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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 30,2009 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner Annual lone Education Leitrim Family honoured Foundation Dinner held in Oregon, USA Editor s Note The fol lowing article ran in the 1994 edition o f the Leitrim Guardian, an annual mag azine published in Ireland The article was written by Ciardn Mollahan GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3 ,1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon. Office at 1 8 8 « Willow Street telephone (541) 676-9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail editor urapidsersc net or david urapidserve.net. Web site www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, PO Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. 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Heppner Chamber announces lunch schedule for October N e x t w e e k ’s Cham ber Lunch M eeting on Thursday, O ctober 1, has been cancelled. The “All Entities Report” will be m oved to T hursday, October 8. The schedule for October is as follows: Thursday, October 8 - All Entities Reports will be held from 12-1 p.m. at the Senior Center dining room. The Stable of Youth will be the caterer for this lunch meeting and will be serving lasagna, salad and pumpkin bars. Coffee, iced tea and water will be pro vided. RSVP’s are needed by end o f business day on Monday, October 5. Thursday, October 15 - Daye Stone will be presenting the graduation requirements that are being implemented for Heppner High School. Thursday, October 22 - Jerod Broadfoot will be here to speak on safe build ing codes. T h u rsd ay , O c to ber 29 - R achel D agley and M eghan Snow from Community Bank will be speaking on the services they offer. C o m m u n ity A c tivities: Saturday, October 3 - “ Rollin On The River” - wine and beer Tasting at the Boardman Marina Park will be held from 4-7:30 p.m. Entertainment will be Brady Goss - The Piano Man and Badger Mountain Dry Band. Tickets $15 (in clude two free tastes and music, additional taste tick ets - $3.50. Must be 21 and older - ID required. Food will be available for pur chase. Contact the Board- man Chamber at 541-481- 3014. This event is hosted by Boardman Chamber of C om m erce and K iw anis Club o f Boardman. Thursday, October 8 - T iller’s Folly will be p e rfo rm in g at the HHS Gym from 7-9 p.m. John and Ann Murray are spon soring this event and dona tions will be taken at the door to help support the St. Patrick’s Wee Bit O ’ Ireland event. M.C. Fair & OTPR Court applications available Applications for the M orrow County Fair & OTPR Court are now available at the fair office in Hep pner. This year applicants are not required to have a horse. Requirements include being a resident of, or reside closely to, Morrow County and be between the ages of 16-21 by August 1 of the year which the fair and rodeo will be held. Applications must be received by 11 a.m. on October 30, at the fair office. Late applications will not be considered. Tryouts and interviews will be on November 22 at 1 p.m. in Heppner at the fairgrounds. For more information, call Fairgrounds Manager Ren’ee Yocom at 541-6376-9474 or e-mail mcfair@ co.morrow.or.us. M o rro w / G rant / i C o u n t y O H V P a r k S p e c ia l Y o u t h H u n t S econd S eason , S pike O nly ^N ovember 7 - N ovember 1 5 , 2 0 0 9 A P P L IC A T IO N S AR E N O W B E IN G TAK EN A T T H E M O R R O W C O U N T Y P U B L IC W O R K S O F F IC E . 3 6 5 W. H W Y 7 4 . P .O . BO X 4 2 8 , L E X IN G T O N . O R . 9 7 8 3 9 . A P P L IC A N T S M U S T BE A M O R R O W O R G R A N T C O U N T Y 1 R E S ID E N T . A H U N T E R E D U C A T IO N Gregg Rietmann serves prime rib during the annual lone F.ducation Foundation Dinner held on Saturday, September 26. Pepsi of Pendleton donated all of the pop, including delivery and pickup. The lone F.ducation Foundation announces a new donor to the foundation - 2Morrow Energy. A partnership between Diversi fied Wind and Gamesa Energy USA, are working together in an effort to bring economic development to the area by developing a commercial wind energy project in the lone Area. The lone Education Foundation has received a letter pledging $35,000. They recognize the importance of the lone School to the com munity and wish to be a