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F O U R - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 3,2011 Community health fair to provide free shots Garden Club announces June yard of the month Fam ilyC are will be providing free shots for children at the fourth annual community health fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on August 20 at McKenzie Park in H erm iston. The free immunizations will be available for children two months to 18 years of age who are uninsured or on the Oregon Health Plan. Parents bringing children for free shots also need to bring their child’s immuni zation records. By Kay Proctor C reating a w el coming yard of memories has earned Skip and San dy Matthews Yard of the Month recognition for June from the Heppner Garden Club. The house at 155 Rock Street had sat empty with a water-damaged in terior and nothing but rock and hard alkaline soil for a yard when the Matthews purchased it 24 years ago. Since then, the interior has been remodeled. Outside, the couple has added a par tial lot, shop, a garden shed, carved out terraces and brought in over 100 yards of topsoil. Most importantly, they raised their family there; daughter, Whitney, and son, Donald. The view from the front yard is of the town, Willow Creek Valley and Mt. Adams. But the favor ite outdoor spot for both is their brick paved patio looking out to Cross Hill’s peaceful slopes, where they can watch “the deer and the antelope play.” Close by is a pergola built by Skip. Pink roses grow along a split-rail fence that borders the quiet cul-de- sac. A nearby sycamore tree is Skip’s favorite planting, while Sandy’s is her herba ceous lavender. Labrador Retrievers Lexi and Luci share the yard, and the Mat thews keep feeders filled to attract wild birds. The h e a lth fair is open to everyone. All im m unizations required by law for child care and school attendance will be offered, including DTaP, measles, mumps, rubella, and hepatitis A and B. Tdap, Gardisil and Menactra will also be available for ado lescents. In addition to the immunizations offered by FamilyCare health plans, the event will also feature free dental checkups from the Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic and blood pressure checks from Good Shepherd Medical Center, along with food, games, music and prizes from other community partners. Several childhood immunizations are required by law for child care and school attendance; the goal of this year’s health fair is to provide kids with neces sary immunizations before school starts. IONE SCHOOL BOARD -Continuedfrom PAGE Martin as assistant high Heppner Gazette-Times, ONE school volleyball coach. official newspapers; the Community College and Eastern Oregon University. The plan would enable high school teachers to teach college-level courses and students to get dual cred its (both high school and college) while still in high school. “I can tell you that what we’re doing (now) is broken,” said Mulvihill. “ [T h e E a s te r n Promise plan] is moving,” he said, adding, “It’s the right thing for a lot of rea sons. It’s about getting kids to a proficiency level, not what their undergraduate degree was.” He said that the IM- ESD plan is being looked upon with favor by the gov ernor and the State Board of Education, which are plan ning to set dollars aside for innovative plans. He added that the lone School District is positioned “pretty much better than anyone else” and has one of the highest capacities for opting in on the plan, and added that the Morrow County School District has been very ac tive and is also positioned well. - a p p r o v e d th e follow ing hires: O rissa Burghard as the high school science teacher; Brandi Orem as half-time kinder garten teacher; Stan Weiper as head football coach; Jill -accepted the res ignation of Gale R. Pratt as special education teacher. -received a finan cial update as of June 30; however, is planning to receive clarification at the next board meeting from C hief Financial O fficer Beth O ’Hanlon, IMESD, concerning four general fund cost centers and other funds that were over bud get. -adopted the fol lowing housekeeping reso lutions for the 2011-12 school year, designating the following: Mark Mulvihill o f InterM ountain ESD, superintendent/clerk and executive officer, custodian of funds, authorized check signer, budget officer; Beth O ’Hanlon, IMESD, busi ness manager/deputy clerk, authorized check signer; facsim ile signatures for Mulvihill, O ’Hanlon; the short-term borrowing limit at $200,000; fidelity bond amounts at $100,000 each for Mulvihill and O’Hanlon; Fife and Cockbum, LLP, as official auditor; Corey, Byler, Rew, Lorenzen & Hojem as the legal counsel; Bank of Eastern Oregon as the depository for funds and participation in the Local Government Investm ent Pool; W heatland Insur ance, insurance agent of record; East Oregonian and IRS rate per mile for au thorized travel, lodging at the single party rate and reimbursement for meals at $35 per day; confidential employees, Marla Royal, board secretary, Michael Lasher, deputy superinten dent, and Colette Blakely, human resources special ist; the substitute teacher rate at $162.25 per day or $20.28 per hour for the first 10 days, more than 10 consecutive days in any one assignment a minimum of $190.74 per day or $23.84 per hour; authorization of short-term , non-interest loans between funds when necessary due to timing of receipts and expenditures; authorization for invest ment of any money held by the Morrow County Trea surer; the board as the local contract review board. -announced the fol lowing upcoming m eet ings: Boiler review hearing, Thursday, August 4, 4-5 p.m. at the lone School; bids aw arded, Monday, August 8, 1 p.m.; special