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S t Patrick Church play is Thursday Essaie Wetzeli U of U Newspaper Library E u g e n e , 0.3 9 / 4;3 , photo by Levi Connor (L-R): Nicki Coe, Janet Greenup, Tom McLain, David Pranger and Eric Orem. Back to camera: Fr. Gerry Condon. VOL. 123 NO. 10 10 Pages Wednesday, March 10, 2004 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon ^Jrelond 22nd cA n m u d \ \ 0 2 2 ¿ t . f j a trick s W eekend ^elebrotion Schedule — ~~Thursdav. March 11. 2004 -— ~ ~ BRIDGET, P A TR O N ESS O F IR ELAND and COLUM BA, M ASTER FU L M ONK - 7.30PM, St Patrick's Catholic Parish Hall, 560 NW Jones Original plays written by Father O'Condon ~~~~Frida\. March 12. 2004 ---------- MORROW CO U N TY CREATIVE A R T S & C R A FTS - 8.30AM - 6PM, show and sale at Les Schwab HEPPNER PUBLIC LIBRARY - Open 9 .30AM - 5PM MORROW CO UN TY M USEUM - Open 1 - 5PM A rt Show A "Meet the Artist" Reception 1.30PM VEN D O R’S S Q U A R E - Enjoy crafts, food and other treasures from local and visiting vendors All day Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Neighborhood Center on Main Street across from the Library/Museum/City Park For information call 541-676-5024 S T . PATRICK'S A N N U A L A U C T IO N - Starting at 7PM at the Elks, 142 N Main Street Live and Silent Auction. Drawing fo r $100 Pot OGoId MRS. O'LEARY'S S T E W FEED - 5 - 7PM at S t Patrick's Senior Center, 190 N Main Street, prepared by the Heppner United Methodist Church members BU FFET DINNER - 6 - 8PM at the Elks, 142 N Main Street LADS & L A S S IE S T E E N DANCE - 9PM - midnight - a drug and alcohol free event for teens at HHS Cafetorium. Sponsored by the S t Patrick’s Committee Music provided by Dan Burns ~ — ~ Saturday , March 13. 2004 - -------- S h u ttle Bus Service - All Day B REAKFAST - 7 - 9.30AM at St. Patrick's Senior Center, prepared by O ’Senior Center VOLKSW ALK - 8AM - 4PM Make a "grand tour" o f the Irish Capitol of Oregon The event starts at Central Red Apple on Main Street and tours the town on a 6 2 mile/10 km route S T . PADDY'S M O T O C R O S S - Sponsored by the Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Committee Sign up 8-9AM with races going from 9AM-noon; continuing a fte r the Parade at 2PM until finished $2 admission fee. SHEEP. DOS T R IA L S - Starting at 8 .30AM (all day) at Thompson's Ranch, 3 miles northwest of Heppner on Bunker Hill Rd o ff of Hwy 74, between mileposts 41 A 42 ST^ PAD D Y’S C R U Z -IN - Parade at noon and viewing until 4PM on Willow Street in Downtown Heppner. Come and take a look at Antique and Classic cars in Heppner’s Fourth Annual Cruz-In MORROW CO U N TY M USEUM & FARM E X H IB IT - Open 11AM - 5PM MORROW CO U N TY CREATIVE A R T S A C R A FTS - 8.30AM - 4PM, show and sale at Les Schwab. VENDOR'S SQ UARE - All Day - Neighborhood Center across the street from Library/Museum/ City Park. IR ISH HOOP S H O O T - Starting at 10AM at the BEO Driveway Sponsored by Colt Basketball K U M A C Q F F E E HOUR - 10AM upstairs at the Elks Club Come hear music, stories and blarney1 Enter the IR IS H BROGUE C O N T E S T and win cash prizes. Drawing for $100 Pot O'Gold HEPPNER PUBLIC LIBRARY - Open 11AM - 3PM O 'S EN IO R CENTER - 11AM - 1:30PM Have a taste homemade Irish soup/bread, pie/coffee O BARBECUE chicken and ribs - 11AM - 4PM by Kessler's Katering at City Park on Main Street SHAM ROCK LA N ES - Irish Sweepstakes/Mixed Doubles No-Tap Bowling Tournament, 11AM A 2.30PM BRUNCH - 1L15AM - 1:30PM at the Elks, 142 N Main Street LIT T LE LEPRECHAUN CAR N IV A L & KIDS K U ISIN E - 11.30AM - 3PM on Mam Street by Post O ffic e Sponsored by the Adopt-A-Teacher Foundation IR ISH PARADE - 1PM on Main