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Dom Monahan named grand marshal of 24lh St. Patrick’s weekend celebration 97403 Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Library University o f Oregon Eugene. OR 97403 This year’s grand marshal for Heppner's 24lh Annual St. Patrick’s Day C eleb ra tio n is Dom Monahan. Monahan now lives in Eugene, but has deep roots in Morrow County and a history with the celebration. Monahan wrote an article about Morrow County sheep herding for the second St. P a tric k ’s Celebration. "Jimmy Farley (the fo u n d er of the celebration) really liked that article and asked what more we could do to promote the c e le b ra tio n ,” M onahan relates. “ 1 was living in Washington, D.C., at the time and was able to get a letter from President Ronald Reagan acknowledging the next St. P a tric k ’s Celebration. Another time he arranged an interview with the Irish ambassador, which was then played on the radio during the Coffee Hour. “ I was fla b b e rg a ste d to be honored,” Monahan said of his being picked as grand M arshal. “ I am deeply honored.” F o llo w in g is b io g rap h y o f D om inic M onahan, the G rand Marshall of the 24,h Annual St. Patrick's Day Celebration in Heppner: J. D ominic ‘Dom’ Monahan was bom in Heppner, Oregon, the son of James and C a m illa Monahan. H i s m o th e r, Camilla Kilkenney Monahan, was born in Ireland, as were all of his Dominic gr.ndpurert\ Monahan Like many o f the Irish in M orrow Ann Spicer to run for circuit court judge position A nnetta ‘A n n ’ S p icer of H eppner has announced her candidacy for Circuit Court Judge District Position 5. The position, for M orrow and U m atilla counties, is a new one. There VOL 125 NO. 11 10 Pages Wednesday, March 15,2006 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon are currently four circuit judge positions for Morrow and Umatilla counties, with the fifth beginning in January. Spicer has been in law practice for 23 years. ***** Thursday, March 16th ***** She was Morrow County ST COLUMCILLE, The Masterful Monk,'and BRIGID, Patroness of Ireland (both with District Attorney for two music) - 7:30 PM, St Patrick's Catholic Parish Hall, 560 NW Jones Original plays written by Father Condon years. M orrow C ounty Deputy DA for one year and ***** Friday, March 17th ***** Umatilla City Attorney for MORROW COUNTY CREATIVE ARTS & CRAFTS - 8.30 AM - 6 PM, show and sale at Les two years. She and her Schwab Tire Center, Main Street. husband of 28 years. Bill HEPPNER PUBLIC LIBRARY- Open 10 AM - 5 PM MORROW COUNTY MUSEUM - Open 1 - 5 PM Kuhn, c u rren tly have a VENDOR'S SQUARE - Enjoy crafts, food and other treasures from local and visiting vendors. private law practice with All day Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Neighborhood Center on Main Street across from offices in H eppner and the Library/Museum/City Park. For information call 541-676-5024. Hermiston. In her practice, LUCK O' THE IRISH CASINO NIGHT - Start.ng at 7 PM at the Elks Club, 142 N Main she has represented cities, Street Raffles and Auction included in the festivities Drawing for $100 Pot O' Gold. MRS O'LEARY'S STEW FEED - 5 - 7 PM at St Patrick's Senior Center, 190 N Main Street, school districts and has done prepared by the Heppner United Methodist Church members "all aspects of family law.” BUFFET DINNER - 6 - 8 PM at the Elks Club, 142 N. Main Street. Prior to becoming an LADS & LASSIES TEEN DANCE - 9 PM - midnight — a drug and alcohol free event for teens attorney, S picer was a at the HHS Cafeteria Sponsored by the Morrow County Unified Recreation District and St. special education teacher Pat s Committee sp ec ia liz in g in the ***** Saturday, March 18th ***** developmentally disabled. BREAKFAST - 7-10 AM at the St. Patrick's Senior Center, prepared by the Senior Center All Spicer says that she you can eat for $41 is much better qualified than ST. PADDY'S MOTOCROSS - Sign up from 8 - 9 AM, with races going from 10 AM - noon, her opponents and has a lot then continuing after the Parade at 2 PM until finished $2 admission Sponsored by the Oregon 24th Annual Wee Bit O ' Ireland St. Patrick's Weekend Celebration Schedule Trail Pro Rodeo Committee SHEEP DOG TRIALS - Starting at 8.30 AM (all day) at Thompson's Ranch, 3 miles northwest of Heppner on Bunker Hill Rd off of Hwy 74, between mileposts 41 and 42 MORROW COUNTY MUSEUM & FARM EXHIBIT - Open 11 AM - 5 PM MORROW COUNTY CREATIVE ARTS & CRAFTS - 8.30 AM - 4 PM, show and sale at Les Schwab Tire Center, Main Street VENDOR'S SQUARE - All Day - at the Neighborhood Center across the street from the Library/Museum/City Park. KUMA COFFEE HOUR - Starting at 10 AM upstairs at the Elks Club Come hear music, stories and blarney! Enter the IRISH BROGUE CONTEST and win cash prizes. Drawing for $100 Pot O'Gold HEPPNER PUBLIC LIBRARY - Open 11 AM - 3 PM SENIOR CENTER - 11 AM - 1 PM and 2 - 4 PM Have a taste of homemade Irish soup/bread, and berry cobbler with ice cream/coffee O'BARBECUE chicken and ribs - 11 AM - 4 PM by Kessler's Katering at the City Park on Main Street SHAMROCK LANES - Irish Sweepstakes/Mixed Doubles No-Tap Bowling Tournament, 3 PM, 5 PM and 7 PM ST. PADDY’S CRUZ-IN - Parade at noon Show until 4 PM on Willow Street in