Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - THREE
Boardman speedway
moving forward
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Billie Jean Morris shows Heppner Chamber of Commerce
layout of the currently under construction Pacific North
west Motorsports Park -Photo by D avid Sykes
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contacted by individuals and
com panies from England,
Japan and Australia about
booking events there. “ It
will be a place to play,” Mor
ris said. “And it will also be
the “speedway capital o f the
Pacific Northwest.”
A c c o r d i n g th e
speedway web site the park
“will be the first o f its kind
in the Northwest - a Country
Club for motoring enthusi
asts - including sports cars,
race cars, and motorcycles.
Just as a golf country club
centers its activities on a
golf course, this club centers
around a road racing course
that is being designed and
built for fun and competi
tion. Think o f PNMP as a
place that its members go to
satisfy their “want to open
up their throttle and let it rip
and have fun.” Many people
own a sport or high perfor
mance car, or even a vintage
race car. PNMP is a place
to explore the potential of
these cars and for the drivers
to develop and practice their
skills. PNMP will offer con
venience and accessibility
for its members who are able
to treat performance driving
as a sport or a hobby.”
She said there will
be an inaugural event, and
when it happens, the people
o f Morrow County will be
invited. “If it weren’t for the
Morrow County voters we
wouldn’t be where we are
at today,” Morris told the
Chamber o f Commerce.
City Beautification Committee
plans park improvement
Aging trees and poor growth of grass is leading
to likely improvements this summer in the City Park on
Main Street according to City Beautification Chairman
Chuck Bailey.
“We have been concerned about the integrity of
the deciduous trees,” said Bailey. “They are starting to
splinter and crack and have become a hazard to the park
goers. These trees are nearing the end o f their useful life,”
he added. “The evergreens on the west edge o f the park do
not allow enough sunlight in the park and we are getting a
poor stand o f grass that sometimes limits usage o f certain
areas o f the park,” Bailey concluded.
The plan is to remove some o f the evergreen trees
and stumps to improve the amount o f sunlight entering the
park and improving the condition o f the grass. The large
Maple trees will be trimmed at the same time to preserve
their health and better prevent limbs from breaking. After
removal and trimming, consideration will be given to
replacement trees.
City Manager Steve Bogart and Public Works Di
rector Brian Harmon are developing a schedule o f actions
for completion o f the project that will involve minimal
interruption o f park usage.
Questions regarding the plan should be directed to
Bogart at City Hall.
Gates graduates from Pacific University
Billy Gates gradu-
ated on Saturday, May 17,
from Pacific Uni
versity in Forest
Grove. He was
awarded one of
three Outstand
ing C o n trib u
tions to Student
Life awards for
all o f his activi
ties during his
four years at Pa Billv (¿ates
cific.
Some o f those activ
ities included sports editor
for the Pacific Index news-
paper (So-Jr), editor in chief
o f the Pacific Index (Sr),
a Pacific U niversity
am bassador (So-Sr),
he was a resident as
sistant for two years
(So-Jr) in his dorm, he
was president o f Pa
cific’s Pi Kappa Rho
fraternity his senior
year after joining it his
sophomore year and
he participated on the
university’s handball
team all four years, bringing
home several trophies.
BEO FINANCIAL SERVICES
Russ Murfitt
Financial Advisor
* IRA’s
* Life Insurance
* Long Term Care
* Pension Rollovers
* Retirement Planning
* Long Term Financial Needs
School district adopts $29 million budget
-Continued from Page one pated revenues in insurance
earning diplomas and nu
merous scholarships.
-said that the district
is steadily achieving the
board goals with testing
gains up for the district and
more children passing the
w riting test. He said that
more kids are meeting or
exceeding benchmarks, with
the exception of seventh and
eight grade students.
In other business,
the board:
-received a request
to m ove R iverside High
School graduation to Sat
urday morning, rather than
Sunday as it has been in the
past.
-passed a resolution
in favor o f restoring the
state-w ide sim ple m ajor
ity voting requirement with
Barney Lindsay and Berto
Hernandez voting against
the resolution. C urrently
with the double-m ajority
rule, except for general elec
tions, not only are a major
ity o f the votes required to
pass state-wide legislation,
but also 50 percent o f the
registered voters must vote
in the election.
-approved accep t
ing two returning foreign
exchange students at Hep
pner H igh School. This
will require a change in the
students’ visas, approval by
Immigration and Naturaliza
tion Service and payment
o f $6,152 each in tuition by
the students. HHS Principal
Daye Stone told the board
that the two are “exceptional
students and want to come
back.”
-approved a request
by HHS teacher John Fla
herty to take a group o f stu
dents to Washington, D.C.,
during the inauguration this
year.
