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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 12, 2019 -- FIVE JOB OPENINGS Job Openings Morrow County Health District/Pioneer Memo- rial Home Health & Hos- pice has openings for a FULL-TIME and several part time Home Health & Hospice RNs for po- sitions in Morrow and north Umatilla counties. Flexible schedules, com- petitive wages, paid drive time to patient visits, car provided or mileage paid. Must have current Oregon license and 1 year mini- mum of home health and hospice nursing experi- ence. Pre-employment background check and drug screen required. For more information contact Director Caroline Jackson , 541-676-2943. For com- plete job description and application go to www. morrowcountyhealthdis- trict.org, or call 541-676- 2949. EEOE. 6-5-2c PART-TIME CHILDCARE PROVIDER AND PRESCHOOL AIDE The Heppner Day Care is hiring for part-time Pre- school aides and certified childcare providers. Ap- plicants will be working under the center’s director and with other coworkers to teach, care for and offer early learning experiences to children. Responsibili- ties include supervision, instruction, care for tod- dlers and school aged children, preparing meals, and light cleaning. Appli- cant must obtain first aid and CPR, food handlers card and be enrolled in the criminal background registry. Prior child care experience in a certified center is preferred but any childcare experience is welcome. Ongoing train- ing required. Please pick up an application from the Heppner Day Cen- ter at 330 N. Gale Street Job Opening Morrow County Health or call 541-676- 5429 Department has an open- for more information. ing for a full time RN Po- 5-29-3c sition. Please see full job descrip- Youth Parks Employ- tion on the Morrow Coun- ment Opportunity ty website The Morrow County Parks at www.co.morrow.or.us Department is accepting or contact Human Re- applications for season- sources at 541-676-5620. al part-time youth labor- 6-12-1x ers. This position is being Full Time RN Morrow County Health District has an opening for a full-time Registered Nurse for Pioneer Me- morial Hospital, a 21-bed Critical Access Hospital in Heppner, OR. Flexi- ble work schedule, $5,000 Sign-on Bonus. New Or- egon Grads welcome to apply. Our small hospi- tal provides a wide range of experience in all areas and a comprehensive ori- entation period. You will get to know your patients and see your care make a difference here. Must be currently licensed in Ore- gon, or soon if new grad. Competitive wage and $5/ hr. shift differential, Excel- lent benefit package. For more information contact HR Director Patti Allstott at 541-676-2949. Pre-em- ployment background check and drug screen re- quired. Applications and complete job description are available at www.mor- rowcountyhealthdistrict. org or by calling 541-676- 2949. EEOE. 6-12-2c Position Opening The City of Ione has a full time maintenance position open. This position works 40 with benefits. hrs/wk. Wages dependent upon education and expe- rience. Please submit a resume to: City of Ione, PO Box 361, Ione, OR 97843. For a complete job description or more infor- mation contact City Hall at (541) 422-7414 be- tween the hours of 8am to 4 pm Monday thru Friday. Closing date is Open till filled City of Ione is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Provider. 6-12-3c made possible through the Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department All-Terrain Vehicle Grant Program. Applicants must be 16 – 20 years of age and possess a valid Oregon driver’s license by date hired. Work duties will in- clude physical activities in any of the Morrow County Parks. Pay is $12.00 per hour, no benefits. Applications may be downloaded and submitted at www.co.morrow.or.us or contact Greg Close, Morrow County Public Works Office, 541-989- 9500. Work will begin July 8th and end August 15th. Open until filled. 