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HeppnerGazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, June 12,2013
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Bank of EO employees teach local children to save
Brianna Peterson, teller,
and Debbie Young, loan ser
vicing clerk, from Bank of
Eastern Oregon’s Heppner
branch, gave a savings les
son to kindergarten through
third-grade students at Hep
pner Elementary School.
This is the eighth year BEO
participated in the Ameri
can Bankers Association
Education Foundation’s
Teach Children to Save
Program.
S h aro n R ie tm a n n ,
branch manager, and Taran
na Patton, customer service
representative, from the
lone branch, gave the sav
ings lesson to kindergarten
through third graders at the
lone Community School.
Bank of Eastern Ore
gon employees joined thou
sands of bankers across the
country who traded in their
balance sheets for black
boards to help fill the need
for financial education.
“Studies show that kids
aren’t learning the skills
they need to make smart fi
nancial decisions as adults,”
said Jeff Bailey, president
and CEO. “Communities
and schools teach other life
skills, but we don’t spend
enough time teaching finan
cial skills. Bankers were in
the schools during April to
help fill that gap and pre
pare future customers for
financial success.”
A significant number
of schools were reached by
the staff of Bank of East
ern Oregon in the Eastern
Oregon rural communities
it serves.
“We use our previously
announced partnership with
Everfi Financial Literacy
program to further enhance
the financial education of
the youth in our area,”
added Bailey.
The lessons taught in
cluded activities about the
concept o f saving, how
interest makes money grow,
how to budget, and deter
mining needs and wants.
Bank of Eastern Oregon’s
employees visited a total
of 19 elementary schools in
its local banking communi
ties. Along with the lessons,
employ ees presented these
1,400 students with a BEO
mini flashlight.
Since the A m erican
Bankers Association Educa
tion Foundation’s National
Teach Children to Save Day
began in 1997, thousands of
bankers have taught money
skills to more than one mil
lion students.
Bank o f Eastern Or
egon offers the following
tips to help parents make
every day “Savings Day”:
-H elp kids open up
their own bank savings
account and make deposits
regularly. Many banks have
children’s accounts that
have no fee or minimum-
balance requirements.
-M ake going to the
bank fun; some banks have
kids’ clubs where members
get newsletters or receive
balloons when they make
a deposit.
-Kids love to get mail,
so encourage them to keep
an eye out for their quar
terly statement.
-Talk to your child
about the family budget.
Include a discussion on
wants and needs. Reinforce
this by budgeting for a fam
ily outing or purchase.
-While children know
that money doesn’t grow
on trees, they may think it
comes out of a wall. Show
them how an ATM machine
works and explain that to
take money out of the bank
you must first put it in.
-Give your kids posi
tive feedback. As they get
older, give them responsi-
bility over how they spend
their money.
The ABA Education
F o u n d a tio n ’s N atio n al
Teach Children to Save Day
is held every April, when
thousands of bankers make
presentations to students on
the importance of saving for
their future.
track coach, assistant vol
leyball coach.
-Heppner Junior High
School-Chad Doherty, as
sistant football coach; Mike
Ehrsam, assistant boys’
basketball coach, Katelyn
Page, head girls’ basket
ball coach, Larry Palmer,
head wrestling coach, as
sistant track coach; Jesse
Rodriquez, assistant vol
leyball coach; John Qualls,
head track coach; Anna
Wedding, assistant girls’
basketball coach; Mindy
Wilson, head volleyball
coach; vacant-head football
coach, head boys’ basket
ball coach.
-approved the follow
ing extra-duty non-coach
ing positions (H eppner
schools listed only): Hep-
pner Elementary-Melissa
Coiner, head teacher, Mary
Ann Elguezabal, English
Language Learner site co
ordinator; vacant-DART,
TAG coordinator; Heppner
High School-Rick Drake,
band; Greg Grant, head
teacher; Virginia Grant,
half-tim e rally advisor;
John Flaherty, DART, TAG;
Jeremy Rosenbalm, annual;
Jolene Stensland, drama
(one play only).
-designated annual or
ganizational details.
-approved resolutions
as follows: to authorize the
county treasurer to invest
district funds; to declare
miscellaneous surplus prop
erty for items under $500;
to accept $5,000 in unan
ticipated revenue from the
Wildhorse Foundation to
Irrigon Elementary; and for
a committed fund balance.
-approved the follow
ing 2013-14 school board
calendar: July-no m eet
ing; August 12-D istrict
Office, Heppner Elemen
tary School; Septem ber
9-Windy River Elementary,
Boardman; October 14-Ir
rigon High School; Nov. 12
(Tuesday)-Heppner High
School; December 9-Sam
B oardm an E lem entary;
January 13-Morrow Educa
tion Center, Irrigon; Febru
ary 10-lrrigon Elementary;
March 10-Heppner High
School; April 14-Riverside
High School, Boardman;
May 12-A.C. Houghton
Elementary, Irrigon; June
9-District Office-HES.
lone BEO branch tellerTaranna Patton with first- and second-
grade students from lone Community School during Teach
Children to Save Day. -Contributedphoto
MCSDADOPTS BUDGET
-Continued front PAGE ONE
candidates for the Irrigon
Elementary and Riverside
High School principal po
sitions.
Superintendant Dirk
Dirkson also introduced
newly-hired Morrow Coun
ty Health District CEO Dan
Grigg, who was in atten
dance at the meeting.
