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Ione School ’s 09-10 budget workable, says board By April Sykes II.L im ili.,111 The lone School Board, which has based its 2009-10 school budget on projections of $5.4 billion in statewide education funding, indicated Mon day night that members feel confident with their budget. Board member Anne Morter said the dis trict’s budget is workable, II.I...II Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Library University o f Oregon Hugene. OR 97403 VOL. 128 NO. 18 14 Pages Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon School District Levy Passes: 1076 Yes, 861 No Mustangs bring home state medals, Price takes first place in three events <4 ; h » h rum » * * 1 "T j J Pictured is the third place 2A team along with their coaches: Coach Melissa Coiner, Assistant Coach Jason Palmer, JoAnna Patton, Carmen Lee. Brynna Rust, Erin Price, Catherine McElligott, Carrie Haguewood, Frida Arcvik, Keshawna Talamantes, and Kelsi Putman (also pictured are coaches Wendy Cannin and Deana Price). More pic tures from state tournament action for Heppner and lone Schools can be found on Page FIVE-Contributed Photo Coach M elissa Coiner told her Heppner track team on Friday that “it would be pretty cool to hand out some med als,” come Saturday of the OSAA 1A /2A /3A State Track Meet held last weekend at Western Or egon University in Mon mouth. (The coach of the state champion in each event is asked to present the m edals.) Saturday afternoon turned out to be a busy one for Coach Coiner as three times she was called to the infield for this pleasant duty. The Lady Mus tangs also snagged a team trophy, placing third in the 2A division with 53 points. Erin Price had an exhausting day, traveling to the top of the awards podium three separate times to claim the gold medal in the 100 hurdles, the 300 hurdles and the 200 meters. She also ran a leg on the runner-up 4X400 team. For her ef forts, Price was named the Qwest Athlete of the Meet in the Girls 2A Di vision after scoring 32 points. Price approached the Saturday finals with the best seeding times in all o f her individual events. She c o n v in c ingly won the 100 hur dles (16.83) and the 300 however the latest projec tions for a $5.6 billion state ed budget of course would put the district in a better place. Also at the meet ing. the board accepted a proposal from Purswell’s Pump Co. for $36,900 for mechanical and electrical work on the lone pool and Matheson Painting, Inc. for $49,686 for the pool resurfacing project. lone School Superintendent Karl Ostheller said that pool work has started, with an estimated finish date o f May 30 and a projected pool opening in mid-June, if all goes as planned. The pool work will entail replacing leak ing pipes and leaking valves and moving the electrical system above ground. Project manager David McKay with the W illam ette Education Service District said that while Matheson Paint ing’s bid was not the low' bid. their recommenda tion was based on their experience and reputa tion. He added that the low bid for pool resurfac ing had not done a pool in 19 years. He also said that while the amount for resurfacing the pool was over budget, it will be offset by savings in gym floor refinishing and esti mates that the total school remodeling project will be within budget. He said that the bid for the floors from Branson Hardwood F lo o rs w as $ 7 8 ,9 0 0 , compared to a $134,000 budget. “It will balance itself out,” said McKay. He also said that the redo of the floors will entail a buildup to compensate for the unevenness and rough surface o f the concrete slab underneath. McKay said that the district will advertise for the elementary school project by May 27 with bids due June 17 and asked the board to meet June 22 to discuss bids. They scheduled a special meeting at 7 p.m. that evening. Also included in the larger project is re placement of the heating and ventilation system. Seven inside heating units and that relied on the boiler system will be re moved and will reduce the load on the boiler as well as five air condition ing units. The units will be replaced with one unit per classroom. In other business, the board: -“reluctantly” ac cepted the retirement of long time teacher and coach Dean Robinson and the resignation of special ed teacher Lindsay Orem, who resigned to take a position with the Morrow County School District. -learned that a $ 1,000 grant was award ed for lone School student Alex Carlson to provide violin lessons to kin dergarten students; Eric Jepsen took eighth-place at the state music solo competition for violin: Sara Stillman took sec ond place in the regional spelling contest for high school and Joe Doherty took fourth place for mid dle school students. -heard the fol lowing report from Su perintendent Ostheller: student enrollm ent is unchanged from the pre vious month with 164 students in kindergarten through grade 12. 