SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, October 26,2011
IONE SCHOOL BOARD
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report card and surpassed
schools statewide. The dis
trict met the federal ad
equate yearly progress rat
ing.
In r e a d in g fo r
grades three, four, five,
six, seven, eight and 11,
85 percent of lone students
met or exceeded standards,
compared to 86 percent for
com parison schools, 85
percent for district schools
and 82 percent for schools
in the state. In mathematics
for grades three, four, five,
six, seven, eight and 11, 72
percent o f lone students
met or exceeded standards,
compared to 69 percent for
com parison schools, 72
percent for district schools
and 64 percent for schools
in the state.
In s c ie n c e fo r
grades five, eight and 11,
lone had 76 percent o f
students meeting or exceed
ing standards, compared to
79 percent for comparison
schools, 76 percent for dis
trict schools and 73 percent
for schools in the state.
In w r itin g fo r
grades four, seven and 11,
lone had 55 percent o f
students meeting or exceed
ing standards, compared
to 59 percent for compari
son schools, 55 for district
schools and 54 percent for
schools statewide.
In term s o f SAT
sco res, how ever, lo n e
lagged behind the state and
the nation, with students
scoring 460 in critical read
ing, compared to 520 state
wide and 497 in the nation;
479 in math, compared to
521 statewide and 514 in
the nation; 467 in writing,
compared to 499 statewide
and 489 nationwide. The
board discussed the dispar
ity between results of the
OAKS (Oregon) testing and
the SATs.
“Our goal is to be
outstanding,” said Archer.
“ We’re not there and we
want to know why.” The
board also discussed teach
ing to proficiencies. “If a
kid can’t pass some of the
proficiencies by the third
grade, should they go on
to the fourth grade?” he
asked.
-heard from Super
intendent Mark Mulvihill,
IMESD, that the Eastern
Promise plan to offer col
lege level classes in biology,
math and the fundamentals
of speech will be imple
mented soon. Through the
Eastern Promise plan, high
school students can obtain
college credits while still in
high school.
-heard an update
on the English Language
Learner program, which,
said Archer, involves not
just English as a second
language children, but also
children having a low eco
nomic status. It was noted
that children whose parents
have perhaps just barely
graduated from high school
have an estimated vocabu
lary of around 3,500 words
when they enter school,
compared to children whose
parents have both graduated
from college, who have an
estim ated vocabulary of
around 13,500 words when
they enter school.
The Heppner Jr/Sr high school wrestling
team is collecting batteries for an ongoing
team fundraiser. Auto, tractor. RV. and four
wheeler batteries will be accepted. Please
bring your batteries to the South end
Transfer station free of charge located at
57185 Hwy 74, Lexington, OR. For further
information or if you need batteries
picked up, call Mark Lemmon at
(541)215-9248.
H eppner Familg Fbods now
has g ift certificate c a rd s ...
Mow gou can come in and load
anij amount onto gour new
gift card and give it as a gift or
have gour student come in and
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County Court news
The follow in g is
-learned that the
Rietmann Building, which provided by Commissioner
had been used as a fitness Leann Rea
The Morrow Coun
room, is now padlocked
because o f insurance li ty Court met on October
ability issues. The owner of 12, 2011 in Irrigon with
the building has agreed to Judge Tallman and Com
lower the rent charged the missioners Grieb and Rea
district since the building in attendance.
The court reviewed
is not usable.
and
approved
the minutes
-approved a con
o
f
Oct.
5,
2011.
The court
tract with IMESD for busi
also
review
ed
and a p
ness, hum an resources,
proved
account
payables,
board services contracts,
superintendent services retirement taxes and payroll
contract and special educa APs in the net amount of
tion services with a $500 $120,099.12.
Public H earing
increase over the previous
Continuation: LUBA Fi
year in business services.
