Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 2, 2022 -- SEVEN
HHS drama club presents
Ione basketball works Oktoberfest
murder with a sense of humor
The Heppner High School cast and crew of Where There’s a Will, There’s a Murder. Back row
L-R: Hannah Bannon, Nate Ellsworth, Moira Di Salvo, Aubrey Smith, Teegan Kelton, Rylee
Palmer, Madison Palmer, Jacob Finch, Piper Kelton, Daemon Worden, Lizzie Finch, Kelsi
Workman. Front row L-R: Sam Lamb, KC Anderson, Eva Worden, Becca Ellsworth, Mylee
Quilter, Lincoln Ellsworth. Not pictured: Olson Anderson, Joe McMasters, John Lindsay, Paul
Lindsay, Elijah Quilter. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
Be prepared for zany antics during the Heppner High School production of Where There’s a Will, The Ione-Arlington boys basketball team chipped in to help at the eighth annual Oktoberfest
There’s a Murder
dinner and auction in support of The Woolery Project. The boys did everything from cooking
The Heppner High
School drama club, under
the direction of Alaina Lem-
mon, will present Where
There’s a Will, There’s a
Murder next week. Perfor-
mances will take place Nov.
7, 8, 9 and 10 in the Hep-
pner High School cafetori-
um. Each performance will
begin at 7 p.m.; admission
is free, but donations are
appreciated to help fund
drama club productions.
Where there’s a Will,
there’s a Murder is a mys-
tery comedy about 10 dis-
tant relatives who learn
that each of them is about
to inherit a million dollars.
If someone doesn’t make it
through the stormy week-
end, though, their share
will be divided equally
among the others. It doesn’t
take a mathematical genius
to figure out that less is
more. The bodies and the
laughs both pile up in this
“whodunnit” that proves
that Where There’s a Will,
There’s a Murder.
Ione class gets a lesson in manners
Before the holidays,
Mrs. Rietmann’s 3 rd and 4 th
grade class at Ione Commu-
nity School had a lesson on
manners and etiquette.
“At Ione Community
School, we care about skills
that will help students be
successful in life. These
are aspects of life that stu-
dents can be exceptional at
regardless of their success
in academic subjects,” said
Ione Community School
Principal Kevin Dinning.
“Being polite, having man-
ners and being respectful
can be taught, practiced,
and reinforced.”
Rietmann had family
volunteers come in to help
with this lesson, which
incorporated reading, writ-
ing and real life practice.
Family played a big role in
encouraging this positive
behavior.
For real-life practice,
the class had a tea party in
which students learned how
to properly set a table, ac-
cordion fold a napkin, and
practice table etiquette with
a drink and snack. They
learned the importance of
table manners, respect for
those involved in prepara-
tion, and respect for others’
homes as well as their own.
“My wish to all of you
is to practice these skills in
your home to reinforce the
importance of these skills,”
Rietmann said. “Manners
and character traits will stay
with our students and make
a lasting impression on
those who they encounter.”
Ione FFA member earns highest award
on the grill to scrubbing dishes afterward. Showing up with their work boots on were Carson
Eynetich, Carter Eynetich, John McElligott, Kalvin Rietmann, Bryce Rollins, Kellen Gron-
quist, Shane Sifford, Lewkus Burright, Marcus Radcliffe, Samuel Radcliffe, Jaxson Rogers
and Henry Griefing. Above: Ione basketball boys work the grill at the Oktoberfest. Below:
A few of the Ione basketball boys who stepped up to help during the Oktoberfest last month.
-Contributed photos
Health district purchases new
security system
A new security system
is set to be installed by the
health district, with cam-
eras and other equipment
going in at all five of the
district’s facilities. The
district approved the new
system at its September
board meeting and ap-
proved the final costs of
the project in October.
The update will in-
clude new infrared cam-
eras for inside and outside
surveillance at all five
facilities, including the
three clinic buildings in
Heppner, Ione and Irrigon,
the hospital in Heppner,
and the home health of-
fice located in downtown
Heppner. There is video
recording capability at all
locations. Total cost of the
new system is $31,786
and was part of this year’s
budget.
In other business at
the October meeting, the
board heard a report on
Daylight Savings
ends Sunday,
Nov. 6
Daylight Savings
Time ends this Sunday,
November 6, as everyone
is reminded to turn clocks
back one hour at 2 a.m.
the district’s financial con-
dition. Profit and loss state-
ments show a $183,407 loss
for September, as compared
to a loss of $460,464 in Au-
gust. The district has a year-
to-date loss of $582,130.
The financial state-
ments show revenue is
off year-to-date about $1
million from what was bud-
geted for. The district had
expected about $4.5 million
in gross patient revenue
to this date, but has taken
in only about $3.5 mil-
lion. The main unexpected
drop was in clinic revenue,
which has brought in only
$648,764 to a budgeted
amount of $1 million. Other
categories were also down
over budged amounts, in-
cluding hospital inpatient
and outpatient revenue, and
home health and hospice.
Benefit Dinner and Event
for Sharon Miller
Come and enjoy a pasta bar dinner and
watch a cornhole tournament with a cal-
cutta auction of the teams and bid on
slient auction items on Friday
November 4th at the Elks Lodge.
Dinner will be at 6pm
Calcutta Auction at 6:30pm with
tournament to follow.
Please join us as we show our
support for Sharon and her family
as she continues her battle!
If you cannot make it or would just like
to leave a donation, you can do so at the
Bank of Eastern Oregon.
Eva Martin, a student at Eastern Oregon University, accepts her American FFA Degree on
stage at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis. The degree is the highest award in
the organization. -Contributed photo
One member of
the Ione FFA Chapter has
earned her American FFA
Degree, the highest award
the national organization
can bestow upon its mem-
bers. Eva Martin accept-
ed this prestigious honor
during the National FFA
Convention this past Sat-
urday in Indianapolis, IN.
As the highest degree
achievable in the Nation-
al FFA Organization, the
American FFA Degree
shows an FFA member’s
dedication to his or her
chapter and state FFA asso-
ciation. It demonstrates the
effort FFA members apply
toward their supervised
agricultural experience and
the outstanding leadership
abilities and community
involvement they exhibit-
ed through their FFA ca-
reer. American FFA Degree
recipients show promise
for the future and have
gone above and beyond to
achieve excellence.
“I am extremely proud
of Eva and her persever-
ance,” said FFA Advisor
Erin Heideman. “This is
a tremendous accomplish-
ment and honor, the high-
est degree achievable in
the FFA organization. It
is something members are
not even eligible to apply
for until they have been
graduated from high school
at least a year.”
Since Ione chartered
its chapter in 2015, Eva is
the fourth member of the
chapter to earn this degree.
Emily Taylor and Morgan
Orem earned the degree in
2018 and Jake Heideman
in 2021.
FFA, once known as
Future Farmers of Amer-
ica, is the largest youth
leadership organization
in the United States. Go
to www.oregonffa.com to
learn more about this orga-
nization.
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