6-12-2c Medical Assistant Morrow County Health District has one full time opening for a Medical Assistant to work at Pio- neer Memorial Clinic in Heppner and at the Ione Community Clinic. Re- quires a highly reliable and organized individual with excellent computer and communication skills. High School Diploma or equivalent required. Med- ical experience required, Electronic Health Record experience preferred. Drug screen, background check required. Starting range from $16.75 - $24.69/hr. depending on education/ qualifications. For more information contact Kris Jones at 541-922-5880 or 541-676-2902. Applica- tions are available online at www.morrowcounty- healthdistrict.org, or con- tact Patti Allstott, 541-676- 2949. EEOE. 6-12-2c VBS scheduled A multi-church Vaca- tion Bible School, for kids age four through 12, will be held Monday, June 17, through Friday, June 21 at Hope Lutheran Church and the adjacent parsonage lawn. On Monday, the ac- tivities begin with regis- tration and a barbecue for families at 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, a light sup- per will be served for par- ticipants at 5:30 p.m. with the program beginning at 6 p.m. and ending at 8 p.m. This year’s activities will take participants to Athens where they will learn about the Apostle Paul and his adventures in Greece. Additional information is available by calling the office of Hopeful Saints Ministry at 541-676-9970. PUBLIC NOTICE Morrow County Public Works is requesting quotes for a 32’ x 40’ x 4” concrete slab with thickened perim- eter edges to be 8” in total slab depth and 12” from all exterior edges. Concrete to be a “6 sac” mix design with fiber mesh additive. Steel 6x6x10 W.W.F to be installed in the entire slab at mid depth of concrete. Surface finish to be a light broom finish with con- trol joints to be Soft cut at maximum spacing of ten foot intervals in both directions. Approximately twenty cubic yards of ¾” gravel will be needed to establish a 2” slope from back to front. A two inch PVC conduit will need to be installed twelve inches below grade for possible future utilities with an es- timated length of 46 feet in length. Location Mor- row County Fairgrounds. Bids must be received at the Morrow County Pub- lic Works Office, P.O. Box 428, 365 W. Hwy 74, Lexington, OR 97839 by 3:30 pm Thursday June 13,2019. Bids must be in a sealed envelope marked “Bid”. Questions or site visits shall be directed to Tony Clement 1-541-240- 1791 aclement@co.mor- row.or.us Morrow County reserves the right to reject any and all bids and/or to postpone the award of bids for thirty (30) days from the date of opening. Morrow County does not discriminate on the basis of age, religion, race na- tional origin, sex or hand- icapped status in hiring or the provision of services. 6-5-2c Space available for El Salvador mission trip Community members are invited to consider join- ing a well-drilling mission trip to El Salvador this fall Nov. 3 to 9. Hopeful Saints Ministry intends to send a team of 12 to provide clean water and hygiene educa- tion through Living Water International (LWI). Space on this team is still avail- able, but a commitment is necessary by July 3. Background checks, registration and an initial deposit are due by August 3. A number of joint fund- raisers will be held over the next several months to help defray the cost of the trip, but each team member will be expected to personally cover the remainder. The well to be drilled during this mission trip has already been fully funded. Hopeful Saints Min- istry has previously sent teams to Guatemala and Haiti through LWI. Former team members consider these trips to be life chang- ing and LWI an organiza- tion that is well-managed and attentive to the security and safety of its partici- pants. Anyone who would like to know more can call the church office at 541- 676-9970 and they will be put in touch with someone who has firsthand mission trip experience. DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5PM MCSD Board adopts budget The Morrow County School District Board ad- opted a $45,097,143 budget for the 2019-20 school year at its June 10 meeting at the Morrow Education Center in Irrigon. The budget includes: $30,767,530 in the gen- eral fund, $8,781,921 in the special revenue fund; $2,780 in the debt