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TEN - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 12, 2014
WCVEDG ANNUAL MEETING
-Continuedfrom PAGE ONE Econom ic D evelopm ent.
conferences, netw orking
with other businesses and
sharing information about
each o f our com m unities
n e e d s , s t r e n g th s a n d
successes; prom oting the
differences between rural
and urban com m unities;
promoting tourism to bring
economic dollars into our
communities; continue to
w ork w ith C A P E C O to
keep in touch with funding
dollars (hat can be used
within our com m unities/
county to strengthen local
workforce and promote new
workforce opportunities.
The executive director
o f W CVEDG is Sheryll
Bates.
W C V E D G , w h ic h
has 43 m em bers, has as
its num ber-one goal jo b
creation and developing
plans to create jo b s and
w o rk in g w ith e n titie s
private, state and federal to
accomplish this. Its second
goal is business retention
and to improve the viability
and stability o f existing
businesses in the Willow
Creek Valley. It also works
to market the livability o f
the area.
The current members
include:
Allstott
C o n s tru c tio n , L L C ,
Bank o f Eastern Oregon,
B lu e M t. I n v e s tm e n t
M anagem ent, Jerry and
Marsha Breazeale, Delmer
and Judy Buschke, Heppner
Fam ily Foods, Colum bia
Basin Electric, Community
C o u n s e lin g S o lu tio n s ,
Lois Duvall, John & Pat
Edmundson, Gentry Homes
C o n s tru c tio n , H e p p n e r
C ham ber o f C om m erce,
H eppner G azette-T im es,
Heppner Ranger District,
City o f Heppner, City o f
lone, Jepsen Pest Control,
Bob & Suzanne Jepsen,
K rebs L iv e sto c k , K uhn
& S p ic e r , A tt o r n e y s ,
Les Schwab Tire Center,
Town o f Lexington, Larry
& B etty M ills, M orrow
C ounty G rain G row ers,
M orrow C ounty H ealth
District, M orrow County
School District, M urray’s
Drug, Inc, OSU Extension
O f f i c e , P e t e r s o n ’s
J e w e le r s , P e t t y j o h n ’s
Farm & Builders, Port o f
M orrow, Leann Rea, Ed
& Tricia Rollins, Sweeney
M o r tu a r y , I n c ., T re o
Ranches, Umatilla-Morrow
ESD, Dan Van Schoiack,
W ilk e n s o n R a n c h e s ,
W h e a tla n d I n s u r a n c e
H e p p n e r , W h e a tla n d
Insurance lone and Thomas
& Karen Wolff.
A n y o n e w is h in g to
b ecom e a m em b er m ay
contact any board member
or call Bates at 676-5536.
Dues are $25 per year.
where son Matt was bom.
From there they moved to
North Carolina where Dr.
Jeanne finished her training,
completing a fellowship in
geriatrics. While there, son
Vincent was bom.
T h e fa m ily th e n
returned to Portland.
That brings the doctors
to Heppner and their long
tim e in v o lv e m e n t w ith
MCHD.
Son Nick was bom at
St. A nthony H ospital in
Pendleton.
“We almost didn't make
it,” said Dr. Ed. “Thanks to
Dr. (Ken) Wenberg we were
able to get some coverage.”
Since he will have a
little more free time now,
Dr. Ed plans to pursue his
“passion,” which is fishing.
He co m m e n te d th at
he w ill “ certainly enjoy
the generous going-away
gift” presented to him by
the health district, which
is a fishing package for
two days for two people at
Depoe Bay with the Trade
Winds company.
He tries to maintain a
running regimen which, he
says, is not only physically
an d p s y c h o lo g ic a lly
therapeutic, but also puts
him in a “good quiet place,
in my own zone,” he says.
He also enjoys senior
softball.
T he B e rre tta s , w ho
are C h ris tia n , are also
looking into some mission
o p p o rtu n itie s and have
determined some areas of
need in the realm o f Native
A m erican re s e rv a tio n s ,
particularly Sacred Road
at White Swan, WA, where
they have been ministering
and fundraising.
Dr. Ed’s last day with
the medical district will be
Friday, April 25.
A public reception for
him has been planned for
Thursday, April 24, with
the tim e and place to be
announced.
