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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon HHS students participate in band and choir honor clinic _ Local Heppner High students recently participated in a two day Oregon Music Educators Association District VI hand and choir honor clinic held in Pendleton. Students from all of Eastern Oregon conte together to learn difficult music pieces in a two day session and then hold a concert exhibiting their talents. Left Photo: Honor Band members John Nelson. Donald Matthews and Shane Smith. Right Photo: Honor Choir members Cherissa Lemon, Zech Hint/ and Kolleen Chappa. -ContributedPhotos IONE SCHOOL DISTRICT -learned from Os- theller that the district’s fi nancial audit has been com pleted. “For the most part, they were very pleased,” commented Ostheller. He said that the auditors did comment that not all reim bursements have the super intendent's approval, but he said that issue had already been taken care of. - r e v ie w e d th e 2009-10 district goals. -approved Oregon School Board Association resolutions. -decided to further research a request to grant an honorary diploma to the family of a student who is deceased. The board indi cated they were sympathet ic to the request, but needed to research the possibility of granting such a request. Ostheller said he would report back to the board at the next meeting. -remarked that the football team, for the first time in 29 years, got to host a home playoff game and the girls volleyball team traveled to Crane for the first round of the volleyball playoffs. -discussed a pos sible contribution from Wil low Creek Park District for $5,000 for improvements to the lone pool. The board noted an upcoming WCPD meeting and planned to send a representative there. -d is c u s s e d a $200,000 wind project grant that is expected to be disbursed to the district at $40,000 per year for five years. The board believed it to be a direct grant, but learned that it may come through the county. -noted that the next board meeting will be held on December 14 and sched uled a work session for 5:30 p.m. prior to the 7 p.m. meeting. -received the fol lowing superintendent’s report: *enrollment is un changed with 170 students in kindergarten through 12th grade: 78 students K-grade five; 29 students Family Game Night to be held at HES Heppner Elemen- tary Family Game Night and Title programs meet- ing w ill be held on Thurs- day, November 19, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the HES cafeteria, Those attending are asked to bring a board game to share. Refreshments will be served and door prizes will be given out. HHS Girls Jr. High Basketball Schedule Nov. 14 - at Irrigon, 8 a.m. Jan. 16 - in Umatilla, 8 a.m. Jan. 23 - Heppner at home, 8 a.m. Jan. 30 - at home, 8 a.m. Drink Special ■Pumpkin Frappes »Egg Nog* •Hot Buttered Rum Latte* C heck Ovit our D a ily Soup Special?' Weddinß. Tables A d a m N e i f f e r 6^ L a u ren S te n d e r Satureia if, N ovem ber 2 1 s t INC 217 North Main • Heppner • PhoX* 676-9158 • F lo rM 7 6 -9 4 2 6 Serving Heppner, Lexington A lone 5 - at Enterprise, 4:30 p.m. 6 - at Elgin, 4:30 p.m. 9 - Pilot Rock at home, 4:30 p.m. 12 - at Union, 4:30 p.m. lone High School Basketball Schedule Nov. 21 - at home, 8 a.m. Dec. 5 - in Boardman 8 a.m. Dec. 12 - at home, 8 a.m. STRATEGIC PLAN that could be used to pay for the various goals. The Tow n of Lex ington’s Strategic Plan, also presented to the public Monday night, ranged from developing a water system expansion and upgrade, determining the next steps for a waste water system, improving residential lot availability, establishing a community recreational