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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 14, 2017 Ione engineering class races soap box derby cars Ione plans Music in the Park for 2017 This summer Ione will host Music in the Park at Ione City Park. The summer lineup will begin June 24 at 6 p.m. with Frank Carlson from Baker City with his easy listening, country- western style of music and entertaining. On July 22 at 6 p.m., Corey Peterson’s band will be the entertainment. The five band members are Corey Peterson, Justin Esta- brook, Dan Bellmore, Rich Daniels and Cole Croth- The Ione High School engineering class, taught by Eric Jepsen, spent recent weeks designing and building soap box derby cars. They raced them on a gradual one-mile downhill stretch of Gooseberry Road last week. Fastest times went to Austin Morter and Daniel Eubanks. An engineless lawnmower also entered the race. -Contributed photo swaite; they play traditional country and classic rock music. It promises to be a fun evening with the home- town group. The August event will be on Saturday, Aug. 26, at 6 p.m. at the park. Save the date; the entertainment will be announced soon. On Friday, Sept. 22, at 6 p.m. the final event of the year will feature Countryfied, a regional favorite with high energy and a country-rock based repertoire that offers plenty of variety. They have list of more than 300 songs, not to mention plenty of laughs and smiles. The Morrow County Unified Recreation District and Ione Library Board will sponsor these free events. Everyone is invited, just bring a chair and cooler. Concessions may be avail- able. In case of rain the events will move to the Legion Hall. Ione kicks off summer reading with the ‘Ribbles’ IMESD receives safety award from PACE Pendleton—The Prop- erty and Casualty Cover- age for Education (PACE) program’s board of trustees recently recognized the InterMountain ESD as a School Safety Star. Phil Wentz, chairman of the PACE board, presented the award in Salem during the “PACE Day: Safe and Se- cure Schools” event. The IMESD was hon- ored as the inaugural School Safety Star for its regional school security initiative, an innovative program to pro- vide the ESD’s 18 compo- nent school districts in three counties with evaluation tools, resources and training to improve school security and increase student safety. The award included $5,000 from PACE to be used in a school safety improvement effort. “The IMESD is hon- ored to receive this safety award from PACE, but we share this recognition with the many regional partners who continue to collabo- rate with us on the crucial issue of school safety. We know there is more work to be done,” said Michele Madril, IMESD’s director of communication and print solutions. Stuart Roberts, Pend- leton’s chief of police, is an integral partner in the school security initiative. Roberts said that safety should be a priority for everyone, and educating people about appropriate responses to perceived/ identified threats is impor- tant. “Through the leader- ship of IMESD Superin- tendent Mark Mulvihill and his IMESD peers, deficien- cies were identified and solutions were vigorously pursued in order to meet the agency’s charge of not only educating, but also protect- ing students, staff and visi- tors alike,” Roberts said. “Albeit safety responses and protocols will always be a work in progress, I ap- plaud the IMESD’s vision, commitment and leadership in the area of school safety.” PACE (pace.osba.org) is an insurance pool made up of roughly 300 Oregon member school districts, charter schools, education service districts and com- munity colleges. Author to enlighten kids about eclipse On June 15, the Ione Public Library is getting ready for the upcoming solar eclipse by holding a talk with the children’s author and illustrator Nancy Coffelt. “The Big Eclipse” au- thor will hold an hour-long workshop at 3 p.m. at the Ione Legion Hall (located next door to the library). This presentation will in- clude a reading from her book, a craft, many excit- ing facts about eclipses and information to get everyone ready for the total eclipse, which will take place on August 21 of this year. This presentation is suitable for all ages and is part of the Ione Summer Reading Program. Ione library board to meet The Ione Library District Board of Directors will hold its monthly meeting and budget hearing on Thursday, June 22, beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the Ione Public Library, 385 W. 2 nd Street. The public is welcome to attend. Community lunch menu Christian Life Center volunteers will serve lunch on Wednesday, June 21, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch will include hot turkey sandwiches, mashed potatoes and gravy, mixed vegetables, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin cakes. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. The Ione Public Library hosted the Traveling Lantern Theatre presentation of “The Ribbles Build a Residence” on Tuesday, June 6, at the school gym as its kick-off for the Summer Reading Program. Insect newlyweds Ima and Ura Ribble (and soon to be born Baby Ribblet) entertained and incorporated the ABCs of Architecture, Building and Construction using audience participation. The presentation was sponsored by Libraries of Eastern Oregon. The Ione Public Library’s Summer Reading Program will be held on Tuesdays, June 13 through July 25, in the Legion Hall next door to the library. The preschool program is 10-11 a.m. and the kindergarten through sixth-grade program is 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. -Contributed photo Boardman adopts 2017-18 city, URA budgets City council changes meeting date in July During its June 6 meetings, the Boardman City Council adopted the 2017-2018 city budget of $20,686,642 and the Urban Renewal Agency adopted its 2017-2018 budget of $2,835,850. City property taxes will be levied at a rate of $4.2114 per $1000 of assessed valuation and $441,000 will be levied for bonded indebtedness not subject to Measure 5 or Measure 50 limitations. City Finance Director Thomas Kligel said the city will end the current fiscal year, ending June 30, in a strong cash position. The focus for 2017-2018 will be to support continued hous- ing development started in the previous years and, additionally, activity in city road maintenance and to be proactive in the con- tinued development of the Urban Renewal District’s projected long-term capital projects. In other city business, the council approved the first reading of an ordinance for a franchise agreement with Zayo Group, LLC, a communications infrastruc- ture service company. The next meeting of the Boardman City Council will be Tuesday, July 11, at 7 p.m. Please note that the meeting date has been changed due to the regu- larly scheduled meeting falling on the Fourth of July holiday. The meeting will be held at Boardman City Hall Council Chambers. Local host families sought for high school exchange students ASSE International Student Exchange Pro- grams (ASSE), in coopera- tion with your community high school, is looking for local families to host boys and girls between the ages of 15 to 18 from a variety of countries—Norway, Den- mark, Spain, Italy, Japan, to name a few. ASSE students are en- thusiastic and excited to ex- perience American culture while they practice their English. They also love to share their own culture and language with their host families. 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