M ountain Aire to return to Heppner
Mountain Aire, a husband-wife
duo, will share their love of
traditional and modem folk
music with audiences during
Heppner's
annual
Irish
celebration.
Mountain Aire's repertoire
includes traditional selections
from Celtic and American
cultures,
as
well
as
contemporary and original folk
songs on fiddle, guitar, flute,
bodhran and other acoustic
instruments. Bob Specht and
Ronnee-Sue
Helzner have
performed in Scotland and
across the Pacific Northwest.
They entertained young and old
at the Heppner St. Patrick’s
celebration last year and hope to
attract a larger audience this
year. Those who enjoyed last
year's performance, commented
that they "had excellent audience
interaction and provided great
family entertainment."
There will be two opportunities
to enjoy Mountain Aire-at the
Ceili on Saturday from 2 to 4
p.m. upstairs in the Elks and as
the featured entertainment pnor
to the auction at the Morrow
County Fairgrounds Sunday.
A Wee Bit O'lreland collector's
button or $1 at the door will be
admission.
HEPPNER
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VOL 118_______NO. 9_______ 10 Pages
Wednesday, March 3,1999_______ Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Happy birthday Dr. Seuss
Mountain Aire
St. Pat’s Auction updates
Volunteers
needed
The St. Patrick's weekend
celebration will be topped off as
usual with the auction on
Sunday, March 14, at the
Morrow County Fairgrounds.
Viewing of auction items will
begin at 11 a.m., accompanied
by the folk music of the group,
Mountain Aire.
The auction itself will begin at
1 p.m.
Admission will be $1 or a "Pot
O' Gold" button. Also during
the viewing and auction a lamb
barbecue and other refreshments
will be available.
Auction items include two
tickets to the Trailblazers game
against the Grizzlies in April,
four tickets to a Winterhawks
game, a collector's edition Irish
porcelain doll, a cell phone and
a Black Hills Gold ladies' ring
Several sale formats will be
presented, including a silent
auction, a "country store" and a
raffle, in addition to the main
auction event.
By Doris Brosnan
Volunteers are needed around
our community for these
activities:
-Adults to help with the
Campus Life activities, call 676-
5759
-Painters to put the green back
on the city seal in the center
intersection, call 676-5536.
-People to be leprechauns at
various times during the St. Pat's
weekend, call Delanne at 676-
9187.
-Helpers to aid with various
Senior Center St. Pat's weekend
activities, call 676-9030.
"People are reporting good
response to their needs for
volunteers, and new needs keep
popping up in our wonderful
community.” Call 676-5886 to
request help from a volunteer
and to give recognition to
helpful volunteers.
Iris Partney
chosen grand
marshal
Committee members are
canvassing all
the local
communities, asking citizens
and merchants to donate items to
the auction.
Items will be
accepted until March 12.
Money raised at the auction
helps support
the St. Pat's
Celebration, paying overhead, as
well as entertainment costs. The
auction committee also makes
contributions to the South
Morrow County Scholarship
Fund and each year to other
local projects.
In 1998, a
donation was made to the St.
Patrick's Senior Apartments and
loudspeakers were donated to
the Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo
Committee
Donors may call the Dan or
Doris Brosnan at 676-5886 to
make arrangements for item
pickup. Donations may also be
left at the "Twice Upon a Time"
Bookstore in Heppner or at
Kuhn & Spicer Law Offices in
Hermiston.
Folk quartet planned for
St. Pat's weekend
Heppner Elementary School teachers and staff deserve a pat on the hat as they don "Cat In the Hat"
chapeaus at school on Tuesday to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss, the children’s author. Children at HES
also read stories and did other projects to commemorate the famous author.
Man dies in Kinzua accident
Juan A. Tellechea, 63,
Lexington, died in an accident at
the Kinzua Resources sawmill in
Heppner at approximately 7:25
a.m. on Thursday, February 25.
According to Frontier
Resources, owners of the mill
which was slated to close March
15, Tellechea stepped between
two kiln carts loaded with
lumber and was crushed. An
ambulance was called at 7:34
a.m. The ambulance crew found
him pinned between two large
lumber carts. Tellechea was
pronounced dead at 8:40 a.m. at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital in
Heppner.