area, developing a web site for the town, upgrad ing and maintaining the road system, and promoting housing rehabilitation in Lexington. For the City o f lone, goal number one was a w astew ater treatm ent facility. From there the goals included: improving road access to and from lone and surrounding areas, including Boardman; pro viding adequate and afford able housing; marketing of schools and livability of lone to encourage growth; continuing efforts to resolve flood issues; improving parts of the city; and install ing curb sidewalks and pave city roads. Karen Kendall of the Greater Eastern Oregon Development Commission of Pendleton did most of the work on the plans, meeting with community members from each community oxer a period of months to gather input. Funding to complete the three plans was pro vided by Morrow County, with organizational help from the Willow Creek Valley Economic Develop ment Group. It has been a number of years since any o f the three communities had updated their strategic- plans. One adv antage to hav ing the updated plans, in addition to prov iding a vision for communities, is aiding in receiv ing possible grant money associated w ith completing the goals. How the goals are to be funded is not directly addressed in the strategic plan. The strategic plan also came up w ith "common threads" all three communi ties share. Those included: prov iding adequate, afford able housing, improv ing or creating websites for each community', being proactive in dev eloping green energy such as w ind farms and bio fuels in the Willow Creek Valley, promoting and sup porting the local medical serv ices, working together to promote increased tour ism. ■"credited E rin Heideman and the lone As sociated Student Body with a “wonderful Veteran’s Day assembly” on November 10 that honored local veter ans. ASB officers acted as ushers; Mikie Raible was the master of ceremonies; the primary grades sang; Maureen McElligott pro vided an explanation of flag etiquette with the help of students Emily Holland and Jason Thompson; Eric and Rebecca Jepsen played “Amazing Grace”; and the Ladies Legion Auxiliary provided refreshments. *the gym Boor is completed w ith the "punch walk" left to do; w indows have been installed in the new double doors for the high school; the high school roof appears to be holding Artifactory goers browse through items for sale at the annual up and as leaks are found Artifactory held at the St. Patrick's Senior Center last Satur they are being taken care day. -Photo by April Sykes of quickly; new cafeteria tables were installed No vember 11 and the UMESD purchasing cooperative took the old tables. Dec. 4 - at Imbler, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8 - Condon at home, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10 - Col. River Classic in Umatilla, 7:30 p.m. HHS Boys JV Basketball Schedule Dec. 18 - at Irrigon. 3 p.m. Dec. 19- a t Stanfield. 1 p.m. Dec. 4 - at Imbler, 4:30 p.m. Dec. 28 - at Hermiston (JV Tourney), 1 p.m. Dec. 8 - Condon at home, 4:30 p.m. Dec. 29 - at Hermiston, 1 p.m. Dec. 10 - Col. River Classic in Umatilla, 4:30 p.m. Jan. 8 - Union at Home, 3 p.m. Dec. 18 - at Irrigon, 4:30 p.m. Jan 9 - at Weston McEwen, 1 p.m. Dec. 19 - at Stanfield, 4:30 p.m. Jan. 15 - Enterprise at home, 3 p.m. Jan. 5 - Baker at Hermiston, 5 p.m. Jan. 16 - Elgin at home.l p.m. Jan. 8 - Union at home, 4:30 p.m. Jan. 22 - at Pilot Rock, 3 p.m. Jan. 9 - at Weston McEwen, 4:30 p.m. Jan. 23 - Weston McEwen at home, 1 p.m. Jan. 15 - Enterprise at home, 3 p.m. Jan. 29 - Stanfield at home, 3 p.m. Jan. 16 - Elgin at home,4:30 p.m. Jan. 30 - Irrigon at home, 1 p.m. Jan. 22 - at Pilot Rock, 4:30 p.m. Feb. 5 - at Enterprise, 3 p.m. Jan. 23 - Weston McEwen at home, 4:30 p.m. Feb. 6 - at Elgin. 