Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 19, 2023 - NINE
School District remains optimistic
about state budget
-Continued from PAGE ONE motions/transfers: Albro, Teacher – 2023/24 – SBE;
competitions and leader-
ship training.
Heppner TSA members
Madison Palmer and Trevor
Nichols are also state offi-
cers. The state TSA confer-
ence is April 20.
In other business, the
board:
-heard from Special
Education Coordinator Ma-
rissa Turner that they are
doing a math intervention
curriculum adoption for
special ed K-12;
-approved an early
graduation request from
Irrigon High School student
Alexa Ketelson;
-approved receipt of
unanticipated revenue from
Good Shepard Community
Health Foundation in the
amount of $4995 to Riv-
erside Jr./Sr. High School
and $7,350 to Irrigon Jr./Sr.
High School; and
-heard that dis-
trict-wide enrollment is up
over last year, with 2,289
MCSD students in April
2023 compared to 2,274 in
April 2022, with the larg-
est gain in Heppner at 357
compared to 338 last April;
-learned of the resigna-
tions of Bo Bourasa, HES
K-2 Teacher (will be fin-
ishing the 2022/23 school
year), Marie Cain, RJSHS
Head Volleyball Coach,
Maria Covarrubia, SBE
Educational Assistant, Alex
Lindsay, HJSHS JH Track
Coach, Mandi Parsons, IES
Special Education Teacher
(will be finishing school
year), Italia Rodriguez,
IJSHS Educational Assis-
tant, Madison Rosenbalm,
HES Third Grade Teacher
(will be finishing the school
year) and Edith Velasco,
RJSHS JH Assistant Track
Coach;
-approved the fol-
lowing employment/pro-
Eric – JH Science Teach-
er – 2023/24 – RJSHS;
Azurin, Elijah – Music
Teacher - 2023/24 – WRE;
Beard, Ashley – Instruc-
tional Coach – 2023/24
– MCSD; Chavez-Sier-
ra, Kimberly – 5th Grade
Teacher – 2023/24 – WRE;
Edwards, Stephanie – 6th
Grade Teacher – 2023/24
– WRE; Gerry, Saman-
tha – PE/Interventionist
– 2023/24 – HES; Hard-
ing, Johnathon – Music/
Choir Teacher – 2023/24
– IJSHS; Harshberger,
Richard – Instructional
Coach- 2023/24 – MCSD;
Hodgdon, Cynthia – 3rd
Grade Teacher – 2023/24
– ACH; Kennison-Kerri-
gan, Dawn – Instructional
Coach - 2023/24 – MCSD;
Lopez, April – 1st Grade
Teacher – 2023/24 – ACH;
McCreary, Dale – Science
Teacher – 2023/24 – IJSHS;
Meyer, Stacy – 2nd Grade
Teacher – 2023/24 – ACH;
Mitchell, Martha – 2nd
Grade Teacher – 2023/24
– SBE; Mittelsdorf, Jordan
– Kindergarten Teacher
– 2023/24 – SBE; Nitz,
Deidra – 1st Grade Teacher
– 2023/24 – SBE; Parker,
Jennifer – Educational As-
sistant – 2023/24 – HES;
Rambo, Alyssa – 3rd Grade
Roberts, Joshua – Social
Studies Teacher – 2023/24
– RJSHS; Rodriguez, Adair
– Educational Assistant
– 2023/24 – RJSHS; Roy-
er, Mike – Counselor –
2023/24 – IJSHS; Savage,
Amber – 1st Grade Teacher
– 2023/24 – SBE; Smith,
BeAnn – 2nd Grade Teach-
er – 2023/24 – SBE; Stre-
bin, Alicia – Title Teacher
– 2023/24 – SBE; Wares,
Quentin – Assistant Cus-
todian – IJSHS; Wilson,
Melanie – Assistant Custo-
dian – HES;
-approved the follow-
ing extra duty contracts:
Duenas, Edgar – Temporary
JH Assistant Track Coach –
RJSHS; Sweeney, Brandi
– JH Assistant Track Coach
– HJSHS; Velasco, Edith
– Temporary HS Assistant
Track Coach – RJSHS;
-heard that the OSBA
Summer Conference is
Aug. 11-13 at Salem Con-
vention Center, Steam Fri-
day is April 28, Teacher
Appreciation Week is May
8-12, the budget committee
meeting is Tuesday, May 9
at 5:30 p.m. at Irrigon Jr/Sr
High School, and the next
regular board meeting is
Tuesday, May 9, at 6 p.m. at
Irrigon Jr/Sr High School.
