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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
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***** 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
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