M usician, story teller to perform
during St. Pat’s celebration
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Ron Lindner officer in charge at Post Office
return to his position as window
clerk in Pendleton.
"Heppner is a very good
office for training purposes,” said
Lindner. "I think it runs very
smooth. We have some excellent
clerks." Lindner says the position
is more challenging than it
appears and involves a lot o f
adm inistrative work.
Assigned Postmaster at
Heppner, Debbie Rutherford, has
been detailed to Hermiston to
"advance her Postal career," said
Lindner.
Form er officer in charge.
Ron Lindner
The Heppner Post Office has
a new supervisor. Ron Lindner,
49, Pendleton, took over as
officer in charge as o f February
Dan Dunnett p* rk ranger
at W illow Lake
Lake since August. He has four
children living in W ashington
and Texas.
"My wife Katie and I live in
Heppner and enjoy the small
town atm osphere and intend to
live here long term," said
Dunnett.
"I feel blessed to have this
job in Heppner and look forward
to meeting more o f the citizens,"
added Dunnett. "Please do not
hesitate to say hello to me if you
see me in town conducting
business or walking between the
lake office and m y home."
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Lindner, originally from
Pendleton, grew up in Hermiston
and graduated from Hermiston
High School in 1969.
After four years in the Navy,
which included a tour o f duty in
Vietnam, Lindner returned to
Pendleton and got his first job
with the Post Office on June 14,
1977.
For 17 years he worked as a
clerk on a letter sorting m achine
from 7 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. The
shift enabled him to be home
with his children
in the
afternoon. He spent two years
working the midnight to 8 a.m.
shift before attending window
training. He was a window relief
clerk for around three years
before moving to full time.
Lindner took additional
training at the Pendleton Post
Office to qualify for his current
position
at
Heppner.
The
tem porary position as officer in
charge will afford Lindner more
training for advancem ent o f his
Postal career. Once his indefinite
training period is over he will
Report due on
city hall/ library
The final report on the
proposed new city hall and library
building will be presented to the
public this Friday, March 9 at
7p.m. in the dining room at St.
Patrick's Senior Center in
Heppner. The public is invited to
attend.
HJH plans dance
A Heppner Junior High
School dance will be held at the
school this Thursday, M arch 8,
from 6:30-10 p.m.
Teen dance set
during St. Pat’s
A teen dance will be held in
conjunction with the St. Patrick's
Celebration at Heppner High
School on Friday, M arch 16,
from 9 p.m. to midnight.
Karen Hermanns, Im gon, works
at the north end o f the county.
Carolyn Anderson, also a former
officer in charge, is Post Master
at Adams.
Lindner and his wife o f 25
years, Phyllis, have two children,
Brian, 22, who graduated last
M ay from N orthwest Nazarene
U niversity in Nampa, ID, with a
degree in social work, and Joy,
20, who is a sophom ore at N.W.
Nazarene majoring in Christian
education and religion. Phyllis is
employed as an office nurse with
Dr. Me Bee in Pendleton.
Youth program
planned
Dan Dunnett
Newcom er to the Heppner
area, Dan Dunnett is the U.S.
Corps o f Engineers Park Ranger
at the W illow Creek Lake in
Heppner.
Dunnett started in his new
position last August. His duties
include troubleshooting and
repair o f 23 weather and flow
sensors for the 911 flood warning
system ,
periodic
dam
m aintenance, water outlet gate
changes, recreation and natural
resource m anagem ent o f The
Dalles and John Day pools o f the
Colum bia River and Willow
Creek Lake. His jo b also entails
getting
involved
in
the
com m unity and is available for
Scout groups and school science
projects.
Prior to Dunnett com ing on
board, Lyle Verrall was the
m aintenance person at the lake.
Dunnett says that because o f
increased autom ation, not as
much m aintenance is required.
Dunnett, 44, graduated in
1979 from Southwest Texas State
University with a bachelor o f
science
degree
in
range
management. He has been a park
ranger for over 15 years, with 13
years at Grapevine Lake, Texas,
Ice Harbor Dam in W ashington,
two years and W illow Creek
in county
The M orrow County Youth
Program, sponsored by the Morrow
County S heriffs Department,
Juvenile Department, Behavioral
Health, Commission on Children
and Fam ilies and the Boardman
Police Departm ent, will present
Debbee Williams and Vivian Yeung
from the Friday Night Live program
o f C alifornia at M orrow County
schools.
The Friday Night Live program
builds partnerships for positive and
healthy youth developm ent by
engaging youths as active leaders
and resource contacts in the
community. Youths will organize
and run various programs that are
alcohol, tobacco and drug free with
the help of parents and mentors from
the community.
M otivational speakers will
present the programs to the schools
on M arch 20-21. Parents are
encouraged to attend the assembles
in their area. For more information
on Friday Night Live check their
web site at www fhdaynightlive.org
Assembly dates are as follows:
Tuesday, March 20, Columbia
M iddle School, Im gon, 9 a m ;
Tuesday, March 20, Riverside High
John Doan, master harp guitarist,
storyteller and historian, will
perform on Sunday, March 18, at
2 p.m. at the Heppner Elementary
School auditorium.
The performance is free to the
public. M orrow County Unified
Recreation District is sponsoring
the performance.
