SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Annual Watershed Field Day to be held UMESD Board agrees to move forward
This year’s Willow
with Union-Baker merger exploration
Creek Watershed Field Day
will be held on April 28
from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at
Duane N eiffer’s property
west of Lexington.
A p p ro x im a te ly
150, fifth grade students
from M orrow C o u n ty
Schools will attend the an
nual field day.
Water will be the
focus of the presentations
during the daylong edu
cation program. The day
is divided into hands-on
teaching sessions includ
ing: soils, weather, plants,
com pass and GPS/map-
ping, macro invertebrates,
water quality and stream
bank restoration. Also, the
students will plant trees to
stabilize stream banks.
The continued suc
cess of this field day is due
to the support from many
agencies, teachers, stu
dents, parents and schools.
Tami Sasser, Umatilla Ba
sin W atershed Council,
Heppner High School science teacher Dieter Waite talks to
fifth grade students at previous Watershed Field Day. The
even is coordinated annually by the Umatilla Basin Water
shed Council, Umatilla County SWCD and Morrow SWCD.
-Contributed Photo
Heidi Hartman, Umatilla
County SWCD and Merilee
McDowell, Morrow SWCD
are coordinating the field
day.
“The Corps of En
gineers supports educa
tional outreach for future
scientists and engineers,”
said Laurie Rice, a hydrau
lic engineer w ho helps man
age river flows in Portland
District. “To support this
great learning opportunity,
the Corps will reduce flows
so students and scientists
can learn about how a wa
tershed works.” Although
unlikely. Rice noted that
the Corps may not be able
to reduce water flows if a
heavy rainstorm or other
water event happens just
before April 28.
T he U m a tilla -
Morrow Education Service
District Board of D irec
tors voted unanim oùsly
Wednesday night to move
forward with the explora
tion of a voluntary merger
between the UMESD and
Union-Baker ESD.
The vote com es
after a work session a week
ago in which the board dis
cussed six different options
for moving forward after a
voluntary merger between
the UMESD, Union-Baker
ESD and M alheur ESD
fell through. Malheur ESD
pulled out of the merger
due to community unrest
regarding an increase in
taxes in that county had the
merger gone through.
The U ME S D
Board, as well as Superin
tendent Dr. Mark Mulvihill,
believes a merger explora
tion with both Union and
Baker counties bodes well
for the students of Eastern
Jr Med Stars Health Careers Honors
Experience applications being accepted
ortheast O regon
Area H ealth E ducation
Center (N EO A H EC) is
currently accepting applica
tions for the Jr Med Stars
Health Careers Honors Ex
perience at Oregon Health
and Science U niversity
(OHSU).
Jr Med S tars is
open to 9,h and 10lh grad
ers who are interested in
pursuing careers in the
health care field. There is
no cost for the program,
which includes two nights
of lodging at OMSI, meals,
transportation while in the
lone to host 10th annual TV Shoot
The 10th annual
lone TV Shoot will be held
Saturday, May 1, at Frank
and Joe Halvorsen’s Farm
located at 64686 Halvorsen
Lane in lone.
The fee is $20 per
person per shot. Registra
tion is from 8:30-9:30 a.m.
All you can eat lunch will be
available for $6 for adults
and $3.50 for children 10
and under. All proceeds
will be used for children’s
games, prizes, and lone 4lh
of July celebration.
Prizes include $ 100
for hitting the target at
1,000 yards. There will be
three classes this year, and
prizes for all three classes.
Class #1 for elk or deer rifle.
Class #2 for heavy target or
bench guns. Class#3 open
site 600 yards.
Pat Schmidt and
Jeff Thompson of Allison
Carey Gunworks of Port
land will be in charge of
the clay pigeons. This part
is free for children.
Bill BreshearsofB
& B Barbeque of Gresham
will be serving tri-tip sand
wiches, brats, hot dogs,
baked beans and potato
salad. Coffee, juice, and
pastries will be offered
earlier in the day.
For more informa
tion, or for anyone who
would like to help sponsor
this event and get your com
pany’s name on the reader
board, can contact Tanna
Padberg at 541-422-7276
or Brandi Orem at 541-
989-9808.
Mexican Special
Come Try
John's
Tamales!
B N . Main’ Heppner m k íw o ii
program, and program ma
terials. A $25 refundable
deposit is required to hold
a spot once a student has
been accepted, and will be
returned to the student at the
beginning of the program.
