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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 15,2006 - THREE \\ffaa Jg it 0 ' Jrelnm l filled w ith mnny Activities Fr. Condon to present two dramas Raffle planned during St. Pat’s A raffle of a handmade afghan, throw rugs and pillows will be held during Heppner’s St. Patrick’s weekend celebration. The raffle items may be seen at Heppner TV ’s display window. Tickets are $1 each or six for $5, and may be purchased from any member of the Church of the Nazarene or at Lott’s Electric. The drawing will be held on Sunday, March 19, during the Nazarene church’s breakfast. Ticket holders need not be present to win. The raffle is sponsored by the Church o f the Nazarene. ‘Wee Ones’ Craft Table offers free kids’ activities on Saturday “Come, all you wee people,” says the organizer o f the “ Wee O nes C raft Table.” On Saturday, ‘little p e o p le ’ and th e ir adult chaperones are invited to the “Wee Ones Craft Table,” which will be located at Heritage Land Company’s office across from the Bank o f E astern O regon. A sidewalk sign will designate the location on the east side of Main Street. Children, pre-school to sixth-grade, with their adult h e lp ers, w ill be welcome at four different activities. From about 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the table will feature pressed-foam doorknob hangers, to be decorated with Irish symbols by the children. Each child can personalize a hanger further by adding his or her name. A fte r the p arade until about 2:15 p.m., the children will find makings for macaroni bracelets. After that, the table will offer pressed-foam beads (Irish, of course) and wire for making another type o f bracelet, until about 3 p.m. Children who visit the table from about 3 to 4 p.m. will not be creating but will be invited to “dig” in a container of w heat g rain s fo r “ Irish treasure” keepsakes. C hild ren m ust be accom panied by an adult while at the Craft Table and will be requested to limit themselves to making one each of the crafts and finding one treasure. The materials and keepsakes are free. If adults would like to donate any amount, proceeds will go to the Heppner Day Care. Stew feed Friday at senior center Arts and crafts sale this weekend Everyone is invited to “start St. Patrick’s week end off right” by enjoying Mrs. O ’Leary’s Beef Stew, freshly made rolls, slaw, and a wide selection of pies and other desserts, all for $6 per adult and $2 for children 6- 12 years old. Children under five are free. The stew feed will be held at St. Patrick’s Senior Center in downtown Hepp ner on Friday, March 17, from 5-7 p.m. Those wish ing to attend can follow the signs on Main Street. “Rumor has it that a group will be coming by to sing an Irish tune or two to get everyone in the mood,” said a M ethodist Church spokesperson. “Then you will be full and ready to at tend Casino Night at the Elks.” T he stew feed is sponsored by the Heppner United Methodist Church. Breakfast to feature bagpiper Sunday m orning breakfast will be held March 19 from 8-11 a.m. at the Church of the Nazarene, 335 N. Gilmore (the church by the hospital) in Heppner. The menu includes French toast, ham, juice and coffee. Cost is $5 for adults, $2 for children 12 and under and $12 for a family. The breakfast will feature live bagpipe music by Mike Keown of Arlington, formerly of Heppner. ^App{| M orrow C ounty Creative Arts and Crafts will have a variety of items for sale and some to show this Friday, March 17, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, March 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Les Schwab store in Heppner. Orders will also be taken on an individual basis. Mary Ella Johnson w ill bring her crocheted rugs, made of cotton and denim. The rugs are made in various shapes and sizes and are each one of a kind. B everly M cC loud and her H eritag e Hom e Collection of wool rugs and seat cushions will also be available. A large display of country crafts done by Betty C h ristm an and L o rren e Montgomery will be for sale w ith m any c h o ice s for browsers themselves or as a gift. They may have a crib- size quilt if, Montgomery says, “I get my thread and needle busy.” Wood carvings by Shane Laughlin will also be a v ailab le and in clu d e sh elv in g , bird hou ses, sh am ro ck s, b ears and benches. New this year is laser metal work done by high school student, Montana and father, Steve Marlatt. There w ill be large and sm all designs