SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Heppner middle school
wrestlers end season
SUPERINTENDENT
CANDIDATES
-Continued from PAGE ONE
Pictured standing (L-R): Irelynn Tarvin, Tyler Rice, Lincoln Ellsworth, Darby Spivey, Olson
Anderson, Chirs Humphrey, Quaid Jensen, Owen Guerra, Joe McMasters, Owen Cunningham,
Maddex McMasters (jr assistant), Emmett Cunningham, Kaden Hudson and Kooper Miller.
Kneeling: Zariah Martin, Landon McMahon, Journey Caven-Harris, K.C. Anderson, and head
coach Miles Binger. Not pictured: Emillia Caven-Harris, Mason Seitz, David Asbridge, Axton
Henderson, Landon Turner, Vinnie Proctor and assistant coach Ken Bailey.
The Heppner Middle
School Mustang wrestling
team just concluded their
season. The outstanding
team of 24 hardworking
middle school students,
grades five through eight,
are led by head coach,
Miles Binger and assistant
coach, Ken Bailey.
The middle school
Mustangs faced opponents
from all over eastern Or-
egon. Most recently they
battled tough competition at
the Eastern Regional Mid-
dle School Championship
in Boardman, OR. State
qualifiers from Regionals
were 8 th graders Landon
McMahon and Journey
Caven-Harris and 6 th grad-
ers Zariah Martin, Emillia
Caven-Harris, and KC An-
derson.
The number of female
athletes participating in
the sport is growing rap-
idly nationwide which led
to an all-girls bracket for
both the Regional and State
Championship. “The im-
provement this team has
made this season is truly
incredible. Middle school
wrestling is not separated
by size of school, 1A-6A
like high school. Oregon
middle school wrestlers are
all thrown into one big mix-
ing pot. We were competi-
tive and successful at the
meets, and I only get these
kids for roughly 45 days of
practice while many kids
on other teams practice year
round from as early as four-
years-old. We are working
on making that possible for
all of Heppner’s youth,”
said Coach Miles Binger.
“I believe every kid
should at least try it. Most
JH wrestling programs have
dropped by 25-30 percent
since last year. Over the
last four seasons my num-
bers are up 600 percent,
200 percent since last year,
including five brave and
courageous girls. I want
the kids on my team to reap
the rewards of not only the
physical part of wrestling
but also all the social bene-
fits. Wrestling builds char-
acter by teaching kids how
to overcome obstacles, han-
dle their emotions, respect
authority, accept criticism
and the importance of being
a good teammate. Success
has to be earned through
hard work, grit, account-
ability and determination.”
Binger continued.
“I wouldn’t be able to
do this for the kids without
the continued help of Eva
McMasters, Ken Bailey,
Zac Brown, Matt Combe,
Greg Grant, Jessica Lentz,
Tiffany Greenup, Dar-
cy Robinson and Deiter
Waite,” Binger added.
“Once you’ve wrestled,
Everything else in Life is
easy” -Legendary Coach,
Dan Gable.
The Heppner Ranger
District is recruiting four
students between the ages
of 15 and 18 for summer
employment in the Youth
Conservation Corps (YCC).
Work can include noxious
weed removal, fence re-
moval and construction,
trail maintenance, meadow
restoration, campground
maintenance, slash piling,
marking timber, removal of
tubing from tree seedlings,
and fire line construction
around logged units on the
Heppner Ranger District.
The program will last
six to eight weeks begin-
ning June 20, 2022. Youth
will be paid $15 per hour.
No previous experience is
required. Applicants must
be 15 years old on the start
date of May 1, 2022, and
not reach the age of 19
during the term of the em-
ployment in the program;
have a social security num-
ber or have made appli-
cation to obtain one and
obtain parental or legal
guardian consent to enroll
in the program.
To apply, all interested
candidates must complete
and submit a signed ap-
plication. Hardcopy appli-
cations can be picked up
at Forest Service offices
in Heppner and Pendleton
and at local high schools.
Additionally, the applica-
tion is available online at
https://tinyurl.com/5fvw-
director of education ser-
vices, Erin Stocker, exec-
utive director of human
resources, and Matt Combe,
Ryan Keefauver, David
Norton, Rose Palmer, Di-
eter Waite, Kaira Rysdam,
John Christy, Jill Ledbetter,
Stephanie Ewing, Jamie
Carbray, Steven Sheller and
Marissa Turner.
-approved the follow-
ing employment action for
March: Resignations-Krys-
tal Corbaley, WRE ed assis-
tant, Tyler Davis, RJSHS
math teacher, end of school
year, Andrew Kirk, IJSHS
science teacher, end of
s c h o o l y e a r, C a n d i c e
Lindner, RJSHS language
arts teacher, Stephanni
McAninch, HJSHS junior
high track coach, Caitlin
Shimer, ACH first grade
teacher, end of school year;
Retirements-Dawn Callow,
RJSHS science teacher,
end of school year, Clair
Costello, RJSHS PE teach-
er, athletic director, head
boys’ basketball coach, end
of school year; Employ-
ment/Promotions/Trans-
fers-Krystal Corbaley, WRE
ed assistant, Edgar Duenas,
RJSHS facilities coordina-
tor, Sandra Gomez, Irrigon
Elementary head secretary,
Lanae Hexum, WRE music
teacher for 2022-2023; Ex-
tra Duty Contracts-Julisa
Garza, IJSHS assistant soft-
ball coach, Alex Lindsay,
HJSHS junior high assis-
tant track coach, Michelle
Patton, IJSHS junior high
assistant track coach.
