New teachers join Heppner High staff
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Bessie Wet/ell Newspaper Library
University of Oregon
Eugene. OR 97403
VOL. 125
NO. 38
10 Pages
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Hardman to host annual oyster feed
H a r d m a n
Community Center members
are anticipating serving their
annual Oyster. Salmon and
Ham dinner to more than
400 hungry hunters and
visitors on Saturday, Sept.
30.
Hardman is a ghost
town with many of its old
building still intact. The town
originated in 1870 and had
its first school in 1879, in an
area then called Dairyville.
Locals in the community also
gave the town the handle of
"Red Dog." Another town
sprang up a mile away and it
was called “Yaller Dog." The
two co m m u n ities were
united when David Hardman
applied to have a post office
in 1882. The application was
approved, but it came back
as Hardman, Oregon. Some
residents also referred to the
new town as “Dog Town.”
The town prospered
with over 300 residents and
was the main stop over for
the freight and stage route
JB*
Corey Jo, 2Vi and Ryan \Vi.
Lindsay,
who
graduated from Heppner
High in 1994 and is proud
to have been on the state
championship football team,
went on to graduate from
Oregon State University and
received his master’s degree
from E astern O regon
University.
Lindsay, w ho is
known locally for his musical
performances with his wife,
has always liked music and
school and enjoys sharing
that joy with others. He has
taught for two years at
Arlington and is excited to
work with the program here
in Heppner.
Returning to HHS is
social studies/math teacher
David Melville. Melville
worked at HHS for half a
year in 2004 before being
deployed with the Army
N ational
G uard
to
Afghanistan.
M elville, and his
wife, Amanda and their two
girls live in Hermiston. His
youngest
daughter
was born
during his
deployment;
however, he
was given
leave
to
come home
for
the
delivery and
made it to
the hospital
43 minutes David Melville
before she
was born. His older daughter
is 3.
Melville is happy to
be back at HHS, "It is better
than being gone from home
and in combat.”
Helping to return the
VoAg program to Heppner
High is Beth Dickenson.
Dickenson is providing a
new energy to the previously
c an c e lled program and
r
.
HHS announces
homecoming court
Hardman Community Center
from The Dalles to Canyon
City.
The town boasted
three hotels, a post office,
livery stables, grocery store
and an assortm ent of
saloons.
The “Oyster, Salmon
and Ham Dinner" includes a
crisp coleslaw, baked potato,
dessert, coffee and punch for
$14 for adults, $5 for
children under 12 years and
no charge for preschool
children. Serving will start at
4:30 p.m. and continue to
7:30 p.m. Tickets may be
p u rchased at the door.
Proceeds from the dinner
will be used to preserve the
historic
H ardm an
Community Center.
Hardman is located
20 miles south of Heppner
on Highway 207.
lone pool problems fixable, board told
The lone School
Board learned at their
regular meeting Monday
night that the lone pool’s
leaking problems resulted
from poor caulking material,
not drainage problems as
was
feared.
ISD
S u p erin ten d en t
Bryn
B row ning said that the
caulking "did not adhere to
the sides of the seams and
when the pool filled with
water, it caused the seams to
flex and water to escape
down the sides.” She said
that recaulking with a
different caulking material
should correct the problem.
Also at the meeting,
the board learned that the
lone Cardinal Booster Club
donated $750 to cover the
lone School D istric t's
O regon School A thletic
Association annual dues.
ISD will pay OSAA for an
additional $650 for 13
individual activity charges,
which is budgeted through
Several
new
teachers, including a former
student, walk the halls of
Heppner High School this
year and a former teacher
returns to his position.
Troy M organ has
joined the teaching staff of
HHS
in
the
math
departm ent. M organ is
teaching eighth through 12,h
grade math.
Morgan grew up in
Portland and
came
to
—
Heppner via
Florida. He
said that he
went
to
Florida to
visit
and
ended
up
staying there
for seven
years. He
Troy Morgan
received his
degree in Florida at Troy
State University.
Morgan taught for
five years in Florida, but he
and his wife. A utum n,
decided they wanted to get
away from hurricanes and
tornados and move closer to
his family. However, he is a
little nervous about being in
Heppner
because he is
afraid it will
be
"too
cold.”
In his
free time,
Mo rg an
enjoys sports
r e l a t e d
activities
including
hunting and Joe Lindsay
Fishing.
Also new to the
HHS staff, but not new to
Heppner is Joe Lindsay.
Lindsay has taken over the
music department at the high
school and is also teaching
general music at Heppner
Elementary.
Lindsay and his wife,
LeAnne, have two children.
the Morrow County Unified
Recreation District payment
received by the school.
B row ning
and board
m em bers
expressed
frustration that OSAA has
increased its dues, especially
for a school as small as lone,
but voiced their appreciation
for MCURD and the booster
club.
