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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 22,2006 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical mallei at the Post Office at Heppner, < )reg»n under the Act of March 3, 1879 Periodical (»stage paid at Heppner. Oregon Office at 188 W' Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-9228 Fax (541 >676-92II. E- in.nl editor lapidserve net ordavid® heppner net Website www heppner net Post master send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P O Box 337. Heppner. Oregon 97X 36 Subscriptions 526 in Morrow County. 520 senior rate tin Morrow County only; 62 years or older): 532 elsewhere 526 student subscriptions. David S y k e s...................................................... ................................... 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Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! lone Board considers shorter bus routes -were entertained at continued from page one The hoard also learned that the lone E d u eatio n Fou n d atio n ap p ro v ed a $500 grant written by Ryan Rudolf for a sixth-grade field trip to the Portland Art Museum to see an ex h ib it on E gyptian artifacts. In other business, the board: -heard a request from coach Jim Swanson who asked that the board re c o n sid e r cu ttin g back many of the Tuesday night JV athletic games. The board stressed that they and a th letic d ire c to r Dean Robinson were trying to em p h asize edueation by cutting down on missed classes and late nights for the players, especially since the school has only a four-day week. Browning also said that when the players are absent from class, that means that around h alf o f the students are absent. “When the basketball players leave, half the school is gone,” she said. She also said that many of the schools who play lone are also cutting back on mid week contests. “We're not the only school cutting JV games to increase instruction time,” she said. She also co m m e n ted that transportation is the biggest expense in their budget and, with a tight Morrow County Unified Recreation District budget, paying for additional busses to transport JV and varsity teams separately would not be possible. -learn ed that enrollment as of November 14 is 148 students; with 60 students in kindergarten through fifth grade, 38 in grades six through eight and 50 in grades nine through 12. -heard reports from B row ning and board members concerning the recent O regon School B oards A sso ciatio n convention. lone students Alex Carlson, Amanda Tullis and Frank Mtxtre performed at the Oregon Small School B reak fast held in c o n ju n c tio n w ith the conference. -heard a report on recent fall conferences with Karen Holland arranging Spanish translators, who translated 22 conferences b etw een p arents and teachers over two days. -received a plaque from Mid-Columbia Bus for contracting bus services with them the past four years. the meeting as middle school students performed “Caps for Sale” and “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly.” The students also performed for kindergarten through fifth grade students during National Children’s Book Week. A uthor and pilot Kath McCullough gave an inspirational speech and community member Hasa Brown shared N ative American tales and legends. -learned that Allison R u d o lf hosted a sen io r financial aid night with Blue M ountain C om m unity College. On November 22 students begin preparing for the SAT. -learned that the entrepreneur class is building decorative Christmas items which will be sold to the public beginning at the first home basketball game December 1. The school is also planning to incorporate a Camp Five day with the entrepreneur class. -learn ed that the eighth-grade science class hosted Dr. Todd Jarvis, OSU sen io r re sea rc h er and assistan t p ro fesso r of geosciences, for an hour- long p re sen ta tio n about g ro u n d w a te r supplies, pollution and carbon dating of water. -learn ed that the school held a Veteran's Day presentation with posting of the colors, instrum ental presentations, poems and songs. -approved opening negotiations with teachers on one specific issue concerning reimbursement for unused days. -approved the second reading and adopted policy on instruction. -approved the first reading of student policy. -held an executive session on coach evaluations. -heard the following a n n o u n ce m e n ts: w inter music p erfo rm an ce, Monday, December 11, 6 p.m .; a d d itio n al work sessio n . W ednesday, D ecem b er 14, 4 p.m .; December board meeting. Monday, December 18, 7 p.m. St. Pats Senior Center News The St. Patrick Senior C enter menu for D ecem b er 29 will be meatloaf. mixed vegetables, mixed green salad, cake and icecream. Meeting set on revised . floodplain maps Airport improvements continued from page one or living in the identified flood hazard areas, such as along Hinton Creek, Shobe Creek, Willow Creek, Balm Fork, L orraine C anyon, Rietmann Creek, Blackhorse C an y o n , and Little Blackhorse Canyon. Interested persons are in v ited to attend a m eeting at the N R C S/ SWCD Pettyjohn Building, 430 L e x in g to n -H e p p n e r Highway, H eppner, oh Monday, December 4, from 6:30 - 8:30 pm. Representatives from the Oregon State Department of Land C o n se rv a tio n and D ev elo p m en t, FEM A , WEST Consultants, Inc., and local communities will be on hand to discuss the study and its affects on ongoing local development. Greg Smith to emcee Irrigon awards banquet Irrigon will crown its citizens of the year on Saturday, December 2, at Stokes Landing Community Center, starting a 6:30 p.m. State