TEN - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Girls to hold raffle
Halvorsen to check out after 28 years
If you can read, thank
a teacher. If you can find
something to read, thank a
librarian. The Ione School
librarian, Cathy Halvors-
en has helped countless
students find something to
read, but she is “checking
out” as she retires at the
end of the school year after
28 years.
Cathy began working
at the Ione School in the
fall of 1991 as the special
education assistant, hired
by principal Dick Allen,
and working with Kar-
en Smith-Griffith. When
the opportunity arose to
work in the library, Cathy
thought it sounded like a
great idea. She has served
in that capacity for the
past 16 years. Students in
Ione are always anxious to
return to school in the fall
to see how Mrs. Halvorsen
has decorated the library.
Themes ranged from su-
perheroes, pirates, jungle,
under the sea, outer space,
monsters, aliens, sports,
50’s diner, and Cathy’s
favorite, the Wizard of Oz.
Another highlight was the
annual book fair held each
fall for 12 years during
parent-teacher conferences.
The book fair was well
supported by the commu-
Cathy Halvorsen is set to retire at the end of the school year.
nity, and teachers and the
library received numerous
books for the young people
to enjoy.
Highlights of Cathy’s
days are reading picture
books to the primary stu-
dents, encouraging reluc-
tant readers to find the per-
fect book and visiting with
students before school.
Cathy says she can’t walk
down the hall without a
student saying, “Mrs. Hal-
vorsen, I brought my book,”
or “Mrs. Halvorsen, I forgot
my book,” or music to her
ears, “Mrs. Halvorsen I
love my new book.” And
she laughs, once in a while
the familiar, “The dog ate
my book.”
Those aspects of the
job will be difficult to leave
behind, but she is looking
forward to spending time
with the other important
children in her life, her
three granddaughters: Ziya,
12, Tru, 10 and Eila, 6, of
Henderson, NV, where son
Ryan and his wife Mollie
reside. Her daughter Allison
and her husband A.J. are in
Portland where Allison is
a teacher in the Portland
Public Schools. During
retirement Cathy and her
husband Frank hope to
visit national parks around
the country. She is getting
a head start celebrating by
traveling with a group of
old high school friends,
affectionately known as
the “farm chicks,” for an
adventure to the Grand
Canyon this fall.
Cathy has also worked
placing foreign exchange
students for 28 years and
will continue her work with
the ASSE foreign exchange
student program. Ione has
had at least 60 exchange
students at the high school,
Local girls Kylie Boor,
Madi Orem, Alex Cavan
and Hailey Wenberg of
Columbia River Heat (14U
ASA softball team) are raf-
fling off two Post Malone
Party Pit tickets for Whis-
key Fest in July. Tickets are
$10 each or three for $20.
Proceeds from the raf-
fle will help with tourna-
ment costs for the team.
Tickets can be obtained
from the girls or by calling
or texting 541-377-5879.
The live drawing will take
place on June 3 and pur-
chasers are not required to
be present to win.
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