FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. March 12, 2008
School district updates policies for cell
phone use, cyber bullying
-Continued from Page one the board adopted federally Pam Dowdy, Mary Ann El-
to law enforcement offi-
cials may be made. Devices
brought to district property
or used in violation of the
policy are subject to confis
cation and will be released
to the student’s parent or the
property owner.
Most high school
principals said that if a stu
dent is caught using a cell
phone at school, it will be
confiscated for a period of
time, usually a week. If the
student is caught a second
time, generally parents will
be called in for a conference
and then may retrieve the
phone or other dev ice.
The board and ad
ministrators broadened the
district’s bullying policy to
include “cyber-bullying,”
which could include use of
any electronic device, such
as cell phones, MySpace or
other internet websites, to
demean, menace, intimi
date or otherwise intimidate
students. The far-reaching
policy states that “harass
ment, intimidation or bul
lying, including cyber bul
lying, means any act that
substantially interferes with
a student’s educational ben
efits, opportunities or per
formance, that takes place
on or immediately adjacent
to school grounds, at any
school-sponsored activity,
on school provided trans
portation or at any official
school bus stop, and that
has the effect of: physically
harming a student or dam
aging a student’s property;
knowingly placing a student
in reasonable fear of physi
cal harm to the student or
damage to the student’s
property; creating a hostile
educational environment.”
Staff found in vio
lation of the policy will
be subject to discipline,
including dismissal. Stu
dents found in violation of
the policy will be subject to
loss of privileges and disci
pline, including expulsion.
Other persons in found in
violation will be “subject
to appropriate sanctions as
determined and imposed
by the superintendent or
board.” The district may
also report individuals to
law enforcement.
Also at the meeting,
mandated revisions to spe
cial education policies and
policies concerning Title 1,
homeless students, students
with disabilities and parental
involvement which were
determined to be required
following an audit by the
Oregon Department of Edu
cation. Superintendent Mark
Burrows told the board that
the district was already fol
lowing the ODE require
ments, but needed to update
policy.
In other business,
the board:
-approved the fol
lowing 2007-08 probation
ary teachers for 2008-09
(Heppner listed only): Hep
pner Elementary School:
Melissa Coiner, special ed-
contract; Michelle Stone,
Title 1, music-third year;
Wendy Cannin, PE, math-
second year; Heppner High
School: Joe Lindsay, music;
Beth Dickenson, vo-ag;
Troy Morgan, advanced
math; and Sam Thurston,
special ed, all third year.
-approved the fol
lowing 2007-08 adminis
trators for 2008-09: Phyllis
Danielson, assistant super
intendent-contract; Chris
Davis, Irrigon Junior/Senior
High School principal-con-
tract; Mark Jones, Windy
River Elementary School,
Boardman, principal-con-
tract; Matt Combe, Heppner
Elementary School princi
pal-contract; Daye Stone,
Heppner Junior/Senior High
School principal-received
contract 2007-08; Joel
Chavez, Irrigon Elementary
School principal, received
contract 2007-08; Jacque
Johnson, Sam Boardman El
ementary School principal-
second year; Craig Bensen,
assistant principal, second
year; Donna Barton, assis
tant principal, second year.
Principals John Sebastian,
A.C. Houghton Elementary,
and Dirk Dirksen, Riverside
High School, are in the first
year of their three-year cycle
and will be recommended
for extension next year.
-approved the fol
lowing contract teachers for
extension (Heppner listed
only): Heppner Elementary-
Jannie Allen, Karen Clough,
guezabal. Sue Gibbs, Mary
Haguewood, Sherry Mat-
teson, Sharon Morris, Molly
Rill, Karen Smith-Griffith;
Heppner High School-Josh
Browning, Jean Collins,
Mark Dowdy, John Flaherty,
Dave Fowler, Terri Gentry,
Greg Grant, Darlene Mar-
quardt, Jason Palmer, Petra
Payne, Marianne Smith and
Dieter Waite.
-approved non re
newal for temporary teacher
Dean Mason, ACH half
time music teacher.
-accepted the fol
lowing resignations/retire-
ments: Kathy Hyder, SBE
head cook; Jan Coe, HES as
sistant cook; Lola Davidson,
SBE assistant cook.
-approved the fol
lowing employment: Joyce
Hensley, ACH half-time
special ed one-on-one as
sistant.