downtown Heppner. Come enjoy Antique and Classic cars during Heppner s Sixth Annual Cruz-In IRISH PARADE - 1 PM on Main Street CEILI (pronounced Kay-Lee) - 2 - 4 PM, upstairs at the Elks Club Irish entertainment featuring John Doherty and The Irish Singers, The Chancers, Mulligan Stew, and more! EWE-DO BINGO - 2.30 PM Live sheep activity at Main and Center streets Sponsored by the HHS Cheerleaders MORROW COUNTY COURTHOUSE TOURS - 2 - 6 PM Tour the historical Morrow County Historical Courthouse built of blue basaltin 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 ST. PATRICK'S PIT HAM DINNER and HOMEMADE PIES - 4 - 7 PM at the St 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 ENTERTAINMENT - THE TRAIL BAND - 7.30 PM at Heppner Elementary Gymnasium Funded by the Morrow County Unified Recreation District Drawing for $100 Pot O' Gold WEE HOURS O'THE MORNIN' BREAKFAST - 10 PM 3AM by the Heppner Volunteer Fire Department at 190 NW Willow St ***** continued page seven Ballard announces for DA Ann Spicer of experience-in family law, criminal law, municipal law, appellate law and general civil law-which makes a difference in the ju d g e ’s position. She has a “strong b e lie f in service to the community-a good way to give back to the communities.” Spicer is a member of the Oregon State Bar Continuing Legal Education C o m m ittee, the O regon State Bar Ethics Committee, the Umatilla Morrow Family Law Advisory Committee, an Oregon Legal Services Pro Bono intake volunteer and a Hermiston Domestic Violence Victims attorney. C h risto p h e r R. Bauer and Steven Fogelson, both Pendleton have also filed for the circuit court judge, 6"' District, position 5. School board reinstates Heppner High School vo-ag The Morrow County School Board unanimously approved reinstating a vo-ag program for Heppner High School at its regular board meeting held Thursday, March 7. at the district office in Lexington. M C S D Su p erin ten d en t Mark Burrow s said that reconfiguration of the full time equivalent positions for Morrow County schools indicated that Heppner High School was eligible for an additional full-time teacher. He said that hiring a teacher for the HHS vo-ag program would not take a teacher from another area or from another school. County, his grandparents immigrated from Counties L o n g fo rd and L eitrim shortly before the turn of the century. His grandfather, Frank Kilkenney, arrived in Morrow County in 1890 together with his brother, John Kilkenney. Dom=s paternal grandfather. Frank Monahan, was one of at least four Monahan brothers who immigrated first to Boston and then to O m aha and finally arrived in Morrow County. All o f D om =s forbears eventually found them selves in the sheep business, which was the m ainstay o f M orrow County’s economy up until World War 1. Dom is one of four children. His older brother Michael lives in Portland, and his younger brother. Bill, resides in Hermiston. Dorn’s sister, Burrows said that reconfiguration also resulted in the reduction from two business tech teachers at Irrigon High to one. The n u m b er of teachers for each school is determined by each school's budget, which, in turn, is determined by the number of students in attendance at each of the schools. When a school gains or loses stu d en ts, its budget is affected. The amount of money the entire district receives in state funding is also determined by student population and other factors such as the n u m b er of continued page seven Elizabeth Ballard M orrow C ounty Assistant District Attorney E lizabeth B allard has announced her candidacy for M orrow C ounty DA. Current DA David C. Allen has announced that he will not run for another term. B allard, 39, Hermiston, has been the assistant DA for three-and- a-half years. Prior to that she worked with troubled youth as a treatment coordinator. Ballard, originally from Iowa, received a b a c h e lo r ’s degree in psychology from Western State College in Missouri. She received a doctor of ju risp ru d e n c e from the University o f Oregon in 2002 . Ballard said she was especially concerned about the m eth am p h etam in e problem. “It is so pervasive,” said Ballard. “I am pleased to see the action that our legislature has taken. It is one of the strictest laws in the county, prohibiting the over-the-counter sales of pseudophedrine. But it's also concerning that more meth may be brought in from Mexico which may be more potent and additional property crim es may be committed to support the user’s habit. I’m also very concerned about children and fam ilies, which, o f course, meth impacts.” Ballard said that her office has worked very hard continued page seven Sundoy, March 19th ***** BREAKFAST - 8 - 11 AM at the Nazarene Church, 335 N Gilmore St SHAMROCK LANES - Irish Sweepstakes/Mixed Doubles No-Tap Bowling Tournament, 10 AM and 12 noon CHURCH - Your choice Visitors welcome VENDOR'S SQUARE - All day at the Neighborhood Center across from the Library/Museum/ City Park SHEEP DOG TRIALS - All day at Thompson s Ranch (See Saturday for location ) IRISH ROAD BOWLING - Details to follow at the KUMA Coffee Hour on Saturday - PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE - ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
