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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:
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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