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• « ' •• ‘ 4 ^ . • * , ‘* . - *• v • %* _ . \ * - . 4 * *•.* / » •* ‘ . * • » « . • » Gordon O ’Brien is Grand Marshal The Heppner Morrow County's Home Owned Newspaper azette W ednesday, M arch 8, IW ) VO L 107 NO. 10 imes Gordon O ’Brien is the Grand Marsha) for the St Patrick’» l>ay Celebration March 17-Id He i* one of six children of Thomas J O'Brien and Lucy G Corngal Gordon vs as horn in Hepp- ner. being delivered by the famous Dr McMurdo He has two sislers. Isahelle. Pendleton and Kathryn of Portland and three brother» Pat of Heppner, James o f Salem and Malcolm of Die Dalles Gordon graduated from Heppner High School after attending Pine Ci ty school for 11 years He attended Oregon State University and studied agriculture He returned to Heppner to go into the cattle business in 1949 with his bn>thers In 1955. Gordon married Helen Shatter of Pendleton She was the daughter of Dave and Erma ShatTcr They have a slaughter Ronnie Helsnia of Portland Gordon's lather. Thomas, was bom in County leitram . Ireland and raised on the family farm. Cor namukla. meaning Hill of Stone' He was bom in 1885. the son of James and Kathryn O'Brien He came to Heppner when he was 18 years old and worked for C A Minor I ivestock (cattle and sheep) which was headquartered on the old Luke Bibb) place on Balm Fork He was married to Lucy H Corngal in Id 17 and purchased a ranch and went into the sheep business on But ----- tercreek in 1925 Thomas had a Heppner 25* Schools stay open with replacement teachers Strike to continue In a news release from the School District office Tuesday, it was in dicatcd that at a mediation session Monday night which lasted more than h hours, the school district pro posed to end the strike hy submitting the unresolved issues to a vote o f the people The hoard proposal called for a referendum by Morrow Coun ty voters to accept cither the union's demands or the district’* offer The union rejected this proposal The teacher * union nude its own prev posal which would have voter* ap prove submitting the unresolved issues to an outside arbitrator District negotiators stated that hav ing an outside arbitrator resoivc Morrow County disputes was not as ccptablc "The ultimate arbitrator to this contract dispute should only he those who will have to pay for whatever would he granted." said Dwayne Carroll. Board chairman "W e cannot agree to a union pro posal which would have (his dispute settled by a person who doesn't even live in Morrow County " District negotiators had hoped that by submitting the unresolved issues to a vote of the people the strike could he ended Unfortunately, with the union's rejection of this proposal, it appears that the strike hy union teachers will continue School re opened for students today with a full compliment of replacement teachers along with 12 district teachers who have crossed picket lines Grand Marshal for the St Patrick's Day Parade is Gordon O’Brien He is shown with his wife Helen sister Kathryn that lived in Lonenvk and a twin to Kathryn. Patrick who came to Oregon lor a time, hut returned to the 'Old Country' He also had a sister Rose who married John Mitchell and came to Heppner from Canada in 1925 after leasing Ireland Her husband worked lor * — tally Rill walks her son Lonnie to class on Tuesday morning, first student day of the teacher strike. Rodeo meeting March 9 There will he a rodeo meeting at the Nomad Restaurant in Boardntan on Thursday, March 9 at 7:30 p.m The public is welcome For further inform ation call John Moyer ft7f>UH44 Confusion over components and mechanics of a proper governmen tal budget have caused the Morrow County Court to sponsor a seminar on "Basics of Better Budgeting" Arrangements have been made with Ron Daniels, president of Blue Mountain Community College to conduct the seminar on March 22 at 7 10 p m at the Heppner F'lks laxlge Invitations have been sent to all cities of the county as well as to all governmental departments ami agen cies that normally prepare budget re quiring taxpayers dollars Lmphasis will he placed on budget theory and component uses rather than uttemp ting to formulate specific dollar amounts for any specific budget Greg Sweek. Morrow County One hundred thirty four replace ment teachers were in today, w uh 12 ol the regular stall crossing the picket lines fhree more crossed the lines in lone than had indicated they would do so. according to the district office There was a total of I4h teachers total for the day Substance. Mcthamphclaminc. as a result of a separate, unrelated kki dent occurring in August. 