Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Save the date for the HHS Booster Club
steak feed in October
It’s beginning to feel
like fall already with back-
to-school aisles in the stores
and excitement mounting
for the beginning of foot-
ball and other fall sports.
For the Heppner JR/SR
High Booster Club, back-
to-school also brings the
busy task of planning the
annual Booster Club Steak
Feed and Auction.
With that in mind,
the Booster Club just an-
nounced, “Save the date!”
A date has been set for Oct.
10, at the Heppner Elks
Lodge.
“Wonderful donations
have already started to
come in for the live auc-
tion this year. We have an
electric car for kids, a new
Dining in the Garden din-
ner that hasn’t been seen
before, VIP football seat-
ing, and a few fun baskets
already received,” offered
Becky Kindle, the current
Booster Club treasurer.
President Melissa
Lindsay shared, “We are
really excited to be offering
the VIP steak feed dining
tables again this year. This
garnered an exceptional
reception from people last
year and sold out quickly,”
Lindsay also added the
tables are now for sale by
calling 541-256-0366. The
Thanks to the Heppner Booster Club and a generous anony-
mous donation, the Heppner High School gym floor has re-
ceived some much-needed improvements. –Photo by Mallorie
Jones
number of elegant tables
is limited due to space, so
anyone interested in VIP
seating is asked to call
as soon as possible. They
include preferred/reserved
seating, along with spe-
cial décor, two bottles of
wine on each table and
an assigned server for the
meal…no waiting in line.
Also for the VIP tables is
a small appetizer to greet
attendees this year.
“Last year’s attendance
was so amazing, fun and
generous, we have made a
few small changes to better
accommodate the crowd, as
well as make sure there is
plenty of steak for every-
one,” said committee chair
and officer Toni Nichols.
“We can only hope the
community will be able
to attend so strongly again
this year.”
Due to the large turn-
out and generosity of
Heppner and surrounding
communities last year, the
HHS Booster Club was able
to provide funds to every
class, athletic program and
school-organized extra-
curricular organization at
the Heppner JR/SR High
School.
“It was a great year for
us to fund some real needs
from academics and ath-
letics to school sponsored
veterans events and many
things in between,” added
one member.
This year Booster club
members say they are very
excited about their biggest
project. Thanks not only
to their efforts but also
to a generous anonymous
donation targeted specifi-
cally toward gym floor
improvement, the project is
currently underway.
“The upgrade to the
gym floor looks really nice
and we can’t wait to play on
it this year,” said HHS head
basketball coach Jeremy
Rosenbalm. “This will be
really great for the students
and athletes.”
“The Heppner gym
space sees many different
uses in our school and our
community outside of just
sporting events; it is great
to make it something we
can be so proud of,” said
Heppner Athletic Director
Greg Grant.
This year’s auction will
include some special items
directly targeting the com-
pletion of the gym items.
According to the Booster
Club the project is slightly
underfunded to comple-
tion; if anyone is interested
in donating specifically to
this project, please call any
Booster Club officer or Me-
lissa Lindsay directly.
SCHOOL DISTRICT
- THREE
Heppner Music in the
Park finishes up with
Frazer Wambeke
Frazer Wambeke Trio.
Heppner ’s Summer
Music in the Park program
concludes this season with a
concert on Sunday, Aug. 16,
from 5-7 p.m. at Heppner
City Park, featuring the
Frazer Wambeke Trio. This
group of talented musicians
blends jazz and pop, influ-
enced by artists as diverse
as Chick Corea, James Tay-
lor, and the alternative rock
of New Orleans’ Mutemath.
Pulled-pork sandwich-
es with all the trimmings
will be available by dona-
tion to the Shared Minis-
try’s well-building mission
to Haiti in November. In the
event Heppner is blessed
with the gift of rain at an
inconvenient time, the con-
cert will be moved to Hep-
pner Elementary.
This summer series has
been funded by the Mor-
row County Unified Recre-
ation District and facilitated
by the Shared Ministry of
Hope Lutheran Church
and All Saints Episcopal
Church.
Rusty Roe and The
Outsiders play final
Irrigon park concert
of the season
-Continued from PAGE ONE volleyball coach; Jessica principal; Adam Lemmon, cer coach; Julie Escobedo,
basketball coach; Rhonda
Boor, RJSHS assistant soft-
ball coach; Michelle Dehne,
Sam Boardman Elementary
first-grade teacher; Pam
Dowdy-Turner, Heppner
Elementary School fifth/
sixth-grade teacher; Ce-
celia Fuller, RJSHS mu-
sic/band teacher; Robin
Jones, HES ed assistant;
Phil Joyce, Irrigon Junior/
Senior High School sev-
enth/eighth-grade social
studies teacher; Tina Joyce,
IJSHS vice-principal; Mat-
thew Matz, Sam Boardman
Elementary principal; Jonas
Palacio-Gutierrez, IJSHS
assistant custodian; Larry
Palmer, Heppner Junior/
Senior High School head
high school track coach;
Chris Rauch, RJSHS assis-
tant boys’ basketball coach;
Rebecca Renfro, RJSHS
head tennis coach; Patty
Rill, HES/HJSHS head
cook; Jesse Rodriguez,
HJSHS junior high assistant
Skillings, HES assistant
custodian; Mitch Thomp-
son, IJSHS junior high as-
sistant football coach; Ann
Webb, SBE third-grade
teacher.
