Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
HHS students participate in band and choir honor clinic
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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