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Ione Education Foundation to hold 5th annual fundraising dinner m .M lIilml Bes h : '» ei/ell Newspaper Library l niver .tv o f Oregon Eugene, ÓR 97403 The lone Education Foundation annual meet ing and fundraising dinner is scheduled for Saturday, September 22, at the lone American Legion Hall. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. and will be followed by a 6 p.m. social hour and dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the Bank o f Eastern Oregon in lone or at the door and cost $25 for adults, $10 for children 7-12, and free for children six and under. The dinner menu consists of prime rib, crab, shrimp, and all the trim mings including dessert and beverages. An auction will follow the dinner and will include lone School memo rabilia as well as items that the shop and entrepreneur class have built, including a playhouse, Adirondack type chairs, picnic table, and oth er hand-crafted items. A spe cial feature this year is the auctioning o f a 1950 Model C International Harvester Farinai 1 row crop tractor. This tractor was brought from the corn and soybean country o f southern Indiana to lone for restoring. Raffle tickets w ill be available on items including a spa package from Adrian Swanson o f Ooh-La-La Salon in Pendleton, a GPS, and a gift certificate for a "Taste o f Perfection" at Hotel Condon Steakhouse & Lounge. This year, the lone Education Foundation is providing a grant of $60,000 to fund a new elementary teacher at the lone Com munity School. This grant is funded primarily from the dinner and auction pro ceeds. The foundation also Steve Schaber's ju n io r high E n tre p re n e u r class, consisting of 6"’, 7*, and M"' graders, built this playhouse to be auctioned off at the lone e ducation Foundation fundraising dinner. T he class began building the play house at the beginning of 2007 and it took approximately four months to complete. The Foundation fronted the SI,000 that it cost to build the playhouse and the shingles were donated. Schaber's goal is to form a partnership between the class and the Foundation so that he will he able to teach more techniques and continue building items that could be used to raise monev for the Foundation. uses dues paid to fund Tier II grants that provide class room globes, Walkman play ers for CD stories and tape, a field trip to OMSI, Artist in Residence - International Folk Dance, Robotics Team Program-Mindstorm, Camp 5 - theme oriented enhanced learning classes, history class field trip to Whitman M ission and Fort Walla Walla, and Entrepreneur and Shop class supplies which helped to build many o f this year's auction items. For more informa tion about the lone Educa tion Foundation, call 541- 422-7435. lone School Board approves employee pre-tax benefit VOL. 126 NO. 38 8 Pages Wednesday, September 19,2007 MCGG manger says market good, but might not last M orrow C oun ty Grain Growers Manager Joha RippJe,.say^ he does not expect the strong white wheat market to last, but while it is here it is good for the local economy. Ripple w as speaking to the Heppner Chamber of Commerce last week when he said this years 8$ to $9 bushel white wheat price was giving growers in the county some breathing room after years o f low prices, but that there would be several factors that might come in and drive prices down. Ripple said there was a drought in Australia and some cut back in pro duction in the United States that was helping to drive prices up, but higher prices might draw more growers back into production "and ruin this market," he said. He also said that hedge funds were also driving the price in the higher market. Ripple said many growers were selling o ff their crop at production and that caused up to one half the co-op's grain storage to be filled with Idaho wheat this year. Ripple also said that as far as total wheat produc tion Morrow County had an “average” year. There was a hot May and then the rain in June “saved a train wreck", he added. Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon St. Jude’s Bike- a-thon to be held The St. Jude’s Bike- a-thon is set for Sunday, Sept. 23. Bicyclists can ride from Ruggs to lone or just ride laps around the block at the City o f lone. The event is expected to be an afternoon o f family fund. There will be prizes and refreshments will also be served. Pledge sheets may be picked up at Hair 1 Am, Murray's, Heppner Family Foods, lone Community School, or by contacting Lynn Dee Ramos at 422- 7559. Anyone needing a ride should meet at the lone or Heppner parks. For more informa tion contact Judy Davis at 676-9256. Spivey joins lone School staff Garrett takes first buck Stefanie Spivey Mercede« (ia rre tt, has been archery hunting for the last three years and finally got her first buck this year. She has taken a doe every year in the ( olumhia Basin Unit. M er cedes is the only one in her family that archery hunts for deer. The H eppner (¿azette-Times ssants to see pictures of your trophy animals. Send photos and information to da- vid (a heppner.net. S te fa n ie S p iv e y joined the lone Community School’s stafT this year as a second grade teacher. Spivey graduated magna cum laude from East ern Oregon University with a major in