In other business, the
board:
-learn ed that the
school’s work experience
program has changed, with
observation of the students
involved in work experience
at least four tim es per
semester and evaluations
will be completed on each
student. Work experience
students have been placed at
1RT. Wheatland Insurance,
Sunflower Junction, Keith
Morter and Sew What, in
add itio n
to
school
assignments.
- m o r n i n g
announcements are being
broadcast each day with
ASB students delivering
news.
-a shop/art night is
planned for Thursdays, with
community members and
students invited to work on
projects and guest artists and
tradesmen demonstrating
different techniques and
media. Materials will be paid
by a grant and artist time and
supervision will be donated
by lone staff and other
volunteers.
-enrollm ent as of
Sept. 12 was 151 students
with 60 in kindergarten
through fifth grade, 38 in
sixth through eighth grade
and 53 in grades nine
through 12.
-because of the large
size of the second/third
grade classroom with 24
students and the small class
confined pane two
ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE:
MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
H eppner
High
School, with Larry Mills as
the speaker, announced the
H om ecom ing Court this
Monday, Sept. 18. A poem
was written for each member
of the court by a different
student in the high school
and was read by Larry Mills.
The poems describe the
person w ithout telling
exactly who it was until the
name was read at the end.
The prince's poem was read
first and then he gave the
princess a rose after her
poem was read.
This y ear’s Junior
R oyalty is Prince Luke
Basile with Princess Cyde
Coil and Prince Tim Hauer
with Princess Baillie
Keithley. This year's Senior
Royalty is Prince Casey
Maben with Princess Regina
Seitz and Prince Zach Kurtz
with Princess Lyndi Patton
and Prince Aaron Allstott
wi t h Princess M ahaley
Huddleston. The crowning
of the court will be Friday.
Sept. 29. during halftime of
the football game.
Food, raffles and fun at
lone Education
Foundation fundraiser
On Saturday, Sept. 23. the lone Education
Foundation will be holding its annual fundraising
dinner. The social hour will begin at 6 p.m. A prime
rib dinner, complete with crab, shrimp and all the
trimmings will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Following the dinner, a variety of school
memorabilia as well as other donated items will be
auctioned off. Raffle tickets will be available on a .22
Marlin Ducks Unlimited Special Edition Rifle, a scenic
cruise from the deck of the Sternwheeler and a
fabulous spa package from Ooh La La. Tickets are
available thru the Bank of Eastern Oregon in lone, at
the door, or by calling 422-7435.
Come and enjoy a great dinner, lively auction
and an opportunity to visit w ith friends and neighbors.
hopes to develop it into an
exciting part of the students'
lives. Along with having the
c lass tim e o f VoAg,
D ick en so n
plans
on
beginning an FFA chapter.
She explained that while FFA
is extracurricular, it is an
integral part of class time.
D ick en so n , who
grew up in Ohio, has come
to Heppner from Portland
ahead of her husband, former
H ep p n er re sid en t Tim
Dickenson. She explained
that Tim is finishing
c h iro p ra c tic school in
Portland and plans to return
to Heppner to provide the
much-needed service.
Dickenson comes to
Heppner with five years of
e x p e rie n c e
and
has
taught
in
Hel i x and
Portland.
She
is
excited
a b o u t
teaching
here
in
Heppner
because of
all
the Beth
Dickenson
exciting
opportunities there are with
the VoAg departm ent.
Classes included in the VoAg
program will include Wildlife
Management, Horticulture,
Ag I and Ag Leadership. She
explained that are many
aspects to the program
including livestock judging,
w elding, electrician and
plumbing areas, crop and soil
management, business and
sales and service.
Dickenson said she
went into teaching because
she loves kids and they help
keep you young and on your
toes. She also said that as a
child she was very active in
4-H and FFA. which helped
guide her in life and she
wants to pass that on to
others. She is excited about
offering the rew ard s of
VoAg to kids who have not
had the o p p o rtu n ities it
opens up. She explained how
FFA offers students a chance
to expand their borders and
see other counties, the state
and the country as a w hole.
D ickenson
also
shared about some of the
upcom ing ev en ts in the
VoAg department. The most
current activity will be the
Community Work Day to be
held on Saturday, Sept. 23
from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
D ickenson is hoping to
receive community help to
repair the barn and
greenhouse areas and to
create a path between the
two. She also hopes that the
free lunch will help entice
volunteers.
U pcom ing VoAg
events include an FFA
leadership camp at Camp
Elkana Oct. 1-2. in which
state FFA official will be in
atten d an ce. State FFA
officials w ill then visit HHS
on Oct. 5. Students will also
have a chance to participate
in a District Soil Judging
Contest on Oct. 12.
D ickenson hopes
that as the year progresses,
community members with
special interests will contact
her to share these interests
with the students. “Lots of
things
tie
in
wi t h
a g ric u ltu re .”
said
Dickenson.
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