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Wednesday, June 11,2014
lone Ag students go green with A nnual poker, cribbage
visit to tree farm
tournam ent planned in lo n e
The 2014 Red, White
& Blues annual Texas Hold
‘Em Poker and Cribbage
Tournament is scheduled
for Saturday, June 21, at the
lone Legion Hall.
T he e v e n in g w ill
begin with a barbecued
chicken dinner at 5 p.m.;
dinner will be by donation
and will include Traeger
barbecued chicken quarters,
p o rk s a u sa g e s, baked
beans, assorted salads and
cookies. Route 74 w ill
serve beverages.
Game sign-ups begin at
6 p.m. with play beginning
at 6:30.
Poker buy-in is $40; re
buys will be allowed. Cash
prizes will be awarded.
Cribbage buy-in is $20.
All proceeds will be
used by the lone Fourth of
July Committee to promote
and present lo n e’s Red,
W hite & B lues annual
celebration.
Members o f the lone High
School Ag Program visited
the Collins Company Mill and
Greenwood Tree Farm this
past week. Students toured
the mill and tree farm escorted
by Tim Patton, Manager of
Collins Co., and Don Mice,
M anager o f G reen w ood .
Above: Pictured in the trees
are (b a c k L -R ) D o n a ld
McFlligott, Jason Juarez, Sam
G ilbert, A lonso C am bera,
John Maier, Greenwood Tree
Farm M anager Don Rice,
Rory Baresse, (front L-R)
V icki G lu d erer, B rianna
Snyder, Miranda Taylor and
Marisol Avila. Right: lone
students examine the inner
workings of Collins Company
Mill.
Photos by Erin He ¡demon
Cribbage play got intense during the 2013 Texas Hold ‘Em and
Cribbage Tourament. More fun and prizes are planned for this
year’s tournament, June 21 in lone. -File photo
The committee is also
still looking for dealers
for the poker tournament;
a n y o n e in te r e s te d in
dealing or with any further
questions regarding poker
can contact Arlynda Gates
at 541-422-7534, 543-256-
0334 or gatesarlynda@
hotmail.com.
Cribbage information
calls should be directed
to Betty Gray at 541-422-
7335.
More information on
the tournament and the lone
Fourth of July celebration
w ill be on the lone 4th
o f July Facebook page,
h ttp s://w w w .face book.
com/lone4thOfJuly, as it
becomes available.
lon e High School elects A SB
officers
IONE SU PE R IN T E N D E N T
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performance over the last
29 years as an administrator
are im peccable. We are
looking forward to what
Phil can bring to make the
lone Community School
even better.”
M ulvihill said h e ’s
a p p re c ia te d h is tim e
working with the lone staff,
but needed to take a step
back.
“1 really enjoyed my
experience at lone for the
past four years, but the extra
assignment simply became
too time-consuming when
coupled with my 1MESD
responsibilities,” he said.
Starkey has spent the
m ajority o f his 35-year
career in education as a
principal, and has been the
superintendent/principal
at Spray since 2009. Prior
to that, Starkey served as
an elementary and middle
school principal for 24
years in the H erm iston
School District. Starkey
also spent seven years in the
classroom as an elementary
school teacher in Hillsboro
and Springfield.
“Making a difference”
is at the core of Starkey’s
administrative work at all
levels. He has made an
impact in his schools by
adhering to core values
and focusing on hiring and
developing strong teaching
staff. He says he works with
vision and tenacity to build
a culture of promise among
staff, parents and students.
S ta rk e y sa y s th a t
he knows that w orking
together with lone School
Principal Sarah C rane-
Simpson will be a growth
opportunity for them both,
as “iron sharpens iron.” He
also brings a wide range
of experiences and a deep
understanding of the culture
and needs of a rural school
district.
“There are many small
school districts in Oregon.
Each has its unique story
and most often the school is
the center of the community
and the bond that connects
people,” Starkey told the
lone School Board. “Even
though I do not have an
intimate knowledge of lone,
I have followed its rise over
the last two decades. It is a
story of a town that wants to
preserve its independence
and pride, and took action
to do so.”
