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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 12,2003 ST. PAT’S WEEKEND EVENTS KUMA Coffee Hour this Saturday Walden To Visit Heppner during St. morning ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOW Pat’s Celebration An abundance o f talent w ill be on display at this y e a r’s K U M A will again be broadcasting live from upstairs U.S. C ongressm an G reg W alden (R -O R ) w ill visit H eppner on Saturday, M arch 15. His public schedule for the day follows: C ongressm an W alden w ill p articipate in the St. Patrick’s Day K U M A Coffee H our at the H eppner Elks Club on M ain Street from 10-11:30 a.m . W alden w ill have the opportunity to meet individually with local residents and answer questions about local, state and national issues. Congressm an Walden will then attend the St. Patrick's Day lunch at the St. Patrick’s Senior C enter from 11:45 a.m .- 12:45 p.m. Again he will meet with local residents and answer questions about local, state and national issues. C o n g re s s m a n W ald en re p r e s e n ts th e S e c o n d Congressional District o f Oregon, which includes 20 counties in southern, central and eastern O regon. He is a m em ber o f the H ouse C om m ittee on E nergy and C om m erce as w ell as the Com m ittee on Resources. Wee Bit O’ Ireland - Ceili Looking for the true spirit o f the St. Patrick’s weekend? Attend the Ceili. Just hop on the new elevator at the Elks after the Great Green Parade this Saturday for an afternoon o f Irish song and dance. The C eili is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. Michael Duffy o f the Irish Singers will be announcing the event, which will include rollicking Irish tunes by the likes o ’ John Doherty and the Irish Singers - Dan Emert, Alan Feves, Paul G reen, Scott Sager and M ichael Duffy. It’s tradition to have these guys entertain. Some have been com ing to Heppner since Jim Farley’s first celebration 21 years ago. In addition, M ike K eow n, form erly o f Heppner, and Steve Pyle from Athena will perform on the bagpipes. “Mulligan Stew ” , the sm aller fiddlers, and “The Shenanigans” will be treating the audience to a variety o f fiddle tunes. Incidentally, these groups w ere very p opular at the K iw anis K apers, bringing home the gold, with both getting firsts. Joining the young fiddlers w ill be T he B aile G las D ancers from the T ri-C ities. T his year tw o o f the m ore experienced girls will be dancing. They bring energy, style and grace to Irish dancing in the Northwest. “B aile” m eans town and “ G las” m eans green. T he dance d irector is M aggie C orrigan, w hose grandparents im m igrated from C ounty Donegal, Ireland in 1928. She has kept the Irish dance tradition as she teaches from Seattle to Tri-Cities. T here is no charge for the C eili, but guests are encouraged to purchase the collector buttons at the information booth. Shamrock Lanes to host tournament Shamrock Lanes will be hosting the third Annual Irish Sw eepstakes Scotch D oubles N o-Tap Bow ling Tournam ent this w eekend. It features a Special N o-T ap Scotch Form at that is ftm for everyone. The tournam ent is open to bow lers age 18 and over and has special prizes throughout and prize m oney for the winner. Squad times will be Saturday at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m . The cost is $ 15/bowler. O n Friday, M arch 14, S ham rock Lanes will have a bow ling special o f $ 1 /gam e and $ 1 shoe rental from 1 p.m. until closing when lanes are available and again on Saturday from 4 p.m. until closing. The Pot O ’ G old C afé will offer an Irish Special for Saturday with a choice o f Rueben sandwich with French fries, soup or salad, or H om em ade Irish Stew with salad and garlic toast. There will also be Karaoke Bowling on Sunday evening from 7-9 p.m. w hich costs $5/person. The cost will include bow ling, shoes and karaoke for the tw o hours. “As you are out and about enjoying the many things to do in H eppner this w eekend, be sure to stop by and see us too,” said the Sham rock Lanes owners. WEEKEND FOOD T here is alw ays room for one m ore at an Irish table, and there is alw ays room for one m ore at the m any tables set in H eppner this weekend. The H eppner eateries are eager to serve from their m enus, each featuring