
m ore
inform ation, contact Rev.
Duane Joes at 676-5529.
Tillam ook C ounty
C ream ery A ssociation is
o ffe rin g
one
$2000
sc h o la rsh ip
to
local
g ra d u a tin g high school
seniors. TCCA encourages
all students that are eligible,
to apply for the scholarship.
Students applying
for TCCA’s excellence in
le a d e rsh ip sc h o la rsh ip
should be a 2006 graduating
senior from Heppner High
S ch o o l, lo n e School or
R iv e rsid e H igh School.
Students need to be accepted
to atte n d an a cc re d ite d
c o lle g e , u n iv e rsity or
technical school for a degree
program on a full-time basis.
All students must have a
GPA o f 3.0 or above.
P rev io u s w inners o f the
TCCA scholarship program
may not reapply.
“Our youth and the
communities where TCCA is
located are very important to
us,” said Jim M cM ullen,
TCCA president and CEO.
“We feel that it is important
to encourage our youth to
strive for a college education
and be a lead er in th eir
c o m m u n ity .”
The
scholarship will be awarded
b ased on le ad e rsh ip ,
c o m m u n ity and sch o o l
involvement, and scholastic
achievement.
Scholarship
applications and directions
are available at the three
M orrow C ounty high
schools or by calling the
Columbia River Processing,
Inc. main office at (541) 481 -
3770. S tu d en ts can also
contact C hristie Lincoln,
T C C A p u b lic re la tio n s
manager, at (503) 815-1358.
All application components
m ust be retu rn ed to the
scholarship committee by
April 3, 2006.
T he
T illam o o k
C o u n ty
C ream ery
A ssociation, form ed as a
farmer-owned cooperative
in 1909, has earn ed a
rep u tatio n as one o f the
nation’s premier brands of
ch eese. T illam o o k is a
n a tio n a l
m a rk e ter o f
naturally aged cheddar and
a variety of other cheeses,
butter, and an extensive line
of premium ice cream, sour
cream and yogurt. TCCA is
most famously known for its
in te rn a tio n a lly a w a rd
winning Tillamook cheddar
cheese.
Births
M arie, was born Feb. 8,
2006 at G ood S h ep h erd
M ed ical
C en ter
in
Hermiston to Kandi and Ty
Hall of Boardman.
Axel
Abuid
G onzalez- a son, A xel
Abuid, was born Feb. 17,
2006 at G ood S h epherd
M ed ical
C en ter
in
Hermiston to Josefina and
Victor Gonzalez.
Megan René Joyce-
a daughter, Megan René,
was born Feb. 22, 2006 at
Holy Rosary Medical Center
in Ontario to Philip and Tina
Jo y ce o f O n tario . She
weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces
and was 19 inches. Megan
jo in s sister, Julianna and
b ro th er,
K ellen.
H er
grandparents are Gary and
Marcia Kemp of Lexington
and Kitsie Joyce and the late
Peter Joyce of Ontario.
Zandra Raylee
M asterson- a d au g h ter,
Zandra Raylee, was born
Feb. 3, 2 006, at St.
A n th o n y ’s H o sp ital in
Pendleton, to Betty Jo and
Michael Masterson of lone.
Aerianna Destanie
Decker- a d au g h ter,
A erian n a D estan ie, was
born Feb. 4, 2006 at Good
Shepherd Medical Center in
Hermiston to Ashley Ellis
and R yan D eck er o f
Boardman.
Sally Lynn Deike- a
daughter, Sally Lynn, was
born Feb. 8, 2006, at Good
Shepherd Medical Center in
Hermiston to Sherry Deike
and E ddie P ergande o f
Irrigon.
Nevaeh
M arie
Hall- a daughter, Nevaeh
lone Board of Education extends
superintendent contract
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News articles
The lone Board of
Education announced this
week that it has awarded
S u p e rin ten d e n t
Bryn
B row ning a tw o -y ear
c o n tra ct ex ten sio n . The
action took place following
the annual e v alu a tio n
p ro cess
for
the
superintendent, which was
com pleted at the board's
regular February meeting.
Board President Joe
M cElligott said the board
was pleased to be able to
extend the contract through
2009.
In com pleting the
ev alu a tio n
of
the
superintendent, the board
stated that Browning has
p ro v id ed
ex ce lle n t
leadership for the district
since taking over in July of
2004. They feel that she has
e sta b lish e d a p o sitiv e
working relationship with
the board, the school staff,
students, parents and the
community.
The board further
co m m en d ed
the
su p e rin te n d e n t fo r the
d istric t’s sound financial
p o sitio n
and
the
management of the district
resources. Browning was
also acknowledged for being
directly involved in the daily
instructional program for
students including both a
high level of visibility in
classrooms and for helping
lead instructional changes.
Board members also
indicated that they feel she
c ares d eep ly about the
success of all lone students.
Hermiston man dies of injuries
in Boardman industrial accident
Henry O. Ploeg, 63,
of Hermiston suffered fatal
injuries on Feb. 23 in an
industrial accident at Logan
International in Boardman,
said B oardm an P olice
D ep artm en t C h ie f John
Zeiler.
Ploeg was employed
by Logan International when
the accident occurred. He
was working on a machine
when a piece of his clothing
became caught and he was
pulled into the machine and
was crushed. He was given
CPR by the B oardm an
Police D epartm ent and a
medic from the Boardman
ambulance crew. Ploeg was
tra n sp o rte d
to
G ood
Shepherd Medical Center in
Hermiston where he later
died from his injuries.
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