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t t 4 (Tis a blessing to he from Heppner, Ore. on BESS I E WETZELL U OF ORE N E W 5 ' A f E R LIB EUGENE OR 974C3 St. latricit s uay VOL. 102 NO. II THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1984 President Reagan sends St. Patrick's Day letter to Heppner rtd that 7-- Yve Heppner Auto Jf arts into new building rV-rr Workers woro busy all day Tuesday moving merchandise from the Heppner Auto Parts Store to Its new location In thoold creamery building In Heppner. The store Is moving to make way for Central Market expansion Morrow iioi!sR Patrick 9 st. iris WWSJT. country Ues ugnt o e(aflJiiy Ift 1 Vftto 9C -Ta rlc to tr.rica. .--w an maVce w -"L vm ssr fpsx (rTlft dtmmSSmJ H I - '" C County's Home-Owned 1984 in . - talent - .no? America - z moves 1 Weekly Newspaper 25c Heppner, Uregon lriS .e an - nTOvides - sr 8 Council, comm. positions still vacant A vacant Heppner City Council position and a City Planning Commission seat still have not been filled, says Mayor Cliff Green. Green says citizens , are needed to fill these spots, and anyone interested should con tact him or city hall. School board to meet The Morrow County School Board will hold a regular monthly meeting March 19 at 8 p.m. at Columbia Junior High in Irrigon. The Board will consider awarding bids for the sale of three school buses and one used 12 passenger van. The board will also consider set ting the amount of a tax base which the district is required to put before the people at either the May primary elec tion or the November general election. In other business, the board will consider renewal of em ployee contracts in executive session. The public is encouraged to attend all school board mee tings, said a district spokesperson. Mar. 17 truly a day in Morrow County By JUSTINE WEATHERFORD Dear Saint Patrick himself, who brought Christianity to Ireland in the A.D. 400s and whose death there on March 17, 461, which became his feast day and an Irish national holiday that has also been observed in America since colonial times, is, of course, first -oT-all responsible for Iioppner's celebra'ion. That large group of Morrow County's earliest settlers who were sons of Eire, many of whom went back to the Emerald Isle to bring brides here, and many of whom still Special St. Pat's Day supplement inside A special St. Patrick's Day supplement accompanies this week's issue of The Gazette-Times. In it you will find a complete schedule of Saturday's activities, as well as special feature stories about many of the events. So look over the schedule carefully, cut it out and take it to town with you if you like, and enjoy festivities of Morrow County's Emerald Isle this Saturday. Nary the weest leprechaun would miss it! Willow Cr. Lake reaching higher elevation Dug Dugger, public affairs officer for the Army Corps of Engineers in Walla Walla re ports that the elevation of Willow Creek Lake should reach 2,063 ft. by the end of this week. As of Tuesday afternoon, the elevation was at 2,058.17 ft. The corps began closing the outflow gate down on Febru ary 15 to allow the lake to fill. Dugger said after the eleva tion reaches the 2,063 ft. mark the corps will begin passing the inflow to maintain that elevation, causing Willow itictouuii, vauaiiig n inuw G-T sponsors 1 v ) V Jim Farley How many pictures are there of one of Heppner's favorite Irishmen, Jim Far ley, in this week's paper? If you can correctly identi fy how many photos of Jim are in the paper, and what page they are on, and you are the FIRST to call the Gazette-Times office THURSDAY morning, you win two free passes to the Ham Dinner at St. Patrick's Weather by the City oHIeppner have vigorous descendants living here have the first local responsibility for the celebra tion of this day in Heppner. James J. Farley, a devoted Heppner Irish booster, had long contemplated a March 17th celebration here before he, in cooperation with KUMA radio station of Pendleton and with many Heppner mer chants, really got the celebra tion rolling in 1982. Years ago the day was marked by the flying of the Irish flag on Main Street. The athletic teams of Heppner's High School were long ago called 'The Fighting Irish." For quite a few years the Creek to rise slightly. The inflow coming into the lake is now aboaut 85 cubic feet per second (c.f.s) depending on rainfall, and th eoutflow is presently between eight and 10 c.f.s., Dugger said. After the elevation is up, the outflow will run constant with the inflow; at about 85 c.f.s. Dugger said next Wednes day through Friday the corps will be measuring the rate of outflow to determine the gate calibration. This will be used to control the outflow in the future. special St. Catholic Church Saturday. The G-T phone number is 676-9228. Remember, the pictures may be anywhere in the paper and the special St. Patrick's Day section, and you must know the page numbers, and be the first to call Thursday. The contest is sponsored by the Heppner Gazette Times. Spring break nears Spring is almost upon us and as far as students are con cerned, it starts next. week. When classes let out Friday, Morrow County students will begin a week-long spring va cation. Classes will resume Mon day, Mar. 26. for celebration . Altar Society of St. Patrick's Catholic Church has been ser ving a St. Patrick's night dinner and presenting a musi cal program featuring talen ted members of that congre gation. This year the celebration of this special day has been greatly expanded to include a full schedule of events begin ning at 8 a.m. on the 17th and continuing until 2 a.m. on Sunday the 18th. This year's celebration is being funded by voluntary donations which were collected by Jim Farley and the Heppner Merchants Committee. The Chamber of Many attend for dentists v. v Retiring Dr. Harold Huber (right) chats with Dexter Miles during an open house held at the Heppner Elks Lodge last Tuesday, evening, Mar. 6. The drop-in event was held to wish Dr. Huber well and for the public to meet Drs. Tom Alexander and Ritchie Hibbert and their families. City Council withdraws support of road The Heppner City Council withdrew support of a contro versial Corps of Engineers" road from Morrow Street to the Willow Creek Dam at a meeting last Monday night. The city had earlier endor sed the road by the Corps, but following public outcry changed its mind. Property owners near the proposed road said construc tion would cause debris to fall down the hill, and erosion to occur. Councilman Bob Ployhar said he talked to corp repre sentatives about the road project, and was told the corps "would not shove the road down our throats." He said instead, the Corps Open house to be held at lone Elementary "Welcome to Our World" is the theme of a social studies open house to be held on Thursday, Mar. 15, at 7 p.m. at lone Elementary School. The students and teachers would like to invite the entire com High Low Preclp Tue., March 6 59 31 Wed., March 7 65-41 Thurs., March 8 61 44 Fri., March9 64 39 .11 Sat., March 10 55 34 .08 Sun., March 11 55 36 Trace Mon., March 12 59 37 .18 Commerce has donated $100, and many of its members will be helping with the day's events. The directors of the cham ber, who are meeting each Monday morning, reaffirmed at their March 12 meeting that their organization had budge ted continuing financial sup port to this celebration, but that its planning and execut ion will remain with its mer chants' committee. Everyone in Heppner will continue praying that March 17, just four days before the official arrival of Spring, will be a beautiful, sunshiny day. open house would build a switch back road on its own property up to the dam. The road will be used to put a final "cap" on one end of the dam. In other business, the coun cil: heard from the Rev. LeRoy Wornell of the Chris tian Life Center that the church has property for sale next to the fire hall in Hep pner. Wornell said the build ing and land may be of use to the city for expansion of the firehall some day. He said the church was asking $20,000. "A reasonable offer will not be refused," he said. The council did not act, but took the matter under consideration. munity to attend, said a spokesperson for the- event. All kindergarten through the sixth grade classes will be participating in the event. cont. p. 4
