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EIGHT- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 16, 2012 SCHOOL BOARD Thompson chosen for Girls State High School as half-time management for the 2012- assistant principal. Teacher 13 fiscal year. Presentations ment. Of the remaining half Erin Stocker will be trans will be heard by the selec ($570), 80 percent ($456) Ladies Auxiliary Post local, through interactive, which each of their fictional ferred from A.C. Houghton tion committee on May 24. #95 of lone has announced hands-on activities. The goal “counties” will present a will go into an insurance pool and be div ided among Elementary to become head IT»e final scoring of vendors the selection o f Lacey is for girls to become active skit to an audience of their the remaining active em teacher at Irrigon Elemen and selection is planned for Lee Thompson, daughter participants in their own peers on the stage at Wil May 31 with the final award of Kim and Leslie ployees who are enrolled tary; community, and lamette University. Other -Mark Jones, current issued on June 13 for a Thompson, to at in the OEBB plans. develop the atti activities include singing on The district also agreed Windy River Elementary one-year contract. Dirksen tend the 72nd annual tude that even one the steps of the Capitol for a to an increase in teachers’ principal in Boardman, will said that the district’s food Girls State week- person can make local audience and touring bereavement leave from 24 become principal of both service management will long program at a difference. One the Capitol Building. hours paid to 32 hours paid A.C. Houghton Elementary be reassessed after the first Willamette Univer participant will Funding for Thompson upon the death of a member and the Morrow Education year of the new program. “1 sity in Salem June be chosen to at is provided by the Ladies Lacev of the teacher’s immediate Center. When Jones is at hope we look at taking the 17-23. tend National Girls Auxiliary' Post #95. More Lee family or even a person ACH, Assistant Superin program back ourselves,” State in Washing information about Oregon Girls State is an Thompson who is not a member of the tendent George Mendoza commented board member intense, one-week ton, D. C.; another Girls State and Oregon immediate family, but who will provide administrative Bill Kuhn. He also noted program based on will be selected to Boys State is available is "perceived as a family oversight as his office is in previous complaints the leadership, volunteerism participate in the opportu through a local Post or Aux district had received from and citizenship. Goals in nity to receive a Samsung the building. member.” iliary member and online -Joel Chavez, current mothers concerning the clude expanding delegates’ Scholarship. I’he policy defines fam at Girls State of Oregon or ily member as a spouse, Irrigon Elementary princi quality and amount of the know ledge of governmental The girls will also have Boys State of Oregon. same-sex domestic part pal and English Language children’s lunches. More processes, both state and time for “Follies Night” in ner, custodial parent, non Learner director, will be information concerning custodial parent, adoptive transferred to Windy River the request for proposal parent, foster parent, bio Elementary, where he will for food service manage logical parent, grandparent, be half-time English Lan ment is available at the parent-in-law, parent of the guage Learner director and district’s website: morrow. employee's same-sex do half-time principal with kl2.or.us. Division 1: 1st place - -approved the second mestic partner or a person support from Marie Shinier, Three Morrow County champions at their respec w ith whom the employee is Riverside High School as reading and adopted policy students will have the op tive schools, a requirement Olivia Schmidt, Heppner on compulsory attendance, portunity to spell their way to compete in the county Elementary; 2nd place - or was in a relationship of sistant principal. Current ACH Principal removing the financial to a state title after winning contest. First- through fifth- Jared Miller, Windy River “in loco parentis (in place of a parent).” It also includes John Sebastian has an penalties for parents not their respective county di grade students competed in Elementary (Boardman); the biological, adopted, nounced his retirement at sending their children to visions during the annual Division I; sixth- through 3rd place - Jillian Rudolph, grandchild or foster child or the end of this school year. school. InterMountain Education eighth-graders in Division lone Community School Division 2: 1st place -rescinded previous Service District’s Spelling II; and ninth- through 12th- stepchild of an employee, The following administra child of same-sex domes tors will remain in their policy for students with dis Contests May 7. Morrow graders in Division III. The - Ryan Ibarra, Riverside tic partner or a child with current positions: Dirksen, abilities concerning the use County division winners winner from each division is Jr.