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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 17, 1993 - FIVE Country Club wins Leprechaun’s Choice The Willow Creek Country Club ran away with the Leprechaun’s Choice award in the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Heppner on Saturday, March 13. They won a $25 prize. First place in the Irish group category went to the leprechauns from the St. Patrick’s pageant, “ Erin Came to County Morrow” . Dusty Rhodes was the Irish in dividual character entry winner. The antique auto pre-1945 en try winner was the Pendleton Shrine Club. Second in that category was Darrell Vinson. The post-1945 first place award went to Craig Thompson. Second place was Kent Bowers. The Camp Fire boys and girls won first place in the float category. Second place went to the Hardman Community Center. The Dessert Shrine Club, Her- miston, won first place in the cars category. The U.S. Forest Ser vice entry was second. Kayla Sweeney and Chelsey Hedman were first in the bike category and Sandra Van Liew/Windy Acres was first in the animal division. Howard Gilliam took first place in the golf cart entries and Raymond Reid was second. The teams and wagons division was won by Joe Yocom, Morrow County Oregon Trail Committee. First place winners took home a $15 prize and second place finishers received $10 each. Clockwise-Jeff, Angela, Jon and Marcia DeBo Sandra Van Liew brings her ‘‘Windy Acres” down the street during the parade Jon DeBo of Grants Pass has been hired as the new manager at the Heppner Les Schwab store. He replaces Chuck Short who took a management position with Les Schwab at Enterprise. DeBo, who was born and rais ed in Grants Pass, has worked for Les Schwab for 10 years, most recently as assistant manager there. Jon and his wife, Marcia, have two children, Angela, 14, who will be a freshman at Heppner High School and Jeff, nine who will be a fourth grader at Hepp ner Elementary. Marcia was bom in Montana and raised at Rogue River. “ The short time I have been in Heppner I have found to be a real pleasure,” commented Jon. “ The people are so friendly and accep ting. Please feel free to stop by and say hello. I am here to serve you the best I can. My family and I are excited to be here,” he added. Film shown to lone Garden Club Leprechauns choice award, Willow Creek Country Club and effort needed for garden work. Some plants she recommended for turf areas were fescues or ground covers; for shrubs, barberry, sumac, firethorn and yucca. Trees recommended were Russian olive and honey locust. Among flowers mentioned were alyssum, black-eyed Susan, cor eopsis, shasta daisy, delphinium, sedums, yarrow and native wildflowers. Pastor Stan Hoobing explain ed the South Morrow Scholarship Fund and the group voted that $250 be used toward a match of $2,000 now available to the fund. Nella Britt was welcomed as a new member. Plans were made for shamrocks to decorate Main Street planters for St. Patrick's weekend. Hostesses for the potluck meeting were Cathy Dowrey and Ida Farra. The April 5 meeting will study “ The World of Creativity” , a study of creative floral designs. Women’s Aglow interest asked Women interested in starting a Women's Aglow Fellowship, a C hristian w om en’s group, By Claudia Hughes. Chamber Manager 1 Xeriscaping topic of meeting “ Xeriscaping not only con serves water but also saves much time and energy used in caring for our yards and gardens,” Eva Lou Greiner told Heppner Garden Club members at their March 1 meeting at the St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Greiner, director of District 10 of the Oregon State Federation of Garden Clubs, presented the ma jor principles of xeriscaping, which is landscaping to conserve water. When planning landscapes or refrofitting them, Greiner recommended adding soil amendments to achieve greater water-holding capacity of the soil, choosing plants that are relatively drought-resistant, limiting turf areas, mulching to retain water, and using irrigation practices that apply water directly to the roots of plants, such as drip systems to replace sprinklers. These practices can reduce water consumption by up to 80 percent and significantly reduce the time New manager for Les Schwab hired Chamber Chatter meeting in the Heppner area should contact Valerie Goodwin collect, 987-2713 at Dayville. W E’VE GOT THE DEALS IN STOCK & READY FOR DELIVERY 3-1993 Chevrolet S10 Blazers 4/Dr. 4X 4’s $1000 Factory Rebate 1-1993 Chevrolet K20 4X4 8600 G V W 6.5 Turbo Diesel, 5 speed, AIR wins O’Ducky race Marilyn Gardner, Hermiston, won first place and $100 in the St. Patrick’s O’Ducky Race held Saturday during the St. Patrick’s weekend. Gardner’s plastic duck was the first to cross the finish line on Willow Creek. Second place was Gene Or- wick, Lexington, who won $75 and third went to Sonya Lawson, Heppner, who won $50. O’Ducky T-shirts went to fourth through eighth place finishers: Travis Mosley, Steve Ball, Mahaley Huddleston, Arlet Campbell and Kristina Sweeney. Fire does extensive damage A fire that broke out at the home of Fred and Nadine Toombs, 162 Rock Street in Heppner, did “ extensive smoke and heat damage,” according to a Heppner volunteer Fire Depart ment spokesperson. The fire, which started from a woodstove around 10 a.m. Sun day, March 14, resulted in damage to the