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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 23,2006 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow continued from page one Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S PS 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon Office at 188 W Willow Street Telephone (541)676-9228. F ax(541)676-92li t mail editor9npidierve.net or davidtSheppner net Web site www heppner net Post master send address changes to the Heppnei Gazette-Times, PO Box 337, Heppner. Oregon 97836 Subscriptions $26 in Morrow County: $20 senior rate (in Morrow County only: 62 years or older); $32 elsewhere; $26 student subscriptions David S y k e s................................................................................................... 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Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under "Card of Thanks" at a cost of $10. Water main break affects some Lexington families To the Editor: O ngoing saga o f Lexington- Many of you are not aware there was a serious break in the new water main in one portion of town last week. It left at least two fa m ilie s and the road department without water for two days. Our mayor did not answer her phone and not one council member had the courtesy to contact them (at least one of them) to see if they could help them find an alternate source of water M a g n e tic D o o r S ig n s Heppner lìazel te-Times 676-9228 or help fix the problem . Thanks to friends they were supplied with w ater and managed to get by. It would have been nice if they would have been offered a night in a m otel since the to w n ’s liability insurance probably would have paid for it. They were given a few bottles of water by the maintenance man that the tow n had p u rch ased fo r tow n employees to drink. The council should have a little more concern and co m p assio n for the residents of their town. By the way, we were not the family that had no water. (s) Shirley McCarl Lexington CE LANE TO BE IAY s t r e e t o n ly —s r s s V s Afler s due s ,nice Lane in i o f - e o U n ^ ^ u e s w U h .h .s r Morrow County Lane as a one way ^ ^ Morrow *cd “" ^ A u g u s t 16 meeting in ° 1 me will upon P°s,'"S °" a one way street go.ng lown toehill from the Heppner High j .cerely ho(£ 'by 'be1 otoring puW , pedestrian 'ils w e llle t b e in s t a lia n o n o f a l ra g e p e o p le lo ^ ria ^ -l lallv posted. lone Pool leaking water Burke O’ Brien ’ m o nntv Public MntTOW C u n t)M ^ _ Works _^^^ a c tiv itie s for the 06-07 school year, the same as the last three previous years. “Thank goodness we have M C U R D ,” com m ented board member Anne Morter. -ap p ro v ed an a d d itio n a l $9,671 for funding for an introduction to keyboarding class for ninth-graders, and increasing the c o n tra c t w ith new teacher Jerry Cronin. Ninth- grade students, who had been previously scheduled for PE, will now be placed in keyboarding. They can still satisfy th e ir PE requirements in the 10lh or 1 l ,h g rad e. W hile board m em ber A nne M o rter approved the funding, she added that she did so with “ b udget re s e rv a tio n s ” . Board Chair Joe McElligott also approved the funding with reservations. “We might have to pay the piper later by m aking c u ts ,” said McElligott. -approved a contract with the Umatilla-Morrow ESD to fund a one-on-one autism aid e. The aide selected was an UMESD employee. -approved a contract with UMESD for services for the 2006-07 school year for $ 142,425 to be billed in two payments semi-annually. The breakdown is as follows: business office- $25,000; human resources- $6,000; special education- $4,875; ESL p ro g ram s- $9,5 5 0 ; counseling services- $500; in stru c tio n a l s ta ff development- $4,000; board serv ice s- $4,5 0 0 ; and operation and maintenance serv ice s- $88 ,0 0 0 . T his agreement does not include funds for the autism aide, -learned that the district has three new teachers this year: • Jerry Cronin will be the new Spanish/technology teacher. He has been the librarian at the Adams Public Library for the past tw o years, has taught a Blue M ountain C om m unity College Spanish ESL class, high school Spanish and technology in C alifornia where he also worked in curriculum developm ent, te ac h e r tra in in g and technology integration for over 15 years. Karl Blaeuerwill be the new part-tim e m usic teacher. He has taught music and French for the past 17 years in Oregon. Tennessee and C o lo ra d o . He is an accom plished “ P rincipal B ass” perform er and has p e rfo rm ed w ith both national and international sy m p h o n ies. He also Correction In last week's article re g a rd in g the M orrow C ounty School D istrict, published Aug. 16, it was m isstate d that A.C. Houghton in Irrigon had not meet the AYP standards, however, A.C. Houghton, did meet the standards. A.C. Houghton has met the AYP requirem ents since 2002 when reporting began. For the past tw o year, A .C. Houghton has also received an Oregon Department of Education School Report Card rating of strong. provides private lessons in the Suzuki violin method and strings, including violin, viola, cello, bass and Fiddle. Erin H an sell- H eidem an from C ondon High School w ill be the m iddle school and high school general science and elective science teacher. She has taught a g ric u ltu re education at Pendleton High School and is a former FFA advisor for Condon, Helix and Pendleton. -approved the following staff reco m m en d atio n s: Jerry C ro n in -S p an ish ; Karl B laeu er-m u sic; D ean Robinson-athletic director, head middle school football coach. Talented and Gifted program