multidisciplinary studies and a minor in ele mentary education. She was a substitute teacher at Hep pner Elementary School and fulfilled her student training under Jannie Allen. This is her first year teaching. Spivey, a Heppner resident, moved to Heppner with her family when she was in 8,h grade. She and her husband, Brian, have a daughter, Katie, who is eight months old. The lone School Board, at their regular meet ing Monday night, approved a fringe benefit plan with American Fidelity Assur ance Company which would allow lone School District employees to deduct medi cal, dental and day care costs from their paychecks before taxes. Also at the m eet ing Superintendent Bryn Browning reported that the school’s enrollment as o f September 10 was 66 students in kindergarten through grade five; 40 in grades six through eight; and 52 in grades nine through 12. Browning said the latest enrollment figures show an increase o f seven students from last year and the school has 15 new faces this year. The school’s Hispanic popu lation is now 23 students, an increase o f eight students from 2006-07. Browning said that the Hispanic popu lation now comprises 14.5 percent o f the total school population. In other business, the board: -learned that the district's Title funds will be reduced to $5,042.29 for 2007-08, a decrease o f $11,414.91 from last year. The board heard that Title funds were reduced for many districts. -learned that the dis trict received basic school support totaling $116,268, which will be the standard monthly payment. The dis trict also received $ 1,974 in property taxes. -learned that the dis trict is receiving an interest rate o f 5.28 percent on its money invested with the state and received $3,392 in interest for the month of August. -learned that the district received a $9,750 Northwest Textbook re fund. MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. / \ to act as lifeguard and the district is also using student lifeguards and classroom teachers to supervise. An elem entary family swim night is planned September 27. The pool is being heated with the boiler during the w eek, but the heat is shut off on weekends. -learned that Brow n- ing is hosting a trivia contest for middle and high school students each week and the elem entary teachers are hosting a geography question each week. Two winners from the middle school and high school will be announced each week. Prizes are donated by area businesses. -learned that in the school's first fire drill on September 10, students and staff were out of the building in less that one minute and at their designated spots on the football field in one minute and 29 seconds. However, the security company had not called the fire station to warn them o f the drill and the fire station alarm sounded. -accepted the resig nation o f Dean Robinson as athletic director as o f June 2008. -approved the fol lowing staff recommenda tion: Erin Heideman, mid dle school girls' basketball coach. -approved a co-op agreement with Heppner for speech and debate for 2007-08. -heard the following announcements: lone Edu cation Foundation auction. Saturday, September 22; board goal-setting session, Friday, September 28. 8 a.m.; Oregon School Board Association, fall meeting, Thursday. October 4; Octo ber board meeting. Monday. October 15; OSBA annual conference. November 9-11, Portland. At th e MCGG GREEN FEED STORE in H ep p n er: U /i fa v i io t i o\j frn ÿio o4 F a U cotoni to d io o 4i {¡ro **! ^tV. ^ ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: -learned that the cost center for the elementary school is over budget w ith the addition o f a new el ementary teacher, accord ing to Denyce Kelly o f the ESD, however “the district’s instruction function remains in a strong position at this time.” -learned that the high school's heating and air con ditioning system is running, due to work by Loyal Burns and Eclipse. Browning said Burns helped trouble-shoot electrical issues. -learned that repairs and maintenance have been completed on the main boil er system. -learned that Kayla LaRue has fixed the pool chlorinator, which is ex pected to get the district through the end o f the pool season. -learned that Bob Naims o f the Morrow Coun ty Road Department has been contacted to paint the crosswalk over the lone- Gooseberry Road. The w ork w as expected to be complet ed by the week o f September 10, but had not been done by September 17. -learned that the lights in the gyms must be replaced because the lights could cause burning o f the eyes. Brow ning said it could cost the district at least $6,000 to replace the bulbs. However, the board learned that ESD has been ordering new lighting for many o f the smaller school districts that still use the lights and may be able to get them at a reduced cost. -learned that the middle school and elemen tary school are using the pool for three hours a day during PE, the teachers have a swim hour in the afternoons and both the \ ol- leyball and football teams use the pool after practice. Kayla LaRue has returned 0 Pansies $ 1 . 1 9 * Asters $ 3 .9 9 * a :M um s$3.99 • Kale & Cabbage $ 3 .9 9 r * M orrow C ounty d ra in G rowers Green F eed A S eed 2 4 2 W. Linden Way, Heppner • 6 7 6 -9 4 2 2 • 9 8 9 -8 2 2 1 (MCGG main office) I
