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Auction and Steak Feed This Saturday
Preparations are in
the works and keeping
everyone busy getting
reading for the annual
Booster Club Steak Feed
and Auction set for Saturday,
Oct. 14 at the Heppner Elk’s
Lodge. Numerous auction
items have poured in and the
steaks have been ordered.
D inner tickets can be
purchased ahead of time
from Hollomon’s or MCGG
Tickets are $10 and include
steak, salad, bread, potato
and dessert.
The auction again
will have a raffle, penny
board and silent auction as
well as the main event
beginning at 8 p.m.
Some noted items in
the auction include two
gallons of milk a week for a
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Auction items on display at Heppner TV.
year, donated by Heppner
Family Foods, a diamond
plate 5 ,h wheel toolbox,
donated by Les Schw ab
Tires, a Mexican dinner for
10, donated by the
Elguezabal family, along
with various Ducks, Beavers
and S eah aw k s ticket
packages.
Visit
www.heppner.net for a full
list of auction items.
School board discusses Irrigon
High School parking solutions
VOL. 125
NO. 41
12 Pages
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Morrow County. Heppner, Oregon
Three new teachers join HES staff
Three new teachers
have joined the staff at
Heppner Elementary School
this year.
M arianne Smith,
wife
of
A ssistant
Superintendent Wade Smith,
has joined not only the team
of HES. but also of Heppner
High School. At the
elementary school she is co
teaching with Cara Osmin,
teaching third grade science,
social studies and writing, as
well
as
teaching
k in d erg arten and third/
fourth grade physical
e d u catio n . At the high
school she is teaching junior
high and high school art and
is the varsity track coach.
Smith received her
b a c h e lo r's and m a ster's
degrees from Willamette
University. She studied art
and general education.
Smith said she has
always wanted to work with
kids and wanted to be a
coach so transferring to the
teaching position here in
Heppner “lended perfectly to
both of those.”.
Smith came to HES/
HHS after teaching third
grade for two years at Sam
Boardman Elementary in
Boardman.
Smith, and husband
Wade,
and
children
Cheyenne, 5 and Emily, 2,
have lived in Heppner for the
past two years. “We were
welcomed with open arms.
This is a perfect town to
raise our children in.” said
Smith.
In her free time,
Smith enjoys spending time
with her fam ily, cross-
stitching and hunting with
her family.
At the high school,
Smith plans to have the
students doing many art
projects and will be holding
a show at the end of the year
to display all their projects.
The show will be held at the
library and open for the
community to see the hard
work of the students.
Coming to
HES from
l o n e
Community
School is
M ich e lle
Stone.
Stone is
te a c h in g
kindergarten
MichelleStone
Melissa Coiner
Marianne Smith
year. HES
has two kindergarten classes her job teaching music in
this year, with Stone’s class lone, she decided it would
be better to teach here in
having 15 students.
Stone received her Heppner as this is where her
degree from Montana State family is and her children
University- Northern. This is will be going through school
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her sixth year teaching.
While Stone loved
Sheriff’s office investigating
possible thefts at mill site
Responding to a report from an employee with
Columbia Basin Electric, Morrow County Sheriff's Office
deputies were dispatched to the old Kinzua Mill Site outside
of Heppner to investigate a suspicious male.
Deputies searched the mill buildings for the subject
and found him hiding in one, said Undersheriff Steve Myren.
James Boyd Brown, 39, of Heppner, was arrested
on Burglary II x2. Criminal Mischief II, Possession of a
Controlled Substance II, Criminal Trespass II x2 and
Aggravated Theft I. He was lodged at Umatilla County
Jail on approximately $44.000 bail. His vehicle was also
impounded.
An investigation is ongoing into alleged thefts.
“Investigation into other suspects involved is ongoing.”
said Undersheriff Myren.
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Morrow County School District
receives report lower dropout
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Morrow County School District is pleased to
announce their 2(X)4-05 dropout data for their three
junior/senior high schools. All three schools improved
on their dropout rates from the 2003-04 school year.
Heppner Junior/Senior High School fell from 2.1
percent to zero percent. Irrigon Junior/Senior High
School fell from 2 percent to 1 percent. Riverside
Junior/Senior High School fell from 2 percent to 1.7
percent. The district dropout rate was 3.4 percent.
which includes students attending the Morrow
Education Center. Morrow County School District's
alternative school program. All schools, including the
district total of 3.4 percent were well below the state
average of 4.2 percent.
According to Mark Burrows. Superintendent.
“ ...our alternative school program has been a great
incentive for at-risk students to stay in school.
Likewise, our board goal to keep students involved in
extra and co-curricular opportunities has also helped
retain students in our school systems.”
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School Board member Ken
Matlack, who is also the
Morrow County Sheriff,
discussed solutions to a
parking problem at Irrigon
Junior Senior High School at
the regular school board
m eeting in B oardm an
Monday night.