special entrees for the w eekend. Local restaurants include the Pot O ’ G old C afé on C hase Street and Jo h n ’s O ther Place, G D ’s, R&W , Com m uters Café, and B ucknum ’s on Main Street. The delicatessan foods at Central M arket and at the Chevron station offer variety and options, as well. K e ssle r’s O ’B arbecue serves up a fine choice o f chicken and ribs at the city park on M ain Street, from 11 A.M. until 4 P.M. S etting the atm osphere for the Irish w eekend and the cam araderie that goes with that is Mrs. O ’Leary’s Stew Feed at the St. P atrick’s O ’S enior C enter on Friday. The M ethodist Church congregation will be serving from 5 until 7 P.M. The Elks Club also serves, buffet style, on Friday evening, and on Saturday, they will offer a brunch and, at their corned b eef and cabbage buffet, with music. Saturday m orning begins for the hungry early risers at the O ’Senior Center, where those volunteers will serve breakfast from 6 until 10 A.M . They will then shift gears and cooking w are, to prepare their hom em ade soup, bread, and pie for the lunch and early afternoon crowd. The St. Patrick’s congregation will start serving their ham dinner Saturday at 4 P.M. at their parish hall. The diners will have the pleasure o f music by the Lindsay family. Into thfe wee hours o f Sunday m orning, the volunteer lire departm ent will be ready to serve its W ee H ours O ’ the M o m in ’ B reakfast. A t the fire hall on W illow Street, the volunteers will begin serving at 10 P.M. on Saturday and stand by with food for the hungry until 3 A.M . T he Nazarene Church congregation will begin the Sunday morning fare 7 A.M. Their church hall is at 335 North Gilmore, and the cooks will be serving up a hearty breakfast until 10 A.M. M orrow C ountyC reativeA rtsandC raftsshow . Again located in the Les Schwab lobby, the exhibit o f works by several local artists and craftspersons will be open from 9 A.M . until 3 P.M. on Saturday. T he m em bers o f the arts and crafts group expose their individuality through a vast variety o f m edium s. N ew to this year’s show are paintings by nationally recognized award winner Sandra H aynes. T he w ork o f another featured artist, M olly Day, has enjoyed w ide distribution. Som e w orks w ill be for sale, including prints o f R obert W alton’s m ural that w ill soon enhance the w est side o f the agricultural exhibit building. Fram ed, m atted, and num bered prints o f the historic H eppner M ain Street scene are available in tw o sizes. MUSEUMS “O ne o f the finest collections o f farm equipm ent in the N orthw est,” according to the State o f O regon, is open to the public on Saturday from 11 A .M . until 4 P.M. V olunteers continue to improve the display and welcom e new visitors and area residents to ex p lo re the m any m achines and tools historically important to the farming and ranching industries o f Eastern O regon. T he exhibit building is located at the north end o f H eppner by G reen Feed and S eed by H ighw ay 74. Volunteers also maintain the Morrow County Museum, which continues to earn accolades from visitors. N ew exhibits have been created during the w inter closure, and C urator R obin K rebs is eager to w elcom e visitors on Friday and Saturday. A m ong its m any displays and collections, the m useum will feature a “sheepherder’s exhibit” and an informative coverage o f the 1903 H eppner Flood. Though the m useum will charge no entry fee, but free will donations will be accepted to help with the upkeep. H ours will be from 1 until 5 P.M. on Friday and 10 A .M . until 5 P.M. on Saturday The m useum /library building is located on North M ain Street by the city park. AUCTION “Som ething for everyone” seem s the m otto for the St. P at’s A uction crew - the Parent-Teacher C lub m em bers - and the list o f donations to this fundraiser supports that claim . On Friday at 7 P.M. even leprechauns will want to join the festive event, upstairs at the Elks Club. (The building now features an elevator, so clim bing stairs will not be necessary.) Joe and Leanne Lindsay will entertain brow sers and bidders with their music and hum or before and during the auction, and finger-food trays will help to fortify even the m eekest bidder. A bonus during the evening will be the eagerly anticipated first draw ing for $ 100 