1 p.m. Jan. 29 - Stanfield at home, 4:30 p.m. Feb. 9 - Pilot Rock at home, 3 p.m. Jan. 30 - Irrigon at home. 4:30 p.m. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. HHS Boys Jr. High Basketball Schedule I'i grades six-eight; and 63 students grades nine-12. ■"absences due to illness were around 10 per cent for the last month and the school was seeing a de crease in absences, however he noted that there was a recent increase. He said that the Morrow County Health Department provided H 1N 1 vaccinations to-students, but did not have enough vaccine to inoculate staff. He said that they planned to return in December. * th e s ta te has ch anged the form at o f the school report cards. Instead o f five levels of performance (exceptional, strong, satisfactory, low and unacceptable), there are now only three levels- Outstanding, Satisfactory and Need of Improvement, lone w as rated Outstanding in the overall school rat ing as well as in all of the sub-categories: Achieve ment Index, Graduation Rate, Participation Rate and Meeting Average Yearly Progress. Wednesday, November 11,2009 - SEVEN Dec. I - at Irrigon (GJV, BJV, GV, BV), 3 p.m. Dec. 4-5 - lone Basketball Bonanza (JV & V), I & 3 p.m. Dec. 8 - in Pilot Rock (GJV, BJV, GV, BV), 3 p.m. Dec. 11-12 - Enterprise Winter Classic, 3 p.m. Dec. 18 - Horizon Christian at home (GJV. BJV, GV. BV). 3 p.m. Dec. 1 9 - at Boardman (GJV, BJV, GV, BV), 1 p.m. Dec. 22 - at Helix (GJV, BJV, GV. BV), 3 p.m. Dec. 28 - Irrigon at home (GJV. BJV, GV. BV). 3 p.m. Dec. 29 - Pilot Rock at home (GJV. BJV. GV'. BV). 1 p.m. Jan. 2 - Stanfield at home (GJV, BJV, GV, BV). I p.m. Jan. 8 - Nixyaawii at home (GJV, BJV. GV. BV). 3 p.m. Jan. 9 - at Arlington (BJV, GV, BV). 1 p.m. Jan. 15 - Condon Wheeler at home (GJV, BJV, GV. BV), 3 p.m. Jan. 16 - at Moro (GJV. BJV, GV, BV), 1 p.m. Jan. 22 - at Echo (GJV, BJV, GV. BV), 3 p.m. Jan. 26 - Central Christian at lone (GJV. BJV. GV, BV). 3 p.m. Jan. 29 - at Mission (GJV. BJV, GV, BV). 3 p.m. Jan. 30 - South Wasco at home (GJV, BJV. GV. BV). 1 p.m. Feb. 5 - Echo at home (GJV. BJV, GV. BV). 3 p.m. Feb. 6 - at Condon (GJV. BJV, GV, BV), 1 p.m. Feb. 12 - Helix at home (GJV, BJV. GV. BV), 3 p.m. Feb. 13 - at Dufur (GJV. BJV, GV. BV). 1 p.m. Feb. 18-20 - District Tournament at Umatilla I Annual Artifactory held at Senior Center Heppner High School Boys Basketball Schedule HHS Girls JV Basketball Schedule Dec. 4 - at Imbler. 3 p.m. Dec. 8 - Condon at home. 2 p.m. Dec. 10-C o l. River Classic in Umatilla, 2 p.m. Dec. II - Col. River Classic in Umatilla. 3 p.m. Dec. 18 - at Irrigon. 3 p.m. Dec. 19 - at Stanfield, 3 p.m. Jan. 8 - Union at home, 3 p.m. Jan. 9 - at Weston McEw en. 3 p.m. Jan. 15 - Enterprise at home, 3 p.m. Jan. 16 - Elgin at home, 3 p.m. Jan. 22 - at Pilot Rock, 3 p.m. Jan. 23 - Weston McEwen at home. 3 p.m. Jan. 29 Stanfield at home, 3 p.m. Jan. 30 - Irrigon at home. 3 p.m. Feb. 5 - at Enterprise. 3 p.m. Feb. 6 - at Elgin, 3 p.m. Feb. 9 - Pilot Rock at home. 3 p.m. Feb. 12- a t Union. 3 p.m. Heppner High School Girls Basketball Schedule Dec. 4 - at Imbler. 6 p.m. Dec. 8 - Condon at home. 6 p.m. Dec. 10 Col. River Classic in Umatilla, 6 p.m. Dec. 11 - Col. River Classic in Umatilla. 6 p.m. Dec. 18- a t Irrigon. 3 p.m. Dec. 19- a t Stanfield. 1 p.m. Jan. 8 Union at Home. 3 p.m. Jan 9 - at Weston McEwen. 1 p.m. Jan. 15 Enterprise at home. 3 p.m. Jan. 16 - Elgin at home.l p.m. Jan. 22 - at Pilot Rock. 3 p.m. Jan. 23 Weston McEwen at home. I p.m. Jan. 29 Stanfield at home, 3 p.m. Jan. 30 Irrigon at home, I p.m. Feb. 5 - at Enterprise, 3 p.m. Feb. 6 at Elgin. I p.m. I