Street CEILI - (PRONOUNCED Kay-Lee) - 2 - 4PM, upstairs at the Elks Irish entertainment featuring John Doherty A the Irish Singers, Joe Lindsay, Irish Step Dancers, and the Shenanigans1 E W E -D O -B IN G O - 2.30PM Live sheep activity - Main A Center Streets Sponsored by Cheerleaders T O U R S - 2 - 6PM. Historical Morrow County Courthouse built of blue basalt in 1902. O'DUCKY RACE - 3PM Starts at the bridge in front of the Morrow County Courthouse Adopt a duck to win a prize of $10 to $100 Sponsored by Colt Football Program. S T . PATRICK'S HAM DINNER - 4 - 7PM at S t Patrick's Catholic Parish Hall, 560 NW Jones Street BU FFET DINNER - 6 - 8PM - Corn Beef A Cabbage, etc with music from 9PM-2AM, at the Elks T H E T R A IL B A N D - 7:30PM at Heppner Elementary Gymnasium, partially funded by the Morrow County Unified Recreation District Drawing for $100 Pot O ’6 old W EE HOURS O T H E M O RN IN ' BREAKFAST - 10PM - 3AM by Volunteer Fire Dept at 190 NW Willow ------- ^Sunday. March 14. 2004 ~~~~ B REAKFAST - 8 - 10:30AM at the Nazarene Church, 335 N Gilmore S H A M R O C K L A N E S - Irish Sweepstakes/Mixed Doubles No-Tap Bowling Tournament- 1030AM/130PM CHURCH - Your choice Visitors welcome VEN DOR'S SQ U A R E - All day at the Neighborhood Center across from Library/Museum/City Park. SHEEP DOG T R IA L S - All day at Thompson's Ranch See Saturday fo r location (Program subject to change.) ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: M ONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M . As a fitting lead-in to the St. P a tric k ’s W eekend C e le b ra tio n in H e p p n e r, F a th e r G e r ry C o n d o n , Irishm an and priest o f the St. Patrick C hurch parish, will direct the premier performance of his new play. On M arch 11, “C olum cille” w ill share the stage of the church parish hall with a second-year production of “St. Brigid.” “ C o lu m c ille ” w ill introduce the title character, also known as Colum ba, who w as born in D onegal in 521 A D in a c o u n tr y a lm o s t c o m p le te ly c o n v e rte d to Christianity from paganism by St. Patrick less than a hundred years before. Though bom into a royal h o u se, C olu m cille chose to becom e a monk and w as ordained at the age o f thirty. L egend sp eak s o f Colum cille’s establishment of m any m onasteries in Ireland and his probable founding of the monastery at Kells, which is fam ous for its illustrated Biblical works. Though his reasons for leaving Ireland are unclear, Columcille did set sail for the island o f Iona in 563, with tw e lv e o th e r m o n k s, rem iniscent o f Jesus’ starting h is c h u rc h w ith tw e lv e apostles. On the sm all island near the coast of Scotland, the m o n k s , b u f f e te d by th e A tlantic storm s and winds, struggled to exist on the food they could grow and supplies they could bring from the continued page six MCSD selects three finalists for superintendent The Morrow County School D istrict has selected three finalists for the district's p e rm a n en t su p e rin te n d e n t position. The three candidates include Duane Yecha. former R iv e r s id e H ig h S c h o o l principal, now superintendent o f th e R e e d s p o rt S c h o o l D is tric t; M ark M u lv ih ill, current principal at D esert View Elementary in Hermiston; and M ark B urrow s, current p r in c ip a l a t H u m b o lt Elementary School at Canyon City, near John Day. The three finalists w ere selected by a p r o c e s s w h ic h in c lu d e d t a l ly i n g p o in ts f o r e a c h candidate and public input was taken into account. Prior to selection o f the superintendent, the district plans a lengthy process which includes tours o f each o f the