service fund, and $1,600,000 in the capital projects fund for total appropriations of $43,930,143 plus unappro- priated and reserve amounts of $1,167,000 for the total of $45,097,143. The board also adopted a resolution for imposing tax at $4.0342 per $1,000 assessed valuation, with $1,700,000 for debt ser- vice on general obligation bonds. The district esti- mates around $7,612,000 in property taxes to be re- ceived. Also at the meeting, Su- perintendent Dirk Dirksen said that the new summer children’s lunch program, “Wheels with Meals,” will get underway in Board- man, Irrigon and Heppner starting Monday. A free lunch for children will be available Monday through Friday. Dirksen said that he was also looking forward to serving lunch to children on Fridays when school is not in session during the school year. Dirksen reported on the 2019 graduation and scholarships received, with Boardman having 59 grad- uates who were awarded $617,000 in scholarships; Irrigon having 57 grad- uates who were awarded $1 million in scholarships; Heppner with 37 gradu- ates, earning $298,406 in scholarships; and Morrow Academy with four grad- uates earning $48,145 in scholarships. In other business: -the board authorized an increase in district meal prices for 2019-20. The “Federal Healthy Hun- ger-Free Kids Act” requires the district to raise prices to meet federal pricing requirements. Elementary, junior/senior high, adult lunch and milk prices will increase 10 cents from $2.55 to $2.65 for elemen- tary, from $2.80-$2.90 for junior/senior lunch, from $3.65-$3.75 for adults, .60 cents to .70 cents for milk. There will be no change for a reduced-price lunch There will be no change for students’ breakfast, which is $1 for elementary and $1.25 for junior/senior high, but the adult breakfast will increase 10 cents from $2.40-$2.50. There will be no charge for reduced price breakfast. -heard a presentation from Marie Shimer con- cerning the Morrow Edu- cation Center, its first year as an official school. The center is an alternative pro- gram offering a traditional diploma and GED options and an online/school at home program. This year MEC had 25 students en- rolled in the building, with 20 GEDs and two diplomas awarded. She said that 31 students were enrolled in the Morrow Academy with Lisa Alrecht teacher for K-sixth grade students and Betsy Shane teacher for the seven-12 program. -received the follow- ing enrollment report for June: A.C. Houghton Ele- mentary, Irrigon-265; Sam Boardman Elementary-333; Heppner Elementary-164; Irrigon Elementary-216; Windy River Elementary, Boardman-293; Heppner Jr./Sr. High-164; Irrigon Jr./ Sr. High-361; Riverside Jr./ Sr. High, Boardman-425; Morrow Education Center, Irrigon-54; total-2,275. -approved the follow- ing employment action for June: resignations/non-re- newals-David Boor, RJSHS head tennis coach, Osten Cerrrillo-Keelin, RJSHS science teacher, Rhonda Box-Grennan-RJSHS ju- nior high head track coach, Gary Klinger, IJSHS head custodian-6-28-19, Ivan Navarrete, IJSHS junior high head track coach, April Olsen, ABC room custo- dian, Bertha Alicia Presa, WRE ed assistant, Sean Shimer, RJSHS head base- ball coach, Renee Zielinski, food service coordinator; retirements-Florence Bank- ston, June 30; employment/ promotions/transfers-Kate- lyn Adams, HJSHS special ed teacher, 2019-20, Robert Firpo, IJSHS band/choir teacher 2019-20, Kathy Holcomb, district office business manager, Julie Longoria, IJSHS junior high science 2019-20, Lori McCabe, Heppner schools summer custodian, Dale Tim McCreary, IJSHS sci- ence teacher 19-20, Car- melita Morrison, IJSHS assistant cook 19-20, Ash- lee Muller, ACH/IES PE teacher, April Olsen, IES fifth-grade teacher 19-20, Jamie Richmond, IES head cook 19-20; extra duty contracts-Jackie Alleman, Myrtle Conlon, Lindsey Hodges, Misty Johansen and Lisa Potter, all summer food program. -approved the 2018- 19 spring coaching staff recommended for rehire for 2019-20 (Heppner list- ed only): HHS-Timothy Wilkins, head baseball, Scott Coe, assistant base- ball, Russ Nichols and Lau- ra Winters, head/assistant tack, Greg Grant, head