Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Missoula Children’s 21 ROAD
Theater coming to
Ione
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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.
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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
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