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Smith sees school consolidation
‘coming down the tracks’
Four-county school district discussed
By David Sykes
S tate R ep resen
tative Greg Smith told a
gathered crowd Saturday
morning he sees an effort to
consolidate school districts
VOL. 130
NO. 9
8 Pages
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Daly family named grand marshals
for St. Patrick’s Celebration
Grand Marshals for
this year’s St. Patrick’s Day
Celebration are the Charlie
Daly Family. Though Daly
has lived and worked in
Morrow County or the past
81 years, his Irish roots run
deep.
Charlie’s parents,
Jim Daly and Kate McDe-
vitt, both came to America
from Ireland. Jim was bom
in the town o f Grannard,
County Longford, and im
migrated to the U.S^ in 1907.
He had been living in New
York for three years work
ing as a street car conductor
when he met John Kenny
from Heppner. Jim quit his
job in 1910 and came with
Kenny to Heppner where he
worked for John Kilkenny
on his Sand Hollow Ranch.
In 1917 Jim went into the
army as a machine gunner
during World War I and was
discharged in 1919 with the
rank of sergeant.
Kate was born in
Ireland in the town of Tem-
plemoyle. County Donegal,
in 1891. She came to Or
egon, along with her sister
Bridgett, in 1910. Her two
brothers, Charlie and Pat
McDevitt had already im
migrated to Oregon. An
other sister, Sarah, came to
Oregon later.
Jim and Kate were
married on November 11,
1919, in Pendleton. Though
Charlie and Yvonne Daly
Jim had a homestead in
Newman County when they
married, the couple lived
on the Kilkenny Ranch on
Little Butter Creek (now the
Currin Ranch), where Kate
cooked for the hired men
and Jim farmed and worked
in lambing. They moved
onto their homestead in the
fall of 1920 and purchased
more property (Gleason
Butte) and built up a small
band of sheep and cows.
Jim and Kate had
four children: Mary, Patty,
Kathlene, and Charlie. In
1936 Jim sold their New
man Canyon property to
down the tracks” this leg
islative session, but doesn’t
see enough rural legislators
in Salem to stop it.
Smith held a “meet
and greet” session at the
Stable of Youth Restaurant
in Heppner where he laid
out what is coming up in
this session of the Oregon
Legislature. Smith is start
ing his sixth consecutive
term as District 57 repre
sentative.
“ Budget, budget,
b u d g et,” he responded Rep. Greg Smith (right) talks with (left to right) Larry Mills,
when asked the three most Jerry Healy, Les Paustian, Suzanne Jepsen and Jerry Breazeale
in Heppner Saturday. Smith held a meet and greet to talk to
important things on the constituents about the upcoming legislative session. -Contrib
agenda this session. Smith uted Photo
said because of an expected
$350 million plus reduction
Smith is the ranking member on the pow
in school funding this session, there is a erful Ways and Means Budget Committee.
lot of talk about cost cutting, and what He is also the co-chair of the subcommittee
Smith sees coming may not be good for on transportation and economic develop
rural Oregon.
ment, and he warned constituents that he
“Portland doesn’t think we need was going to have to make tough vote
to have this many districts out here,” choices this session. “Some of you are not
Smith said of the attitude of the ftrban going to like the way I vote, but there are
legislators. He said both Democrat and going to be lots of tough choices made this
Republican leaders support consolidation session,” he said. “I think you are going to
of districts and “There just aren’t enough find out who your leaders are and who your
rural legislators to throw ourselves in politicians are,” he added.
“There are going to be program
front of this train to stop it.” He said urban
legislators do not understand the culture cuts,” he said. He said public employees are
of small towns, where residents identify going to have to start contributing to their
with their school and school district more pension, health care and other programs.
He said he hopes Oregon does not have
so than in large cities like Portland.
Smith said there is talk of con the same type of labor unrest as Wisconsin
solidating so each county has only one is going through. “But we have to balance
school district, and others are even talking the budget,” he said. “All sides are going
of regional school districts which might to have to come to the negotiating table.”
include Wheeler, Gilliam, Morrow, and He also sa;d in order to get things done and
Umatilla counties into one school district. solve the state’s problems the legislature
“Does this mean the legislature could undo is going to have to work in a bipartisan
all that lone has done there?” someone in manner.
Below is a breakdown of the pro
the audience asked. “That is a very real
posed Oregon general fund budget and how
possibility,” Smith said.
He also said there is talk of con it is spent. Last term’s budget was $ 14.234
solidating educational service districts billion. Amounts below are in millions.
(ESD s), which provide
Expenditures
services to school districts
on a regional basis, and
Total: $14,550 Million
there is a bill that would
Community
let large districts opt out
Hgher
Colleges
Education
of paying into ESDs which
$446
$924
Smith said would probably
3%
Public
6 %
Safety/Judlcial
kill off some of the weaker
$ 2.401
ones.
