Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 16,2010 - FIVE
SCHOOLD,IS™ ICT 2010 Celebrate Heppner held
honor o f a deceased bus
driver who was a supporter
o f the school sports teams.
The board suggested that
the students seek the input
o f the community.
-approved the first
reading o f the honors di
plomas credit requirements:
language arts-four credits
(one must be advanced/hon-
ors/college level); science-
three credits (one must be
advanced science-physics/
chemistry/ad life science/
A P; m a th -th re e c re d its
(one must be at or above
A lg eb ra II-p re -c a lc u lu s
level); social science-four
(one m ust be a d v an ced
area (law/psychology/AP);
health-one credit; physical
education-one credit; career
education-one credit; for
eign language-two credits
study of the same language;
technology-one (PTE/busi-
ness/ag science/computers);
electives-six for Riverside
and Irrigon junior-senior
high schools for 26 credits,
eight for Heppner Junior-
Senior High School for 30
credits (eight-period day);
grade point average o f 3.5
or 3.25 and 1650 SAT or 23
ACT score; must pass 11th
grade benchmarks and com
plete all work samples.
-received the fol
lowing attendance report as
o f June 1: A.C. Houghton
Elementary-266; Heppner
E le m e n ta ry -193; Irrigon
E lem entary-203; Irrigon
High School-327; R iver
side High School-394; Sam
Boardman Elementary-303;
Windy River Elementary-
216; M orrow E ducation
C e n te r-M o rro w C ounty
School District students-64;
Morrow Education Center-
U m atilla School D istrict
students-25.
- a p p r o v e d th e
2010-2011 board meeting
calendar as follows: July
2010- no m eeting; August
9-district office, Lexington;
S e p te m b e r 1 3 -H e p p n e r
High School; October 11-
Sam Boardm an E lem en
tary; November 8-Morrow
E ducation C enter, Irrig
on; D ecem ber 13-Irrigon
Elem entary; January 10,
2 0 1 1 - H e p p n e r E le m e n
tary; February 14-Riverside
High School, Boardm an;
M arch 14-A .C . H o u g h
ton Elem entary, Irrigon;
April 11-Windy River El
ementary, Boardman; May
9-Irrigon High School; June
13-district office. All meet
ings are scheduled for 7
p.m. Work sessions will be
scheduled as needed.
-discussed sched
uling a work session/re-
treat for board members in
August.
-held an executive
session concerning person
nel.
-received the fol
low ing a n n o u n cem en ts:
2010 .
July 5-Independence Day
-received a request holiday; August 1-adminis
to name the Irrigon High trators return to work; Au
School softball field. Ir gust 9-next board meeting,
rigon students requested district office, 7 p.m.
Lorenz; personnel director/
executive secretary/desig-
nee to apply and sign on
grants and contracts-Julie
A shbeck; n ew sp ap er o f
record-H eppner G azette-
T im es, E ast O regonian;
district legal counsel-Doug
H ojem o f Corey, Byler,
Rew, Lorenzen & Hojem,
LLC, Andrea Hungerford;
insurance agent o f record-
Nancy Snider, Wheatland
Insurance; set borrowing
lim it at $2 m illion; d e
positories for district funds-
S ta te In v e stm e n t P ool,
Bank o f Eastern Oregon,
Banner Bank, Wells Fargo,
U.S. National Bank, Bank
of New York; auditors for
2010-11 -Oster Professional
Group of John Day.
-approved the fol
lowing textbook adoption
recommendations: science
grades five/six-F ull O p
tion Science System, Delta
Science Modules; science
grades six/eight-Holt Sci
ence & Technology, Levels
G reen & B lue; b iology
grades nine-12-H olt Mc-
Dougal Biology; chemistry
grades nine-12-still final
izing; earth science grades
nine-12-Holt Environmen
tal Science; physical sci
ence grades nine-12-Holt
Science Spectrum: Physi
cal Science with Earth and
Space S cien ce; p h y sics
grades n in e - 12-C oncep-
tio n al P h y sics (u p d ated
version/no purchase need
ed); algebra 3-M cK enna
Kirk; pre-calculus-Larson;
Hostetler; calculns-Larson;
Edwards; integrated math-
Saxon 3, Houghton; Mif
flin; Harcourt.
-h e a rd a re p o rt
from A ssistan t S u p erin
ten d e n t P h y llis D a n ie l
son on Oregon Assessment
o f K now ledge and Skills
(O A K S) testin g results.
She told the board that test
results were up except in the
fourth and 10,h grades. She
expressed concern, since
both showed a downward
trend over the past three
years. She said that she
was not quite as concerned
with the 10,h-grade reading
scores as they had shown
improvement over the past
five y ears, how ever the
fourth grade test results
had not improved over that
period.
