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Alice (Wicklander) Tatone of
Boardman has announced her
candidacy for Morrow County
Judge.
Tatone and her husband, Joe,
have owned and operated Dodge
City Inn in Boardman for the past
48 years. "With that business
background," says Tatone, "I
intend to contribute to county
management an element of
efficiency and effectiveness that
may be lost in government in
general."
Tatone says she has long been a
champion
of
education,
especially for young people. She
has
served
on
advisory
committees for Blue Mountain
Community College and Eastern
Oregon State University where
she received a bachelor of
science degree in 1993.
In
addition, she has served as a 4-H
leader, a Camp Fire leader and
helped organize Pee Wee Rodeo
in the area.
The mother of two children,
and the employer of dozens of
young people at Dodge City,
Tatone says she is comfortable
with the duties of the juvenile
court judge, a jurisdiction which
now lies with the Morrow
County Judge.
Tatone's son, Jody Tatone, a
five-time bullnder in the World
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Alice Tatone
Mollahan
throws hat
into ring
Tallman files for Co. Judge
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VOL. 117
NO. 10
10 Pages
Wednesday, March 11, 1998
St. Pat’s Auction to feature
variety and a new format
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
John Mollahan
John Mollahan, 62, of
Lexington, has thrown his hat
into the ring to run for Morrow
County Judge.
Mollahan was bom in Heppner
and has lived in Morrow County
all of his life, graduating from
Dr. Emie Atkins, physician at Heppner High School. His father,
Pioneer Memorial Clinic and Pat, a city policeman, was bom
Pioneer Memorial Hospital and
in Ireland. Pat served as county
Nursing Home in Heppner,
sheriff when Clarence Bauman
announced his resignation from
served in World War II. John's
his positions with the Morrow
mother, Elsie, was a registered
County Health District in a staff nurse, working in Heppner all of
meeting Tuesday, March 3.
her adult life.
Dr. Atkins and the MCHD
Mollahan attended Blue
Board met in executive session Mountain community College in
on Monday, March 9, at the law enforcement. He served as a
Pioneer Memorial Home Health
city police officer from 1964-69.
office.
He was elected Morrow County
Dr. Atkins' three-year contract
Sheriff twice, in 1968 and in '71.
with the board will end May 31.
Mollahan has been a farmer all
of his life and is still farming.
He and his wife, Christina
Sharp Mollahan. have been
married 10 years. He has two
children, Jackie Bowman, who
lives in Anchorage, Alaska, and
Joe, McMinnville, and six
grandchildren.
Mollahan says that he believes
The St. Patrick's information
it will be very interesting to be
booth will be sporting a new involved in Morrow County's
"blarney green", thanks to future, especially during the next
Heppner's local Lions Club. The
Soroptimist organization of few years with the anticipated
Heppner will 'man' the booth disposal of chemical weapons at
providing information to visitors, the Army Deport and is also
a schedule of events for the interested in the county's general
weekend, the sale of collector development.
Mollahan says that the position
buttons, lapel pins and a smile
is
a "joint venture" and is really a
for one and all.
legislative
position. "Your have
Messages may be posted on the
to
work
with
other people to
message board, as well as the
winners in the various races and accomplish anything," said
the parade.
"If you lose a Mollahan.
He also said he would like to
leprechaun, just stop at the
see
more emphasis put into
information booth," said a
improving
the county's roads.
spokesperson.
Dr. Atkins
resigns
St. Pat’s booth
sports
“blarney green’’
St. Pat's Auction chairman Doris Brosnan and an identified leprechaun
show off some of the Irish goodies up for bid at the auction this
Sunday, March 15, beginning at 1 p.m. at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds.
This year's "Wee Bit o' Ireland"
at the St. Patrick's Weekend
Celebration auction is "sure to
satisfy" because of the great
selection of items and the variety
in the new format.
At 11:30 a.m. "Absolutely
Nobody", an a Capella quartet,
will get the early comers and
lamb barbecue customers relaxed
and in a fun-loving mood with
their lyrics from the past and
present. Half of the members of
this group proudly flaunt their
Irish connections—one comes
from Ireland. One of them is a
Morrow County-grown Irishman,
Joe Lindsay.
Auctioning will start at 1 p.m.
Support of area citizens and
merchants far exceeded the hopes
of the committee, so the variety
and quality are superior, said
auction
chairperson
Doris
Brosnan. Some local donors
have provided items with an Irish
theme: a porcelain musical "Irish
colleen", a large Budweiser-Insh
miiTor, a specially printed
sweatshirt and carved oak bat, a
1907
Dublin
International
Exposition" scarf and "Thank
You, Ireland" (book).
Other individuals and
merchants in Heppner, lone,
Lexington,
Hermiston
and
Pendleton have contributed
dining, sport, entertainment,
beauty, decorator; automotive,
and clothing products and
services.
A raffle of selected items will
satisfy persons who like to take
chances. For just 50 cents a
ticket, the chance-takers can try
• to win their favorite choices,
such as Ken and Barbie dolls, a
camera or a special dining
experience. For the silent-type
personality, the silent auction
offers that opportunity to quietly
but persistently outbid anyone
else on some choice items. More
than 100 items will be on the
silent auction block.