contents of the home and some damage to the walls. Seventeen firemen with three pumpers responded to the scene. According to the spokesperson, the fire was under control within 20 minutes, with another hour and a half mop up. Elementary School children in kindergarten through fifth grade entered 79 posters in the en vironmental contest with 18 receiving awards. The winners entries were sent on to the district contest. Discussion was held on the need to clean up lone before the summer events. The members agreed to help redo the planters on Main Street with more plan ting soil and plants if the businesses would maintain them. It was the consensus of the group that a clean-up day should be held soon. Other dates in the future are the plant sale on April 27 at the Legion Hall and helping with preparation of the dinner for the Cycle Oregon group Sept. 14. Joyce Buchanan served a bir thday cake for Birdine Tullis to the members and their guest, Beulah Dunham of Brightwood, sister of Pat Pettyjohn. New At M.C.G.G. Engine Machine Shop Myrtle McMillan wins leprechaun Myrtle McMillan of Lexington was the winner of the 3 foot tall wooden leprechaun raffled by BOWLING Dime A Dozen March 7 W L 9 0 8 31 15 0 7 25 24 16 0 3 18 22 0 5 17 23 0 2 0 1 15 25 14 26 0 6 28 0 4 12 High game: Harry Hartley 196 and Alvina Padberg 173. High series: Harry Hartley 510 and Alvina Padberg 488. High team game: 0 8, 750. High team series: 0 8. 2088. Splits converted: Gerald Hoeft 5-7; Moni- que Devin 5-tt); John Breidenhach 3-10; Alvina Padberg 5-6 and 3-10; Nicki Hartley 3-K>. Ray Bank.i 5-7. People for the Pool. The leprechaun was crafted and donated by Marty Mitchell. People for the Pool now has “ Support Our Pool” T-shirts for sale at Sears in Heppner. The T- shirts are available in adult and childrens’ sizes. Marriage Licenses The Clerk’s office at the cour thouse in Heppner reports issu ing the following marriage licenses during the past week: March 15: Stephen Jay Brownfield. 45, Heppner; and Luanne Marie Marshall, 38. Hermiston. We have the trained technician and equipment to completely rebuild engines. All makes. Also com plete rebuilding o f heads and rods. Plus we can plane heads and hot tank dip, plus removal and reinstall your engine. Call now for an estimate! Mor row County Grain Growers INC Phone 989-S221 I *00452 7396 LEXINGTON OREGON 97*39 P O Bon 367 March 14 2-1993 Chevrolet K30 4X4 9200 G V W 6.5 Turbo Diesel, 5 speed, Air These units due in any Dayl 1-1993 Chevrolet K20 Extended Cab 8600 G V W , 6.5 Turbo Diesel, Silverado, Air, Auto Trans._______ PLUS USED LATE MODEL CARS & PICK-UPS Wright Chevrolet,Inc. Chevrolet & Oldsmobile Marilyn Gardner A film “ Perennial Gardens” by Kelley G. Heublein was presented at the lone Garden Club meeting on March 10 at the home of Joyce Buchanan. A complete overview of fleshy stem perennials (flowers that return every year) was shown. The material included planning garden design, soils, watering and fertilizing, planning fot con tinuous color, buying plants and pests and diseases. During the business meeting Jean Nelson and Helen Martin reported on the spring District #10 board meeting held at Her miston Feb. 26. They said that the spring meeting of the district will be in Milton-Freewater April 8. The Pacific Regional meeting will be in Bend. April 15-17. A bus will take anyone wishing to go- Pat Pettyjohn, junior contest chairman, reported that lone Heppner has many exhausted "leprechauns” this week. Many, many thanks to one and all. For you, I share “ The Legend of the L eprechaun” from Irish Blessings: If you should be walking along a wooded path some moonlit night in spring and hear the faint tap-tapping of a tiny hammer, you might be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of an Irish leprechaun, the elfin shoemaker, whose roguish tricks are the delight of Irish story-telling. According to legend, the leprechaun has a pot of gold hid den somewhere, and he must give up his treasure to the one who cat ches him. You’ll have to step lively and think quickly to cap ture a leprechaun’s gold though, because this sly little fellow will fool you into looking away for an instant while he escapes into the forest. A story is told of the man who compelled a leprechaun to take him to the very bush where the gold was buried. The man tied a red handkerchief to the bush in order to recognize the spot again and ran home for a spade. He was gone only three minutes, but when he returned to dig, there was a red handkerchief on every bush in the field. As long as there are Irishmen to believe in the “ little folk” there will be leprechauns to reflect the wonderful Irish sense of fun and many a new story of leprechaun shenanigans will be added to Irish folklore each year. The St. Patrick’s Committee “ wrap-up” meeting will be March 31. Anyone else who has information and suggestions to share for 1994 please come by and visit. And a happy St. Patrick’s Day to one and all. Next week at Chamber: Carol Michael Bennett will be doing a program entitled “ Your Privacy (or lack of it) in the Electronic Age.” “ Privacy is the right to in dividuals to decide what informa tion about themselves will be communicated to others.” This program promises to be very enlightening and will give some ways to protect our privacy. 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