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«■ok FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, | O N PA The Heppner G AZETTE-TIM ES Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper U S P S 240-420 Published ever) V\ ednesdav and entered as second-class m atter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March J, 1879. Second class postage paid at Heppner. Oregon. Office at 147 West Willow Street. Telephone (503) 676-9228. Address communications to the Heppner Gazette-Times. P.O. Box 337, Hepp ner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $15 in M orrow, W heeler, Gilliam and G rant Counties; $23 elsewhere. Joyce H u g h e s ................................................................ Office M anager, Typesetting April Sykes .................................................................................................. News Editor C arol Atherly .............................................................................Graphics Departm ent Becky Evans ...............................................................................Graphics Departm ent Monique P a r r e l .............................................................................................Distribution Penni K eersem aker...............................................................................................Bindery Bob S m ith ................................................................................................................P rinter David and April Svkes. Publishers Green Right The Color St. Patrick was no fool, you know. His day (is it the anniversary of his birth, or his death?) is a great time for a celebration. March. Not yet spring enough to be spring, but too late to really be winter either. In fact, winter is nearly over. The snow is gone, the lake has begun to thaw and some really early plants are beginning to grow. Winter is definitely over. But spring has not sprung yet. There’s still a little frost in the morn B\ Ed Glenn ings and a jacket feels comfortable against the breeze. You see, March is absolutely perfect and St. Patrick knew that. Earlier would be too soon. It takes awhile to get over the doldrums of winter. Folks are afraid to leave the house with a big fire in the stove and a drip at the faucet. Roads are dangerous and well, winter is just the time to stay close to home. Later would be no good either. Well into spring, the planting work keeps everyone pretty busy. And what time there is to play is spent visiting the old summer haunts to make sure they survived the winter. So the time is right for a celebration. St. Patrick was pretty smart in picking the Irish to be the patron saint of too. The Irish need a March celebration. They take the winter harder than some other folks, mainly because winters are harder in Ireland than say, Morocco. I’ve never heard of the patron saint of Moroccans, do they even have one? Anri Irishmen need a jump start into spring too. Spring comes pretty suddenly in Ireland and it doesn’t last long so the Irish are pretty busy in Ireland before the summer is on them. They don’t have time to celebrate in the spring in Ireland, although that doesn’t really stop them. And of course, St. Patrick’s favorite color is green. Green is the color of the spring fields. The color of the new life that will come with spring. Green is the color of Ireland in the spring so St. Patrick’s color had to be green. Imagine a purple shamrock. Of course, St. Patrick adopted the leprechauns I told you he was no fool. A real saint needs a whole army of helpers especially if he’s the patron saint of the Irish. Maybe the patron saint of Bolivia doesn’t need leprechauns, but St. Patrick adopted them for good reason, the Irish need lots of patronage and they help a lot. With this no-nonsense saint, his green color, his army of leprechauns and the Irish to look after, it is no wonder that they found that special clover that grows shamrocks. The whole lot needs a bit o ’good luck. By the way, is a real shamrock a four-leafed clover or will the three-leafed variety do? I was never lucky enough to know for sure. I have found a few four-leafed ones but they never brought me any good luck. Maybe I'm not Irish after all. So here it is, winter over, spring not here yet and we need a celebra tion. Before the stew is served, before the music starts, before the bed race is called, we should stop and ponder just how smart old St. Patrick really is. We should think about his color, and his leprechauns and the shamrocks. We should remember all the Irish in Ireland and in Heppner. We should congratulate each other on being just a little Irish. Above all, we should savor the celebration carefully tucked in between winter and spring and glory in the scheme of things. Now that that is taken care of, pass the green beer, please. AS I SEC IT Senators unwilling to lead flag salute Capitol each day for session. Isn’t it sad there weren’t enough senators willing to lead the flag salute to keep the honor among themselves? It’s ig nom inious, disgraceful and humiliating. Our troops in the Gulf are giving their time, and some their lives, to defend Old Glory. Thank you, Salem area vets and their auxiliaries for taking advantage of this privilege to daily honor Old Glory by leading the flag salute at the opening of each session of the senate. Sincerely, (s) Patti Fleming 10060 Katherine _ SW __________ Tigard, OR 97224 Keep It H appy V A N V A V W A W /A V A W W A V Z V V V W V V W W V W A V W , — g>i with NAPA parts H eppner Police R ep ort