golf, Matt Scrivner, assistant golf, Rick Johnston, head softball, Janelle Ellis and Mike Correa, both half time assistant softball; HJH-An- tonia Nichols, head track, Brandi Sweeney, assistant track. -adopted a resolution accepting and appropriating unanticipated revenues as follows: $5,000 from the Morrow County Health District; $1,403-Tremco Roofing, $8,711.10 from Columbia River Technolo- gies to RJSHS, $1,000 from Camps for Kids to HJSHS ASB Athletics fund. -adopted rescinded, new or revised policies as follows: Individual Board Member’s Authority and Responsibilities, Un- manned Aircraft Systems, Mother Friendly Work- place, Staff-HIV, AIDS and HBV, Staff-Student-Parent Relations, Hazing, Harass- ment, Intimidation, Bully- ing, Menacing or Cyber- bullying, Domestic Vio- lence, Harassment, Sexual Assault of Stalking Leave, Interscholastic Activities, Graduation Requirements, Staff-Student-Parent Rela- tions, Admission of Nonres- ident Students, Hazing-Ha- rassment-Intimidation-Bul- lying-Menacing Cyberbul- lying-Teen Dating Violence or Domestic Violence. -adopted new, revised or rescinded Ars-Hazing, Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying, Menacing or Cyberbullying Reporting Procedures, Graduation Requirements, Interdistrict Transfer of Resident Stu- dents, Hazing, Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying, Menacing, Cyberbullying or Teen Dating Violence Reporting Procedures-Stu- dent. -adopted a resolution for committed fund bal- ance. -approved annual orga- nization details. -approved the 2019-20 teacher pay of $211.40 per day. -authorized the county treasurer to invest district funds. -ratified contracts/ agreements as follows: OSEA 2019-20 insurance cap update, Confidential Agreement, Human Re- sources Assistant Executive Secretary Agreement-up- dated June 2019, Building Administrator Contract, Special Education Coor- dinator, Business Manager Contract, Executive Direc- tor of Human Resources Contract, Director of Ed- ucation Services Contract, Superintendent Contract. -heard the following announcements: OSBA summer board conference, July 19-21, administra- tion returns-August 1, staff in-service, August 19-22, students begin August 26; next board meeting, Mon- day, August 12, District Of- fice, HES; summer school schedule: June-ACH/IES- June 11-25, HHS-June 11-26, credit recovery only, IJSHS-June 11-27, RHS-June 11-26, credit recovery only; July/Au- gust-HES, July 30-August 13, ACH-July 30-August 13l, kinder jumpstart only, SBE/WRE-July 31-August 14, RJSHS-July 31-August 13. Caretaker prepares cemeteries for Memorial Day The Heppner Ceme- tery Maintenance District has hired Dana Wilson as the new caretaker. Wilson began work in February with plenty of time to pre- pare the Heppner Cemetery and three outlying proper- ties for Memorial Day, not counting on the late winter with weeks of rain as well as additional challenges of vehicle and equipment repairs. Kacie Gray was also hired to assist with the preparations allowing the cemetery to be ready just in time. Fallen headstones were repaired and others uncov- ered that had been almost completely covered by grass and dirt. The outly- ing cemeteries Upper Rhea Creek, Tippett and Pleasant Point were also mowed, weeds knocked down and headstones righted along with trees being removed that were either dying or damaging headstones. Anyone with questions or concerns regarding the cemeteries should contact a board member. The board consists of Janet Greenup, chair; Gerry Arnson, vice- chair and member Tom Wolff who appreciate the community of Heppner and visitors for their patience as the staff is learning the ropes of cemetery opera- tion. The Heppner Ceme- tery will have their regular meeting on Thursday, June 13th at 5:30 p.m. at the Ag Service Center con- ference room at 430 W Linden Way. Agenda items include cemetery opera- tions, rules & regulations amendments, minutes from previous meeting and finan- cial report. Meetings of the Heppner Cemetery Main- tenance District are open to the public according to ORS 192.640(1). For ques- tions contact Janet Greenup at 541-676-6768.
