SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 12,2012
MCSDBUDGET
the boiler at Windy River
ing enrollm ent report:
possible reworking of the Elementary has a crack in A.C. Houghton Elemen
burgeoning Public Em it and may have to be re tary, Irrigon-275; Sam
ployees Retirement System placed. but it is still under Boardman Elementary,
Boardman-347; Heppner
is a critical portion of the evaluation.
-adopted the 2013-14 Elementary-173; Irrigon
budget.
Dirksen said that the budget calendar as follows: Elementary-203; Windy
district is continuing to March 23-budgets due from River Elementary, Board-
work toward Governor Kit- buildings and departments; man-204; Heppner Junior/
zhaber’s education targets: April 17-publication of Senior High School-175;
district achievement com notice of budget meeting Irrigon Junior/Senior High
pacts, making sure kids (posted on MCSD website); School-362; Riverside Ju
meet state benchmarks, de May 3-distribute budget nior/Senior High School,
veloping a plan for pre-kin document to committee; Boardman-388; Morrow
Education C en
dergarten education, which May 6-first bud
ter (M.C. School
aligns with Kitzhaber's get meeting-bud-
D istrict)-54; to
new pre-K through age 20 get message; May
tal-2,181.
education plan, and Eastern 13-regular board
-approved the
Promise, which allows for meeting, second
following employ
students to complete col budget meeting if
ment action: em-
lege courses while they are needed, with addi
still attending high school. tional meeting dates Randal Olsen ployment/promo-
tions for Michael
Also at the meeting, the to be set by com
Cates, Sam Board-
board and administration mittee if needed;
May 20-deadline man Elementary/Windy
recognized outgo
for budget approv River Elementary PE teach
ing MEC Director
al; May 3 1 -pub er, replacing Randal Olsen;
and lead teacher
lication of notice transfer for Randal Olsen to
George Shimer,
of budget hearing; Morrow Education Center,
who has left the
June 10-budget replacing George Shimer;
district to take a
hearing-adopt bud extra duty contracts for TJ
position with the
get and make ap Burnett, Irrigon Junior High
Boardman Police
propriations; June assistant boys’ basketball
Department. Shim George
10-regular board coach, and Chris Rauch,
er will be replaced Shinier
meeting; July 1-be Riverside High School as
by Randal Olsen.
Olsen, 28 has bachelor's ginning of 2013-14 fiscal sistant boys’ basketball
and master’s degrees in year; July 15-deadline to coach.
exercise sport science. He certify levy to assessor.
-adopted a resolution
-approved the first accepting and appropriat
previously taught elemen
tary PE at Windy River and reading o f new/revised/ ing $5,000 for Riverside
Sam Boardman Elementary rescinded policies on ad High School donated from
ministrators’ evaluations, the Oregon Community
schools.
In other business, the superintendent’s evalua Foundation to further the
tion, student transportation auditorium technology at
board:
-learned that the dis services; use of district RHS. The grant was written
trict’s Title III audit has activity vehicles for stu by teacher Rick Drake.
-held an executive ses
been completed, submitted dent transportation, student
conduct on school buses, sion concerning negotia
and approved.
-scheduled a work ses criminal records checks tions.
-heard the following an
sion and subsequent board and fingerprinting, staff
meeting to begin work evaluation, core teaching nouncements: Finals week-
ing on the superintendent standards and assessment December 10-13; Christmas
program.
break-Monday, Decem
evaluation.
-approved a coopera ber 17 through Tuesday,
-heard a brief report
on the DEQ’s hearing on tive sponsorship between January 1; school resumes-
the Ambre Energy coal lone High School and 1 lep- Wednesday, January 2; next
pner High School for golf board meeting-Monday,
project.
January 14, 7 p.m.
-learned from finance and tennis.
-received the follow
director Andy Fletcher that
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Jordan Rollis-fourth grade; Wyatt Aleksa, fifth grade; and
Renee Peterson, sixth grade.
Heppner grad part of 100-year
naval service celebration
A Heppner graduate got
the chance to be a part of a
historic event this summer.
Kevin Scott, a 1994
Heppner high School grad
uate, and his wife, Jennifer,
were invited to celebrate
the 100th anniversary of the
U.S. Navy Dental Corps
in Washington, DC earlier
this year.
The Navy Dental Corps
centennial gala at the Na
tional Building Museum
concluded a four-day cel
ebration of 100 years of
Navy dentistry. The event
included a video greeting
from the American Dental
Association (ADA) and a
U.S. Senate resolution, S.
