Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
lone school
rewards patience
Levosky, Bennetto
plan May wedding
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Wednesday, March6,2013
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Keeping Heppner
litter-free
To the editor.
It is time to get the streets and highways in and around
Heppner ready for our annual St. Patrick’s celebration.
Heppner citizens have been doing a great job of keep
ing our streets and highways litter free.
O f special note is the ODOT Highway Litter Pickup
Program, which cooperates with the Chamber of Com
merce, the Lions, the county employees union, the Bank
of Eastern Oregon and the elementary school staff to keep
our roadways in good, litter-free condition.
Our community’s good appearance is an important
asset, so a “shout out” goes to everyone who helps.
(s) John Edmundson, Heppner
The following lone Community School students received
awards for showing patience during the month of Febru
ary. Teachers were looking for students who were able to work
on something for a long period of time and able to be calm when
asked to wait. Awards were give to kindergarten, Hailee Peck;
first grade, John McElligott; second grade, Madison Orem;
third grade, Anthony Villegas; fourth grade, Larysa Burright;
fifth grade, Madie Alldritt; and sixth grade, Tyler Carter (not
pictured). -Contributedphoto
ELECTION
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year terms; Irrigon Com
munity Park & Recreation
District, positions 1, 5, 3
and 4 with four year terms;
Boardman Park & Recre
ation District, two direc
tors at large with four year
terms; lone School District,
positions 3, 4 and 5 with
four year terms; Morrow
County School District,
positions 2, 6 and 7 with
four year terms; Morrow
County Health D istrict,
positions 1, 2 and 3 with
four year terms; Heppner
Water Control District, two
directors at large with four
year terms.
Terms of Office start
on June 30 and run for
four years. If there’s been a
vacancy in the district, the
term would he the remain
der of the unexpired term,
making it a two-year term.
According to county
clerk Bobbi Childers, can
didates for these positions
are required to file a District
Nomination form with the
Morrow County Clerk by
5 p.m. on March 21.
A $10 filing fee or 25
signatures of eligible Mor
row County electors within
the district is required of all
candidates.
For more information
call Childers at 541-676-
5601.
Irish stew feed
menu changing
Something new is going
to happen this year. Instead
o f Mrs. O ’L eary’s Irish
Stew Feed on Friday, March
15, the Heppner United
Methodist Church will be
putting on Mrs. O ’Leary’s
Irish Spud Bar for the Fri
day evening meal. Live
music will be a new feature
at this year’s event.
After many years o f
organizing the St. Patrick’s
Irish Stew Feed, Jean Bra-
zell is hanging up her apron
and taking a much-antici
pated respite. The new or-
ganizer, Patty Nance, with
the help o f the Heppner
United Methodist Women,
decided to try something
new.
This year, the meal will
be a spud bar, which in
cludes a potato with choices
of many different toppings,
a salad, beverage and des
sert.
The meal will be avail
able from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The cost is $6 for adults,
$3 for children ages six to
12, and free for children
under six.
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Kara Levoskv and C on Bennetto
Kenneth and Tyra Le
vosky of Windsor, CO are
pleased to announce the en
gagement of their daughter,
Kara L. Levosky of Wind
sor, to Cory C. Bennetto,
formerly of lone.
The bride-to-be is a
graduate of Windsor High
School. She then attended
the Institute o f Business
and Medical Careers in Fort
Collins, CO. She is now
self-employed as a massage
therapist in Fort Collins.
The groom-elect is the
son o f Kevin and Karen
Bennetto of W i 11 its. CA,
and Terri Bennetto of Den
ver, CO. He graduated from
lone High School and then
went on to attend Blue
Mountain Community Col
lege in Pendleton„OR and
Colorado State University
in Fort Collins. He is cur
rently self-employed in the
computer repair industry in
Fort Collins.
The couple will ex
change vows on Saturday,
May 25, 2013 in Windsor.
