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Folk quartet to perform at St. Pat's
The St
Patrick's Day
Committee has announced that it
is pleased to have the Cascadia
Folk Quartet perform Saturday
evening of the St Patrick's
celebration
Members of the
Cascadia Folk Quartet have
performed in Heppner twice
before, under the name of
Whamadiddle Dingbats
They
have a song recorded which talks
about the Heppner flood of 1903
The Cascadia Folk Quartet
features the Hammer dulcimer, a
tuned percussion
instrument
thought to be the ancestor of the
piano,
The committee is also
working on setting up an
afternoon
of
entertainment
located in downtown Heppner
The afternoon will include spots
by the Doherty group, the South
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Morrow Community Choir, Irish
poet Anne Callan and various
other Irish entertainers, The
Morrow County Arts Council has
been helping the St Patrick's
committee acquire entertainment
for the weekend,
One problem with bringing in
entertainment for the weekend is
finding somewhere to lodge the
entertainers, said Molly Rill of
the St Patrick's Committee
Currently lodging is needed for
the four members, of the
Cascadia Folk Quartet, as well as
for Anne Callan an Irish poet
sponsored by Chautauqua
Any one interested in performing
or
providing
lodging
for
entertainers should call Claudia
Hughes at the Heppner Chamber,
676-5536
or
Molly
Rill,
676-5455.
Health District hires nurse practicioner
VOL. 116
NO 6
8 Pages Wednesday, February 5, 1997,
Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
School board to decide four or five-day week
The Morrow County School
Board, at its regular meeting
scheduled Monday. Feb 10, at
7:30 p m at Sam Boardman
Elementary School will decide
whether to continue a four-day
student week in Morrow County
Schools or return to a five-day
week
The district recently released a
survey of parents with students in
school indicating that a majority of
the parents favored a four-day
school week The district said that
445 surv eys were counted district-
wide
"Secondary parents are more in
favor than elementary parents, but
all groups favor continuing," said
a news release from the district.
According to the release, 67
percent of those returning surveys
favored continuing the four-day
week, compared to 66 percent in
1996
Twenty-four
percent
disagreed with continuing the four-
day week, compared to 21 percent
last y ear Nme pecent were neutral,
compared to 13 percent in 1996
Twenty-nine
percent
recommended a return to a five-
day student week, while 59 percent
did not recommend a return to a
five-day week and 12 percent were
neutral on that issue
Sixty -four percent of the parents
said that the believ e their children
are learning "as much" as they did
on a five day schedule: while 23
percent disagreed with that
statement and 13 percent were
neutral
Seventy-two percent of the
parents said that the four day week
"worked fine" for their families,
while 18percent disagreed and 10
percent were neutral
Nineteen percent said that the
four-day student week was a
problem for their family; 70
percent disagreed and 11 percent
were neutral.
The Morrow County Health
District, at its regular meeting
held Monday , Feb 3, at lone City
Hall, accepted a contract for
employment,
with
minor
adjustments, with Wendy Haack, a
family nurse practicioner Haack
will work at Pioneer Memorial
Hospital and Pioneer Memorial
Clinic in Heppner
The board also approved a
motion to prepare a counter offer
for a contract with Dr Robert
Boss of the Boardman clinic. Dr
Boss made a contract proposal
which was reviewed during
executive session.
In other business the board:
-learned that Faith Healy has
been hired as a part-time x-ray
technician and is
also an
ultrasound technician
-discussed plans for the Irrigon
City Hall to be remodeled to house
the new Imgon clinic
-received budget documents in
preparation for the budget meeting
planned Thursday, Feb 6, at
Imgon City Hall at 7 p m Budget
committee members are Don
Eppenbach. Imgon. Bud Wallain.
Boardman, Bill Sheirbon. lone.
Larry Mills, Heppner, and Ray
Michael, Boardman
-discussed a survey on medical
services in the county conducted
by Eastern Oregon State College,
who plan to present information a
the board's March meeting.
-discussed the anticipated loss
in revenue resulting from Measure
47.
-adopted a new personnel
policy, subject to changes
suggested.
Casey Beard to autograph book
St. Pat's Auction
set for March 15
The St Patrick’s Day Auction
will be held this year on Saturday,
March 15.
Money raised at the auction
helps support the St. Patrick's
Celebration, paying overhead
costs, such as advertising,
decoration and promotion as well
as entertainment and civic
improvements, said Delanne
Ferguson
Everyone is asked to think of
items they could donate to the
auction "It's February , and even
the cows look bored," said
Ferguson "So we can all start to
generate
some
springtime
enthusiasm by doing something
constructive and cleaning out those
closets, garages, sheds and bams "
Any one needing someone to pick
up donations may call one of the
following numbers: Dan
and
Doris Brosnan. 676-5382 or 676-
5886 (store), Diana Ball, 676-
5306, or Jen Sly, 676-9151.
.Any one who would like to drop off
donations may leave them at
"Twice Upon A Time" Bookstore
M CGG
appreciation
day Sat.
The Morrow County Grain
Growers will hold their annual
customer appreciation day his
Saturday, from 8a.m. to 12 noon.
Activities will include their
traditional
free
pancake
breakfast, many door prizes and
lots o f factory reps on hand.
There will also be free
carnations to the first 300 ladies.
The customer appreciation day
is open to all and, the public is
invited to attend.