Starkey received his
superintendent credentials
from L ew is & C la rk
College, his administrative
credentials from Portland
State University, and has
a Master of Education in
curriculum and instruction
and a bachelor’s degree in
elementary education from
the University of Oregon.
lone High School elected 2014-2015 ASB officers on Thursday, May 29. The new officers
(L-R) are: Rachel Holland, Activities Director; T.J Patton, Vice President; Ann Rietmann,
Secretary; Daniel Holtz, Treasurer; Oskar Peterson, President; and Morgan Orem, Public
Relations. -Contributedphoto
Free fishing derby this
w eekend
Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife (ODFW)
and Morrow County Parks
will hold a free youth fishing
Extension Office closed June 23
Normal hours resume June 24
The Morrow County announced it will be closed business hours will resume
OSU Extension office has Monday, June 23. Normal Tuesday, June 24.
Pups for w o lf O R 7
PORTLAND, O R —
W olf OR7 and a m ate
have produced offspring
in so u th w est O re g o n ’s
Cascade Mountains, wildlife
biologists confirmed this
week.
In early May, biologists
s u s p e c te d th a t O R 7,
originally from northeast
Oregon, had a mate in the
R ogue R iv e r-S isk iy o u
N atio n al F o re s t w hen
remote cameras captured
several im ages o f what
appeared to be a black
female w olf in the same
area.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
S erv ice (S e rv ic e ) and
O regon D ep artm en t o f
Fish and Wildlife (ODFW)
biologists returned to the
area Monday, June 2, and
observed two pups. Scat
sam ples from the area
have been collected and
submitted to a laboratory
for DNA analysis, which
will take several weeks.
It is likely there are
more pups, as wolf litters
typically number four to
six pups.
The pups mark the first
known wolf reproduction in
the Oregon Cascades since
the mid-1940s.
“This is very exciting
news,” said Paul Henson,
state su p erv iso r o f the
O regon U .S. Fish and
Wildlife Service Office.
“It continues to illustrate
C ham ber lunch
m eeting
The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of
Commerce will be Thursday, June 19, at noon in Heppner
City Hall conference room. Kimberly Lindsay will give
an update o f Community Counseling Solutions.
Cost of lunch is $10; Bucknum’s will cater. Chamber
lunch attendees are asked to RSVP at 541-676-5536 no
later than Tuesday, June 17.
The H eppner C ham ber o f C om m erce also
Two of wolf OR7’s pups peek out from a log on the Rogue extends a welcome to its newest member, Windwave
River-Siskiyou National Forest, June 2, 2014. -Photo courtesy Communications.
o f U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
that gray wolves are being
recovered.”
W olves th ro u g h o u t
Oregon are protected by the
state Endangered Species
Act. Wolves west of Oregon
Highways 395, 78 and 95
are also protected by the
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For more information,
younger on Saturday, June c o n tact B etty G ray at
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federal Endangered Species
Act, with the Service as the
lead management agency.
At the end o f last
year, there were 64 known
wolves in Oregon. Most
known wolves are in the
northeast comer of the state.
Community lunch menu
Willow Creek Baptist Church members will serve
lunch on Wednesday, June 18, at St. Patrick’s Senior
Center. The meal will a taco bar with black olives, cheese,
lettuce, tomatoes, onions and salsa, refried beans, and flan.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50
per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Nominations sought for 2014
Oregon Rural Health Hero Award
PORTLAND, O R—
The Oregon Office of Rural
Health at Oregon Health
& Science University is
seeking nominations for the
2014 Oregon Rural Health
Hero o f the Year Award.
The aw ard w ill honor
an o u tstan d in g person,
program or organization
th at has im proved the
quality and availability
o f health care in rural
communities.
“Rural Oregon is full of
heroes,” said Scott Ekblad,
d irecto r o f the O regon
Office o f Rural Health.
“Think o f the people or
organizations that have had
an impact on health care in
your community—access,
education, delivery. These
are the heroes that make our
communities great places to
live and are the people you
can honor by nominating
them for the health hero of
the year.”
T he 2014 O re g o n
Rural Health Hero will
be announced at the 31"
A nnual O regon R ural
Health Conference Oct. 15
- 17 at Sunriver Resort in
Sunriver, OR. Nomination
forms will be accepted from
now through July 25.
For more information
about the award, contact
Linda Peppier, O regon
O ffice o f Rural Health,
503-494-4450 or pepplerl@
ohsu.edu.
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