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Approximately 30 children participated in lone's United Church of C hrist's VBS School. June 16-20.
The theme lor the week was Son Country Harvest and the children learned about growing the “fruits of
the Spirit.”
St. Pat’s/St. William’s enjoys another year of RVS
VOL. 122
NO. 26
8 Pages
Wednesday, June 25,2003
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Town of lone gears up for its
annual 4th of July Celebration
lo n e’s 4th o f July and
Blues Festival will begin July
3 with a g o lf tournam ent and
conclude w ith firew orks on
July 4. The them e this year is
“ L eap
In to
l o n e ’s
Celebration.”
The G rand M arshalls
for th is y e a r ’s p a ra d e are
C oach Del L aR ue and the
w inning lone track teams. The
parade will be held at 11 a.m.
Local musicians, Jeff
E y n e tic h , Jim L o g an and
Dustin Padberg will open the
music celebration w ith music
at 7 p .m .,o n J u ly 3 .
July 4 music will begin
at 3 p.m., with headliners for
the event being Eddie Kirkland
a n d M ich ael B u rk s. A lso
perform ing will be Joanne
C onnors and Jim m y Lloyd
R ay. T h e b a n d s a re a ls o
headliners for Portland Blues
Festival.
E d d ie
K ir k la n d
performs a range o f styles from
old-style delta blues to R&B
to reggae. He has been in the
music business for around 50
years. M ichael B urks w as
touted as a child prodigy who
grew up playing in his family’s
Arkansas roadhouse. He then
put his guitar aside and took
on a “ 9 -to -5 ” jo b , b e fo re
deciding to return to m usic.
Jo an n e C o n n o r began her
career back in 1984 and has
been perform ing ever since.
She pens m any o f her ow n
songs and enhances her guitar
playing w ith “ im passioned”
vocals.
Jim m y Lloyd Ray a
fam iliar face at the B lues
Festival will once again join in
the celebration. He will also be
bringing a couple o f other
b lu es m u sic ia n s from the
Portland area. Ray recently
had a kidney transplant and his
body reje cte d the kidney,
w h ich c a u se d sp e cu la tio n
a b o u t h is a tt e n d a n c e ,
however, he pulled through and
will be in lone. O ne o f R ay’s
known hits is “G oing Back to
Baker City.”
Children gather to register for St. Patrick's/St. William's religious vacation school.
R elig io u s V acation
School began M onday, June
23 for St. P atrick’s and St.
W illia m ’s parishes. K athy w eek dealt w ith the B ible
Fullm er stated that she was accounts o f events along the
v e ry e x c ite d w ith th e N ile. T h ere w ere v a rio u s
attendance. The topic o f the activities and music.
Local inventor creates industrial sensor
The lone Cardinal’s winning track teams will be Grand Marshalls,
along with Coach Del LaRue (not pictured), for the lone 4,h of July
Celebration.
O th e r
a c ti v it ie s
include a golf tournament at the
Willow Creek County Club in
Heppner. The tournament w ill
begin at 9:30 a.m ., on July 3
and will cost $35 per golfer.
For more information you can
contact C raig H olland, 422-
7455.
A fun run will be held
July 4 at 7:30 a.m., starting at
the lone School. For m ore
information on the run you can
contact Jim R aible at 454-
2830.
The horseshoe pits will
o p e n at 10 a .m ., a n d th e
P a ra d e an d B lu e s C ru ise
C lassic C ar Show will begin
at 11 a.m.
New this year w ill be
a volleyball tournam ent held
ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT
DEADLINErMONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
L o w e ll G rib b le , a
local inventor, has com e up
w ith a "unique" sensor unit that
can find air leaks, steam leaks
and electrical problems.
G ribble and his tw o
sons have been w orking on
this invention for over 30 years.
G ribble has already begun
working on a slightly improved
m odel that should be a little
easier to use than his first.
G ribble has been a
tro u b le s h o o te r fo r m an y
industrial companies, such as
Boise Cascade, PGE, etc., as
well as the U.S. Coast Guard.
T h e C o a s t G u a rd e v e n
n ic k n a m e d him a “ g h o st
buster" after he found som e
m alfunctions w ith a boat that
had just com e from repairs.
B e s id e s in d u stria l
uses, Gribble says this product
can also be used on homes and
businesses.
In the past Gribble has
u sed a unit from H ew lett
P a c k a rd , but say s he has
stopped using it and has been
u s in g h is p ro d u c t in h is
business for quite some time.
“There's nothing like it," stated
Gribble.
Gribble said that they
will not be selling the sensor
unit, but will be leasing it out
for high schoolers and young
adults after the parade. Other
Lowell G rib b le w ith his sensor
a c tiv itie s in clu d e pie and
to those interested in using the lubricant sensor that can be
coffee, used book sale, bingo,
product.
placed on the end o f a grease
straw money pile, a fish pond,
F o llo w ing in h is gun to let the operator easily
balloon races, bicycle raffle,
father’s footsteps, G rib b le’s fin d p la c e s th a t n e e d
dunk tank and a frog jum ping
son,
D ouglas, has created a lubricated.
c o n te s t. P r iz e s fo r th e
c h i l d r e n ’s g a m e s w e re
purchased with donations from
the TV Shoot held earlier this
Heppner High School
A s o c ia l h o u r is rem inisce about the good old
graduating classes o f 1946, planned forò p.m., with dinner days.
year.
The pool will be open 1947 and 1948 have planned served at 7 p.m.
Please call Jeannie
at 2 p.m ., for free sw im m ing a three-class reunion at the
All alumni and friends Ball at 676-9666 to m ake
and the lone Booster Club will H eppner Elks C lub on July are inv ited to attend and to dinner reserv ations.
host a shirt sale.
12, 2003.
A t 7 p.m ., at je t boat
fishing trip auction will begin
W E W ILL BE CLOSED O N FRIDAY, JULY 4th
with the benefits o f the auction
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going to the M ike M athew s
Scholarship Fund and lone
Education Foundation.
The fireworks display
will be held at dusk.
HAVE A SA F E A N D H A P P Y 4 th o f JU L Y l
'
Look for a com plete
schedule o f events in next
w eek's paper.
Lexington 989-8221 • 1-800-452-7396 For form eq u ip m en t, m i t our web »Ite at W W W mejj net
HHS classes of ’46-'48 to hold reunion
and
OPEN ON SATURDAY, |ULY 5th
FROM 7 a.m. TO 12 NOON
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M orrow County Grain Growers