-approved the 2011 - nal Opinion and Order:
14 district goals as follows: L ove’s Travel Stops &
lone School District stu Country Stores, Inc.: The
dents will annually perform court reviewed a letter from
above the state averages Love’s dated 9/21/2011, a
on all Oregon assessments; letter from Devin’s attor
ISD will increase the num ney dated 9/28/2011 and
ber of high school students a letter from Love’s dated
who are college and career 10/5/2011. After reviewing
ready through participation this and prior inform a
in the Eastern Promise; and tion, the court’s decision
ISD will implement profi was to allow Love’s to site
their facility near the Tower
ciency-based education.
-approved policy Road 1-84 interchange and
on student absences and required Love’s to install
excuses, with students ex a left turn lane for traffic
cused: if the student is ill; safety. The Ordinance will
if an im m ediate family be presented to the court in
member is ill when the stu the next few weeks.
Planning Dept.:
dent’s presence at home is
Planning
D irector Carla
necessary; in emergency
McLane
reported
that the
situations that require the
Natural
Hazard
Mitigation
student’s absence; for field
trips and school-approved Plan that was adopted in
activities; for medical (den December 2006 is sched
tal) appointments (confir uled for its five-year update.
mation may be required); McLane stated that she has
other reasons deemed ap been keeping notes on items
propriate by the school that have been brought to
administrator when satis her attention that need to
factory arrangements have be included in the update.
been made. The school will McLane stated that she will
notify parents by the end of return to the court with rec
the school if their child has ommendations for the steer
an unplanned absence. Tru ing committee members.
ant students may be subject
to detention, suspension,
expulsion and ineligibility
to participate in athletics or
other activities.
-learned that the
boiler and HVAC equipment
At Tuesday’s coun
has been delivered and will cil meeting, the Boardman
be installed; learned that a city council discussed Reso
new solar system will heat lution 17-2011, a resolution
the pool. Archer told the that offers a development
board that he has learned incentive in an effort to
that in this area the solar encourage new homes to be
heating system is expected built in Boardman.
to be more than sufficient
The resolution en
for the pool, even when the courages new development
weather is not sunny. But by waiving the city’s sewer
he added that the hot water and water system develop
heaters will not be removed ment charges (SDCs), up
and will serve as a backup to $10,000, to property
system if necessary.
owners developing resi
-heard the Septem dential property within the
ber financial report as fol city limits, a cost of about
lows: the district received $2,500 per unit. The prop
$128,351 in basic school erty owner must sign a
support, $60,435 in state promissory note with the
“subaccount” money, which
is part of an additional $ 125
million in state school fund
ing for the 2011-12 school
The Morrow Soil
year for “increasing edu and Water Conservation
cational opportunities and District (SWCD) board will
school days”; and $587 in meet Tuesday, November 1
property taxes.
at 6:30 p.m. in the Agricul
-learned of a sup ture Service Center, 430 W
plem ental budget to be Linden Way in Heppner.
subm itted in Novem ber The regular meeting agen
with adjustments as fol da includes the October 4
lows: increase food service meeting/treasurer’s report,
budget from $91,154 to 2011-2012 fiscal year first
$105,000; increase lone quarter report, written staff
Pool budget from $21,000 report, ODA first quarter
to $30,000; and increase report and partnership re
student body fund from ports.
$72,000 to $105,000.
M eetings o f the
-heard the follow Morrow SWCD are open
ing upcom ing meetings to the public. The meeting
and conferences: Oregon location is accessible to
School Board Association persons with disabilities.
annual conference Nov. 10- A request for an interpreter
13, Portland; next school for the hearing impaired or
board meeting Nov. 22.
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city stating they will pay the
SDCs if the project does not
obtain a Certificate of Oc
cupancy within one year of
the purchase of the building
permit. If the Certificate of
Occupancy is issued within
the time limit, the City will
provide a SDC waiver let
ter, which will benefit the
property owner in their
financing efforts.
