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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 21,2007 Heritage Museum to hold workshop and appreciation meeting HES celebrates 50th birthday of The Cat in the Hat • Brandi and Jordan Sweeney, Gibson, Tiffany, and Tresslyn McCurry read hooks by Dr. Seuss. -Photo by Alita Nelson Pictured is Cindy Kreidenhach at work on the microfiche machine at the Morrow County Heritage Museum at 444 Main Street. As a volunteer. Breidenbach assists the public with re quests about local family history or county history. A work shop and appreciation meeting is scheduled for Saturday, April 2X, at 10 a.m. at the museum for new and returning volun teers. For more information contact Merle Cowett at 676-0216. Students, staff, and co m m u n ity m em b ers at Heppner Elementary School celebrated the 50"' birthday of The Cat in the Hat on Thursday, March 1, from 6- 7:30 p.m. in the elementary gym. The event was designed to promote literacy awareness among all of our community members. Oregon Council of Teachers of Mathematics awards Riverside Jr/Sr High School with Award On Friday, March 9, Betsy Shane, a junior high school mathematics teacher at R iverside Jr/S r High School, was recognized for her leadership and service in the mathematics education community by the Oregon C ouncil o f Teachers of M ath em atics (O C TM ). OCTM “ reco g n izes educators who have made exceptional efforts above and beyond what was asked of them to ensure that all Oregon students have the o p p o rtu n ity to learn significant mathematics.” W innie M iller. President of OCTM, said. "Betsy has been truly one of the math greats for a number of^years. She has been activ ely involved with OCTM . She has served several ODE p ro jects, including being a problem solving facilitator. She currently is one of the school and d istrict test co o rd in a to rs. Betsy is dedicated to helping 711' and Betsy Shane 8lh graders learn math. She loves to make math meaningful for students and strives to make math accessible to all her students. She has given of her time by participating in the Standard Setting Workshop, teaching classes to assistants in our area, and attending OML and NWMC confcrcnccs.AII of us with Oregon Council of Teachers of mathematics thank Betsy for her diligence and genuine interest in stimulating and fostering interest in the learning of m a t h e m a t i c s . Congratulations for having such as dedicated educator on your staff.” Betsy Shane has worked for Morrow County School District for six years, serving for the last two years at R iverside J r/S r High School. Jay Rogers, a fellow high school math teacher, had the following to say about Betsy. "1 have worked with Betsy for two years at Riverside and 1 have never seen such a dedicated math teacher. She not only leads at the school level but she is also a leader in the world of math at the district and state levels.” Speaking towards Betsy's ability to impact her kids. Principal D irksen noted, “Betsy is an excellent teach er w ho has made exceptional efforts above and beyond what has been asked of her to ensure that all Riverside students have the o p p o rtu n ity to be successful.” The Morrow County School d istric t looks forw ard to S h a n e 's co n tin u e d su ccess and positive impact on students. Jack T h o m p so n , Heppner Elementary School principal, read The Cat in the Hat, while Jannie Allen, fifth and sixth grade language arts teacher, memorized Horton H atches the Egg for a delighted audience. Me Me Flaherty also entertained small groups with superb reading and storytelling while families gathered for a night to remember Theodore Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss. Cookies and “Seuss J u ic e ” were served for refreshments. D uring the day, Mary Ann Elguezabal read Cat in the Hat in Spanish. The custodians and SMART (Start M aking a Reader T oday) co o rd in ato r, Barbara Moore, read with SM ART (S ta rt Maki ng a different classrooms as well. R eader Today) coordinator. Barb Moore, a.k.a. The Cat in the Hat. School district announces new administrative assignments The Morrow County School D istrict has announced new assignments for administrators for the 2007-2008 school year. Joe Chavez, formerly the E nglish Language Learner director, will be moving to Riverside High School to assum e the assistant principal position. According to the district, the building level administrative duties will fu rth er his administrative experience. The school district believes Chavez's leadership will add to the RHS culture. B.J. Wilson, who was acting as Sam Boardman principal as well as special ed director will become p ro g ram s director, responsible for overseeing