sustaining member. October 8 is Oregon’s Day of Culture October is National Arts and Humanities Month and Thursday, October 8, the anniversary of Oregon’s unique cultural tax credit, is Oregon’s Day o f Culture. Culture is an every day experience in Oregon. Whether it’s a visit to the li brary, family research, at an historical society, strolling through a museum, hiking a heritage trail, meeting in an historic building, volun teering at a school art class or attending a performance, culture is everywhere. On October 8, the best way to celebrate Oregon culture is by participating in it. The Oregon Day of Culture celebration starts October 1, with hundreds o f ev en ts leading up to October 8. Events such as: Boardman Fall Quilt Show, O ctober 2 and 3, Board- man; Rollin’ on the River, October 3, Boardman; and Morrow County Historical Society Annual M eeting, October 4 in Heppner, are examples o f events found at w w w .oregondayofcul- ture.org. The heritage, hu manities and arts nonprofits in every O regon county serve the com m unity in countless ways. The people w ho w ork or v o lu n te e r there are our friends and neighbors. They deserve our financial support. When you give to a cultural non profit (you can find more than 1,200 at www.cultur- altrust.org), you can double your cultural support at no •additional cost by matching your gift with a contribu tion to the Oregon Cultural Trust. The State of Oregon allows a 100% tax credit for gifts to the Trust, as long as they are matched by equal or greater donations to cul tural nonprofits. Oregon is the only state in the nation that al lows its citizens to create the money for cultural fund ing themselves. An open house is planned to celebrate 40 years by the Heppner Garden Club on Tuesday, October 6, at City Hall from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Displays and scrapbooks w ill show the work that the Heppner Garden Club has been doing the past 40 years to help beautify the city. The public is invited to attend. Willow Creek Park District to meet The Willow Creek Park District will hold a meeting on October 6 beginning at 5 p.m. at Heppner City Hall. FFA alumni meeting to be held An FFA alumni meeting w ill be held on Tuesday, October 6, at 7 p.m. in the Heppner High School Ag room. Everyone is invited to attend this first meeting of the year. The Advanced Ag Leadership Class at Heppner High School invites the public to listen to presentations/ papers that students have put together about various ag ricultural commodities here in southern Morrow County on Thursday, October 1 from 11-11:40 a.m. and Tuesday, October 6 from 11-11:40 a.m. Topics may include wheat, mint, hay, sheep, cattle, goats and more. A P P L IC A T IO N S M U S T BE R E T U R N E D T O T H E M O R R O W C O U N T Y P U B L IC W O R K S O F F IC E And we have got some great items-- Like concert tickets to the dueling pianos ( Billy Joel and Elton John) and 4 club seats to Portland Timber Soccer!! BY O C T O B E R 2 1 , 2 0 0 9 BY 4 : 0 0 P.M . A P P L IC A T IO N S W IL L BE D R A W N AT M ORRO W C O UNTY C O URT O N O CTO BER D U R IN G T H E C O U N T Y C O U R T S E S S IO N . Keep checking the paper for more items and m ark your calendar for FO R M O R E IN F O R M A T IO N October 10th starting with dinner at 6pm P L E A S E C O N T A C T T H E P U B L IC W O R K S O F F IC E A T 5 4 1 - 9 8 9 - 9 5 0 0 . \ with the auction and other events to follow!!! Louis and Betty Carlson worked with the Oregon Wheat Growers League and Oregon State University to organize a reception to acknowledge local farmers and ranchers (pictured above) who received the "Conservation Farm of the Year” award. The reception, held at the Morrow County Extension Office on Sunday afternoon, included a display of awards, plagues, and photographs. There were multiple speakers at the event including Larry Lutcher, Tammy Dennee of the Oregon Wheat Growers League, Representative Greg Smith, Alan Feves, Shannon Rust, and Louis Carlson. Louis Carlson talked about the history of the award and conservation efforts that were developed and utilized by innovative producers in the county. -Contributed Photo H eppner FFA selling apples Public invited to attend HHS Ag class presentations C E R T IF IC A T E IS R E Q U IR E D . A P P L IC A N T S th Reception acknowledges Conservation Farm of the Year