-approved the follow-
ing contract teachers rec-
ommended for extension
for 2022-23 (Heppner listed
only): Heppner Elementa-
ry-Lynn Calvert, Melissa
Coiner, Sue Gibbs, Chelsea
Summer job opportunities offered
for local youth
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fj85. Applications will be
accepted from March 15,
2022, until 2 p.m. on April
15, 2022. Completed appli-
cations can be emailed to
cynthia.doherty@usda.gov
or turned in to the Heppner
Ranger District office via
mail or hand delivery at
117 S Main St., Heppner,
OR 97836.
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Matheny, Sara Matheny,
Andrea Nelson, Joselyn
Piper, Jeremy Rosenbalm,
Madison Rosenbalm; Hep-
pner JSHS-Katelyn Adams,
Ashley Beard, Jean Collins,
Beth Dickenson, John Fla-
herty, Dave Fowler, Greg
Grant, Troy Morgan, An-
drea Nelson, Jason Palmer,
Petra Payne and Jeremy
Rosenbalm.
-adopted a kindergarten
through grade 12 “Compre-
hensive sexuality Education
Plan” as required by ORS
336.455 which includes
courses on prevention and
control of disease, alcohol,
tobacco and other drug
prevention, promotion of
mental, social and emo-
tional health; violence and
suicide prevention; and
promotion of sexual health,
depending on the age level
of the student. According to
the district, the plans were
made up of sub-committees
consisting of principals,
teachers, district office per-
sonnel, parents and guard-
ians, community members
and medical/mental health
professionals.
-learned that the district
is continuing to receive
property taxes and revenue
in lieu of taxes more than
originally budgeted. “As
the end of year approaches,
we will continue to revise
the anticipated revenues
and expenditures,” accord-
ing to MCSD, with the fol-
lowing general fund report:
Revenues-$28,921,887,
2022 Estimated Expen-
ditures-$28,073,466,
Revenues Over Expendi-
tures-$848,421; Beginning
Fund Balance-$4,508,248,
Projected Ending Fund
Balance-$5,356,669.
-approved early gradu-
ation requests from: Daisy
Torres, Riverside Jr./Sr.
High School, Boardman,
Gabriela Iniguez, Cyrus
Piel, and Maria Schnei-
der, all Irrigon Jr./Sr. High
School.
-heard presentations
on the Sam Boardman Ele-
mentary SPURS Program,
and English Language
Learner and Language Arts
programs.
-adopted textbook rec-
ommendations as recom-
mended for the English
Language Learner and Lan-
guage Arts programs.
-received the follow-
ing enrollment report for
March: A.C. Houghton
Elementary, Irrigon (Kin-
dergarten-three)-215; Sam
Boardman Elementary,
Boardman (K-three)-352;
Heppner Elementary
(K-six); Irrigon Elementa-
ry (four-six)-190; Windy
River Elementary, Board-
man (four-six); Heppner
Jr./Sr. High School (sev-
en-12); Irrigon Jr. High
(seven-12)-372; Riverside
Jr./Sr. High School, Board-
man (seven-12)-488; Mor-
row Education Center, Irri-
gon-73; Total-2,283.
-received the following
enrollment by community
report for March: Board-
man, 1,094, plus 36 over
previous year; Heppner,
339, plus 23 over previous
year; Irrigon, 777, plus 13;
Morrow Education Center,
73, minus 50; district totals,
2,283, plus 22 over previ-
ous year.
-approved a resolution
accepting and appropriat-
ing unanticipated revenues
as follows: Sam Board-
man Elementary-$48.55 to
the ASB fund from Lamb
Weston-Benevity Com-
munity Impact Fund, $100
from the Haguewood Fam-
ily; Riverside Jr./Sr. High
School-$2,550 from the
National Association of
Agricultural Educators,
$13,129 from the Riverside
Booster Club.
-approved the first
reading of rescinded, new
or revised policies on: Loss
Coverage, Personnel Re-
cords and the Talented and
Gifted Program; rescinded
policies on Disclosure of
Information and the Tal-
ented and Gifted Program.
-adopted new, revised
or rescinded administrative
rules on Veteran’s Prefer-
ence, Family Leave, Spe-
cial Education-Individual-
ized Education Program,
Special Education-Proce-
dural Safeguards and the
Comprehensive Sexuality
Education Plan.
-held an executive ses-
sion “to consider the em-
ployment of a public officer,
employee, staff member or
individual agent.”
-heard the following
announcements: special
board meeting March 16
at 5 p.m. at the North Dis-
trict Office/via Zoom con-
cerning the superinten-
dent search; March 17,
noon-special meeting con-
cerning the superintendent
search; March 17-end of
third quarter; March 21-25
spring break; April 11, 7
p.m., next regular board
meeting; executive session
to consider the employ-
ment of a public officer,
employee, staff member or
individual agent.
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