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Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - SEVEN MC Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo court coronation celebration a success On March 2, the 2008 M orrow County Fair and OTPR court was officially announced and crowned at the first annual coronation / fund raiser event that was held at the fairgrounds pavil ion. The hall was decorated with lights, brightly colored tables and Mardi Gras décor. Taylor’s Restaurant of lone with the help of Roy Taylor, cooked the prime rib for the dinner which was served to the seated guests by the International club lead by Anne Morter o f lone. The 2008 court con sists of Queen Becky Schil ler, Princess Cheyenne Ward and Princess Torri Lovgren. Queen Becky’s parents are Shari and John Schiller of Pilot Rock. Becky served as a princess on last year’s court as well. Princess Chey enne’s parents are Nancy Porter and Curtis Ward all o f Pilot Rock and Princess T o rri’s parents are Bob- bette and Pat Lovgren o f Heppner. The guests were en tertained in between their bidding, on numerous do nated auction items from Morrow and Umatilla coun ty businesses by: Barbara Nelson, country singer from Pendleton, Marty Campbell, C ow boy poet and m u si cian from Pilot Rock high school and the local favor ites closed out the evening; the Old l ime Fiddlers. Rod Taylor, Morrow County Fair Board Chair m an a n d K en B a i ley, OTPR year w ith the largest family bringing over 15 people. Having the coronation as a separate event, made it where all friends and fam ily could C o m mi t t ee P resid e n t stepped in as auc tioneer and Torri Lovgren, Cheyenne Ward, bid spotter Becky Schiller and Miss NPRA, for the live Alice Monroe auction portion with the help o f Lynn Dee ford. Ramos and Dawn Eynetich The 2007 M orrow keeping track o f the auction County court was present to items and buyers purchases. hand dow n their crow ns and Rick Sandford, Glenda Tay words o f wisdom. Outgoing lor, court chaperone, Cheryl Queen Josie Miller, Princess Taylor, fair board member M akayla A n d erso n , and and Sylvia Sandford, court Princess Jessica Hamilton director were busy with the all shared their best wishes court, dinner tickets, silent and hopes for the new' court auction and announcing the members. The best piece of event for the 110 people in advice being, “ Work as a attendance. “ It has been a team,” which Queen Josie team event from the begin Miller attributes to making ning and it is a team success their year the best it can we have seen here tonight,” be. stated Sandford. “ We de The 2008 court was cided that with the cost of presented roses which were gasoline and travel for the given by Queen Becky Schil court we would make the ler’s grandmother, Marilyn coronation a fund raiser as Schiller. Each court mem well as a dinner to introduce ber also received beautiful the new court m em bers. Montana Silver belt buckles We have large families this which were sponsored by Bank o f Eastern Oregon, matching M ontana Silver star necklaces and earrings, sponsored by Banner Bank- Boardman Branch, match ing bridle headstalls from the M orrow C ounty fair board, custom travel totes w ith their names and buck ing horses embroidered on them from Q ueenie’s cus tom creations and Sew What by mt - lone. This year's court o u tfits are custom made ultra suede split skirts, vests, and soft yellow west ern shirts. The outfits were designed and made by court director, Sylvia Sandford. “The court’s colors this year are beautiful and so comple-* mentary o f all the girls. We are really excited to show them off in their official out fit which also represents the true western heritage here in Morrow County,” said court chaperone Glenda Taylor. T he fa ir b o a rd , court chaperone, director, volunteers, family members and court members thank all their supporters, sponsors and well wishers for helping them get off to a great start with their year. Don’t miss seeing Queen Becky and her princesses this weekend at the Heppner St. Patrick’s celebration in Heppner. Tarish will perform Saturday night from 7:30-9 p.m. at the Heppner Elemen tary gymnasium. There is no admission for this event. The concert is funded by the Morrow County Unified Recreation District. Tarish features three virtuosic melody players, Hanz Araki on the Irish flute and whistles, Eddie Parente on the fiddle, viola, and bass, and button accordion ist Johnny B. Connolly. Flute player/singer Hanz Araki is the quintes sential w orld m usic m u sician. Araki perform s a blend of traditional Scottish, Irish and English songs and instrum entals with fierce musicianship and an origi nal approach. Araki played with the perennial favorite Picture left to right are, Jesus, Rev. Keith Brudevold; Simon of Irish rock band the Paper Cyrene, Dick Jones; back ground, Dan Van