Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Correa drafted by
EOU softball team
Makenzie Correa (center) with (left to right) assistant coach
Kevin Payne, head coach Petra Payne, assistant coaches Shelley
McCabe and Madison Rosenhalni. Not pictured are assistant
coaches Janejlc Ellis and Marissa Turner. Photo by April Sykes
B v April Sykes
Makenzie Correa is now
officially a member of the
Eastern Oregon University
Mountaineers. The 19-year-
old Heppner High School
graduate signed to play for
the EOU softball team at
a celebration at the HHS
softball field Monday.
M aken zie said she
picked EOU p rim arily
because o f the co ac h ’s
phil osophy, w hich was
m uch the sam e as the
phil osophy o f her high
school coach, Petra Payne,
which is basically “work
hard and have a good
attitude.”
“ She is a really hard
worker and we’re all very
proud of her,” said Payne.
Makenzie, the daughter
of Mike and Christy Correa
o f Heppner, ju st barely
made her signing ceremony,
arriving with sooty hands,
having been pulled off a fire
crew at Forest Service Rd.
about an hour away.
“ T h e re a re f ir e s
e v e r y w h e r e , ” s a id
Makenzie, who worked this
summer for the U.S. Forest
Service and got the phone
call about her recruitment
while she was on the job at
the John Day fire.
M a k e n z ie p la y e d
softball all four years of
her high school career.
One thing Makenzie will
not have to change this
fall, however, is her school
colors, which, like HHS,
are blue and gold.
EOU is in the Cascade
C o n f e r e n c e an d th e
National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics
league.
Her first pre-season
game is a scrimmage on
Oct. 17 at Blue Mountain
C om m unity C ollege in
Pendleton; her next game
will be in Yakima.
She plans to major in
psychology at EOU.
SMITH NAMED
TO TASK FORCE
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to this task force, which
provides the opportunity
to utilize my expertise
in th is area and help
identify important capital
c o n s tru c tio n p ro je c ts
important to the economy
and communities of Eastern
Oregon,” said Smith.
This appointment is in
addition to an appointment
to the Task F orce on
University Governance and
Operations (SB 270) and
five other re-appointments
to interim joint committees
including: Joint Ways &
Means Committee, Ranking
House Member; Joint Ways
Wednesday, August 28,2013
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IONE GROWING PAINS
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believed that the district
may run into the same
situation next year.
B o a rd C h a ir Jo e
McEUigott remarked that
he would not like to see
the kids in those classes
exposed to the crowded
conditions two years in a
row.
Mulvihill said that the
current class sizes could be
an impetus for the board to
begin having conversations
about the board’s vision
and added that budgetary
c o n c e r n s u lt im a te ly
influence the decision to
add additional teachers.
“ $90,000 (w hich is
about what each teacher
costs to employ per year)
is a blast to the budget,” he
remarked.
“Usually if the numbers
are there, they bring in the
money,” said McEUigott.
M u lv ih ill also
remarked about the reason
for the district’s growth,
which basically boils down
to excellence in teaching
and the number of classes
available.
“I don’t know of any
districts this size that offer
this number of offerings.”
He told the board that
the district.will offer four
additional college classes
th is y e a r thro u g h the
Eastern Promise plan. “It’s
not easy to offer that many
class offerings in a small
school,” he said.
T h e b o a rd a ls o
discussed a proposed plan
to install video surveillance
at the school; however, the
district’s fund to pay for
that is not sufficient. The
district received two quotes
to install the surveillance
equipment, one for $ 10,000
and one for $20,000. As
o f now, the district has
$3,000 left out of $15,000
earmarked for security.
Board member Bill
Jepsen com m ented on
the recent “ increase in
shenanigans” at the school,
specifically a particular
incident in which people
had climbed on the roof.
“ I think it’s (video
surveillance) the wave
of the future,” said board
member Ann Morter. “ I
think we have to have it. 1
think that people should get
used to the idea that they are
being watched at all times.”
The board discussed
several funding options to
pay for the surveillance,
in c lu d in g d o n a tio n s
fro m IC A B O ( lo n e
Community Agri-Business
Organization).
T h e lo n e S c h o o l
building was in the process
o f being re -k e y e d , to
prevent random people
entering the building from
various doors, as a part of
the security plan.
In other business, the
board:
-received the following
fin a n c ia l u p d a te : the
general fund collected
$ 2 6 4 ,3 7 0 , w hich was
two months’ basic school
support; $1,324 in property
taxes; and $7,380 from the
Common School Fund.
-heard that the most
recent Oregon Department
of Education basic school
support estimate for the
district was $57,000 less
for the district than the May
estim ate. This occurred
because the state budget
came in at $6.55 billion,
ra th e r than the $6.75
billion estimated in May.