-ap p ro v ed a tte n
dance variances for three
students from the Hermis-
ton School District to attend
MCSD.
-approved a raise
in substitute teacher pay to
$159.47 per day.
-approved a resolu
tion to authorize the county
treasurer to invest district
funds.
-approved a suc
cessor contract w ith the
M orrow County U nified
R e c re a tio n D istric t for
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F riday, June 11,
was filled with lots o f ac
tivities during the annual
Celebrate Heppner festivi
ties.
The youngest com
petitors were the 3-5 year
olds participating in the Tri
cycle Race. These winners
received a free ice cream
cone, donated by Sw eet
Productions. The winners
were: Zachary Brown - 3
years old; Zandra Master-
son - 4 years; and Kyler
Wilson - 5 years old. Flep-
pner Day Care donated the
tricycles.
City Pqrk was also
full o f games - egg race,
egg toss, water balloon toss,
and wheelbarrow race. Stu
dents from Heppner High
School helped in coordinat
ing each game. Cornerstone
and Murray Drugs donated
coffee cards for some o f the
prizes.
The annual hot dog
eating contest (as directed
by Alvin Liu) brought in
some great prizes donated
by our local m erchants,
gift certificates to the first
place winner from Comer-
store Gallery, The Stable of
Youth and W illow Creek
Diner and drink cards from
Cornerstone and M urray’s.
A dam s D istributing pro
vided the hot dog buns,
Heppner Family Foods dis
counted the hot dogs, and
Rusty Estes was standing
by, just in case his services
were needed.
T he w in n e rs for
this year’s event were:
Ages 11-15:
1st place: E than
Akers
2 nd p la c e : K y le
Tompkins
Ages 16-19:
l 5' place: Shane
Smith
2nd place: Joe Ar-
mato
Ages 19 and over:
1” p lace: B rian
Harmon
2nd place: Adam
Collins
T h e S m a ll D og
Races were sponsored by
Dick Temple, DVM. The
prizes were a free m icro
chip for the first place win
ner, Distem per/Parvo and Pictured above are scenes from Celebrate H eppne r on Ju n e
Kennel Cough shots for the 11 . -Photos bv David Svkes
second place winner, and a
large bag o f Science Diet
Dog Food for the third place
winner. Honorable mention
has to go to Shepoo (Greg
Smith’s family dog). Appar
ently Donnie, the Healy’s
dog was enam ored with
Sheepo and was distracted
and would not take off run
ning to the finish line, until
much prodding and finally
remembered what he was
there to do and made it just
in time to take third place.
T he sm all dog w in n ers
were:
l sl place: Raelyn
Lansford (Marley)
2nd place: Sharon
Jones(Sassy)
3rd place: Jerry and
Carmen Healy (Donnie)
W elly Toss: The
new event for this year
was the team Welly Toss
competition. A total of 12
teams competed. The teams
that competed were: BEO
Boot of Gold Bandits, Boot
Chuckin Bankers, “Boot”
Scootin Beauties of BEO,
Bucknum’s, Forest Service
Fire, Murray’s, The Fabri
cators, Timber Dogs, Top
Dogs, Wet WellyToss (Pio
neer Memorial Hospital),
Wheatland Insurance, and
Wine O ’s.
The winners for the
team and individual compe
titions are:
Team Competion/
Winners:
1st Place: The Fab
ricators (cream puffs do
nated by Ginger Bowman
and medium pizza donated
by Howe’s About Pizza)
2 nd P la c e : Top
Dogs (orange rolls donated
by Mary Ella Johnson
3rd Place: Timber
Dogs (tart truffles donated
by Peggy Fishburn)
Welly Toss Indi
vidual Winners - presented
“free drink card” from Mur
ray Drugs:
K in d e rg a rte n &
Under: Kyler Wilson
L " -3 rd grade: Roy1
Collins
4th - 6lh grade: Pat
rick Collins
7th - 12,h grade:
Andrew Bara
A d u lt F e m a le :
Shenna Shank
Adult Male: Pat
rick Reynolds
HES announces students with perfect attendance
Heppner Elementary
School recently announced
students with perfect atten
dance during the fourth quar
ter, second semester, and for
the entire school year. Those
students are:
Fourth Quarter Per
fect Attendance - Kaden
Combe, Zander Fisher, Brock
Hisler, Brian Lindsay, Bridget
Wizner, Conor Brosnan, Jace
Coe, Hannah Green, Brett
Jewett, Ireland Martin, Za-
Brena Masterson, Chance Mc
Cormack, Roen Waite, Hadyen
Hyatt, Mikel Jaca, Jackson Le-
hman, Marlee Mitchell, Ken Kolby Currin, Onna DeLoach,
neth Troxell, Sydney Wilson, Kellie Eadler, Alyssa Palacios
Casey Fletcher, Gavin Hanna, and Daichi Walters.
