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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 11, 2017 Missoula Children’s 21 ROAD Theater coming to Ione - FIVE -Continued from PAGE ONE The Ione Library Dis- trict and Ione Topic Club, with funding from the Mor- row County Recreation District, will be hosting a Missoula Children’s The- ater production of “Alad- din” the week of Oct. 30 to Nov. 4. All K-12 students are encouraged to audi- tion, including homeschool students. Auditions will be at the Ione American Legion Hall from 3:45 to 5:45 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 30. Those auditioning should arrive between 3:30 and 3:45 and plan to stay for the full two hours. Among the roles to be cast are Aladdin and his Mother, the Princess Dory and her father the Sultan along with his advisor the Grand Vizier, the keeper of the Book of Answers Din- azade, and her sister She- herazade, the Mysterious One and some mischievous Genies; a stubborn donkey and spunky goat, scheming Cassim and Ali Baba, Sin- bad and his sailors, wise- cracking palm trees and fleet footed camels, a cave of wonders, vagabonds and even a pack of lost penguins. There are also roles for assistant directors who will aid in rehearsals throughout the week and take on essential backstage responsibilities. The Missoula Chil- dren’s Theater touring pro- ductions are complete with costumes, scenery, props and make-up. MCT Tour Actor/Directors will con- duct rehearsals throughout the week. Rehearsals will also be at the Ione Ameri- can Legion Hall. Some cast members will be asked to stay for the first rehearsal following the audition from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. There will be two rehearsal times each day from Tuesday through Thursday, with the first one starting immediately after school and ending at 5:45. The second will start at 6:15 and end at 8:15. After school snacks will be provided before the first rehearsal and dinner will be provided between the rehearsals each day for cast members required to be at both. Each cast member’s rehearsal schedule will de- pend on their part and they will receive a schedule immediately following the audition. Rehearsal times for Friday and Saturday are yet to be determined, but will be included in the schedules. The local coordina- tor for this production is Lisa Rietmann. If you have questions or need additional information, please feel free to call or text her at 541- 571-0098, or email her at lrietmann@hotmail.com. Morrow County Chronicles index updated An updated index that covers all issues of the Mor- row County Chronicles is now available. The index is accessible as an on-line link at morrowcountymuseum. com. An interactive disc copy has been provided to the museum. Anyone wishing to research the name of a person, place, or event is encouraged to expedite a search by using the index. Anyone needing assistance is encouraged to go to the museum during its open season or to speak to a li- brarian, who can help find the index on line and find the name(s) being sought. If someone discovers an error in the index listing, that information should be shared with dbrosnan123@ gmail.com so that a correc- tion can be made. The 2017 issue of the Chronicles is available at bank branches in Morrow County, Murray Drugs, and Heppner City Hall. Collec- tions of the series are also available at most of those locations. If anyone has sugges- tions of topics for a future Chronicles issue, those sug- gestions will be welcome at the above email address. Taking on the road sec- tion should not put a strain on county resources as money is available from the federal government to maintain the road. O’Brien said he had meetings ear- lier with local Ranger Ann Niesen and Seitz about maintenance of the road. He said the 21 Road is a Forest Service priority and they are able to blade it once a year, “but clearly it could use an additional blading.” O’Brien said in the past the county had the same issue with the section of the 21 road that goes along the boundary of the county-owned Off Highway Vehicle Park. “The county requested and was granted an easement over this section and has maintained it to a much higher standard ever since,” O’Brien said. In addition, the county has the ability to apply for FLAP funding. The Federal Lands Access Program (FLAP) provides funds for projects to im- prove Federal Lands Access Transportation Facilities that provide access to, are adjacent to, or are located within federal lands. So, the county could end up with more money to maintain the road than the Forest Service currently has available. The Forest Service would also allow the county access to its gravel pits for use on the road, O’Brien said. Commission Chair Melissa Lindsay wanted to know if the agreement would impact other county road maintenance. “This doesn’t take dollars away from other roads?” she asked O’Brien. “With the federal dollars and the gas tax money this is a better deal,” he responded. He said the recent state legisla- tive session gas tax monies “went well” for the coun- ties. Commissioner Jim Doherty wanted to know about log truck usage of the road and if the county could get reimbursed for that. Seitz said the Umatilla Forest doesn’t do much tim- ber sales anymore, but said the timber purchaser has the burden of maintaining the roads they would haul over. The county commis- sion agreed to the partner- ship and said the county and USFS could enter into an agreement where an ease- ment would be granted to the county for that section of road. The county will also have authority over the road for use by logging or other commercial forest driven uses, as well as au- thority over motor vehicle use and regulations. In other business at the Oct. 4 meeting, the com- mission heard that there have currently been eight applications turned in so far for the vacant county administrator job. A review committee of the following people are looking over the applications and will narrow them down for in- terviews: County Commis- sioner Chair Melissa Lind- say, Commissioner Don Russell, interim Admin Of- ficer Kim Cutsforth, county planning Director Carla McLane, community rep- resentative Sheryll Bates, Commissioner Jim Doherty and Human Resources Di- rector Karen Wolff. In other business the county heard a report from Fair Secretary Ann Jones, who gave a wrap up on this year’s county fair. Jones said the fair saw a decrease in open class ex- hibitors from last year’s 200 to 170 this year, but saw an increase in 4-H-FFA going from 178 exhibitors last