-Sr. High School (Board- whom the employee is or superintendent; Mendoza, of restraint and seclusion of are Olivia Schmidt of Hep invited to the State Spelling man); 2nd place - Olivia was in a relationship of “in assistant superintendent; students and adopted the pner Elementary (Division Contest at the Oregon State Dominguez, Irrigon Jr.-Sr. High School; 3rd place - Craig Benson, Irrigon High first reading of new policy 1), Ryan Ibarra of Riverside Fair in Salem on Sept. 1. loco parentis.” Unlike a spelling bee, Demi Schmidt, Heppner In the event of a death School principal; Robert which redefines the use of Jr.-Sr. High School (Di involving someone other Elizondo, RHS principal; physical restraint as not in vision 2), and Ky-Leigh in which participants are Jr.-Sr. High School Division 3: 1st place than those mentioned, only and Jacque Johnson, Sam cluding mechanical, chemi Nelson of Riverside High asked to spell words out loud, the spelling contests - Ky-Leigh Nelson, River the superintendent may ap Boardman Elementary prin cal or prone restraint of a School (Division 3). student, as those methods cipal. prove the leave request. The contests were held require students to write side High School (Board- In other business, the are prohibited by Oregon for Umatilla and Morrow the words down, as if tak man); 2nd place - Kaitlynn The teachers are also law. The policy also pro county students on May ing a test. Linnell, Irrigon Jr.-Sr. High granted 24 hours non-cu- board: -discussed possible vides for an annual review 7 at Blue Mountain Com The complete list of School; 3rd place - Tanner mulative personal leave per year with the first 16 hours solutions to the ongoing of the use of physical re munity College. All of the Morrow County winners is Bass, lone Community School. at no cost to the employee flooding program at Irrigon straint and seclusion. participating students were as follows: -rescinded and replaced with reimbursement for Elementary School. crowned spelling contest -heard a presentation policies on records of stu employees who do not take the first and second day of from Irrigon Junior Senior dents with disabilities and leave in an amount equal to High School teacher CJ education records. -approved the purchase -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE to approximately 125,000 royalty payments to project a substitute teacher’s pay Johnson concerning her landowners, and employee Energy project (“Heppner homes. work with students in order of new books. for each unused day. salaries. “Heppner Wind would Wind”) is to be located in -approved policy which to help them pass OAKS Teachers’ step salaries “The Notice of Intent based on years of service tests and to prepare to apply provides for some leeway Morrow County, Oregon provide substantial, long in allowing parents' re on approximately 60,000 term economic benefits we’ve filed for Heppner in MCSD are as follows: for scholarships. -received the follow quests for students' early acres of private land to the local community. Wind marks the formal beginning o f the 10th- 14,h years-$250; 15th-19th ing attendance report: admission to kindergarten near the community of As planned, the project start of the thorough State years-$400; 20,h-24lh year- A.C. Houghton Elemen- if the child turns five be Heppner. With an excellent is expected to generate of Oregon Energy Facilities $550; 25,h-29,h year-$700; tary-271; Heppner El fore October 1 of that year, wind resource, the area is approximately 100 jobs Siting Council application em entary-185; Heppner upon approval by district an optimal location for a on-site during a six-month review process that will in TO^-plus years-$850. successful wind project. construction period, as clude extensive stakeholder The board also ap High School-183; Irrigon screeners. -appointed the fol If developed to its full well as approximately 25- participation. We look for proved changes in the em Elementary School-220; ployee evaluation process Irrigon High School-333; lowing board members potential, the Heppner 30 permanent operations ward to working closely to conform with Senate Riverside High School-401; to represent the district at Wind project could include and maintenance jobs. with our host community, Bill 290, which requires Sam Boardman Elemen- graduation ceremonies: up to 310 wind turbines, In addition, the project contributing to its eco the district and teachers tary-305; Windy River El Morrow Education Center- for a total rated nameplate is expected to generate nomic development, and association to collabora- em entary-198; Morrow Bill Kuhn; Irrigon High capacity of up to 502 MW. several million dollars harvesting a new supply of tively update the district’s Education Center-MCSD School-Barney Lindsay, This equates to enough annually to the local clean, renewable energy in evaluation policy by creat students-42; MEC-Umatilla who was not in attendance; power each year to supply economy in the form of Oregon.” ing a committee comprised School