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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 7,2013 IONESCHOOL BOARD were named to the Building D ata c o m p ile d by and Grounds Committee, 1 M E S D c o n c e r n i n g and Rietmann and board educational differences m e m b e r Ann Mo r t e r between the two districts w ere app o in ted to the shows the following: Negotiations Committee. -Special Education: The board also adopted lone Community School a corrected $4,068,697 has 18.2 percent of students budget for 2013-14 with q u a lify in g for special $2,596,328 in the general education, com pared to fund, $736,832 in the special 14 percent of Boardman revenue fund, $256,600 for students, both above a 13.2 debt service, $136,991 for percent state average. capital projects, $5,600 for -English as a Second the entrepreneurial fund and $327,346 in Language students: Ione-7.7 percent; unappropriated and Boardm an-32 reserve amounts. The board p erce n t; state average-8.9 percent. imposed a $4.0342 p er th o u san d o f Qualified Teachers: assessed valuation lo n e -9 6 p ercen t; , . . for their permanent r. , r nn , Newly-hired B o a r d m a n - 9 9 . 3 |SD Principa, ta x r a t e a n d p e r c e n t ; s t a t e Sarah Crane- $245,886 for debt average-98 percent. Simpson service on general -Attendance obligation bonds. Rating: Ione-94.7 percent; In other business, the Boardman-94.8 percent; board: state average-93.6 percent. -received the following -School Report Card financial update as of June Rating: lone-Outstanding; 30: the district collected Boardman-Satisfactory. $ 9 , 4 3 1 in p r o p e r t y - O A K S R e a d i n g taxes, $2,392 for Title (percent met or exceeded 1I-A T eacher Quality; state testing benchmarks $ 1 2 ,145-Food Program; 2011-12): Ione-83 percent; $ 76,696-M i seel laneous Riverside High School, Grants ($74,792 from the Boardm an-71 p ercen t; lone Education Foundation Windy River Elementary f o r m u s i c t e a c h e r School, B oardm an-60.1 reimbursement); $16,076 percent; Sam Boardman for REAP funds. Elementary School, -re c e iv e d a rep o rt Boardman-65.8 percent; on the SIP (the Oregon state average-73 percent. D epartm ent o f Energy -OAKS Math (percent S t r a t e g i c I n v e s t me n t met or exceeded state Program ). SIP exempts testing benchmarks 2011- real market value greater 12): lone-72 percent; RHS- than $25 million from 63.4 percent, WRE-69.4 property taxes for 15 years. percent, SBE-71.4 percent; The program includes a state average-64 percent. Community Service Fee -Sports Classification: (CSF) which equals 25 Ione-1 A; RHS-3A. percent of the tax savings on -Average Class Size: the remainder of the project, lone-13; Boardman-15. over the $25 million, and -Safe S c h o o l s is capped at $500 thousand ( e x p u l s i o n s ) : Io n e -0 ; annually. Morrow County Boardman-1. gives the CSF to local -Graduation Rate: Four service providers based year rate: Ione-83 percent; on their property tax rate. Boardman-74.9 percent; According to the report, the Five year rate: Ione-89.2 county allowed the taxing percent; Boardman-80.9 districts to weigh in on how percent; state average-68 the CFS money would be percent. apportioned. At the m eeting that The Willow C reek followed, Mulvihill swore and Shepherd’s Flat wind in new ly-elected board energy projects qualified members Bill Jepsen, Ann for tax credits with the Morter and Lisa Rietmann, SIP. The taxing districts all former members of the within the SIP will receive board. property taxes on the first Jepsen was elected $25 million in property board chair and Rietmann value in addition to the vice chair for 2013-14. CSF and grants or other J e p s e n and boa r d sums negotiated with the m ember Joe M cElligott investors. -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE -Highly What this means for the school district is that property taxes collected on the first $25 million will be offset by the state school form ula. H owever, the CSF, which is allocated to the lone Community Agri- B usiness O rg an izatio n (1CABO), will be available to the district through a grant process and will not be offset by the state school formula. The Wind Energy Grant will also not be included in the state school formula because it was given to the district as a grant. -approved a resolution concerning a number of annual h o u s e k e e p i n g issues. -approved a resolution accepting the gift of