SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Seniors to raffle
Legion, Auxiliary
baskets on St. Pat’s hold fundraiser
Seniors Conor Pappas, Drew Brannon, Andrew Bara and
Stephanie Schuler display the baskets to be raffled.
Seniors at Heppner
High School are raffling
off baskets for their Senior
2012 Project Graduation
during the week of the St.
Patrick's Day Celebration
T ick ets w ill be
available at the O'Donkey
Basketball game at HHS on
March 14, the Irish Boxing
Smoker at HHS on the 16th,
at a table in front of Bank of
Eastern Oregon on March
17 and during the entertain
ment featured at Heppner
Elementary School on the
17lh at 6:30 p.m.
Students and par
ents will be selling tickets
for four baskets, including
a men’s basket, a woman’s
basket, a couples’ basket
and a golf basket. The bas
kets will be on display at
Murray’s Drug.
E x citin g basket
contents include a Wild-
horse getaw ay package
with an overnight stay for
two, two rounds o f golf
and a casino fun book;
a $40 gift certificate for
Murray’s beverages; wine
glasses and chocolate; two
rounds of golf at Willow
Creek Country Club; golf
for two with cart at Stone
Creek course in Oregon
City; a $25 gift certificate to
Bucknum’s Tavern; a one-
day sturgeon-fishing trip for
two on the Columbia; $50
gas card from Devon Oil,
$70 individual sports’ pass
from HHS; a 30-minute
massage from Tamara Lob-
dell; five tans from styles by
Stefanie; and much, much
more.
For more informa
tion, contact Chris Bailey
at 676-5969, Marry Hague-
wood at 676-9759 or Teresa
VanDoom at 676-5985.
lone American Le
gion and Auxiliary Post
95 asks everyone to save
the day for the eighth an
nual Texas Hold 'Em Poker
Tournam ent, Bingo and
Bake Sale fundraiser on
March 24.
The event will in
clude a sandwich and salad
bar, and no-host bar pro
vided by The Office Pub.
Poker buy-in is $40; buy-in
starts at 6 p.m. with play
starting at 6:30. No late
buy-ins allowed.
A youth-sized Ros
si Tri Fecta Rifle will be
raffled. The rifle has three
barrels: a .243, .22 long and
a 20-guage. Raffle tickets
can be purchased from any
lone Legion or Auxiliary
member; Pettyjohn’s Build
ers are also selling tickets,
and they have the rifle on
hand for anyone w ho would
like to see it. Must be 18
years o f age or older to
purchase rifle tickets.
The Legion is also
selling raffle tickets for
beef. There will be two
drawings, with one-half
beef for each winning ticket
drawn.
The raffle tickets
for both beef and rifle are
one for $1 or six for $5.
There will be further infor
mation to come.
For questions, call
Becky R. at 541-422-7230
or G ina J. at 541-422-
7180.
OTPR to hold
public meeting
The Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Committee will hold
an open meeting on March 12 at 7 p.m. at the rodeo office
to discuss the upcoming Morrow County Rodeo rules.
Topics under discussion include whether the
MOCO rodeo should be open to alumni spouses and
their children, and whether contestants’ county residency
requirement should be changed from one year to three
months.
Everyone is welcome to attend. Anyone who
is unable to attend but would like to provide input may
e-mail mocorodeo@hotmail.com or contact any rodeo
committee member.
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Something for
everyone on St. Pat’s
Heppner’s Wee Bit
O ’ Ireland St. P atrick’s
Celebration is just around
the corner, March 14-18,
which means it’s time to
get out the green and wear
it proudly.. the greener, the
better.
Lots o f activities
are planned for the 30,h
annual Wee Bit O ’ Ire
land Celebration. Things
start earlier this year with
an O ’Donkey Basketball
Game between Heppner
FFA and School Staff on
Wednesday, March 14 at 7
p.m. in the Heppner High
School gym.
Everyone is also
reminded to take in “From
Cenacle to Calvary,” the
play w ritten by Father
Condon, with music by
Joe Lindsay, on Thursday,
March 15 at 7:30 p.m. at
St. Patrick's Catholic par
ish hall.
Or, get ready to
rumble as a participant or
observer at the Heppner
Chamber/Y 102 fifth annual
Irish Boxing Smoker on
Friday, March 16 at Hep
pner High School.
Participate or be a
spectator in the St. Paddy’s
Arena Cross, Cruz In or
Great Green Parade, or the
Remembrance Walk and 5K
Run. Cheer the children on
as they participate in the
Leprechaun Run. Tap your
toes at the KUMA Coffee
Hour or Ceili.
Indulge a taste for
the arts by shopping at the
Vendor’s Square, checking
out the arts and crafts dis
play at Les Schwab, perus
ing the Wee Bit O' Western
Fine Art Photography by
Denise Smith and Celia
Moyer at the City Park;
buying a book or two to
support the Friends of the
Library book sale; or check
ing out Morrow County
Heritage and Agricultural
Museums.
Participate in the
lighter side of the festivi
ties with “Ewe-Do-Bingo,”
“O ’Ducky Race" and “O ’
Kiddie Tricycle Races.” Or,
try your hand at the “Throw
the Welly” competition.
Rest assured, there
will be more than enough
during this year’s festivities
to keep anyone busy. Also,
remember to stop and shop
at our local merchants who
have stocked up to serve
their community.
Stop by and watch
the Sheep Dog Trials (Sat
urday and Sunday) as part of
the activities. Stick around
Saturday evening for more
great entertainment, includ
ing the Gothard Sisters at
the Heppner Elementary
School gym from 7-9:30
p.m. and the Old Time Fid
dlers at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds starting at 6:30
p.m. until the fiddlers are
too tuckered out to fiddle
anymore.
O f c o u r s e , it
wouldn’t be St. Patrick’s
without the road bowling
on Sunday. Sign up to par
ticipate, as entries will be
limited.
Finally, there is
lots of great food planned
for everyone’s enjoyment.
Local food vendors are
getting ready, along with a
few outside vendors, to test
your taste buds. Check out
the local food vendor map
with days, times and special
menus made especially
for St. Patrick’s weekend.
Don’t forget to check out
Mrs. O’Leary’s stew feed at
St. Patrick’s Senior Center
on Friday from 5-7 p.m.
On Saturday, visit St. Pat’s
ham dinner and homemade
pies at St. Patrick's Catholic
Church from 4-7 p.m., or
the Elks Irish Buffet Dinner
of Corned Beef and Cab
bage from 6-9 p.m.
All the weekend's
entertainment is free, spon
sored again by the Morrow
County Unified Recreation
District.
There is something
for everyone, and the sched
ules will be coming out
soon. Call the Heppner
Cham ber office at 676-
5536, check out the website
at www.heppnerchamber.
com or Facebook at “St.
Patrick’s Celebration Hepp
ner Oregon USA” for more
information.
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$50,000 to $90,000 per year.
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The local economy will benefit in other ways as well.
■ The project will pay an estimated $750,000 in property taxes to
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