Family loses home
in fire, fundraiser
scheduled
Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 27, 2019 -- SEVEN
Remembrance walk/run hosts over 200
participants
More than 200 people came out to enjoy the sunshiny day and participate in the 11 th annual Remembrance event.
The Aguilar home suffered extensive damage from a fire on
March 13.
The Hector Aguilar and
Alma Ramos family lost
their home in Ione to a fire
on March 13. Thanks to
the generosity of commu-
nity members, they have
received enough clothing
and food to get them by but
still need $12,000 to pay for
the inspection and cleanup
of their property.
The Hispanic Club will
host a spaghetti lunch and
dinner fundraiser from 1
to 7 p.m. on March 30 at
the Ione Legion Hall, with
all proceeds to go to the
family. Everyone is invited
to attend. The St. Williams
Altar Society may be con-
tacted for those who are
unable to attend and would
like to donate.
Friends Helping
Friends celebrated the 11 th
annual Remembrance Walk/
Run with over 200 walkers
and runners participating in
the event on March 16. The
morning sunshine cooper-
ated to bring out the many
men, women and children
who supported the event,
beginning with the social
hour at the Heppner United
Methodist Church.
The route was short-
ened this year due to late
snow that stayed through
much of March, but more
than 500 shamrocks were
Ione receives donation for
technology
The Ione School Dis-
trict recently received a
donation of $23,645 from
the Morrow County Educa-
tion Foundation to be used
for the purchase of new
technology for classrooms.
Rollie Marshall, prin-
cipal, said the district will
purchase 10 Promethean
boards, which are interac-
tive learning boards, for
classrooms.
“As a result of this
generous grant, all of our
displayed along the walk
route on walls, fences and
the 2 Old Hags Pizza build-
ing, the most ever displayed.
The committee, consisting
of Patty Matheny, Kathi
Dickenson, Peggy Fish-
burn, Janelle Ellis, Susan
Hisler, Kirsten Harrison,
Sandy Matthews, Mary
Haguewood and Shelly Mc-
Cabe, decided to scale back
to some degree this year
only to find the generosity
and giving hearts continued
to donate to the new Pot of
Gold.
According to a spokes-
Charles Cason.
Businesses that helped
sponsor the family-ori-
ented event this year were
Community Counseling
Solutions, Heppner Com-
munity Bank, Windwave
and Bucknum’s.
“The weather the week
before, and only days pri-
or, didn’t look so good.
We are overwhelmed and
very appreciative to all the
people that contributed to
the success of the event.
We have already started
making plans for 2020,” a
spokesperson reported.
Annual bike tour to visit
Heppner again this year
Bicycle Rides North-
west’s BRNW Oregon 2019
will take place June 22
through 29, again passing
through Heppner. The an-
nual bike tour will stop and
spend the night in Heppner
on Friday, June 28 before
riding back to their starting/
ending point in Condon.
Rollie Marshall, Ione principal, accepts the donation check Riders will travel to Moro,
from Joe Taylor, who is representing the Morrow County
Maupin, Fossil and Spray
Education Foundation.
as well as Heppner on their
students will benefit from this engaging learning tool we tour.
never had before,” said Marshall.
Riders will experience
great history, landscape,
rushing rivers and canyons
as well as visiting a ghost
town, seeing a century-old
one-room schoolhouse and
learning about local history
at a world-class museum.
And, of course, they will
experience the depth of
Morrow County OHV park to
upgrade campsites
person, the event would not
be a success without the
help of the entire commit-
tee as well as the helping
hands of Petra Payne’s
students Trevor Antonucci,
Hunter Nichols, and Conor
Brosnan doing registration.
Decoration and shamrock
helpers were Peggy Fish-
burn, Patty Matheny, Susan
Hisler, Kathi Dickenson,
Kirsten and Travis Harri-
son, Mary Haguewood, An-
gie Shearer, Jacque Wilson,
Jacee Currin, Jaiden Ma-
honey, Claire Grieb, Gibson
McCurry, Suzy Cason and
Riders will begin their ride in Condon and travel to Moro,
Maupin, Fossil, Spray and Heppner before returning to
Condon.
small-town Irish hospitality Northwest website at http://
in Heppner.
bicycleridesnw.org/rides/
For additional informa- brnw-oregon-2019/.
tion visit the Bicycle Rides
Morrow Education
Foundation distributes funds
The Morrow County
Parks Department, with
approval from the board of
commissioners, applied for
a development grant project
through the County Oppor-
tunity Grant Program to be
used for improvements to
the OHV park campground.
Oregon State Parks and
Recreation recently notified
the county of the award
from the grant program.
The $117,500 project
will allow for improve-
ments to existing primitive
campsites at the OHV park,
installing a new power sup-
ply line to provide power
to campsites in the D and
E campsite areas. Park per-
sonnel will be doing most of
the work as a match for the
project, with the exception
of the items that require a
licensed professional.
As the popularity and
usage of the OHV park con-
tinues to grow, so do the re-
quests and demands. Power
to campsites has been one
of the top requests received
by the park. Those user and
guest suggestions helped
secure these grant monies to
provide the upgrades.
For more information
on the County Opportunity Pictured (L-R): Morrow Education Foundation Board Chair
Grant Program, visit https:// Rick Stokoe and Morrow County Superintendent Dirk Dirk-
www.oregon.gov/oprd.
sen.
The Morrow Educa- $545,000 from the Colum-
tion Foundation received bia River Enterprise Zone II
(CREZ II) and distributed
$334,562.95 to Morrow
County School District,
$148,000 to the Morrow
County School District
Intern Program, $82,500 to
POM Workforce Training
and $41,145 to the Ione
School District.
“We are thrilled to sup-
port our students in Mor-
row County,” states Rick
Stokoe, Morrow Education
Foundation Board chair.
“The funds received from
CREZ II help pay for pro-
grams, services and projects
that may not otherwise be
funded because of tight
state education budgets.”
The Country Rose
“Wine & Design”
April 11th at 6:30pm
Easter Egg
Flower Arrangement
$30
Wine and limited snacks provided
217 North Main St., Heppner
Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426
www.murraysdrug.com
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