S t Patrick Church play is Thursday
Essaie Wetzeli
U of U Newspaper Library
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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
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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
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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
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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
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March 14. 2004
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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!
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