District students-11; Riverside High School- clean, renewable energy property tax revenue, lease Berto Hernandez; Hep o f teachers’ association total-2149. -approved the follow pner High School-Becky members and district ad ing employment action: Kindle. ministrators. -heard the following The MCEA representa re sig n atio n s-M ic h elle tive complimented Superin Stone, half-time Heppner announcements: last day for tendent Dirk Dirksen for his Elementary School music seniors-May 24; Memorial lone High School senior work in negotiating with the teacher, Daye Stone, HHS Day holiday. May 28; Mor teachers during the current principal; Public Employee row Education Center grad Rebecca Jepsen recently economic “hard times” and Retirement System retire/ uation, Thursday, May 31, played harp in the Portland for the way Dirksen made rehire-Pat King, RHS spe 7 p.m., Riverview Lodge, State University orchestra cuts “from the top down” cial ed teacher; extra duty Boardman; Irrigon High in five performances of the to adjust to reductions in resignations-Javier Gar School graduation-Friday, university’s spring opera education funding. Starting cia, Heppner Junior High June 1, 7 p.m., 1HS; Riv production of Dialogues of this fall, with the resigna School assistant football erside High School gradu the Carmelites. The opera, tion ofHHS Principal Daye coach and head girls’ bas ation, Saturday, June 2, 1 written by French composer Stone, Heppner Elementary ketball coach and HHS p.m.. RHS (The time of the Francis Poulenc, is based and Heppner High School head baseball coach; em- RHS graduation ceremony on the true story of 16 Car will have just one principal. ployment/transfers-Marissa has been changed from the melite nuns who. during the L-R: PSU student Catherine Stone and Rebecca Current HES Principal Matt McCabe, Irrigon Junior/ original 10 a.m. time to ac French Revolution in 1794, Jepsen of lone at their harps in the orchestra pit. Combe will tackle both Senior High School special commodate RHS Principal chose martyrdom rather Contributed photo education teacher for the Robert Elizondo, whose than denying their faith. 59-member orchestra for with the PSU orchestra positions. The opera was per the 2-1/2-hour production. before, but this was her first New head teacher po 2012-13 school year, Erin daughter is graduating from sitions at HES and HHS Stocker, transfer to head another school at the same formed at the Lincoln Per The opera was performed time in the orchestra pit for have been created, with teacher position at Irrigon time); Heppner High School forming Hall in Portland on in French; a digital reader an opera. “Playing in an opera Melissa Coiner named the Elementary School for the graduation. Saturday, June April 27-29 and May 1, 4 board above the stage trans new HES head teacher and 2012-13 school year; ex 2,2 p.m., HHS; last student and 5, and received a stand lated the words for the orchestra was challenging, but it was a great experi Greg Grant named the HHS tra duty contracts-Melissa day, Thursday, June 7, last ing ovation each night. Dr. audience. Coiner, HES head teacher teacher work day. Monday, Ken Selden conducted the Jepsen had performed ence,” said Jepsen head teacher. Other administrative for the 2012-13 school June 11; next board meet personnel changes are as year, Greg Grant, HHS head ing, Monday, June 11, 7 PUBLIC NOTICE teacher for the 2012-13 p.m.. district office; teach follows: ers begin 2012-13 school NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING -Matthew Matz will be school year. -learned that the district year, August 20; students assigned to Irrigon Elemen Willoe Creek Park District M ofrow ________ State of Oregon, to A public meeting of the Budget Committee of th e __ (C<x#*y) tary School as principal has submitted a request for begin 2012-13 school year, and Irrigon Junior Senior proposal for food service August 27. H eppner City Hall -Continuedfrom PACE ONE Students conquer tough words at spelling contest HEPPNER WIND FARM lone student performs with PSU opera discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 20 ^ The Heppner Gazette will be publishing our graduation section, featuring the graduating seniors from Heppner & lone. If you would like to be included please contact Megan at The Heppner Gazette-Times 541-676-9228 or megan@rapidserye.net The cost to be included is Deadline to be included in the section is Monday, May 21st at 5:00 pm > The meeting will take place on _ to June 30, will be held at 5:00 M a y 22. 2012 □ a.m. 55 p.m, . The purpose of the meeting is to receive the budget message and to receive comment from the public on the budget A copy of the budget document may be inspected or obtained on or aftor___________ M ay 22, 2012 Kam 9:00_________ D o m , and ^ Hgppner C « y M M . between the hour« o< □ am 5 00 BP1" Ttaa a a public meeting who™ deHberetion of the Budget Committee will taka place Any pereon may appear at the meeting and dtacuaa the propoood program* with the Budget Commmaa Published: May 9 and 16, 2012 Affidavit I