There will be a reception
in lone in July when the
couple relocates to Ken
newick, WA. Family and
friends are invited to check
out their website at http://
w w w .coryandkara.com /
registry.html for more in
formation about the happy
couple.
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Russell Smith of Pend
leton, OR and K athryn
Tworek of Hermiston, OR
are pleased to announce
their engagement.
Russell is the son of
Royce and Joanne Smith
o f Irrigon. He is a 1992
graduate of Pendleton High
School. He deployed in
2005 to Afghanistan as a
Chinook pilot as a member
o f the U.S. Army. After
retiring from the Army in
2008, Smith began pursu-
ing a master’s degree in
business at Eastern Oregon
University.
Katie is the daughter of
Conrad and Lucy Tworek
of lone, and a 1999 gradu
ate of lone High School.
She is employed by Castle
Rock Farming as a staff
accountant. She completed
her Bachelor of Science in
business at Eastern Oregon
University in 2004.
The wedding will be
held April 6 in Pendleton.
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To the editor;
For those who were here before us, lest we forget.
In regards to the recent letters in the paper about hon
oring Native Americans and Irish heritage: What about
the other immigrants from Europe and Asia who came to
find work in our area?
They helped build railroads, communities with roads,
businesses, farming and livestock. The Native Ameri
cans were here before the migration west into Oregon
country.
All these different groups should be remembered in
some way because they built the infrastructure for what
we have in Morrow County today.
(s) Rudy Bergstrom, South lone
Statue would add
diversity to scenery
To the editor,
First, I also am not from this area. I moved here from
Kansas 50 years ago. 1 was warmly welcomed and ac
cepted by the people of the area.
Second, I am not “angry” toward or about the Irish im
migrants and descendents and their hard work of settling
the area, and making it all a thriving place. The shamrock
and St. Patrick’s name are just part of Heppner, reminders
of the first settlers.
I enjoy the St. Patrick’s celebration as much as
anyone, the sheep dog trials. Father Condon’s play, the
vendors, games, contests, the banners and flag, KUMA
Coffee Hour, the parade, music, meals and visiting friends.
I attend most of them and enjoy. I applaud all the hard
working people who spend hours pulling this all together.
The same with the fair and rodeo.
I don’t see how an Indian statue would detract from
the Irish history. It would only acknowledge that the
Indians did travel this area to and from the mountains in
their annual search for food. It would add a little diversity
to the scenery.
Finally, it is up to the committee to decide, and I will
accept their decision quietly (at least in public). However,
they know which way I would vote.
Thank you,
Anna Schwarzin, Heppner
Friends of the library
to hold book sale
W e h a v e Irish g if t s v
fu n th in g s t o w ear!
2013 SHIRT DESIGNS
Need to honor all
county immigrants
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The Friends of the Hep
pner Library will hold their
annual St. Patrick’s Day
book sale on Friday, March
15, and Saturday, March 16,
at Heppner City Hall. The
sale will take place from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday
and from 9 a m. to 3 p.m.
on Saturday.
This sale is the group’s
main fundraising event
for the year. The money
from the book sale is used
to support many library
activities and programs.
Friends o f the Heppner
Library provides T-shirts,
and prizes for the children’s
summer reading program,
as well as some movies to
go along with the theme
of the program. They also
have committed to financ
ing part of the cost of the
new free Mango Language
Learning program for three
years. The program is free
to anyone with a library
card.
Also, the money is used
for purchases of equipment,
furniture, books and pre
senters such as Mr. Pugh,
who gave a presentation
about meteors and mete
orites that have come to
ground in O regon. The
library budget often cannot
finance these programs, so
Friends of the Library pro
vides the financial support
to make them available to
local patrons.
“Come and check out
the many and varied books
that we will have at the sale,
from cooking to myster
ies to biographies, as well
as books for children and
many others,” says one
group member. “We have
something for everyone
who reads. Our prices are
some of the lowest you will
find anywhere, so check us
out.”
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