THREE - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Chamber announcements and
upcoming events
Student population up from
last year
By April Sykes
Morrow County School
Superintendent Dirk Dirk-
sen, at the district’s regu-
lar meeting Monday night
at Heppner Elementary
School, told the board the
student population is up 29
students from a year ago
and up 39 from the district’s
conservative projected bud-
get. As of this September,
the district reported 2319
students.
The board received
the following enrollment
report for September:
A.C. Houghton Elemen-
tary, Irrigon, kindergarten
through third grade, had
255 students; Sam Board-
man Elementary, grades
k-three-340; Heppner Ele-
mentary, grades K-six-183;
Irrigon Elementary School,
grades four-six-221; Windy
River Elementary, Board-
man, grades four-six-287;
Heppner Junior/Senior
High School, grades sev-
en-12-169; Irrigon Jr./Sr.
High School, grades sev-
en-12-369; Riverside Jr./
Sr. High School, Board-
man, grades seven-12-437;
Morrow Education Cen-
ter, grades one-12-58; to-
tal-2,319.
Dirksen also updated
the board on improvements
to district facilities with
“some noticeable and some,
not so.” He said Heppner
Elementary’s exterior light-
ing was increased for safety
purposes; Boardman’s Riv-
erside High School’s roof
was repaired; the Morrow
Education Center’s basket-
ball area and green space
received a facelift; A.C.
Houghton Elementary in
Irrigon received a remodel
of its health room and new
playground; the parking
and bus loading areas at
Sam Boardman Elementary
in Boardman were painted
and adjusted for improved
traffic flow; the entrance
area at Windy River Ele-
mentary, Boardman, was
upgraded; outside speakers
were installed for foot-
ball games at Irrigon High
School and a power winch
was installed for basketball
backboards; and Irrigon
Elementary’s new modular
building, used mainly for
robotics, is up and running.
Dirksen said many
of the district’s electron-
ic devices are now on a
one-to-one basis with the
student population, with
the district having 2,600
Chrome Books, up from
2,319 previously, 628 iDe-
vices, which is over a one-
to-one ratio, 15 3D printers,
20 3D welders and 34 active
panels. He said the district
also has seven computers,
which are not really even
needed anymore because of
the electronic devices.
In other business, the
board:
-learned from Dirksen
that a meeting to start the
bond process, planned to
be up for a vote in 2021,
will be held Wednesday,
September 19, at 7 p.m. at
Windy River Elementary
School in Boardman.
-heard a presentation
from Heppner Elementa-
ry Principal Dieter Waite
concerning an intervention
specialist which provides
extra teacher support for
kindergarten through sixth
grade students in reading
and kindergarten through
fourth grade students in
math.
-approved a travel re-
quest from four FFA stu-
dents from Riverside to
attend a convention in In-
dianapolis.
-heard from Dirksen
there are 27 online stu-
dents this year, compared
to 40 last year, 22 blended
students who are both in
school and online and an
online teacher has been
hired.
-learned from Dirksen
the school bus situation is
well in hand with Board-
man school bus drivers
down by only one driver
and Heppner drivers down
by three, both covered by
substitute drivers. He added
that drivers are in the pipe-
line for training.
-received the following
enrollment report: Resigna-
tions/non-renewals-Bran-
don Conrad, RJSHS tem-
porary seventh-grade lan-
guage arts teacher; Lidia
Velazquez, SBE ed assis-
tant; Employment/promo-
tions/transfers-Mary Ellen
Blessing, IJSHS assistant
custodian, Viviana Col-
in-Torres, WRE temporary
fifth-grade teacher, Alejan-
dra Covarrubia, SBE ed
assistant; Michelle Hagen,
IJSHS ed assistant, Chris-
topher Hardcastle, ACH
assistant custodian, Darcee
Mitchell, HES ed assistant,
Ashlee Muller, IES ed as-
sistant, Jacki Paullus, HES
ed assistant, Kalinn Prouty,
IJSHS ed assistant, Jon
Schade, RJSHS temporary
junior high language arts
teacher; Stefanie Sweeney,
HES behavior technician;
extra duty contracts-Ben
Millard, IJSHS assistant
football coach, Sean Shim-
er, RJSHS head baseball
coach.
