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Ione Education Foundation to hold annual dinner, auction HEPPNER 50¢ The Ione Education Foundation’s 15 th annual dinner and auction will be held Sunday, Sept. 23 at the Ione American Legion hall. Social hour will begin at 6 p.m. with dinner starting at 7 p.m. Dinner will consist of prime rib, salmon, baked potato, bread salad, dessert and two beverages. Following dinner will be a live auction of items donated by community members and businesses, raffles and a silent auction. Please call Joe McElligott at 541-422-7257 no later than Sept. 21 if you are Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon interested in donating items G T azette imes VOL. 136 NO. 34 8 Pages Wednesday, September 20, 2017 6 th Annual Blue Mountain Century Scenic Bikeway Ride The Ione Education Foundation will hold its annual din- ner and auction Sunday at the Ione American Legion Hall. Dustin Padberg (left) served as last year’s auctioneer. -Photo by David Sykes for the live auction Tickets are available at the Ione branch of the Bank of Eastern Oregon or at the door. Tickets are $25 for adults, $10 for ages 7-12 and free for ages six and under. Ticket sales will be limited to 250 adults and may be reserved by calling the bank at 541-422-7466. In addition to the din- ner and auction, the an- nual meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. The board has two director positions up for renewal, currently held by Anita Orem and Brian Doherty. Orem has chosen to renew her three-year term and Brian will be leav- ing the board. A nominat- ing committee will place a replacement for Director Doherty on the ballot to be voted on during the annual meeting. IMESD offers free hearing screenings to students Bikers from Oregon, Washington and Arizona enjoyed the weather and local hospitality on the 6 th annual bike ride spon- sored by the Heppner Chamber. -Photo by David Sykes Sept. 16 and 17 saw an- other successful “Extreme” ride sponsored by the Hep- pner Chamber. The Hep- pner Community hosted 33 riders on the Blue Mountain Century Scenic Bikeway ride this past weekend. Oregon riders hailed from: Bend, Kent, LaGrande, Sis- ters, Scappoose, Portland, Heppner and Ione; rid- ers from Washington were from Kirkland, Ridgefield and Vancouver; and last but not least Mesa, Arizona. The ride, with beautiful scenery and good roads to ride on, started out a little chilly in Ukiah but warmed up nicely and bringing them back into Heppner quite easily with a favored tail- wind. Saturday night ended with a homemade BBQ dinner prepared by Alvin Liu of The Gateway Café; and a great slide show of the Saturday ride prepared by Dale Bates. The Sun- day ride from Heppner to Ukiah started out warm- er than usual in Heppner and no rain to slow them down. There was a little smoke when the ride ended in Ukiah, but the riders were fortunate that Friday night, Saturday and Sun- day only brought sunshine. HHS celebrates homecoming this week Heppner High School is celebrating homecom- ing this week with Mus- tang Music Festival as the theme. Dress up days are happening all week, in- cluding a bonfire for the students on Wednesday. Thursday, Sept. 21 at 2 p.m. will find students showing their school spirit with the spirit parade, leav- ing the high school to go to Main Street and stopping at the Shamrock for a cheer. A pep assembly will follow at the football field. The homecoming game will be Friday at 7 p.m. versus Toledo. During half- time, the court will be pre- sented and the king and queen will be crowned. The weekend included new friendships, old friendships and a ride none of the riders should soon forget. Hope- fully all are planning on coming back next year to try it again. Local volunteers Robin Bredfield, Deb and Craig Gutierrez, Dale Bates, Den- nis Johnson and Jay Gibbs helped with support for the riders all weekend. Bred- field was available to nurse any injuries, but fortunately her skills weren’t required. Local businesses that ac- commodated the weekend were Breaking Grounds Coffee, Cornerstone Gal- lery, The Gateway Café and Willow Creek Diner. Hep- pner Market Fresh Foods prepared the lunch for Sat- urday. Sheryll Bates, Execu- tive Director of the Heppner Chamber, said “The ride is in the books for another year, but the memories and friendships that were made will never be forgot- ten. Our riders were ready for the ‘Extreme Ride and Weather’ and we are so glad to have them be part of our 6th annual ride.” Morrow County Health Department to hold flu clinics A