SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 14, 2019
New MCSD Board Chair sworn in
Barney Lindsay
Becky Kindle
Richard Cole
By April Sykes
Barney Lindsay, Lex-
ington area, was sworn in as
the Morrow County School
Board Chair at the board’s
first meeting of the 2019-20
school year Monday night
at Heppner Elementary. He
succeeds Becky Kindle of
Heppner who has served as
chair for the last four years.
Richard Cole was sworn
in as vice-chair. The entire
board was also sworn in by
the new chair.
At the meeting, Su-
perintendent Dirk Dirksen
presented a timeline for the
upcoming district bond levy
which will go to a vote in
May of 2021.
A bond levy meeting
between the board and ar-
chitects, the DLR Group,
discussing the vision for
district-wide workshops is
planned for this September.
Advisory workshops are
planned in Boardman in
October 2019, Heppner in
November, Irrigon in Jan-
uary 2020 and then again
in Boardman and Heppner
in February and March of
2020. A presentation of the
draft will be held in Irrigon
at the April 2020 board
meeting and community
listening sessions with the
DLR Group are planned
in each community in May
2020. An advisory work-
shop by DLR is scheduled
for September 2020 and
the final presentation to the
board is planned for the Oc-
tober 2020 board meeting.
Community presentations
are planned for January,
February, March and April
2021 before the bond goes
to a vote in May 2021.
In other business, the
board:
-approved the Heppner
softball facility lease agree-
ment.
-adopted the 2019-20
Board Goals;
-adopted a resolution
naming bank signers.
-accepted and appropri-
ated unanticipated revenues
consisting of $2,000 to A.C.
Houghton Elementary, Irri-
gon, from Exxon Mobile;
and $33,679 to Irrigon Jr./
Sr. High School from the
CREZ II Board.
-approved the follow-
ing employment action:
resignations/non-renewals
for Riley Gorham, RJSHS
junior high assistant foot-
ball coach, JoAnna Lamb,
ACH ed assistant, Lau-
ra Ponce, Windy River
Elementary ed assistant,
Cindy Greenup
Benefit Dinner and Auction
Saturday, September 7, 2019
Starting at 6:00 pm
Morrow County Fairgrounds
Adrian Roa, Irrigon Jr./Sr.
High School junior high
assistant boys’ basketball
coach, Sean Shimer, RJSHS
ed assistant, Jacquelynn
Whitesell, Sam Boardman
Elementary special educa-
tion teacher; retirements for
Mary Ann Elguezabal, Hep-
pner schools ELL teacher
and Lois Tallman, SBE ed
assistant; employment/pro-
motions/transfers for Jerry
Bair, ACH assistant custo-
dian, Mariela Barrera-Gar-
cia, WRE ed assistant, Adri-
ana Cadenas Garcia, WRE
ed assistant, Marikza Esc-
obedo, District Office/WRE
food service coordinator,
Melissa Foster SBE tem-
porary third grade teach-
er, Jim Gordanier, IJSHS
head custodian, Christo-
pher Hardcastle, ACH full-
time assistant custodian,
Rebecca Harris, RJSHS
ed assistant, Bruce Krug,
SBE temporary special ed
teacher, Jordan Mittelsdorf,
RJSHS temporary special
ed teacher, Kevin Reming-
ton, SBE life skills/special
Recent widespread
rainfall and cooler weather
conditions across the Uma-
tilla National Forest has de-
creased fire danger, prompt-
ing fire managers to lift
all public use restrictions
pertaining to recreational
chainsaw use, smoking and
off-road travel, effective
12:01 a.m. on August 13.
The public is encour-
aged to practice safe camp-
fire principles when recre-
ating in dispersed and de-
veloped campsites. Forest
officials recommend the
following campfire safety
precautions:
-Campfires should be in
fire pits surrounded by dirt,
rock or commercial rings
and in areas not conducive
to rapid fire spread. All
flammable material shall be
cleared within a three-foot
radius from the edge of the
pit and free of overhanging
material. Use existing pits
wherever possible.
-Campfires must be
attended at all times and
completely extinguished
prior to leaving.
MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
Morrow County Fair
&
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo
We will be serving up tasty
Hand-Dipped Corn Dogs
Elephant Ears
&
More!
ed teacher, Becky Seewer,
ACH half-time department
secretary/half time ed assis-
tant, Jessica Stelk, HJSHS
behavior technician, Ste-
fanie Sweeney, HES ed
assistant, Sarah Wagoner,
Irrigon Elementary/ABC
Room behavior tech, Deb-
ora White, IES Title ed as-
sistant; extra duty contracts
for Cole Ashby, RJSHS as-
sistant high school football
coach, Tyler Davis, RJSHS
head baseball coach, Hans
Rockwell, RJSHS head
high school girls’ wrestling
coach and Katrina Vander-
Ploeg, RJSHS head tennis
coach.
-heard the following
announcements: Oregon
School Board Association
regional meeting October
17; OSBA annual con-
vention, November 14-17;
2019/20 staff in-service
August 19-22; students
begin August 26; MCSD
attendance campaign
meeting August 28, 6 p.m.,
Sage Center, Boardman; no
school Monday, September
2, Labor Day holiday; next
board meeting, Monday,
September 9, RJSHS.
Public Use Restrictions lifted on the
Umatilla National Forest
ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE:
This weekend at the
MCSD School board members sworn in by newly installed
board chair Barney Lindsay. -Photos by April Sykes.
-Persons with camp-
fires should carry a tool that
can serve as a shovel and
one gallon of water in their
possession. The intent of
this recommendation is to
ensure individuals with a
campfire to have the tools
necessary to completely
extinguish their campfire.
The public’s awareness
of the current fire danger
and cooperation is essen-
tial to a safe fire season.
Recreationists, firewood
cutters, hunters and other
forest users can all help by
closely adhering to restric-
tions, operating safely and
cautiously and keeping up
to date on the latest orders
and regulations.
For more information
about the Umatilla Na-
tional Forest’s Public Use
Restrictions, please con-
tact our Pendleton office
at 541-278-3716, call our
Forest Information Hotline
at 1-877-958-9663 or visit
our website at www.fs.usda.
gov/umatilla/.
Correction
In last week’s G-T it was reported that Ida Farra
celebrated her 102 nd birthday at the Willow Creek Valley
Assisted Living. It was actually celebrated at the Pioneer
Nursing Home. The editor apologizes for this error.
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