I t ’s not c o m p le te ly
g o o d b y e , h o w e v e r, as
Dr. Ed plans to stay on as
th e M CH D E m erg en cy
Medical Services director.
of
board
policy
implementation; new policy
on s tu d e n ts rig h ts and
responsibilities; rescinded
?nd rep la ce d p o lic y on
s tu d e n t c o n d u c t and
discipline; rescinded and
replaced policy on weapons
in the schools; rescinded
and re p la c e d p o lic y on
student discipline; revised
policy on use o f restraint
and seclusion.
-approved employment
action for licensed sta ff
for 2014-15 as fo llo w s
(Heppner Schools
l is t e d o n ly ) 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
p ro b a tio n a ry te a c h e rs -
Heppner Elementary-Sybil
Stewart; 2013-14 contract
te a c h e rs re c o m m e n d e d
for e x te n sio n : H ep p n er
Elementary-Melissa Coiner,
Pam Dowdy, Rick Drake,
Mary Ann Elguezabal, Terri
Gentry, Sue Gibbs, Sherry
Matteson, Sharon Morris,
Joselyn Piper. Molly Rill
and Jerem y R osenbalm ;
Heppner Junior Senior High
School-Jean Collins. Beth
D ickenson, Rick D rake,
Mary Ann Elguezabal, John
Flaherty, Dave Fowler, Terri
Gentry, Greg Grant, Troy
M organ, Andrea N elson,
Jason Palmer, Petra Payne,
J o s e ly n P ip e r, Je re m y
Rosenbalm, Dieter Waite.
-adopted a resolution
accepting and appropriating
unanticipated revenues in
the am ount o f $150,000
from the Morr ow
E d u c a tio n F o u n d a tio n .
Five thousand each will
go to w a rd A SB fu n d s
for H eppner Elementary,
Irrigon E lem en tary and
Windy River Elem entary
a n d $ 1 3 5 ,0 0 0 wi l l go
toward technology support
services.
-a c c e p te d the O ste r
P ro fe s s io n a l G ro u p as
d i s t r i c t a u d it o r s a n d
approved a district contract
with them.
-learned that classified
employees’ week is March
3-7.
-h e ld an e x e c u tiv e
session to discuss personnel,
negotiations and real estate.
-received the following
en ro llm e n t rep o rt as o f
M arch: A .C . H oug h to n
Elem entary, Irrigon-274;
Sam Boardman Elementary,
B oardm an-335; Heppner
E le m e n ta ry -173; Irrigon
E le m e n ta ry -175; W indy
River Elementary,
Boardman; Heppner High
School-166; Irrigon Junior
Senior High School-383;
R iverside H igh School,
B oardm an-385; M orrow
Education Center,
Irrigon-35; total-2129.
-adopted the budget
calendar with budgets due
from departments on March
21. publication notice of
budget m eeting on April
16, b u d g e t d o c u m e n t
distributed to com m ittee
on May 22, first budget
meeting on May 5, second
budget meeting if needed at
regular board meeting May
12, with additional meeting
dates to be set by committee
if needed.
-heard the follow ing
a n n o u n c em e n ts: end of
third nine weeks March 20,
spring break March 24-28,
and next board m eeting
April 14. Riverside High
School, 7 p.m.
p ro g ram s th a t you can large amounts o f money to
(older versions o f Office; Microsoft every few years
Internet Explorer; Outlook just to make sure you can
E x p r e s s ) . T h ir d - p a r ty still read Word and Excel
softw are com panies and files. OpenOffice.org and
open source organizations LibreOflfice are free, full-
have to compete with each featured office productivity
other and have a lot more suites that serve admirably
incentive to continue to on Windows systems, and
support excellent products will continue to do so.
that run on XP because
But the most important
th ey do not e n jo y th e part o f the equation is anti-
monopoly that M icrosoft virus/firew all protection,
d o e s...an d XP w ill still and there are a number of
have a large percentage good alternatives depending
o f the market (particularly on how new and how fast
among business users) for your computer is.
the foreseeable future.
Full security suites such
As far as browsers go, as Norton Internet Security
Mozilla Firefox (currently or Avast! Internet Security
a t v e rs io n 2 7 + ) is an m ay slow you com puter
excellent choice.
> d o w n so m uch th a t it
L ik e w is e , M o z illa becom es useless, b u t....
I want to stick with Thunderbird is an excellent both o f these also replace
XP for a while, so what o ff-lin e m ail p ro g ra m , the Windows Firewall.
do I do in the meantime? and a good alternative to
The best solution is to
The best way to avoid M icrosoft’s Live Mail (an use a good free anti-virus
trouble if you decide to updated version o f Outlook program such as A lw ii’s
avast! Home Edition (http://
s tic k w ith X P ? A void Express).
