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*
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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.
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Serving Heppner Lexington t Ion»
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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!
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— 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.
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