-adopted the following
rescinded, new or revised
policies as follows: un-
manned aircraft systems
(drones), staff ethics, sexual
harassment, domestic vio-
lence, harassment, sexual
assault or stalking leave,
students with disabilities,
special education evalua-
tion procedures, special ed-
ucation, expanded options,
graduation requirements,
sexual harassment, admis-
sion of resident students,
reporting requirements re-
garding sexual conduct
with students, public solic-
itation in district facilities,
commercial advertising,
school visitation guidelines
for law enforcement and
juvenile authorities, rela-
tions with law enforcement
agencies.
-adopted the following
new, revised or rescinded
administrative rules as fol-
lows: staff ethics, sexual ha-
rassment complaint proce-
dure, request for domestic
violence, harassment sexual
assault or stalking leave,
special education proce-
dural safeguards, special
education, expanded op-
tions program notification,
sexual harassment com-
plaint procedure, Depart-
ment of Human Services
law enforcement protocol
for investigation of abuse
of a child.
-approved a renewal
agreement with Sodexo
America.
-approved a Washing-
ton State University prin-
cipal/superintendent intern-
ship agreement.
-heard reports on re-
straint and seclusion from
the director of education
services; administration
reports, and InterMountain
ESD “talking points.”
-approved a resolution
accepting $500 in unantic-
ipated revenue from Mor-
row County Grain Growers
for the Irrigon Jr./Sr. High
School ASB football pro-
gram; and $10,000 from the
Wildhorse Foundation for
the Riverside High School
miscellaneous grant fund.
-received the following
notices: board work ses-
sion, September 19, 7 p.m.,
WRE, concerning a “facil-
ities vision” by the DLR
Group; Oregon School
Board Association fall re-
gional meeting, October
16, Pendleton; OSBA an-
nual convention, November
8-11, Portland; next board
meeting October 8, RHS.
Wednesday, Sept. 12 at
6:30 p.m., Crafty Nights at
the Library to be held at the
Heppner Library.
Tuesday, Sept. 18 at
5:15 p.m., HatchLab com-
munity meeting. HatchLab
will be in Heppner to meet
with local small business
owners and community
people interested in starting
a business. HatchLab Baker
is a Center for Entrepre-
neurship, a place that pro-
vides programs, resources,
tools and expertise for en-
trepreneurs starting or run-
ning a business. This meet-
ing is to determine if there
is enough interest in starting
a Hatch Heppner, which
would be an exceptional
opportunity for economic
development. Contact Kim
at 541-980-3465 for more
information.
Saturday, Sept. 22 from
12-4 p.m., Suicide Aware-
ness barbecue and entertain-
ment event at the Heppner
Fit Park. Hot dogs with all
the fixings will be served,
along with Tillamook ice
cream provided by Morrow
County Veterans Services.
Music will be provided by
The Jagerbums.
Saturday, Oct. 6 from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Annu-
al Morrow County Har-
vest Festival at the SAGE
Center in Boardman. Do
you make a unique artisan
product? Grow delicious
produce? Are you located
in or near Morrow County?
If you think your products
are what we’re looking for,
then we invite you to apply
to become a vendor at the
event. The vendor applica-
tion can be completed on-
line at: www.tinyurl.com/
SAGE-2018HarvestFesti-
val. For more information,
please contact the SAGE
Center at 541-481-7243.
Please note we are not ac-
cepting direct sales vendors
at this event.
Saturday, Oct. 13 at 6
p.m.at the Heppner Elks
Lodge, Heppner High
School Booster Club’s an-
nual steak dinner and auc-
tion. More information to
follow.
Saturday, Oct. 20, 4 th
Annual Oktoberfest Auc-
tion and Dinner. This event
is a benefit for The Woolery
Project and will be held
Quilt show to be held in
Boardman Oct. 12 and 13
Boardman’s 14 th Annu-
al Quilt show will be held
Oct. 12 and 13 from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. at the Boardman
Senior Center, 100 Tatone
Street. Kathy Morgan is
the featured local quilter
this year.
Two quilts will be raf-
fled off Oct. 13 at approx-
imately 3:30 p.m. Tickets
are available at the Harvest
Festival on Oct. 6 at the
SAGE Center, as well as
at the door on both days of
the quilt show. Tickets are
$1 each of $5 for a yard of
tickets, which equals 18
tickets. Winners need not
be present.