You don’t have to pay www.avast.com).
u s in g a n y M ic r o s o f t
I don’t want XP, but
1 don’t want to spend a
bunch of money on a new
computer either. Help!
on a Windows PC. And the
best part o f it all: Linux will
probably run faster on your
old hardware than Windows
XP ever did.
L i n u x is a l s o a
good directio n to m ove
if you are already using
Firefox, Thunderbird, and
O penO ffice/L ibreO ffice;
all o f these were originally
developed to run on Linux
as well as Windows. Once
you start using Linux, you
w ill d isco v er dozens or
hundreds o f other programs
that do the same things as
you “m iss” on W indows
and Mac systems.
b o a rd m em b ers N ancy
Snider, owner W heatland
Insurance, JefTBailey, CEO
Bank o f Eastern Oregon,
Kim C utsforth, Heppner
City M anager and David
Sykes ow n er H eppner
Gazette-Times and Sykes
Real Estate.
R o llin s has been in
credit and lending for 15
years. He has been with
Bank o f Eastern Oregon
since 2004 and is in his
se co n d y e a r o f P acific
Coast Bankers School. Ed
is past president o f lone
Community Agri-Business
Organization and president
o f Grow lone, Inc. He has
been chairman of Morrow
C ounty BOPTA, and is
active in many other civic
activities as well.
G u e s t s p e a k e r at
the annual m eeting was
S cott F airley, R egional
C oord in ato r for O regon
F a ir le y s p o k e on th e
successes and challenges
facing
economic
developm ent in Eastern
Oregon.
Announced
at
th e m e e tin g w e re th e
accomplishments for 2013,
which included: Working
on housing issues; trying
to increase rental homes for
families who want to move
into o u r c o m m u n itie s ;
w o rk in g on te m p o ra ry
h o u sin g fo r tem p o rary
workers who will be hired
for u p co m in g p ro je c ts;
s e rv e on T he O re g o n
C o n s o rtiu m /O re g o n
W o rk fo rc e A llia n c e -
B oard re p re s e n tin g the
private sector (C ham ber
and WCVEDG); attended
jo b fairs and distributed
relocation information for
South M orrow C ounty;
a tte n d e d e c o n o m ic
development seminars and
Scott Fairly, annual meeting speaker. -Photo by David Sykes
BERRETTA RETIRES
-Continuedfrom PAGE ONE NY. They “ stru ck up a
Sacramento, CA. is married
w ith a dau g h ter who is
graduating from college
this year; son M atthew,
S p o k a n e , W A, h a s a
m aster’s degree in English;
son Vincent, who is married
and living in Seattle, WA,
is also in the writing field;
son Nick, currently in New
York, recently graduated
from the U n iv e rsity o f
Washington with a degree
in biochemistry.
The Berrettas met in
New York while Dr. Ed
was in med school and
Dr. Jeanne was in college
at M arylhurst, doing an
exchange program w ith
a sister school in Albany,
friendship,” says Dr. Ed.
Pursuing
the
r e l a ti o n s h ip , he to o k
the opportunity to do an
externship at Em manuel
Hospital in Portland. That
was in November o f 1973.
They decided to get married
and were wed on December
18, 1973.
At that tim e Ed was
in the process o f finishing
medical school, so Jeanne
moved to Albany. After he
finished med school they
moved to Hartford, CT.
By then Dr. Jeanne
had developed an interest
in m e d ic in e and w ent
for tra in in g in m edical
technology there. Since she
is part N ative A m erican,
she got the opportunity to
attend the U niversity o f
North Dakota in pre-med.
It w as a tw o - y e a r
program so she then had
to tran sfer to a m edical
program . Their daughter
was bom in North Dakota.
ITie family decided that
they had had enough o f the
brutal winter cold there, so
they moved to a place that
was almost totally opposite-
A labam a, w here Jeanne
finished med school.
From there they moved
to Portland, where Dr. Ed
was a practicing physician
and Jeanne was completing
her residency. They stayed
in Portland for three years.
School district discusses staffing changes
By April Sykes
R e p la c e m e n ts f o r
M orrow C ounty School
Board executive secretary
and hum an re so u rc e s
d ire c to r Julie A shbeck,
who will be retiring at the
end o f the school year,
were on hand at the regular
s c h o o l b o a rd m e e tin g
Monday night at Heppner
Elementary School.
