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Morrow County school superintendent announces retirement June 30 o f his accom plishm ents and is leaving the district in much better shape than Hessie Wetzell Newspaper Librar) University o f Oregon when he started. Eugene, OR 97403 He gave no spe cific reasons for his retire ment other than he felt it was "just time”. He did say that retirement would allow for more personal and fam ily time and added he may consider part-time work in education or for an educa tion service district. Burrows had ear lier said that MCSD’s finan cial outlook remains good for the current school year, however, as many Oregon school districts, is expected to face shortfalls the next school year and perhaps over the next several years because of state cutbacks due to a poor economy. Assistant Superin tendent Phyllis Danielson has also announced her up coming retirement. Daniel son’s retirement is effective on December 31, however she will also complete the school year through June 30. Danielson was pre viously a principal with in the district, including VOL. 129 NO. 45 10 Pages Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon at H eppner Elem entary School, prior to accepting the assistant superintendent position. The school board held a work session on October 28 to discuss the Brazell wins Lexington mayor with write-in campaign options for her replacement By David Sykes homes in Lexington work man win lone /council and opted to open the posi People of the ing on behalf of Brazell’s positions tion immediately, posting town o f Lexington had write-in effort. In lone no one internally within the district to wait awhile to find out Brazell cited her had filed for two council po who their next mayor and experience with the city sitions and both were won one town councilor as an asset in her with write-in votes. Floyd were going to be, as newly-elected po Parrott won position four a write-in campaign sition. “If they (the with 12 write-in votes. In ended up determin voters) think I can all 27 other people received ing who won. do a good job, then between one and seven By David Sykes D w yla I will try to get us write-ins for that position. Local man Sam Yocom and Gary back on track. I will lone council po Hornbeck always seems to Kemp were on the do my best.” sition six was won by Fred have a lot of ideas about ballot and received No one’s Sherman, who garnered five many different projects, and 31 and 27 votes name was on the write-ins to second place now one of his ideas is be respectively. But it was ballot for council position finishers Floyd Parrott, Ed coming a reality. Hornbeck Jean Brazell who staged a four in Lexington and Will Rollins and Betty Gray who came up w ith a plan to build write-in campaign to end up Lemmon won that with 63 each had four votes. In all predator protection struc winning with 53 votes. The write-in votes. The other 19 people received write-in tures for pheasant chicks, only other person receiving people receiving votes were votes. and therefore increase the votes was Shirley McCarl John Edwards - 14, Charlie Pratt wins Board- adult pheasant population with one vote. Sumner - 2, Jean Brazell man Council position for hunting in the south Brazell said there - 1, Ed Baker - 2, Marcia In Boardman Morrow County area. were people in town who Kemp - 1, Sue Piper - Mark Pratt won the third With the help of told her they were going to 1, and Shelia Miller - 2 position on the city council, the Fish and Wildlife De write her in, and one even votes. which no one had filed for, partment, Pettyjohn’s Farm -See WRITE-INS/Page SIX & B uilders Supply and went door to door to 40 Parrott and Sher local Scout Troop 691, Hornbeck is building three By April Sykes the council must be ap hiring and firing, contract plywood shelters on Wel lone School Dis pointed and not elected, negotiations, enrollment come to Hunt properties trict Superintendent Mark could be a group of three, and some budgeting. The in south county to protect M ulvihill, o f the newly five or seven and is intend council will also replace the young pheasant chicks from formed Intermountain ESD, ed to be a school-focused school’s site council. predators. Hornbeck plans told the lone Community group. Mulvihill and Prin to purchase 300 pheasant School Board, at their regu He said that the cipal Jerry Archer told the chicks in the spring to put in lar meeting October 26, that council will have specific board that while the major the shelters where they will they must appoint a charter duties, one of which is to ity of the charter’s policies be protected from hawks council to fulfill Oregon be in charge of the district’s are solid, the board needs and owls, giving the young Department of Education budget, while the board will -See IONE SCHOOL birds a better chance of sur- requirements. He said that be in charge of personnel, BOARD/Page SIX By April Sykes 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ■ 1 1 1 • 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 a 1 1 1 1 , , , 11 M orrow C ounty School District Superin tendent Mark Burrows has announced his retirement effective at the end of the current school year. Bur rows, who has been super intendent for the past seven years, said that he is proud and externally. The posi tion will begin July 1 with a December 1 deadline for applications. Also at the meeting, the board appointed a com mittee to study the declin ing enrollment in Heppner schools. “We have demo graphics that are working against