The bargain hunter will find
satisfaction in the "Country
Store." Both new and used, these
items are specially priced for
great savings, says Brosnan.
Ken Grieb will guide the
bidding of the live auction for the
vocal participants. Something
for all ages, male and female,
these items have been selected
for their variety and appeal and
include some trips, some gravel,
some
jewelry,
some
"collectibles" and antiques,
tickets to a Portland Trail Blazers
game and a Blazers autographed
basketball, tickets to Portland
Winter Hawks games, season
passes to Heppner High's football
and basketball seasons, a round-
trip airfare in the USA, a
Columbia Gorge Hotel stay, a
mink
stole,
newspaper
subscriptions, decorator items, a
lasagna dinner, a tv utility basket,
weekend
commemorative
collectibles... about 60 items in
all.
The auction should run much
more quickly than in past years,
thanks to the division of items
into four different areas, which
will run simultaneously, says
Brosnan, who adds that the
citizens and business owners
deserve credit for making this
auction a great success. The
other key to success will be the
participants, she says, who will
be looking for an entertaining,
worthwhile Sunday activity to
end their celebration.
Rodeo Championship finals, is
now a real estate broker in
Roseburg.
Daughter, Linda
Smith, a former juvenile court
director in Gilliam County, lives
on a ranch near Condon and
actively participates in the
management of Dodge City.
Tatone's husband Joe has served
as Boardman's mayor, city
councilman and on the Morrow
County
Road
Advisory
Committee. A Navy veteran and
member of the VFW auxiliary,
Tatone was a long-time member
of Boardman's Tillicum Club and
the Greenfield Grange
Alice and Joe Tatone were
recognized last winter for their
lifetime contribution to the
Boardman community by the
Boardman
Chamber
of
Commerce.
"There are two things I can
promise the voters of Morrow
County," Tatone said. "First, I
strongly believe in the equality of
all citizens, no matter their age,
where they live or what they do
for a living. Second, I will listen
to the people. I don't have all the
answers to all the problems we
face now, nor will face in the
years to come. But I intend to do
my best to leam and to meet my
responsibility to all the people of
Morrow County."
operation since 1974. He moved
a portion of the farming
operation from Malheur County
to Morrow County in 1978.
Tallman has been mayor of the
city of Boardman since January
1997. He was a member of the
city of Boardman Planning
Commission from 1985-96 and
the commission chair from 1991-
1996; member of the Boardman
City Budget Committee from
1987-89; a member of the
Morrow County School District
Computer Technology Advisory
Committee from 1989-90; a
member of the Port of
M orrow /U m atilla
Board
Development Fund Committee
from 1990-95; a board member
of the Morrow County Unified
Recreation District from 1995-
present; Morrow County Budget
Committee member.
1997-
present,
Morrow
County
Terry Tallman
Terry Tallman, Boardman, has Transportation System Planning
filed as a Republican candidate Committee, 1997; Boardman
Community Strategic Planning
for Morrow County Judge.
Tallman, 51,
a native Committee from 1997-present;
the
Boardman
Area
Oregonian, was bom at Nyssa. and
Emergency
Planning
Group
from
He graduated from Adrian High
School in 1964. He attended 1997-present.
Tallman has also been a Little
Treasure Valley Community
League
coach, a Columbia Youth
College, the University of
Basketball
coach, a member of
Oregon and Oregon State
University, studying speech the Riverside High School
Booster Club and a member of
communications.
the
Boardman Chamber of
He served in the U.S. Navy
Commerce.
from April 1967 to April 1971,
Tallman says that he is a
p erform ing
day -to -d ay
maintenance on the F4J weapons candidate who will: "Listen for
system during the Vietnam War. ideas that provide for a positive
In the Navy he also studied Morrow County future"; "Seek to
electronics and computers for the make change a friend, not an
Westinghouse F4J weapons enemy"; "Encourage opportunity
for all of Morrow County";
platform.
"Continue
to build cooperation
Tallman and his wife Cheryl
within
our
county";
and "Further
have been married 23 years.
They have three children, our efforts to distinguish Morrow
Jonathan. 21, Crystal, 19, and County as a place for others to
Dernn, 16. He has been self want to visit, work and live."
employed in the family farming
Leprechauns fa ll down on the job
'Tis sure you'll be able to beat this crew of leprechauns (aka Diana Ball,
Claudia Hughes and Doris Brosnan) who, along with Heppner city
manager Gary Marks,
keep falling down on the job and just can't
seem to get their feet off the ground practicing for the annual St. Pat's
O'Hanky- Planky Race set between noon and 1 p.m., following the
Bartender's Race and the O'Shanty Race Saturday on Main Street.
Bucknum’s
to re-open
Bucknum’s Tavern in Heppner
was scheduled to reopen under
new management March 11, just
in time for the St. Patrick's
Celebration.
RJ's in Lexington is also under
new managment.
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