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UMESD Board invites three superintendent candidates to interviews The Board o f D i rectors for the U m atilla- Morrow Education Serv ice District (UMESD) has in vited three candidates for the superintendent position to an interview on February 25. All three candidates have accepted the invitation. The board will inter view the candidates during a closed session on Monday, February 25, at the UMESD. At 4:30 p.m. that day, an open forum with a stake holder’s panel (comprised of VOL. 127 NO. 8 10 Pages Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Flu vaccine still available at Morrow County Health Department The Morrow County Health Department has announced that flu vaccines are still available. There is no cost for the vaccine and shots will be available until the health department's remaining supply runs out. The vaccine shots will be distributed during the department's regular clinic hours and no appointment is necessary. For m ore inform ation call the M orrow C ounty H ealth D epartm ent at 676-5421. o f the 12 school districts in U m atilla and M orrow Counties, six UMESD staff members and Blue Moun tain C om m unity C ollege President John Turner) will be held. This panel will be open to all UMESD staff and the general public. Only panel member will be al lowed to ask questions. Follow ing the fo rum, there will be a social hour from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the UM ESD. At 6:30 p.m., the Board o f Direc tors will meet in executive session. The board has not yet decided when it will make its final decision on who will fill the superinten dent position. The position became open in April 2007 when former Superintendent George Murdock resigned to take the publisher-editor po sition at the East Oregonian newspaper in Pendleton. The three candidates invited to the interview s include M ichael Lasher, Mark Mulvihill and Connie Kennedy. M ichael Lasher is cu rren tly the C h ie f O p erations O fficer and H u man Resources Director o f the UMESD, where he has worked since 1996. Prior to coming to the UMESD, Lasher was the assistant director o f telecom m uni cations at the U niversity o f Idaho in Moscow from 1993-96. Before that. Lasher w as a network/ systems man ager for North Idaho Col lege in Coeur d'Alene from 1989-93, an administrative program m er at W hitman College in Walla Walla from 1985-89, and a com puter o p e ra to r at ESD 105 in Yakima, WA from 1982-85. Lasher earned his Bachelor o f Science degree in general studies from Lewis Clark State College in Lewiston. ID; a master’s o f science in applied information man agement from the University o f Oregon; and completed his requirements for initial administrative certificate in educational administration at Lewis and Clark College in Portland. Mark M ulvihill is currently the deputy super intendent o f the Hermiston School D istrict where he had been employed since 1997. While in Hermiston, Mulvihill has also been an assistant superintendent, di rector of elementary curricu lum, and principal at both Desert View Elementary and Sunset Elementary Schools. Prior to arriving in Hermis ton, Mulvihill was principal o f the junior high school at the Grant School District in John Day from 1995-97. Be fore that, Mulvihill taught at Sherwood and Washington Elementary Schools in the Pendleton School District from 1987-95. M ulvihill earned his bachelor’s de gree in elementary educa tion and master's degree in curriculum and instruction from Eastern Oregon State College in La Grande (now Eastern Oregon University), and received his doctorate in educational leadership from Lew is and Clark College in Portland. Connie Kennedy is the assistant superintendent at the Hood River School District, w here she has been since July 2004. Prior to that, Kennedy was principal o f the ju n io r-sen io r high school in the Rainier School District in Washington from 2003-04, and was also the director o f the special edu cation and curriculum from 2002-03 in that d istrict. Kennedy earned her associ ate’s degree from Mt. Hood Community College and her Bachelor o f Science degree from Portland State U ni versity. She then earned a master's in teaching educa tion and administration from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, and an executive leadership in superintendent preparations from Portland State University. lone superintendent’s contract extended T he lo n e S ch o o l Board on Monday, February 11, extended Superintendent Bryn Brow ning’s contract for two years with an ad ditional year remaining on her previous contract. Browning is in her fourth year as superinten- dent/principal o f the lone School District, and her new , , . . Superintendcnt/Principal contract extends her tenure Bryn D 0 Browning • K through June 30, 2011. The school board's review o f Browning high lighted her achievem ents and dedication to the dis trict. There are 28 em- p lo y ees/staff at the lone School D istrict and 162 students in grades K-12. Schedule of events for St. Patrick’s festivities Thursday, March 13 - “ From C en acle to Calvary,’’ an original play written by Father Condon and original music by Joe Lindsay, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Parish Hall. Two other play presentations w ill be held at the Grange Hall in lone on Sunday, March 9, at 5 p.m. and at St. Patrick’s Parish Hall on M onday, March 17, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 14 - Texas Hold 'em will be sponsored by Heppner Day care and Preschool at the Heppner Elk’s Lodge at 7 p.m. For more information contact Brandi