coordinator, middle school track coach. Outdoor school; Ryan Rudolf-head high school girls’ basketball coach, head high school track coach; Jim Raible, DART program coordinator; K aren H olland, E nglish Language Learner program d ire c to r; Steve Schaber, a ssista n t m iddle school fo o tb all co ach ; D ennis Stefani, head high school fo o tb a ll c o ac h ; Josh Brow ning, assistant high school fo o tb a ll coach; Brandi Orem , head high school volleyball coach; Jill Martin, assistant high school volleyball coach; Lynn Dee R am os, m iddle school volleyball coach; Jim Raible, ex tra duty c o n ce ssio n s director. -accepted a resignation from M elissa L aR ue as instructional aide and pool manager. -tabled a decision to elect a board chair, vice chair and appointment of members to standing committees until the next meeting when the e n tire b o ard w ill be in attendance. -rev iew ed the fin an cial u p d a te, in clu d in g state school su p p o rt, jo u rn a l entries and check register, -ap p ro v ed the second reading and adopted the support services policy and the facilities development policy. -approved a local public c o n tra c t rev iew board resolution. -ap p ro v ed v ario u s housekeeping resolutions, -ap p ro v ed the 2006-07 m eetin g sch ed u le w ith meetings schedules on the third Monday of each month with work sessions planned for 6 p.m. and meetings at 7 p.m . ex cep t fo r som e e x ce p tio n s as fo llo w s: Monday, Aug. 21, Monday, Sept. 18, Monday, Oct. 16, Monday, Nov. 20, Monday, Dec. 18, Tuesday, Jan. 16, Tuesday, Feb. 20, Monday, March 19, Monday, April 16, Monday May 21. and second Monday, June 11. -learned that the final deed for the teacherage is being processed and should be available this fall. -learned that prelim inary Average Yearly Progress reports for the federal No C h ild L eft B ehind Act in d ic a te that lone Community School has met all criteria areas. -learned that prelim inary state test scores have been received from the Oregon Department of Education, -learned from Browning that a m eetin g w ith M id- Columbia Bus could result in a reduction of the maximum time students will have to ride the bus from one and a half hours to one hour and five minutes. Regular routes will be run the first day to d e term in e how m any students will be riding and w hich sto p s need to be m ade. M id C o lu m b ia increased its base rate (50 miles minimum) to $238.46, up $8.46; excess miles over 50 to $1.31 per mile, up five c en ts p er m ile; and the activ ity per m ile rate to $1.88, up seven cents per mile. -h eard the m ain ten an ce rep o rt as fo llo w s: new double ovens have been installed in the kitchen; one high school classroom has been painted; the high school gym flo o rs have been resealed; a new drinking fountain has been installed in the cafeteria hallway; a shop dumpster has been delivered; water and boiler systems and the k itch en c o o ler and freezer have been serviced; a plumber was unable to find converter kits for the high school sinks, but instead drilled larger holes in the sinks to avoid hard water build-up and clogging issues; M ark B runo has been contracted to do repairs on the Crow's Nest and install the new doors; new double doors for the front and back o f the c afete ria hall are alm ost ready to in sta ll, awaiting parts that had to be sp ecially ordered; Keith Morter will tear up concrete around the stage steps to fix a broken drain. -le a rn e d that lo n e Community School will host one female exchange student from Russia this year, -learned that in September the staff will begin work on re fin in g the E d u catio n Profile Plan that each student completes. -learned that the 2005-06 full-color yearbooks are now on sale for $25 each. -h eard the fo llo w in g announcements: Aug. 28- first day of school; Sept. 7- Booster Club barbecue, 6 p.m.; Sept. 18-next board m eetin g ; S ept. 23-Ione Education Foundation, 6:30 p.m.; Nov. 10-12-Oregon School Boards Association annual conference, Portland. OTPR results continued from page one Moro, $351.98 each; and 7,h- Chris McKoen, Terrebonne, $108.30. Team Roping: 1“- Mike Fuller, Clarkston and Shane Crossley, Hermiston, $1201.75 each; 2nd- Trevor McCoin, Condon and Jared McFarlane, Adrian, $1045 each ; 3ld- R ick C opher, Molalla and Shane Erickson, Terrebonne, $888.25 each; 4lh- Mario Eldridge, Ely, ID and C had M cD aniel, Caldwell, ID, $731.50 each; 5 'h. Del Foley, Roseburg and Rusty Thompson, Yoncalla, $574.75 each; 6lh tied- Cody Laumb, Heppner and Justin M atteson, Heppner, Matt Erb, Roy, WA and Cody Corey, Chimacum, WA and Rob Black, Meridian, ID and M ark B lack, H am m ond, WA, $261.25 each. B reakaw ay: 1“- Samantha Gallagher, Merrill, $1311; 2nd- Mindi Primley, Battle Ground, WA, $1140; 3 rd tied - S co tti Fuller, Lewiston, ID and Kelsey Johnson, Redmond, $883.50 each; 4 lh- Regan Lawson, Nampa, ID, $627; 5,h- Jenna Johnson, Warm Springs, $456; 6lh- M onica Willis, $285; 7,h tie d - Jenna Goodwin, Eltopia, WA and Kari Dell, Hermiston, $57 each. Barrel Racing: lsl- Jaym ie Leach, Roseburg, $1119.10; 2nd- Kelli Jensen, Redm ond, $1001.30; 3rd- Janice Davis, H ermiston, $ 8 8 3 .5 0 ; 4 ,h- Lucy S ch n ab ele, P rin ev ille, 4 7 6 5 .7 0 ; 5,h- R ayanne Currin, Pendleton. $647.90; 6lh- Sammee Green, Madras, $530.10; 7,h- Katie VanBeek, Nampa, ID, $412.30; 8,h- Marrisa Black, Meridian, ID, $294.50; 9lh- Jennifer Storts, Coquille,$ 176.70; and 10,h- Sam m y Jo W illis, Terrebonne, $58.90. G ail P ap ineau Memorial Barrel Racing Buckle: Jaymie Leach. All-Around Cowboy and Mike Currin Calf Roping Buckle: Shane Erickson. 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