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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 13, 1996
St. Patrick's Day in Heppner
Barbershoppers to entertain during St. Pat's
will be from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
with the finish by 4 p.m.
Central Market is donating
orange slices for the walkers
and the R&W Drive In is pro­
viding a complimentary drink
coupon with the purchase of a
menu sandwich.
Twenty-two volunteers are
signed up to help with rest
stops, registration and check
points.
A volunteer crew of John Ed-
mundson, Jim Wishart, Earl
Fishburn and Don Finley
freshened the green paint on
the shamrocks marking the
route this week.
The Blue Mountain Barber-
shoppers (BMB), directed by
John Freeman, will perform in
Heppner Saturday, March 16 at
7:30 p.m. at the Heppner
Junior High School auditorium.
In addition to the chorus, the
show will also feature several
quartets.
St. Patrick's Committee
entertainment chair Molly Rill
says that around 40 barber-
shoppers will be coming and
adds that the group has writ­
ten a play geared to the Mor­
row County experience, incor­
porating local names in their
performance.
Tickets are now available for
$5 each at Murray's Drug and
may be purchased at the down­
town information booth Satur­
day, beginning around 1 p.m.
If the presentation is not sold
out, tickets will also be available
at the door.
Rill also says that the barber-
shoppers will do a lot of roving
downtown and will also sing
during the KUMA coffee hour
presentation.
When the curtain rises Satur­
day evening, the BMB will be
singing in their 14th year of
harmony. It is a long way from
their first show in 1983. The
group first met in the summer
of 1982, but took a while to get
organized, chartered and learn
music for their charter show.
Nine of the original members
are still singing with the
chorus.
The group has put on shows
in La Grande, Baker City, Her-
miston, Pendleton and Enter­
prise. They have sung in Elgin
and gone to contests in Spo­
kane and Tri-Cities, WA and
Twin Falls, ID.
from page one
Arts and Crafts Sale
Morrow County Creative
Arts and Crafts club will spon­
sor an arts and crafts sale Satur­
day, March 16, from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. af the Les Schwab store.
Arts and crafts club members
may set up their wares at 9 a.m.
They are reminded to bring two
dozen cookies to the sale.
Potato Decorating Contest
Heppner Day Care has
planned an Irish potato deco­
rating contest on Saturday,
March 16, from 2-4 p.m. at the
old television office on Main
Street in Heppner.
Potatoes and craft items will
be provided or those participa­
ting in the contest may bring a
completed potato from home.
There is a $2 entry fee.
Categories are: three to five
years, six to 10, and 11 and
older.
Everyone participating will
get a ribbon and certificates will
be awarded for the most
unusual potato, most original,
most Irish, best dressed lassie,
best dressed lad and most
edible.
at the Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo
Arena at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds.
Entries will open the morn­
ing of March 17 until 10 a.m.
Classes are as follows: open
class-three for $20.50; number
9 and 7-three for $15.50; and
number 5-three for $12.50.
There will be unlimited entries
for number 5 and a limit of
three for the other classes.
Admission is free for spec­
tators and concessions will be
available.
For more information call
Ken Bailey, 676-5110 or
379-2812. Ken Eckman is
chairman.
Motorcross Barrel Race
The Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo
St. Patrick's Motorcross Barrel
Race will be held Saturday,
March 16, beginning at 3 p.m.
at the Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo
Arena at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds in Heppner.
Motorcycles will race first,
followed by four-wheelers. En­
tries will be open the day of the
race until 2 p.m.
For more information, call
Ken Bailey, 676-5110, or
379-2812. Marlene Currin is
secretary.
Admission will be free to
spectators and concessions will
be available.
Marriage Licenses
The Morrow County Clerk's
office at the courthouse in
Heppner reports issuing the
following marriage license:
March 4: Teruo Chinen, Jr.,
23, Heppner; and
Rebecca Kimberley Wick-
lund, 22, Heppner.
Sheep Dog Contest
Sheep dog trials will be held
Saturday and Sunday, March
16-17, from 8 a.m. to dark at
Brian Thompson's Ranch, three
miles out of town toward Lex­
ington.
Approximately 35 contestants
with 50 dogs from Oregon,
Washington, Idaho,, California
and Canada will compete in
three classes, open, pro/novice
and novice/novice. Krebs Ran­
ches supply the sheep.
This is the third year that the
trials will be held at the Thomp­
son Ranch. It will be the first
trial of the year for the Oregon
Sheep Dog Society. The event
is sanctioned by the U.S. Bor­
der Collie Handlers Associa­
tion. Mary Hamilton, Walla
Walla, is in charge of the trial.
Some concessions will be
available. Spectators may
watch from their cars.
O'Pool and Ewe Do Bingo
Ewe Do is back again this
year at the Heppner St. Pat­
rick's celebration.
