Heppner’s 34th St. Pat’s Wee Bit
O’ Ireland Weekend March 17-20
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VOL. 135
NO. 11 8 Pages
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Local kids in The Great Green Parade
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Fr. Condon’s play to be performed
during St. Pat’s festivities
“Intrigue at Glendal-
ough, ”a drama of faith,
forgiveness, and intrigue,”
written by Father Gerry
Condon, retired pastor of St.
Patrick Church in Heppner
and St. William Church in
Ione, will be held in Ione
and Heppner during the St.
Patrick’s festivities begin-
ning March 13. The first
performance will be at the
Ione Community School on
Sunday, March 13, at 3 p.m.
The inal performance will
be at St. Patrick Parish Hall
on St. Patrick’s Day, March
17, at 7.30 p.m. Entertain-
ment will be included, with
Irish music by Joe Lindsay,
guitar, Bill Monagle, Cory
Cooley, Jeb Ball, banjo,
Eric Jepsen, iddle and Rick
Drake. Admission is free,
but donations will be ac-
cepted.
Community School
Glendalough (The Glen
of Two Lakes) originally
was famous because of
St. Kevin and the monks
who lived there. In the ten
hundreds a round tower was
built there for protection
from the Vikings, and for
the safe keeping of precious
manuscripts. Today it is one
of the most popular tourist
attractions in Ireland.
This is the location of
the story where a group of
tourists share events in their
lives, and where there is an
underlying intrigue.
There is a cast 19 and
a production crew of 10.
The cast includes: Joe
Lindsay, Larry Lutcher,
Bill Monagle, Rick Drake,
Bill Kuhn, Cam Sweeney,
Corey Sweeney, Dan Van
Schoiack, Dan Lindsay,
Adam McCabe, Debbie
Gutierrez, Ashley Lindsay,
Rita Van Schoiack, Janet
Greenup, Beth Dicken-
son, Brian Kollman, Josh
Coiner, Ann Morter and
Nikki Coe.
Donations received at
both performances this year
will again go to further
the St. Patrick Parish Hall
restoration, as that was the
charity of the cast’s choice.
St. Pat’s Parade entries
Everyone is invited
to put on your green hats,
jewelry and clothing and
get ready to have some
good old “Wee Bit O’
Ireland” fun, starting on
Thursday, March 17, with
Father Condon’s play “In-
trigue at Glendalough”. The
play performance will be
performed at St. Patrick’s
Catholic Church Parish
Hall, 560 NW Jones, start-
ing at 7:30 p.m.
Friday will start the
weekend event with lots
of arts, crafts, the annual
Friends of the Library book
sale and food galore. From
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Gary Kop-
perud will be at the Mor-
row County Courthouse to
answer questions about the
clock restoration and will
have a couple of antique
watches on display. The
Morrow County Commis-
Deb Gutierrez, Ann Morter, Beth Dickenson, Dan Van Schoiack, Bill Kuhn, Janet Greenup sioners will have the new
& Rita Van Schoiack. Front, Fr. Gerry Condon. -Contributed photo
Historical Society to present Welcome to Heppner
sign restored
George Grifith award
The Morrow County Historical Society will be
awarding an honorary membership to George G. Grifith
of Ione on Sunday, March 13, at 2 p.m. at the Irrigon
Baptist Church.
Morrow County Judge Terry Tallman has been
asked to present the award.
F ind
the
Judge Alba
Bartholomew
Building
Dedication
from 2-4
p.m., with
refreshments
to follow.
Satur-
day is truly
a full day,
starting at
daylight with
the sheep dog
trials with lots of places to
shop, eat and sit. Don’t
forget to check out Vendor’s
Square at the City Park, Les
Schwab and the Morrow
County Fair Board is spon-
soring an Arts and Crafts
show at the fairgrounds
from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Don’t
forget to stop and check
out the annual book sale at
Heppner City Hall.
If you are up for a Re-
membrance Walk and 5K
Run, you will ind that too.
There will be “Cruz-In”
vehicles on display and
an opportunity to take part
in the “Welly Toss”, the
KUMA Coffee hour, the
Morrow County Heritage
and Agricultural Museums,
Leprechaun Run for those
children in grades K-6,
The Great Green Parade,
starting at 1 p.m. Follow-
ing the parade there will be
some “O’Fun & Games ac-
tivities” including bouncy
houses and other inlatable
units for preschool chil-
dren through high school
at the HES Gym from 1:30-
5:30pm.
