Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 12, 2020 -- THREE
County offices
Men’s playday held remain open
A View from the Green
Nineteen men partici-
pated in the men’s playday
held at the Willow Creek
Country Club on Sunday,
August 9.
First place in gross was
Greg Grant with 64. Dave
Pranger was second with
67 and Ron Bowman came
in third with 71.
John Edmundson took
first in net with 57 and
Duane Disque came in sec-
ond with 58. Steve Marlatt
and Dave Creswick tied
for third place with a score
of 61.
Rick Johnston got a
16’1” KP on hole 4/13. Bar-
ry Munkers had KP second
shot on 6/15 at 3’.
The next men’s play
event will be held August
16 with Greg Grant, Matt
Scrivener and Charlie Fer-
guson hosting the par 3
challenge.
Over the Tee Cup
At the playday held
July 28, Nancy Propheter
had low gross of the field
and Virginia Grant had low
net. Shirley Martin and
Karen Haguewood tied for
the least putts of the field.
There were 14 ladies play-
ing in the cloudy and nice
weather that day.
Karen Thompson took
low gross for flight A and
Nancy Propheter had the
longest drive.
For flight B, Pat Ed-
mundson took low gross,
Pat Dougherty low net and
Sarah Rucker had the least
putts. Pat Edmundson also
took the long drive award.
Kris Lindner got low
gross for flight C. Kathy
Martin had low net and
there was a tie between
Lorene Montgomery and
Jeanne Creswick for least
putts. Karen Griffith had the
longest drive.
Karen Thompson had a
chip-in on number six and
Shirley Martin got hers on
number seven.
Harry Willis “Sam”
Scott
Restricts onsite access to
employees and appointments
Morrow County is
committed to making ev-
ery effort to prevent, slow
and stop the spread of
COVID-19 to our citizens.
County officials encourage
everyone to limit their con-
tacts in the community and
conduct business with the
county online, by phone or
appointment.
As of 8 a.m. August
3, 2020, all county build-
ings will be restricted to
employees only, unless by
appointment.
Citizens will need
to interface with county
departments through the
phone system, website and
email resources. Citizens
who do not have access to
a computer or don’t feel
comfortable doing busi-
ness virtually, can contact
the county via phone and
they will address the needs
individually.
Phone numbers and
email addresses for the staff
are listed on the website at
www.co.morrow.or.us. To
schedule appointments,
department phone numbers
are listed below. Response
time may vary depending
on staffing.
The August 4 playday
had 14 players and they
reported it was a perfect,
sunny golf day.
Nancy Propheter had
the low gross of the field on
that day also. Eva Kilkenny
had low net. Karen Thomp-
son, Lorene Montgomery,
Kathy Martin and Mary
Riggs tied for the least putts
of the field.
Flight A had Virginia
Grant taking low gross and
Nancy Propheter had K.P.
Karen Haguewood was
the low gross winner, Shir-
ley Martin had low net and
Tiffany Clement had the
least putts for flight B. Kar-
en Haguewood also got K.P.
For flight C, Pat Dough-
erty had low gross and
Jeanne Creswick took low
net. Karen Smith Griffith
had the least putts and Pat
Dougherty got K.P.
Lorene Montgomery
The Morrow County
got a chip-in on hole 14 School District Board of
and Nancy Propheter had Directors met on Tuesday,
birdies on 10, 14 and 18.
August 4 to discuss the
Morrow County School
District Comprehensive
Distance Learning (CDL)
plan, an adjusted school
calendar and a professional
development plan to sup-
Students may also pay their port staff in implementation
$10 ASB fee and pick up of CDL.
When students start the
their HES t-shirts. Parents
of kindergarten students 20-21 school year, it will
are asked to provide their not be in the classroom, but
student’s birth certificate from their homes. Restric-
and immunization records tions by the state, along with
local cases of COVID-19,
at that time.
Additional information are dictating that Morrow
on hours and procedures County School District will
will be provided at a later
date. There will be other confirmed. There will be
communication from ad- ongoing communication
ministration as updates are from the MCSD office on
provided from the state and meal service and the effort
daily instruction schedules to provide support to the
and school activities are HES families.
Administration 541-
676-2529; Juvenile 541-
676-5642 Heppner or 541-
481-2112 Bdmn; Assess-
ment and Taxation 541-
676-5607; Board of Com-
missioners 541-676-5613;
Planning Dept. 541-922-
4624; Clerk 541-676-5604;
Public Health 541-676-
5421 Heppner or 541-481-
4200 Bdmn; Circuit Court
541-676-5264; District
Attorney 541-676-5626;
Public Works/Roads/Parks
541-989-9500; Fair 541-
676-9474; Finance 541-
676-5617; Sheriff’s Office
541-676-5317; Human
Resources 541-676-5620;
Surveyor 541-443-2920;
Justice Court 541-676-5644
Heppner or 541-922-4082
Irrigon; The Loop 541-
676-5667; Treasurer 541-
676-5630; Veterans Serv.
541-922-6420.
Morrow County will
continue to fulfill the ob-
ligations of the county.
These efforts to reduce
the impact of COVID-19
will remain in effect until
further notice. The county
appreciates your patience
during this time.
