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St. Peattrucfa's JDlmy .'ggl . I! F. S 3 I E u cr ortE j;cv;crA?rn Lin viz-- oh itm-s Tli Heppiaeir Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper VOL. 101 NO. II THURSDAY, MARCH 17. 1983 10 PACES 25' HEPPNER. OREGON Weather by the City of Heppner High Low Precip Tues.. March 8 58 49 .12 Wed., March 8 63 45 .02 Thurs., March 10 80 43 .13 Fit, March 11 5 41 .14 Sat.. March 12 58 44 .26 Sun.. March 13 61 38 .02 Mon.. March 14 53 34 Ambassador of Ireland sends St. Patrick's Day greetings Amkasaid ma hEimbahn (ikhi) 4au -awns Embassy or Ireland 8334 Massachusctts Ave, N. W. Waihimotom. D. C. UOOOS 3 March 1383 Mr James J Farley Farley Motor Company Heppner ORECON Dear Mr Farley I am delighted to have thie opportunity to send Saint Patrick's Day greetings to you and to the Heppner-Morrow County community. In Ireland, and indeed throughout the world. Saint Patriok's Day is an ooaasion which drove together Irieh people and friends of Ireland in homage to Ireland's patron and in celebration of a heritage which we all proudly sham. I have read with much interest the aooount of the early Irish immi grants from Counties Leitrim, Donegal, Longford and Cavan to Eastern Oregon and their accomplishments which began more than a century ago. you and the rest of the oommunity can taks great pride in eoh a distinguished legacy and in the contributions of your Irish forebears. Uith warmest beet wishes. T f 0' Sullivan Ambassador of Ireland Merchants ready for St, Pat's Day .". I ft II ilt'tl N ) - VII ' " - ' ' . yuan in V ,!,'-,4 V nn I V VWt " f , ' .' " , -i Ang Este and Joyce Hollomon of Talk 'N' Top In Heppner prepare for S. Patrick'! Day ale. Talk 'N ' Top offer three St. Patrick' Day transfer to choose from. Irish stew feed to be bigger & better Hy JUSTINE WKATIIERFOHI) Chris Ad'lman. president of the Altar Society at St. Pat rick's Catholic Church, says that (he women have made fine preparations for Thurs day night's dinner and pro gram. They are definitely planning to have plenty of their delicious Irish stew and accompaniments and have arranged for a great deal more seating than they have offered in previous years. Dinner will be served from 5 to 7 p.m. Besides arranging for more food and more seating, the committee Is happy to an nounce that they have also arranged for a bigger and better evening of entertain ment which will feature In addition to the popular Larry Lindsay Family musicians, singing by Billy Kenny and by Ron McDonald and possibly some tap dancing by several young performers. Mrs. Adelman says, "Everything .... will be big ger and better than in pre vious years except the prices, which are Btaying the same as always." Western sales manager to visit Farley's Thurs. Manager of the western sales region of Pontiac mo tors, which includes 11 wes tern states will attend the 35th anniversary celebration of Farley Motor Company this Thursday, owner Jim Farley has announced. "This is quite an honor," said. Farley, who is marking his 35th year in the car busi ness in Heppner with an open house Thursday. Larry Thompson from Pon tiac is the regional manager who will attend between 1:30 and 2 p.m. In addition, zone manager Tom King, who represents Oregon, Washington and parts of Idaho, Montana and Cali fornia, will also attend, as will Dave Klien, district manager representing eight counties. Farley will hold the open house from 2 to 5 p.m. with refreshments for everyone. St. Patrick's Day, Mar. 17, Schedule of Events This year's second annual St. Patrick's Day celebration promises to be even bigger and better than last year's event. A full day of activities are planned, and several prizes will be awarded. Following Is a schedule of events: 9:30-10a.m. 9:45-10a.m. 10-11:30 a.m. ll:10-ll:25a.m. 11:30a.m. -lp.m. 12:40-12:55 p.m. 1:25-1:40 p.m. 1:30p.m. l:45-2p.m. 2-5p m. 5-7p.m. Slides of Ireland Elks Lodge Heppner High School Band -Main Street KUMA "Coffee Hour" - Up stairs Elks Lodge (with phone conversation