Acceptance into the Jr Med
Stars program is competi
tive, and based on academic
performance and letters of
recommendation.
Oregon.
M ulvihill noted
that the deterioration of
the U nion-Baker ESD ’s
financial situation isn’t go
ing away, and neither is the
legislature’s push for forced
ESD m ergers. “ Moving
forward in this manner will
allow us to maintain local
control and local gover
nance rather than have the
legislature dictate merger
configurations,” he said.
In addition, Mulvi
hill said the school districts
in Union County have ex
pressed strong support of
the new merger configura
tion. The UMESD is cur
rently visiting with school
boards in U m atilla and
Morrow counties, in which
support has generally been
positive at this point.
Union-Baker
ESD Superintendent Mike
S ow der also a tten d ed
Wednesday’s meeting and
expressed a sense o f ur
gency from Union County
schools with moving for
ward with a merger explo
ration.
The next step is for
Mulvihill to complete con
versations about the merger
with the local school dis
tricts, as well as with other
stakeholders. The UMESD
Board will hold a work ses
sion on May 5 to evaluate
feedback from the explora
tion process. The Oregon
Department of Education
requires a joint petition
from both the UMESD and
Union-Baker ESD boards
to approve the consolida
tion.’ Both boards plan to
take action on the petition
during their respective May
12 regular board meetings.
The petition must be ap
proved by May 13 for the
merger to meet fall dead
lines for new ESD board
elections.
Morrow County Museum to
celebrate 50th anniversary
Jr Med Stars will be
held October 7-9 at OMSI.
To request an application,
or for more information,
contact Brenna Dunlap,
Education Coordinator at
(541)962-3801 orbhines@
eou.edu. More information
can also be found online
at: www.eou.edu/neoahec/
hel.html.
AFSCME Local 2479
distribute funds
Museum volunteers pose for a vintage photo shoot. - Contrib
uted Photo
The Morrow County Museum will be celebrating
its 50th anniversary throughout the month of May.
The museum will host vintage photo shoots on
May 1 and 8 from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. People can choose to
have their photos taken in different venues at and around
the museum. The photos will be $5 for a 4x6.
On May 26 the museum, »long with the library,
will be having an open house from 12-5 p.m. Cake, punch,
and coffee will be served. Different demonstrations will
be set up including quilting, spinning, and weaving.
For more information contact. Cherrie Clark at
541-676-5222.
American Legion and Auxiliary
honors ladies at meeting
The AFSCME Local 2479 union employees of Morrow County
and the Morrow County Health District recently contributed
funds to local organizations for the 2010 years. Pictured above
is Tony Clement, president of the AFSCME Local 2479, pre
senting Robonai Disque, director Home Health and Hospice,
with a check for $200. Each year the members of AFSCME
Local 2479 designate funds to contribute into their commu
nities at the annual meeting. The funds are provided by the
membership. This year's recipients are: Hospice ($200), Irrigon
Boardman Emergency Assistance Center ($200), South Mor
row Neighborhood Center ($200), Heppner American Legion
($200), lone American Legion ($200), and two $400 scholar
ships. Photo bv April Sykes
Justin
The American Legion and Auxiliary held their
regular meeting with the highlight honoring two ladies
for their continuous service to the auxiliary.
Mabel Heath for 62 years and Bebe Munkers for
57 years of service. Heath is eligible through her husband
Bill who was in the Navy during WW1I and Munkers
through her husband Riley who served in the Coast Guard
during WWII.
Both ladies worked on many projects during the
years helping raise money for many veteran projects from
local to state levels, to having booths in the fair, floats
in the parade, and helping food sales to raise money for
Girls State and scholarships. A certificate of appreciation
was presented by president Evelyn Sweek to Heath, and
Martha for Bebe.
In other business, plans are being made for Poppy
Days during Memorial Day week, and finalizing plans for
the Girls State attendee and scholarship recipient.
The next meeting will be held May 11 begin
ning with a potluck at 6:30 p.m. in the Methodist Church
basement with special guest Jody Marsh. Marsh is the
District 6 president pro tern and Dept, of Oregon first
vice president. Marsh is seeking election for Dept, of
Oregon. Unit 87 will be casting their vote for her at the
state convention in June. The group feels she is highly
qualified and it is nice to have representation for the
eastern side of the state.
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