Harry Willis “Sam” sons. Sometimes he was
Scott, 87, of Heppner died, only home for one night
Friday, May 8, 2020 at his after hauling for two weeks.
home. A memorial
Jessie once told Rob-
service with mili-
ert (who was about
tary honors will be
10), “Dad will be
held at the Heppner
home tonight.” Rob-
City Park at 11
ert said, “Oh good
a.m. on Saturday,
we can have a full
August 15, 2020.
meal.” For two years
Masks should be
in Sam’s early years
Willis
worn, and social Harry
he did road construc-
“Sam” Scott
distancing should
tion in Granite and
be observed. There
Sumpter. While in
will not be a meal following that area, there were sever-
the service.
al children that called him
Scott was born Decem- grandpa. They were Bon-
ber 22, 1932 at Vale, OR, nie, Maliki, Mazie, Christy
the son of Orville and Irene and Ariana. He loved them
Postma Scott. Sam had four all.
sisters and one brother. In
Sam was a member of
June of 1953 he was draft- the Heppner Elks Lodge
ed into the United States #358, and the Veterans of
Army. Sam was honorably Foreign Wars.
discharged in 1955.
Survivors include his
On February 12, 1956 wife, Jessie of Heppner;
he married his best friend, sisters, Eleanor of Rose-
Jessie Matteson. The couple burg and Barb of Phoenix;
had two children, Robert many nieces and nephews
and Robin. According to his including nieces, Bonnie
family, Sam was a husband, and Connie of Washing-
good father and a hard ton, Cheryl of Vale, Lela
worker.
of Prineville and Tony of
He hauled logs all over Arizona.
Oregon and some in Wash-
He was preceded in
ington, where he drove 50 death by his parents; a son,
years without an accident. Robin; sisters, Betty and
Sam retired for health rea- Dorothy and a brother,
Walter; a niece, Sherry and
nephew, Joey.
Memorial contributions
Teachers will return to may be made to the donor’s
their buildings on August charity of choice. Sweeney
24 with the expectation of Mortuary of Heppner is in
working from their schools care of arrangements. The
as long as county metrics online condolence book is
and state guidance allow available at www.sweeney-
for it. Students’ first day of mortuary.com.
virtual instruction will be
September 8. No additional for face-to-face instruction
adjustments will need to be just as soon as state metrics
made to the district calen- as defined by ODE and our
dar, as the district has ample local government officials
instructional time, even support doing so,” said
with the adjusted calendar. Dirksen.
Morrow County
Schools, in partnership
with families and commu-
nities, provide each student
the opportunity to develop
values, knowledge, skills
and self-confidence to be-
come life-long learners and
responsible citizens.
Dirk Dirksen, Superin-
tendent of MCSD, said the
district is committed to pro-
viding robust professional
Morrow County Health
development for teachers
and staff to ensure they can Department reported that
successfully implement an individual reported to
Comprehensive Distance have COVID-19 has died.
Morrow County’s third
Learning.
“We didn’t have ade- COVID-19 death is an
quate time in the spring to 85-year-old female from
prepare our teachers for on- north Morrow county. She
line instruction and we have died on July 21 st at an out-
learned a lot about what of-state hospital. This in-
works and what doesn’t, dividual had underlying
which we know will help health conditions.
This is an incredibly
as we start the year,” Dirk-
sen said. “Along with the sad announcement and
accountability measures set Morrow County Emergen-
out by the state, we are con- cy Management encourages
fident that our professional everyone to be respectful as
development efforts will a family in our community
support all of our students, grieves. Those who are in
including our most vulner- need of support during this
able students. As a district, difficult time should contact
we look forward to wel- Community Counseling
coming our students back Solutions at 541-676-9161.
School District develops plan
HES to hold online
registration
Heppner Elementary
School student registration
will be online through the
HES website (hes.morrow.
k12.or.us). New families
and families unable to ac-
cess the parent portal are
asked to call the HES office
for more information or to
schedule an appointment to
meet in person at the front
of the school building.
Students will be able
to check-out their chrome
book and any other required
materials in front of HES
from August 26 - Sept 3.
Obituaries
Due to Governor Brown requiring Morrow County
to return to Phase 1, Wheatland Insurance offices
in Ione and Heppner are open for business but
will be closed to the public until further notice.
Thank you and stay safe!
begin school with Compre-
hensive Distance Learning
for all students. This model
will be different than the
Distance Learning for All
approach implemented by
districts in the spring where
districts had to pivot almost
overnight from traditional,
in-person instruction in
schools to online learning.
Teachers who had never
taught online and students
who had never learned
online had to struggle with
technology issues, internet
connection challenges and
more. Additionally, in the
spring, the Oregon Depart-
ment of Education (ODE)
did not institute stringent
guidelines about hours of
instruction, grading, atten-
dance and student progress.
Those are just a handful of
ways the 20-21 school year
will be different, in addition
to extra professional devel-
opment plans that are set
to unfold as early as next
week, to ensure that staff
will be ready to take on this
endeavor.
In addition to the dis-
cussion around the MCSD
CDL plan, the Board of Di-
rectors adopted an updated
2020-2021 school calendar,
moving the first student day
to Tuesday, September 8,
after the Labor Day holiday.
This adjustment to the cal-
endar will allow for ample
time for staff to receive
professional development
that will ensure successful
implementation of the dis-
trict plan, with the ability
to customize for individual
school and family needs.
Third
COVID
death in
Morrow
County
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