Also at the meeting, the
board adopted and appro
priated funds for a budget
of more than $30 million for
the 2013-14 school year.
-g en eral fund: a p
p ro p ria tio n s in c lu d ed
$12,445,358 for instruc
tion, $7,651,138 for sup
port services, $1,013,767
for transfers, $750,000 for
contingency and $250,000
for the unappropriated end
ing fund balance for a total
of $21,860,263.
-special revenue funds:
appropriations included
$2,144,860 for instruction,
$ 1,008,589 for support ser
vices; $ 1,003,630 for enter
prise and community for a
total of $4,157,079.
-debt service: appropri
ations included $2,421,885
in debt services; $300,000
for transfers; $686,250
for unappropriated ending
fund balance for a total of
$2,721,885.
-capital outlay:
$445,000 for facility us
age.
-total appropriations,
all funds; $29,184,227.
-total unappropriated
amounts: $936,250.
-total adopted budget:
$30,120,477.
The permanent tax rate
is $4.0342 per thousand of
assessed value and $1 per
thousand for the local op
tion tax.
The board also ratified
contracts with the Morrow
County Education Asso
ciation, the Oregon School
Employees Association and
confidential employees.
Superintendent Dirk
Dirksen said that each of the
contracts included a three-
percent raise. Contracts
with the MC'EA and OSEA
also included a $60 increase
for those employees’ insur
ance cap.
The contract with the
MCE A budget is through
June 30, 2017; the contract
with OSEA is through June
30, 2018.
In other business the
board:
-approved the 2013-14
substitute teacher pay rate
at $170.76 per day.
-approved an agreement
with the Morrow County
Recreation District.
-approved the follow
ing em ploym ent action:
resignations/retirem ents
for Carletta Hughes, Windy
River Elementary assis
tant cook; Brian Bigham,
A.C. Houghton Elemen-
tary/Irrigon Elementary PE
teacher; Robert Elizondo,
R iverside High School
principal; Michelle Raible,
Sam Boardman Elementary
kindergarten teacher; Karen
Sm ith-Griffith, Heppner
Elementary teacher; Dawn
Dyer, SBE department sec
retary; Jack M cElligott,
Irrigon Junior/Senior High;
employment promotions/
transfers for Matthew Matz,
transferred from 1ES to
SBE as elementary princi
pal; Pat King, teacher for
2013-14/PERS retiree; Tris-
ton Holecheck, RHS math
teacher; Trevor Pike, RHS
language arts teacher.
-approved the follow
ing 2013-14 extra duty
contracts (Heppner schools
listed only):
-Heppner High School-
Janelle Ellis, assistant soft-
ball coach; Greg Grant,
athletic director, head foot
ball coach, head golf coach;
Virginia Grant, half-time
cheerleading coach; Ken
Grieb, assistant boys’ bas
ketball coach; Jim Kindle,
assistant b o y s’ baseball
coach; Mark Lemmon, head
wrestling coach; Melissa
Lindsay, assistant girls’ bas
ketball coach; Troy Morgan,
head baseball coach; Kevin
Payne, assistant football
coach; Les Payne, assistant
football coach; Katelyn
Page, assistant track coach;
Petra Payne, head softball
coach; Jeremy Rosenbalm,
assistant football coach,
head b o y s ’ b a sk e tb a ll
coach; Dieter Waite, head
volleyball coach; Jeromy
Wilson, head g irls’ bas
ketball coach; vacant-head
Sign commemorates Heppner Flood
This Friday, June 14,
is the Celebrate Heppner
event. It also marks the
110th anniversary o f the
event that nearly demol
ished the town...the 1903
Heppner Flood.
The flood itself has
passed out of living memory
and now lives only in leg
end. One way the memory
of the devastation is kept
alive for future generations
is through the sign placed at
the pull-out by Heppner’s
Heritage Plaza.
The sig n ’s personal
history began several years
ago when local residents,
John Edmundson and the
late Marcia Sweek, were
members o f the Morrow
County Tourism Commit
tee. When they found out
from the Oregon Travel
Information Council that
grant funds were avail
able to rehabilitate existing
Oregon History “Beaver”
signs, or to support instal-
lation of new signs, Sweek
and Edmundson agreed that
Heppner’s most significant
historical event was the
1903 flood.
Sweek, who was also
the Morrow County Mu
seum Director at that time,
assembled the information
and pictures that were put
on the proposed new sign
and secured the financial
resources that resulted in
the successful completion
o f the project. After in
stallation, Edmundon did
maintenance on the sign,
tightening the bolts and ap
plying fresh coats of paint
as needed.
Ten years ago, with
the commemoration of the
100-year anniversary of the
Heppner Flood, Edmund
son arranged with Bob
DeSpain to add lettered
boards to the bottom of the
sign, which directed people
to the Masonic Cemetery
and the monument there.
Marriage Licenses
The Morrow County Clerk has issued the follow
ing marriage licenses:
June 6: -Larrie Brent Duff, 37, of Boardman and
Kocus Gina Spurgeon, 33, of Boardman.
Heppner man John Edmundson freshens up the sign com
memorating the 1903 Heppner Flood prior to the 1I0"1 an
niversary of the historic event. - Contributedphoto
which lists the names of the project by construction of
flood victims. The City of a permanent concrete base
Heppner also supported the for the sign.
4-H members learn
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