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
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call 541-676-9228 or
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Monday, Dec. 17, at 5 p.m.