The CEILI will be held
from 2-4 upstairs at the Elks
Lodge. Ewe-Do-Bingo and
O’Ducky Race are also on
the agenda, along with a bus
tour of the “Talking Rocks”
in Heppner at 2 p.m. (meet
in front of the City Hall to
catch the bus).
A “3 on 3” basketball
tournament for youth will
be held at the outdoor bas-
ketball court on Riverside
(or will move to Heppner
High School gym if it rains).
The evening will close
out with some great enter-
tainment. “The Old Time
Fiddlers” will perform at
the Fairgrounds Dance Hall,
starting at 6:30 p.m.; there
will be a local children’s
Talent Show from 6-7:20
p.m. and the main enter-
tainment “Cross Strung”
will be performing start-
ing at 7:30 p.m. at the St.
Patrick’s Catholic Church
Parish Hall.
Sunday will bring the
inal chance to watch the
Sheep Dog Trials, and par-
ticipate in the annual Road
Bowling Competition.
The St. Patrick’s Com-
mittee hopes you will par-
ticipate in as much of the
weekend as you can! For
more information, call 541-
676-5536, visit www.hep-
pnerchamber.com or visit
us on facebook at “St. Pat-
rick’s Celebration Heppner
Oregon USA”. “We are
looking forward to seeing
you … don’t forget to wear
your green (or there will be
lots of selections for you to
buy)”.
“Whether you are Irish
when you come, you will
certainly be Irish when you
leave… so come and join us
for a great weekend.”
St. Pat’s leprechaun
Bartholomew Building
dedication March 18
S hamrock !
Win $50 Gift Card
The first person to find
the hidden shamrock will
win a $50 Visa Gift Card
donated by the Bank of
Eastern Oregon.
CBEC employees assist with project -Contributed photo
Community Enhance-
ment funds from the Co-
lumbia River Enterprise
Zone (CREZ) provided
-RULES- 1. A new set of clues to guide you to the
resources which enabled the
hidden shamrock will appear in each edition of the Heppner
Welcome to Heppner sign at
Gazette-Times.
the northwest entry to town
2. A total of five clues beginning with the Feb. 17 edition will
to be rehabilitated.
be published each week on the front page.
Rod Wilson restored
3. The hidden shamrock is not on private property and no dig- the sign and Columbia
ging or moving of objects, dirt or other materials is necessary to Basin Electric Coopera-
find the shamrock.
tive (CBEC) installed the
4. The first person to find the shamrock and bring it to the
sign behind the number
Heppner Gazette-Times office will claim their prize.
one green at Willow Creek
Country Club.
CLUE #4
CBEC employees who
The hunt goes on to find the prize.
assisted with the project
Little green shamrock “Where are you?” they cry.
included Tom Wolff, Brian
Follow the clues - be smart and be fast.
There is no reward for those who show up last,
So you’re at the stone box where kids got wet.
Where do you go? Read this clue and don’t fret.
A bone that goes from hock to fetlock
Tells the path you should take – don’t balk!
To starboard you’ll go when at emerald way,
Then around the corner, make sure not to stray.
Over aquatic you go, just continue your hike
To a lane heading north, but it’s south end we like.
In Gaelic your path name will mean a boy devoted,
Just what you need to find where we voted.
It’s on this road your prize does lay
Be first there and you’re sure to get the pay.
Sponsored by Bank of Eastern Oregon and The
Heppner Gazette-Times
Kollman, Josh Coiner, Da-
vid Jaca, Russell Brannon,
Jim Schlaich, Troy Hyatt,
Eric Schonbachler, and
Trey Cimmiyotti.
The sign was originally
sponsored by the Chamber
of Commerce and was de-
signed and constructed by
the Heppner Junior High
industrial arts teacher, Ron
Forrar, several years ago.
The Willow Creek Val-
ley Economic Development
Group approved the grant
application for the CREZ
funds for the project.
The dedication for the Bartholomew Building will be held
on Friday, March 18, at 2 p.m. The public is invited to
attend.
Spring ahead
Everyone is re-
minded to Spring
Ahead and set
clocks ahead one
hour before bed-
time this Saturday,
March 12. Day-
light Saving’s Time
begins Sunday,
March 13.
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