W ill close early this year
lone Pool leaking water
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Bessie W ei/ell Newspaper Library
University oi Oregon
Eugene. OR. 97403
HEPPNER
imes
VOL. 125
NO. 34
8 Pages
Wednesday, August 23,2006
The lone Pool is
losing several inches o f
water a day, lone School
S u p erin ten d en t
Bryn
Browning reported Monday
evening at the regular 1SD
Board meeting. Browning
said that water leaking from
the pool into a sump pump
and into the d ra in fie ld
resu lted in a sin k h o le,
causing a light pole on the
side o f the school tennis
courts and a back fence to
shift. The board opted to
close the pool after Labor
Day to determine the cause
of the problem, instead of
keeping it open until the
o rig in al clo su re date of
September 30.They usually
keep the pool open so that
students could use it during
school. Browning said they
hoped to get problem s
resolved quickly, so they
could open as soon as
p o ssib le in June. They
weren't able to open the pool
until July 4 this year.
Also at the meeting,
the board began deliberating
reg u latio n s w hich could
restrict or ban students from
driving to school. Guidelines
were created in response to
concerns heard at a safety
m eeting held earlier.
Students had been observed
not fo llo w in g O regon
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Shane Erickson takes All-Around and Mike
Currin Calf Roping at OTPR
D riving Law s, such as
driving without insurance,
sp eed in g , h aving ex tra
passengers and passing a
school bus.
The new regulations
would require each student
to sign a “student driving
co n sen t fo rm ” w hich
requires parental permission
and school ap p ro v al.
Students must show proof of
a valid driver's license and
proof of insurance.
The regulations also
require that:
-vehicles remain on
campus during the entire
school day unless permission
has been granted by a school
official;
-student drivers must
not display "show -off' or
reckless driving behavior in
the school zone;
-student drivers must
adhere to all Oregon driv ing
laws, including restricting
the number of passengers for
new drivers, observing all
speed regulations (20 miles
per hour in school zones and
five mph in the school
parking lot) and wearing of
seatbelts. Violation of these
re g u la tio n s
w ill
be
considered reckless driving.
For the first minor
driving violation, the student
will be issued a warning and
a letter will be sent to his
p aren ts. F o r the second
violation, the student will
lose driving privileges for at
least a week. A first violation
for recklessness w ill result in
su sp en sio n o f d riv in g
privileges for at least two
weeks.
Students will also be
reminded that they need to
"model conscientious and
safe b eh av io r for the
younger students.”
R alph M orter. a
mem ber of the audience,
voiced some concerns at the
meeting about the student
driver policy. "If a student is
having discipline problems,
discipline them, don't take
aw ay
th e ir
d riv in g
p riv ile g e s ,” co m m en ted
Morter.
B row ning
also
re p o rte d that the issu es
concerning special education
funding for Morrow County
School District students who
attend the lone Community
School have been resolved.
According to the agreement
worked out between her and
M CSD
A ssistan t
Superintendent Wade Smith,
Morrow County will claim
the students both on the
special education census and
on the resid en t d istric t
census. 1SD will bill MCSD
for h a lf o f the M C S D ’s
average daily attendance
after the second quarter and
the remaining half at the end
of the school year for basic
student support monies.
MCSD's special ed
director, BJ W ilson, will
meet w ith Lindsay Orem of
ISD at the beginning of each
school year to review the
s tu d e n ts'
in d iv id u al
ed u ca tio n
plan s
and
d eterm in e the sp ecial
education w eighting (an
Oregon State Department of
Education formula which
d eterm in es how m uch
additional state monies a
school receives, depending
on the number of special ed
students), based on services
that lone provides. ISD will
bill MCSD for the special ed
w eighting, based on the
services it provides.
A lso w ith in the
agreement. lone w ill assist in
Child Find services, MCSD
w ill w ork w ith lo n e to
schedule and notify parents
or guardians of IEP meetings
and
W ilson
or
a
re p re se n ta tiv e w ill be
present at all IEP meetings
to assist in d e cisio n s
concerning service delivery.
In other business, the
board:
-ap p ro v ed
an
agreement w ith the Morrow
County Unified Recreation
District to receive $84.000
to fund e x tra -c u rric u la r
continued page two
Spruce Lane to become one-way
l '1 place hull rider Andy Crozier on "Hard Time.”
The O regon Trail
Pro R odeo was held in
H eppner at the M orrow
County Fairgrounds, Aug.