-Retirements: Marilyn
Post, A.C. Houghton Ele-
mentary School third-grade
teacher.
-Employment/promo-
tions/transfers: Lisa Al-
brecht, SBE kindergarten
teacher; David Ashmore,
RJSHS science teacher;
Kim Carlson, transfer to
HES head cook; Collin
Dunlap, RJSHS choir/
band teacher; Sarah Eakin,
transfer to IJSHS junior
high school social stud-
ies teacher; Rian Farwell,
Windy River Elementary
fifth-grade teacher; Timur
Gaston, IJSHS special edu-
cation teacher; Christo-
pher Johnson, RJSHS math
teacher; Sarah Anne Ken-
drick, ACH kindergarten
teacher; Sara Kimmell, SBE
ACH first-grade teacher;
Lori McCabe, transfer to
HJSHS head cook; Sara
Miller, transfer to IJSHS
junior high language arts;
Martha Mitchell, SBE
third-grade teacher; Rose
Palmer, IJSHS vice prin-
cipal; Trixie Pullen, trans-
fer to ACH second grade
teacher; Michelle Raible,
SBE kindergarten teacher;
Charleen Ratkie, ACH Title
I teacher; Julie Rogers,
IJSHS Spanish teacher;
Madison Rosenbalm, trans-
fer to HES fifth-sixth-grade
teacher; Matthew Sum-
mers-Johnson, RJSHS ed
assistant; Linda Workman,
HES assistant custodian;
Tim Sacharias, IJSHS lan-
guage arts teacher.
-Extra duty contracts:
Jacob Arnold, IJSHS head
junior high football coach;
Robert Barker, RJSHS as-
sistant high school wres-
tling coach; Jose Duenas,
RJSHS assistant boys’ soc-
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IJSHS assistant cheerlead-
ing coach; Randy Henrichs,
IJSHS half-time assistant
high school football coach;
Paul Keefer, IJSHS head
soccer coach; Neil Livings-
ton, RJSHS assistant high
school football coach; Dar-
cee Mitchell, HJSHS assis-
tant junior high volleyball
coach; Richard Rockwell,
RJSHS head high school
wrestling coach; Matthew
Summers-Johnson, RJSHS
assistant high school foot-
ball coach, assistant high
school baseball coach; Ken
Thompson, IJSHS assistant
high school football coach;
Dan Verley, IJSHS half-
time assistant high school
football coach.
-Approved the first
reading of revised poli-
cies on non-discrimination,
criminal records checks,
student conduct and disci-
pline, student discipline,
suspension and prescrip-
tion medication; rescinded
and replaced policies on
tobacco free environment,
expulsion; and new policies
on truancy, use of tobacco,
alcohol, drugs or inhalants.
-learned that the next
board meeting will be held
at the district office at Hep-
pner Elementary School on
Monday, Sept. 14.
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Rusty Roe and The Outsiders will be in Irrigon for the final
Music in the Parks concert of the season. –Contributed photo
The final Music in the
Parks concert of the season
will take place Monday,
Aug. 17, at 7 p.m. at the
Irrigon Marina Park. The
evening will feature Rusty
Roe and The Outsiders.
Rusty Roe and The
Outsiders is a band made
up of ex-full time musi-
cians who decided to start a
band that specializes in the
rock ‘n’ roll of the late 60s
through the 90s.
The group performs
music from The Eagles, The
Allman Bros, The Doobie
Bros and CSN&Y, with
some classic country mixed
Housing grant funds
available purchases.
Recently the Colum-
bia River Enterprise Zone
(CREZ) gave an addition-
al $40,000 to the Willow
Creek Valley Economic
Development Group (WC-
VEDG) to enable the group
to continue with its success-
ful grant program for home
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Serving Morrow, Wheeler & Gilliam counties Since 1959
in. The members are Carl
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Sanford, Jim Raymond and
Rusty Roe.
All Music in the Parks
performances are free, with
funding provided by the
Morrow County Unified
Recreation District and
Portland General Electric.
To get to Irrigon Mari-
na Park from Highway 730,
turn north toward the river
on 10 th St. Performance will
be in the picnic area.
For Irrigon informa-
tion, contact Renee, 541
922-1560.
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Senior Sunday Dinner
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WCVEDG would like
to remind potential home
buyers that there are still
funds available for home
buyers in South Morrow
County.
The way the program
works is that anyone who
has a written agreement to
purchase a home can take
the agreement to Sheryll
Bates at the Heppner Cham-
ber of Commerce next to
city hall, and be put on the
list to receive up to $5,000
in grant money.
The money is put into
escrow and goes toward the
purchase at closing. Farm-
ers Home Administration
(FHA) loans are not eligible
for the grants.
The main stipulation in
the program is if the home
is sold within three years
the buyers agree to pay
WCVEDG back the grant
money.
It was previously re-
ported in the Heppner Ga-
zette-Times that the money
could not be used for pur-
chase of rental units.
This report was incor-
rect. The grant funds can be
used to purchase rentals, or
properties to be turned into
or used as rentals.