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.
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-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
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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.
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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.
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