FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Graybeal Distributing celebrates
50 years with donation to schools
A Wee Bit ‘O
By Claudia Hughes
“Tis sure a wee bit of
rain or a deluge o f moisture
wouldn’t be such a bad thing
this year” Sounds like it will
be sweatshirt weather, but no
matter,” say co-chairpersons
o f the 23rd annual Wee Bit
O ’ Ireland event Claudia
H ughes and C ara Osmin
who also oversee a variety
o f sh en an ig an s and the
“ beneath the to a d s to o l”
details.
The W ee Bit O ’
Ireland Board o f Directors
include: Shanny F arley
Miller- Director of the Grand
Leprechaun (that would be
Ken Turner, 2005,) Doris
B rosnan- D ire c to r o f
Folklore (now that would be
publicity); Cliff Green/Barb
H ayes/Joann B u rleso n -
Great Green Parade, Judie
L aughlin- Pot O ’ G old/
B utton D irecto r; Dick
Sargent- Cruz-In; Joyce and
Jerry Hollomon- leprechaun
signs and Irish flags, Mike
D uffy and Joe Lindsay-
E n te rta in m e n t;
M ary
Hamilton- Sheepdog Trial
Director, Molly Rhea and
M arti
M itchell-
C o-
Directors o f the Wee People,
and Diana Ball and Sharon
Harrison- Co-Directors o f
Luck O ’ The Irish Casino
Night
D uring
the
c ele b ra tio n , should you
happen across any o f these
folks or the hundreds o f
others in Heppner running
hither and yon to shuttle,
cook, serve, sing, dance,
organize greet, sell, you
name it, give them an Irish
high five. They m ake it
happen
“ M ay you have
w arm w ords on a cold
evening, a full moon on a
dark night and a smooth road
all the way to your door.” -
Irish Blessing
lone students participate in Child
ID program
Sylvia Sandford helps fingerprint Joshua Stillman during the
“Protecting Our Kids” project at lone School.
On Tuesday, March
8, the lone American Legion
Auxiliary Post #95 launched
its “Protecting Our Kids”
project, with the Child ID
program
A rlynda
G ates,
K risty C row ell, T heresa
Dumler, Sylvia Sandford,
Becky Wiggers, Lisa Collier,
Robin
M oran,
Ann
B edortha, A nita Bailey,
David E ld rid g e, June
Crowell and Kathy Bolin
helped im plem ent the
fingerprinting and issuing o f
the Child ID- C om plete
DNA kits.
So far, lone students
in k in d e rg a rte n through
eig h th g rad e have been
processed, and plans are
being made for pre-school
and home school children to
be processed in the near
future. The lone teachers,
staff and principal, along
w ith M orrow C ounty
S h e riff’s D eputy Je ff
Lambier and fingerprinting
clerk Kris Kauffman, helped
the Legion crew
The kits w ith the
com pleted fingerprinting
were sent home to parents/
guardians to finish filling in
in fo rm atio n in clu d in g ,
medical, dental birthmarks,
DNA sample and photos
information.
Anyone wishing help
in completing the kits can
contact Robin Moran at 422-
7262
or
robinsmoke@centurytel net
The DNA sample is a crucial
part o f the ID kits and help
is available
&JL
W elcome to
Heppner
The Irish Capital
o f the Northwest!
Enjov\ the
St. Patrick’s Celebration!
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Peterson's
still handles
M EDICARE SUPPLEMENTS
“The right plan
for senior citizens is
important to me.”
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world
As a thank you to the
community for their support
over these past 50 golden
years, Graybeal Distributing
is giving a gift to Umatilla
and M orrow co u n ties
th ro u g h
a
financial
in v estm en t
in
the
community’s future. “We are
giving a financial donation to
each o f the school districts
in U m atilla and M orrow
C o u n tie s,”
states
Featherstone “The company
looked at different needs
throughout the community,
and we decided that there
was no better way to thank
people for the past, then to
invest in their fUture.”