a tractor from Greg W inebarger with an estimated value of $ 1 , 200 . -heard from Mulvihill concerning the $6.75 billion “historic” record amount for school funding approved by the state legislature. He also reported that IMESD received $4 m illio n in state funding for Eastern Promise. Mulvihill had been working closely with Governor Kitzhaber on the Eastern Promise plan that M ulvihill created which allows eastern Oregon high schools to offer students college credits for certain c l a s s e s t h r o u g h Bl ue Mount a i n C o m m u n i t y College, Eastern Oregon University and Treasure Valley Community College. He said that 700 students have received around 4,000 co lleg e cred its though Eastern Promise. -rescheduled a planned board and staff potluck to August 21 because o f a scheduled school board meeting on August 20. -heard a report on the status o f the lone pool from Ashley McCabe. He reported that despite no operational heating system, the pool has had good attendance. He said that installation of a heater is planned soon. -heard the following upcoming meetings: August 20-August school board meeting; in-service August 20-22; November 14-17, O regon School Board Association annual c onf e r e nc e , Por t l and. Setting a date for a board retreat was postponed until the August meeting. Bank o f Eastern Oregon Member F D IC Come meet your 2013 Morrow County Fair & Rodeo Queen Krysten Powell & 4-H Ambassadors Lobby Reception dates & times: Thursday, August 8. 2013 10 a.m. -noon, lone Branch 2 p.m. - 4 p.m., Heppner Branch (Please stop in to meet ‘n greet these fin e representatives o f our 100 Year Morrow County Pair! (Rgfreshments served. lone 541-422-7466 / Heppner 541-676-9125 www.beobank.com Student Subscriptions Available Howl tV iS esW * It's time to think about sending your college student a subscription of the Heppner Gazette-Times 9 M onth S tudent S ubscription A vailable - MAILEDDlRECTLrTOYDURSTUDEKT,AHYWHEREINTHEUSFORONLr$29/YfeAR Call 676-9228 to get started todayl ( Special Olympics golf scramble benefits local athletes Echo Hills G o lf Course in Echo will host the eighth annual Special Olympics Fundraising Golf Tournament on Saturday, Aug. 10. Door prizes and special events are a part o f the four-person, 18-hole team scramble. All proceeds will benefit the local Special Olympics Program. Cost is $120 per team and is partly tax deductible. The field is limited to 18 teams. Registration forms are available at the Willow C r e e k C o u n t r y Cl u b clubhouse, at Echo Hills G olf Course, or through tournam ent chair Kristi Smalley. For more information, call Smalley at 541-567- 1546. Golf cart reservations can be made by calling Randy at 541-376-8244. NEOJGA tournament Monday The Northeast Oregon J unior Golf Association will be holding a tournament at Willow Creek Country Club on M onday, Aug. 12, starting at 9 a.m. This is the seventh o f eight tournaments scheduled for youth golfers this summer. The p u r p o s e of NEOJGA is to provide competitive golf tournaments in Northeast Oregon for junior golfers ages eight to 18. The organization is run by a volunteer board consisting of two members from La G rande and locals Ken Grieb and Greg Grant. There are 48 golfers registered in the organization this year. Local golfers who are registered and have played in tournaments this summer include Landon Mitchell, Kel l en Grant , Hunt er Greenup, Nicole Propheter, S age Fe r gus on, Reno Ferguson, Jake Lindsay, Sophie Grant, Logan Grieb and John Propheter. The NEOJGA season ends on Tuesday, Aug. 13, with a tournament at Pendleton Country Club. At that tournam ent the prestigious season points awards will be given out to golfers who did the best all season long in their individual age divisions. Several of the Heppner area golfers are in position to win or place in the season points awards. Kellen Grant currently is second in the Pee Wee boys division, while Nicole Propheter is first and Sage Ferguson third in the girls Pee Wee group. Sophie Grant leads all intermediate girls by a wide margin. Logan Grieb sits second in the boys division and John Propheter is second in the junior boys group. Scores are close in some cases, so the results from these last two tournaments will mean a lot to these local golfers. Over the Tee Cup It was a pleasant and breezy day when 13 ladies took to the Willow Creek Co u n t r y Cl ub cour s e Tuesday, July 30. Corol Mitchell got