board meeting-new hires, Monday, August 15, 3:30 p.m.; regular board meet ing, Tuesday, August 23, 3:30 p.m.; in-service Tues- day-Thursday, August 23- 25; Oregon School Board Association annual confer ence, N ovem ber 10-13, Portland. St. Patrick’s welcomes Football back Condon St. Patrick’s Catholic Parish is hosting a welcome- camp back potluck barbecue for Father Gerry Condon in the parish hall after the 11 a.m. mass on Sunday, August 7. Hamburgers and table service will be provided. Attendees are asked to bring a salad or dessert. Community lunch menu Hope and Valby Lutheran and All Saints Episco pal church members will be serving lunch on Wednesday, August 10 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The meal will include creamy almond chicken, rice pilaf, broccoli salad, Jell-O with fruit, hot rolls and ice cream. Menu is subject to change. planned The 19th annual south Morrow County foot ball camp will be held Au gust 8 through August 11 at the Heppner High School. All students grades five through 12 are welcome. T h e c a m p f or grades five through eight will be from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.; the camp for ninth through 12th grades will take place from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The cost for every grade is $25. Every par ticipant will also receive a hat. Deadline for legal & classified advertising Mondays at 5:00 pm Wedding Tables s h an n a K . R ietm a n n & M ich ael J. Sallee Sa tu rJay, Septem ber 10 th S a n d y “ lo v e s how so many people have g iv e n ...th in g s” to them for their yard. Starts have grown to lush plantings while rustics used as yard art all “have a meaning” because she is reminded o f the person and story behind each item. She also enjoys the nursery at Mor row County Grain Growers/ Green Feed Store. G ro w in g up in Newburg, OR, Skip was influenced by his parents’ love o f gardening and growing things. Passing on the recom m endation to “get an idea” and “give it a try, get your hands dirty,” Skip acknowledges that he gained gardening knowledge by trial and er ror. Sandy recommends the use of perennials for those who have limited time to A quiet corner provides a garden. Some of the plant shady place of refuge in the Matthews’ yard. -Photo by varieties on the Matthew’s Kay Proctor property are weeping cher Reno Ferguson and Kevin Smith were knock ing on doors in Lexington, looking for a paying job to help students who couldn’t afford school supplies and to help save for something each one wanted. They had made about fifteen dollars, washing cars and doing odd jobs. They finally knocked on Jean Brazell’s door. Jean, the Lexington mayor, had made it her goal to get the puncturevine cleared off the right-of- ways on her walk to Town Hall. A wheelbarrow load and two five gallon buckets later, the mission had been accomplished...or so she thought. The maintenance man laughed and said there were three more bad spots. Then came the knock on her door. B razell and the boys negotiated a price, and Kevin has been getting his friends to help him clean the puncturevine from Lexing ton’s roadsides and alleys. Morrow County Public Work* tei teeemo There are better locations to dispose of paint than a landfill. Recycling your old paint free, ia simple and something that everyone can do. More importantly, protecting our environment is something we should all want to do. That's why the PaintCare program was created to make it easy for everyone to recycle and properly dispose of every can of unueed paint. Milky Way $ 3.00 Alw\ond Joy Frappe $3 Z S DiapoM of FREE of charge a t theae location* ^ North and South Transfer station* 69900 Frontage Ln, Boardman, OR 57186 Hwy 74. Lexington, OR Every Saturday and Sunday 9-00 a m. to 4 00 p.m. MtMj'J Djtllj. 217 North Main • H oppnar • Phon« I 7 M 1 U • Plorai I 7 I M 21 Serving Heppner Lexington t Ion» J ry, linden and maple trees, clematis and ivy vines, dahl ias, snapdragons, perennial daisies, sage, yarrow, sal via, iris, hosta, peony, tiger lilies, snow-in-sum m er, phlox and astilbe. Shrubs include junipers, mugho pines, spirea and lilacs. A vegetable garden is tucked away behind an apple tree. Skip drives school bus and has served on the board of the Willow Creek Park District since 1995. Sandy, a native of Heppner, works as the office man ager at Windwave Com munications. Her skills at photography have made her the town’s unofficial photographer. An excel lent source of photographs would be in her very own yard of memories. Yard of the Month recognition is co-sponsored by the City o f Heppner, MCGG-Greed Feed and the Heppner Garden Club. Now that’s puncturevine! JW W Hwr 74, K O Bern 4 t» U xw eem , OK »TU » — Drink Specialsl ----- Skip and Sandy Matthews proudly display the Yard of the Month sign after the Heppner Garden Club awarded them the honor for the month of June. -Photo by Kay Proctor The youth of Lexington, led by Kevin Smith and Reno Fergu son, have struck a deal with Lexington mayor Jean Brazell to rid the city of puncturvine. It’s a win-win for the city and for the kids, who earn some extra money. -Contributedphoto Lexington wins, and the kids have some extra spend ing money and a feeling of accomplishment. They have made Lexington a better place to live and to ride their bikes. One boy remarked, "I thought a mayor sat be hind a desk!” Hope to hold yard sale, ice cream social A yard sale will be held at Hope Lutheran Church on the comer of Alfalfa and Cowins in Heppner on Sat urday, August 6 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The sale is to raise funds for painting of the church. Di Salvo’s Italian Ice Cream will be available for purchase between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. I i
