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Road Bowling returns to St. Pat’s weekend
H e p p n e r ’s Ir is h
Road Bowling event will
draw the St. Patrick’s Day
w eekend celebration to a
close on Sunday, M arch
15.
Participants in this
fourth-year event w ill gather
on Sunday afternoon before
the 1:30 p.m. activity com
mences. Participants must
be 18 years old or older.
This Irish sport that
dates back to the 1600’s was
played in America by the
Irish troops in West Virginia
during the C ivil War. In
recent years, a resurgence
o f interest in the sport has
developed in both Ireland
and the United States. Hep
p n e r’s event has gained
popularity since it was first
offered in 2006, and entries
are lim ited, so interested
persons should pick up en
try forms at the Chamber of
Commerce Office and return
them, filled out, soon.
Teams of two to four
members com pete over a
course o f approxim ately
one m ile by to ssin g the
iron-and-steel “bowls” that
w eigh 28-ounce and are
slightly smaller in diameter
than a tennis ball. The team
that completes the course
with the fewest tosses wins.
In 2006 and 2008, teams of
four won. In 2007, a team of
two won the competition.
E ach p a r tic ip a n t
must pay $5 to play. The
purse is then divided, with
half going into the St. Pat
ric k ’s W eekend fund and
half being divided among
the top three teams. Names
of the winning team’s mem
bers will be added to the
trophy that is on display in
ences everywhere. The goal
o f The Blue Mountain Old
Time Fiddlers Association
is to keep the art of old time,
dance hall music alive.
D uring the fiddle
show Equine Elegance and
the Stir It Up 4-H groups
will be selling pie and cof
fee. Come and listen to good
old time music and support
your local 4-H kids.
Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative
schedules power outage
B onneville Pow er
A d m in istra tio n and C o
lumbia Basin Electric Coop
announce a one hour power
outage beginning at m id
night, Monday, March 16,
until 1 a.m. Tuesday, March
17. This one hour outage
will allow Bonneville Power
Administration to perform
required N.E.R.C. reliability
testing.
All Columbia Basin
E lec tric C oop m em bers
served from the lone BPA
substation will be affected
by this outage. (Lower Rhea
Creek, the City o f lone, The
area north o f lone, Willow
creek from C ecil J o n e s ’
north to the Morrow County
line, Four mile and Eight
mile Canyons).
We regret any in
convenience this will cause;
however, it is very important
that Bonneville Power Ad
ministration completes this
required testing.
Sally Anne s Shoppe to open
for business
Sally Anne’s Shoppe, located at 168 W. Willow,
will open for business on Thursday, March 12.
Available for purchase will be: past and present
items, home and garden items, western decorative gift
items, ready to hang wood mounted classic movie post
ers, vintage crate labeled art, flower arrangements, and
jewelry.
Sally Anne’s Shoppe will be open for business 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Estate
By DAVID SYKES
REALTOR
HOW MUCH DOWN?
Rather frequently the ques
tion arises as to how large a
deposit a buyer should put
down or, to put it another way,
how much deposit should the
seller reasonably require?
The deposit should be suf
ficient to make sure the buyer
will have good reason to see
the transaction through and to
reimburse the seller for taking
the property o ff the market and
other expenses in case the buy
er defaults. The length o f time
from signing the agreement to
the date o f transfer may have
a bearing. For example, one
Heppner Head Start holding blanket raffle
The Road Bowling Trophy, now displayed in the window of Pe
terson's Jewelers, will feature another group of names after the
competition this Sunday. Last year’s winners plan to return this
year, determined to see their names engraved again on the coveted
trophy. -Contributed Photo
Blue Mountain Fiddlers to
perform Saturday
The Blue Mountain
Old Time Fiddlers will be
playing Saturday, March 14,
at 6:30 p.m. in the dance hall
at the fairgrounds. There is
no charge for admission.
The Blue Mountain
Old Time Fiddlers A sso
ciation has been around for
over 50 years. M em bers
from all over the northwest,
travel to various shows and
contests delighting audi-
Wednesday, March 11, z u u y - H V t
calling for performance in
90 days, should require a
substantial deposit.
A 30
day agreement might call
for less. Beware, however,
a 30 day agreement due to
unforeseen circumstances
may have to be extended
and actually result in a 60 or
90 day agreement.
The term “deposit” as
used above is to be distin
guished from “earnest mon
ey” which is a relatively
small payment intended to
bind
sale until a formal
agreement can be written.
Property listings are available
at k 'H ’ h *. syk es real es ta te. net
the window o f Peterson’s
Jewelers.
The starting point
o f the course will be d e
termined and that informa
tion w ill be av ailab le at
the Information Booth on
M ain Street on Saturday,
March 14. Details will also
be announced at the Satur
day-morning Coffee Hour.
Spectators are welcome at
the event but are cautioned
to remain a safe distance
from the action because the
bowls are heavy and have
been known to break bones
in unfortunate situations.