of various items. ¡0*trick s 1/ifteekend! me ion Redken Color Specialist [ Advanced Color & Cutting Techniques Highlights - Lowlights Prom Updos Perms - Facial Waxing Manicures - Pedicures Gift Certificates (Bari Letter Tuesday. Saturday ‘M ^ io n a l^ * 636 E. Main Street, Hermiston - (541) 567-3870 Personalized flair “Design for Men - “Women - Children Thursday, ‘Columcille’and ‘Brigid’ St. Paddy’s Casino Night this Friday at the Elks Club Though the lepre chauns, reportedly, have been schooled in dealing cards, they will probably not be needed at “Casino Night” on Friday. “ We have enough volunteers to allow the lep rechauns some down time in preparation for their busy Saturday,” reports chairper son Victor Vander Does. “In fact, demand was so high last year for more Blackjack ta bles, we will have more deal ers this year. We have also added a second 4-5-6 table.” Will the luck o ’ the Irish be present at the Elks Club as players try their skill at th ese gam es and the Wheel of Fortune? The Irish might not have a comer on good luck in the casino, but alm ost e v ery o n e claim s some Irish blood on St. Pat’s weekend, so maybe every one who wins will be a wee bit Irish. Players will have from 7 to 11 p.m.. to enjoy the play and try to increase their stakes. Play o f the games will be with $ 1 and $5 chips this year, which players may purchase at the door. Be sides playing, at any time during the evening, partici pants can use those chips or cash to purchase $1 raffle tickets and place the tickets in containers for items they hope to win. Over 40 dona tions will make the raffle an other source of suspense at the end of the evening. The donations are currently on display in the window of the Heppner TV office on Main Street. Ticket holders need not be present to win the prizes, though most people may want to wait for the d raw in g s. The w inning numbers will be posted in the area newspapers and at the TV office, or absentee tick et holders may call the St. Pat’s Committee to check numbers after the weekend, 676-5536. Proceeds from Casi no Night are important funds for the St. Pat’s Committee and will help finance next year’s celebration, said orga nizers. Cruz-In autos Wine tastin8 at featured in Murray’s Drug two parades this Friday this Saturday The Sixth Annual St. Paddy’s Cruz-In parade in Heppner begins at noon Sat urday, March 18, from the staging area at the old Kin- zua Mill site off Highway 207/74 at the northwest en trance to Heppner. This is the first of two parades during the 24th Annual St. Patrick’s Celebra tion in Heppner. The second parade, A local wine, made in nearby The Great Green Parade, Arlington, Oregon, and bottled will begin at 1 p.m. through by Wheatridge in the Nook, will downtown Heppner. be available at the wine tasting Vehicles will assem scheduled at Murray Drugs on ble and register from 10 a.m. Friday, March 17, from 5-7 until 11:45 a.m. at the stag p.m. ing area. Following the Cruz- In Parade the vehicles will be on display on Willow Street The 2006 Wee Bit O ’ in downtown Heppner. Ireland Celebration will see Ju d g in g for three the return of some of the fa awards will begin about 1:15 vorite Irish entertainers fea- p.m. with results announced ‘ turing songs of Ireland and around 2:15 p.m. some rollicking foot tapping The aw ards to be music. Music will be heard presented are: Leprechaun’s all about town, but especial Choice, Judge’s Choice, and ly during the KUM A Coffee the Mustang Awards - select Hour, 10 a.m. Saturday and ed from the display of early during the afternoon Ceili at Mustang cars. The Heppner the Elks from 2 to 4 p.m. High School Student Body Returning for their 20th anniversary of perform sponsors this award. All participants who ing will be The Irish Singers. register will be awarded a John Doherty and Scott Sag er started out in Jim Farley's metal dash plaque. For more informa showroom strumming their tion contact the Heppner guitars and singing for the Chamber of Commerce at first KUMA Coffee hour.. (541) 676-5536 or at their Others joined them through w eb site w w w .heppner the years, including Mike Duffy who MC’s the after chamber.com. noon Ceili. The group has performed all over, including local spots such as The Rain bow, Kelly’s, The Great Pa Fr. Condon’s play performed This Thursday, March 16, Father Jerry Condon of St. Patrick’s Church and his cast and crew will present, as the opening feature of Heppner’s celebration of St. Patrick's Day, two of his