17%
Sm ith said that
cutting school transporta
School
tion funding has also been State
Funding
discussed as the urban leg
$ 5.557
38 %
islators do not understand
Human
why small districts in East
Services
Natural
$ 3,795
ern Oregon need so much
Resources
26 %
money for bussing. “They
$316
All
Other
Economic
&
just don’t understand the
2 %
$408
Comm. Dev
distances out here,” he
3 %
$190
said.
1 %
The Oregon house
-See SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION/PAGE
is split this session between
SIX
30 Republicans and 30 Democrats and
Hugh Currin. They pur
chased the Olie Neil prop
erty on Little Butter Creek
and also did a land trade
with Charlie Bartholomew
and Ralph Thompson with
their Gleason Butte land.
This was all done during
a time where many plaqes
were being foreclosed on,
so the Dalys were able to
purchase and pay off their
property in three years.
The Dalys had their
small band of sheep, milk
cows (sold the cream), and
The lone School
turkeys that they sold at
Board, at their regular meet
-See ST. PAT S GRAND
ing Feb. 22, unanimously
MARSHAL/Page SIX
and enthusiastically ap
proved a contract with In
termountain Educational
Service District (formerly
Umatilla-Morrow ESD) for
educational and administra
tive services and approved
extending the district’s con
tract with current Principal
Blue Mountain Commu Jerry Archer.
nity College in Pendleton,
The board’s con
Eastern Oregon University tra c t w ith A rch er was
in LaGrande, Treasure Val $77,000 per year from July
ley Community College in 1,2010-June 30, 2011 with
Ontario and six Eastern Or a salary increase in sub
egon high schools that elect sequent years at the same
to opt in to the program.
rate as the negotiated agree
Mulvihill told the ment for licensed district
lone board that the plan employees (teachers). The
would require districts to principal is required to
employ some teachers with work 220 work days a year
-See EASTERN PROM- with four paid holidays.
ISE/Page SIX
The board also of
lone School Board approves
contract with principal, ESD
lone School Board votes to join
innovative pilot program
Plan would result in sweeping changes for
some Eastern Oregon high schools
The lone School
B oard, at th eir regular
meeting on Feb. 22, voted
unanimously to join a pi
lot program proposed by
Intermountain Education
Service District (formerly
U m atilla-M orrow ESD)
Superintendent Mark Mu1-
vhill, who is also superin
tendent of the lone School
District.
In agreeing to join
the pilot program, termed
“The Eastern Prom ise,”
lone will get in on the
ground floor of a bold and
in n o v ativ e plan w hich
would allow high school
students to earn college
credits while they are still
in high school. The plan
would create a consortium
which would include In
termountain ESD, based in
Pendleton, but providing
services to many school
districts in Eastern Oregon,
ficially approved a previ
ous year’s contract with
UMESD in the amount
of $37,156 which had not
been ratified earlier. The
breakdow n of the 2010-11
ISD contract with UMESD
is as follows: $26,393-busi-
ness services; $6,150-hu
man resources services;
$4 ,613-board secretary
services; $13,196.50-busi
ness.
Also at the meeting,
UMESD Superintendent
Mark Mulvihill detailed a
proposal “Eastern Promise"
which would enable high
school students to obtain
college credits while still
in high school. (See story,
front page.)The ISD Board
unanimously opted to join
the pilot program.
In other business,
the board:
-a p p r o v e d th e
2011-12 district budget
calendar as follows: March
24-publish first notice of
budget committee meet
ing; April 7-publish second
notice; April 12-budget
committee meeting, elect
officers, present budget
message and document and
hear citizen input, 7 p.m.;
May 24-final meeting target
date for budget approval
by budget committee; June
22-publication of notice of
budget hearing and sum
mary of budget and funds;
June 28-budget hearing, 5
p.m., regular board meet
ing; adopt budget, make ap
propriations and levy tax.
- a p p r o v e d t he
2011-12 intermount ain
ESD local service plan.
-See IONE SCHOOL
BOARD/Page SIX
Compromise reached on renaming Squaw Butte
An apparent com
promise has been reached
with the Umatilla Indian
Tribes on the renaming of
Squaw Butte in Morrow
County.
The T rib es had
originally wanted to te-
name the landmark “Sisu”
(translation: smelly) Butte.
It was originally put forth
to be renamed Immigrant
Butte, and then landowners
in the area suggested Lone
Butte.
It looks like every
thing has been worked out
to rename the butte “Lone
Butte,” except the renam
ing apparently has to be
approved by the Morrow
County Court, then by the
Oregon Geographic Names
Board.
A ll the Squaw
name landmarks are being
renamed, as Squaw is ap
parently an offensive name
to American Indians.
Lone B u tte is
located along Immigrant
Lane about 11 miles north
of lone.
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