Tellechea had worked at the
Heppner mill for more than 20
years. "We are deeply saddened
by this tragedy," said Kinzua
Resources general manager Jim
Salyers. "Juan Tellechea has
been a valued employee. Our
hearts go out to his wife and
children."
According
to
Frontier
Resources, the accident is the
only fatality at the Heppner mill
since it was purchased by
Kinzua Resources in May 1994.
The accident was under
investigation by the Morrow
County Sheriffs Department.
An Oregon Occupational Safety
and Health Division compliance
officer
began
Thursday
morning..
Kinzua Resources ended
production
at
the
mill
immediately after the accident,
rather than remaining open until
the scheduled shut-down date of
March 15. Some employees will
continue working for a few more
weeks to phase out remaining
inventory, said the release.
Juan Tellechea is survived by
his wife, Kathy, and two sons,
Jim, 23, and Phil, 20.
Abandoned baby found in Boardman with
A newborn baby was found
abandoned on a doorstep of a
home in Boardman Saturday
morning, Feb. 27.
According to a news release
from the Boardman Police
Department, the child was left in
a cardboard box on the doorstep
of a home in town at 5:19 a.m.
Saturday.
The couple in the home at first
thought they heard a kitten, but
when they investigated, found
the infant and called police. The
child was taken into the custody
of the Morrow County branch of
Services to Children and
Families and was transported by
the Boardman ambulance to a
hospital
for
a
medical
examination.
Police, who have not released
the sex and race of the child, are
requesting public assistance in
identifying and locating the
mother of the baby. Anyone
information about the
infant is asked to call the
Boardman Police Department
541-481-6071.
Easter sunrise music planned
Special choir and band music is
being planned for the Easter
Sunrise Service, which is
sponsored by the South Morrow
County Ministerial Association
Any musicians interested in
playing in the band should
contact Myma Van Cleave at
676-5448 for music and a
practice
schedule.
All
instruments are welcome.
Any persons interested in
singing in the choir should
contact Jennifer Waldrep at 676-
5156.
Food handlers course needed
All entities involved in St.
Patrick's Food handling are
encouraged to attend the food
handler's class March 9 at the
Heppner High School Cafeteria
at 6:30 p.m.
It is imperative that at least
one person who has taken this
class be present dunng food
serving events, said Claudia
Hughes. St. Patrick's Committee
For more information contact
Chuck Stahl, Oregon Health
Division, 541-276-7880.
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Iris Partney
Ins Partney of Pilot Rock
has been chosen grand marshal
of this year's St. Patrick's Day
Celebration in Heppner.
Ins, whoes maiden name was
Rockwell, was married for
many years to the late Joe
Doherty of the Pendleton area.
A history of the family will be
in next week's paper.
Cascadia Folk Quartet
Students named
to UofO dean’s list
University of Oregon has an
nounced its deans’ lists for fall
term 1998-99. To qualify for the
lists, students must have com
pleted 12 or more graded credits
for the term and have a minimum
grade point average of 3.75.
Following are the local students
who qualify: Jennifer Sullivan,
lone, a freshman pre-business
major.
The Cascadia Folk Quartet is
"looking forward with more than
a w ee bit of musicianship, moxie
and mischief to their triumphant
return to Heppner," said Claudia
Hughes of the St. Patrick's
Committee.
Sharing a love of music in the
folk tradition, Mick Doherty,
Kevin Shay Johnson, Lawrence
Huntley and Chip Cohen have
performed and toured together
for years. Their unique fusion of
traditional and modem music,
featuring the hammer dulcimer,
combined with solid guitar and
fiddle and the voice of Kevin
Shay Johnson, promises a night
of outstanding music.
Cascadia Folk Quartet will
perform at 7 p.m. at the Heppner
Middle School on Saturday,
March 13. Tickets are $5 for
adults and S3 for children and
may be purchased in advance at
the Chamber of Commerce,
Klamath First Federal and the
information booth. If tickets are
still available, they will be sold
at the door.
Museum
readies
history display
The Morrow County Museum
is getting ready for the annual
living history display during the
St. Patrick's celebration.
Anyone interested in being a
costumed "pioneer" on Saturday,
March 13, should come by the
museum as soon as possible.
The museum is open Tuesday
through Saturday from 1-5 p m.
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