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4 I t. • • • i • » 5 4 t- i > -, » < •A e • •* * * • !*■ I* WTI A» < .... Jfavá , Construction begins on swimming pool » ? •••' V' HEPPNER • V- 1 t ..*,■’ 'I imes NO. 9 VOL. 116 Morrow County Heppner, Oregon 8 Pages Wednesday, February 26, 1997, Burkenbines honored for donations Fome and Gail Burkenbine, owners of Central Market in Heppner were honored recently by the People for the Pool, a swimming pool fund raising group The Burkenbines have donated over $10,000 to People for the Pool through their "one percent program". The Burkenbines began the one percent program, in which they donate one percent of their receipts to various non-profit organizations, in 1992. People wishing to have funds donated to a particular group place their Central Market grocery receipts in a bag at the store, which has been earmarked for that group. Central Market then donates one percent of that amount each month The Burkenbines have donated over $31,000 since the inception of the program; over $8,000 of that was donated last year alone Forrie Burkenbine (right) accepts plaque from Archie Padberg Find The Hidden Shamrock Win A Silver Eagle FIND THE SHAMROCK and win the coin! RULES: CLUE NUMBER TWO An Emerald male is waiting for you. Just Ask! He has it! Your second clue: Who is this Heppner guy you ask? Walk off his name and it would be your last. “•NOTICE*** Flabby grey matter has necessitated the giving of a second clue for last week’s mystery person: » If the name were real, you could walk right through. Follow the clues, and may the Luck O' The Irish be with you. This contest is sponsored by the Bank of Eastern Oregon and the Heppner Gazette-Times. I Heppner to be subject of tv program School board to vote on four-day week The Morrow County School The popular St. Patrick's Day treasure hunt is back again. Each week until March 12 a clue for the treasure hunt will be printed in the Gazette-Times. If followed, these clues will guide treasure hunters to a green shamrock hidden some where in the city limits of Heppner. The first person to find the hidden shamrock will win a .25 ounce silver American Eagle coin worth $90. The coin is donated by the Bank of Eastern Oregon and is on display there. 1. A new set of clues to guide you to the hidden, shamrock will appear in each edition of the Hepp ner Gazette-Times. 2. A total of four clues will be given up to March 12. 3. The hidden shamrock is not on private proper ty and no digging or moving of objects, dirt or other material is necessary to find the shamrock. 4. The first person to find the shamrock should bring it to the Heppner Gazette-Times office to claim the silver American Eagle. Ground breaking underway area Ground breaking has begun for Waynco was low bidder for the the Willow Creek Water Park, to pool for a base bid of $968,468, be located on Highway 74 near which was funded through a Pettyjohn Builders Supply in Willow Creek Park District bond Heppner levy. The district encompasses Waynco Construction of Spokane south Morrow County. Willow has been awarded the construction Creek Park District is seeking contract Roger Britt Excavators, additional monies to fund extras, Heppner, has started excavation such as a kiddy turtle slide, at and will also be furnishing the $7,000; fencing material or labor. aggregate $8,700; large location Joseph Scribner, Waynco general identification signs, $3,900; a superintendent, says that mushroom shaped fountain for excavation of the hole for the pool children to play under cascading should take four to five days, with water, $3,500; umbrellas for sun the structural fill taking another protection and concession stand four to five day s. equipment Scribner says that so far the Other bidders for the project conditions "look great" for were Apollo, Inc , at a base bid of completion of the water park by $987,600; Ramsay-Gerding at the target date of June 15 $1,030,303; and Tomco at However, completion by the target $1,043,000 date is dependent on weather Ten thousand dollars toward the conditions basic pool was donated by People The outdoor pool will consist of for the Pool, a local fund raising a six-lane, 25-yard competition group People for the Pool is also pool with a zero-depth fan (like a funding a building to enclose a sloping beach), a shotgun water proposed indoor therapy pool The slide, decking and berming for bid for the shell was also awarded natural bleachers and a bathhouse to Waynco with a bid of $57.500 with men's, women's and family changing areas, an office and Construction of the indoor multi announcing area and a concession I Board has called a special meeting on Monday, March 3, at 7:30 pm at the school district office in Lexington to take action on the four-day student school week The board met at its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday , Feb 10, to vote on the issue, but the vote ended in a deadlock, with