Second Semester Les
Mason Lehman, Kael Osmin,
Nicole Propheter, Jason Rea, Schwab Pride in Performance
Cheyenne Shaw, Cami Va- Perfect Attendance - Kaden
nArsdale, Madison Combe, Combe, Zander Fisher, Za-
Jacee C’urrin, Cason Mitch Brena M asterson, Chance
ell, Leo Waite, Ethan Akers, McCormack, Hayden Hyatt,
Patrick Burch, Alex Lindsay, M ikel Jaca, Jackson Leh
Nichole Shaw, Tarin Troxell, man, Kenneth Troxell, Gavin
Reiah Waite, Cody Wizner, Hanna, Kael Osmin, Nicole
Darby Holtz, Wyatt Steagall, Propheter, Cheyenne Shaw,
Emily Cecil, Faith Jones, Me Cami VanArsdale, Madison
lissa Martin, Janice Munkers, Combe, Jacee Currin, Cason
Sky 1er Palmer, Emily Pappas, Mitchell, Leo Waite, Ethan
Akers, Patrick Burch, Nichole
Shaw, Tarin Troxell, Faith
Jones, Janice Munkers, Kolby
Currin, Onna DeLoach, Alyssa
Palacios and Daichi Walters.
AH Year Perfect At
tendance - Kaden Combe,
Jackson Lehman, Gavin Han
na, Madison Combe, Jacee
Currin, Cason Mitchell, Ethan
A kers, N ich ole Shaw and
Kolby Currin. The All Year
Perfect Attendance students
received an individual pool
pass to Willow Creek Water
Park.
lone Community School announces second quarter honor roll
lone C om m unity
School recently announced
their honor roll for the sec
ond quarter o f the 2010
school year.
The following stu
dents have earned a 4.0
GPA: R a c h e l H o lla n d ,
Morrow C ounty Public W orks w ould
like to rem in d everyone
When your loading garbage for the
transfer stations to please keep in
mind we have a separate WOOD bin
and a separate METAL bin. These
items do not get put in with your regu
lar household garbage. So please keep
the wood and metal separated out for
easy dumping. Thank you. North end
Transfer Station, 69900 Frontage
Lane, Boardman, OR. 97818. South
end Transfer Station 57185 Hwy 74, Lexington, OR.
97839. Both hours of operation 9 :0 0 -4 :0 0 Saturday
and Sunday.
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Victoria Rietmann, Oskar
Peterson, Emily Holland,
Julianne Carlson, Stacee
Halvorsen, Evan Rietmann,
R ebecca Jepsen, Jordan
Peterson, Christine Raible,
Makenna Ramos, Thomas
H olland, M arco Juarez,
Bethany Morter, Alex Ri
etmann, Alex Carlson, Matt
Hams, Eric Jepsen. Brianna
Peterson, Sarah Stillm an
and Vanessa Ziliani.
The following stu
d en ts have earned h o n
or roll status [3.99-3.5]:
Joseph D oherty, Lauren
Garrett, Daniel Holtz, Bai
ley H aguew ood, Jaque-
line Juarez, Tannner Bass,
Steven Holland, Shannon
Metcalfe, Zac Orem, Mary
Rietmann, Kaleb Dumler,
Mary M cElligott, Mariah
Bradfield. Jacob Trahan,
K evin K o sk ela, T anner
Rietmann, Michael Raible,
Stefanie Archer. RJ Ramos
and Tyree Svetich.
The following stu-
dents have earned honorable
mention [3.49-3.0]: Jason
Juarez, Joshua Stillm an,
Paige Esterbloom , Jessie
Flynn, Jorge Aguilar, Shel
by Williams, Rita McEillott,
Dustin Lutz, Zane King,
Larissa Steinlicht, Jason
T hom pson, Tim Em m el,
Lacey Thom pson, Alisha
Taylor, Kirk Haguewood,
Shadow Kendrick, Tyrell
Barnett, Jeremy Coleman,
Mason Haguewood. Micah
S tillm a n , Luke Em m el,
MeLanie Eldridge, Adam
C ollin and Yezmin Ver-
duzco.
HES students participate in field day
On Ju n e 8. H eppner Elementary School held their annual Held
day lead by Terri Gentry. Student« enjoyed a m orning of sack
race«, w ate r ballon to««, w ate r rally and tug of war. During the
barbecue lunch, HF.S honored Brian Thomp«on with a plaque
for hi« many hour« volunteering time and talent« to clean up
and re«eed the lower field. It will be ready for u«e this su m m er
for soccer practices, events at HF.S and baseball in the fall.
Pictured is the second grad e class participating in the w ater
balloon toss. -Contributed Photo