-approved the fol
lowing extra duty contracts:
Brian Bigham, Irrigon Ju
nior High head track coach;
David Baker, Irrigon High
School head track coach;
Troy Morgan Heppner High
School assistant baseball
coach; and Wendy Cannin,
Heppner Junior High head
track coach.
-received the fol
lowing enrollment report:
ACH-356 students, kinder
garten through fourth grade;
HES-190, K-six; HHS-228,
seven-12; 1ES-124, five-six;
IHS-319, six-12: RHS-394,
seven-12; SBE-315, K-
three; WRE-226, four-six;
total-2249.
-approved the fol
lowing attendance vari
ances: accepting three stu
dents to attend MCSD from
Hermiston School District;
releasing a student from
MCSD to attend Hermiston
School District.
-heard the follow
ing announcements: end of
third nine-weeks-Thursday,
March 20; spring break-
Monday, March 24-Fri-
day, March 28; next board
meeting-Windy River El
ementary, Boardman, Mon
day, April 14, 7 p.m.; town
hall meetings-Boardman,
Monday, April 21, Irrigon,
Monday, April 28; and Hep
pner. Monday, May 19.
Wee bit O’...
By C la u d ia H ughes
Heppner’s rolling
“Irish” hills are showing
tinges of green and lepre
chauns continue to immerge
from under snowdrifts. As
usual this time of the year
finds the “wee ones” of all
shapes and sizes scurrying
hither and yon to one again
prepare for “A Wee Bit O’
Ireland in Heppner.”
Century Tel Lepre
chauns with our mayor and
friends saw to it that the
Irish family flags were fly
ing on Main Street. These
flags continue the tradition
of recognizing the families
who settled in County Mor
row in the 1800’s or who
recently moved to Heppner
from Ireland. Congratula
tions to 2008 honoree Larry
Lindsay and family who
bring a Celtic heritage to us
and have shared their musi
cal talent over the years.
The first time ever
Irish Amateur Boxing event
will be held on Friday night.
The sport of boxing his
torically has given the op
portunity for people of all
minority groups to become
famous and that includes
Irishman John L. Sullivan
who held the heavyweight
championship title for 10
years and became a member
of the boxing Hall of Fame.
Sign up, climb in the ring,
and have some excitement.
Then, if that’s not enough,
head for the Motocross on
Saturday and Road Bowling
on Sunday.
Leprechauns come
in all shapes and sizes, as
Mrs. Allen’s class is prov
ing with the innovative lep
rechaun catching traps her
class has been working of
for weeks. The project has
inspired calculation, creativ
ity, packaging and presenta-
tions among students with
Ireland native visits Heppner
Ciaran Mollahan,
31, o f Dublin, formerly
of County
L eitrim ,
s to p p e d
by th e
H eppner
G azette-
Times on
Monday.
Mollahan
was in Or Ciéran Mollahan
egon vis
iting relatives. His father,
John Mollohan, is a first
Rebekah Lodge to sell coffee and dessert during Fiddler's show cousin to John Mollahan of
Rebekah Lodge will be selling dessert along with a cup of coffee for $3 during Lexington.
the Old Time Fiddler’s Show on March 15 at the Morrow County Fairgrounds. “Come
Mollahan arrived
on out and have a piece of scrupulous dessert and listen to the Old Time Fiddlers” said in Portland and then came
to Heppner on Saturday. “I
a Lodge spokesperson.
came just in time for Sunday
Mass (at St. Patrick's Catho
lic Church),” said Ciaran.
He met Father Condon who
is also from Dublin. Mol-
lahan's grand-uncle Pat
came to Heppner in the early
1900’s.
Mollahan, who left
Heppner Monday afternoon
for Ontario, plans to return
to Ireland on March 17. He
and his wife Ciara have a
Murray's S t Patrick's Day Celebration hours:
seven month old baby.
S t Patrick's Pay
Celebration th is weekend!
Get ¡jour St Patrick's stuff here!
Friday, March 14 from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 15 from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sunday, March 16 from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
(Rip also have lots o f E asier items in )
Espresso Special of the Month:
UGLY DUCKLING
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217 North Main • Heppner
Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426
Serving the WMovt Creek Valley Heppner Lexington. £ lone
REGULAR HOURS: Monday Friday 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. / Saturday - 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Happy St. Patrick's Pay!
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the goal to convince their
audience they indeed have
the best trap. Fortunately
these traps aren’t big enough
to catch the large infamous
leprechauns who will be
out and about encourag
ing visitors to once again
enjoy the variety of music
during the KUMA Coffee
Hour and the Ceili all day
Saturday; Father Condon’s
play; the Great Green Pa
rade; Cruz-In; Pipes and
Drums; Fiddlers and more
throughout the weekend.
