Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 14, 2015
St. Patrick’s parish hall in need of
major repairs
Most of the residents
of Heppner and surround-
ing areas have attended an
event of some kind in the
St. Patrick’s parish hall at
some time in their lives.
The parish hall is one of
only a couple of venues in
south Morrow County large
enough to accommodate
large wedding receptions,
funeral dinners, graduation
parties and other events that
bring a sometimes over-
whelming crowd.
The Diocese of Baker
purchased the property to
build what is now the par-
ish hall in 1959. There were
actually two lots that were
purchased at that time; one
from Minnie Furlong and
the other from John and
Vivian Williams. In August
of that year ground was
broken to erect the hall that
still stands today.
Many may remember
Fr. Raymond H. Beard, who
said his first Mass here in
Heppner on Sept. 4, 1959.
Fr. Beard had spent the pre-
vious 12 years as pastor of
St. Francis of Assisi church
in Milton-Freewater. In
coming to Heppner, he re-
placed Rev. Patrick J. Gaire,
who went on to reside in
Baker and went on writing
the history of the Catholic
church in Oregon.
Fr. Beard was a capable
builder, so was a perfect fit
to lead the continued con-
struction of the large hall
that has been so useful over
the years. In fact, Fr. Beard
and the parishioners of St.
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Heppner takes
fourth at Rumble
The Heppner wrestling
team competed in Board-
man at the Riverside Rum-
ble on Saturday.
Heppner finished
fourth out of eight teams
and higher than the other
small schools at the tour-
nament.
Seven of the eight Mus-
tangs competing finished
in the top three of their
Current St. Patrick’s priest Fr. Papa and former parish priest bracket, and three were in
Fr. Condon stand in front of the St. Patrick’s Catholic church
parish hall. The parish hall, which has served as a community
center for events both sacred and secular over the years, is in
need of numerous repairs. -Contributed photo
Patrick’s church were so
efficient that the completion
and dedication of the new
hall happened on Feb. 21,
1960, only six months after
it began.
This building has and
continues to be used weekly
for teaching Catholic Cat-
This article was taken from a February 1960 issue echism to local youth…not
of The Gazette Times:
to mention its use by Hep-
Catholics Dedicate New Parish Hall
pner High School baccalau-
The new St. Patrick’s the guest book.
reates, eighth-grade gradu-
parish hall was dedicated
Msgr Michael Mc- ations, school dances, FFA
Sunday afternoon by the Mahon of The Dalles in- and 4-H events, wedding
most Rev Francis Leipzig, troduced the priests and receptions, baby showers,
Bishop of Baker. There called on former pastors, funeral dinners, community
were 17 visiting priests Rev Francis Mcormack of dinners, plays, pageants,
including two from the Ontario, and Rev Patrick programs, Bank of Eastern
Spokane diocese, and 10 Gaire, Baker for short Oregon stockholder meet-
Sisters of St. Francis from talks.
ings, Columbia Basin an-
Pendleton present.
Bishop Leipzig spoke nual meetings, Livestock
The Fourth Degree on the purpose of the new Growers functions, and
Knights of Columbus from hall and brought out the many more organizations
the Pendleton council need for religious instruc- and events.
formed an honor guard for tion for the children and
Unfortunately, after 55
the Bishop.
how the hall would assist years, the parish hall is in
Following the bless- priests and parents in need of some large repairs.
ing of the building, a pot- taking care of this need. One of the largest problems
luck dinner was held for He stressed the parents’ the church is facing is a
visiting clergy, sisters, obligation to bring up new heating system. The
parishioners and guests. their children so that they furnace is original and has
About 400 persons signed might return them to God. been repaired many times;
however, it is now time for
a new one. This item alone
is going to cost around
$30,000.
Also on the list of prob-
lems are the fact that the
parish hall roof leaks, the
carpet needs to be replaced
either with carpet or some
other type of flooring, the
wall on the south side of
the building has major wa-
ter damage—as well as the
Catholic dignitaries from all over eastern Oregon gathered ceiling in the kitchen as a
to dedicate the St. Patrick’s parish hall on Feb. 21, 1960, as result of the leaky roof—
was reported in an issue of the Gazette that month. . -G-T file the restrooms need some
photo
repairs, and some of the
windows will need to be
replaced.