year to 186 this year. There were a total of 700 exhibits in the Open Class this year. She said gate admissions were up from $6,055 last year to $7,263 this year. Payouts went from $6,768 last year to $7,500 this year. Jones said upgrades to the grounds “were very much appreciated by the board and the community.” She said the fan in Wilken- son arena made a big dif- ference on hot days and the addition of a public-address system to the barns and the outside was “outstand- ing.” She said with the PA system they were able to announce when different events were starting and able to notify all 4-H and FFA exhibitors when they needed to be somewhere. She said vehicle owners were also notified so their vehicles did not get towed. “And the number one most important reason to have it, we were able to connect a young boy with his parents in a matter of minutes of announcing that he was in the fair office,” she told the commissioners. school meals and milk pro- grams, rescind AR Title IA, AR Title IA and facility use fee schedule. -received three letters of interest concerning board position #2 from Jacob Cain, Marisela Rodelo and Steve Partlow, all Board- man. The person selected would replace board mem- ber Thad Killingbeck who resigned after he moved out of the Morrow County School District. -adopted a resolution accepting and appropriating $10,000 from the Irrigon Jr./Sr. High School Knight Pride Booster Club to the Irrigon Jr./Sr. High School press box project; and $300 from the IJSHS Knight Pride Booster Club to the IJSHS drama. -adopted a resolution allowing for a surplus prop- erty sale of items under the $500 threshold, including televisions, VCRs, desks, TV carts, chairs, file cabi- nets, wall mounts, overhead projectors and other obso- lete miscellaneous items. According to the resolu- tion, the district will post the items by location on their website with the price listed and then record the sale. A pedestal grinder and chop saw, that will have a minimum bid greater than $500, are to be posted in local media. -approved the district’s facility use fee schedule as follows: Schedule A-no charge for “use of facilities by schools and non-profit orga- nizations cooperating with the schools to implement or produce programs primarily for the benefit of school-age youth.” Schedule B for “gov- ernment and non-profit organizations recognized under section 501c of the IRS code or legitimately sheltered under the umbrel- la of another 501c organiza- tion or individuals engaged in charitable activities, the entire proceeds of which (less expenses) will be do- nated to a government or nonprofit organization as defined: $5/hour for class- room use, $10/hour for use of the library, cafete- ria, stage/auditorium and kitchen, $6/hour for use of the large gyms and $4/hour for use of the small gyms. Schedule C for all other users: classroom-$10/hour, $20/hour for use of library, cafeteria, stage/auditorium, and kitchen, large gyms- $12/hour and small gyms- $8 hour. When no school per- sonal is on duty, cost for fa- cility supervision for sched- ules B and C is $30/$45 per hour, kitchen personnel, $30/$45 per hour, up from $25 an hour, and custodial personnel (time outside reg- ular school hours), $45 per hour, up from $30 per hour. -heard the following announcements: Oct. 13 state-wide in-service; Mon- day, Oct. 23, special meet- ing, Windy River Elementa- ry, concerning selection of a board member to replace Thad Killingbeck; Nov. 9-12, OSBA annual con- vention, Portland; Nov. 6, next regular board meeting, A.C. Houghton Elementary, Irrigon. STUDENTS -Continued from PAGE ONE he added, earlier noting that since Pendleton schools are closed that week, many of those drivers opt to help out driving for other districts. “We’re making progress,” he added. “We appreciate Mid Co (Mid-Columbia Bus).” In other business, the board: -learned of the possi- bility of the district selling parcels of property which the district has no use for, including parcel #2600, located in Heppner near the Morrow County Fair- grounds, which a Heppner family has indicated inter- est in and currently has a horse on the property, and #1401, also in Heppner and located on the other side of the creek. The board instructed Dirksen to move forward in determining the value of the property. -viewed presentations from Sam Boardman El- ementary School teacher Martha Mitchell who spoke on the SBE second-grade classes publishing books and the SBE Parent/Teacher Organization spokesper- sons who touched on com- munity involvement. -received a statement of 2017-18 anticipated rev- enue, showing $23,981,565 in revenue and a beginning fund balance of $3,350,672, for total resources of $27,332,237 as of Sept. 30. -received the following enrollment for October: A.C. Houghton Elemen- tary, Irrigon, kindergarten through grade three-272; Sam Boardman Elemen- tary, Boardman, kinder- garten through grade three-354; Heppner Ele- mentary School, kindergar- ten through grade six-169; Irrigon Elementary School, grades four through six- 217; Windy River Elemen- tary, Boardman, grades four through six-250; Heppner Jr/Sr. High School, grades seven through 12-169; Ir- rigon Jr./Sr. High School, grades seven through 12-371; Riverside Jr./Sr. High School, grades seven through 12-401; Morrow Education Center, Irri- gon-64; total-2267. -approved the follow- ing employment action: resignations/non-renewals for Jeremy Arbogast, Hep- pner Jr./Sr. High School junior high boys’ assis- tant basketball coach, Keli Bither, Leah Jimenez, Isela Osorio-Lopez, all SBE ed assistants; employment/ promotions/transfers for Alejandra Caldera-Tellez, Windy River Elementary ed assistant, Andrea Hamby, A.C. Houghton Elemen- tary Title I teacher, Virginia Kernal, Maria Pineda de Barrera, Zahira Ramirez, all SBE ed assistants, Ken Thompson, ACH behavior technician; extra duty con- tracts for Leah Gadsden and Tiffany Locey, both half- time IJSHS junior high as- sistant volleyball coaches. -approved the first reading of policies on res- ignation of staff, expand options, graduation require- ments, compulsory atten- dance, intra-district transfer student, and public solicita- tion in district facilities. -adopted new, revised or rescinded administra- tive rules on reimbursable Y L N L I E V T M TERING O T S U C Organized by the City of Heppner FREE DUMPSTER for garbage collection available at the City yard on Riverside Ave. Saturday October 14th - Sunday October 22nd. There will also be a spot to leave yard debris and burnable material. 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