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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 3, 2016 Ione JV teams split Cardinals face weekend games rough week, fall to sixth in Big Sky Ione varsity boys played hard Friday but were outscored by Sherman in last week’s Big Sky match- up in Ione. Ione lost 30-82. Then, the Ione Cardinals just couldn’t catch a break in Saturday’s game in Con- don against the Knights. By the end of the irst quarter the Knights led 17-0. Con- don/Wheeler won the game with 67 points to Ione’s 38. Ione is now ranked sixth in the Big Sky League. L-R: Lady Cards Maggie Flynn (22), Katie Gilbert (12), Ivy Sandford (34), Rachel Holland (32) and Morgan Orem (14) defend the basket in Saturday’s game against Condon/Wheeler. -Photo by Sylvia Sandford Ione’s Emily Taylor (22) and Sydney Qualls (40) prepare to screen for teammate Susie Teeman (10) as she drives to Ione’s basket in Friday’s game against Sherman County. -Photo by Sylvia Sandford Ione JV Girls played two quarters against the Huskies, with Ione win- ning the half game 11-10. The JV girls only played two quarters against the JV Lady Knights in Condon Saturday but played a well- executed game and held their own, inally losing to Condon 12-26. The Ione JV boys tied up Friday’s home game against the Sherman Co. Huskies 39-39 at the end of the third quarter, but fell behind 53-48 in the last few seconds of the fourth quar- ter. They turned it around L-R: Ione’s Colton Hollis (11) passes the ball to Aaron on Saturday, coming out Smythe (21) against Sherman in Ione. -Photo by Sylvia Sand- against Condon/Wheeler on ford the road and winning 42-35. International club rafles baskets for Spring Break trip Ione Inter- national Club members are raf- fling off baskets at Ione Cardinal home games to raise money for their trip to Ireland and Scotland dur- ing 2016 Spring Break. Items to be This cooking basket valued at $70 is just raffled include one of the items the Ione International a 40” Smart TV Club will rafles to raise funds for its with HDMI cable, upcoming trip. -Contributed photo cooking basket valued at $70, Play Station 4, two move baskets valued at $30 each, A $25 candy bouquet, and a Build a Fort basket worth $30. Tickets are one for $5 or ive for $20. Winners will be announced at the Ione Cardinal basketball game on Friday, Feb. 12. Community lunch menu Ione’s varsity girls played a fast-paced game last Friday when they host- ed the Sherman County Huskies. The Lady Cardi- nals defeated the Huskies 42-35. Ione and Condon/ Wheeler were tied for irst place in the Big Sky League with 7-1 going into their game Saturday. It was an intense, fast game in which GROUNDBREAKING -Continued from PAGE ONE L-R: Ione’s Umaedali Rajabaliev (33) waits to assist as team- mate Tyler Carter (32) jumps to steal the ball in Saturday’s game in Condon. Austin Carter looks ready to rebound in back. -Photo by Sylvia Sandford Lady Cards fall to second in league bake sales we have in us,” she joked. While Farra’s donation made the dream possible, it didn’t make it easy. Even knowing they needed a new ire hall, the city and ire department still had to navi- gate a series of obstacles. The dificulties started in the fall of 2014 with the location of the new fire hall. The City of Heppner owned the land adjacent to the existing ire hall on Willow St., they began their search there. As they soon found, however, that location wasn’t as practical as it seemed. “Any addition wouldn’t have been eficient,” said Cutsforth, explaining that the Willow St. location wouldn’t have been practi- cal to accommodate the ire department’s large engines and equipment. The proximity to other buildings also added con- cerns about, ironically, ire safety. They started looking for other locations but, because much of Heppner is located on a lood plain, options were limited. “They won’t let you build essential services on a flood plain,” explained Cutsforth. At the same time, they knew the ground for the hall had to be lat. Most ire department accidents are the result of engines hav- ing to back up, Estes said, and he wanted to avoid that by having a space where ireighters could pull the engines straight through the hall. “That was the only thing he insisted on,” added Cutsforth. They soon located the empty lot on Riverside. Just outside the city limits, the land owned by Mor- row County Grain Growers seemed ideal. Cutsforth called MCGG General Manager John Ripple. After a few meetings, MCGG came back with a response—if the lot was feasible for the fire hall, MCGG would donate the land. Next came the survey of the land to see if it would work. The lot was clear of the flood plain, but it included an old railroad easement owned by Mor- row County. According to easement conditions, nothing could be built on the property. A few phone calls and meet- ings later, the county had granted the city permission to amend the easement so they could build a ire hall. There were still more hoops to jump through. In order to access the land from Riverside, Devin En- ergy Group had to grant an easement. Morrow Soil and Water Conservation District had to grant another ease- ment in order to access the lot from Hwy. 74. And, along the way, the City of Heppner and the Heppner Fire Department