flu clinic will be held at each of the following locations: -Boardman Senior Center, 100 Tatone Rd., Boardman on Sept. 19 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Phone: 541-481-3148. -Stokes Landing Com- munity Center, 195 NW Opal Place, Irrigon on Sept. 25 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Phone: 541-922-3603. -St. Pat’s Senior Center, 182 N Main, Heppner on Sept. 27 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Phone: 541-676-5380. -Ione Fire Hall, 150 W Main St., Ione on Sept. 27 from 4-7 p.m. Phone: 541- 422-7504. -See FLU CLINICS/PAGE THREE Missionaries to speak at Nazarene church Missionaries Tim and Michelle Eby, (center) and their chil- dren, Amber, Christopher, Heather and Jonathan -Contrib- uted photo Missionaries Tim and Michelle Eby will speak at the Heppner Nazarene Church, 350 Gilmore Street in Heppner, on Tuesday, Sept. 26. A lasagna supper will be served at 5:30 p.m., with the Ebys scheduled to speak at 6:30 p.m. The Ebys serve as ca- reer missionaries with the church of the Nazarene in Dakar, Senegal. Tim works in leadership development and church growth in the country of Senegal as well as assisting the field strat- egy coordinator across the Africa West Field ents, Larry and Sharon Michelle serves as Buess, served with the the treasurer for the field Church of the Nazarene. and supports local minis- Tim and Michelle met try. Spokespersons for the Church of the Nazarene -See MISSIONARIES/PAGE ask for prayers for them FOUR as “they support the AWF leadership, coordinate part- nerships, and lead volunteer teams to develop training centers all across the 16 countries of West Africa.” Tim grew up on the mission field in Papua New Guinea with his parents, Lee and Carol Ann Eby. He said he felt a call to mission service at the age of 16 and pursued his education in aviation at LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas. Michelle is also a mis- sionary kid from Beirut, Lebanon, where her par- The InterMountain Education Service District (IMESD) will provide free hearing screenings to public elementary school students at area schools this fall. Hearing screenings are conducted annually by the IMESD’s Audiol- ogy Department for public school students in Mor- row, Umatilla and Union counties. The program is cooperatively sponsored by the IMESD’s 18 component school districts. Students to be screened include kindergarten, first and third grade students, new students to a district and parent/teacher/princi- pal referrals of students in other grades. Children who fail the initial screening will be re-screened within a three-week period. Screenings began at the end of August and continue through the middle of No- vember. Parents who do not want their child’s hearing to be screened should notify their child’s school as soon as possible. If you have questions about the hearing screen- ing program, please contact your child’s school. Lexington to support Extension Service District By Bobbi Gordon Lexington town coun- cil discussed whether or not to support the formation of the Morrow County Exten- sion Service District at its meeting on Sept. 12. Julie Baker from the Extension office attended the meet- ing to answer questions on how it impacts the town of Lexington and any of its residents that currently use the extension service. Councilor Sheila Mill- er asked for clarification on exactly what it would cost Lexington kids that would like to join 4-H if the council decided to not support it. Baker was un- able to provide an answer, saying that information is not available at this time as it will be need to be determined based on the number of Morrow County cities that do not join the district. Miller suggested the possibility of providing a few scholarships to pay the fee for some Lexington residents who would like to join 4-H or use other exten- sion services if it was not approved. Currently the tax base for Lexington is $9.81 per thousand of assessed value. Baker stated that the for- mation of the Extension Service District would add $.33 per thousand, putting it to $10.14, which is over the $10 allowed by Measure 5. That would make the ad- ditional $.14 come out of the Lexington town budget somewhere else and Miller stated the tax dollars from last year were not enough to cover the necessary ex- penses already. Bobbi Gordon, coun- cil member, suggested the council approve the forma- tion of the district and have it placed on the May ballot to be voted on by Lexington residents. 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