G ray b eal w ill be
donating 50 cents back to
schools out o f each case o f
C oors or M iller branded
products purchased in the
m onth o f M arch. “We
looked at the volume o f our
most popular products sold
and decided that we would
give our profits back to
education in our area, which
we feel is most lacking o f
funding right now,” states
F e a th ersto n e “ W ith the
combination o f failed levies,
district financial shortfalls
and the expensive No Child
Left Behind Act, we realized
that education is an area that
most desperately needs our
financial a tte n tio n O ur
future depends on giving our
children the best education
we can ”
T h ro u g h o u t
the
month o f March, and again
la te r in 2 0 0 5 , G raybeal
Distributing will be putting
on p ro m o tio n s at stores
th roughout Um atilla and
Morrow counties At the end
of those promotional months
th e co m p an y will be
donating the proceeds to the
school d istric t th a t the
products were sold in
A long
w ith
prom otions in the stores,
Graybeal will also be hosting
events at several on-premise
locations th roughout the
community. Graybeal will
match donations made by
establishm ent patro n s at
these events.
W hen asked what
the m oney will go for,
Featherstone emphatically
replies, “For academ ics.”
She goes on to explain that
there are several fundraisers
each year for school sports
programs. “What is really
needed is money for books
and tech n o lo g y in the
classrooms.”
To learn more about
the promotions and events to
be hosted at locations in your
area, c o n ta c t G raybeal
Distributing at (541) 276-
2264.
Senior Center to
host breakfast
and soup feed
The St. P a tric k ’s
Senior Center will serve an
“All you can eat” breakfast
for $4, from 7-10 a m , on
Saturday, March 19.
Lunch will also be
served from 11 a m to 1
p m. and from 2-4 p m
Corol Mitchell is cooking up
her favorite recipe for Irish
Potato Soup, which will be
acco m p an ied by rolls,
homemade fruit cobbler with
ice cream and coffee for $6
Jew elers/
676-9200
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Bob Ployhar
Phone (541) 676-9649
■* of Anwrtca. Ine
Heppner
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1955 was a great
year for new beginnings.
D isneyland o pened in
Anaheim The scrabble game
was released into the market
And, the Guinness book o f
world records rolled its first
edition off o f the press
1955 was a year o f
new beginnings in Pendleton
and all o f Umatilla County
as well Finley Graybeal,
having b ro u g h t Olympia
beer to the region for the
G ilanders and Burroughs
grocery chain, was asked by
the O lym pia B rew ery to
open a distributorship in
Pendleton
Initially Finley was
hesitant to the idea But, with
prodding from his son Jay, he
soon decided to jum p
headlong into the beverage
distribution business Jay, an
accomplished athlete known
as
the
“ P en d leto n
Jackrabbit” had retired his
U n iv ersity o f O reg o n
football helmet years earlier
He returned from Marine
service in World War II on
the shores o f Okinawa, and
was ready for a new and
exciting challenge With a
“can do” attitude and athletic
d e term in atio n the tw o
businessmen pushed ahead
over the years like a football
team pushing for an extra
yard
“ It is a sto ry o f
d e term in a tio n
and
dedication,” mentions Maryl
Featherstone, the youngest
o f J a y ’s d a u g h ters, and
acting manager o f the family
business. “ I remember my
dad w o rk in g long, hard
hours to keep the business
going It was never easy, but
dad worked hard enough to
make a living for our family.”
Later, Jay’s determination
for success was passed down
to the Graybeal children, as
G ary, M ark, and now
Featherstone, have played
activ e
ro lls
in
the
m anagem ent
of
th e
company. Even the eldest
daughter Nancy works for
the business as a product
sampler.
The Graybeal family
has come to appreciate the
importance o f mixing hard
w ork with the pow er o f
relationships. Featherstone
notes that the family would
not have been as successful
in keeping the business alive
had they not made and kept
the relationships they have
had over these past 50 years
F eath ersto n e adds, “O ur
family is very thankful for the
people and the relationships
that we have had in this
community.”
Now, 50 years later,
G raybeal’s determ ination
and dedication has become
a local icon The newest
warehouse located on 57lh
drive in Pendleton proudly
sports large logos o f Coors,
Miller, Pabst, and Hamms
The staff distributes 1500
b ev erag e b rands and
packages, from Diet Rite
cola and Snapple iced teas to
valuable boutique wines and
micro brews from around the
v/W
Wheatland Insurance donates
Points for Dollars to IHS
The Oregon Cattlemen’s Association and
Morrow County Livestock Growers will pay a
cash award not exceeding the sum of $1000
for information and evidence resulting in the
arrest and conviction of any person or persons
stealing, shooting, killing, butchering, or
driving away cattle belonging to any member
of the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association.
Call (541)676-9014
Jim Swanson (left), owner of Wheatland Insurance presented
lone High School Athletic Director Dean Robinson with a check
in the amount of S1039 as part of the Points for Dollars
programs. Wheatland donates SI for every lone point made in
varsity home games during the regular season.
