FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 3,2010
REST STOP FLU CLINIC
food processing plants (to
share with employees) in
the North End of the county
advising people to get their
flu vaccines.
“There may be a
resurgence (of H1N1) and
we want people to be pro
tected,” Smith says. “It is
not gone and there may be
a third wave.”
-Continuedfrom Page ONE S. M ain every Thursday
S m ith a lso sa id
there is still a lot o f vac
cine available for free at the
county clinics. The Board-
man clinics are held at 101
Boardman Ave. from 9 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m. to
4:30 p.m. every M onday
and Tuesday. The regular
Heppner clinic is upstairs at
the Gilliam building at 120
from 8:30 a.m. to noon and
1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
There will also one
more large clinic planned at
Boardman Select Market
Feb. 17 from 2 p.m. to 7
p.m. where anyone may get
vaccinated for free. Smith
says. The Health Depart
ment will be posting flyers
and providing letters to the
HES announces students with perfect attendance
Heppner Elementary School and Les Schwab have teamed up to recognize our perfect at
tendance students for the first semester of the 2009-10 school year. Les Schwab’s Pride in
Performance certificates included five chances to win a Murray’s gift card. The students with
perfect attendance are: Top Row (L-R) - Ethan Akers, Josh Dowdy, and Clyde Britt. Middle
Row (L-R) - Riley Gorham, Kaden Lehman, Nichole Shaw, Madison Combe. Jacee Currin,
Kolby Currin, and Nalani Stone. Bottom Row (L-R) - Marlee Mitchell, Gavin Hanna, Kaden
Combe, Jackson Lehman, Carson Brosnan, and Jason Rea. Perfect attendance recipients
not pictured are: Mason Lehman, Cason Mitchell, Kaitlyn Martin, Naleah Stone, and Emily
Pappas. - Contributed Photo
HES announces Student of the Month recipients
Nominations open for 11th annual
Crystal Apple Awards
T he U m a tilla -
Morrow Education Service
D istrict an n o u n ces that
nominations for the 2010
Crystal Apple “Excellence
in Education” Awards are
now being accepted through
T hursday, A pril 1. This
year’s event will take place
Wednesday, May 19, at the
Pendleton Red Lion.
T his is the 11th
year for the Crystal Apple
program , w hich is spon
sored by the UMESD, with
support from Mid Columbia
Bus Company, Pendleton
Red Lion, East Oregonian
and the Hermiston Herald,
among others. Last year’s
awards also were sponsored
by Community Bank, Bank
o f Eastern Oregon, Oregon
First C om m unity C redit
Union, and the Pendleton
Rotary Club. The purpose
o f the awards is to recog
nize individuals who help
to make our schools the best
they can be.
“ We o fte n ta k e
for granted the extremely
hard work our local educa
tors and education staff do
each day, so it’s nice to be
able to recognize some o f
them for their efforts,” said
Casey White, Crystal Apple
Awards director. “These
outstanding people inspire
our youth and make a dif
ference in our com m uni
ties, and they deserve this
prestigious honor.”
T he a w a rd s are
open to all m em bers o f
the regular classified and
certificated service in Uma
tilla and M orrow county
school districts. It is not
open to a d m in istra to rs,
though administrators are
encouraged to nom inate
exemplary employees. The
award can be given to indi
viduals who work full-time
or part-time in any capacity
other than administration.
The cum ulative total o f
regular service must be at
least one year, and the staff
member must have worked
in his or her current posi
tion for at least one year
to qualify. Anyone in the
general public may submit
a nomination.
In addition to the
C ry s ta l A p p le A w ards,
nom inations also are be
ing accepted for the Doug
Flatt Memorial Leadership
Award, which recognizes an
outstanding administrator.
Doug Flatt, the late chief
executive officer o f Mid
Columbia Bus, was well-
known to school districts
throughout Oregon, partic
ularly those in the Eastern
Oregon region. Doug lost
his life in a tragic plane
crash while on business six
years ago. In guiding the
grow th and operation o f
MidCo, Doug exemplified
the finest qualities o f lead
ership, attention to detail,
service to his community,
interpersonal relationships,
and customer service. The
purpose of this award is to
recognize a school admin
istrator or superintendent
who exemplifies the same
qualities for which Doug
was legendary.
Nomination forms,
qualifications and a list of
past winners are available
on the Crystal Apple Web
site, www.umesd.k 12.or.us/
crystalapple. The deadline
to m ake nom in atio n s is
T hursday, A pril 1, at 4
p.m.
HHS students raise money for Haiti
R ecently several
Heppner High School stu
dents decided to organize
a fundraiser for the Haitian
people. This sm all com
mittee was responsible for
planning and carrying out
the project.