from the “pot o ’ gold.” Som e o f the items that Ken Grieb will auction that evening are on view in the H eppner TV O ffice w indow , but m any m ore will also tempt the bidders at the silent and live auctions. Raffle tickets will be sold for a barbeque grill. D oor prizes will be num erous, som e that w ill be go to the w inning b idders on buckets o f treasures created by the teachers o f H eppner Elementary School. Each bucket contains a collection o f items featuring a particular them e, and som e buckets will contain winning door-prize tickets. Several packages are featured at the w ee bit o ’ b id d ers’ blow out this year, packages o f p am pering and pleasure for both m en and w om en, packages for the sports-m inded, packages for the persons w ho w ant a get-aw ay. A nd m any large and sm all item s aw ait the crow d Friday evening, so everyone will w ant to sign in early enough to get a b id d e r’s num ber before the fun begins at 7. O’DUCKY RACE “On your m ark, get s e t... float!!!” A nd the race will be on! The O ’Ducky Race starts at the M ay Street Bridge, in front o f the courthouse at 3 P.M. on Saturday. D epending on the strength o f the W illow C reek current, the w ee w inners o f the annual race will be floating to the finish line at the footbridge by the m useum building and the RV park about 15 or 20 m inutes later. Entering a duck (plastic) in the race is sim ple and could result in a prize o f $ 100, $75, $50, $25, or $ 10. T he first five places are paid. D ucks are for sale on M ain S treet near the TV office until shortly before race tim e. Each entry costs $3 or tw o-for-$5. The luck o f the Irish has been w ith m any a visitor, as well as local participants, over the years. The chairman, John McCabe, reports that last year at least one o f the prizes had to be mailed to a w in n er from B eaverton. P roceeds from the O ’D ucky Race help to finance the Colt football program . KIDS CARNIVAL Wee ones and their parents will find m any attractions to entertain and delight them on Saturday at the Little Leprechaun Kam ival and Kids Kuisine. Located betw een the Shoe B ox building and the post office, the H eppner Day Care will offer a “duck pond,” m iniature golf, face painting, a “ju n k food w alk,” a bean bag toss, and a “w heel o f fun.” Tickets that cost 25 cents each or $ 1 for five can be used for the activities and the snack shack. Hot dogs, brow nies, and drinks are the m ain m enu items. This entertainm ent center for little people will open at 11 A.M . It will close for the parade and then run again until 2:30 P.M. Proceeds from the attraction will go to the H eppner Day Care. LIBRARY “ Irish” is the them e o f the O regon Trail Library’s St. P at’s C hildren's W orkshop on Friday. The staff will provide m aterials, m odels, and assistance to participants who want to m ake a variety o f item s with an Irish motif. The w orkshop will run from 9:30 until 4:30, and the library will stay open until 5. O n Saturday, brow sers are w elcom e from 11 A.M . until 3 P.M. T he library is by the city park on M ain Street. at the E lk’s Club this Saturday in conjunction with H eppner’s St. Patrick’s Celebration. This has become a tradition that began w ith Ted Sm ith and Jim Farley. Tom M elton has taken over the “DJ” position for the past few years and really enjoys dishing out the “ B larney” and spending tim e in H eppner with John D oherty and the Irish Singers. For the past couple o f years, Dominique Monahan, who grew up in this area, has been Tom ’s sidekick. O ther m usical num bers will be perform ed by the Sentim entalists, Steve Pyle and his bagpipes, Rev. K eith Brudevold, Peg Willis with M ulligan Stew and Shenanigans, as well as The Sham rocks perform ing an original song for the Celebration. The broadcast begins at 10 a.m . and lasts until it’s over. Eveiyone is invited to come and join in the Brogue Contest and lots o f other blarney. St. Pat’s Saturday shuttle bus schedule More than a wee distance exists among some weekend events, so St. P at’s Saturday shuttle service will surely prove useful. V olunteer leprechauns will be m aking their stops throughout the day, at one-hour intervals, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. B rightly colored sidew alk signs will m ark the stops, from the W illow Creek RV Park to the Sheep Dog Trials north o f tow n. T he service is free and the drivers are eager to get celebrants w here they w ant to be. They also stress that they w ill m ake every effort to m aintain the schedule, though unforeseen circumstances m ight create brief delays from time to time. 8 a.m .