us,” said Burrows. He said that the district will examine the funding formula in terms of staffing in Heppner schools to plan for the future. Burrows said that the question is, “How can we plan for the future so we don’t have to make drastic cuts (to Heppner schools).” He said that tech nology and having teachers double-certified may help alleviate the problem. Newly appointed com m ittee members in clude: school board mem ber Bill Kuhn, school board C hair B arney Lindsay, Morrow County Commis sioner Ken G rieb, Amy Kollman, Community Bank Heppner branch manager, Heppner Chamber direc tor Sheryll Bates, Hepp ner High School Principal Daye Stone and HHS math teacher Troy Morgan. In other business, the board: -granted a request from a student for an early graduation with approval from Stone. -approved a co operative sponsorship for -See SUPERINTENDENT RETIRES/Page SIX Mustangs advance to state playoffs Write-in votes determine Lexington mayor’s race and council positions Senior Donald Matthews #78 makes a first down in the Mustang game. The Mustangs will play Lost River in the first round of state playoffs on Saturday, November 13. The game will be at Lost River at 1 p.m. -Photo by Sandy Matthews Local man initiates plan to increase pheasant population lone School Board to create new charter council Left to right: back row-Dennis Newman, John Waite of Pet tyjohn's Farm & Builders Supply, Steve Cherry of Oregon De partment of Fish and Wildlife. Front row-Scouts Avan Smith, Daichi Walters and Jerimiah Petzoldt of the Blue Mountain Council Troop 691. and Sam Hornbeck who thought up the project. -Photo by David Sykes vival to reach adulthood. “The birds will go in at five to six weeks old and that gives them all sum mer to grow up,” Hornbeck says. He also said when the chicks get placed outdoors at a young age they will not have yet become domesti cated, will fly more and are better for hunting. The protection structures are low-slung plywood structures with fencing wire placed over the top. The birds can get into the structures to avoid birds of prey. All three will be placed on public access Welcome to Hunt proper- -See PHEASANT POPULA TION/PAGE SIX MCGG program donates money to schools Heppner High School to honor veterans kids in that community, The new Mor Ripple says. row County Grain He said Growers’ program the co-op is offer “ Fueling The Fu ing the program in ture” has so far re Monument, Spray, sulted in $700 go F o ssil, C o n d o n , ing to local schools Arlington, Irrigon, in the first month, Boardman, Hepp MCGG M anager ner, Lexington and John Ripple told the MCGG Man- lone. Heppner Chamber a g e r J o h n Ripple o f Commerce last Ripple tells said people can go about Fueling onto the company week. Under the the Future. web site, mcgg.net, program, for each and keep track of fuel delivery stop in a com where the money is going, munity, MCGG will donate and the public is welcome, $1 to the local school to to match the co-op’s dona help fund education for the tion if they so desire. By David Sykes ‘The employees o f the com pany have a growing concern with the shortfall of funding for edu cation. Our new promotion will donate money to the schools in our communities that the company serves. Every MCGG fuel delivery means more money for our schools,” stated a flyer pro moting the program. “I can’t think of a more good cause than our schools,” school board member Bill Kuhn told Ripple and the Chamber. “The district really thanks you.” lone American Legion and Auxiliary to host Veteran’s Day tribute The lone American Legion Post 95 and Auxiliary will host a Veteran’s Day tribute on Thursday, November 11, at 10:30 a.m. at the lone School flag pole. The event will conclude at the lone Legion Hall. A Veteran’s Day program will be presented and refreshments will be served. Schools closed for Veteran’s Day Schools in the Morrow County and lone School Districts will be closed on Thursday, November 11, in observance of Veteran’s Day. Schools will be back in ses sion on Friday, November 12. This year marks the 10,h anniversary of Heppner High School’s Veterans Day program. All veterans and military personnel, past and present, are invited to attend a ceremony in their honor at Heppner High School’s gymnasium on November 12 at 10:30 a.m. Lunch for veterans and their spouses will follow. If you are a veteran or are pres ently serving in the military, and you have not received an invitation, please call Heppner High School at 676-9138. You do not need an invitation to attend; all veterans and servicemen are welcome. The public is also encouraged to attend this program to honor our local heroes. Quaid Street may be getting upgrade By David Sykes Q uaid S treet in H eppner may be in for improvements, including new sidewalks all the way up to where Quaid joins Elder Street near the grade school. Under a special city allotm ent program from the Oregon Department of Transportation, the city could receive funding to put storm drains, sidewalks and gutters on Quaid Street to Elder. A lot of kids use the street to walk to school and it will be a welcomed up grade, City Manager Dave DeMayo told the Hepp ner City Council Monday night. In other business at the meeting it was an nounced that the Chase Street apartments had been purchased by someone who plans on doing upgrades to the dilapidated structure. The city had been discuss ing buying the apartments and turning the area into a parking lot. “It was bought by someone who will do something good," DeMayo -See UPGRADE/Page SIX