Sixteen participated in
men’s play at Willow Creek
Country Club on Sunday,
April 16. The results are as
follows:
KP #4-13, Tim Wright,
13’10”.
KP second shot #6-15,
Charlie Ferguson, 5’10”.
Net—first, Tim Wright,
58; second, Tim Hedman,
59; third (tie), Curtis Day
and Dave Gunderson, 61.
Gross—first, Char-
lie Ferguson, 65; second,
Duane Disque, 67; third,
Jeff Edmundson, 70.
The next men’s play
will be April 23, host-
ed by Jeff Watkins, Jerid
Huddleston and Donald
Mathews. April 30 will be
the shootout—a two-man
event, so golfers need to
get their partners lined up
for that.
WCCC Sunday men’s
play
Grow Em’ and Show Em’ holds
Hunter
Greenup excels second goat, sheep meeting
By Jasper Hanna
and Tenley, president and
in bareback
On April 16, the Grow vice-president, read out
riding
Em’ and Show Em’ 4-H the schedule, which was
Hunter Greenup, the son
of Travis and Tiffanie
Greenup of Heppner, was
champion bareback rider
at Treasure Valley Com-
munity College Rodeo in
Ontario, OR earlier this
month. He placed third in
the first round, second in
the second round, second
in the shortgo and first
in the average. Greenup
is currently a student at
Blue Mountain Commu-
nity College.
Town and
Country
awards
banquet May 4
The Heppner Chamber
of Commerce will host its
annual Town and Country
awards banquet on Thurs-
day, May 4, at 6 p.m. at the
Gilliam & Bisbee Event
Center in Heppner.
A limited number of
tickets are for sale at the
Heppner Chamber of Com-
merce, Heppner City Hall,
and Murray’s Drug. Tickets
are $40 each, which in-
cludes a prime rib dinner by
Gateway Café and a no-host
bar provided by Bucknum’s
Tavern and Grill, a silent
auction and, of course, the
community awards presen-
tation.
group had its second goat-
sheep meeting, in which 12
members attended.
The meeting began
with the Pledge of Alle-
giance, which Axton Hen-
dricks led. Then they did
the 4-H Pledge, led by
Mikalie Duncan. After the
pledges, they did an M&M
ice breaker where they
shared interesting facts
about themselves.
After the ice breaker,
club members went over
the basics of Animal Health
Records, then Brooklyn
given to each member.
Some of the important
upcoming dates include
May 1-25, 4-H camp reg-
istrations; May 15-June 1,
OSU summer conference
registrations; and May 19,
4-H community service at
the Morrow County Fair-
grounds.
At the conclusion
of the meeting, they had
some time to document
important information.
The next club meeting is
scheduled for June 1 at 6
p.m.
Plant-based cooking class
planned at local church
The next Delightfully
Yummy vegetarian and
plant-based cooking class
will be Tuesday, April 25, at
7 p.m. The class is free, and
all are welcome. The class
is located at and hosted by
the Heppner Seventh-day
Adventist Church, 560 Mi-
nor Street, Heppner.
The showcase is Mex-
ican cuisine. Recipes and
samples will be available
at class. Call or text 541-
561-9132 to reserve a seat
and apron.
This event will also be
shared live on Facebook at
Delightfully Yummy.
FISHERMAN'S
NIGHT
Thursday,
April 20th
Oyster & Fish Dinner
Dinner at 6pm
Lodge at 8pm
Lots of Raffle Items!
Members & Guests Only