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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 20, 2021 -- NINE Ione celebrates homecoming week Ione Community School celebrated home- coming last week and deemed it a huge success. Ione’s students and staff, K-12, were all involved throughout the entire week. The week ended with a win against Condon in volley- ball, a win against Dufur in football and an outdoor homecoming dance Satur- day evening. Different activities were scheduled for every day of the week, starting with Tropical/Travel/Tour- ist Day on Monday and mud wars taking place at the end of high school sports practices. “It was cold and well worth the battle,” a spokesperson reported. Tuesday was Cardinal Pride day with a balloon stomping assembly to end the day. Wednesday was deemed Blast from the Past Day and included Macho Man Volleyball at the as- sembly to end the school day and Powder Puff Flag Football at 6:30 on the football field. Thursday was Pink Out Day, and a noise pa- rade ended the school day. The home volleyball game Thursday night against Condon started at 5 p.m. and everyone was encour- aged to wear pink. A bonfire followed the game. Friday’s events were the homecoming football game with senior night held before the game. Homecoming festivities took place at half time with Cardinal Pride as the theme. On Saturday, the events concluded with the home- coming dance held at the city park. The Powder Puff game ended with the senior/soph- omore team ahead 6-0. “Nobody will remember the score, but everyone will remember the temperature since it took everyone quite a while to warm up,” said Superintendent Kevin Din- ning. “Mud Wars was also memorable for the cold. It is disputable who won the evening, but we certainly broke the rope in half at one point. Some took to the mud and cold better than others; Carson E. had no problem taking a couple extra laps in the cold pool,” he continued. The Ione/Arlington volleyball team put on a great performance for the Pink Out. They raised mon- ey for the Susan G. Komen Foundation, and they were able to put Condon away in three. A productive and safe bonfire was well attended after the volleyball game, with the firefighters there to run the fire. The football team was able to focus on football and everything else they had going through a busy week and executed well to beat Dufur 46-6. Royalty for homecom- ing included Piper Gil- bert and Henry Dinning as crown bearers. Ona Looney, daughter of Crysti Taylor was the freshman princess and Martin Medina, Jr., son of Martin and Obdulia Medina, was the freshman prince. The sophomore prince was Ethan Ramos Lopez, son of Juana and Juan Ra- mos Lopez, and sopho- more princess was Kelly Doherty, daughter of Brian and Peggy Doherty. Madi- son Orem, junior princess, is the daughter of Eric and Brandi Orem and the junior prince, Bryce Rollins, is the son of Ed and Tricia Rollins. Senior princesses included Grace Ogden, daughter of Alison and Jarod Ogden; Haylie Peter- son, daughter of Elizabeth and Treve Peterson; Hailey Heideman, daughter of Brandi Brantley and Nathan and Keri Heideman; and Faviola Juarez, daughter of Amado and Elia Juarez. Serving as senior princ- es were Thomas Rudolf, son of Ryan and Allison Rudolf; Taylor Rollins, son of Ed and Tricia Rollins; Cedrick Dayandante, son of Anna- bell and Robert Campbell; Gary Dean Walls, son of Gary Walls Sr. and Kathy Walls; and Joseph Reyes, son of Yolanda and Danny Reyes. Aubrey Blakley in uniform, Kalvin Rietmann holding the Post Flag, Carter and Carson Eynetich flanking both. Princess Ona Looney, in a 1977 red and white ford pickup driven by Jeff Eyenetich. Ione celebrated homecoming week with a parade, volleyball, mud wars and fun days. -Contributed photos. All Ages Health Fair & Vaccine Clinic Flu · Covid · All Other Vaccines Stop by and visit us! e lif TES! a NU ng 1 MI i v 1 Sa RY E VE I’m never alone Life Alert ® is always Oct 28, 2021 4pm - 8pm Get your vaccines and meet your local health care providers! Ione Legion Hall 385 W. 2nd Street Ione, OR 97843 • Morrow County Health District • Pioneer Memorial Physical Therapy • Advantage Dental • Community Counseling Solutions • Morrow County Public Health there for me at home and on-the-go. wi t h GPS! HELP AT HOME HELP ON THE GO AS SEEN ON TV For a FREE brochure call: 1-844-679-0577 HealthyMC.org Have a news story or photo for the Gazette? e-mail editor@rapidserve.net call 541-676-9228 or stop by the office on Willow St., Heppner Today