Spray Rodeo
tryouts to be
held
The children at Heppner Head Start are raffling off a queen-sized blanket. The cost of the tickets
are $1 each or six for $5 and can be purchase tickets at Artisan Village (where the blanket is on
display), Lott’s Electric, or from any Head Start parent. The winner will be announced during the
St. Patrick’s Parade. For additional information call Matt Best 676-5127. Contributed Photo
BMCC to hold grant workshop in Heppner
B lu e M o u n ta in
C om m unity C ollege has
scheduled a one-day work
shop entitled, “G etting a
G ra n t,” for W ednesday,
March 18, at the Morrow
County Extension Office in
Heppner. The class will run
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Participants should
bring their own lunch. The
cost o f the w orkshop is
$22 and pre-registration is
required.
Try outs for the 2009
May 23 & 24 Spray Rodeo
will be held Saturday, March
21 at 1 p.m. at the Spray
Rodeo grounds.
Contestants do not
have to be local or Wheeler
County residents. They must
be at least 15 years old,
The H eppner Ele
never been married or had
mentary
PTC is sponsoring
children.
Celebrate
Oregon dance to
For more informa
celebrate the 150,h year of
tion call 541-468-2442.
Oregon being a state. The
dance w ill be held March 19
at the Heppner Elementary
Marriages
Gym and is open to all HES
M o rro w C o u n ty families. The cost is free and
Clerk Bobbi Childers has snacks will be provided.
Music will be pro
released the following re
vided
by
Desert Music Mo
port o f m arriage licenses
bile
and
will
feature music
issued:
-February 27: Kelli o f the wagon trail days. The
Scott McAllister, 21, lone, dance begins at 6:30 and
and Rhiannon Lea Corry, goes until 9:30. Students
must be accom panied by
24, lone.
an adult.
There are eight bas-
This one-day semi
nar will introduce partici
pants to the basics o f getting
a grant and then what to
do once a grant has been
received. Topics covered
include: demystifying the
grant-seeking process; iden
tifying funding sources;
fram ing the project; e le
ments o f a proposal; and
what to do once you get a
grant.
Susan Plass, Blue
Mountain Community Col
lege's Director o f Grants,
will present the workshop.
Plass has over 20 years
experience in the field o f
grants and proposals.
P re-registration is
required and may be done
by contacting Anne Morter,
BM CC C o o rd in a to r for
Morrow County, at 422-
7040.
Heppner Elementary PTC sponsoring dance
The theme for Heppner Elementary PTC sponsored dance will
be “Celebrate Oregon.” Contributed Photo
kets (each having a separate up your heels, put on your
theme) that will be raffled western wear and come and
off. Tickets for the raffle Celebrate Oregon.
are $.25 cents each. Kick
Boardman appoints new planning commissioner
Tuesday night the
B oardm an C ity C ouncil
appointed Kellye Finch to
the B oardm an P lan n in g
Commission. She will serve
a three year term ending
December 31,2011.
Ms. Finch is a city
resident with a history o f
volunteering in the Board-
man community. She has
served on the Boardm an
Police Advisory Committee
and the Boardman School
Board Advisory Committee.
She has also volunteered
with the Boardman Senior
Center and the AARP Tax
Advisory program.
The Boardman Plan-
ning Commission meets the
third W ednesday o f each
month to discuss city plan
ning issues for recommen
dation to the Boardman City
Council.
Currently there are
two vacancies on the com
mission; the city would like
to fill those immediately.
Interested parties should
contact Boardman City Hall
for information on how to
apply.
In other city news,
the Boardman Urban Re
newal A gency approved
their 2008-2009 budget.
C ity co u n cilo rs heard a
report from Emily Doherty
St. Patrick’s Pit Ham Dinner
Where finicky Leprechauns eat!
of the Youth Advisory Com-
mittee (YAC). The YAC has
several projects planned to
raise funds for their youth-
oriented programs and listed
the volunteer activities they
plan to be involved with,
The next regularly
scheduled meeting o f the
Boardman City Council is
Tuesday, March 17, at 7 p.m.
at Boardman City Hall.
HHS senior class to hold
weekend fundraisers
The Heppner High
School senior class will be
holding a bake sale, silent
auction and raffle at Heri
tage Land on Main Street
on Saturday, March 14. from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. during
the St. Patrick's Weekend
festivities. Tickets are avail
able to w in one spa basket.
one fishing basket and one
garden basket.
The senior class w ill
also be selling water at the
Motocross and at the mill
site where the Cruise-ln w ill
begin.
Proceeds will ben
efit the senior class gradua
tion party.
Murray’ s Drug is pleased
to announce our
A u to m a tic R efills O ption
fo r P re s c rip tio n s -
Saturday, March 14 from 4 - 7 p.m.
Serving: Pit Ham, Irish Potato Casserole,
Irish Flag Salad, Veggie, Roll & Homemade Pie!
Adults - $8 / Children under 12 - $5
Wee ones - free
Sign up today and forget
about having to reorder
your maintenance
prescriptions each month!
G ive us n c a ll ...
tee Ye g la d to h elp !
Murray's Drug
188 W. Willow • P O. Box 337 • Heppner, OR 97836
(541) 676-9228 ' Cell (541) 980-6674
St. Patrick's Church Parish Hall
Fax (541)676-9211
E-mail: david@sykesrealestate net
217 North Main • 676-9158
5 2 5 Gale Street (one hloek oil Main Street)
Serving Morrow. Gilliam & Wheeler Counties since 1959.
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