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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 27,2013 ENERGY PROJECTS Wee Bit O ’ Ireland: Community Bank Something fo r everyone holds chili cook-off -Continuedfrom PACE ONE problems. The group has enough temporary hous met several times. McLane said the group ing. “ I looked down and is looking at changes to 1 had 14 projects I was zoning rules, talking to RV w orking o n ,” she said. park owners, and taking “Each project said ‘We other measures to prepare have enough temporary for the temporary workers. housing for our project,’ After the construction work but then I got to looking at is completed, communities the cumulative effect and hope to see more permanent realized, * Where are we go workers settle with families in the com m uni ing to put all these ties. The Heppner people?”’ sch o o ls, for in She said after stance, have seen a addressing a pos drop in enrollment sible housing short since the closure age with the county of the Kinzua mill planning commis sion, she was to at Heppner busi- in 1998, which saw tend a WCVEDG n e s s w o m a n the loss of 138 jobs. meeting. Nancy Snider WCVEDG is a t In N o v e m elected W C tempting to capi ber, McLane and VEDG presi ta liz e from the upcoming energy WCVEDG direc dent. projects to benefit tor Sheryll Bates organized a group o f 40 the local schools and com community leaders includ munity. Also as part of its an ing mayors, city managers and elected county officials, nual meeting, WCVEDG along with a number of state elected local businesswom officials, and met for a day an Nancy Snider as the com long session at the Port of ing year's president. Snider Morrow to discuss how the is the owner of Wheatland county could handle the Insurance in Heppner and influx of people and do it has been on the WCVEDG to the county’s economic board for many years. Ed benefit. From that meeting, Rollins of the Bank of East a countywide task force was ern Oregon was elected vice formed to come up with president. solutions to the housing Heppner’s 31” St. Pat rick’s Wee Bit O ’ Ireland weekend is coming March 14-17, and residents are reminded to dig out their green hats, jew elry and clothing and get ready to have some good old “Wee Bit O ’ Ireland” fun. Weekend events start on Thursday, March 14, with Father Condon’s play, “The Life o f St. Colum- banus.” The play will be performed in the St. Pat rick’s Catholic Church par ish hall, 560 NW Jones in Heppner, at 7:30 p.m. Friday will start the bulk of the weekend events with lots of arts and crafts, the annual book sale, and food galore. The sixth annu al Chamber of Commerce Amateur Irish Boxing event will be held at Heppner High School that evening; the doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the event will be gin at 8 p.m. Shuttle service will be available. Saturday is truly a full day, starting at daylight with the sheep dog tri als, the St. Paddy’s Arena- Cross and lots of places to shop, eat and sit. Vendor’s Square will be back, as well as the annual book sale, arts and crafts. Anyone up for a Remembrance Walk and 5K run will find that, too. Other Saturday events include the Cruz-In with vehicles on display; an opportunity to take part in the Welly Toss; KUMA Coffee hour; visits to the Morrow County Heritage and Agricultural Museums; Leprechaun Run for those children in grades K-6; and the Great Green Parade at 1 p.m. Following the parade will be O ’Kiddie Tricycle Races; Ceili; Ewe-Do-Bin- go; and the O'Ducky Race. The evening will close out with some great entertain ment; The Old Time Fid dlers will be performing at the fairgrounds dance hall starting at 6:30 p.m, and The Cascadia Folk Quartet and Lindy Gravelle will be performing in the Heppner Elementary School gym starting at 7 p.m. Sunday will bring the final chance to watch the sheep dog trials, as well as the opportunity to par ticipate in the annual road bowling competition. For more information, call 541-676-5536, visit www.heppnerchamber.com or visit Facebook at “St. Patrick’s Celebration Hep pner Oregon USA.” And remember to wear green. New curbs, sidewalks Weed advisory going in on Riverside board to meet Workers pour concrete for new curbs, gutters and sidewalks on Riverside Street in Heppner. The work is part of the larger street and sidewalk renovation project now going on along Riverside and Water streets. Van Nevel Concrete and Curbing of Terrebonne, Ore. is doing this curbing work using a large machine (seen above) being fed wet concrete by a mixer truck. -Photo by David Sykes Top: Community Bank employee Jenelle Von Gunten serves chili samples to Nicole Gaspard and Kyle Norberg during the chili competition at Community Bank on Monday, which was National Chili Day. Any donations received went toward Relay for Life. Bottom: Not only were chili samples available, but people were given the chance to vote for their favorite chili recipe. (L-R): Jenelle Von Gunten, branch manager and cook-off winner Nikki Worden, and employee Nikki Skillings. -Photos by David Sykes WRE places first in Oregon in Knowledge Master Open A regular meeting of request for assistance for the Morrow Soil & Water/ siting coal transfer in Mor- Weed Advisory Board will row County, meet Tuesday, March 5, at Two board positions the Ag Service Center in representing the Boardman Heppner at 6 p.m. Agenda and Irrigation areas are items include a report from vacant. Landowner repre- the weed supervisor, ap- sentation from all areas of proval o f December and Morrow County is essen- January meeting minutes, tial in order to conserve, treasurer’s rqport, reyjpyi,, p ro tect,and develop soil, , p f budget submitted to Mon- ^vater an<^ ° th er natural row County Budget Com- resources for the economic mittee, staff reports and and environmental benefit Back: Victoria Palacios-Gonzalez, Rose Jurcich, Stephanie partner reports. Estimates of the resources of Morrow Gonzalez, Jared Miller, Vanessa Schmidt, Brandon Harris, will be reviewed for office County, Damon Sawyer, Christian Reyes, Christian Murguia; Middle: building roof replacement. Meetings of Morrow Daisy Paredes, Estressa Daltoso, Dezirae Klaviter, Wade An Greg Smith will give SWCD are open to the derson; Front: Zoey Gilbert, LilyAnn Rockwell, Cooper Szaz, Andrew Zellers, Flint Hodge, Blake Gallegos. -Contributed a presentation on Ambre public. photo Energy mitigation project Fourteen fourth, fifth of their answers. and sixth graders from This contest is designed Windy River Elementary to stimulate learning and represented their school recognition for academic in the Knowledge Master achievement. The Knowl Open academic competition edge M aster Open runs on Jan. 23. The team placed on classroom computers first against other Oregon to allow all students .the teams while also compet opportunity to com pete ing against thousands of in a large academic event other students in the U.S. without the expense of trav and several foreign lands, eling to a central site. The according to team coach competition is presented Theresa Proctor-Reece. The twice each school year by team faced their computer Academ ic H allm arks, a to answer 100 challeng Colorado software pub ing questions in the event, lisher. The next competition which earned them points will be in March. for the speed and accuracy Y a w Are/1 rwCted/. Wednesday. March 27th, 2013 130 N. Thompson Street 8 a m. to 12 p.m. Heppner, OR 97836 Marriage Licenses The Morrow County Clerk has issued the follow ing marriage licenses: February 21: -Gabino Gonzalez, 32, of Board- man and Imelda Navarro, 27, of Boardman. 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