-approved at
te n d a n c e v a ria n c e s for
2008-09.
-approved a variety
o f organizational details for
2008-09.
-approved a resolu
tion authorizing unantici
reimbursements due to the
SBE fire in the amount o f
$ 5 ,9 5 0 ,0 0 0 w ith e x p e n
d itures in the am ount o f
$950,000 for support ser
vices and $5,000,000 for
construction and repairs
-approved a resolu
tion authorizing the county
treasurer to invest district
funds.
-approved parental
leave for A.C. H oughton
Elementary School reading
teacher Trixie Pullen.
-viewed the’follow-
ing attendance report as of
June 2: ACH-345; Heppner
E lem entary S chool-193;
HHS-231; Irrigon Elemen
tary S c h o o l-123; Irrigon
High School-313; RHS-394;
SBE-322; Windy River El-
ementary-227; district to
tal-2246.
-approved the fol
lowing resignations/retire-
ments for: Cathy Gates, SBE
educational assistant; April
Linnell, ACH ed assistant;
Molly Rill, HES Talented
and G ifted c o o rd in a to r;
Kevin Payne, Heppner Ju
n io r High School a s s is
tant boys’ basketball coach;
Adam Doherty, HJHS head
boys’basketball coach; Me
lissa Coiner, HJHS head
girls’ basketball coach; and
Michael Cates, RHS assis
tant baseball coach.
-approved the fol
low ing em ploym ent for:
C raig B ensen, prom oted
from IHS assistant principal
to IHS principal; Matthew
Matz, hired as IHS assistant
principal.
-approved the fol
lowing extra duty contracts
(H ep p n er sch o o ls listed
only):
-HHS: Joe Lindsay,
half-tim e band; V irginia
Grant, rally advisor; Jodi
Chapa, dram a; John Fla
herty, DART coordinator;
Greg Grant, athletic direc
tor, head football coach,
head golf coach; Les Payne,
assistan t football coach;
Kevin Payne, assistant foot-
ball coach; Pam Dowdy,
head volleyball coach; Petra
Payne, TAG coordinator,
assistant volleyball coach,
head softball coach; Troy
M organ, head w restlin g
coach, assistant baseball
coach; David Norton, head
boys’ basketball coach; Ken
Grieb, assistant boys’ bas
ketball coach; Mark Dowdy,
head girls’ basketball coach;
Chris Rauch, assistant girls'
basketball coach; Rick John
ston, head baseball coach;
Jason Palmer, assistant track
coach. The head track posi
tion remains vacant.
-HJHS: Josh Coiner,
head football; Wendy Can-
nin, head volleyball, head
track; Mindy Wilson, assis
tant volleyball; Mark Lem
mon, head wrestling, Larry
Palmer, assistant track. The
assistant football, head boys'
basketball, assistant boys’
basketball and head girls’
basketball positions remain
vacant.
-HES: Karen Smith-
Griftith, DART coordinator;
Mary Ann Elguezabal, Eng
lish Language Learner site
coordinator. The TAG co
ordinator position remains
vacant.
- a p p r o v e d the
2008-09 board meeting cal
endar with one change as
follows: July 2008-no meet
ing; A ugust 11-M orrow
Education Center (changed
from district office); Sep
tem ber 8-H H S; O ctober
13-SBE; November 10-dis
trict office (changed from
MEC); D ecem ber 8-1 ES;
January 12-HES; February
9-RHS; March 9-ACH; April
13-WRE: May 11 -IHS; June
8-district office.
-held an executive
session for personnel and
legal issues.
-heard the follow
ing announcem ents: last
work day for staff, June 10;
board work session, June
26, district office, 7 p.m.;
Independence Day holiday,
July 4; next board meeting,
August 11, MEC, 7 p.m.
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For on mnninimrnt in vnnr area, rail Rank of F.aalern Oregon.
Morrow County Jus
tice Court Judge Charlotte
Gray has released the fol
lowing report:
-Pedro Avila, Bedol-
la, 27, Boardman, Driving
While Suspended Violation
and Driving U ninsured.
$944 fine.
-Colin Anderson, 29,
Heppner, DU II Diversion.
-D Lea Mathieu, 50,
lone. Violation o f the Basic
Rule by going 75 mph in a
55 mph zone, $148 fine.
-Edwin J. Watt, 20,
Kennewick, WA, Violation
o f the Basic Rule by going
75 mph in a 55 mph zone,
$148 fine.
-John P. Looney, 27,
H eppner, Driving While
Suspended (m isd.), $845
fine.
- Ri chard G. D or
man, 70, lone. No Opera
to r ’s License, Failure to
Register Vehicle, and Driv
ing Uninsured, $528 fine.
