TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 23,2006
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
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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
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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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Bareback- Ryan Schmeizer;
Saddle Bronc- Ty Wilkins,
Arlington; and Bull Riding-
Dan Morse.
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