Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 14, 2016 - THREE Heppner athletes Heppner students attend technology receive all-state honors competition Logan Grieb Kevin Murray Three Heppner Mus- tang football players were recently honored by being selected to the Oregon 2A Football All-State team for 2016. Kevin Murray and Lo- gan Grieb are first-team selections on both offense and defense. Kevin is on the first team as an offensive lineman and linebacker. Logan was selected to the first team as a wide receiver Wyatt Steagall and defensive back. Kevin was also honored as the co- defensive player of the year with Eric Gustin of Regis High School. Wyatt Steagall is a second-team selection as a defensive lineman. This is the second year in a row that Kevin and Logan have been selected first team all-state at two different positions. Alumni basketball game Dec. 23 Pictured Front: Rien Maret, Christian Dubry, Bryan Fowler, Taylor Hamby, Aimee Doherty and Hannah Palmer. Back Row: Antonio Matthew, Jacob Wallace, Carson Brosnan, Charles Cason, Ethan Holmgren, Jordan Spaulding, Kevin Rea and Kael Osmin. -Contributed photo The Heppner Technol- ogy Student Association Chapter attended the Or- egon TSA Competition at Blue Mountain Commu- nity College in Pendleton recently. The high school chap- ter competed in Flight Heppner High School alumni are invited to sign up for the sixth annual HHS alumni basketball games planned for Friday, Dec. 23, at 6 p.m. The games are open to all HHS alumni and their spouses. The evening will start with a women’s game, fol- lowed by the men’s game. Teams will be split depending on numbers and the age of participants. The event is a fundraiser for the HHS boys’ basketball program. Cost is $25 per person and includes a t-shirt. Everyone is encouraged to attend, and to bring along friends and former teammates. Anyone who has ques- -Continued from PAGE ONE tions or who would like to sign up, please message HHS expand dropout prevention basketball coach Jeremy Rosenbalm at 541-256-0515 or strategies. He said that the email him at Jeremy.rosenbalm@morrow.k12.or.us. Port of Morrow has ex- pressed interest in what the district is doing in terms of workforce development. He told the board that he was very pleased with the progress of the district’s All Stars Kids Club will meet again Dec. 19 from early childhood education program, which is held two 3:15 to 6:30 p.m. All students in kindergarten through sixth grades days a week for half a day in are welcome to the free program, which is held the last the north end of the district. He also mentioned the Monday of each month (except December) at the Hep- district’s online program, pner United Methodist Church, located on the corner of which is in conjunction Church and Gale streets. with Pendleton and La This month, kids will create their own Christmas Grande districts and Inter- ornaments, sing carols, learn to set the table using special Mountain ESD. He said that place mats, learn how to make fruit kabobs, and enjoy a while the school’s program family meal of macaroni and cheese with ham and more. For more information, call 541-676-9224 and leave a is in competition with nu- message or email heppneroregonmethodists@gmail.com. merous online programs, with the district’s program, students can come into the school and take classes. Also during the meet- ing, the board adjourned to the gym to view a demon- stration of advanced pro- gramming and robotics presented by Irrigon Junior/ Friday afternoon and evening will be festive at Sweet Senior High School instruc- Productions in Heppner, with a series of free holiday tor Jeff Searles and stu- events for the family. dents. The demo included Events start off at 4 p.m. with a holiday story time small computer operated with Andrea Di Salvo of Usborne Books & More. vehicles and drones. Santa will be there from 4:30-6:30 to hear Christmas In other business, the wishes and be available for family photos; a mailbox is also available at Sweet Productions to mail letters to Santa when he isn’t on site. Finally, the evening will conclude with festive Christ- mas Karaoke at 7 p.m. Endurance, Computer In- tegrated Manufacturing and Structural Design and Engineering. The middle school chapter competed in Flight, Mass Production and Structural Engineering. High School Results: Flight Endurance—first place Jacob Wallace, sec- ond place Antonio Mat- thew. Structural Design and Engineering—first place Taylor Hamby and Bryan Fowler. Middle School Results: Flight—first place Christian Dubry, second place Rien Maret. Structural Engineer- ing—second place Aimee Doherty and Hanna Palmer. Mass Production—second place Kevin Rea and Kael Osmin. and kitchen, $20/hr., large gyms-$12/hr., small gyms- $8/hr. The district will charge $25/hr. for all users for kitchen personnel, up from $12/hr., and $30/hr., up from $12/hr. for custo- dial personnel for time spent outside regular school hours. -received the following employment action report: resignations/non-renewals: Amy Butkus, IJSHS ed assistant; Ken Thompson, IJSHS head track coach; employment/promotions/ transfers: Misty Hofbauer, IJSHS head secretary; ex- tra duty contracts: Norma Ayala, RJSHS junior high assistant girls’ basketball coach, Greg Grant, HJSHS high school C-team boys’ basketball coach, Jor- dan Mittelsdorf, RJSHS head softball coach, Andy Stelk, HJSHS head base- ball coach, Teiko Szasz, RJSHS junior high head baseball coach, Mindy Wil- son, HJSHS head volleyball coach 2017-18. -adopted resolutions accepting and appropriat- ing unanticipated revenues for: $20,000 from ConAgra to the Irrigon Jr./Sr. High School band for their trip to Hawaii; $20,000 from Columbia River Technolo- gies, LLC., for the Irrigon Jr./Sr. High School press box project; $20,000 from Wildhorse for the Windy River Elementary music department. -adopted policy on dis- cipline and dismissal of li- censed staff and the Oregon Veterans’ Preference Law which requires the district to grant preference to quali- fied and eligible veterans and disabled veterans. -learned that no board meeting will be held Jan. 9; however, the board will meet for a work session at 6 p.m. at Windy River Elementary in Boardman. Dirksen suggested a time- line for the board’s consid- eration and development of his evaluation. -heard the following announcements: Christmas break, Dec. 16-Jan. 1; end of the first semester, Jan. 12; Martin Luther King holiday, Jan. 16; next board meeting, Feb. 13, Heppner Jr./Sr. High School. SCHOOL DISTRICT All Stars after-school program Monday Holiday festivities Friday at Sweet Productions board: -adopted a facility use fee schedule. The sched- ule does not charge for schedule A users, which is the “use of facilities by schools and non-profit orga- nizations cooperating with schools to implement or produce programs primarily for the benefit of school-age youth,” but does list charges for schedule B users, which include government and non-profit organizations un- der the 501c Internal Rev- enue service code or “shel- tered under the umbrella of another 501c organization or individuals engaged in charitable activities, the en- tire proceeds of which, less expenses will be donated to a government or non-profit organization,” and schedule C for all other users. Regular rates for Sched- ule B users, when school personnel are normally on duty, are as follows: class- room-$5 an hour, use of library, cafeteria, stage/au- ditorium, and kitchen-$10/ hr., large gyms-$6/hr., small gyms-$4/hr. 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