Sweeney at 676-5530. -T h e F le p p n e r Chamber o f Commerce will hold its first annual Amateur Boxing Sm oker Event at 8:30 p.m. at Heppner High School. Gates will open at 7:30 p.m. All entries must be received by Thursday, March 13. Admission is $ 10 for ages 12 and up, $5 for ages 8-12 and children eight and under are free. There will be no presale tickets. For more information or for entry forms call the Cham ber office at 676-5536. -M o rro w C o u n ty C reative A rts and C rafts will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., show and sale at Les Schwab. -Heppner Public Li Fire departments hold controlled burn in Lexington A manufactured home in Lexington goes up in flames Sunday as the Heppner, lone and Lexington Fire De partments held a controlled bum. The thick black smoke from the fire could be seen from quiet a dis tance away. The bum went off without any serious problems. brary will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. -M o rro w C o u n ty Museum will be open from 1-5 p.m. -V e n d o r’s Square will be held all day at the N eighborhood C enter on Main Street. For more infor mation call 676-5024. There will be crafts, food and other treasures from local and visiting vendors. -C ornerstone G al lery will be showing works by special artists all week end. -Friends o f the Li brary will be selling books at City Hall from 1-6 p.m. to benefit the Heppner Li brary. -M rs. O ’ L e a r y ’s Stew Feed w ill be held from 5-7 p.m. at St. Patrick's Senior Center and will be prepared by the Heppner United M ethodist Church members. -Lind’s Concession will open at 10 a.m. in the parking lot o f Heppner Fam ily Foods. The concession will feature com dogs, el ephant ears, funnel cakes, nachos, beer battered onion rings, cotton candy, caramel apples, etc. -R o llin g T hunder BBQ will open at 10 a.m. in City Park at the comer of Church and Main Streets. Featured will be BBQ sand w iches including tri-tip , corned beef, pulled pork, and pulled chicken, BBQ nachos and bratwurst. Saturday, March 15 - B re a k fa st w ill be served from 7 -10 a.m. at St. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MOND AYS AT 5:00 P.M. Patrick’s Senior Center. The meal will be prepared by the O ’Senior Center. The cost is $5 for all you can eat. -St. P a d d y ’s Mo- tocross will be held at the Morrow County Fairgrounds beginning a 9 a.m. Signups will be from 7-8:30 a.m. Ad mission is $5 and children ages five and under are free. This event is sponsored by the Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Committee. -Sheep Dog Trials will begin at 8:30 a.m. and will continue throughout the day at Thompson's Ranch, three m iles northw est o f H eppner on B unker Hill Road off Highway 74. -Children’s Carnival Games will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Proceeds will go to the HHS Drama Club and St. Patrick's. -R o llin g T h u n d er BBQ will open at 9 a.m. in City Park at the corner o f Church and Main Streets. Featured will be BBQ sand w iches including tri-tip , corned beef, pulled pork, and pulled chicken, BBQ nachos and bratwurst. - L in d ’s C o n c e s sion will open at 9 a.m. in the parking lot o f Heppner Family Foods. The conces sion will feature corn dogs, elephant ears, funnel cakes, nachos, beer battered onion rings, cotton candy, caramel apples, etc. -Friends o f the Li brary will be selling books at City Hall from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to benefit the Heppner Library. -M o rro w C o u n ty Museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. -M o rro w C o u n ty C reative Arts and C rafts will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., show and sale at Les Schwab. -V e n d o r’s Square will be held all day at the N eighborhood C enter on Main Street. For more infor mation call 676-5024. There w ill be crafts, food and other treasu res from local and visiting vendors. - K U M A C o ffe e Hour will be held at 10 a.m. upstairs at the Elks Club. Come hear music, stories and blarney. Enter the Irish Brogue C ontest and win cash prizes. -Heppner Public Li brary will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. -O ’S e n io r C en ter will be serving homemade Irish soup, rolls, cobbler with ice cream, and coffee from 11 a.m. to I p.m. and 2-4 p.m. The cost is S3 for children 12 and under and S6 for everyone else. -The Stable ofYouth/ Shamrock Lanes will hold an Irish Sweepstakes/Mixed Doubles No-Tap Bowling Tournament at 3 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. -L ep rech au n Run w ill be held at 11:30 a.m. at Veteran’s Memorial Park for children ages K-6. Partici pants need to meet at 11:15 a.m. at the park. -Cruz-In Parade w ill be held at noon on Main Street and will include an tique and classic cars. -The G reat G reen Parade will be held at I p.m. on Main Street. -O 'K iddie Tricycle Races will be held right after the parade at the BEO drive through for children ages two to five years old. Tricycles will be provided. This event is sponsored by the Heppner Daycare and Preschool. -CEIL1, Irish enter tain m en t featu rin g John Doherty and the Irish Sing ers and more, will be held from 2-4 p.m. upstairs at the Elks Club. -Ewe-Do-Bingo will be held at 2:30 p.m. in front -Continued on Page three At the MCGG GREEN FEED STORE in Heppner* W I N T E R C L O T H IN G S A L E In su lated B ibs and C overalls • F lan n el S h irts W inter P ac B oots • W inter In su lated G loves • S to ck in g Caps ALL 30% OFF! M orrow C ounty C rain G rowers Green F eed & S eed 242 W. Linden Way, Heppner • 676-9422 • 989-8221 (MCGG main office) 4