realized they wouldn’t be able to pull it off on their own inancially. They ap- proached the Heppner Ru- ral Fire Protection District, which agreed to join with them in putting forth bond measures to inance the new ire hall. Elks awards Most Valuable Student scholarships Hope and Valby Lutheran and All Saints Episcopal church volunteers will serve lunch on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch will include meat loaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, orange- The Heppner Elks kissed beets, hot rolls, and red velvet cake. Lodge #358 has announced Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is the winners of the Elks $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. Most Valuable Student Scholarship Contest. The scholarships are awarded each year to well-qualiied seniors based on scholar- ship, leadership, commu- nity service, extracurricular activities, financial need and an essay. The local Elks lodge was able to award three male and three female scholar- ships totaling $2,500. The recipients are as follows: Skyler Palmer, $700; Patrick Collins, $350; Weston Putman, $200; Ra- chael Holland, $700; Jes- sica Kempken, $350; and Jessie Flynn, $200. Collins placed second at the district competi- tion, earning an additional $1,600, while Palmer and Holland placed third at dis- tricts, earning an additional $1,400 each. Kempken didn’t earn any additional money at the district level but still inished in the top 10. “Many outstanding young men and women competed for awards this year,” said Elks scholar- ship chairman Tim Dick- enson. “The committee would like to thank all the applicants for their impres- sive brochures and want to encourage you to apply for the upcoming Buchanan Memorial Scholarships.” For more information about those scholarships, contact Dickenson at 541- 676-8990 or dickenson- chiro@centurytel.net. The two bonds, which totaled $975,000, went be- fore voters in last Novem- ber’s election and passed overwhelmingly in a wave of public support from both city and rural voters. “It was amazing that it was the only thing on the ballot and we still got so many ballots back,” said Cutsforth. Estes and Cutsforth added that many other peo- ple helped out along the way, including the Morrow County Planning ofice; the Morrow County Clerk’s of- ice; individuals like Larry Mills, Howard Bryant and David Sykes; the Heppner volunteer firefighters and their families; and all those who anonymously donated funds toward the hall. “We’ve had a lot of generous donations from various people,” Cutsforth said. Port of Morrow also lent a hand, breaking the ground and donating time and equipment to complete the subgrade work. All of that support led to Monday’s celebration. True, the building isn’t complete; there are months of work ahead. Cutsforth said the city will open bidding to con- tractors Feb. 18, and en- gineers estimate the hall could be completed by the third week of August. However, for the local citizens, firefighters and dignitaries who gathered this week, that irst turn of the shovel was the realiza- tion of all their sweat, their stress and their faith. And, in the middle of the picture, a 90-something- year-old woman with a heart for ireighters. “Without her we never would have had enough money to do any of it,” inished Cutsforth. “Without Ida, the an- swer would have been, ‘You’re not gonna do it.’” Ione played hard. They just weren’t themselves going into the second half, though; the Knights antici- pated the Lady Cardinal’s plays and prevented them from scoring enough to catch up to Condon/Wheel- er’s 17-point lead. Ione lost 29-46, placing them second in the Big Sky League with a 7-2 league record. MCGG donates land for ire hall Latest donation just one of many by co-op The new ire hall under construction (see ground- breaking story in this week’s G-T) was made possible in part with the generous donation of the land by the local grain co-op, Morrow County Grain Growers. This donation, however, is only one of many projects the co-op supports and sponsors for the beneit of all the communities that they serve. In addition to the recent land donation MCGG has in the past donated land for the Lexington Fire Hall, and they currently own the former Ione Grange Hall, which they allow to be used for ire department training. Over the years MCGG has run its “Fueling the Future” program in which the company donates funds to local schools for each delivery of fuel made to homes and businesses in their service areas. So far they have given more than $25,000 to the schools. MCGG has also given to local booster clubs in their communities, FFA programs, and they show support for county fairs and by purchasing livestock at the 4-H livestock auctions. The co-op donations have helped put on the rodeos, and they support youth sports activities includ- ing baseball, basketball, football and soccer in all their communities. MCGG is a member of the local chambers of commerce, and shows support for special projects and improvements. In all MCGG makes annual donations of over $35,000 to benefit their communities. Ladies Night Steak Dinner Thursday, February 4th 6pm DINNER: MARINATED NEW YORK STEAKS, BETH'S CHEESY POTATOES, SALAD, ROLL AND DESSERT Elks members and their families