Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 22,2006 - FIVE
Legion Poker and Bingo night
sported numerous winners
It’s not too late Ewe-Do-Bingo
winner lands
to sign up for
prize of $300
Trivia Night
Mr. Bill’s Traveling
Trivia Night will be held
S aturday, A pril 1 at the
Heppner Elks Club starting
at 7 p.m. Interested persons
may be pick up entry forms
at the B ank o f E astern
O reg o n ,
W h eatlan d
Insurance (Heppner office),
and at the Heppner Chamber
of
C o m m erce.
For
q u estio n s, contact D oris
B rosnan at 676-5 3 8 2 or
Sharon H arrison at 989-
Texas Hold 'Em tournament winners (L-R): Joe Rietmann, Adam 8496.
Doherty, Keith Rea and Kevin Cornett.
St. Patrick’s
Senior Center
news
John Jepsen presented gun raffle winner Steve Dumler with the
prize, a 22 caliber Ruger Special 40lh anniversary issue.
It was an evening of
fun for everyone at lone’s
second annual Texas Hold
‘Em Poker and Bingo night
at the American Legion Hall
in lone on Sunday, March
12. “You’re the big winner,”
w ere the w ords K evin
Cornett of Heppner heard
from the o th e r p lay ers.
Second place went to Adam
Doherty of Heppner, with
Joe R ietm ann from lone
taking third and Keith Rea
from lone placing fourth.
Steve Dumler won
the gun raffle. His young
sons could hardly wait to get
a look at the prize. The gun
w as a 22 c a lib e r R uger
Special 40th A nniversary
issue and was donated by
W illard French and John
Jepsen. This coveted special
edition was a big attention-
getter and was envied by
many who examined it the
evening of the raffle.
Bingo was a success
with many players being able
to sh o u t the
w ords
“BINGO!” The participants
of the Mexican Train domino
games also had a fun time.
The people who came to sit
and visit with friends and
enjoy a sub sandwich and
salad had a good time just
catching up on community
life.
The Silent Auction
w as w atch ed c a re fu lly
throughout the evening with
many of the bidders checking
the item bid sheets often.
S m iles and h ap p in ess
accompanied the reading of
the names of the successful
bidders.
Until next year, we’ll
let all of the winners bask in
the glow and the elation of
being among the winners
circle.
Hosted by the lone
American Legion Post #95
Legion and Auxiliary Unit,
money raised from this event
will allow the Legion Hall to
be maintained and some of
the m any p ro jects to be
funded throughout the year.
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U nited M eth o d ist
Church volunteers are hosts
for the March 29 noon meal
at the H ep p n er S en io r
Center. The menu for the day
is scrambled eggs with ham,
peppers and cheese, hash
browns, fruit Danish, orange
and grapefruit slices and
tomato juice.
M abel H eath has
issued a request for coupons
to send to com m issaries
overseas, which make them
available to service men and
w om en.
The co u p o n
booklets from the Sunday
“Oregonian” are especially
u seful to her for usab le
coupons. Coupons may be
left at the senior center office
for her to pick up. Heath
reports that she has received
letters of appreciation from
men and women, serving
overseas, who have found
them helpful to use.
At the re g u la r
m eeting o f the board of
directors, the resignation
from the board by member
Grace Drake was accepted.
H er re p la ce m e n t w ill
complete the present term;
then w ill stan d fo r re-
e le c tio n . D rake w ill,
however, continue writing
the w eekly new s item
through the summer.
A representative of
Merrill Lynch Investments
will be at the senior center
on F riday, A pril 7. The
public is invited to hear him
and he will be available for
consultation with interested
persons, if not that night, by
a p p o in tm en t. For m ore
information, contact Archie
Padberg at 676-5355.
Approximately 210
p erso n s
w ere
serv ed
breakfast at the senior center
d u rin g the St. P a d d y ’s
C e le b ra tio n
S atu rd ay
m orning. A pproxim ately
170 adults and children were
served the p o ta to soup
lunch.
Don’t forget regular
bingo on Tuesday evenings
at 7 p.m., in the dining room;
and regular dom inoes on
Friday afternoon, 1 p.m., in
the common room.
Irish Road Bow ling finds several
participants in its first appearance
S tev e B ru ck er, a
representative for Oregon
In te rn a tio n a l Speedw ay,
w on the H ep p n er H igh
School Cheerleader’s Ewe-
Do-Bingo contest and took
hom e a p rize o f $300.
B ru c k er b ought four
squares, which were sold for
$5 each. Brucker actually
won on the ewe’s second pile
as the first pile landed on a
number no one had bought.
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The winning number was Winners of the l'1 annual Road Bowling in Heppner were:
178 (th e re w ere 200 Keri Holcomb, Jerod Lopez and Kirk and Lottie (Laughlin I
squares).
Holcomb.
Irish Brogue
Contest winners
An Irish B rogue
contest was held during the
KUMA coffee hour. Five
contestants participated and
had to sound like Irish folk.