Schoiack; Soldiers, boys for many years, as well Ashlev McCabe, and Mark Miller. as Setanta and The Bridies. — He is currently a member o f the new ly successful “K.M.R.I.A.,” a Pogues in spired Irish rock band based in Portland, Oregon. Guitarist Cary No votny has reco rd ed and p e rfo rm e d w ith m an y great bands in the world o f Irish music, including Bridgetown, Kevin Burke, and the “The Bridies”, fea turing fiddlers Maire Egan Pictured left to right are Simon of Cyrene, Dick Jones; Eliza beth, Janet Greenup; Joseph, Brian Kollnian; Magalene, Stacie Cooley; and Timothy, Larry Lutcher. Drake. Condon notes that Handel’s Messiah was first performed in his hometown, Dublin, Ireland. The stage produc tion is truly an ecumenical presentation, with cast and crew from Heppner, Lexing ton, and lone, from six area churches. C om m entators will be Joe Lindsay, Rick Drake, and Cory Cooley. Taking to the stage will be Rev. Keith Brudevold. Gayle Arbogast, Dan Van S choiack, Stacy C ooley, Ken Turner, Rita Van Schoi ack, Brian Kollman, Janet G reenup, Larry Lutcher, Rev. K eith P ric e , Josh Coiner, Ann Morter, Debbie Gutierrez, Tom Wolff, Rev. Tim Van Cleave, Elizabeth Jones, Dan Lindsay, Barney Lindsay, Dick Jones, Ash ley McCabe, Mark Miller, Rev. Janice Johnson, Leann Lindsay, A shley Lindsay, and Nikki Coe. The pro duction crew includes Nel son C onnor, Kim A rm a- to, Janet G reenup, Doris Brosnan, Martha Munkers, Lois Connor, Mary More house. Mark Miller, Ashley M cCabe, Leann Lindsay, A shley Lindsay, D ebbie Wryn. Myrna Van Cleave, Laura M cE llig o t, N ikki Coe, Judy Laughlin, and Sheridan Tamasky. Hosting w ith refreshments following the performance will be Ev elyn Sweek and Mary Ann Elguezabal. From C enacle to Calvary will begin at the St. Patrick Church parish hall at 7:30 on Thursday, March 13. The performance is free to the public. Any donations at the door will be given to an area charity selected by the actors and production crew. An encore presentation w ill occur at St. Patrick's on Monday, March 17, at 7:30 p.m. Morrow County Creative Arts and Crafts w ill be at the Les Schwab showroom on Friday, March 14, from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. and on Saturday, March 15, from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. for the St. Pat’s celebra tion. Among those members putting on the sale and show w ill be Betty Christman and Lorene Montgom ery with a country collection o f quilts, pillow s, hand tow els and a variety o f other hand made items. Robert Reed w ill have a display o f his wood work with items for sale, we will also have framed photography from a new member, and Mary Ella Johnson has pictures framed w ith mat board. Sandra Haynes will have her prints of animals and western art on display also. Mary Ella will be tak ing care o f her display while she attends the Russell Show in Montana. If you are hungry, Roquel Herrera w ill have homemade tamales and breakfast burritos for sale. Come and see the variety o f things the local artists make and take home a special gift for someone or a something new for your own home. If you would like to join the Morrow County Arts and Crafts Club please call Trisha at 5 4 1 -676-9226 new members are always welcome. Poems on display First and fifth graders at Heppner Elementary School, sponsored by the Heppner Garden Club, recently wrote nature poems for state competition. The poems are on display in business windows for St. Patrick’s week end. Tarish to perform Saturday night “From Cenacle to Calvary” to begin showings on Thursday By Doris Brosnan “A Wee Bit o ’ Ire land” begins in H eppner in the Catholic Church (on Gale Street) parish hall on Thursday, with From Cen acle to Calvary, the fifth dramatic production w rit ten by local Catholic priest and Irish playwright Gerry Condon. Motivation to write From Cenacle to Calvary came, Father Condon ex plains, from a suggestion by M eth o d ist R everend Keith Brudevold last year. He noted that this y e ar’s St. Patrick’s Day falls on the Monday of Holy Week, which preceeds Easter Sun day. Thus, a dramatization of Christ’s final days on earth would seem appropriate. F a th e r C o n d o n agreed to work on a produc tion if Joe Lindsay would agree to w rite music and lyrics for the play. Irishman Lindsay, local singer, com poser, and teacher, has been on stage in all o f Condon’s plays and has written origi nal works for the last two productions. O f course, he agreed to collaborate with his parish priest. The resulting script was written in great part in Ireland last summer while Condon visited his home land during an especially rainy period that kept him off the golf course and in doors. Lindsay has written eight o rig in al songs for C enacle , w hich is not a musical by definition, but the lyrics capture the intense emotions o f two particular characters. The play