special ed and ELL programs. "Wilson has been e ffe ctiv e in special ed d esp ite his time restrictions.” Said Morrow C o u n ty S u p e rin ten d e n t Mark Burrows. Thad Killingbeck will move from Windy River E lem en tary to Sam Boardman Elementary as principal. M ark Jones will become principal of Windy River. “Jones is well lone School wildlife class gets special visit from Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Creative Arts and Crafts Club to meet A workshop in oil pain tin g by artist Betty Crosswhite is planned for April 27 and 28 at the fair annex. M orrow C ounty Creative Arts and Crafts will be sponsoring the event. They will havfc samples of the paintings at their March 22 meeting in CD's banquet room at I p.m. This years selections are Irish castle, sea sca p e, floral, or landscape. Participants may pick their favorite and then bring the proper size canvas, etc. for that painting to the workshop. This is the last week to sign up and the class must be paid for by March 27. For more information contact Joyce Ward at 676-9195. Also on the agenda is a watercolor workshop to be held in the summer. Copper Bracelets (Assorted Styles) q u a lifie d for this promotion," said Burrows. “ Prior to his teaching and administrative work at RHS, he was a sixth grade and title-reading teacher.” B urrow s said, "These assignments are truly p ro m o tio n s for each individual that will add to their personal expertise as well as the efficiency of the district. While they are all excited about their next year’s responsibility, they all recognize they have almost a half year of work on behalf of their kids in their current capacities." Anyone wishing to have this class and is unable to attend the meeting needs to call Trish Sweeney at 676-9226. Meetings are open to the public and new painters ii «1 i are welcome to participate in Students from Erin Heideman's wildlife class listen as ODFW biologist Steve Cherry talks about cougars. the workshops. On Tuesday, March been captured through the Senior Center 13, the Oregon Department O regon C o u g ar of Fish and Wildlife visited M an ag em en t Plan. The lunch menu Erin H eidem an’s wildlife students were taught about W illow C reek class at lone School. the physiological aspects of Baptist Church members will Steve C herry, a a cougar, how many cubs be serving lunch on biologist with the Oregon they have, their teeth and Wednesday, March 28. The D ep artm en t of Fish and claw s, the d ifferen ce menu consists of roast beef, W ildlife b rought a 150- betw een co u g ars and mashed potatoes with gravy, pound male cougar that had wolves, and how to properly green beans, and hot bread. measure a cougar. The class, consisting of juniors and seniors, was Mr. and Mrs. PiU Paeon taught about O re g o n 's Cougar Management Plan. Request the ¡Honor of your Presence As both the cougar and at the Marriage of their ¡Daughter human populations have grown, so have the number of conflicts and damage c o m p la in ts. The to m a n ag em en t plan is designed to address the c o n flic ts betw een the Son of Mr. and Mrs. ‘Kevin Huff g row ing num bers o f cougars and humans. This Saturday, the 24th of March, 2007 plan establishes a minimum desirable cougar population at 4 p.m. at the ¡first ¡Baptist Church Xfitie Marie MichaeC fiuff 450 S T.. Jaiwiew St. TrineviCCe, Oregon ^ of at least 3.000. It does not set a targ eted co u g ar population level or a ceiling. The number of cougars in Oregon may exceed 3.(XK) as they do today, but the draft plan calls for managing no fewer than 3.000 cougars. The cu rren t co u g ar population in O regon is estimated to be 5.100. After being nearly eliminated by the mid-1960s, today they have a healthy population. The cougar is now on loan from the Oregon D epartm ent o f Fish and Wildlife to lone School. The wildlife class will be having the cougar tanned and will attempt to save as many of the bones as possible. lone School is appreciative to Steve Cherry and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife for the cougar and all of information that was provided to the class. For more inform ation about the Cougar Management Plan visit the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's website at www.dfw.state.or.us. CUSTOM BANNERS Heppner Gazette-Times 6 7 6 -9 2 2 8 Heritage Land Co. 278 N. Main, Heppner Peterson's Heppner Jewelers 676-9200 ‘Reception immediatety foCCounng at Meadow Lakes QoCf Course We sell Residences, Ranches, and Recreation (hors d ’oeuvres served and no-host bar) www.heritageland.net,www.farmseller.com 300 SM . Meadow Lakes Dr., TrineviCCe www.eastoregonrealestate.com . (541) 676-5049, (541) 980-3465 South Morrow County’s Number One Real Estate Company