This incentive is
one of two incentives the
council has passed in recent
months. The other resolu
tion offers new homeown
ers a credit o f $ 100 on their
water/sewer bills. Both of
these incentives are effec-
tive July 1, 2011 through
July 1,2012.
In other city news,
the council heard an up
date from Riverside Jr/Sr
High School’s new Princi
pal, Robert Elizondo, and
Assistant Principal Marie
Shimer. The council also
passed a resolution sup
porting a grant application
to the State of Oregon for
the South Main Street En
hancement Project.
The next m e e t
ing of the Boardman City
Council will be at 7 p.m.
on Tuesday, November 1 at
Boardman City Hall Coun
cil Chambers.
Morrow SWCD board meets
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Ladies night at Elks
The Heppner Elks Lodge will
be hosting a ladies’ night dinner
Thursday, November 3 beginning at
6 p.m.
The meal will be prepared by
Marcia and Erin Anderson and will
include homemade Italian lasagna,
gourmet salad, garlic bread and
pumpkin desserts.
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for persons with disabilities to Janet Greenup, 541 -676-
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P harm acy D epartm en t H alloween I tems !
Closed on S atu rda ys
-Candy -Costumes
Thank You!
Incident Command Post
to the Center; The Morrow
Co. Em ergency O p era
tions Center (EOC) and the
CSEPP Safe Room located
in Heppner and Irrigon re
spectively to Morrow Co.;
Video display system cur
rently located in the Hazard
Analyst office at the Depot;
The EOC Building UPS, the
EOC Media Wall, the Pro
jectors for the Media Wall
and a Kohler Generator all
located in Heppner and a
Generac Generator located
in Irrigon to Morrow Co.;
The vehicle bay expansion
and generator at the Irrigon
Fire Hall to Irrigon; Surplus
radio equipment transferred
to the Umatilla/M orrow
Emergency Service Radio
Operators volunteer organi
zation; The AP2C chemical
monitoring equipment will
be transferred to the Oregon
State Police-Oregon Office
o f the Fire Marshal. The
court reviewed a proposed
letter that will be sent to the
county residents that are in
possession of the Tone Alert
Radios. Reviewed and ap
proved an Emergency Shel
ter Grant Program Work
Plan managed by CAPECO
for Tony’s House (shelter
for female teens), Domes
tic Violence Services and
Prevention and essential
services for homeless or at
risk households in the net
amount of $31,186.
R eview ed m isc.
correspondences and dis
cussed upcom ing m eet
ings.
If you would like
to be placed on the list to
receive county minutes,
please contact Karen Wolff
at 541-676-5620.
Boardman offers new home
development incentive
REMEMBER *
Please pick up Rx's by
Friday 6 pm or call to make
arrangements.
After the update has been
completed and approved,
M cLane hopes each o f
the communities will also
adopt the plan. This would
create continuity through
out the county.
J u s tic e C ourt:
Justice o f the Peace Ann
Spicer reported to the court
how the payment structure
will be changing on Jan.
1, 2012. The state will be
receiving the first $60 from
citations, then restitution
is paid and then finally
payments will come to the
county. In addition to this,
if it is a State citation, the
State will get one half of the
fee paid before the County
will receive any compen
sation. After hearing from
Spicer that she was expe
riencing great difficulty in
obtaining court appointed
attorneys, the court autho
rized an increase in fees
paid to $60 per hour. Other
fees were reviewed and
Spicer was advised that fees
are changed twice a year
and that would be the time
to bring the matter to the
court’s attention.
Veteran’s Quar
terly Update: Veteran’s
Service Officer Linda Sk-
endzel presented the court
with the 1“ quarter report
as follows: 42 in-office
interview s, five out-of
office interviews, filed 13
new applications, recovered
$18,545 and reported that
there are currently 177 open
files for veterans.
The court conduct
ed the following business:
Reviewed and approved
the following transfers for
CSEPP: Video display sys
tem currently located at
the Hermiston Fire Dept.
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