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Ken Turner selected as Green Parade grand marshal Qessie Wetzell Ne\s >papi.. ! ibra-> (itnversily o f O re‘»or. Eugene, CP * 74,>3 Ken Türner Ken Turner, a lifelong Heppner resident, will be presiding as this year’s Great Green Parade’s grand marshal The parade will be held Saturday, March 20 at 1 p m down Main Street in Heppner Turner is the son of Sam and Nora D oherty Turner He says his Irish ro o ts come from his m o th e r’s D oherty side, stretching back to 1883 when his g re a t-g re a t- g ra n d m o th e r C atherine Grant Doherty came from C arndonagh, C ounty Donegal, Ireland, following her d a u g h ter Sarah, to Oregon In 1801, Catherine and her sons, Barney and Jam es (T u rn e r's g ra n d fa th e r), began homesteading Blackhorse Canyon A round the same time, 1880, Turner s great uncles came to M orrow County and started their homestead in Sandhollow Canyon, which parallels Blackhorse Turner’s father, fifth o f seven and his mother, third of 13, met and were married in 1926 and had him in 1935. He attended schools in Heppner and graduated with a degree in agriculture from O regon State University After graduating from college. Tuner returned back to Sandhollow and took over the family ranch after the sudden death of his father Jn 1958, he married Jean Ann Swanson o f lone and brought her back to the Sandhollow farm where they raised four daughters, Cheryle Anne, Lori Marie, Melissa Jean and Sandra Lee C heryle (G reg g ) Rietinann, Lori (Wayne) Seitz and Melissa (Todd) Lindsay, all live in Morrow County with their families and Sandra (Doug) Martin living in Sherman County T urner also has eight grandchildren and said that one more is on the way One o f the biggest changes that T urner has made to the original family farm is the expansion o f the irrigation Turner has since “retired” and his daughter Melissa and son-in-law Todd now run most o f the farm operations To connect with his Irish roots, Turner plans on traveling to Ireland in July to p a rtic ip a te in the fifth w o rld w id e reunion o f Dohertys Turner will be one o f 35 cousins for the Northwest and 100 total from the US traveling to Ireland Turner has also been active throughout the years in Morrow County working with the Willow Creek Park D istrict and M orrow Conservation District, as well as being an Elks member for 47 years and a past Chamber Man o f the Year. Make sure to get out and see Turner in the parade and catch up with him during the weekend festivities; he is sure to have a great story to tell Campbell Road to perform during St. Pat’s VOL. 124 NO. 11 10 Pages Wednesday, March 16, 2005 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon 2 3 rc I A nnu d l (JJec B ir O ’ k e rn e l Sr. PeXCRich’s (JJeeHend Ce(e6R<\rion SchcduCc ***** Th u rsd ay, M arch 17th ***** S A I N T PATRICK - PATRON O F IRELAND - 7:30PM, S t Patrick’s Catholic Parish Hall, 560 NW Jones Original play written by Father Condon. ***** F rid a y , M arch 18th ***** "'^ -M ORROW CO UN TY CREATIVE A R T S & CRAFTS - 8:3D AM - 6PM, show and sa fe st Les Schwab Tire Center, Main Street HEPPNER PUBLIC LIBRARY- Open 10AM - 5PM MORROW CO UN TY M USEUM - Open 1 - 5 PM A rt Show & "Meet the Artist" Reception at 130PM VENDOR'S SQUARE - Enjoy crafts, food and other treasures from local and visiting vendors All day Friday, Saturday A Sunday at the Neighborhood Center on Main Street across from the Library/Museum/City Park For information call 541-676-5024 LUCK O ’ T H E IR IS H C A S IN O N IG H T - Starting at 7PM at the Elks Club, 142 N Main Street Raffles and Auction included in the festivities Drawing fo r $100 Pot O' Gold. MRS. O ’LEARY'S S T E W FEED - 5 - 7 PM at S t Patrick's Senior Center, 190 N Main Street, prepared by the Heppner United Methodist Church members BU FFET DINNER - 6 - 8 PM at the Elks Club, 142 N Main Street. LADS & L A S S IE S T E E N DANCE - 8 -11:30 PM — a drug and alcohol free event for teens at the HHS Cafeteria Funded by the Morrow County Unified Recreation District. Music provided by Dan Burns ***** Safupday M arch 19th ***** (Shuttle Bus Service All Day) BREAKFAST - 7-9-30 AM at the St. Patrick's Senior Center, prepared by O'Senior Center SHEEP DOG 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 and 42 MORROW CO UN TY MUSEUM & FARM EX H IB IT - Open 11AM - 5PM MORROW CO UN TY CREATIVE A R T S & C R A FTS - 8.30AM - 4PM, show and sale at Les Schwab Tire Center, Main Street VEN DOR'S SQ U A R E - All Day - at the Neighborhood Center across the street from the Library/Museum/City Park. IRISH HOOP S H O O T - Starting at 10AM at the BEO Drive-way Sponsored by Colt Basketball KUMA CO FFEE HOUR - Starting at 10AM upstairs at the Elks Club Come hear music, stories and blarney! Enter the IR IS H BROGUE C O N T E S T and win cash prizes Drawing fo r $100 Pot O'Gold. HEPPNER PUBLIC LIBRARY - Open 11AM - 3PM