Each class partici
pated in a competition to
see who could raise the
most money. The seventh
g rad ers w on, w ith over
$200. All of the classes con
tributed, some even donated
fundraising money. Other
students donated a Sunday
afternoon to sort pop cans
with the FFA who donated
half o f their proceeds. The
planning com m ittee also
asked for donations at the
wrestling match and bas
ketball games.
With the help o f
the community the students
raised over $1,700. This
money has been sent to Doc
tors W ithout Borders, an
organization that will pro
vide medical supplies and
personnel to Haiti.
H e p p n e r H ig h
School appreciates the help
of the students and the com
munity.
Friends of the Heppner Library to host
“Love Your Library Celebration”
The Heppner Elementary School Students of the Month for January were announced on Janu
ary 28. The character trait was citizenship. Pictured are: Top Row (L-R) - Tresslyn McCurry,
Keegan Gibbs, Kolby Currin, Caitlynn Bailey, Janice Munkers, Nalani Stone, Dakota Howard,
and Olivia Schmidt. Bottom Row (L-R) - Kegan Steagall, Conor Brosnan, Kylie Boor, Madelyn
Nichols, and Gracie Orem. Not Pictured are Cody Fletcher, Mason Lehman, Madison Jewett,
Payton Lehman, and Kaden Lehman. -Contributed Photo
Marsha Richmond who will
share information about the
“ Live Museum Programs,”
H eppner L ib ra ry ’s live,
interactive video programs
where we traveled to the
Smithsonian Museum and
OSMI without leaving Hep
pner. Bill Kuhn will present
the Friends’ of the Heppner
Library annual report.
The public is invit
ed to attend. Refreshments
will follow the program.
Morrow County Court weekly meeting held
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The Morrow Coun
ty Court met on January 13
in Heppner with Judge Tail-
man, Commissioner Grieb,
and Commissioner Rea in
attendance. Follow ing is
a summary o f the meeting
provided by Leann Rea.
The court reviewed
and approved the minutes
of January 20.
The court reviewed
and approved accounts pay
able and SUTA/WBF for
the fourth quarter in the
amount of $45,334.52.
Blake Ranch Road. Have an
accum ulation of approxi
m ately one foot o f new
snow on Coalmine Hill and
10 inches in the Sunflower
Flat Road. Bid Awarded:
A bid from W ilbur-EUis
Company to supply herbi
cides was reviewed and on
the recommendation o f the
Road Department approved
and signed.
Public Hearing
The court conduct
ed the following business:
Approved a request from
the American Legion Aux
iliary for $300 to pay the
tuition to send one young
lady to Oregon Girls State.
These funds were from the
county court’s Discretion
ary Fund. A request to in
crease the credit card limit
for the personnel director
was approved. M iscella
neous correspondences and
notices for meetings were
reviewed.
Any one wishing
to be placed on the list to
receive county minutes can
contact Karen Wolff at 541 -
676-5620.
Held a public hear
ing to approve and adopt a
supplem ental budget and
Road D e p a r t m ake corresponding ap
propriations and to transfer
ment
B om b in g R ange appropriations within the
Road: Closed the south end Morrow County Park Fund
of the road on Monday the and the 911 Em ergency
25. The new dates for the Fund.
closure have been extended
to February 26. Since the
closure, the old pavement
has been ripped out from
Strawberry Lane to High
way 207. The material is
being used as fill for the
new sub grade as well as
w orking on the concrete
footing for the inlet end of
the large culvert. Continu
ing to monitor the detour
routes and will grade and
roll as needed. Had to work
on signs along the detour
routes that were vandalized
over the weekend. Lexing
ton Grange Road: The crew
continued w ith w ork on
the ditches and shoulders.
Finished putting the base
rock down and have started
p u ttin g g rav el over the Ann Spicer and Margaret Flaherty are pictured with the new
base rock. Miscellaneous: television set that was purchased by a national Wal-Mart Grant
Repaired some washouts made possible by Tina Ridings, the Hermiston Wal-Mart per
on Dry Fork and Dalzell sonnel manager. The Friends of the Heppner Library, knowing
Roads. Had a grader and that the district's library budget was tight, decided to replace
the old, inadequate television with a new one capable of facili
plow truck plowing snow tating the viewing of the many interactive programs shown
on the Sunflower Flat Road, locally. Ridings was not able to fund the request through the
Hardman Ridge Road, Wil Hermiston Wal-Mart but submitted the request for a national
low Creek Road and the Wal-Mart Grant and the Friends of the Heppner Library were
Wal-Mart grant provides new
television for Heppner Library
awarded a $1,000 grant. -Contributed Photo
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