Ione School receives stimulus monies
for school lighting project
Bessie Wetzel I Newspaper Library
University of Oregon
Eugene. OR 97403
By April Sykes
The lone School
District has accepted
$52,821 in federal stimu
lus money for installation
of energy efficient lighting
in the Ione Community
School in conjunction with
their comprehensive capital
improvement remodel proj-
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HEPPNER
imes
VOL. 129
NO. 20
12 Pages
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
May 18,2010 Primary Election
Morrow County Results Only
District Attorney
Tom Cutsforth
597
1738
Justin Nelson
Justice of the Peace
Terry Felda 390
1047
Ann Spicer
Earl Woods 835
State Representative
Colleen MacLeod 439
791
Greg Smith
County Judqe
Dean Kegler 855
Terry Tallman 1320
Accident victim breaks into home to call 911
On Thursday, May
13, the Morrow County
Sheriff’s Department re
ceived a 911 call at 5:32
a.m. from a home on Rhea
Creek Road in Ione. The
caller stated that two males
had wrecked their pickup
truck near the home and
sustained injuries.
The caller, who
was one of the subjects in
the accident, stated that he
had broken into the home
to call 911.
The sheriff’s de
partment later arrested An
thony Dale Looney, 25,
for DUI1-MVA, as well as
Reckless Endangering.
“Congratulations Seniors” pages to be published
ect. The project has been
completed.
In order to receive
the monies the school had
to place a sign on the ex
terior of the school ac
knowledging receipt of the
Obama administration’s
stimulus package monies.
The district also had to
send a news release to area
newspapers, the Heppner
Gazette-Times, The East
Oregonian and the Herm
iston Herald, announcing
the funding of the project
by the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act. (See
news release, page 3.)
At the Ione School
District Board meeting
Monday night, capital im
provement project man
ager Randy Hinrichsen
presented a revised budget
to the board detailing in
creases in the project’s
construction costs from
$2,012,162 to $2,485,581.
Total costs have increased
from $2,799,640 originally
budgeted to $3,140,625.
Project revenue includes
$2.8 million in bond pro
ceeds, $16,716 in interest
from the state pool, down
from $39,342 originally
budgeted; $140,183-bond
premium, $25,247 from
the Business Energy Tax
Credit, not yet received;
$12,390-Bonneville Power
Administration Incentive,
not yet received; $126,00-
insurance claim, of which
$80,000 has been received
and an Oregon Depart
ment of Education Facility
Grant for $22,214, which
has not been received for a
total of $3,142,750 in total
revenue.
He also discussed
increases in management
costs resulting from ad
ditional research that he
may have to.do to pro
vide detailed information
to insurance companies
concerning damage to the
new gym floor resulting
from rain coming through
a newly-installed roof over
the gym. The insurance
company has paid $80,000
to the district for replace-
ment of the floor, which has
already been completed, but
seeks additional informa
tion if additional insurance
monies are to be recovered
by the district.
Also at the meet
ing, the board learned that
the old gym bleachers have
been removed and w ith the
help of board members and
students. Hinrichsen re
ported that the new bleach
ers are en route and are on
schedule to be installed
-See IONE SCHOOL DIS
TRICT Page EIGHT
Mustang Youth Track Meet held
The Mustang Youth Track Meet was held Sunday, May 16, at
the Heppner High School track. Pictured are Jackson Coiner
and Mariah Comhe in the 100 meter dash. There were 53 chil
dren that participated in seven different events. Final results
will be in next week’s paper. -Contributed Photos
Heppner gets new Umatilla
National Forest District Ranger
The Heppner eries program manager for
Ranger District has a new the past six years. Previous-
District Ranger.
ly to that he worked
for National Marine
Todd Buch
Fisheries Service
holz recently arrived
to take the place of
in Arcata, Califor
nia for two years.
Tom Mafera who
His background is
recently left to take
in fish biology and
another position
he is a graduate of
within the Forest
Oregon State Uni
Service.
Buchholz, Todd
versity.