dramas, “Columcille” and "Brigid, Patroness of Ireland.” Fr. Jerry Condon’s interest in Ireland’s history and in drama led to his writing of three one-act plays. Knowing some of the history of these two figures may be helpful to the theater audience. Columcille, also called St. Columba and the Apostle of Caledonia, lived during the sixth century. He was bom in Donegal into a royal family. His father was a kinsman of princes then reigning in Ireland and western Scotland; his mother was also of royal blood. He studied under St. Finnian at Clonard. In about 546, he founded Derry, now the city of Londonderry, and, in about 552, he established Durrow Monastery, now in County Offaly. Setting out in 563, at the age of 42, Columcille began his missionary work that would take him and his disciples mostly into regions of Scotland, islands near Scotland, and northern England. He seems to have been successful in his missionary efforts and the spreading of Christianity among the Pictish tribes. He spent about thirty- four years organizing his ecclesiastical system in Scotland. Brigid is also known at Bridget, Brighid, or Bride. She is thought to have lived during the second half of the fifth century and early part of the sixth century. Renowned for her beauty, tradition holds that Brigid was bom in or near County Louth to a father of royal blood and a mother who was a slave. When her father tried to give her in marriage, she demurred, and because of her piety she was allowed to leave her father and become a nun. Brigid founded four monasteries, including the famous monastery of Kildare. A woman said to have rare ability and dedication, she became, along with Patrick and Columba, one of the three patron saints of Ireland. St. Brigid is held in great reverence in England and Scotland, as well as in Ireland. The public is invited to these musical presentations at the St. Patrick Parish Hall on Thursday, March 16. Beginning at 7:30 p.m., the dessert-theatre is free, although donations will be accepted, to be given to a charity selected by the theatre group. ^5ec the next page for more events of the 24th < ^ o m ia l J £ it J w ln n il, page 1 for a complete schedule of events, or v is it www.heppnerchnmber.com. Irish entertainment-it’s tradition cific, Friday Night Alive, and at weddings and Irish wakes. They have a soft spot in their hearts for Heppner. The C hancers, re turning for the third time, are about as close as you can get to Ireland without traveling there. T heir brogue truly adds to the flavor. They first visited Heppner and missed the event, but entertained in Bucknum’s, enjoyed meeting Father Condon, and made sure to get the right date in 2005. Som e rem em b er “Captain Ireland” and crew entertaining at the KUMA Coffee Hour. This year the group, who has added a young lady since last year, will be entertaining at Sham rock Lanes, the Kuma Cof fee Hour, during the Ceili, and popping up all over, in cluding performing at Wil Nor yotiR rypkwi “lRish" rnrc\(, 6ur ir has 6cen pRepARed 6y nv\ny An kish taxndl - PIT H A M D IN N E R ~ Saturday, March 18th • 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. St. Patrick's Church Parish Hall • 525 Gale Street Cost: Adults $7 / 12 & Under $4 Mem«: H a h i , Irish PotAto C asscto I c . S,\l,\b. Green Beam . Roll. HomemA>c Pic. Coffee or Juice ’ A nd enjoy (ive music<\( enceR tA inm ent of che kish peRstiAsion! low Creek Assisted Living before the weekend is over. Som e o f W illow Creek Valley's entertainers during the afternoon Ceili will include Rebecca Jepsen on Celtic harp, who will be playing a Celtic Concerto as well as lively Irish tunes, and vocalist Nick Berretta, who is a first rate tenor soloist. M ulligan Stew, under the tutelage of Peg Willis, will have the audience tapping their toes to some awesome fiddle m usic, and K eith Brudevold, Cara Osmin and Pam Wunderlich will be on the venue. Singing for dinner entertainment at the St. Pat's dinner will more than likely be the Lindsay Family and Joe if he isn’t all sung out from Father Condon’s plays the previous night. One nev er knows in Heppner, what musician will show up on what stage to keep the Irish jumping, tapping, and sing ing. Top the weekend off with a performance of The Trail Band at Heppner Ele mentary School, funded by the Morrow County Unified R ecreation D istrict. For those who have been asking, yes. Mick Doherty will be on hand with his hammer dulci mer. ‘Tis sure the week end will please all those with a love of Irish music.
