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.