Church members say
they welcome the organi-
zations that have used the
parish hall in the past to
continue to do so.
“It is our goal to pro-
vide this venue to the com-
munity,” says a church
spokesperson. “We ask for
the community’s help in
supporting our fundraisers
as we complete our mission
of restoring this facility
back to its original condi-
tion.”
Some of the fundrais-
ers in the planning stages
will be dinners throughout
the year, the first one be-
ing Jan. 31, followed by a
Valentine’s dinner similar
to last year’s. Some of the
dinners will have a talent
show or some other live
entertainment. The ladies
of St. Patrick’s will be put-
ting together a community
cookbook and are looking
for contributions to that
project; there will be more
information to come. Also
planned are a pie sale, as
well as a “Butter Braid”
breakfast roll sale, both
of which will soon be ac-
cepting orders in advance.
There will also be a quilt
raffle later in the year.
If anyone would like
to donate, St. Patrick’s has
set up a fund at the Bank of
Eastern Oregon, P.O. Box
39, Heppner, under “St.
Patrick Parish Hall Resto-
ration.”
Questions, contact Rita
VanScholack at 541-676-
5226.
New weed webpage
up and running
A new webpage is
now available for Morrow
County residents and any-
one else wishing to learn
more about noxious weeds.
Noxious weeds are
identified by state and coun-
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public health, crops, live-
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and mandated for control
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including pictures and de-
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to the Oregon Department
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information on biological
controls for noxious weeds,
are available as well. Press
releases with information
about new weeds and con-
tact information to report
new sightings will also be
linked to the website.
Visit the new website at
morrowcountyoregon.com/
publicworks/weedcontrol/.
- FIVE
the championship bout.
Ryan Smith won the
113-pound weight class
and Cord Flynn won the
182-pound weight class.
John Propheter finished
second at 220 pounds.
Placing third for Hep-
pner were Jesse Boyd at
138 pounds, Will Lutcher
at 145 pounds, Tim Jaca
at 160 pounds and Jorgen
Andersen at 160 pounds.
Above: Jesse Boyd took home the third-place medal in the
138-lb bracket from the Riverside Rumble over the weekend.
Below: Cord Flynn was one of two Mustangs, along with Ryan
Smith, who finished first at the Riverside Rumble in Boardman
last Saturday. –Photo by Kandy Boyd
Colt wrestling to
begin this week
The Heppner Mustang
wrestling program is start-
ing its annual Colt Wres-
tling this week.
The practices will be-
gin on Wednesday, Jan. 14,
in the high school cafete-
ria. Practices will be held
on five Wednesdays and
Mondays through Jan. 24,
followed by tournaments
conducted on Monday, Feb.
2, and Wednesday, Feb. 4.
This year the Colt pro-
gram will be split into two
age groups. The first will
be ages four years through
third grade and will start
at 5:30 p.m. and end at
6:15 p.m. each Monday
or Wednesday. The old-
er group will be fourth-
through sixth-grade wres-
tlers; they will start at 6:15
p.m. and end at 7 p.m. each
Monday and Wednesday.
The tournaments will be
held at the same times as
practices.
The cost will be the
same as last year, with
discounts for families with
more than one wrestler. The
high school and junior high
school coaches and wres-
tlers will be the clinicians.
Each participant will get a
Heppner Wrestling t-shirt.
Registration will be
held at the practices and
forms will be provided.
First-year junior high coach
Dieter Waite is the contact
person for questions. He
can be reached by email at
waited@morrow.k12.or.us.
Donation fund set up
for local man
diagnosed with cancer
Local man Ron Howe, owner of Heppner’s Howe’s
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will be undergoing chemotherapy treatments in Walla
Walla, WA.
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Oregon to help offset medical-related expenses for the
family. Donations may be made to “Ron’s Medical Ac-
count” at a Bank of EO branch.
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