Award recipients Heppner Garden Club celebrates 40 years S H O U L D BE 1 2 T O 1 7 YE AR S O L D . A L L I 28 As part o f the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Oregon, people with Irish c o n n e ctio n s co n g re g a te in the large town o f Hep pner. Each year a family is honoured at these celebra tions and 1993 was the turn o f the M ollahan Fam ily who originated from the tow nland o f L eganom er in Aughavas, Co. Leitrim. Bob Mollahan, grand-son o f John Mollahan and Ann McNamee, was selected to be the grand marshal of the parade for the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in which the M ollahan family was honoured. Seven o f the ten children bom to John Mol lahan and Ann McNamee in Leganomer bet.ween the years 1885 and 1907, emi grated to the USA. Between the years 1905 and 1920 the seven eldest members of the Mol lahan fam ily e m ig rated to the United States. Es tablished fellow Leitrim n e ig h b o u rs such as the Cartys or Kilkenny’s took these im m igrants under their wings in Oregon until they found a firm footing. The eldest and first to leave, Jim, tall and athletic like his brothers, served in the US Army in Europe in World War I and then returned to Portland, Oregon to run a ranch. He married Loretta Modrell, and they had one child, Colleen. Next to leave for Oregon was M atthew whose stay was curtailed when he suffered a seri ous illness after an injury incurred after falling off a horse. He was sent home, where after one year died, on 19,h December 1908 at the tender age o f nineteen years. Pat M ollahan ar rived in the USA next. He went to Heppner, Oregon where he settled. He was town marshal of Heppner for over a decade where he also farmed and owned a filling station. He married Elsie Owens and they had four c h ild re n in clu d in g the fore-m entioned Bob. Bridget (or Bea) worked in Connecticut after emigrat ing circa 1910 at the age of sixteen. She later moved to Oregon where she married John F. Kenny whose father Michael was bom in Augha vas, Co. Leitrim. They lived in Heppner and had seven c h ild ren . M ary A nn a r rived next and she married John Keegan w ho was bom about three miles from the Leganom er hom estead in Rossan, Co. Leitrim. They had nine children one of whom, Rose, married Peter Tighe, a Leitrim man. Mary Ann and Pat were the only two of the children to return to Ireland on a visit, Pat in 1932 and Mary Ann in the 1950’s. John and Bernard arrived in Oregon together around 1920. John, after m arrying Katherine Fitz patrick, a Cavan woman, in New York returned to Heppner. They left Heppner to live in Ontario, Oregon w here they raised seven children. Their eldest, Pat rick Joseph is a member of the Ontario City Council. Bernard, the youngest o f the family to emigrate after spending some time in Ore gon, moved to New York to make a living. He married a Sligo girl, Anna Kenny and they lived in the Bronx New York. They raised three children who are also proud o f the Leitrim roots. In all, the St. Pat rick’s Weekend in March 1993 proved to be a time of great pride, joy and en tertainm ent for the M ol lahan, Keegan, Kenny and M cN am ee fam ilies who all come together for the celebrations in Heppner. The honoured family for the 1993 St. Patrick's Weekend was a great achievement for the Mollahan family and for a Leitrim family to receive in Oregon, USA. The con clusion we can draw from this is that Leitrim can take great pride in her people, not only those at home but also those who emigrated to the different parts o f the World. / The Heppner FFA Chapter is currently selling apples. The 18-20 pound boxes com e from D avis Orchards in Milton Free water. The cost for each box is $13 per box. Choic es include Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Cameo, Granny Smith, and Galas. The apples will be avail able for pickup during the volleyball game on Tliurs- day, October 15, or at the football game on Friday, October 16. C h e c k s c a n be made payable to Heppner FFA and sent to HHS atten tion Beth Dickenson. For more informa tion contact Heppner Ag advisor Beth D ickenson at dickene@ m orrow .kl2. or. us. Senior Center Menu H eppner C hristian C enter m em bers will be serving lunch on Wednesday, October 7. The menu will include catfish, red beans and rice, spinach, apple salad, hush puppies, and cookies.
