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Pratt joins Ione staff as special ed teacher Gale Pratt has been nam ed the new special education teacher at lone Community School. Pratt, who lives in Stanfield, grew up in towns all over eastern Oregon. She 11 1 1 • 1 1 I •I 11 1 !| 11 , 1 ail 11 1 1 1 1 1 | Bessie Wetzell Newspaper I ibrarv Uni versi t\ ot Oregon Eugene. ÓR 97403 HEPPNER decided to go into the spe cial education field when one of her children went on an 1EP (Individualized Education Plan). Pratt was struggling to understand the process that her child was going through and one of her college professors advised her that the best way to understand it was to learn by going into that field. So she did. Pratt has taught special education for seven years in schools throughout Oregon. She also worked for four years at Two Riv ers Correctional Institution w here she taught adult edu cation, English as a Second Language and special edu cation classes. From there she went to Aniak, AK, for her first administrati\e job where she was director of special education for one year. She then went on to the Molalla River School D istrict w here she was the supportive education director for two years. And now, she is back w orking in eastern Oregon. She received her bachelor’s in science with an emphasis in history from Eastern Oregon University in 1993. She received her teaching license in 1995 from EOU as well. In 2003 Pratt received her m as ter’s in special education from Heritage University in Toppenish. WA. She also received a master’s in ad ministration degree in 2005 from Heritage University. Pratt has four chil dren. one of which, Rob bie Shirley, is a senior at Stanfield High School. Her other three children are all currently on active duty w ith the military . Trey Shir ley is in the Army and is sta tioned at Fort Richardson in Alaska. Shaw n Shirley is in the Navy and is stationed in May port. FL. Charlene Patterson is a seabee in the Navy. "It has been differ ent working in lone." said Pratt. "This is the smallest (school) I’ve worked in. It is a tight-knit community that stands behind their stu dents. (This) is a very nice job. Heppner Booster Club Steak Feed/Auction to be held imes VOL. 128 NO. 39 8 Pages Wednesday, October 7. 2009 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon lone Booster Club to induct 51 people into Hall of Fame On Saturday, Oc tober 24, 2009 the lone Cardinal Booster Club w ill induct 51 people into the Hall of Fame. The 1922 to 1960 year groups will be recog nized for this first annual event. These outstanding individuals through their exceptional achievements have brought honor to them selves, lone High School, and the lone community. The Induction Din ner will be at the lone Le gion Hall starting w ith a no host social hour at 4 p.m. by Taylor's Restaurant. Dinner w ill be served at 5 p.m. The cost is $10 per person and includes barbecue mix grill, cheesy potatoes, several salads, homemade rolls and dessert. Everyone is invited to attend. For dinner reser vations call Betty Gray at 541-422-7335. Ify o u 'are planning to attend the Hall o f Fame dinner, please make reservations by Oc tober 20. Inductees are listed by year and w ill be available on lone Cardinal Booster Page on lone School web site http:w w w .ione.kl2. or.us/Booster Club. Morgan shoots 4x4 whitetail Pictured are some of the items that will be available on Saturday night. O ctober 10. at the H eppner Booster C lub Auction. The auction will be held at the H eppner F.lks lo d g e beginning at 6 p.m. with a steak feed dinner. Tickets are only $12 and can be purchased at H eppner TV and Hollomon's. Raffle tickets w ill also be available. A partial list of auction and raffle items can be found on Page TW O . Photo by Autumn Morgan City planning commission tables partition request By David Sykes The Heppner City P lan n in g C om m issio n Monday tabled a request from Kyle Robinson that changes to be made a land partition approved by the city last year for property located above Rock Street. The planning com mission and city council approved a land partition in November o f2008 w hen Robinson was preparing land for possible construc tion o f a secure residen tial treatment facility on land his family owns above Rock Street. The facility even tually located elsewhere and the development never went through, and now Robinson is asking that the city change the conditions so that improvements such as road curbs and gutters, and water and sewer lines are required only when the property is developed. He indicated he wished to sell the three created parcels to a developer for home con struction, and not develop them himself as w as earlier planned. City attorney Bill Kuhn told the planning commission they could ap prove Robinson’s request to postpone the improvements, but only if he guaranteed the improvements w ith one o f five financial security arrangements. The security could take the form of an escrow account with cash or other liquid assets, property escrow with another piece of land with enough value to guarantee performance, formation of a special im provement district, letter of credit obtained by a bank or a performance bond. Kuhn ex p lain ed that if an improvement dis trict were used. Robinson would be required to form the district, which would then tax those who bought property in the new subdivi sion to pay for the required improvements. Kuhn said this would shift the cost of the improvements to the new property owners, but would require quite a bit of administrative expensive to complete. In the end after debate the planning com mission tabled the request to modify the existing sub division and adv ised Rob inson that he may want to resubmit his request as a simple three parcel land division. Robinson did not indicate what he planned to do. Heppner Homecoming King, Queen crowned A utum n M organ of H eppner shot this 4*4 whitetail on Saturday. O ctober 3. Photo Contributed Pictured is the 2009 Heppner High School Homecoming Court. Front row (L-K): Genevieve Smith (pennant hearer). Wacv Coil. Ja re d Huddleston, k in g Brent F.ckman. Jo rg e Rugarcia