O'SENIOR CENTER - 11AM - 1PM and 2 - 4 PM Have a taste of homemade Irish soup/bread, and berry cobbler with ice cream/coffee O'BARBECUE chicken and ribs - 11AM - 4PM by Kessler's Katering at the City Park on Main Street SHAMROCK LAN ES - Irish Sweepstakes/Mixed Doubles No-Tap Bowling Tournament, 3PM, 5PM and 7PM LIT T LE LEPRECHAUN CAR NIVAL AN D KIDS K U ISIN E - 1130AM - 3PM on Main Street by the Post O ffice Sponsored by the Adopt-A-Teacher Foundation S T . PADDY'S C R U Z -IN - Parade at 12 noon and 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. IR ISH PARADE - 1PM on Main Street. CEILI (pronounced Kay-Lee) - 2 - 4 PM, upstairs at the Elks Club Irish entertainment featuring John Doherty and The Irish Singers, Joe Lindsay, the Shamrockettes and Mulligan Stew! E W E -D O BINGO - 2 30PM Live sheep activity at the BEO Drive-way Sponsored by the HHS Cheerleaders, MORROW COUNTY C O URTH O USE T O U R S - 2 - 6 PM Tour the historical Morrow County Historical Courthouse built of blue basalt in 1902. O ’DUCKY RACE - 3 PM Starts at the bridge in front of the Morrow County Courthouse Adopt a duck to win a prize of $10 to $100 Sponsored by the Heppner Colt Football Program MY GRANDFATHER'S IM M IG R AN T EYES - 4PM at the Heppner City Hall, 111 Main Street Songs and history of the Irish Emigration to America by Jeni Foster Sponsored by the Oregon Trai Library District S T . PATRICK'S HAM DINNER - 4 - 7 PM at the S t Patrick's Catholic Parish Hall at 560 NW Jones Street BUFFET DINNER - 6 - 8 PM with corn beef and cabbage, etc with music from 9PM - 2AM at the Elks Club EN TER TA IN M EN T - CAMPBELL ROAD - 7.30PM at Heppner Elementary Gymnasium, funded by the Morrow County Unified Recreation District Drawing fo r $100 Pot O'Gold WEE HOURS O T H E M ORN IN' B REAKFAST - 10 PM - 3AM by the Heppner Volunteer Fire Department at 190 NW Willow St. ***** Sunday, M arch 20 th ***** BREAKFAST - 8 - 10.30AM at the Nazarene Church, 335 N Gilmore St SHAMROCK LAN ES - Irish Sweepstakes/Mixed Doubles No-Tap Bowling Tournament, 10AM - 12 noon CHURCH - Your choice Visitors welcome VENDOR'S SQ UARE - All day at the Neighborhood Center across from the Library/Museum/ City Park SHEEP DOG T R IA L S - All day at Thompson's Ranch (See Saturday for location.) - PROGRAM S U B JE C T T O CHANGE - Campbell Road will perform at the H eppner E lem entary gym on Saturday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m The concert is free to the public and everyone is invited to attend The concert is funded by the M orrow C ounty Unified Recreation District Formed in 1994, C am pbell R oad plays original arrangements, a f . traditional Irish and Scottish tunes and songs Campbell Road also performs tunes from o th e r trad itio n s (ev ery th in g from Cape Breton to Scandinavian to klezmer) as well as some original compositions Band m em bers include Jessamyn Tuttle on flute, whistle, bodhran, djembe, claves, and vocals; Jon N auert on fiddle, b o u zouki, djembe, and vocals; Dan Tuttle on guitar, continued page three Campbell Road Heppner City Council votes to cut number of police contract hours The Heppner City Council Monday voted to cut the hours o f police protection provided by the county sheriff from 120 hours of coverage per week to 100 hours The move could save the city up to $40,000 per year The city is in the process o f renegotiating its police protection contract with Morrow County Sherift' D ep artm en t and newly elected Sheriff Ken Matlack The contract is on a yearly basis and would have cost the city ap p ro x im ately $210,000 for 120 hours of police coverage per week Instead the council opted to cut the number of hours to 100 for around $ 170,000 or $175,000 per year, a figure has yet to be hammered out between the sheriff and the city The council also discussed d ro p p in g the continued page three Heppner Principal Wade Smith hired as district assistant school superintendent M orrow C ounty School Superintendent Mark Burrows has hired Heppner Elementary/Junior/Senior High School Principal Wade Smith as the new district assistant superintendent Smith accep ted the appointment, commenting that he was excited about the change and adding that he and Burrows share common goals The board approved the appointm ent unanimously at their regular meeting Monday night at B oardm an E lem entary School B u rro w s ’ action, part o f a move to create a cohesive administrative team to work toward board goals, will leave the HES/HJHS/ HHS top position vacant until a new principal can be found Also as a part o f the a d m in istra tiv e team , Burrows has hired -Phyllis Danielson, former Heppner Elementary principal and currently a reading teacher at Irrigon Elem entary and Irrigon Junior/Senior High schools, as half-tim e Irrigon Elementary principal; continued ¡xige 3 4P G et your lawn & yard ready for Spring! 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