TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 11,2006
HES gathers a ton of food for Neighborhood Center
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The student council spells out exceptional celebrating the Canned Food Drive at an
assembly held at HES on Thursday, Oct. 5.
The stu d en ts at
Heppner Elementary School
collected 2061.5 pounds of
food through their recent
canned food drive. Mrs.
G ibb's fourth grade class
was the w inner o f the
contest, bringing in 472.5
pounds.
The other classes at
HES were mighty helpers in
the c o llectio n s w ith the
c lasses b rin g in g in the
follow ing am ounts: Mrs.
Morris' kindergarten class-
129 pounds; Mrs. Stone's
kindergarten class- 45.5
pounds; Mrs. M atteson’s
first grade class- 296.5
pounds; M rs. C lo u g h ’s
second grade class- 247
pounds; Mrs. R ill's third
grade class- 125.5 pounds;
Mrs. O sm in’s third grade
class- 193 pounds; M rs.
Smith-Griffith’s fifth/sixth
grade class- 280 pounds; and
Mrs. D ow dy’s fifth/sixth
grade class- 85.5 pounds.
L ast
y ear
the
stu d en ts c o lle c te d 1550
pounds. The food is donated
to
the
H ep p n er
Neighborhood Center.
“Now people in this
community who might not
have enough to eat will now
have something to eat,” HES
Principal Jack Thompson
told the students gathered at
an assembly on Oct. 5.
Beth’s Buddies participate in Walk to Cure Diabetes
New teachers
continued from page 1
in Heppner. Stone also said
th at
she
loved
the
kindergarten age. “It is fun
to watch them grow from
just coming into school to
being able to read or almost
read,” expressed Stone.
She also says how
she enjoys that every day is
completely different. She has
two favorite times in the day.
One is in the morning when
her students are learning
math and reading. “ It is
amazing what they can do,”
said Stone. Can you guess
her other favorite time? It is
song time on Thursdays.
Stone
and her
husband, Daye, principal at
Heppner High School, have
fbfir Children, N alani, 7,
N aleah, 5, N oah, 3 and
Narin, 4 months.
In her free tim es,
Stone likes to enjoy time
with her family as well as
taking time for herself by
w riting music and doing
anything else that involves
music.
Also joining the HES
team is M elissa C oiner.
C oiner cam e down from
HHS and is now teaching
special education.
At HHS, Coiner was
teaching math, however,
with the return of David
Melville. Coiner was free to
take a new position at HES.
She said she was ready for a
change and had m issed
working with elementary-
aged c h ild ren . “ I like
teaching at the elementary
level,” said Coiner.
In her position with
the special ed u catio n
program. Coiner is not only
working with students in her
own classroom , but also
assisting other teachers by
helping in their classrooms.
She is also in charge of doing
a lot of the paperwork to
help keep the program
running. She also helps the
student through math groups
and study skills classes.
Also, starting this
W ednesday, C o in er is
starting a “Breakfast Club,“
for the special education
students. She told the kids
she will make breakfast and
have it at the school for them
on Wednesdays at 7 a.m., if
they bring in their homework
and work on it while they
eat. She will also be available
to help the students if they
have any questions.
C oin er is also an
assistant coach for the junior
high girls’ basketball team
and will be helping with
track.
An exciting event
upcoming in Coiner, and her
husband. Josh’s, life is the
arrival of their first child. She
is due Nov. 23. C o in er’s
husband Josh w orks for
NRCS in Condon and is the
Heppner junior high assistant
football coach.
W hile C o in er is
planning on taking maternity
leave, she is planning on
returning to school and may
even be seen throughout that
away time as she wants to
make sure her kids at school
are taken care of.
In her free tim e
lately, Coiner has been busy
getting the b ab y ’s room
ready,
read in g
and
scrapbooking.
Beth Morter (holding sign) with her “Buddies” at the Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation’s Walk to Cure Diabetes in Portland.
“Beth’s Buddies” a
team comprised of family
and friends of Beth Morter
raised $3581 to date in the
Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation (JDRF) Walk to
Cure Diabetes held Oct. 1 in
Portland.
Morter is a Type 1
diabetic, diagnosed in July
2003.
Last year, M orter
and friends walked as part of
Brent Eckman’s team, but
this year decided to form
their own team for the walk.