The district, however, had
already built its budget on
$6.55 billion “hard cash,”
so the budget was not
detrimentally affected by
the change.
-b rie fly d is c u s s e d
K itzhaber’s inclusion of
pre-kindergarten children,
even to the ex te n t of
c h i l d r e n ’s p r e - n a t a l
experience, through grade
20, in his academic vision
for the state.
-heard that the district’s
English Language Learner
program was accepted by
the state.
-heard from Mulvihill
that the O regon School
Board Association is “doing
some powerful work on
PERS (Public Employee
Retirement System) reform.
-heard the following
a n n o u n c e m e n t s : th e
S eptem ber re tre a t and
board meeting are planned
for Sept. 24 at the lone
Community Church with
the retreat to get underway
at noon and the board
m eetin g at 3:30 p.m .;
the OSBA fall regional
meeting will be held on
Wednesday, Sept. 25, at the
Blue Mountain Community
C ollege Student Union
Building, Pendleton; the
OSBA annual conference
is planned for Nov. 14-17
in Portland.
Local youth make good showing in golf
tournament
The Northeast Oregon
Junior G olf Association
h eld a to u rn a m e n t at
W illow C reek C ountry
Club on Aug. 12. A total of
22 golfers, with nine being
from the Heppner area and
others from as far away as
Lewiston, ID, enjoyed a fun
tournament and beautiful
weather. An exciting day of
golf ended with ties for first
in three of the age divisions;
all three divisions had to
go to a playoff system to
determine the winners.
One o f the p la y o ff
p artic ip a n ts was local
golfer Kellen Grant. He
shot a score of 40 for nine
holes and tied for first. A
playoff on hole number
one ended when Kellen
missed a putt to send it to a
second playoff hole. Kellen
finished second in the Pee
Wee boys division. Hunter
Greenup shot a 55 to finish
third and Landon Mitchell
finished fifth in this group.
& Means Subcommittee
on tìeneral Government,
Co-Chair; Joint Ways &
Means Subcommittee on
Capital Construction; Joint
Legislative Administration
C om m ittee; and House
Consumer Protection &
G overnm ent Efficiency
Committee.
Interim C om m ittee
appointm ents are made
by the Speaker o f the
House of Representatives,
pursuant to ORS 171.640. A
complete list of the House
committee assignments for
the 2013 Interim can be
Jillian Rudolf of lone,
found at: http://www.leg.
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skar
Peterson o f lone
state.or.us/comm/.
and G abrielle M iller of
Boardman will represent
Morrow County this year
at the Oregon Statewide
Spelling Championship.
O r e g o n S p e l l e r s is
sponsoring the Oregon
S ta te w id e S p e llin g
C ham p io n sh ip as well
as adding a new spelling
challenge. The Bee at the
F air— a “ju s t for fu n ”
verbal spelling bee that is
open to all Oregon State
Fair patrons. Both spelling
contests will be held at
the Oregon State Fair on
Reno Ferguson played well
and finished fifth in the
intermediate boys division.
N icole P ropheter
continued her w inning
w ays in the Pee Wee
girls group. She has won
every tournament so far
this season and shot a
53 to win this one. Sage
Ferguson finished fourth in
a competitive field of girls.
In the intermediate girls
division, Sophie Grant won
again. She shot a 77 for the
day on her 18 holes of golf.
Sophie has been on quite a
roll lately, as she has won
the last five tournaments.
Logan Grieb beat the
rest of the field in the boys
division. His 67 for the day
topped a strong group of
challengers led by Reilly
Hegarty, who is a Pendleton
High School varsity golfer
and the son of a Wildhorse
G o lf C ourse pro. John
Propheter continued his
good season shooting a 76,
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Participants of the Northeast Oregon Junior Golf Association
tournament at Willow Creek Country Club on Aug. 12.
Local participants included (interspersed in front row) Sage
Ferguson, Hunter Greenup, Kellen Grant, Reno Ferguson,
Landon Mitchell (interspersed in back row) Logan Grieb,
John Propheter, Nicole Propheter and Sophie Grant. -Photo
by Peggy Wallace
which was good enough for
a third place finish in the
junior division.
This tournament is
the seventh of eight for the
NEOJGA season and would
not have been possible if it
were not for Willow Creek
Country Club and its staff,
Carri Grieb with the lunch,
and local sponsors.
Morrow County Grain
G row ers and the Bank
o f Eastern Oregon both
provided tee prizes to all of
the participants. Wheatland
Insurance sponsored the
medals that were awarded
to the first three finishers in
each of the seven divisions.
P la n s are a lre a d y
being made to make this
an even bigger and better
tournament next year.