M atlack told the
board that people have been
parking well into the street
near the school for sporting
events and the city of Irrigon
has instructed the M.C.
S h e rif f’s D epartm ent to
ticket violators. Matlack
says that the department has
been warning people in the
stands, but that also causes
traffic problems when fans
leave the event to move their
vehicles. “It's difficult to be
a good host when you have
to go into the stands and get
people to move their
vehicles,” Matlack said.
M atlack said that
people attending the games
should have sufficient
parking, but the sheriff's
d ep artm en t has to cite
people in violation. “It’s a
big problem and I don't like
the num bers o f people
cited,” he said.
M atlack o utlined
one solution to the problem
in which a three-foot cable
near the football field could
be moved 12 to 15 feet, a 10-
foot sidewalk installed the
length of south First Street
(which was included in city
o f Irrigon plans), which
would then allow 25 feet to
be desig n ated for angle
p arking, which could
“double the parking." He
suggested that perhaps the
sch o o l’s booster club be
approached for funds for
installation of the sidewalk
next
year.
School
S u p erin ten d en t
Mark
Burrows said that a donation
from the district “seems
reasonable."
Irrigon Jr./Sr. High
Principal Tom Crane said,
however, that he thought
there might be a better
solution to the problem. Also
discussed was the possibility
of getting the city to relent
on enforcement.
Additionally.
Matlack mentioned the need
for a gate at the field for
security as well as to
improve gate collections.
M atlack
also
brought up the need for the
sheriff’s department to be leadership and teachers that
able to communicate with work hard."
In other business, the
the district concerning kids
board:
under 18 who get into
-learned
from
trouble with drinking, drug
Burrows
and
A
ssistant
use or other issues. As it
stands, Matlack says that the Superintendent Wade Smith
s h e r iff's departm ent is of a scheduled professional
prohibited from disclosing day Oct. 13, which will give
such inform ation about teachers in each grade level
underage kids to the schools. structured time to share
"It s really problematic," said ideas and collaborate at
Matlack, who added that sessions all over the district.
State Representative “Greg Smith said that some lone
and
some
Smith has been a great teachers
advocate in changing the law Hermiston teachers would
so that law enforcement can also attend.
-adopted resolutions
work with schools to hold
opposing
ballot measures 48
kids accountable.” In light of
and
41,
which
they maintain
a recent beer party involving
Irrigon students, both would result in a dramatic
underage and those over 18, loss of funding for the state
including at least seven and the district. Burrows
Irrigon High School football said that he w ill draft a mailer
players, two soccer players to inform district patrons of
and one baseball player, the effect of those ballot
Matlack reminded students measures on the district, but
that they can get into trouble stressed that the mailer will
just by being at a party, even be informational only and
if they are not drinking. He will not be an attempt to
also said he was try ing to get influence their vote. The
the juvenile department to board can take a stand on the
impose the same sanctions issue, but administration and
on kids who get into trouble staff are prohibited.
-heard a complaint
as the schools do.
from
form er
district
In a related issue,
employee
Noe
Melendez
Matlack brought up the need
for after school programs to concerning an issue where a
prevent kids from joining crosswalk at Sam Boardman
gangs. He said, however, Elementary School was left
that the $1 million insurance unattended and the school’s
liability policy required by phone unanswered. Principal
the district for groups to use BJ Wilson apologized for the
school facilities has been problem and said it was due
prohibitive. "My concern is to a school photographer
that w e're so concerned running late. Board member
(about lia b ility ) ...w e ’re Berto Hernandez said that
ham strung. People who his wife had also complained
want to get involved can't about the issue, but added
afford the insurance." "More that he felt the issue had been
people would be inclined to resolved.
-learn ed
from
help if we didn't have such a
Burrow
s
that
district
restriction," he added. "I
don’t agree with having a enrollment was up to 2274
million dollar insurance from earlier reports.
-learned that the
policy before people can use
lone
School
District joined
the b u ild in g ." District
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other
districts,
including
financial officer Rhonda
Lorenz said that the policy the Morrow County District,
was designed to protect staff in support of a mail-in vote
and students from liability for Oregon School Board
elections.
during school activities. The A ssociation
Proponents
believe
it will
board
tabled
further
assist those from rural
discussion on the issue.
districts
who may not be able
Also at the meeting
to
attend
OSBA meetings.
Burrows revealed that the
Currently
voting is only
d istrict
has
another
“exceptional” school. A.C. conducted at the meetings.
-learned
from
H oughton
Elem entary
Burrows
that
the
district
is
School has joined Heppner
"m
oving
ahead
on
Elem entary in receiving
pay for
exceptional marks. "Results p erfo rm an ce
like this don't just happen by administrators." An expert
accident," said Burrows,
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cred ited
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