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The Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 24, 1983 THREE
Around About
By Justine Weatlierford
From St. Patrick's Day on, during the last few days of
winter and the first days of spring, In Morrow County, the
weather has been blessed by the Omnipotence. It was so
joyful to have many visitors come to help our community In
Its celebration of its patron saint's special day. We now have
been assured that America's delight In its Irish heritage and
In those who came themselves from the "old sod" has now
been somewhat reflected in Erin Itself where the day is
recently being recognized as a significant holiday - so the
ambassador told Dominic Monahan in a taped interview.
I certainly enjoyed March 17, 1983, in Oregon's Irish
Capital from Matt Doherty's excellent pictures at 9:30 a.m.
through the delightful KUMA "Coffee Hour" with Ted Smith,
Bill Kilkenny and many others, Including Bill Kenny whose
beautiful rendition of "Galway Bay" surely moistened my
eyes, then the huge, fun brunch where I became acquainted
with the Vawter Parkers who were guests of the Jim
Thomsons (all of whom shared a table with Mary Goheen and
me), on to the dandy Irish stew meal and the delightful
program at St. Patrick's Catholic Church which concluded as
Bill Kenny and Ron McDonald, on the stage together with the
Lindsay Family led everyone in "God Bless America."
Other memorable events on March 17 were the fine 35th
anniversary party at St. Pat's promoter Jimmy Farley's
establishment where his attractive daughters served as
hostesses, and the 15th anniversary celebration at Cat's
Arco, which I just didn't manage to attend. The Morrow
County Creative Arts and Crafts group is certainly to be
congratulated on the fine showing of works they arranged in
the old post office location. As I walked through that
temporary gallery, I was again thrilled by and proud of the
truly fine artists who live and create beautiful things in this
county.
Although I will probably never qualify as a gourmet, my
simple gastronomic taste was pleased with the good stew and
tasteful accompaniments the Altar Society and its commit
tees offered, and along with the other 400 plus persons, I was
delighted with the evening's entertainment.
The next day I drove to Portland and spent Friday night in
my brother's home where on Saturday morning we were
quite distressed by the statistics released in the "Oregon
Ian" concerning the epicurean taste of the workers at the
Eastern Oregon Hospital and Training Center in Pendleton.
When I returned home Saturday evening, I read the two
Pendleton papers which were waiting in my paper tube. It
was Interesting to see that as Ireland's St. Patrick's Day
celebration reflects America's Pendleton's appreciation of
the day seems to sort of reflect Heppner's. However, I hope
we never give up our Irish stew for the menus that were
served at the state hospital. The purchase for the 1982 staff
Christmas dinner included "100 dozen oysters, 20 pounds of
king crab, over 200 pounds of shrimp, 380 pounds of turkey,
almost 400 pounds of ham, five cases of mincemeat, pumpkin
pie, mixed nuts, cheesecake, maraschino cherries and spiced
crabapples" according to auditors working with Secretary of
State Norma Paulus. That holiday meal cost the Oregon
taxpayers $10,000 and with the similar dinners in '80 and '81
made the total cost of the three feasts $26,681, according to
the March 19 Portland "Oregonian."
Maybe some folks who read the last Sunday "Oregonian"
(March 20) were impressed by the largest space on the front
page being filled with a warning of the water shortage
coming to Northeastern Oregon "where water is being
pumped from 10 to 100 times faster than it is being replaced
by natural recharge, producing water level declines of up to
383 feet in the past IS years, according to measurements
cited in the State Water Resources Department study." The
following paragraph states, "The progressive exhaustion of
the underground reserves in a 2,500-square-mile area of
Morrow and Umatilla counties has produced no effective
enforcement action by the Water Resources Department,
headed by James Sexon. That is despite provisions of Oregon
law requiring it to halt pumping to prevent declines in
ground-water levels and to prevent cross-well interference,
in which two or more wells rapidly decrease a local water
supply."
Many have known about this situation for sometime, yet
many still complain loudly about damming Willow Creek and
compounding some water. There are always at least two
sides to every problem. The dam built at Heppner seems to
arouse a great deal of negataive reaction with some of
which I can sympathize. However, it seems that the storing
of water may become a mighty Important matter in the
future of this area. The "Forum" section of the same paper
begins its major article titled "Water Resoursce
Msmanagement Brewing Crisis" with "We're facing a crisis
far greater than the Arab oil boycott as related to our water
needs" Sen. Mark Hatfield, R.-Ore. said recently. He is
right. Water will be the single most important issue of this
decade." Maybe this article should be studied carefully by all
Oregon residents.
Now this first week of spring looks like another busy week
in Morrow County. We hope all of its days are pleasing to the
school persons, children and staff, who are vacationing.
Among the significant activities of the week are the Blue
Mountain District 10 spring meeting of the Oregon State
Federation of Garden Clubs at the Willows Grange Hall
in lone, which will last almost all Thursday, and the big
activity at St. Patrick's Catholic Church and at the
fairgrounds on Saturday night. A community potluck dinner
it aet there beginning at 6:30 p.m. as the scene of the
crowning of this year's Fair and Rodeo Queen, Lottie
Laughlin, and the honoring of her princesses Sylvia Ladd and
Dawn Timms and the five pennant bearers Dyann Brosnan,
Wendy Skillcorn, Bridgett Greenup, Bobbette Angell and
Stacy Kennedy.
The Jim Ackley Band will provide the music for the dance
that begins at 9 a.m. at the fairgrounds. There should be a
good attendance at the dinner and dance, which are the first
big events leading to this year's fair and rodeo.
To all my friends and family
who helped out during my
35th anniversary open house
Many thanks
Jim Farley
Wright family plans 1983 Pioneer Picnic
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This picture of Albert Wright and Beverly Mancss Wright
was taken September 19, 1950 at their wedding In Portland.
This couple, now grandparents, are chairpersons of the
family committee in charge of this year's pioneer picnic.
By JU8TINE
WEATIIKRFORD
On Sunday, Mar. 20, a group
of descendants of county pio
neer Albert Wright met at the
home of Albert and Beverly
Wright for a planning session
prior to the family's serving
as hosts of this year's annual
Morrow County Memorial
Weekend Pioneer Picnic
which is set for Sunday, May
29. Those who gathered at the
Wright's Upper Rhea Creek
home were Mr, and Mrs.
Barton Clark, all from Ruggs;
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Wright
of Arlington: and their daugh-'
ter, Ramona Johnson of Port
land. Beverly displayed many
most interesting, old family
pictures, and Beth Clark also
brought along a fine collection
of pictures. The fourth gen
eration Wrights have numer
ous copies of family letters,
The aarliett known numbers of the modern cat
family first appeared about 13 million yean ago.
and they treasure several
lrge, pioneer-days, family
Bibles.
Albert and Beverly are
serving as the committee
chairpersons, and it has been
determined that Clayton will
be the master of ceremonies
' at this year's picnic. His
daughter, Ramona Johnson, is
to arrange a display of family
pictures along with a geneo
logical chart. '
Their descendants have
carefully guarded a great
many mementoes of Albert
and Julia (Barry) Wright's
lives from just before and
during the years after they
settled in this area, about 110
years ago. Their family
members are now into their
sixth generation here, and
many of them have made very
significant contributions to the
growth and stability of this
county.
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