Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 8, 2022 -- SEVEN
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Gage Heideman sets new Ione middle
school track record
in the state for discus and
number 10 for shot put in
his age group for the state
of Oregon.
Heideman comes from
a line of throwers. His dad,
Deacon Heideman, holds
the Ione discus record at
156’1” set in 1993 holding
the record at the state until
the mid-2000’s. His aunt,
Suzy Heideman-Brewster
set the school record for
shot put in 1997 throwing
36’2”. Most recently, his
oldest cousin, TJ Brewster
finished a four year throw-
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ing career for University of
Oregon and cousin Sydney
Brewster took first at the
2022 6A meet in the discus
as a junior.
Heideman has decided
that he is gunning for his
dad’s record. “I want to beat
my dad by the time I’m a
junior,” says Heideman.
“I have a practice plan this
summer and my cousin,
TJ, is going to help be my
coach. If I listen to TJ and
Coach Rietmann, I will get
better.”
Sixth grader, Gage Heideman, shows off the reader board in
the gym at Ione Community School. Heideman set the discus
record for 5th and 6th graders at 79’9” during the middle
school track season this year. He beat the 76’ record set by
Mike Ferguson in 1994.
Ione Community
School sixth grader, Gage
Heideman, wasn’t hot to go
out for track despite some
prodding from his parents.
“I just didn’t think it was for
me,” says Heideman. That’s
when Coach Madison Riet-
mann stepped in.
“I saw Gage every day
after school shagging balls
for high school tennis or
at the middle school jump
pit,” said Rietmann. “So,
I finally just asked him to
show me what he had.”
This was a Tuesday,
and by Thursday he was
on the team and at his first
meet where he won the fifth
and sixth grade discus and
took 4 th in the shot put. It
wasn’t until he walked into
the gym the following Mon-
day that he realized that he
had set the school record
for fifth and sixth graders
by six inches. “I was really
surprised and couldn’t wait
to get to practice that day to
see if I could go farther,”
he said.
Over the next three
meets, Heideman would
improve his throw and fi-
nally land at 79’9”, beating
the 76’ throw made by Mike
Ferguson in 1994. Accord-
ing to athletic.net, Heide-
man is ranked number five
Gage Heideman, poses with his cousin, TJ Brewster, at Hay-
ward Field at the University Oregon in May. Brewster just
finished a four year throwing career for the Ducks.
Rollins, Rudolf
receive scholarships
comfortable with the deci-
sion, and we respect that,”
he said after the unanimous
vote by commissioners to
accept a contract agreement
with Hermiston.
County Administrator
Darrell Green said the main
reason for switching service
providers came down to
Hermiston being able to
provide 24/7 service to the
county, something IMESD
apparently does not do.
Green showed commission-
ers an analysis of the hours
IMESD spent supporting
the county and it did not
include 24/7 service that
“We need for our sheriff’s
office and clerk’s office,”
the report said. Green said
Naughton said the cost of
the total IT coverage would
be around $30,000. “The
analysis shows Morrow
County needs twice the
amount of services than
what we have contracted for
(with the current IMESD
contract),” Green reported.
Green also reported
that IMESD’s proposed
upcoming year’s contract
would go from the current
$101,772 up to $133,163
without the guaranteed
around-the-clock coverage.
The proposal from Hermis-
ton puts a year’s contract at
$249,600. “In conclusion,
I believe the cost for IT
Ione High School class ketball and baseball and
of 2022 recipients of the qualified for state in track
Bob and Betty Rietmann and field.
scholarships for $1500 are
Taylor Rollins and Tom
Rudolf.
Taylor is a scholar/ath-
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the National Honor Society
and played four years of
varsity football and bas-
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$179,000
services from the city of
Hermiston and IMESD
would be similar if IMESD
were to include the cost for
the services we need, as in-
dicated in their analysis and
including 24/7 services,”
Green told commissioners.
Naughton was con-
cerned that his organization
wasn’t given an opportunity
to submit an IT services
proposal “based on the re-
vised services as proposed
today.” Commissioner Me-
lissa Lindsay said she un-
derstood IMESD was asked
for a proposal, to which
Naughton said he “never
saw that request that would
have let us compare apples
to apples to what you are
considering with the city of
Hermiston.”
It was also brought up
that the city of Boardman,
which, in addition, con-
tracts with IMESD for IT
service, may suffer if the
county switches providers.
An IMESD representa-
tive said if the consortium
shrinks, losing Morrow
County as a client, it may
affect staffing at IMESD
and cause unknown effects
with other smaller entities
the service district contracts
with. “We provide IT for the
city, the fire department and
the schools. How will the
city of Hermiston service
Boardman and your areas
when they currently do not
have an IT department?”
he asked rhetorically. “We
don’t know what we don’t
know. If we have staffing
problems. We depend on
the consortium and their
contract is small. We are
concerned if things break
apart and pivot, we think of
the smaller communities.”
Green told commis-
sioners they needed to make
a decision soon as the coun-
ty’s contract, which is year
to year, expires shortly
“The city of Hermiston’s
focus is going to be on
municipalities,” Green said.
“IMESD’s primary focus is
on school districts. It’s not
an easy decision.” Lind-
say said the commission-
ers would have to rely on
Green’s recommendation.
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