A seven-car caravan made
the trek to Portland early on
the morning of Oct. 1 and 39
team members participated
in the walk decked out in
neon green Beth’s Buddies
t-shirts. A beautiful fall day
made for a very pleasant
outing, which included the
5k walk, a barbeque and an
unlimited ride bracelet at the
h isto ric
O aks
Park
Amusement Park.
JDRF is a leading
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research
fo u n d atio n
searching for a cure for Type
1 diabetes. Not only does
JDRF actively fund research
in the area o f islet cell
transplantation, artificial
pancreas development, stem
cell research and more and
they effectively advocate for
government funding of Type
I diabetes research. There is
Love,
no cure but there is great
Horn, Dad, Brian,
hope that someday in the
Lindsey and Carrie
not-to-distant future there
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HAPPY
18 th
BIRTHDAY,
TONY!
(L-R): Beth Morter, Tanner Rietmann, Scooby Doo, Tyree
Svetich and McKenna Ramos.
Rebekah Lodge to hold Bunko party
This Sunday, Oct.
15, Holly Rebekah Lodge
will be hosting a Bunko
party. This will be a monthly
event, happening the third
Sunday o f ev ery m onth
through May. Rolling of the
dice will start at 3 p.m. For
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continued from page l
on the issue w ill hold a
meeting on the subject at the
Port of Morrow.
-learned that the city
of Irrigon has expressed an
interest in remodeling the old
Irrigon School building into
an arts building which would
encompass the three local
cultures-Native American,
Caucasian and Hispanic.
-le a rn e d
that
B urrow s
m et
w ith
Representative Greg Smith
and others concerning safe
access to H eppner High
School. The goal is to
im prove the d rain ag e
system, while still providing
two-way access on the roads
to the school.
-adopted 2006-07
board g o a ls, in clu d in g
in c re asin g
stu d en t
extracurricular participation
by five-percent.
-ap p ro v ed
the
second reading and adopted
a new policy concerning the
sale and rental of equipment,
such as band equipment, to
students.
-ap p ro v ed
the
recommendation by Berto
Hernandez and appointed
Dean Mason to the district
budget committee.
-rec o g n iz ed
the
R iv ersid e Ju n io r H igh
School A c c o u n ta b ility
Committee as an outstanding
program and p re sen te d
involved teachers with a
plaque.
- a p p r o v e d
te rm in a tio n for D arron
T ro w b rid g e, B oardm an
sch o o ls
fa c ilitie s
coordinator.
-approved transfers
for Virginia Garcia, from
Windy River Elem entary
School, Boardman, English
Language Learner program
to RHS ELL assistant; Kelly
Fox
from
H ep p n er
E lem entary School head
c u sto d ian to so u th end
facilities coordinator; and
Teresa Parret, from Irrigon
H igh School a ssista n t
custodian to Heppner High
School assistant custodian.
- a p p r o v e d
prom otions for: Dan Van
Liew from south end
facilities coordinator to HES
head c u sto d ia n ; M ike
Doherty from HHS assistant
custodian to head custodian.
- a p p r o v e d
em p lo y m en t for Pam
Barrera, Morrow Education
Center ELL assistant; and
Ana Rose M adrigal, Sam
Boardman Elementary ELL
assistant.
- a p p r o v e d
attendance variances.
-approved the sale of
surplus property.
-ap p o in te d
Dee
B urch to the H ep p n er
C o m m u n ity E d u catio n
C o m m ittee P o sitio n #3,
replacing Betty MacTavish.
-rec o g n iz ed and
accepted a $45,000 donation
from the Kilkenny family to
purchase new bleachers at
Heppner High School.
-held an executive
sessio n
co n ce rn in g
n eg o tiatio n s and a legal
matter.
-heard the following
announcem ents: Monday,
O ct. 16-H eppner C EC
m eetin g , H HS, 7 p.m .;
Tuesday, Oct. 17-Boardman
CEC meeting, SBE, 7 p.m.;
Wednesday, Oct. 18-Irrigon
CEC meeting, ACH, 7 p.m.;
Nov. 9-12-O S B A fall
c o n v en tio n ,
P o rtlan d
Marriott; Monday, Nov. 13-
next hoard meeting. Morrow
Education Center, 7 p.m.
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