board members Scott Bauska. Scott Johnson and Russ Morgan voting in favor of the four-day week and Dwayne Carroll, John Rietmann and Bill Doherty voting against the four-day week Board member Gary Frederickson was on vacation and not present at the Feb 10 meeting. The board will also discuss the Heppner High School/Ione High School joint application to OSAA for baseball Time to think about parade It's time to start thinking about your entry for the great Heppner St. Patrick's Day Parade, scheduled for Saturday , March 16, at 1 pm. right after the races Prizes will be awarded for Insh floats, characters, groups, musical groups, cars, bikes, golf carts, and more "Really, the chances look very good that if it's at all 'Irish', there's a place in the parade." said parade chairman Bob Kahl This year there will be more of the distinctive ribbons and cash awards given out to the top entries tn each category For entry forms or more information about the parade, call Bob Kahl at 676-9113 days or 676-5422 evenings or stop in at Van Marter & Kahl Insurance i Ray Summers (right) and Jim Larson Heppner and its St. Patrick's celebration arc to be the topic of the " Ray Summers at Large" program to be aired on Sunday , March 9. on the channel 6 KOIN newscast, which begins at 6:30 pm. Summers, Troutdale, and cameraman, Jim Larson. Corbett, were in Heppner last Thursday , visiting with local people and filming for the segment use pool will occur when additional funds have been raised People for the Pool has been working since July of 1992 to raise funds privately for the indoor multi-use pool The indoor pool would provide water safety classes; exercise therapy for physically challenged people, beginning swimming lessons, water aerobics and family activities The estimated additional amount needed to build the indoor pool is around $55,500 (building and pool-$l 13,000) People for the Pool has raised around $63,000 in private donations. The group is seeking the remaining $50,000 in contributions. For more information on the Willow Creek Park District project contact: Skip Matthews, Willow Creek Park District Board member, 676-5490; or Gary Marks, volunteer project manager For more information on the People for the Pool project contact Archie Padberg. 676- 5355; or for fund raising or budget information. Kay Proctor, 676- 9827. Easter choir singers needed Singers are needed for a choir that will perform at an Easter presentation by the South Morrow County Ministerial Association on Wednesday, March 26, at 7:30 pm at St Patrick's Catholic Church in Heppner Adults and high school students are welcome The choir will rehearse on the first three Tuesday s of March- March 4, 11. and 18. at 7:30 pm at St Patrick's Rehearsals will be no longer than one hour The music will be traditional Easter hymns Catherine Hoskins is the choir director, and the Rev Lea Mathieu is the overall director Mathieu may be called with questions at 422 7530. Ballot drop sites open Local "leprechauns" to attend tv show Heppner’s St. Patrick’s Cel ebration committee is working hard to make the weekend event the talk of Portland on Friday, Feb. 18. That is when a contingent of residents, accompanied by three or four “leprechauns” will be in •the audience of KATU’s “AM Northwest” morning show. Although not featured on the show, they expect to receive at tention from Jim Bosley. They will be difficult not to note- the group will be dressed in green, sitting with large-headed leprechauns, and waving Irish and Heppner flags. The group also hopes it will be hard to miss at Pioneer Square later in the day. They plan to cre- ate curiosity with the leprechauns, distribute weekend brochures and visit with passersby. KATU will also put together a “full-screen visual and voice- over” advertisement for the March event if Heppner’s group numbers 10 or more. So far, nine individuals have committed to the plan to travel to Portland on Thursday evening so they can be at the t.v. station by 8:30 a.m. Fri day morning. Another four people have voiced an interest. Anyone who might be inter ested tn being a part of the Hepp ner group should call Claudia Hughes at the Heppner Chamber office, 676-5536, or Doris Brosnan at Twice Upon A Time, 676-5886. Morrow County ballot drop sites will be open each Tuesday until 5 p m until election day On election day , March 11, the drop sites will be open until 8 p m Drop sites are as follows: Heppner-Morrow County Courthouse. 100 Court Street, Lexington. Morrow County Road Dept Office. Lexington-Ione Highway, Ione-Wheatland Insurance Co., Main Street. Boardman-Morrow County Health Dept., 101 Boardman Ave.. Imgon-Morrow County Annex Building. 205 N.E. Third Voters who choose to mail their ballots through the Post Office arc reminded that the postage may be more than the regular rate of 32 cents, depending on how many ballots are in the envelope Lawn and Garden Supplies Arriving Daily I -- . x. ” > - J A V
