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
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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
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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.
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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
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