Some told jokes and others
sang. First prize received
$50, second $30 and third
$ 20 .
First place went to
M ike Hermann of Pasco,
WA; second was taken by Ed
K necht o f C orvallis; and
th ird place went to Tom
H ow ser o f Central Point.
R u n n ers-u p w ere Joe
L indsay o f H eppner and
2nd place: Molly Rhea, Donna Sehonbachler, Jeanne Daly,
John Doherty of Portland.
Tim’s sister, and Tim Daly.
Pot O ’ Gold
winners
Three winners found
their Pots O ’ Gold during the
St. P a tric k ’s C elebration
held in Heppner, March lb-
19. Kim Carlson of Heppner
found hers at Friday’s Casino
N ight; Lois M errim an of
Pendleton took hers at the
Saturday morning KUMA
C o ffee H our; and Jim
Corwin of Albany scooped
up his gold at the Saturday
night Trail Band concert.
Each Pot O ’ Gold winner
received $100.
Morrow
County Gun
Club news
S even
sh o o ters
gathered Sunday, March 19
at the club to compete.
In singles, Harvey
Childers had 24 of 25, Jeff
Cutsforth had 23 of 25 and
Mark Schlichting had 21 of
25.
In
h an d icap ,
C u tsfo rth had 24 o f 25,
Schlichting had 22 of 25 and
Roger Mortimer, Childers
and Dick Goodhead had 20
of 25.
A nnies w ere then
shot with Jimmy Walton,
Mortimer, Dennis Peck and
Schlichting each winning
one; Goodhead won two and
Childers won three.
The next shoot will
be held March 26 at 12 noon.
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3rd place: Nancy and Victor
Vander Does.
N ine
hardy
c o m p e tito rs,
action
photographers, and several
official-looking observers
brought Irish Road Bowling
to H eppner’s Wee Bit O ’
Irelan d c e le b ra tio n on
Sunday afternoon.
Tim Daly was the
afternoon’s hero when he
showed up from Portland
one hour before the start of
the event, bringing the bowls
with which the activity is
played. Daly, raised on Little
Butter Creek, is the young
man who brought Irish road
bowling to the attention of
the local com m ittee and
suggested that it be added to
the weekend's schedule. He
not only donated ten bowls
for the event (which the St.
Pat's Committee hopes will
become an annual weekend
finale), but he drove from
Portland Sunday morning
after working a function for
his children on Saturday
night, and he put together a
team for the competition.
Everyone gathered
at the steps of the Morrow
County Courthouse at 1:30
p.m ., got co p ies o f the
official rules and guidelines,
heard a brief description of
the course, and the game
began on Court Street.
Two local women,
M olly R hea and D onna
Sehonbachler, who came to
watch the activity, ended up
as teammates of Daly. Daly's
sister, Jeanne, became their
sc o rek e ep e r
and
photographer.
V ictor and Nancy
Vander Does, the couple
who co-chaired the Casino
Night event on Friday, were
first to show for Sunday's
event. They led off with
some effective tosses that
would set the pace for what
became an extremely close
competition.
Always w illing to
participate when they come
from R edm ond for the
weekend activities, Kirk and
Lottie (Laughlin) Holcomb
form ed the third team o f
b o w lers
w ith
K irk ’s
daughter, Keri, and Jerod
Lopez.
The course included
segments of eight city streets
that w ere not clo sed to
tra ffic , so the need fo r
vigilance was high. Donning
orange vests. Cliff Green,
M erlin H ughes, B utch
Laughlin, and Dan Brosnan
volunteered to accompany
the teams through the course
as added security. Following
the action closely, also, was
Cara Osmin, co-chair of the
St. P a t’s C om m ittee and
volunteer photographer.
A few w eek en d
re v e lers w ho had heard
about the road bowling and
some of the residents along
the course enjoyed watching
the action, as the team s
tossed the 28-oz. bow ls
along stra ig h t-a -w a y s,
comers, and a hill.
Play cam e to a
conclusion at the comer of
May and C hase S treets.
Claudia Hughes, co-chair of
the St. P a t’s C om m ittee,
thanked the participants and
presented each with a special
St. P a t’s co ffee m ug or
d rin k in g g lass. V ander
D oeses announced th e ir
donation to cover the cost of
the trophy for the event, and
Doris Brosnan announced
the w in n in g team : T he
Holcomb team with a total
of 26 tosses of the bowl.
Second was the Daly team,
w ith 29, and the Vander
Does team was close, with
31 tosses.
Each p a rtic ip a n t
paid $5 to play, and the
winning team received half
of the total purse, with the
other half going to the St.
Pat’s fund. The Holcomb
team , how ever, d o n ated
their share to the fund.
The Irish R oad
Bowling trophy, created by
Peterson's Jewelers, will be
engraved with the names of
the winning players and will
be prominently displayed in
Heppner.
Participants agreed
that the first-time event was
“fun,” and immediately after
play, they were discussing
“training,” “strategy," and
“blogging,” with a bigger
event in mind for next year.