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,
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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
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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
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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-
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$ 10 .
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25, in observance of Memorial Day. The deadline for news and
advertisements is Friday, May 22, at 5 p.m.