with patrol of a pub in Ireland) Heppner Jr. High Band - Main Street Brunch and entertainment -Elks Dining Room Heppner Fifth Grade Band -Main Street Heppner Sixth Grade Band -Main Street Tour of Willow Creek Dam lone High School Band Main Street Farley Motor Co. 35th Anni versary Celebration Irish Stew Feed - St. Patricks Catholic Parish Hall In addition, the Morrow County Museum will be open all day; Cal and Beverly Sherman, owners of Cal's Arco will be celebrating the station's 15th anniversary and everyone is invited to stop by for coffee and cookies; the Athena Weston Bagpipe Band will be performing during the day; members of the Morrow County Creative Arte and Crafts group will hold a show and sale with refreshments in the old Post office building from 9a.m. to 4 p.m.; and local Soroptimists will be having a homemade pie and plant sale in front of Sears beginning at 9 a.m. Also, several Heppner merchants will be offering coupons with purchases good for a free cup of coffee or soda pop at participating businesses. Prizes to be awarded include $10 to the best dressed Irishman, sponsored by Eb Hughes; $10 to the best dressed Irish woman, donated by Matt Hughes of M & R Floor Covering; $10 to the Irish descendant who travels the farthest distance, sponsored by Farley Motor Co.; $10 to the best dressed leprechaun, sponsored by Turner Van Marater and Bryant Insurance. The best bagpipe band will be presented with a $50 award from Morrow County Grain Growers, Matt Doherty and Jim Norene. KUMA will be announcing the winners of prizes the radio station is donating over the air. They will be giving away a $50 green bill, a green sweater and other prizes. a' , -; a. J1 T 1 . V i try i it Queen Lottie to be crowned The 1983 Morrow County Fair and Rodeo will officially begin with a coronation dinner and dance Saturday. Mar. 26, in Heppner. The dinner will be held at St. Patrick's Catholic Parish Hall and entertain ment is planned. Lottie Laughlin will be crowned queen at the dinner CowBelles to hold 'Lunchless Wednesday' The American National CowBelles have passed a re solution to participate in a "Lunchless Wednesday" and will send Beef Gift Certifi cates equivalent to the amount saved to the Salvation Army. Local CowBelle members will hold a Lunchless Wednesday at 12 noon on March 30 at the Heppner Elks Lodge, an nounced Marlene Currin, Heppner. Lunch will be served, Currin said; however, members will have a choice of eating lunch and donating to the Salvation Army Beef Gift Certificate fund or they may have a lunchless Wednesday and just donate. Currin said anyone interes ted in supportng the beef industry, whether or not she is a cattle owner, may join the CowBelle organization. Anyone interested in joining the group is invited to attend, Currin said. beginning at 6:30 p.m. The potluck dinner will also honor her court: princess Sylvia Ladd and Dawn Timms. Parents of the court members are Bob and Judy Laughlin, Heppner: Elmer and Lorraine Ladd. lone; and Bryan and Sharon Timms. Inigon. Along with the court, five pennant bearers will be honored guests. They include Dyann Brosnan. Wendy Skill corn. Bridgett Greenup, Bobbette Angel! . and Stacy Kennedy. A dance will follow the dinner at the Morrow County Fairgrounds beginning at 9 p.m. The Jim Ackley Band will provide the music with admission set at $3 for singles and $6 for couples. Co. Court learns of resignations By MARY ANN CERULLO Morrow County Court con vened last Wednesday, Mar. 9 and conducted the following business:. learned of the resignation of Mary Bergstrom, secretary to the district attorney. Her resignation will go into effect March 18. accepted a resignation from Jerry Peck, Boardman, of the East Central Oregon Association of Counties Board. discussed forming a committee with East Central "Oregon District of the State Forestry Department for forest land classification. The five person committee would be made up of local land owners and would work with the forestry department. hired Barbara Briggs of