You’ll see these Heppner
leprechauns dancing a jig
with the likes of the Irish
Singers, Mulligan Stew,
The Wambeke Family, Dan
Shauffler, Lindy Gravelle,
and more.
Fortunately, the pre
viously mentioned “lepre
chaun catchers” won’t inter
fere with the Lil Leprechaun
Race on Main Street prior to
the parade; rather they will
be encouraging visitors to
take in the many festivities
both old and new in down
town Heppner. Don’t forget
the Sheepdog Trials as rais
ing sheep gave many local
Irishmen their start. ‘Tis a
sport in itself.
There’s fun, food,
and shenanigans for all ages
and all interest in Heppner
this weekend... come one,
come all. And the com
munity would be thankin'
all of ye behind the scenes
leprechauns who keep the
celebration going with new
faces and new events. Have
a great green “Irish week
end.”
Irish thought: “Wish
ing you always, walls for
the wind, and a roof for
the rain, and tea beside the
fire. Laughter to cheer you,
and all your heart might
desire.”
Mollahan works as
a quality control manager
for draft beer for Diageo,
a global spirits company,
which includes Guinness,
Baileys, Smirnoff, Gordons,
Budweiser, Bushmills and
Carlsberg products.
Boxers needed for
Friday smoker
The He p p n e r
Chamber o f Commerce
and UROCK Radio will
be sponsoring an amateur
boxing smoker event at the
high school gymnasium on
Friday, March 14 at 8:30
p.m. Gates will open at 7:30
p.m. Admission is $10 for
adults, $5 for ages 8-11, and
children 7 and under can get
in free.
There are still open
ings for boxers, both male
and female. Bouts w ill con
sist of three, one-minute
rounds. Proceeds from this
event will go to the Chamber
of Commerce.
For m ore in fo r
mation or to sign up, call
the C ham ber office at
676-5536.
Senior Center Menu
St. Patrick’s Parish
members will be serving
lunch on Wednesday, March
19. The “Easter Dinner”
menu will include baked
ham or leg o f lamb, au
gratin potatoes, mixed veg
gies, Jell-o fruit cocktail,
hot rolls, and peach bread
pudding.
Rummage for Russia
Willow Creek Bap
tist Church is currently ac
cepting donations of items
for a rummage sale to be
held on March 15 at the
fairgrounds annex building
beginning at 8 a.m. Furni
ture, toys, tools, sporting
goods, appliances, hardware
and clothes are all being ac
cepted.
Donuts, coffee and
hot chocolate will be served
beginning at 8 a.m. A soup
luncheon will be held around
noon at the same location.
The cost for the luncheon is
$5 and includes soup and all
the fixings.
Proceeds from the
sale and luncheon will be
used to help offset costs
incurred as the church pre
pares for a mission’s trip to
Russia.
For more informa
tion or to donate items con
tact Sharon at 676-9166 or
676-9157.
And the banners go up
Century Tel donated a company lift truck and the time of
their employees. Dale Bates and Jack Pickerd, so the Irish
banners could be placed and ready for the Irish festivities.
Of course it wouldn't be the same without one of our friendly
Leprechauns and our mayor to help make the job just a little
bit easier. This is what being a “community " is all about.
8th grade class selling raffle tickets
The eighth grade tickets for two baskets. A
class at Heppner Jr. High booth w ill be set up in front
School will be selling raffle of Hair 1 Am on Main Street
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on
Saturday. The baskets will
EASTER M F F E T
include a one night stay at
the Marriott in the Portland
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at
or Vancouver, two wine
glasses, chocolate, candles
d 6 H N rS PLA C E
and more.
Tickets are $1 each
Sunday, Man*li 2 3 rd
or six for $5. Raffle pro
from noon - 6 p.m.
ceeds will benefit the eighth
grade graduation.
For more informa
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tion or to buy tickets contact
phi* *atad* galore and dessert!
Petra Payne at 676-9138,
Alita
Nelson at 676-8733 or
P rice: 8 1 4 .9 5
377-7300, Merry Chandler
(Kills 6 and under ca l for free)
at 676-5429, or any eighth
grader. The drawing will be
held on Sunday after Road
ofohit’s Place
Bowling. You do not need
to
be present to win.
Main S tre e t, Heppner