All quilters may enter
a quilt, including youth up
to age 14. Quilts may be a
heritage family quilt or a
quilt made by the exhibitor.
Contact Lila Killingbeck at
541-571-2576 prior to Oct.
1 for registration forms and
Golf Tournament
September 15th, 2018
at Willow Creek Golf Course
in Heppner, OR
Registration 7:45 a.m.
Shot Gun Start 9:00 a.m.
Cost- $40.00 per golfer
To register call
Marvin 541-256-0109 or
the Elks Lodge 541-676-9181
Two quilts will be raffled on
Oct. 13 at the Boardman quilt
show. -Contributed photos.
information. Prizes will
be awarded for people’s
choice and youth. Vendors
will also be onsite during
the show.
Hearing set for new Annual children’s
rodeo scheduled in
solar facility
10-megawatt solar array planned Pendleton
on Lindsay property
By David Sykes
The Morrow County
Planning Commission will
hold a public hearing Tues-
day, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. at the
Port of Morrow Riverfront
Center in Boardman on a
proposed new solar power
facility. The commission
will be deciding whether
to authorize construction
of the new electrical gener-
ating facility on Larry and
Corrine Lindsay’s property
north of Lexington on Juni-
per Canyon Road between
Baseline and Strawberry
Lane.
Solar Star Oregon I,
LLC with headquarters in
San Jose, CA is the appli-
cant for the permit which
would allow installation
of the 10-megawatt Pho-
tovoltaic Array. For a size
perspective, the average
Oregon residential cus-
tomer uses around 10,800
kilowatt-hours of electricity
a year.
State rules specify that
a solar farm under 100 acres
can be handled by planning
on the local county level.
Over that acreage would
need to go before the Ore-
gon Energy Facility Siting
Council.
The Planning Com-
mission hearing is the first
of two, with the County
Commission also holding a
hearing at a later date.
Children from eastern
Oregon will fill the Round-
Up arena on Thursday, Sept.
13 for the InterMountain
Education Service District’s
(IMESD) annual children’s
rodeo. This annual event,
celebrating 34 years, pro-
vides children with special
needs, ages five through 10
years, the opportunity to be
cowboys and cowgirls in-
side the famous Round-Up
arena. About 40 children
from around the region are
expected to be rodeo con-
testants this year. Students
MONDAY 5:00 PM
HATCHLAB PRESENTATION
September 18th at 5:00 PM
at Heppner City Hall
Learn about this non-profit organization,
and how they are helping new businesses and entrepreneurs
The Howard & Beth Bryant Foundation
Phone: 541-676-9411 •
from school districts in
Baker, Morrow, Umatilla
and Union counties are
eligible to participate.
The children’s rodeo is
sponsored by the Pendle-
ton Round-Up Association
and the IMESD. For more
information about the chil-
dren’s rodeo, contact Karen
Parker, director, at 541-966-
3177 or by emailing karen.
parker@imesd.k12.or.us.
Spectators are welcome at
the children’s rodeo and
admission is free.
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Please join in Willow Creek Valley Economic Group, The Heppner
Chamber and The Howard and Beth Bryant Foundation for the
21st Annual N.E. District
in the big tent on the Port
of Arlington peninsula. A
prime rib dinner prepared
by Paradise Rose Chuck-
wagon Catering will be
served. There will be dinner
music by One Hum and
Wheeler County Ramblers,
a huge silent and live auc-
tion (with 2 Henry Tribute
Edition rifles). Dance music
will be provided by Coun-
tryfied. Tickets are $35
each and may be purchased
at MCGG-Wasco, Thrifty
Food Center-Arlington,
Condon Chamber, Murrays
Drug-Condon and Dinty’s
Market-Biggs Junction.
More information is avail-
able on the Woolery Project
Facebook page at www.
facebook.com/thewool-
eryprojectinc or via email
to info@thewoolerypro-
jectinc.org.
Saturday, Nov. 17 at
5 p.m. at the Riverfront
Center, Port of Morrow,
Boardman, First Annual
Morrow County FFA Din-
ner/Auction to benefit the
Heppner/Irrigon/Ione, Riv-
erside Chapters. There will
be a live and silent auction
along with a meal.
www.HBBfoundation.org
P.O. Box 12, Heppner, OR 97836 • Cell: 541-980-3465 • kimc@.HBBfoundation.org
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