Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 25,2009 - THREE
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Wee Bit O’ Ireland the
best town celebration
North Morrow Community Foundation to present
The Amazing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Join the hula danc
ing chameleons and other
original characters at Fri
day’s Seaside Resort in Irri-
gon on Saturday, March 28,
when Missoula Children’s
Theatre and Irrigon and
Boardman students present
The Amazing Adventures
of Robinson Crusoe. This
musical adaptation will be
presented at A.C. Houghton
Elementary School, 1101
N. Main St. at 3 pm and at
7 pm.
The Amazing Ad
ventures of Robinson Cru
soe is a spring break artist
in residency for Boardman
and Irrigon youth, presented
locally by North Morrow
Community Foundation.
WCCC to hold Burning
Barrel Open
Willow Creek Country Club will hold its first an
nual Burning Barrel Open on Saturday, March 28. Play
format will be two-person best ball with handicap deter
mining tee distance for each team member.
Registration begins at 9 a.m. with tee time at 10
a.m. The cost is $60 per team.
Lunch will be provided. Participants should bring
their own drinks.
For more information contact Dale Holland at
676-5034.
Youth auditioned on Mon
day, March 23, and have
been learning theater skills,
teamwork and practicing
lines during the break.
Tickets will be $2
for adults and S1 for youth
and will be available at the
door. Seating is first come
first seated, and auditorium
doors will close five minutes
before show time.
The free week long
workshop/residency has
been funded by donations
from local individuals, busi
nesses and organizations.
For more informa
tion, contact Barbara Phil
lips, community coordina
tor. at 922-3815.
Rocks for parks donated
by Miller & Sons
DA’s Report
Morrow County District Attorney Elizabeth Bal
lard has released the following report:
-Ben Joe Madden Jr., 51, was convicted of Attempt
to Commit a Class B Felony (Assault -2), a Class C felony,
and was sentenced to three years supervised probation,
180 sanction units with 90 jail units, complete 80 hours
of community service, other numerous conditions, and These rocks were donated by Miller & Sons. Ryan Miller deliv
pay $1,923 in fines, fees and assessments. Madden was ered the rocks to their location at the Henry Heppner plaque.
also convicted of strangulation, a Class A misdemeanor -Contributed Photo
and was sentenced to the custody of the local supervisory
authority for one year.
Dear Editor,
1 had the privilege to join the Gene Doherty fam
ily at the “Wee Bit O ’ Ireland" celebration last weekend. I
traveled from Portland to experience the Irish festival I’ve
heard so much about.
Originally from a small town, Becker, MN (popu
lation 902), 1 consider myself a town festival guru. I was
a “Becker Freedom Days" princess a few years ago and
had the opportunity be in a number of parades and visit a
number of festivals in the Midwest. My favorites were the
“Spud Festival” and the “Little Norway Summer Night’s
Eve.”
Although every town festival has its own appeal,
I consider Heppner’s “Wee Bit O’ Ireland" the best town
celebration of them all.
I was the lucky $300 winner of the cheerleader
sponsored “Ewe-Do-Bingo”.
Here’s to you great citizens of Heppner!
Sarah Hammer
Portland
No
stopping
the
Wranglers
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the Eubanks, Greenup and
Papineau families.
The club also orga
nized a drill team in those
early years. There were
some bruised knees until the
horses got the hang of “al-
lemande left” around part
ners. Points toward year-end
awards were garnered from
participation in parades and
events.
During one pub
lic performance for Con
don’s Fourth of July ro
deo, a waterspout saturated
the arena and the team's
gold and brown uniforms
were splotched with mud
flung from horses’ hooves.
Overnight trail rides became
popular when members and
The Lexington Baptist Church will hold a “Com their guests gathered at the
munity of Faith Singspiration" on April 12, at 6 p.m. The former Winchester Lodge
on Ditch Creek. Tents ac
community is invited to attend.
commodated
campers be
Anyone wishing to sing or play a special, or be part
fore recreational vehicles
of a group, they are welcome to do so.
became common.
Refreshments will be served afterward.
Older club members
recall dancing under the stars
Lexington Baptist Church
to hold “Singspiration”
with Lennie Lowden pump
ing an old organ, song-fests
around the campfire with
Harold Erwin picking his
guitar, midnight trail rides,
costumed mannequins star
tling outhouse visitors and
unscheduled dunkings in
chilly pond water. Campers
who were slow to arise for
an early morning breakfast
came awake fast when How
ard Bryant unleashed the vo
cal chords of his hound.
One event that hasn't
continued was the annual
“Buckburger Feed.” One
year this event took on a
different flavor when Floyd
Jones, who was relied on to
supply a deer each hunting
season, came up empty-
handed that year. It was
only after the feast that it be
came known the main menu
item had been a mixture of
ground pork and goat!
Members say that
there are enough memories
of past events to fill a book.
But each new year of the
Wranglers Riding Club adds
another chapter of camara
derie, playdays, trail rides,
cow boy breakfasts and fam
ily fun.
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Smith named House co-chair for
Higher Education Caucus
Representative Greg
Smith (R-Heppner) will be
the House of Representa
tive’s co-chair for the 2009
Higher Education Caucus.
“During these challenging
times for our economy and
state budget we need to
ensure our public universi
ties are not forgotten," said
Smith. The new caucus
is charged with exploring
ways to assist Oregon’s
seven institutions of higher
education and the 87,000
students they serve.
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