Buchholz
“It’s great
55, comes here from
to be on the East
Roseburg, of the
Umpqua National Forest, side in a dryer forest with a
where he was assistant fish-
lot of recreational opportu
nities,” Buchholz recently
told the Heppner Gazette-
Times.
He said he was
looking forward to getting
the timber sale program
moving again in the Uma
tilla National Forest, and
also implementing the new
off highway vehicle use
plan. “It’s great to be here
and 1 am looking forward
to being part of the com
munity,” he said.
rapidserve.net. The cost is Morrow County Museum to celebrate 50,h anniversary
$10.
The Morrow Coun
The deadline to in ty Museum will hold an
clude your name is May 28 open house at the Heritage
by 5 p.m.
Museum (located in the city
•
i
park) May 26 to commemo
rate the 50th anniversary of
The Heppner Gazette-Times will be closed on Monday, May 31, in observance its founding. Hours will
of the Memorial Day holiday. Deadlines for the June 2 edition will be Friday, May from 12-5 p.m.
Demonstrations
28, at 5 p.m.
conducted throughout the
day will include spinning,
quilting, yo yo quilting,
treadle sewing machine, Pictured is an early photo of the building that was budt to
and cylinder talking ma house the Morrow County Museum and Heppner Library.
chine. The Farm Founda -Contributed Photo
tion invites the community justify it, she would have the items in the museum
to visit, enjoy some birthday a new building constructed were loaned, rather than
gifted, because of fear that
cake, and get reacquainted for a museum.
Heppner and Ione
the museum would not
Friends
began
to
with our heritage.
schools will be participat
last. Fifty years later, the
contact
friends
about
do
During
the
1950s,
ing in baseball, tennis, and
museum
not only survives,
nating
items
to
the
planned
Amada
Duval
began
to
track state play.
but
flourishes.
There have
museum.
Home
Extension
think
about
the
historical
The Ione tennis
been
two
additions
over the
groups
were
engaged
for
artifacts
she,
and
some
of
team members will partici
years,
more
than
doubling
assistance,
and
finally
the
her
friends,
had
in
their
pos
pate in the state tournament
session. She began to talk to decision was made to go the original building. An
at the University of Oregon
her
friends about these and ahead, although with some agricultural collection of
May 20-22.
the
conclusion
was that they concern about how big the vehicles, tractors, horse-
Both Heppner and
should
be
shared
with the collection would be. Duvall drawn equipment, and other
Ione track team members
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community.
But,
there
was decided to include a new farm relics are displayed
will participate in state
-, .•>
library in this building to at the old grain elevator at
no
place
available
for
such
events May 21 -22 at West
replace
the outgrown Hep the lower end of town and
a
display.
As
they
searched
ern Oregon University in
is now part of the Morrow
pner
Library.
for
a
suitable
place,
their
Monmouth.
County
Museum.
On
May
30.
1960,
conviction
that
this
be
done
The Heppner base
the
Morrow
County
Mu
This community is
grew.
Finally,
Duvall
de
ball team will begin their
seum
and
Heppner
Library
grateful
for Amanda Du
cided
that
if
they
could
state playoffs on Tues
were
dedicated.
Many
of
vall's
vision
and gift.
round
up
enough
items
to
day, May 25, with a home
game.
For more informa
AT MCGG GREEN FEED & SEED IN HEPPNER:
tion about state tournament
action visit www.osaa.org. Heppner High School held their annual Mustang Mop-Up
The Heppner Ga
zette-Times will be publish
ing its annual “Congratula
tions Seniors” pages in the
June 2 edition. Anyone who
would like to have their
name added to the pages
should contact the Gazette-
Times at 541-676-9228 or
send an email to megan@
Gazette-Times closed on Memorial Day
Area school’s
participating
in state sports
action
Annual Mustang Mop-Up held
¿i
last Thursday. Students spread out through the community to
work on countless clean-up jobs. Pictured is a group of student
scraping paint off the side of Peterson's Jewelers. Photo by
David Sykes
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