C heryl C ostello will
tak e o v e r as e x e c u tiv e
s e c r e ta r y a n d h u m a n
re so u rc e s a s sis ta n t and
E rin S to c k e r , c u r r e n t
Irrigon Elementary School
p rin c ip a l, w ill b ecom e
half-time human resources
d ir e c to r and h a lf-tim e
principal.
A t the m e e tin g the
board granted a request
from Heppner High School
te c h n o lo g y s tu d e n ts to
attend the TSA conference
in Washington, D.C.
H eppner Elem entary
S c h o o l te a c h e rs M ary
A n n E lg u e z a b a l and
Sherry M atteson told the
assembly that 54 students
were out for chess through
their Chess M ates Chess
for Success after-school
program. Elguezabal said
that their chess students
have qualified for state.
A lso at the m eeting,
S u p e r i n t e n d e n t D irk
D ir k s e n , in a w r itte n
s ta te m e n t, a p o lo g iz e d
for not providing enough
support for the Irrigon High
School g irls ’ basketball
program , w hich has had
difficulties during the recent
season.
Dirksen
also
congratulated
the
district’s sports teams for
their success during the
school year, including the
R iv e rsid e H igh S chool
cheer team who took first
in the state championship
for 1 A, 2A and 3A schools;
the Irrigon H igh School
cheer team who took “best
2A team” and finished third;
Shrine Team first team pick
Jordan Bailey and alternate
J.C. Putman, both Heppner
High School; state wrestling
ch am p io n s R yan Sm ith
and Jared Lem on, H H S;
and the Irrigon K nights
for tak in g the 2A state
basketball cham pionship,
among others.
In other business, the
board:
-learned from Dirksen
th at the C ry sta l A p p le
aw ard cerem ony will be
May 21 w ith an A pril 1
deadline for nominations.
- l e a r n e d t h a t th e
district math contest will
be held April 9 at Irrigon
Elementary.
-learned that Riverside
H igh S ch o o l w ill be a
part o f O regon G ear-U p
(Gaining Early Awareness
and R e a d in e s s fo r
Undergraduate Programs).
The program was designed
to ensure that low income
m iddle school and high
school students in Oregon
h a v e s u c c e s s in p o s t
s e c o n d a r y e d u c a tio n .
Irrigon Junior/Senior High
School had earlier been
selected for that program.
Dirksen said that IJSHS had
received a $15,000 grant
toward that goal.
-approved
the
f o llo w in g : a r e v is io n
XP or what?
By Pat Struthers
L ast year, M icrosoft
c o n firm e d w h at it had
long threatened: Windows
XP, still currently used by
ab o u t 30 percent o f PC
users worldwide, would no
longer be supported as of
April 2014. What does this
mean, exactly?
My computer is long
out of warranty. Does
it matter whether I get
support or not?
Yes and no. I f you
live in a cave, everything
you depend on works, and
you don’t care whether you
ever jo in Facebook, you
are pro b ab ly good w ith
what you have. Just don’t
expect any new hardware or
software to work. If you’ve
fo llo w e d good se cu rity
practices in the past (don’t
m ix business com puting
with recreational use, don’t
open suspicious email, don’t
spazz out w hile surfing,
etc.) then you already know
the right things to do and
you will probably be safe
regardless o f what version
o f Windows you use....as
long as you are just a casual
computer user.
An even higher
p e rc e n ta g e o f b u sin e ss
P C s a re r u n n in g XP,
and th e s itu a tio n m ay
be a lot different if you
are a business user. For
instance, responsible POS
v e n d o rs h a v e in som e
cases specifically told their
customers that they cannot
legally support system s
with XP machines as part
o f the mix. If your business
u ses so ftw a re th at w ill
not run in XP, you should
seriously consider upgrades
in the next few months.
Surprisingly, there is
an alternative that w o n 't
require you to buy new
hardw are: use Linux. In
addition to being free, Linux
has m atu red a m a z in g ly
in the years since XP has
come on the scene. The vast
m ajority o f PC hardware
that has been built in the
last decade will run handily.
Most computer users will
find very little they cannot
do in Linux that they are
used to doing day-to-day
Rapunzel performance
planned in Boardman
Missoula Children’s Theatre and Boardman & Irrigon
students invite area residents to join then Saturday,
March 29, as the present an original musical adaptation
o f Rapunzel at Sam Boardman Elementary School, 301
W Wilson Lane, Boardman. Tickets are $2 for adults and
$1 for youth and are available at the door.
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