1988 Both pleas were entered before Mor row County Circuit Court Judge Pro Tern Ralph Currin The Court ordered a pre sentence investigation and sentencing was continued until alter completion of the pre sentence investigation Buttons are limited-Get yours now St Patrick's Day buttons have been distributed downtown for sale Coffee mugs and other Irish items arc on display and for sale at local businesses Many merchants have purchased j ■’ •>N 8 o b> Joyv • Itin /v m Warren enters guilty pleas to two separate incidents IW-nms Warren, 22. Heppner, entered guilty pleas to two separate felony charges in Morrow County Circuit Court on Friday March 1, 1989, according to a news release from the District Attorney's office Warren plead guilty to Attempted Assault in the Second Degree as a result of an August, 1988, ins ulent W'arren also entered a plea of guilty to Possession of a Controlled J I "V -" *w V * : » A School enrollment is 83 percent first day of strike According the the Morrow Coun ty School District office in l,cx ington, the district wide attendance for the first day o f school during the teacher's strike was 8) percent Tucv day morning Heppner High School reported 91 percent. Heppner Elementary 84 percent, lone 92 percent • \v l -„ • 1 1 * ■4' Kilkennys lor a lew years before moving to Pendleton From there they moved to San Frans i»co, C ali forma Gordon says he hasn't missed a Si Patrick’s Day Celebration set He says he is looking forward to this years' event 1 K * ago. which w as her first trip to this country Her family include« an un d c John Reynolds on her mother’s side He worked tor John Madison on Buttercreck Her first cousin is MdlcuniO'Brienol The Dalles with whom she will stay during hei trip to the States She is also a cousin ol Pal ansi Gordon O'Brien ol Hepp ner Gordon is the Grand Marshal tor the parade - special St Pat » items to increase in (crest in the day Purchase yours now and send a friend a reminder of the celebration to he held March 17. 18 and 19 in Heppner SINGIÆ PKKP Notices W 1 1 low ( reek < ountrv (Tub is planning a workday for members Saturday March1 II Please bring \vofk tools . rakes. shovels. ,etc. Weather IReport by C*V0* frh 28 • March 6 lliuh 14IV% 47 27 ,u 18 50 10 17 48 JJ 25 <4 20 58 5fc Sun. 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Pre* Snow .0 .20 .V 0 2" .0 1" .10 G 22 1er II Market Report Co'wp**>«ntti ol rt># M oo n « County f *»«■»» (.<!*»•»% l uesdiiy, March 7 S oit W hite- March April May June July Aug Sept *4 85 *4 8) »4 Ml *4 74 *4 5g »4 51*4 44 »4 44 *4 4 I »4 41 »4 42 Bariev Apr May PIK New Crop Aug Hard Red W inter ANN UITY HANK . \ j £ [ a s t e r n O r ty o n F is a v c iu S f m m f s * O PCO» « Mtr»«Nt« on «roe - » * »*■« * > •*** •>. • * •* » ■ ’ • > x»v^ * , * Assessor, will also he on hand to give a hriet explanation on ilie nil pacl of county valuation on tax rates as well as the results ol tax ap|x\ils According to Judge Carlson, con sidcrahlc interest has I k - cii express cd during the |>as( month on how the various components of propet budgeting ultccts the following years' tax levies In addition, there is considerable interest in comparing the mechanics and components ol governmental budgeting such as county, city and schools versus pnvute enterprise Die public is encouraged to attend this informative two hour session to ask questions ol a sub|cct that has a direct dollar impact on each and every citizen of this county 1 lies. Weds. Ihurs. Fri. Sul. ». » V. r ^ p * - ' J! County sets budget workshop by J o y c e H u g h * • *i , X l . . ■ . Brcdc O'Brien Lyons of Co 1 letram Ireland has been chosen as this year's Queen of the Heppner St Patrick's Day Celebration Lyon's has lived in Ireland all her life, however, her lather came to Heppner in 1917 to farm for a hriet time She works as a beauty operator in Co. Carlo southwest of Dublin Lyons, who is 60 years old, visted the Unitesi States ahsHit live years teachers to keep schools open during strike which began March 1 -• r . Irish Queen chosen from / County Carlo A group of striking Morrow County teachers picket Hepp ner Junior High as replacement teachers board bus following school Tuesday The school district hired 134 replacement * .