This is how the contest
works. A lamb is turned loose
on a grid of pre-sold numbers.
When the lamb leaves its "ewe-
do” on a numbered square, the
owner of the square wins $300.
Tickets, at $5 each, are pre­
sold at RJ's in Lexington, Mur­
ray Drugs, the Elks Club,
Bucknum's Tavern and Bud's
Pub in Heppner. Tickets will
also be available on Main Street
on Saturday, March 16. The
Ewe Do Bingo begins at 2:30
p.m. that day on northwest
Willow and Main Streets.
Proceeds go to help fund the
proposed swimming pool.
Mrs. O'Leary's Stew Feed
Hungry St. Patrick's Day
revelers can fill their empty
stomach at Mrs. O'Leary's Irish
Beef Stew Feed on Friday,
March 15, from 5-7 p.m. at the
St. Patrick Senior Center on
Main Street in Heppner.
The stew is "the best" and is
accompanied by coleslaw,
freshly baked rolls, a beverage
and pie. Prices are $5 for adults
and $2 for children 6-12. Child­
ren under five years are admit­
ted free. Takeouts will also be
available.
The stew feed is sponsored
by the Heppner United Metho­
dist Church.
Team Roping
The Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo
St. Patrick's Day Team Roping
event will be held Sunday,
March 17, beginning at 11 a.m.
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Group membership has
ranged in age from high school
to over 90 years and includes
men representing a variety of
careers and occupations.
to help those with speech and
hearing difficulties. BMB has
also sponsored a musical
scholarship in recent years at
Eastern Oregon State College
in La Grande.
Part of the proceeds of the
annual shows has gone to the
support of Heartspring (form­
erly known as Logopedics),
barbershoppers' national effort
Serious traffic accident occurs at
Heppner Junction Monday, March 11
A traffic accident on Inter­
state 84 at the junction with
Highway 74 at milepost 147
delayed both east and west­
bound traffic on the Interstate
Monday, March 11. Four semi­
trucks, a pickup truck and a
number of passenger vehicles
were involved in the accident,
which closed the eastbound
lanes. Traffic was re-routed
over the overpass and delays of
15-20 minutes were expected.
There was one fatality and
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Gazette-Times
three people were trapped in
vehicles, possibly injured, said
an Oregon Department of
Transportation news release.
Emergency teams responded to
the scene, working to free in­
jured passengers.
The four trucks involved car­
ried compressed nitrogen, li­
quid nitrogen, liquid helium, a
swimming pool aggregate and
concrete mix. A hazardous
materials (Hazmat) team from
Hermiston also responded to
676-9228
the scene and representatives
from the Department of En- ,
vironmental Quality were to
assess potential environmental
damage.
Traffic was detoured around
the accident until the Hazmat
team determined that the gases
are contained and the area is
safe.
14th Annual
A W e e Brt
Heppner, Oregon
IRISH FOOD, FUN & MUSIC
FMMY.
• O ’CRAFTERS FAIR - 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM at
288 N Main Street (Union Hall).
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•MORROW COUNTY MUSEUM - 1:00 to 5:00 PM.
Learn
basics
of
researching
fatally
heritage frost expert Pete Young.
View
updated Info on museum expansion project.
•MRS. O ’L E A R Y ’S STEW FEED- 5:00 to 7:00 PM
at St. P a t ’s Senior Center, 190 SE Main
Street, prepared by the Methodist Church
members.
• O ’POOL BINGO - 7:00 PM, doors open at
6:00 PM at 288 North Main Street (Union
Hall).
Sponsored by People for the Pool.
•BUFFET DINNER - 5:30 PM at the Elks Club.
• LADS 8 LASSIES TEEN DANCE - 9:00 PM,
sponsored by Oregon Together at Heppner
High S c h o o l .
•MORROW COUNTY CREATIVE ARTS AND CRAFTS -
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, show and sale at Les
Schwab Building at 124 North Main Street.
•KUMA COFFEE HOUR - 10:00 AM at the Elks
Club,
Introducing and honoring the Irish
(Cunningham) Family, history, blarney and
music.
•BRUNCH - 11:15 AM to 1:15 PM at the Elks
Club, 142 N Main St. Open to the public.
•O'SENIOR CENTER - 11:00 AM to 1:30
have a taste of Irish homemade soup
bread; pie and coffee 3:00 to 4:30
Videos of Ireland for your relaxation.
PM,
and
PM.
•O'BARBECUE chicken and ribs - 11:00 AM to
4:00 PM by Kessler's Katering at the City
Park on Main Street .
•O'SHANTY RACE - 1:00 PM on Main S t . A wee
bit o'fun with porta-pottles on the run.
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•BREAKFAST - 6:00 to 10:30 AM at Morrow
County Fairgrounds by O ’Senlor Center.