schools in the district and a form al in terv iew for each candidate. In other business at the district's regular m eeting M onday night in Irrigon. the b o a rd h e a rd recommendations concerning repair o f the roofs o f four schools in the district. The board had previously believed th a t th e re w a s n 't e n o u g h m oney to repair all four roofs and heard recom m endations that they concentrate on the r o o f r e q u ir in g th e m o st immediate action-at Riverside High School. M onday night, how ever, G eorge M urdock, U m a tilla - M o r r o w ESD su p e rin te n d e n t and actin g M C SD superintendent, told the board that he and M CSD Deputy Clerk Rhonda Lorenz have determ ined that there should be enough money to do all the projects using leftover b o n d c o n s tru c tio n fu n d s. H e p p n e r H ig h S c h o o l, Heppner Elementary and A.C. Houghton Elementary schools also need renovation, with ACH being in the best shape of the four. T h e b o a rd h e a rd several options, with metal roofs being the most expensive at 31 cents per square foot per warranty year, based on a 20-year warranty, but the best in terms of long-term durability, r e q u ir in g m in im a l to no m a in te n a n c e . T he c o st o f sin g le -p ly m em b ran e w as e s tim a te d at 29 c e n ts per square foot per warranty year, based on a 15-year warranty, with m inim um maintenance. A sphalt shingles, requiring m in im u m to m o d e r a te m aintenance, were estim ated at 20 cents per square foot based on a 15-year warranty. Built-up roofs, w hich require m o d e r a te to e x te n s iv e maintenance, were estimated at around 25 cents per square continued page five Council gets offer on city hall building The H eppner City council m oved closer to m oving to new quarters Monday when it received an offer to purchase the current city hall building on Willow Street. The city has been exploring the possibility o f buying the former Klamath First Building on M ain Street for use as a new city hall. At M onday’s m eeting the council received an offer from the T he H eppner G azette- T im es for purchase o f the present city hall. G azette-T im es publisher D avid Sykes said he w ould give the city the new spaper building, a next-door 2 b ed room apartment plus $40,000 cash in exchange for city hall. If the deal is com pleted the G azette w ould move into the city hall building and use it as a new spaper and print shop. As part o f the deal the H eppner fire departm ent has indicated it needs more room for expansion and would use the G azette property for that expansion. The Fire D epart m ent is located next door to the Gazette-Tim es on Willow Street. Heppner city manager Jerry Breazeale said the city should be able to afford the new building without any new taxes or additional revenue. A den tal office currently leases an offfice in Klamath building and the H e p p n e r C h a m b e r o f Commerce has an office there. The dental office pays $9,900 per year in rent: the Cham ber office space has in the past been donated. The Bank of E astern O r egon currently owns the former Klamath First building and is asking $325.000. BEO has said it w o u ld fin a n c e the needed $200,794 at 4.9 per cent for 20 years. The loan paym ent w ould com e out to approxim ately a $1,314 per month payment, or $ 15.772 a year The council voted M onday to send the package to the city Parks and Lands Commission forre view, and also gather public input on the proposal. we w ill be closed Saturday, March 13 W ell see you at the St. Patrick’s Celebration! Morrow County Grain Growers Lexington 989-8221 * 1-800-452-7396 For farm equipment, visit our web site at w * w fflc||.Mt
