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THREE - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 12, 2018 Wrestlers compete in Muilenburg Tournament Heppner slightly colder than normal in November The Heppner/Ione wrestling team recently competed in the Muilenburg Tourna- ment at LaGrande High School. The team placed 16 th overall with 32.5 points. For the 1A/2A schools, Heppner took third place. Charles Cason and Roen Waite wrestled for Consolation Champion. In Consolation Round one Roen Waite (Heppner HS/ Ione) 2-4 won by tech fall over Alex Andersson (Bishop Kelly) 1-7 (TF-1.5 6:00 (15-0)). -Photo by Kirsti Cason. In Consolation Round four According to prelim- lowest was 18 degrees, on Charles Cason (Heppner HS/ inary data received by the 20 th . Ione) 4-3 won by fall over There were 21 days Kaw Khu (Reynolds) 2-2 (Fall NOAA’s National Weather Service in Pendleton, tem- with the low temperature 2:24). -Photo by Kirsti Cason. School district prepares for school bond vote Morrow County School Superintendent Dirk Dirk- sen, at the MCSD regular meeting at A.C. Houghton Elementary School Monday night, released a timeline in preparation for a school bond measure vote in May 2021. The timeline initially includes a January applica- tion deadline of January 15, 2019, concerning funding of the measure; administra- tion personnel interviews in March 2019; board member school visitations in April 2019; staff questionnaires in May 2019; creating ad- visory groups in June 2019; advisory workshops in Oc- tober and November 2019, January, February, March 2020; presenting draft to the board April 2020; com- munity listening sessions in May 2020; presenting final to board in October 2020; and community pre- sentations district wide in January, February, March and April of 2021; with the bond vote in May 2021. In other business, the board: -reviewed the Oregon schools projected budget figures, which so far are up from last year. -viewed a music pre- sentation by students of A.C. Houghton’s music program with music teacher Mrs. Evanoff. -received the follow- ing enrollment report as of December 2018: A.C. Houghton Elementary, Ir- rigon-255; Sam Board- man Elementary, Board- man-329; Heppner Ele- mentary-176; Irrigon Elementary-217; Windy River Elementary, Board- man-285; Heppner Jr./Sr. High School-166; Irrigon Jr./Sr. High School-374; Riverside Jr./Sr. High School, Boardman-433; Morrow Education Center, Irrigon-52; Total-2,287. -approved the follow- ing employment action for December: April Olsen, ABC Room assistant custo- dian, four hours per week; extra duty contracts, Chad Doherty, HJSHS C-team boys’ basketball coach, Adrian Roa, IJSHS junior high assistant boys’ basket- ball coach; Rocky Turner, HJSHS junior high assistant boys’ basketball coach. -approved the first reading of rescinded, new or revised policies on dis- trict purchasing and staff complaints. -adopted new, revised or rescinded administrative rules on graduation require- ments. -accepted and appro- priated unanticipated reve- nues as follows: $4,000 for Sam Boardman Elemen- tary from Lamb Weston; $2,000 to Riverside Jr./Sr. High School from Oregon CTE-CTSO Chapter Grant. -approved a resolu- tion concerning Oregon School Board Association’s legislative priorities and policies. -opted to not vote on a resolution to amend OS- BA’s bylaws relating to composition of the board of directors. “My concern is putting another vote in the valley,” said Dirksen, who told the board they had several options, to approve the resolution, vote against the resolution or opt not to vote on the issue. -heard the following announcements: winter break December 19-Janu- ary 1; end of semester one, January 17; no school Mon- day, January 21, Martin Luther King holiday; next board meeting, Monday, February 11, Windy River Elementary. peratures at Heppner aver- aged slightly colder than normal during the month of November. The average tempera- ture was 40.1 degrees which was 1.1 degrees below nor- mal. High temperatures av- eraged 51.0 degrees, which was 0.2 degrees above nor- mal. The highest was 65 degrees on the 2 nd . Low temperatures averaged 29.3 degrees, which was 2.4 degrees below normal. The below 32 degrees. There was one day when the high temperature stayed below 32 degrees. Precipitation totaled 0.61 inches during Novem- ber, which was 0.99 inches below normal. Measurable precipitation, at least .01 inch, was received on seven days with the heaviest, 0.16 inches reported on the 28 th . Precipitation this year has reached 9.65 inches, which is 3.03 inches below normal. Since October, the water year precipitation at Heppner has been 2.79 inches, which is 0.05 inches above normal. The outlook for Decem- ber from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center calls for above normal temperatures and near normal precipita- tion. Normal highs for Hep- pner fall from 44.0 degrees at the start of December to 41.0 degrees at the end of December. Normal lows fall from 28.0 degrees to 25.0 degrees. The 30-year normal precipitation is 1.32 inches. Library launches teen program The Oregon Trail Li- brary District has launched a teen program at the Hep- pner branch. The library board and community members have desired to implement safe and suit- able recreational activities for the youth of our area for many years. Keeping teens safe and engaged during out-of-school hours is essential to solving the our communities “youth problem”. The library is part of the solution . The board believes teens are an important part of our com- munity and has a responsi- bility to address their needs. The Heppner Teen group has had high atten- dance with as many as 25 teens attending events. Youth events have included Nerf wars, movie nights, chocolate Olympics and Teens participate in the teen program at the Heppner Li- brary. Pictured (L-R); Sabashtian Futter (back to camera), Anthony Rankin, Faith Futter, Christian Dubry, Dylan Christian, Ireland Martin, Emma Lee Lester, Tyson Vawser and Brendon King. -Photo by Megan Futter. craft nights. Kathy Street, OTLD Library Director, states she is excited about the success of Teen Night at the Heppner Branch. “Me- gan Futter has developed a strong group of teens that regularly attend programs at the Heppner Branch.” The Oregon Trail Li- brary District has three branches located in Hep- pner, Irrigon and Boardman. The Irrigon and Boardman branches have hosted youth events but the Heppner branch has never had a teen group. Teen nights are held on the second and fourth Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. at all branches. The group is self-led, so Futter takes suggestions from the kids about what type of activity they would like to have for upcoming programs, then plans the event with their input. An- thony Rankin of Heppner says “It’s fun because we get to hang out with friends and we get to decide what we want to do.” “I think peer input is critical when planning our library events. It allows teens a greater voice at the library. We show teens that they’re important and that they can contribute in a meaningful way. It also gives us important teen per- spectives when developing programming,” said Futter. Send out your Christmas wishes to your customers and the community! THE GAZETTE WILL PUBLISH ITS SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EDITION DECEMBER 19TH. THE CHRISTMAS SECTION WILL BE PRINTED IN FULL COLOR AND IS A GREAT WAY TO THANK YOUR CUSTOMERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR . For more information, or to be included in the Christmas edition, call 541-676-9228 or email megan@rapidserve.net by Monday, Dec. 17, at 5 p.m.