•SHEEP DOG TRIALS - starting at 8:30 AM
(all day) at Thompson's Ranch, 3 miles
northwest of Heppner on Bunker Hill Road
off of Highway 207, between mileposts #41
and 42.
• O 'GRAYBEAL * S BARTENDERS RACE - 1:15 PM on
Main Street.
2nd Annual event sponsored
by Graybeal Distributing.
Local lads &
lassies
challenging bartenders from near
and far.
•IRISH
PARADE following
Races on Main
Street, to Include O'Golfer
Irish Golf
Cart Challenge.
Drawing for $100.00
Pot O ’Gold.
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•O'SCHOONER RIDES - 2:00 to 4:00 PM.
Tour
•VOLKSWALK - 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Make a
the town in an Oregon Trail Wagon with Joe
"grand t our” of the
Irish Capitol
of
Yocom.
Rides will start at City Park on
Oregon.
The event starts at the
High
School on West Morgan
Street and tours the Main Street.
town on a 6.2 mlle/10 kilometer route.
•IRISH HOOP SHOOT - 2:00 PM at 289 N Main
Street.
•ROVING MUSICIANS - The Blue Mountain
Barbershop
Chorus
will
be
singing
at
•ST. PADDY'S MOTORCROSS BARREL RACE - 2:00
various
locations during
the
day.
PM at the Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Arena at
Featuring quartets, Irish musicians
and
the
fairgrounds.
Concessions
available.
some community "Sing A l o n g s " .
Free spectator admission.
•SCOTCH DOUBLES at Heppner Bowl, 180 NE
• EWE-00 BINGO - 2:30 PM.
Live sheep
Chase Street.
activity on NW Willow Street. Sponsored by
People for the Pool.
•MORROW COUNTY MUSEUM - 10:00 AM to 5:00
PM, view local Irish history, wool and
•TOURS -
2:30 to 4:00 PM, Morrow County
textile exhibits.
Spinning
and weaving
Courthouse - historical structure built of
demonstration
In
the
morning
hours.
blue basalt In 1902 at 100 S Court Street.
Research family heritage with expert Pete
Young.
Clint Krebs will give a slide
•O'DUCKY RACE - 3:00 PM, starts at bridge
presentation on history of sheep ranching
in front of Courthouse (Adopt a duck to
In Morrow County at 2:30 and 3:30 PM.
win a prize of $10 to $100).
•O'FARLEY SOCIAL HOUR
- 4:00 to 5:00 PM
at
Skagg's
Auto
Clinic
(Old
Farley
Building) at 126 E May Street.
Reminisce
with old and new acquaintances.
4j| Drawing for $100.00 Pot O'Gold.
•ST. PATRICK'S HAM DINNER - 4:00 to 7:00
PM at Catholic Church Parish Hall at 560
NW Jones Street.
•BUFFET DINNER - Eat, visit and
jig to music at the Elks Club.
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•MUSICAL SHOW "THE IRISH COWBOY" - 7:30 PM
at the Grade School Gym.
A three act show
in the barbershop style,
featuring The
Blue Mountain Barbershop
Chorus from La
Grande, Oregon.
This is the story of a
young
man
from
Ireland
who comes
to
Heppner to be a cowboy.
•WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING BREAKFAST -
11:00 PM to 3:00 AM by Heppner Volunteer
Fire Department at 190 NW Willow Street.
SUNDAY. MARCH 17
•BREAKFAST - 6:30 to 10:00 AM at the
Morrow Co. Fairgrounds, by the O'Golfers
of the Willow Creek Country Club.
•CHURCH of your choice, visitors welcomed.
•SHEEP DOG TRIALS all day
Ranch on Bunker Hill Road.
at
Thompson's
•SCOTCH DOUBLES, at Heppner B o w l .
•MORROW COUNTY MUSEUM open 1:00 to 5:00 PM
•LAMB BARBECUE - Noon to 3:00 PM by South
Morrow Scholarship Trust Board directors
and
friends
at
the
Morrow
County
Fairgrounds.
•ST. PADOY'S TEAM ROPING - 11:00 AM at the
Oregon Pro Rodeo Arena at the fairgounds.
Consessions available.
Free admission.
•ST. PATRICK'S ANNUAL AUCTION - 1:00 PM
indoors
at
Morrow
County
Fairgrounds.
Preview items prior to the auction at
11:00 AM.
H Drawing for $100 Pot O'Gold.
PARKING**••••••••*•••••
Willow Creek RV Park:
541-676-9618.
Morrow County Fairgrounds:
541-676-9474.
S c h e d u le o f E v e n ts S p o n s o r e d by:
Bank of Eastern Oregon
"Around the corner, not around the state."
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384-3501
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