Snowmobilers
match reward
Four-Comers Snowmobile Club
has offered to match a $100
reward for the arrest and
corn iction of those who cut down
a fence at the Dick and Virginia
Wilkinson ranch The Wilkinsons
offered the first $100 after they
discovered a section of a fence on
their property cut out with a chain
saw
Gene Orwick is president of the
snowmobile club
Elks Hoop Shoot w inners announced
Ham dinner
set at HHS
Casey Beard
"Tools of the Cowboy Trade:
Today 's Crafters o f Saddles. Bits,
Spurs and Trappings", a book
wntten by
Casey Beard of
Heppner, has been released
Beard will appear to sign copies
of the book on Thursday, Feb 13,
at Murray Drugs in Heppner
"Tools of the Cowboy Trade" is
the "definitive book for lovers of
handcrafted horse gear", said
Monica
Millward.
assistant
Back (L-R): Jesse Gutierrez, Matthew Van Cleave, Scott VanWinkle; Front (L-R): Krystal Nairns, Jesse director of publicity for Gibbs
Kempas, Luke Murray.
Smith, Publisher The book
features 22 of today's finest
eight-nine vear olds-Matthcw Van
year olds-Jesse Gutierrez and
craftsmen and includes a source
Winners of the Elks Hoop Shoot
Cleave and Krystal Naims
Scott VanWinkle, 10-11 year olds-
Contest have been announced
The contest was held Jan 18 at
Jesse Kempas and Luke Murray :
Winners are as follows: 12-13
Heppner High School
guide for those looking for some
of the best workmanship today
The book features 75 full-color
photographs by Dale DeGabnele
The book chronicles "A Cowboy's
History of Saddles". "A Cowboy's
History of Bits & Spurs", and "A
Cowboy 's History of Hitching and
Braiding"
Beard, director of Emergency
Management in Heppner. is also a
third generation Pro Rodeo
Cowboy
Association
stock
contractor involved in the family
business. Beard Rodeos
The Heppner High School
senior class will serve a ham
dinner during the HHS basketball
game vs the Umatilla Vikings,
Saturday, February' 8, in the
home ec room at the school. The
dinner will include
ham,
scalloped potatoes, green beans,
homemade roll, pie and coffee or
punch Cost for the dinner will be
$4 each with a discount given for
families Dinner will be served
from 2:30-5:30 p m
This will be the last home
game for the Heppner Mustangs
The girls’ JV game will start at 1
p m , followed by boys' JV, girls'
varsity and boys' varsity in that
order
The seniors are working to
earn money to fund their drug
and alcohol free trip after
graduation
RX Ranch joins Angus Association Tax help offered
Alumni sought
South Morrow County
Scholarship Trust (SMCST) is
asking any alumni who have
helped with class reunions in the
last five to 10 years to furnish
SMCST with a mailing list of
names and addresses of alumni
The list will be used to establish a
data base of south Morrow County
alumni in the area
Those with lists are asked to
contact George KofFler or Sharon
Hamson as soon as possible
Pancake supper
The community is invited to
attend the annual Shrove Tuesday
Pancake Supper at All Saints
Episcopal Church in Heppner on
Tuesday, Feb 11, from 5-7:30
p.m.
Cost is $2 75 for adults. $1 50
for students and $8 for a family
First Christian plans speaker
First Christian Church will have
a guest speaker who is an expert
in anthropology and paleontology
Tuesday , Wednesday and Sunday ,
February 11,12 and 16.
Dr Mace Baker will speak on
"Human ’ Origins" on Tuesday
and Wednesday ev enings, at 7:30
p.m. On Sunday Feb 16, he will
speak to elementary school age
children during the Sunday school
hour, from 9:45 to 10:45 a m on
"The World of Dinosaurs".
Sundav at 6 p m.. Dt Baker will
present "The Dinosaurs of
Creation" to the whole family
Dr Baker is an internationally
known speaker and author
HCC to meet
Watch out
The Heppner Coordinating
Council (HCC) will meet on
Tuesday, February 11, at 7:30
a m at the Heppner Ranger
District office
The main topic of discussion will
be goal #seven of the Heppner
Strategic
P la n -"m a in ta m
community appearance, livability
and viability ".
The public is welcome to attend
all HCC meetings
for buses
Heppner Police Chief Doug
Rathbun reminds people in the
area that failure to stop for school
bus safety lights is a traffic
infraction and traffic citations will
be issued for failing to stop
Rathbun says he has received a lot
of complaints recently
RX Ranch, lone, is a new
member of the American Angus
Association, reports Dick Spader,
executive vice president of the
national
organization
with
headquarters in St. Joseph.
Missouri
The American Angus Association
(AAA), with over 29,000 active
adult and junior members, is the
largest beef cattle registry
association in the world, according
to an AAA news release Its
computerized records include
detailed information on over 12
million registered Angus
The association records ancestral
information and keeps records of
production on individual animals
for its members These permanent
records help members select and
mate the best animals in their
herds to produce high quality,
efficient breeding cattle which arc
then recorded with the AAA
Most of these registered Angus arc
used by the U S. farmers and
ranchers who raise high quality
beef for U S consumption
Free tax help for low income
people and senior citizens will be
offered on Friday, Feb 7, from 9
a m to 4 p m at the St. Patrick's
Senior Center
Any one interested should call the
center.
676-9030,
for
an
appointment Those attending
should bnng their W-2 forms.
1099 interest statements and a
copy of their 1995 tax returns
For more information, call Rose
Mane Buschke. 676-9604, or 676-
9030.
FREE Pancake Breakfast
Cuitomer Appreciation Day
Saturday, February 8th
8 a.m. to noon
Lexington, Oregon
Morrow County Grain Growers
Lexington 989-8221
1-800-452-7398
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