Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 19, 2020 -- SEVEN
A View from the Green
Golfer gets hole in
one at WCCC
Over the Tee Cup
The August 11 playday
at Willow Creek Country
Club hosted 13 ladies on
a nice summer day. Nancy
Propheter earned low gross
of the field. Tiffany Clem-
ent got low net of the field
and Pat Dougherty had the
least putts.
Low gross for flight A
was a tie between Virginia
Grant and Karen Thomp-
son. Nancy Propheter got
K.P.
Flight B low gross went
to Judy Harris and Pat Ed-
mundson had low net. Kar-
en Haguewood had the least
putts and Tiffany Clement
got K.P.
On flight C Kathy Mar-
tin was the winner for low
gross and Kris Lindner took
low net. Lorene Montgom-
ery had the least putts and
Kathy Martin got K.P.
Golfers play Par 3
Challenge
The Willow Creek
Country Club men com-
peted in a Par 3 Challenge,
a modified course from
regular play, on Sunday,
August 16. Twenty golfers
participated.
In special events, Dave
Creswick got KP on #3/13
with 10’1/2” and also on
9/18 with 7’3”.
First place gross went
to Greg Grant with a score
Kyle Harrison got a hole in one at Willow Creek Country Club of 58 and Ron Bowman
on August 16 on hole number six. Kyle, a Heppner High School was second with 60. Dave
graduate and former member of the HHS varsity golf team, Pranger took third with 63
now lives in Helix, OR.
and Charlie Ferguson came
in fourth with 64.
Tom Shear was first
in net with 52 and the
second-place winner was
Barry Munkers with 53.
Loren Heideman and Dave
Gunderson tied for third
with 55.
The next scheduled
event will be the shootout,
which is a 27-hole event
with a partner. David All-
stott, Gary Watkins and
Dave Gunderson will be
hosting. The Ryder Cup is
scheduled for August 30,
with signups due at the
clubhouse by August 25.
Virtual 4-H Fashion Revue held
Novalee Campbell shows off
the outfit she put together for
the Ready to Wear contest in
the 4-H Fashion Revue.
The annual 4-H fash-
ion review was held via
six hours of Zoom on
Sunday, August 16 due to
COVID-19 restrictions.
The results were: Se-
nior - Isabella Orr, Champi-
on; Intermediate - Arianna
Worden, Champion; Junior
- Kylnn McNamee, Blue,
Savannah Browne, Res.
Champion and Ellie Sak,
Champion; Beginner - Au-
drey Sak, Res. Champion
and Eva Worden, Cham-
pion.
In the FR Challenge:
Junior Ellie Sak was Cham-
pion and Beginner Audrey
Sak was Champion.
In the My Favorite Out-
fit category, Intermediate
- Arianna Worden, Cham-
pion; Junior - Ellie Sak,
Blue, Klynn McNamee,
Res. Champion and Savan-
nah Browne, Champion;
Beginner - Audrey Sak,
Res. Champion and Eva
Worden, Champion.
For Ready to Wear:
Intermediate - Arianna
Worden, Champion; Junior
- Savannah Browne, Blue,
Klynn McNamee, Blue,
Jeweleana Chappell, Blue,
Ellie Sak, Res. Champion
and Novalee Campbell,
Champion; Beginner - Eva
Worden, Res. Champion
and Audrey Sak, Cham-
pion.
Isabella Orr, who will be a junior at Ukiah HS, models the Cousins Eva Worden, Kylnn McNamee and Arianna Worden
dress she made.
model during the 2020 Morrow County 4-H Fashion Revue.
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on district virtual
learning academies
Across the country,
school districts, students,
parents and teachers are
struggling with the effects
of COVID-19 on how to op-
erate schools, offer instruc-
tion and ensure students
continue to progress. In
Oregon, very few schools
will be able to have their
first day of school with all
K-12 students on-site in a
school building.
Despite the changing
guidelines from Oregon
Health Authority (OHA)
and the Oregon Depart-
ment of Education (ODE),
with the support of the
IMESD, its 18 component
school districts have de-
veloped Virtual Learning
Academies, programs that
offer online instruction with
benefits for districts and
students/families alike.
Some of the advantag-
es of the Virtual Learning
Academies are:
-Students remain en-
rolled in their own home
school district
-All grades are taught
by local licensed teachers
-Students have the flex-
ibility to combine online
and on-site classes
-Students can partici-
pate in extracurricular ac-
tivities (athletics, music,
clubs, etc.)
-Access to learning labs
for academic support &
enrichment
-Technology and in-
ternet access support is
provided
These programs are dif-
ferent than ODE’s Compre-
hensive Distance Learning
(CDL) model being used
by school districts this fall
in response to COVID-19.
The district-based acad-
emies allow parents and
students the opportunity
to remain enrolled and re-
ceive support from their
local school district, while
offering another learning
option in addition to their
district-based plan this
school year.
According to Erin
Lair, IMESD’s Director
of Teaching and Learning,
some districts have had
robust virtual academies
serving students for several
years. “While many of our
districts have already had
these in place, the constant-
ly changing needs, espe-
cially recently with school
closures, of educating stu-
dents have heightened the
necessity to offer stronger
online options,” Lair said.
T h i s s u m m e r, t h e
IMESD hired two new el-
ementary teachers for the
virtual programs. These
teachers will be providing
instruction in K-2 and 3-6
grade bands. They will
be meeting with students
and families and develop-
ing relationships alongside
structures and supports for
success this fall. Kristen
Simpson, the primary level
teacher, explained that a
student’s parent, guardian
or other “learning facilita-
tor” is as much a part of this
program and the fabric of
the student’s experience as
she is as the teacher.
Another asset is that
the school district is able
to retain the student, which
means retaining the state
funds allocated to that
student. Morrow County
School District’s Morrow
Academy has been a strong
program for several years.
For Marie Shimer, Director
of Educational Services at
Morrow County School
District, it’s more than re-
taining student funds, it’s
finishing the educational
journey with a student who
may have started kindergar-
ten in the district.
During COVID-19,
Shimer said that a few
district families have in-
quired about moving to
homeschooling or leaving
the district to enroll in a
web-based online academy,
both options that take state
funding away from the
district. However, when
Shimer explains Morrow
Academy and what it of-
fers, most families choose
to stay with MCSD. “Of
course, we don’t want our
enrollment to decrease, we
want our budgets to remain
stable,” Shimer said, “but
also, these are our kids, our
students and they live in our
communities. As a public
school, we are committed
to their success.”
In rural Union County,
Cove School District has
expanded its online learn-
ing program for the 20-21
school year. Previously, the
district used internet-based
platforms for credit re-
covery and some college
courses. Beginning this fall,
the Cove Virtual Learning
Academy will allow addi-
tional choices for families.
“Developing new options
for our learners, with sup-
port from the IMESD, has
been really positive for our
district,” said Earl Pettit,
Cove Superintendent.
IMESD’s Lair says
many students, especially
younger learners, definite-
ly benefit from in-person
instruction in a traditional
school setting, and Ore-
gon’s students, parents,
school administrators and
teachers really want to re-
turn to school buildings.
“The pandemic has created
a lot of uncertainty and
unease relating to educa-
tion; however, we have an
opportunity to pull from
these trials the pieces that
work. We must be ready
to embrace a landscape in
education that is forever
changed, one that focuses
on the importance of con-
nection to community and
multiple modalities to meet
the needs of our students,”
Lair said.
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