71 in K-5, 29 in grades six- eight, and 64 in grades nine through 12; LSW is working on the design and planning for the construc tion of the addition to the elementary building; pool work has started with an estimated finish date of May 30, with pool open ing in mid-June if every thing goes as planned: the lighting. HVAC and gym floor projects have gone out to bid; the second budget meeting was held on May 11; the prelimi nary budget contained a $50.000 hole that needed to be adjusted for. but estimates for the 2008- 09 ending fund balance improved and the district will be able to utilize money from IDEA that will be received as a part o f the federal stimulus package; the next meet ing was set for June 1 at 6 p.m.; the grass is grow ing and the district needs to work out a solution since the district elected to end mowing services provided by the city; the district's AHERA book, which identifies areas that contain asbestos and con tains guidelines for safety, is being updated and a report needed for con struction projects is being done by Steve Paulsen of Paulsen Environmental Consulting, Inc.; spring sports are w inding down; the countdown for seniors is getting to the point of “no return; the elementa ry school saw the Disney movie “Earth”; gradua tion will be Friday, June 5, at 7 p.m. -learned that the lone baccalaureate will be held at Valby Lutheran Church on June 1. -approved min utes of the April 13 bud get committee; the April 20 board m eeting and executive session; and the May 11 budget committee meeting. -learned that a budget committee meet ing will be held Monday, June 1, at 6 p.m. -received the fol lowing financial update as of April 30: the district re ceived basic school sup port totaling $118,300; the general fund collected $1,077 in property taxes and the bonds sold; the interm ediate program, operations and mainte nance and tran sp o rta tion cost centers remain over budget the district is over-encum bered in fuel with S41,574 in open purchase orders. "At the very m ost we w ould spend about $25,000," said Beth O 'H a n lo n , chief financial officer. Individual special funds continue to carry deficit fund balances-$884.57 was ordered from three state title grants which included Safe and Drug Free Schools, Technol ogy and Teacher Quality, which will be received this month; $12,719 was received from the federal REAP program; with the exception o f the pool fund, all funds will be made whole by approved grant funds. “If funds are available for transfer at the end of the year, we would like to propose us ing a portion of the capital projects transfer to cover the pool,” said O'Hanlon. Large or unusual checks for the month include Mid Columbia Bus-transpor tation; Willamette ESD- bond project services; GN Northern-geo-tech services as a part of the construction project; well surveying-site survey; Morrow County Grain Growers-propane; Sysco- food purchases. The state came out with an updated 2007-08 estimate which gave lone a $14.801 fi nal payment instead of the $3,253 final payment estimate. A recap of the student body account in cludes $7,554 in gate receipts and $7.420 for pay to play that were deposited in the extracur ricular fund in May. -learned that the next board meeting and budget hearing will be held Monday. June 15. -held an execu tive session to discuss performance evaluations and negotiations. hurdles (47.60.) It was had a great effort for the the 200 meter race that Mustangs. Hatfield fin caused everyone a bit ished second in the 110 of heartburn. Four com hurdles with a new PR petitors crossed the line time of 15.60 and in the in such close proximity 300 hurdles (41.91.). He to the others that the on also placed fourth in the field announcer told the triple jump with a leap crowd, “ Someone won of 40-5. “All those prac and someone got fourth.” tices in the hail, snow It took some time and and wind paid off,” said possibly a m agnifying first year Heppner coach, glass to sort out the finish Melissa Coiner. “The kids but Erin Price was named worked hard all year. It the winner by the slim was our goal at the begin mest of margins. She and the runner up were listed ning of the year to bring at an identical 26.41 but it home a team trophy. Ev was a lean or an eyelash eryone peaked at the right time and that was a great that gave Price the win. Backing Price up thing to see.” Baccalaureate services for Heppner High School seniors will be held on Jordan W right in the 300 hurdles was Wednesday. June 3, at 7 p.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Services for lone Brynna Rust. Rust gutted placed ninth in the shot Community School seniors will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday June 1. at Valby out a second place finish put with a throw of 40' Lutheran. and new PR in the event, 3” . Wright was one of running 49.09. Rust also two sophomores in the ran a leg on the 4X400 shot put field among eight and placed seventh in the seniors. 400 meters. Catherine McEl ligott posted a new PR in the 800 meters, run ning 2:28.37 and plac ing fourth. M cElligott anchored the 4X400 to a season best tim e o f 4:13.37. Sw edish e x change student. Frida Arevik provided the other leg of the 4X400 relay and will take a silver medal home as a memento of the state meet. Erin Price was named the On the boy's side Qwest Athlete of the Meet of things, Jordan Hatfield in the Girls 2A Division Area baccalaureate services announced Morrow County Grain Growers is your precision farming headquarters. JOIN US FOR OUR GPS CLINIC after scoring 32 points. fieppner/Ione graduations fast approaching lo n e C o m m u nity School will hold its graduation ceremony on Friday, June 5. at 7 p.m. H eppner High School will hold its graduation ceremony on Saturday, June 6, at 2 p.m. Any parents or businesses interested in having their name on the “Congratulations Se- niors" page can call the Heppner Gazette-Times at 676-9228 or send an email to m egan(arap- idserve.net. The cost is $ 10 . The Heppner iiazette-Times will he closed on Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day. The deadline for news and advertisements is Friday, May 22, at 5 p.m.