According to a news release, John
Doan brings
"soulful
and
provocative musical sketches from
a pilgrimage to the most sacred sites
o f the British Isles. 'Thin Places,'
as they were called a millennia ago,
were believed to be places where
the space between heaven and earth,
and past and future, were thinly
divided. What was found there were
breathtaking landscapes, historic
mins and dynamic stones underlying
the faith and vision o f a people who
shaped the world we have come
to call our own.".
"A Celtic Pilgrim age" is the
culmination o f years o f study and
numerous visits to the Bntish Isles.
This production began as a musical
diary initially recorded as notes and
tape recorded sketches as Doan
visited vanous historic sites. At the
end of the journey, he spent a year
translating this experience into
music, producing his second Celtic
inspired recording "W ayfarer -
Ancient Paths to Sacred Places"
to follow his release "Eire - Isle of
the Saints" which was voted "Celtic
Album o f the Year" by the NAV
Music Awards.
Doan was an 11 - year old living
in Venice, California, when he began
playing guitar. "Given the setting,
it's only natural that his earliest
passion was surf music," said the
release. He later became interested
in classical guitar and earned a
degree in music performance from
Cal State Northridge. Doan furthered
his musical education after moving
to Oregon, where he earned a
master's in musical education from
Western Oregon State and served
on the faculty. He studied
renaissance lute in Paris and baroque
John Doan
lute in The Netherlands. Playing
lute set the stage for mastery of his
true calling: the harp guitar.
The version o f the harp guitar
that Doan plays is a 20-string
instrument created at the end of the
last century in Europe and America.
It supplements the standard guitar's
six fretted strings with six unfretted
sub-bass strings.
The harp-guitar was popular in
turn o f the century America as a
parlor instrument and was available
from makers like Gibson and Martin.
It gradually fell out o f favor but is
now the subject of renew ed interest.
Doan has performed with a
diverse range of artists from Burl
Ives to 1 arrv Carlton, and he has
attracted praise guitar luminary chair
Chet Atkins. 1 le has starred in two
television specials produced by
Oregon Public Broadcasting: "A
Christmas to Remember With John
Doan" and "A Victorian Christmas
With John Doan," which was
nominated for an Emmy.
Doan lives near Salem, with his
wife Deirdre, where he is an
assistant professor o f music at
Willamette University.
WCVAL reaches goal
Heppner
OPB show
set M arch 19
Eugene-based 99 Productions
L.L.C., has recently finished
production o f an original senes set
to air on Oregon Public
Broadcasting. The series, which
features the city o f Heppner. will
begin on Monday, March 19, at 6
p.m.
The senes, entitled "ExplOregon,"
highlights 10 small Oregon towns
that were historically prominent
at one time.
Besides Heppner, the series
explores the following towns:
Oakland, Bayocean, Scottsburg,
Crescent Lake, Granite, Shaniko,
Toledo,
Brownsville
and
Jacksonville.
Each featured town is its own
h alf hour program and is largely
told through the eyes o f current
residents who have experienced
the town first hand, or through the
stones that they’ve collected from
their ancestors.
According to 99 Productions
L.L.C., every year Oregonians lose
valuable state history with the
passing o f its generations.
"ExplOregon" has captured many
intnguing stones and history from
these once prom inent towns that
Oregonians have probably heard
of, but didn't know the whole stoiy,”
said Tom Doggett, vice president
of television programming. Oregon
Public Broadcasting. "We are
always pleased to work with
independent producers and are
excited about this new series."
"ExplOregon” may be seen on
Oregon Public Broadcasting
beginning on Monday, March 19
at 6 p.m. and will continue each
Monday through the middle of May.
"ExplOregon" is sponsored by The
Oregon Forest Industries Council,
The Relief Nursery and Courtsports
Athletic Club.
A second season o f "ExplOregon’
is currently underway.
Nancy Vander Does with the Willow Creek Valley Assisted Living
Corporation thermometer. The group met the goal of S90.000 for
WCVAL's USDA grant.
S I ,121.000.
The Willow Creek Terrace
The group still needs
Assisted Living Facility is one S80.000 for the estimated
step closer to being built.
development costs.
The Willow Creek Valley
"We hope that through more
Assisted Living Corporation has donations, grants, brick sales and
reached their goal o f S90.000
memorials, we will reach this
required for their USDA loan.
goal," said Nancy Vander Does
The cost to build W illow
ofW C V A L.
Creek
Terrace
will
be
Litter pickup
Math contest
planned April 5
The next Heppner litter pick up
date will be Wednesday, March 14.
from 5-6 p.m. This effort will help
prepare Heppner for the annual St.
Patrick's Celebration March 16 -
18.
Those planning to participate
are asked to use SOLV litter bags
and deposit them next to the nearest
highway sign for collection by
Chamber of Commerce volunteers
Hazardous items should be
marked with an orange flag
Contact the pick-up coordinator.
John Edmundson. 676-5177. if bags
or orange flags are needed
The Morrow County School
District Math Contest is set for
Thursday. April 5. at Heppner
Elementary School
. The annual contest gives young
mathematicians the opportunity to
show their abilities with others from
throughout the county.
The qualifying test for home
school students in grades four, five
and six w ho w ish to participate will
be given Monday. March 12, at 8
a.m.
Contact Janme Allen at Heppner
Elementary if your child is planning
to attend
School, Boardman, 1 p.m.; and
W ednesday, M arch 21, Heppner
and lone high schools, 9:30 a.m.
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