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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 3,2013
SUMMER SCHOOL
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ject areas—and compared
student perform ance to
those strands to determine
who might benefit from
the extra sum m er class
time. Weak learning strands
were reinforced to prepare
the students for both state
testing and more difficult
classroom work in the next
grade.
“Our hope is that it w ill
jump-start them, fill in some
of those gaps,” Combe said.
“If we can fill some of those
gaps, we will better prepare
them to move to the next
grade level.”
The elementary school
had around 30 children in
grades kindergarten through
six attend summer school,
while around 10 attended
the junior high class. Not
quite as many attend at the
high-school level; HHS
library technician and sum
mer school teacher Ginger
Bowman said it is often
difficult for high-school
students to work summer
school into their schedules
with sum m er jo b s. She
added, however, that she
felt shorter hours contrib
uted to more turnout.
“I think students are
more likely to show up for
three hours than if they had
to stay for a whole day,”
said Bowman.
Students in Bowman’s
high-school class used an
online learning system
called Acellus, in which
students watched lectures,
much like a traditional
classroom, and then an
swered questions and w ere
eventually tested on the
subjects. With the Acellus
system, several students
could sit at library comput
ers and watch classes on
completely different sub
jects, as well as complet
ing individual coursework
online. The only downside,
said Bowman, was that the
video lectures weren’t very
interactive.
“You can't stop, can’t
ask questions,” she said.
Joselyn Piper, special
education and reading in
tervention teacher, was in
charge of the junior-high
group, with Tracie Bunch,
department secretary and
former special ed assistant,
helping. Unlike the high-
school students. P iper’s
group didn't work online
but had more tradition
al classroom tutoring in
needed areas. Piper said
they spent one-and-a-half
A high school student watches
a video class through the sum
m e r school's online Acellus
p r o g r a m . Photo by Andrea
Di Salvo
of the three hours a day on
reading intervention and
the rest o f the time on math
support. The class also had
special visiting teachers;
high-school math teacher
Troy Morgan spent time
helping with math, and
junior high social studies/
language arts teacher An
drea Nelson conducted a
two-day writing workshop
for the students.
Combe said the ele
mentary-school level was
more grade-specific, but
functioned much like the
junior-high group, with
teachers working with stu
dents in areas that students
needed extra support or
intervention as they moved
from one grade to another.
Six teachers and three as-
sistants conducted the HES
summer school, though
summer schedules meant
only four teachers and two
assistants were usually at
the school at any given
time. Melissa Coiner was
a key coordinator for the
summer school program.
Other teachers were Molly
Rill, Sybil Stewart, Karen
Smith-Griffith, Madison
R osenbalm and Stacey
Wainwright, with assistants
Deb Campbell, Jessica Leh
man and Loma Botefuhr.
Morrow County School
D istrict Superintendant
Dirk Dirkson said that,
while the pre- and post
summer school test scores
hadn't been tabulated yet,
he felt the program was
very important to kids all
over the county. Dirkson
said he knew from his ow n
time as a principal how
important a little extra time
and effort could be to stu
dents’ success.
“Distict-wide, one of
the most effective ways
to give kids extra support
is more time and instruc
tion,” said Dirkson. “ It’s
one of the keys, I believe,
in all of the schools in Mor
row County doing so very
well.”
High school students at home on the range
Lexington student one o f 19 high schoolers to attend 2013
High Desert Youth Range Camp
High school students
from Oregon and Idaho,
including one from Morrow
County, ninth-grader Kae-
lyn Lindsay of Lexington,
attended the third annual
High Desert Youth Range
Camp (HDYRC) June 19-
22 at the Northern Great
Basin Experimental Range
(NGBER) 40 miles west of
Bums, OR.
The cam p fo c u se s
on natural resources and
rangelands through hands-
on learning activities and
has become an annual event
offered to high-school age
students from across the
West.
Campers traveled from
Payette, ID, and Crook,
Harney, Malheur, Morrow,
Polk and Union counties in
Oregon.
During the four-day
camp, students learned
about sagebrush habitat,
soils, plant identification,
juniper, wildlife, rangeland
monitoring and invasive
species, and worked in
groups to put together their
own management plans for
various areas at NGBER.
The campers even used
Global Positioning Systems
(GPS) to locate items they
needed for s’mores.
At the conclusion of the
HDYRC, multiple campers
received awards based on
their knowledge, leader
ship, participation, presen-
- FIVE
Mustang players
make state teams
Three Mustang softball team members have been
honored at the state level. For 1A/2A state softball, Daily
Bennett was named first team pitcher, Micha Hint/ was
named second team infield and Makenzie Correa was
named honorable mention infield.
A few Irrigon Knights softball players were also rec
ognized at the state level: First team outfielders Sandra
Vera and Kelly McLaughlin, and honorable mentions
Brittnay Zuercher and Karmen Garrett.
Calling the HHS
class of ‘73
Anyone interested in helping to organize a Heppner
High School class o f ’73 reunion is invited to meet Friday
night, July 12, at 6 p.m. at the Heppner Elks Club.