-W illow C reek RV Park; 8:05 a.m .-H eppner Hardw are; 8:10 a.m .-M orrow County Fairgrounds; 8:30 a.m .-Thom psons / Sheep Dog Trials; 8:45 a.m .-Riverside Street; 8:50 a.m .-across from the library; 8:55 a.m .-across from H eppner H ardw are; 9 a.m .-W illow C reek RV Park; - at one hour intervals until 5 p.m. - To Tiller’s Folly: 6:20-Assisted Living facility; 6:30 p.m .-W illow C reek RV Park; 6:40 p.m .-St. P a t’s Senior C enter; 6:50 p.m .-H eppner H igh School; After program: St. P a t’s Senior C enter W illow C reek RV Park Assisted Living facility Shuttle buses will be running around the clock from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., with a special run to the 7 p.m.. The T iller’s Folly concert at H eppner H igh School. Wee Bit O’... By Claudia Hughes This I know, after 14 years o f co-chairing a W ee Bit O ’ Ireland, that good co-chairm en or w om en as the case may be are indispensable. For the past seven o f those years, C ara O sm in has been that w om an. A n Irish Toast to m y cohort in shenanigans over the years and to the St. Patrick’s Committee. Where would we be without the likes o ’ the committee? To be com m ended for their dedication in the planning o f the 2003 event are: K ay F o w ler-A uction, C liff G reen- Parade, Dick and Lynnea Sargeant- C ruz-ln, Judie Laughlin- Buttons • and H ospitality, JoyceK ay and Jerry H ollom on- Flags and Signs, M ary H am ilton- Sheepdog Trials, D oris B rosnan- Publicity, Tom W olff- sound system , R andy Rayburn- Teen ’ D ance, and R ene D evin w ho keeps the financial records straight. Sure ‘n begorrah there m ust be warm bodies hiding in the sham rocks w ho m ight be interested in chairing the Coffee Hour, Ceili, Brochures, Schedule, Irish Family, Entertainment and other details for 2004. C om e out, com e out w herever you are. A dded to the above, are the m any organizations who put on additional events, apart from the com m ittee funded events, to both enhance the celebration and m ake m oney for th eir various projects. T hroughout the years, the St. P a t’s C om m ittee has been able to donate speakers to the rodeo, contribute to the A ssisted Living facility, help w ith the Elks elevator, and this year purchase a new music and speaker system for all o f the parades and at long last buy the memorial drinking fountain. T he annual celebration is funded by the St. P a t’s A uction to be held Friday night. T he com m ittee invited the Parents C lub to assist in running the fundraiser this year with one h a lf o f the funds to go to ongoing celebrations; one forth to the Cham ber for event marketing, sharing office staff, office equipment; and one forth toward Parents Club designated youth projects such as Sixth G rade O u td o o r School. R ub elbow s with friends, neighbors, visitors and leprechauns while you bid on your favorite item and have fun. N ow did you know that The Tiller’s Folly from Canada opened for R iverdance in Las Vegas? T hese fellow s com e w ith rave review s. N olan M urray, alm ost a local, is from LaG rande and jo in ed T iller’s in 2001. See them perform at 7 p.m. at the Heppner High School cafetorium on Saturday night. Tickets are limited due to space. They are available at G ardner’s M e n ’s W ear and in the green inform ation booth, staffed by W illow Valley Service Club. It is highly recom m ended that tickets be purchased ahead o f tim e. Be ye at w ork o r at play this w eekend, “ M ay you have w arm w ords on a cold evening, a full m oon on a dark night, and a sm ooth road all the w ay to your door.” -Irish toast. Irish Hoopshoot sign-ups to be held The Irish H oopshoot sign-ups will be held Saturday, M arch 15, from 8-10 a.m. w ith the shoot to begin at 10 a.m. The event will be held in the Bank o f Eastern Oregon driveway. Prizes will be aw arded for R & W D rive-In, in boys and girls divisions for ages: 6-8, 9-12, 13-16, and 17-up. Players will shoot the 3-ball in the “Round the World” contest. This Irish Hoopshoot is sponsored by Colt basketball.