Morrow County Gun Club news
On Sunday, March
13, a cold, windy day, 11
sh o o te rs p a rtic ip a ted at
Morrow County Gun Club
In singles shooting,
JefFCutsforth took first with
24 out o f 25 shots. Kelwayne
Haguewood placed second
with 23 and Harvey Childers
took third at 21. High lady
was Deona Hodges with 13
out o f 25 shots and sub­
junior, Taylor Hodges had 17
out o f 25.
In
h an d icap
shooting, C utsforth again
to o k first w ith 24, witl
C h ild ers
at 23
an<
Haguewood had 22. Deon;
Hodges hit 14 out o f 25 am
Taylor Hodges hit 17 out o
25.
A nnies w ere sho
w ith M ark S ch lich tin j
w inning tw o and Denni:
Peck, Dick Goodhead anc
Haguewood each winning
one
The next shoot wil
be held on March 20 at \1
p m MCGC will not opei
St Paddy’s Day weekend
Arts and Crafts sell to be held at
Les Schwab
M em bers o f the
M orrow County Creative
Arts and Crafts group will
have a variety o f different
items for sale on Friday and
Saturday, March 18 and 19,
at Les Schwab during the St
Pat’s festivities. Hours for
the sale are Friday, 8:30 a m.
to 6 p m and Saturday, 8:30
a m. to 4 p m.
There will be lots o f
different kinds o f crafts for
household decorations in
wood and other materials by
B etty C h ristm an and
Lorrene Montgomery These
two have a large selection for
their once a year sale and
items for everyone’s taste.
Mary Ella Johnson
will have crocheted rugs
made from cotton and wool
o f various sizes. These are
one o f a kind accent rugs,
som e are also m ade o f
denim
Shirley McNary has
been creating beadwork of
different colors and many
sets o f n e ck laces and
earrings with gold or silver
accents. These are pretty
items for each different coloi
o f sweaters or blouses.
Talented Molly Day
w ith her p a in tin g s on
feathers all framed and ready
to hang will have several
different designs at the sale
N ew th is y e ar is
Shane Laughlin w ith his
w ood
carv in g s
ol
Shamrocks, mushrooms anc
b ears, alo n g w ith birc
houses Laughlin’s bears an
a must see and are excellen
porch decorations and can bt
used for holding seasona
items in its paws
S top by th e Le;
Schwab front window aret
and see what the local artist;
have been doing since las
year
M o rro w Count}
artists will also be doing <
showing o f paintings at tfu
museum Sixteen artists wil
have paintings o f differen
m edium s, including oils
water color, scratch boarc
and colored pencil Stop by
and see the paintings, alonj
with the displays o f Morrow
County heritage
Auction to be held after Casino
night activities
After an evening o f
gaming from 7-11 p.m. at the
St. P atrick ’s C elebration
Casino night, held at the
Heppner Elks Club, Friday,
Mar 18, an auction will be
held at 11 p.m
Ken Grieb will be the
auctioneer and will auction
off the following items that
have been donated to the St.
Patrick’s Celebration. This
ev en t helps to fund the
celebration in Heppner each
year
Item s
to
be
a u ctio n ed are: G etaw ay
Package from W ildhorse
R esort/C asino, including
golf; “Fire Bucket” donated
by Cyde and Rusty Estes;
one week stay at Inn o f the
7th Mountain, donated by
Jim Hughes; Sage Canyon
River Co. Bob Krein, has
donated a rafting trip for
four; tw o 32" TV sets
d o n a ted by W al-M art;
Willow Creek Water Park
Family Pass, donated by WC
W ater Park board of
directors and Willow Creek
Country Club is donating a
one year membership for
one
Join us fo r an
evening o f fun and try your
luck with the leprechaun
4-H News
DIY Kids
By Stephanie Schuler
The DIY Kids met
on M arch 12, at Julianne
C a rls o n ’s house
The
purpose o f this meeting was
to assem ble packages o f
Irish Soda Bread Mix This
mix w ill be sold as a
fu n d ra ise r on S aturday,
March 19, the day o f the
parade
T he mix w ill be
available for $2 a bag and
will make tw o loaves o f
bread The club members
will be selling the bread mix
from 8 a m until all the mix
is gone or 3 p m
The next meeting of
the DIY Kids is scheduled
for April 9 at 2 p m at
Julianne Carlson's house
i