Ione Education Foundation to hold 5th annual fundraising dinner
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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.
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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.
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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
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