o f four scenes opens in the cenacle - the room in which Jesus and his disciples have eaten the last supper - and takes the action to the second trial o f Jesus before Pilate, to the road to Calvary, and, ulti mately, to the crucifixion. In this most complex play yet written by Fr. Con don, a dramatic denouement comes in the form o f the “ H alleluia C horus,” per formed by a choir o f over 20 voices directed by Rick Arts and crafts to be seen at Les Schwab and Brenda Curtin o f Mi chael Flatley’s “Lord of the Dance.” Novotny infuses the trad itio n al m elodies played by Parente and Araki with undeniable contem porary groove, appealing to the tastes o f the modem audience, yet based in the centuries old tradition o f Irish music. Johnny Connolly has generated a reputation as an accomplished button accor dionist of the highest order. Johnny’s talents have paved the way across continents and provided him opportu nities to perform and record with many intemationally- renowned artists including Kevin Burke, the Chieftains, Patrick Ourceau, and Aidan Brennan. His first solo CD, entitled “Bridgetown”, on the highly esteemed Green Linnet Records label has earned critical claim and brought C onnolly to the forefront o f the younger generation o f traditional Irish musicians. Eddie Parente is a musician’s musician of note in many genres o f music, including the world of jazz, w here Parente is one of the most respected violinists in the United States. Having toured and recorded with a wide variety o f musical groups in the US and fre quently in Russia, Parente brings innovative chops and a fresh perspective to Irish traditional music, adding a spicey zing to the Tarish giv ing the band its own uniqtie and exciting flavor. Matty Sears, origi nally from Wales, is the new est addition to Tarish, bring ing his seasoned bodhran playing to the mix. Matty has honed a b eau tifu lly subtle yet powerful style of percussive accompaniment, making him the most sought after bodhran player in the Northwest. A T arish p e rfo r mance is always complete with a plethora o f singing, songs which are old, some new, some Irish, and some not. Two and three part harmonies add drama and excitem ent to the perfor mance. Tarish is not to be missed and plays some o f the most innovative music in the m odern w orld o f Irish music today. Tarish's cred its include frequent performances at the nation ally renowned Kells Irish Restaurant and Bar in both Portland, and Seattle, WA, the Sandy Mountain Festi val, and the Cycle Oregon event in Heppner. Raible selected for Student Ambassador Program lone middle school student, Christine Raible, has been accepted into the People to People Student Ambassador program. S in c e O c t o b e r , Raible has been attending classes in Portland, learning about the history, culture, and political system s o f Italy, France, and England. In July, she and 39 other Oregon high school students w ill then explore these coun tries over a 20 day period. In an effort to raise funds for this trip, Christine will be selling Sandy Can dy® and Candy Pebbles k at the Neighborhood Center’s Vendor Square Friday Sunday as part o f the St. Pat rick's Day celebration. A six inch tube o f Sandy Candy k will cost $2 and a 20 inch tube will cost S4. She will also be selling raffle tickets for a laptop computer. Only 100 raffle tickets will be sold for this item. Raffle tickets w ill cost $10 each. For more informa tion about the People to People program, or to pur chase a raffle ticket contact Christine at 541-454-2830. HHS grad to participate in ASB program This spring break HHS g ra d u a te M ahaley Huddleston applied for and was selected to take part in an alternative spring break program through the Uni versity of Oregon's Serv ice L earning Program . This year the group is working with Tenderloin Health in San Francisco, CA whose mission is to optimize the health o f the Tenderloin's homeless, poor, and most vulnerable residents. The group will be traveling to San Francisco on Sunday, March 23, and returning Saturday, March 29. The group will be driv ing in vans, staying in a hostel and sharing meals to reduce the cost for each participant. Each student pays $200 toward the costs o f the trip, with the rest of the costs paid for by the Service Learning Program and other ASB sponsors. Anyone wishing to help sponsor Huddleston's trip can make checks pay able to her. Checks can be sent to her school address V at P.O. Box 3583, Eugene, OR 97403. H uddleston's fundraising efforts are for her indiv idual trip expenses and do not become part of the Service Learning Pro gram's budget. For this rea son any gift made towards her ser\ ice experience is not considered a charitable do n atio n under the IRS guidelines. To show her appre ciation. Huddleston would enjoy setting up a time after the trip to talk about her experience. \