low gross of the field, Lorrene Montgomery had low net and Beverly Steagall had least putts. For flight A, Karen Thompson had low gross, Eva Kilkenny had low net and Corol Mitchell had KP. On flig h t B, B etty Burns and Sara Rucker tied for low gross, while Pat Dougherty got both low net and KP. On flight C, Shirley Martin had low gross, Betty Carlson low net and Beverly Steagall least putts. In other events, Corol Mitchell had a chip-in on #9. Team best scores were as f ol l ows : A — C o ro l Mi t chel l and Jenni f er Jaca; B— Sara Rucker and Pat Dougherty; and C— Shirley Martin and Lorrene Montgomery. WCCC men’s club team results Second - Tom Wolff/ The first half o f the Wednesday Night Team Mike Gorman Match Play competition Third - Mar k was recently completed Schlihting/John Kilkenny with the following results: Fourth - Ray Cecil/ First - Tom Shear/Don Shawn Wilson Eaves Regular Sunday morning men’s play will resume Aug. 11 with Bob MacDonald, Dave Mitchell and Dale Boyd in charge of the competition. Area western swing artist to be at Music in the Parks A rea artist Barbara Nelson will entertain at the Boardman Marina Park at 7 p.m. August 5. N elson plays guitar and sings western swing music, which is a cross- sectio n o f folk songs, traditional cowboy, big band swing, jazz, blues and old standards. She has had two nominations by the WMA for western swing CDs. Rick Huff, WMA music critic, has written that “the principle feature o f the Nelson releases is her rich, big band style of singing.” C orinne J. Brown, CD critic for Round-Up magazine, says “ .. .western swing comes alive with her (Barbara’s) rich, sultry, smooth, and sophisticated voice. She makes every classic her own.” Brown also writes that Nelson is “the real deal; a musical treasure.” She has perform ed at P e n d l e t o n , OR, Cattle Barons weekend; E llensburg, WA, Spirit o f the West; Lew iston, ID, Lee Earl Gathering; A lb u q u e rq u e , NM, Western Music Association showcase; and Elko, NV, National Cowboy Poetry Barbara Nelson Gathering. In February of this year. Nelson was named female western singer of the year by the Academy of Western Artists and was presented the Will Rogers award in Fort Worth, TX. Nelson and her husband Nels live on a ranch near Pendleton, where they have raised kids, cattle, sheep, wheat and horses. Free upland bird hunts for youth offered at 12 locations statewide in September lrrigon hosts location for youth hunters SALEM, Ore.—lrrigon Wildlife Area is one of 12 sites hosting free upland bird hunts for youth hunters 17 and under in September. ODFW and partners stock pheasants at these special hunts that give youth a head start on regular pheasant seasons, which don’t begin until October. Quail and dove can also be hunted during the events. “If your child made it through hunter education but is still new to the sport, this is a great way to get them started,” explained James Reed, ODFW hunter ed u catio n co ordinator. “ T hese ev en ts happen before regular pheasant seasons open and are a great opportunity for kids to get out hunting.” O nly youth already certified in hunter education are eligible to participate in these hunts. An adult 21 years of age or older must accompany the youth to supervise but not hunt. Both hunter and supervisor must wear a hunter-orange hat, eye protection and a hunter- orange vest—equipment provided by ODFW at the clinics to anyone who doesn’t have it. Hunters also need to check in and out of the hunt. To register, sign up online, at a license sales agent, or at an ODFW office that sells licenses. The hunts are free, though youth hunters need a valid hunting license ( $14 . 5 0 ) and Har ves t Informat ion Program validation (free) to hunt. Youth hunters age 14 and over also need an Upland Game Bird V alidation ($8.50). Some clinics begin with a free shotgun skills clinic; call the event contact number listed below for more information. Only federally- approved, non-toxic shot is acceptable for use in many places; see pages 22-23 of the 2013-14 Oregon Game Bird Regulations (available later in August) for more information. While most areas have a hunt both Saturday and Sunday, youth hunters may only sign up for one hunt. They are welcome to hunt standby on the other day. Morrow County will host one of these hunts at the lrrigon Wildlife Area in lrrigon. Sept. 21, 22; sign up for morning or afternoon hunt. Call 541-276-2344 for more information. t
