TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 22,2006
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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
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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
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Have a safe and happy
holiday!
STABLE OF YOUTH”
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