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
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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
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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. Gordon stated
-See LEXINGTON/PAGE
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