Two students continue service to community
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Bessie Wetzell Newspaper l.ibrur\
University o f Oregon
Eugene. OR 97403
Mayor Les Paustain
and Principal Daye Stone
recently recognized two
young men for their efforts
in going above and beyond
the call of duty in helping the
community.
Recently Heppner
High School had a Mustang
M op-U p day w here the
en tire student body did
community services for the
town of Heppner. It included
mowing yards and weeding
flower beds. Two young
men continued that effort
after the Mop-Up day and
did more to help their
community and the lady
whose yard they worked in
on that day.
Eric Chick and Kile
Wilson continued to help and
did so without anyone telling
them that they had to or that
it was the right thing to do.
They were honored by the
mayor with certificates of
appreciation and we are
proud to use them as an
exam ple of what our
community should be all
about: Helping and serving Pictured are Dave Stone, Principal; Kile Wilson and Eric
Chick; Les Paustain. mayor.
one another.
Mustangs lose bid for
state title
VOL. 126
NO. 22
12 Pages
Wednesday, May 30,2007
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Condon School Board hires Allen
as part-time superintendent
Editor's Note: The
follow article recently ran
in The Times-Journal on
May 24, 2007.
M em bers o f the
C ondon School Board
voted unanimously to offer
a quarter-time contract to
Dick Allen of lone as the
C on d o n
d is tr ic t’s
superintendent. Allen, a
veteran school teacher and
a d m in istra to r who had
retired from the lone School
District, will start with the
Condon district the first of
July.
A native of Wheeler
C ounty, A lle n 's career
follo w in g g rad u atio n at
O regon
C ollege
of
Education at Monmouth,
now W estern O regon
U niversity, took him to
Salem and fossil as a
classroom teacher, to Spray
for
six
years
as
superintendent/principal, to
lone as principal for 18
years, then two years at
H eppner. A lle n 's wife,
Jannie, is also a Wheeler
County native and a career
educator, currently in the
Heppner schools.
Allen's agreement
with the Condon district is
for one day week, but he told
the school board at its May
9 meeting that he will “do the
job until the job is done.”
Supt.
Gene
Carlson's contract with the
district will be completed at
the June 13 school board
m eeting, how ever, he
indicated he would be in
Condon until the end of
June.
ODE superintendent
presents flag to HES
Student body officers back (left to right)- Austin Gutierrez, treasurer; Steven Thompson,
president; Kyle Harrison, vice-president; Ross Cutsforth. fourth grade representative; Garret
Robinson, publicity director; Brittney Thompson, secretary. Front (left to right)-Maggie
Armato. Kim Cutsforth Armato and Joe Armato.
Oregon Department
of Education Superintendent
Susan C astillo visited
Heppner Elementary School
T hursday, May 24. to
present the school an
“exceptional school" flag
during a school assembly.
HES was one of the
schools that achieved the
“exceptional school" honor
statewide for the year 2004-
2005. A.C. H oughton
E lem entary School in
Irrigon, also w ithin the
M orrow C ounty School
District, was another that
achieved the exceptional
school honor. Each school
-Continued on Page three
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Dennis Kenny makes contact in a recent home game. The Mustangs lost 7-3 to the
Riddle Irish on Tuesday, May 29. -Photo by Jaci Hughes
Bank of Eastern Oregon employees participate in
National Teach Children to Save Day
Sharon H arrison,
AVP and branch manager,
and
Tricia
Rollins,
operations officer, of the
Heppner Branch of the Bank
of Eastern Oregon, gave a
savings lesson to 1 (X) fourth,
fifth, and sixth graders at
Heppner Elementary School
as part of the American
B ankers
A ssociation
Education F o u n d a tio n 's
Teach C hildren to Save
Program. Anita Orem ,
operations support specialist
of the lone Branch,
presented this savings lesson
to 28 fourth, fifth and sixth
graders at lone Elementary
School.
Bank o f Eastern
Oregon employees joined
thousands of bankers across
the country who traded in
their balance sheets for
blackboards to help fill the
need for financial education.
“Studies show that
kids aren't learning the skills
they need to make smart
financial decisions as adults."
said E. George Koffler,
President
and
CEO.
“Communities and schools
teach other life skills, such
as driving a car. but we don't
spend enough time teaching
financial skills. Bankers went
to local schools to help fill
that gap and prepare future
c u sto m ers for financial
success.”
The presen tatio n
included activities about the
concept o f saving, how
interest makes money grow,
how to budget, and
determ in in g needs and
wants. Bank o f Eastern
O regon em p lo y ees also
handed out coin books and
the most current new quarter
to over 900 students in
grades 3 through 6 in its local
banking communities.
Since the American
Bankers
A ssociation
E ducation F o u n d a tio n 's
National Teach Children to
Save Day began in 1997.
thousands of bankers have
taught money skills to more
than one million students.
Bank of Eastern
Oregon offers the following
tips to help parents make
every day “Savings Day":
Help kids open up
their own bank savings
account and make deposits
regularly. Many hanks have
children's accounts that have
no fee or minimum-balance
requirements. Make going to
the hank fun. Some banks
have kids' clubs where
members get newsletters or
receive balloons when they
make a deposit.
Kids love to get mail
so encourage them to keep
an eye out for their quarterly
statement. Talk to your child
about the family budget.
Include a discussion on
wants and needs. Reinforce
this by budgeting for a family
outing or purchase.
While children know
that money doesn't grow on
trees, they may think it
comes out of a wall. Show
them how an ATM machine
works and explain that to
take money out of the bank
you must first put it in.
Give your kids
positive feedback. As they
get older, give them
responsibility over how they
spend their money.
The ABA Education
F o undation, a nonprofit
subsidiary of the American
B ankers A ssociation is
committed to developing
and providing education
program s that lead to
financial literacy. The ABA
E ducation F o u n d a tio n ’s
National Teach Children to
Save Day is held during the
spring when thousands of
bankers make presentations
to
students
on
the
importance of saving for
their future.
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