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KUMA Coffee Hour to feature music,
100th Anniversary Celebration by
jokes and blarney
‘St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland’ play debuted
M orrow C ounty Judge Terry
Tallman, an Irish brogue contest,
lots of stories, jokes and blarney,
the M orrow C ounty Fair and
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Court,
and plenty o f m usic by John
Doherty and the Irish Singers, the
S entim entalists, John Dezell,
Steve Pyle on bagpipes, Ceili Kids
Fiddle Players with Peg Willis and
the Shamrockettes.
Be a part of the audience at
the H eppner Elks Lodge on
Saturday, March 16 at 10 a m. or
listen to KUMA.
KUMA 2002 Coffee Hour at
the St. Patrick’s Celebration in
H eppner w ill feature lots o f
music, stories, jokes and blarney.
Host this year is Tom Melton.
Father Geny Condon will give the
invocation and Heppner Mayor
Bob Jepsen, the welcome. Grand
marshals will be John Doherty and
the Irish Singers. Also on the
agenda w ill be St. P a tric k ’s
ann o u n cem ents by H eppner
Chamber of Commerce director
Claudia Hughes, information on
the Morrow County Courthouse’s
Auto history on display this Saturday
Automotive history will be on
display on Saturday, March 16,
beginning at 10 a.m. during the
second annual St. Paddy’s Cruz-
In.
Vehicle categories include
classic, m odified, foreign and
vintage cars and pickups. Dash
plaques will be given to each
entry.
D ivision aw ards w ill be
presented to the winners at 3:30
p.m. at the Cruz-ln location on
May Street.
Additional awards will be
presented for People’s Choice,
Leprechaun’s Choice, County
Judges’ Choice, Club Award for
an area car club, and Period
D ress A w ards for men and
women.
Shirts, hats and visors with the
St. Paddy’s Cruz-ln logo will be
for sale at the competition.
Volunteers fill role of St. Pat’s Celebration chairs
The annual St. Patrick's Day Celebration has gone through many
changes through the years. Beginning with Jim Farley, the following
volunteers tilled the role o f chairpersons, each adding their own touch
and talent to Heppner’s Wee Bit O ’ ‘Ireland Celebration: 1982-83 James
J. Farley; 1984-1986 James J. Farley and David Sykes, 1987 - 1988
David Sykes and Diana Ball, 1989 -1993 Diana Ball and Claudia
Hughes; 1994 -1995 Claudia Hughes and Rene Devin; 1996 - 2002
Claudia Hughes and Cara Osmin. 2003 and beyond “is up for grabs,
with a strong support system and an office to field calls” say current
chairpersons.
’Tis sure they’ve worked hard, but ’twould not be possible to pull
of! the huge annual event without the hundreds of dedicated committee
chairpersons and volunteers. It's the behind-the-scenes folk that make
the event happen. “Never judge a leprechaun until you’ve walked a
mile in their green shoes!”
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‘St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland’ debuted before a crowd at the lone Grange Hall on Sunday, March 10. One audience
member, the Rev.Dick Metz, traveled 180 miles to attend the performance and said that he was impressed with the
material Fr. Gerry Condon presents in this, his first original dram a. The cast will take to the stage again on
Thursday, March 14, at the St. Patrick Parish Hall in Heppner. At 7 p.m. dessert will be served, followed by a musical
prelude by the “Sentimentalists.”
M orrow C o u n ty c e le b r a te s 100th St. Patrick’s
anniversary of courthouse
auction on Friday
Morrow County is proudly
celebrating the 100-year anniver
sary o f the construction o f its
courthouse. In January 1902, the
county commissioners declared
their intent to construct a new
courthouse to replace the original
wooden structure, which had
been donated to the county by the
citizens o f Heppner after being
selected as the county seat in
1886. In what seems like lightning
speed by today’s standards the
ground breaking was under way
by May 1902 and construction
was completed in March of 1903.
The county will be commem
orating this centennial throughout
the year. Events scheduled for the
upcoming annual St. Patrick’s cel
ebration in Heppner March 15-17,
include: a “dress up day” at the
Courthouse on March 15, with
employees dressed in period cos
tumes styled after the turn of the
last century; a float in the parade
on Saturday, March 16, as well as
guided tours through the court
house from 2-6 p.m.
There are many interesting
stories about the courthouse, from
the fact that the blue basalt for
the building was quarried from the
Osm in Ranch less than three
miles from the courthouse, to the
fact that the architect's cousin,
Emma Lazarus, was the poet who
wrote the poem found on the base
of the Statute of Liberty.
Everyone is invited to come
experience one o f the most pho
tographed courthouses in Oregon.
For inform ation about the St.
Patrick’s celebration, or any of
the centennial events, contact
Andrea Denton at 676-5620.
The St. Pat’s Auction will be
held Friday, March 15. at the
Heppner Elks Club starting at 7
p.m. with a live auction and a
silent auction. Ken Grieb will be
the auctioneer. Music will be
provided by Joe Lindsay and
"Somebody Else". Snacks and a
no-host bar will be available.
A uction item s in clude
TrailBlazer tickets, a half beef cut
and w rapped, W interH aw k
tickets, a week at the Inn at the
Seventh Mountain, a 25-person
barbecue, a Riverfront Lodge
package and a Hotel Condon
package. Auction items are listed
on www.heppner.net, or at local
businesses.
All proceeds from the auction
go to fund St. P atrick 's Day
weekend events.