Morrow County spellers to compete at
state fair
Collins wins big at
state fair
Saturday, Aug. 31.
Oregon Spellers is an
all-volunteer group funded
solely by donations. The
group was formed in 2009
in response to the Oregon
Department of Education's
budget-driven decision to
eliminate their state-level
spelling contest after 33
years.
The Oregon Statewide
Spelling C ham pionship
is a written test in which
students from all over
Oregon have earned the
opportunity to come to the
Oregon State Fair to spell
against each other. These
spellers have won their
classroom, school, district
and county written spelling
competitions.
The championship will
take place at The Hart of
the Garden, at the Oregon
State Fairgrounds in Salem,
and is divided into three
divisions: elementary (10
a.m.), middle school (11:15
a.m .), and high school
(12:30 p.m.). They will be
given 25 words to spell and
up to two tie-breakers. The
top three winners in each
division will win monetary
prizes.
D e b r a Gi l , f r o m
KPTV’s Good Day Oregon,
will be e m c e e in g the
Spelling Cham pionship
for her second year. Debra
will also be the pronouncer
for The Bee at the Fair.
The Junior Division Verbal
Bee for those 12 and under
will start at 2 p.m. and
the teen/adult division bee
will begin at 3 p.m. at the
Artisan Village Stage.
F o r
m o r e
information, contact us at
oregonspel lers@kay nor. net
or check out our website at
http://oregonspellers.org.
School underway for HHS
Heppner graduate Maggie Collins shows off the grand
champion ribbon she won at the Oregon State Fair in the Ready Article submitted by Ryan
to Wear contest. -Contributedphoto
S m ith , A SB P u b licity
Maggie Collins traveled
to Salem to participate at
the Oregon State Fair last
weekend to compete in two
4-H modeling competitions.
C ollins, a recently-
graduated sen io r from
H eppner H igh School,
won cham pion ribbons
during the Morrow County
Fair in Fashion Review
and Ready to Wear. These
awards qualified Maggie
for participation at the state
fair Aug. 24 and 25.
In F ash io n R evue,
p a r tic ip a n ts m o d e le d
something that they had
made in their 4-H clubs.
Collins modeled a pleather,
w hite, fringed vest she
made.
For the Ready to Wear
contest, each contestant
could purchase one or two
items of clothing that had to
cost under $25. These items
then had to be put together
with previously owned
items to create an outfit
that the participant could
wear on various occasions.
Collins received a blue
ribbon for both entries,
but was awarded a grand
champion ribbon for the
Ready to Wear Contest.
This win is especially
p o ig n a n t for C o llin s ,
because this is Maggie's
last year to participate in
4-H.
Director
School is underway
for the students and staff at
Heppner schools. Classes
began Monday, Aug. 26.
The Associated Student
Body members say they
are ex cited to help in
any way possible. These
representative members of
the ASB are J.C Putman
as president, Joe Schmidt
as vice president, Maddie
L in d say as se c re ta ry ,
J e rim ia h P e tz o ld t as
treasurer, Blake Greenup
as business manager. Ryan
Smith as publicity director
and Jasm ine G arcia as
assistant treasurer.
Mustang sports will
kick off the season at home
Chamber Chatter
Relay for Life
CoSaturday, Oct. 12,9 a.m.
5K Walk/Run in Boardman:
Domestic Violence
S ervices, Inc. presents
the first annual Domestic
Violence Awareness 5K
Walk/Run. fhe event starts
at the Marina in Boardman
with registration starting
at 8 a.m. and the walk to
start at 9 a.m. You can
sign up at www.eventbrite.
com . All p ro c e e d s to
benefit Umatilla/Morrow
County Domestic Violence
this year with a Friday
night football game against
Gervais on Sept. 6 at 7 p.m.
The next day, Sept. 7, the
Lady Mustangs will take
the court for their home
volleyball tournament at
Heppner High School at
9 a.m.
Then September 16-19
is homecoming week. The
ASB officers are working
har d to o rg a n iz e fun
activities during the week.
HHS is in the process of
planning an open house for
the beginning of September,
more information to follow.
Student pictures are in
September. Red Ribbon
week will be recognized at
the end of October.
We look forw ard to
another great year at HHS.
Services, Inc. Questions,
call 541-676-5665 or 541 -
561-3337.
Oc t o b e r 15-29 -
Domestic Violence Services
o f U m atilla & M orrow
County Volunteer Training:
This training is for those
interested in answering calls
on the 24 hour crisis line;
serve as an advocate for
victims of domestic/sexual
violence. To reserve a spot
or get more information on
the training schedule, call
541-276-3322. Classes will
be held at the Hermiston
DVS Office.