Morrow County
Fairgrounds reopen
In late May, a utility
emergency forced the Mor
row County Fairgrounds to
be closed down in order to
make repairs to the water
system.
Repairs and necessary
upgrades have been com
pleted and the fairgrounds
are now reopened. Any
one wishing to rent any of
the facilities may contact
the fair office at 541-676-
9474.
Many recent events
planned for the fairgrounds
had to be moved or changed
due to the closure, and
county representatives say
they appreciate the coopera
tion of everyone involved.
The Morrow County
Fair and Rodeo will be
celebrating their 100"' an
niversary this year with
the theme "Harvesting 100
Years of Memories at the
Morrow County Fair.”
Morrow County ap
preciates the quick response
of the contractor. Jack Rob
inson and Sons, and their
dedication to getting this
facility back in operation
and ready for the fair.
Premium books are
available online as well as
in print.
Planners say there are
lots of Open Class catego
ries and that "... it would be
great to have entries from as
many people as possible for
this historic celebration.”
Water park therapy
pool now open
C a m p e rs ami counselors from Oregon and Idaho at the top of
Squaw Butte near Riley, Oregon during the High Desert Youth
Range C a m p J u n e 19-22, 2013. Contributed photo
tation skills and attitude
during camp.
In addition, 26 experts
from around Oregon volun
teered their time coordinat
ing the camp from initial
planning and organizing
to attending, supervising,
counseling, cooking and
instructing during the five
The th c ra p ) pool at Willow Creek W ater P ark is now open.
days.
The therapy pool at the Willow Creek Water Park in
Heppner is up and running. The pool is available Monday
through Friday from noon until 7 p.m. all summer.
Summer prices are $4 per adult per hour for up to six
people with a one hour minimum, with lower rates for
children and seniors, or with a pass. Cost is $25 for six
people or more or a private party.
Call 541-676-5752 to reserve use of the pool.
Boardman to offer gap lending for new
housing
Program funded through enterprise zone
BOARDMAN, OR—
The City o f Boardm an
has started a new program
to provide funding for
gap lending in an effort
to build more residential
units within the city. The
Boardman Housing De
velopment Fund (BHDF),
funded through enterprise
zone negotiations, was ini
tiated as a response to an
identified.need based on
work performed through
the Oregon Community
Solutions-Boardman Work
force Housing finance com
mittee.
Initial funding will be
$100,000, adm inistered
through the Greater East
ern Oregon Development
C orporation (GEODC).
The purpose of the fund is
to provide funding for gap
lending to aid in building
single family residences,
duplex, triplex and four-
plex units in Boardman
to sell or add to the rental
pool for market-rate rental
housing.
Gap lending provides
financing for the construc
tion gap between the lend
er’s construction loan and
the total cost of the project.
Maximum loan amounts
w ill not exceed 40 percent
of the project’s total cost,
including all fees. Banner
Bank and the Bank of East
ern Oregon—both of which
have branches in Board-
man— have signed on as
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lenders for the BHDF. Ap
plicants for the funds must
pre-qualify with a lender
to finance a construction
loan to build on property in
Boardman. Borrowers will
be given an incentive for
projects completed within
90 days of the construction
loan closing; those projects
completed within 90 days
will have 100 percent in
terest forgiveness on their
BHDF loan.
More details on the pro
gram can be found at www.
cityoffioardman.com or by
contacting city manager
Karen Pettigrew at 541 -
481-9252 or pettigrewk@
cityoffioardman.com.
Marriage Licenses
The Morrow County Clerk has issued the following
marriage licenses:
June 20: -David Corona Tapia, 49, of Umatilla and
Margarita Carrera Hernandez, 56, of Umatilla.
-Steven Carl Warnock, 37, Lexington and Jody Ruth
Gumb, 39, Lexington.
June 24: -Dionicio Hernandez, 21, Hermiston and
Rosario Zavala, 20, Boardman.
June 26: -Ceylon Doyle Grittman, 80, of Boardman
and Jadine Khan Hand, 72, of Red Bluff, CA.
June 27: -John Eleuterio Chairez, 29, of Irrigon and
Rebecca Louise Van Fossen, 22, of Irrigon.
Correction
In last week’s story, “RJs opens under new owner
ship,” the Gazette neglected to mention that the restaurant
is now called The Bam. The Gazette-Times apologizes
for the omission.
Calling all Equestrian Trail Riders!
3 days of trail competition for the
Silver Buckle Series
Grab your horse, your children
and friends and come to
Whispering Pines Benefit for
Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch
Friday - Sunday
July 5th 7th
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3 miles north of the O H V Park Hwy 207 Deadman Hill Loop Road out of
Heppner OR. Free camping to all contestants, free entertainment nightly,
potluck hamburger barbecue Saturday, free sit-down breakfast for those
who attend Sunday morning worship service with Dr. Dick Temple. For more
information check out Whispering Pines Ranch, Heppner, OR on facebook
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