Res. 544, commemorating
the occasion.
“ The Navy Dental
Corps has demonstrated a
longstanding commitment
to the dental profession,”
said ADA president Wil
liam R. Calnon in the video,
viewed by more than 200
participants at the Aug. 22
event. “During your century
of service to the United
States, you have served as
advocates for the oral health
of Navy personnel and their
families. You have contrib
uted to organized dentistry
on an ongoing basis.”
S. Res. 544, approved
unanimously by the U.S.
Senate, was offered by Sen.
Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va.
Kevin and Jennifer Scott
and cosponsored by Sen.
Tom Cobum, R-Okla. The
ADA was the prime mover
of the resolution with the
assistance of the West Vir
ginia Dental Association.
Congress passed an
act on Aug. 22, 1912 rec
ognizing Navy dentistry
as a distinct branch among
naval medical professions.
Since then, the dental corps
has provided routine and
emergency dental care dur
ing peacetime and war. par
ticipating in the “spectrum
of military combat, peace
keeping, and humanitarian
operations and exercises,”
according to the resolu
tion.
The Senate, through
the resolution, congratu
lated the corps on its 100th
anniversary, commended
the corps for working to
“sustain dental readiness”
for the military and rec
ognized the thousands of
dentists who have served
in the corps over the past
100 years.
Scott was com m is
sioned as a lieutenant into
the Naval Dental Corps in
August 2011 and completed
basic training at officer
training command at New
port, RI.
Serving as a reservist
allows him to continue to
live and maintain a dental
practice in southwest Mon
tana and travel monthly to
provide dental support to
Marines and Sailors all over
the United States.
COAL TERMINAL
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the project far outnumbered
those opposed and included
elected officials from Herm-
iston, Heppner, Boardman,
and Umatilla and Morrow
counties. Many of the Port
of Morrow commission
ers spoke in favor of the
project, saying it would
add up to 35 good jobs and
give needed tax money to
-Morrow County and the
schools. Ambre has pledged
10 cents per ton of all coal
shipped will go to local
schools, which could add
up to more than $800,000
per year once the project is
at full capacity.
Opponents of the proj
ect say the coal will pollute
the air even though the coal
will be shipped and stored
in covered containers.
Nearly all the opponents
urged the DEQ to expand
its environmental impact
study to include the entire
shipping project from the
mines to burning the coal
in other countries.
The environmental ac
tivists were easy to recog
nize in the crowded room,
as almost all wore red shirts.
The significance of the red
clothing was not explained,
but many also wore large
stickers saying “No Coal
Exports.” Proponents of the
project wore lapel stickers
and baseball caps in sup
port of the project. In order
to keep the meeting orderly
and quiet, ground rules
established by the DEQ
moderator required people
to show their support for
statements by raising their
hands in the air and wig
gling their fingers.
A physician from Hood
River said coal dust would
cause respiratory problems,
especially among young
children and those with
existing medical condi
tions. Proponents of the
project said Ambre En
ergy was committed to the
most environmentally-safe
coal-shipping system ever
devised.
Opponents of the proj
ect also believe in man
made global warming, and
that burning coal contrib
utes to climate change.
When asked who in the
crowd believed in global
warming, all those wear
ing red shirts raised their
hands, while very few of the
proponents of the project
indicated they believed in
the theory.
Three DEQ officials
from Bend, who will write
the rules on the project,
insisted over and over that
their authority only applied
to the Boardman coal termi
nal and they had no regula
tory authority over the rest
of the project.
The DEQ had origi
nally said Ambre would not
need an air-quality permit
but then, under public pres
sure, changed its mind and
is requiring an air permit,
a switch that did not set
well with Umatilla County
planning director Tamra
Mabbott.
“ In January you de
cided there were not enough
emissions to issue a permit,
but you received a lot of
public input and changed
your mind. We cannot do
that in local government,”
she said. She accused the
department of “moving the
goal posts.”
The meeting in Board-
man was only an informa
tion meeting and was one
of three being held. Other
meetings were held Dec. 5
at Clatskanie and Dec. 6 in
Portland. In addition to an
air discharge permit, DEQ
is also requiring several
wastewater discharge per
mits for the facility.
Those who did not have
an opportunity to com
ment at the public meeting
may send comments by 5
p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, to
Air Quality Permit Writer
Mark Fisher, 541-633-2022
or fisher.mark@deq.state,
or.us.
.
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