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Ione Education Foundation’s 13 th annual Lady Cards launch
into volleyball
dinner and auction set for Sept. 26
season
The annual dinner and
auction to benefit the Ione
Education Foundation will
take place Saturday, Sept.
26, at the Legion Hall in
Ione.
The evening will begin
with a social hour at 6 p.m.
The prime rib and cedar
plank salmon dinner will be
served at 7 p.m., followed
by the auction. Dinner tick-
ets are available at Bank of
Eastern Oregon in Ione or
at the door. Prices are $25
for adults and $10 for ages
7-12; children six and under
are free. The dinner ticket
includes two drinks.
The auction will feature
a variety of fun and practi-
cal items. There will also be
raffle items and grab bags
with set prices for children
Dustin Padberg will return as auctioneer at this year’s Ione and adults. Dustin Padberg
Education Foundation dinner and auction, planned for Sept. will again regale the crowd
as auctioneer.
26. –Contributed photo
The event is the pri-
mary fundraiser for the Ione
Education Foundation. All
proceeds from the event
benefit students at the Ione
Community School. Din-
ner sponsors include the
Bank of Eastern Oregon,
Devin Oil, ICABO, Mid-
Columbia Producers, Mor-
row County Grain Growers
and Wheatland Insurance.
Marvin Padberg and his
team work hard to catch and
donate fresh salmon. Event
organizers say no one will
go away hungry.
Everyone is invited to
join the Ione community
for an evening of food, fun
and fellowship on Saturday,
Sept. 26, in Ione. To donate
auction items, please con-
tact Joe McElligott at 541-
422-7257 or Tara Proudfoot
at 541-422-7538.
TransCanada shows appreciation to Ione
community
The company’s GTN pipeline has been a neighbor for more
than 50 years
TransCanada, the en-
ergy company that owns the
Gas Transmission North-
west pipeline, showed its
appreciation to the peo-
ple of Ione at the Back to
School barbecue on Thurs-
day, Sept. 10.
“We were pleased to be
part of the Ione barbecue,”
says David White, Trans-
Canada’s business develop-
ment director for the West
Coast. “We’ve been neigh-
bors a long, long time, and
this is just one small way of
saying how much we have
appreciated our relationship
over the years. We have
always done our best to be
a safe and efficient operator
of this natural gas pipeline,
and we intend to be a sup-
portive neighbor for years
to come.”
As part of the annual
event, which drew a crowd
of more than 250, repre-
sentatives from GTN and
Michels Corp. presented
ceremonial checks to rep-
resent contributions made
to fund scholarships to the
Ione school and to help the
Ione Rural Fire Protection
District purchase a much-
needed brush rig.
GTN has operated natu-
ral gas transmission lines in
Morrow County since 1961.
It was joined in check pre-
sentations by Michels Corp.
the general contractor on
the 24-mile Carty Lateral
Pipeline that will deliver
natural gas to a Portland
General Electric generating
facility. That pipeline is cur-
rently nearing completion.
Mayor Linda LaRue
introduced White and Ver-
lyn Bailly, TransCanada
community relations spe-
cialist, along with Michels
representatives Mark Zogg
and Anthony Fetters. The
mayor accepted a contribu-
tion to the Jason Halvorsen
Foundation, and Marvin
Top: Hannah Flynn serves as her teammates Payton Miller
and Renee Peterson look on at Ione’s JV game against Irrigon
Sept. 3. Ione lost to the Knights. Bottom: Rachel Holland blocks
against Condon/Wheeler at the tournament in Condon. Ione
(L-R) Ione Mayor Linda LaRue, TransCanada representatives David White and Verlyn Bailly,
won their game against the CW Knights. –Photos by Sylvia
Adam McCabe, Virgil Morgan and Marvin Padberg with the $16,000 ceremonial check pre-
Sandford
sented by TransCanada to the Ione community. –Photo by David Sykes
Ione volleyball opened
the month with contests
against Irrigon and Wal-
lowa Sept. 3 and 4. Ione
girls won their first three
sets in each non-league
game, securing shutout
wins over the other two
teams.
Friday, Sept. 11, the
girls went head-to-head
with Echo, with both the
varsity and JV teams tak-
ing those games, the varsity
team by a score of 3-2.
Saturday, the Lady
Cards went on the road to
a tournament in Condon,
where the varsity team
defeated Condon-Wheeler
2-0 before losing their next
three games to Union, Pilot
Rock and Heppner.
The girls, with a 4-3
overall record for the
season, played their first
league game Tuesday ver-
sus Mitchell/Spray.
They battle Arlington
in another league game
Thursday before turning
their attention to Riverside
for a non-league contest
next Tuesday.
Ione library board
to meet
(L-R) Adam McCabe of Ione, Michels Corp. representatives Mark Zogg and Tony Fetters, and
The board of directors of the Ione Library District
Ione Fire Chief Virgil Morgan during the ceremonial check presentation of the $3,000 Michels will meet Thursday, Sept. 24, beginning at 10:30 a.m. at
Corp. gave to the IRFPD. –Photo by David Sykes
nd
Padberg accepted a check
on behalf of the Mike Mat-
thews Scholarship. Adam
McCabe and Virgil Mor-
gan accepted a ceremonial
check on behalf of the Ione
Rural Fire Protection Dis-
trict.
During the summer of
2015, TransCanada contrib-
uted $1,000 to the Fire Pro-
tection District at its Fourth
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of July pancake breakfast
fundraiser. The company
made an additional $10,000
donation to the Fire Protec-
tion District for the pur-
chase of the brush rig.
TransCanada is also
sponsoring academic schol-
arships for Ione High School
for the classes of 2016 and
2017, contributing $3,000
for the Jason Halvorsen
Scholarship Foundation and
$2,000 to the Mike Mat-
thews Scholarship. Includ-
ing the ceremonial check
presented at the barbecue,
TransCanada’s contribu-
tions to the Ione community
totaled $16,000.
Michels Corp. also
contributed $3,000 to the
Fire Protection District.
The Mike Matthews
Scholarship has been in
place for 30 years and is
named after Ione native
Mike Matthews, Ione’s
“Number one fan.” The
scholarship committee,
Sunday, September 20
9:15 at Parish Hall
St. Patrick’s Education Program starting for
Elementary grades pre-K through 6th grade
Wednesday, September 30
7:30 at Parish Hall
High School Education Program starts
Sunday, September 20
Coffee Hour at St. Williams
High School students will hold
a bake sale to raise funds for the
families who lost their homes in
the John Day fire.
the Ione Public Library, 385 W. 2 Street, Ione.
The public is welcome to attend.
in consultation with Ione
Community School Princi-
pal Henry Ramirez, chooses
each year’s recipient.
The Jason Halvorsen
Foundation, which was
created in memory of Ione
High School student Jason
Halvorsen, is awarded to
one or more Ione High
School senior each year.
The scholarship committee
notes that knowledge and
education are gained not
only in the classroom but in
every aspect of life.
Justice Court
Report
Morrow County Justice of the Peace Ann Spicer has
released the following Justice Court report:
-Thai Bao Tranbui, 28, of Garland, TX was found
guilty by default (Failure to Appear) of Violating the
Basic Rule 78/55 and was fined $260.
-Dennis Ferdinand Holbrook, 72, of Boardman was
found guilty by default of No Resident Angling License
– No Culpable Mental State and was fined $112.
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