Births Brett Allan Epperly-a son, Brett Allan, was born to Scott and Dana (Ruhl) Epperly, Roseburg, on Feb. 10, 1991. The baby weighed 8 lbs. 1 oz. Grandparents are Susan (McQuar- rie) Reisman, Richard E. Ruhl and Mr. and Mrs. F A. Epperly all of Roseburg. Great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. C.E. McQuarrie, formerly of Heppner and now of Roseburg and Mrs. L.E. Ruhl of Lexington. Leroy Duarte-a son. Leroy, was bom to Julio Duarte and Dolores Sepulveda of Boardman on Feb. 19, 1991 at Good Shepherd Communi ty Hospital in Hermiston. The baby weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz. Emily Jean Hedlund-a daughter Emily Jean was born to Cathy and Gene Hedlund J r., New Pine Creek, on Feb. 22, 1991. The baby weigh ed 7 lbs. 3 oz. Grandparents are Roger and Shirley Palmer, Heppner, and Gene Hedlund Sr., of New Pine Creek. She joins brothers Jeffrey and Eric and sister Karen, at home. Justice Court _____Report The Justice Court office at the courthouse annex building in Hepp ner reports handling the following business during the past week: William L. Niswander, 39, Corbett-Hunting Prohibited Area (shooting from public road), $58 fine; Michael Scott Scalf, 21, Heppner- Driving While Suspended, $237 fine; Joe Lewis Halvorsen, 44, Ione- Exceeding the Maximum Truck Speed, 67 mph in a 55 mph zone, $37 fine; John Ephen, 29, Portland-Hunting Prohibited Area (from a public- road), $68 fine. The Heppner Police department reports handling the following business during the past week: February 25: 10:32 a.m.-Motorist Assist; 2:08 p.m.-report of Theft; 8:4”? p.m.-Dog Complaint. February 26: 9:47 p.m.-Motorist Assist. February 27: 12 p.m .-three reports of Worthless Document Cases; 3:36 p.m. -report of Criminal Mischief. February 28: 9:18 p.m.-citation issued for No Operator’s License. March 1: 11:57 a.m.-Funeral Escort. March 2: 8:16 p.m.-report of Suspicious Activity; 11:45 p.m.- request officer for Security Check. March 3: 4:15 p.m .-Found Property. Feb. 26 - March 4, 1991 High Low Prec 56 28 .0 Tues. .0 59 30 Weds. .26 Thurs. 54 33 .20 47 28 Fri. 48 T 56 Sat. .08 41 65 Sun. .19 57 31 Mon. That’s “ grains” --not girls. The headline on a story concerning an Extension study group on grains and flours, which read “ Study group looks at girls,” should have read, “ Study group looks at grains.” 148 E. Center Heppner M*n • Boxer Short* M umuj ' j D iw § INC. 2 1 7 Nocth M ain Heppner 6 7 6 -9 1 5 8 Create your own design from our ‘Large’ assortment of transfers T-SHIRTS Adults $5.75 & up Youth $4.50 & up SWEATSHIRTS Adults $12.50 & up Youth $8.00 & up SATIN BASEBALL JACKETS Adults $31.00 W h ite, R ed, B lack , Pink, R o yal, G rey, T u rq uoise ^ ST. PATRICK’S HATS *3.50 & up Pick your own St. Patrick’s design $3.00 and up (O n ly 10 m o r e d a y s u n til T alk S t, P a tr ic k ’s D a y ) -rv- 143 N . M a in H e p p n e r, O re gon TepS 6 7 6 -5 2 4 1 ¿t o I V « ■ I fljres WE GUARANTEE OUR SERVICE LIKE WE GUARANTEE OUR TIRES! ( ALIGNMENT STRUTS 1 STANDARD ALIGNMENT ★ PASSENGER CAR if 19.95 PICKUPS & VANS 2 3 .9 5 GAS STRUT CARTRIDGE (LIFETIME WARRANTY) THRUST ALIGNMENT ★ PASSENGER CAR 27.95 ★ PICKUPS & VANS 3 1 .9 5 E ve ry c a r s h o u ld h a v e a th ru s t a lig n m e n t It re la te s all 4 w h e e ls to a c o m m o n c e n te r lin e to in s u re m a x im u m tire life a n d a c e n te re d s te e rin g w h e e l CARRY-OUT INSTALLED 76% 112?? GAS STRUT ASSEMBLY (LIFETIME WARRANTY) Call tor your size and price Complete Front & Rear (m o s t c a rs) Complete Rear Brake Service 1 2 3 4 5 6 High iign qualit, quality brake shoes Resurface drum s All new hold-down return springs Ail new wheel cylinders Adiust parking brake Bleed & adiust entire system 115 95’ R E A R (m o s t c a rs i 7. Full Free replacement 25.000 mile warranty Complete Front Brake Service 1 2 3 J 5 6 Replace o n e h u id front calipers High qualify disc pads Resurface rotors Repack wheel bear ngs • • New fron t seals«!•<.pt > wp Bleed A adiust entire system m ^ J J t 3D I t | 6 * ■ ^ “ ■ F R O N T im o s f c a rs ) ^ We will be CLOSED SATURDA Ydue to the pow er outage. 676 - 9123 We have lots o f / fun things to 1 j/ help you enjoy this Insh day! Come in and see our display. / CUSTOM T-SHIRTS ARE ‘OUR’ SPECIALTY •SOME IMPORT. SPECIALTY CARS 4 PICKUPS EXTRA Because there are no unimportant parts.' Ktda' T 9h!rt by City of Heppner 7. Full Free replacement 25.000 _____________ mile warranty_____________________ Heppner Auto Parts A card and a gift-the fun way to celebrate St. Pat’s Day! W e a th e r Report Oops! Letters to the Editor To the Editor: The Oregon House of Represen tatives for years has opened their daily session with a flag salute led by their members. Not so in the Oregon Senate. Do these senators find Old Glory to be so disgraceful that they cannot take a turn to lead the pledge of allegiance? A veterans' group in the Salem area, when made aware of this situa tion, discovered the leadership would allow a flag salute if someone else would come and lead it. They seized the opportunity to daily lead the flag salute in the senate. The senators are already at the Il II—n“----- M a r c h 6 , 1991 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow j L .- - Il ~l II* ON-THE-SPOT C R E D IT CARRY-OUT INSTALLED ULTRA GAS.GAS CUSHION ULTRA GAS SUPREME RTG (L IF E T IM E W A R R A N T Y ) GAS TRAILBUSTER ATG (L IF E T IM E W A R R A N T Y ) 2?. 16 21 *1 2 1 1 1 26 27 32 4?» 4?. 7?. 676-9481 LES SCHWAB CREDIT PLAN € $ ZS ASK ABOUT THE LES SCHWAB CREDIT PLAN 124 \ . M a in HEPPNER