Heppner as Morrow County auditor, a position which had been previously held by Lisa McCabe. " hired Pendleton Tree Service to prune the juniper bushes and trees on the court house grounds. Katz sentenced to serve 105 An Irrigon man who was found guilty on nine felony charges in January was sen tenced last Wednesday in Umatilla County Circuit Court to serve 105 years in the Oregon State Penitentiary, reported Umatilla County Deputy District Attorney Brenda Peterson. Brain David Katz, 31, re ceived the sentence after being found guilty of three counts of first degree kidnap ping, two counts of first degree rape, two counts of first degree sodomy, one count of sexual penetration with a foreign object and one count of being an ex-convict in posses sion of a firearm on January 13 by a Morrow County Circuit Court jury. Katz had been indicted on the charges which stemmed years from the abduction of 23-year- old Pendleton woman and two of her children. Judge Richard J. Courson imposed two minimum sen tences, a five year and a 21 Changes made in Changes in wording for the March 29. 1983 County Tax Levy are being requested by County Clerk Barbara Bloods worth. Bloodsworth stated that the needed changes became ap parent when several voters complained that the sample ballots were confusing. Also, an error was caused by the use of incorrect population fig ures. The corrected version re tains the total amount of the levy at $2,742,478 but changes the amount that needs to be financed independent of state year. Peterson said the 21 year sentence may be over ridden by a parole board, but the five year minimum sen tence may not. levy notice funding from $554,442 to $366,188. Had the original bal lot been submitted to the voters, it would not have resulted in payment of more taxes, according to the county spokesperson, but would have resulted in the need for an administrative adjustment. The budget which the county is proposing for 1983-84 has been projected at $289,802 less than for the current fiscal year. A complete text of the changes in the ballot measure can be found on page six of today's paper. Heppner students earn nearly $1,500 for children's hospital Thirty-nine Heppner Elementary students partici pated in a Mathathon last December and were recently awarded for their efforts. Each participant who turned in an application re ceived a math book containing 200 problems. The students signed up sponsors to pay them for each problem solved, and their parents had to sign the books. All benefits were sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Mem phis. Tenn. The three big money makers were Ryan Adelman, Travis Hughes and Benji Pearson, who each earned over $100 for the hospital. They received T-shirts and tote bags. Those who earned $25 or more were presented T-shirts. The following students also participated in the Matha thon: Ryan Pence, Travis Hughes, Jenni Weygandt. Beth Heatherly. Benji Pear son. Deanna Carey, Dawn Papineau, Dustin Alford. T.R. Riehl, Bobby Krein, Jake Bacon, Nina Tucker. Jennifer Tanner, Andy Ashbeck. Jeremy Wright, Kim Warren. Kelly Sweeney, Erin Fish burn. A.J. Tarnasky. Kevin Payne, Madora Rill, J.J. Shaw. Kurt Helphinstine, Alecia Tarnasky, Dean Humphreys. Jered Wicklund, Rebecca Wicklund, Jason Stack, Kathy Bonner, Bryan Bonner, Rick Koffler, Jodi Johnston, Ryan Adelman, B.J. Cannon, Heather Munch, Travis Murty, Christian Schultz, Laurel Webber-Gray and Aleida Goodyear. Almost $1,500 was earned by the students and sent to the hospital. w jess fMMK 1 SR ft- few. w Vi 1. 2M I ( 1 tm -r .-.t w m-xt. w .1 1 ' msvu, vmmm mmm mmw mmem tsmtm mem kki m mmm j mxm tvam &mm wmm mnm wmsi - m w a-t-sn ttv .'t-jj ' - -4 tec )9xr Wr- " fir Pictured above are some of the 39 Heppner Elementary School students who participated in a Mathathon to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. The three big money makers in the front row, are Ryan Aelman (right), Travis Hughes and Benji Pearson. These three students each earned over $100 for the hospital. i