Representative Greg Smith will I be the emcee for the evening. “Greg is always e n te rta in in g and has a genuine interest in our local c o m m u n itie s ,” said a spokesperson N o m in a tio n s are being accepted now for “ C itizen o f the Year” , “Outstanding Young Adult”, “ E ducator o f the Year” , “Volunteer of the Year”, and “Public Safety Person of the Year”. Nomination forms can he picked up at Irrigon City Hall. Bank of Eastern Oregon in Irrigon, or by calling 922-1915 or 564- 0420 and requesting from the Irrigon C h am b er of Commerce. Rounding out the evening will be Mulligan Stew, which will provide special m usic for the evening. “Interesting and beautiful table centerpieces, decorations, and trees” will auctioned by auctioneer Paul Kramer. There will also be a special program which is being kept secret until the evening of the banquet. The banquet will be held at Stokes Landing Community Center at 6:30 pm on Saturday, December 2. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at Century 21 and Hermiston Plan Center in Hermiston, anu Bank of Eastern Oregon and Huwe’s in Irrigon, orcdll 571-5888 or 5710785 for tickets! Greenfield Grange plans bazaar A holiday bazaar will be held December 1 and 2 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day at Greenfield Grange, 209 N.W. 1st St. in Boardman. Hourly door prize drawings will be held and one does not need to be present to win. Each child, accompanied by a parent, will receive a bag of treats. Craft w orkshops will be available, one on teaching children to make bird feeders for the winter, another on h o lid ay c e n te r piece decorations. Tables of all kinds of crafts and holiday items will be in the hall. The kitchen will serve food all day and coffee is free. Tables rent for $5 a day. Any vendor who wishes to have a table may call Jane Dean 481-5223. Arial view of Lexington Airport improvements. New taxiway (center) was nio\ ed away from main runway (right) and reconstructed. Other new taxiwavs and new hangers (building at left) have also been added. en tire airport up g rad e continued from page one project, O'Brien says he sees stay in, and will now have a be rented if they were the airport as a great asset bath and kitchen. An old av ailab le . “That is a for South Morrow County. house now being used will $300,000 quality structure "Having an airport that is he tom down and a six-bay that was built with a appealing will make it an covered parking area built $175,000 grant,” O'Brien e c o n o m ic plus for the allow ing people to keep cars points out, again using the c o m m u n ity ,” he says, there w hen they fly public works department pointing out that there is land work force and equipment to at the airport available for somewhere. Another upgrade stretch grant dollars. development if businesses Installed about became interested. “This that was completed about four years ago was three years ago is a radio airport could become a really construction of a new seven- command system a pilot can important asset to the people bay enclosed hanger. Private use to get weather and other here, and it isn't being done in d iv id u a ls rent out the information. It also includes on the hacks of the taxpayers hangars for airplane storage, a GPS approach system. o f M orrow C o u n ty ,” Speaking on the O'Brien says. and O'Brien says more could Marquardt honored by educators Darlene Marquardt Darlene Marquardt, a b u sin ess in stru c to r at Heppner High School, was recently presented with the O regon B usiness and M an ag em en t E ducators O u tsta n d in g N e w sletter Award. The award was presented at the 57th annual OBME fall conference held in Corvallis on October 13. M arq u ard t is the OBME d istrict representative for District V III. “ She has been a valuable asset to her district and to the OBME board. She spends time explaining issues from state and local a g en cies as well as highlighting the activities of schools in her region," said an OBME news release. Each year OBM E honors one o f the eight d istric t re p re se n ta tiv e s within the state with the most outstanding newsletter award. R ep resen tativ es compile information they gather from schools within th eir d istrict and w rite quarterly newsletters that are disseminated to schools in their district, and to OBME Council members. These newsletters serve as a vital communication link among sch o o ls locally and statewide. “OBME recognizes that the link between our o rg a n iz atio n and each teacher is critical, so we provide an award to the district representative who [ ! prepares newsletters based on criteria that includes: Completion of two to three district new sletters each year; informative and timely, communicating news from OBME and from schools within the district; writing that is clear, concise, and g ra m m a tic ally c o rrect; overall appearance, quality, format, and design,” said the release. GT closed for thanksgiving The H ep p n er Gazette-Times will he closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 23-24, for the Thanksgiving holiday. All n e w sp a p er deadlines will remain the same, Mondays at 5 p.m. Have a safe and happy holiday! STABLE OF YOUTH” GRAND OPENING Thursday, November 30th • (d urin g Heppner's Parade o f Lig h ts) I Join us for a Soup Feed starting at S p.m. • S3 a cup | Christmas Touraments on Pirates of the Caribbean i and Basketball Fever! 1 R e g u la r H o u rs : M o n d a y - T h u rs d a y 3 :3 0 - 9 p .m . F rid a y a n d S a tu rd a y 12 n o o n -1 1 p .m . i L o c a te d a t th e fo rm e r N ap a A u to P a rts b u ild in g --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- -------- a