17-19. The rodeo is part of
the Northwest Pro Rodeo
A sso ciatio n .
Stock
Contractor for the year was
B Bar D Rodeos. Delene
D urfey
and
H eather
Buchanan served as timers.
Rough stock judges were
Pat Shannon and Benny
Ruda. Jim Crozier served as
field flagger. Announcer for
the event w as C urt
Robinson. Bill Hamilton was
the bullfighter and Cody
Sanford served as the clown/
barrelman. Norm Durfey and
Dan Durfey were this year's
pickup men.
Bareback: l sl- Sam
Storts, Coquille. $909.15;
2nd- Ryan Schm eizer,
Terrebonne, $752.40; 3rd-
Caleb Bayes. Payette, ID; 4lh
tied- Jacob Fiddy, Veneta
and G rant Richie, Walla
Walla, WA. $360.53 each;
and 5,h tied - G eorge
Gillespie, Midland and Kirk
G io v an in i,
P en d leto n .
$78.38 each.
Saddle Bronc: l'1-
Jack Field. Yakima, WA,
$ 1 0 19.35;
2nd- Jared
McFarlane. Adrian. $843.60;
3rd- M ark G age, Jordan
Valley, $667.85; 4,h tied- Ty
Wilkins. Arlington and Levi
Bunch. D urkee, $404.23
each; and Frank McKay,
Burns, $175.75.
Bull R iding: I'1-
Andy Crozier, Aumsville,
$1092.50; 2nd- Cody Ford.
U m atilla, $950; 3rd tied-
Garrett Faulhaber. Redmond
and Dan Morse, Ellensburg,"
WA, $736.25 each ; 4 ,h-
Aaron Kafka, LaG rande,
Photo by Sandy Matthews.
$522.50; 5,h- Joe O akes,
Metolius, $380; 6lh tied- Jake
R upp, P ay ette, ID and
Jimmy Floyd, Prineville.
$166.25 each.
Bull R iding Day
M oney: l ' 1 perform ance,
$144 each- Jake Rupe,
Payette, ID, Zach Bright,
Ephrata, WA. Dan Morse.
E llensburg, WA, G arrett
Faulhaber, Redmond and
Cody Ford, Umatilla; 2nd
performance. $93.33 each-
Aaron Kafka, LaGrande,
Andy Crozier, Aumsville,
Jimmy Floyd, Prineville. Joe
Oakes, M etolius, Charlie
B arker, T errebonne and
Kasey Collier, Prineville.
Tie Down Roping:
l sl- Shane
E rick so n ,
Terrebonne; 2nd tied- Chase
Taylor. Pendleton and Ryan
Gallagher. Merrill. $1247.83
each; 3rd- Jared Sharp,
ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE:
MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
Dayton, $944.30; 4lh- Dave
Cannon. Heppner. $741.95;
5th- Brett Hale. Tenino, WA.
$539.60; and 6,h tied- Del
Foley. Roseburg and Luke
Jefferies, H om edale. ID,
$236.08 each.
Steer Wrestling: I 1-
Michael Reger. Redmond,
$ 1 2 4 5 .4 5 ; 2 nd- A nthony
Verdino. Pasco, WA.$1083;
3rd-
Ryan
M atteson,
H eppner. $ 9 2 0 .5 5 ; 4 ,h-
Sierling Lambert. Fallon,
WA. $758.10; 5lh- C hris
Irzyk. Moro. $595.65; 6lh
tied - Luke Je ffe rie s,
Homedale. ID and Joe Irzyk.
continued page 2
As of Sept. 28. Spruce Lane in Heppner, coming
down the hill from Heppner High School and connecting
to Fuller Canyon Road, will no long be a two-way street.
After several issues, including road w idth, guard rails and
drainage, were brought to the attention of the Morrow
County Road Committee, they concluded that the best
correction to the problems would be to redesignate Spruce
Lane as a one-way street. The Morrow County Court
approved the decision Aug. 16.
"Spruce Lane will upon posting on Sept. 28. be a
one-way street going north or down the hill from the high
sch(H)l. " said Burke O'Brien, Morrow County Public Works
Director.
The redesignation will also allow for a pedestrian
and bike lane on the road, as well as the installation of new
guard railing. “We sincerely hope that any inconvenience
to the motoring public will be offset by the increased safety,"
commented O'Brien.
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