-Betty J. Barbee, 66,
Heppner, Violation o f the
B asic Rule by going 75
mph in a 55 mph zone, $ 185
fine.
DA’s Report
Morrow County
District Attorney Elizabeth
Ballard has released the fol
lowing report:
-Seth Thom as
Wheeler, 30, was convicted
o f theft in the first degree,
a class C felony, and was
sen ten ced to 24 months
supervised probation, 90
sanction units with 30 jail
units, complete 80 hours of
community service, other
numerous conditions, and
pay $2,748 in fines, fees and
assessments. Wheeler was
also convicted of contempt
o f court but the count was
discharged.
Senior Center Menu
St. Pat's Parish mem
bers w ill be serving lunch on
Wednesday, June 25. The
menu will include basque
chicken, rice, onions, pep
pers, tomatoes, carrot salad
with pineapple, hot rolls,
and ice cream.
Oregon Wheat Foundation awards scholarships
The Oregon Wheat
Foundation awarded $500
scholar
s h i p s to
seven high
school se
niors. Stu
dents were
judged on
their com-
m u n i t y
involve-
m e n t , Andre Rauch
academ ic
achieve
m ent and an essay on a
wheat industry topic. Schol
arships w ere aw arded to
Andre Rauch, Heppner High
School, Emily Rietmann,
lone High School, K ait-
lyn Muller, Griswold High
School, Dustin Keys, Herm-
iston High School, Jana Ma
rie von Borstel and Bailey
Nogel, both Grass Valley,
and Jeffery Markman, Wah-
tonka High School.
Andre Rauch plans
to study bu sin ess at the
University o f Oregon. He is
the son o f Chris and Kathy
Rauch of Lexington. Rauch
graduated from Heppner
High School and partici
pated in football, basketball,
baseball and 4-H.
Emi l y R i e t m a n n
graduated from lone High
School and lives with her
parents Joe and Donna Ri
etmann. She served as a
4-H Ambassador, assistant
athletic director, outdoor
school counselor and let
tered in three sports. Emily
plans to major in environ
mental studies and pre-law'
at Willamette University.
Kaitlyn Muller, Gris
wold High School graduate,
is the daughter o f Wade
and Vicki Muller. Muller
was active in volleyball,
track, student council, Fu
ture Business Leaders o f
Am erica and community
service activities. She plans
to attend Western Oregon
University.
Dustin Keys is the
Class of ’48 to hold 60,h reunion
son o f Kalvin and Carla
Keys. Keys graduated from
Hermis-
ton High
School and
will study
biology
at Eastern
Oregon
U n i ver-
sity. Keys
is an E a
gle Scout,
member
Emilv Rietmann
of the Na
tional Hunters Association
and currently works for the
Herrniston Ag Research and
Extension Center.
Jana Marie von Bor
stel, daughter of Allen and
Judy von Borstel o f Grass
Valley, will major in animal
science at O regon State
U niversity. Von Borstel
was active in 4-H, National
Honor Society, drug and al
cohol prevention programs,
basketball and volleyball.
Bailey Nogle lives
with her parents Pat and
Sandy Nogle of Grass Val
ley. The Sherman High
School graduate was ac
tive in rodeo, 4-H, Project
ALERT, track, volleyball
and basketball.
Jeffery Ma r k ma n
graduated from The Dalles
Wahtonka H igh School.
His parents are William and
Shelia Markman. Markman
plans to pursue a degree
in civil engineering. He
was active on the ski and
g olf teams, 4-H, and par
ticipated in a mission trip
to Mexico.
Oregon Wheat Foun
dation Scholarships are open
to high school seniors whose
parents are num bers o f the
O regon Wheat Gr o we r s
League or whose parents are
employed by members o f
the organization. Scholar
ship applications for 2009
high school graduates are
available online at www.
owgl.org.
Chamber Luncheon dedicated to
reviewing goals
The Heppner High School class o f 1948 will be
This weeks Chamber Luncheon meeting will be
holding their 60th reunion on June 21 at the Heppner Elks
dedicated to reviewing the 2008 goals developed by the
Club. Social Hour will be at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will be
Chamber Board.
served at 6:30 p.m. Those wishing to visit are welcome
Those planning to attend are asked to RSVP by 5
to come at 8 p.m.
p.m. on Wednesday, June 18.
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Justice Court
Heppner Little
League to meet
FOR ALL YOUR AUTO NEEDS
Come help us welcome Terry Riddle to the team!
Thanks for your continued support s
Carmen Wilson
H eppner Little
League will meet at 7 p.m.
at the Heppner N eighbor
hood Center on Wednesday
night, June 18.