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Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Boardman student removed
from class after report of gun
at school
A student at Riverside
Jr./Sr. High School was
removed from class on
Thursday, Mar. 8 follow-
ing a report the student had
brought a gun to school.
Principal David Norton
immediately contacted law
enforcement and removed
the student from class and
searched his belongings.
No firearm was located on
the student’s person nor in
the school. According to
Morrow County School
Superintendent Dirk Dirk-
sen, there was no imminent
threat to students or staff at
any time.
Dirksen said the Mor-
row County School Dis-
trict and law enforcement
take this situation very
seriously. The student has
been removed from school,
a threat assessment will
be conducted and law en-
forcement will continue the
investigation, said Dirksen.
According to the press
release, the Morrow County
School District advises
that it takes a proactive ap-
proach to ensuring school
security and student safety.
Students, parents, staff
and community members
are encouraged to use the
SafeOregon website, a
statewide tip line for report-
ing student safety threats.
The website address is
www.safeoregon.com.
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Joe Lindsay chosen as St. Patrick’s 2018 grand marshal
Joe Lindsay, long time
resident of south Morrow
County, has been chosen
as the grand marshal for the
2018 Heppner St. Patrick’s
celebration. Joe’s family
immigrated from Ireland in
the 1800’s.
Joe’s great grandpa, B.
P. (Barney) Doherty was
born 1857 in Glen Keen
Donegal, Ireland. He im-
migrated to Boston and
worked as a carpenter until
he could make his way to
Morrow County and work
for his cousin Theresa’s
husband of the Cunning-
ham Sheep Co.
He built lambing pens
and took his wages in sheep
until he could start on his
own sheep farm, taking a
homestead in Sand Hollow
and purchasing an adjacent
homestead. He built up his
operation to 1,000 head of
sheep which he ran clear to
the Idaho border in the days
of no fences. His lambing
camp he called the “Flat
Camp” is now on the Grieb
Ranch.
In 1895 he married an
Irish colleen by the name of
Catherine (also surnamed
Doherty) who was born in
Donegal also. She arrived
in Morrow County at the
age of 15 to work and stay
with a family at the head
of Hog Hollow. She shed
many tears of homesickness
for the green glens of Ire-
land when she first viewed
Joe Lindsay and his family of musicians. Pictured in the back row are Joe, Leanne and Cori Jo. Front row are Ryan and
Andrew. -Contributed photo
the barren hills.
Barney and Catherine
were married in 1895 and
raised nine children. One
daughter, Rosella, mar-
ried a Scottish boy named
Alex Lindsay. Alex was
raised on a homestead in
Sand Hollow and worked
with Rosella’s brothers
raising sheep until he was
able to purchase land and
grow wheat near Lexington,
while running cattle in the
sand country of north Mor-
row County.
Joe’s dad, Larry, was
the only child of Alex and
Rosella Lindsay. Joe is the
youngest of seven children
City considers ordinance
banning park troublemakers
By David Sykes
The city of Heppner
is considering drafting an
ordinance which would
allow troublemakers to be
“eighty-sixed” or banned
from using the city parks.
The council discussed the
proposal at its monthly
meeting Monday night.
The issue has come
up because there are ap-
parently several youths
causing trouble in the park
and not listening when au-
thorities tell them to stop
the bad behavior. Under the
proposed ordinance sheriff
deputies and city personnel
could warn the troublemak-
ers they need to stop, or
they could be kicked out
and prohibited from using
the parks for a period.
U n d e r s h e r i ff J o h n
Bowles, who is also a mem-
ber of the Heppner City
Council, said young people
enjoy the parks in Heppner,
and having the threat of tak-
ing away park usage could
be helpful in cutting down
on bad behavior. “If kids
are going to go down there
and destroy the parks, we
need to stop that,” Bowles
said. “It is not just kids,” he
added. Public Works Direc-
tor Chad Doherty, who,
along with the city crew,
works around the parks
and witnesses the behavior,
agreed, saying he would
have no problem warning
the troublemakers. He said
he ultimately would call
the sheriff to enforce the
ordinance, however.
The council agreed and
instructed the city attorney
to investigate drafting a
proposed ordinance spe-
cifically for the problem.
Attorney Bill Kuhn said a
list of offences needed to
be developed as well as the
length of time for banning
and an appeals process,
such as bringing it to the
city council, if a banned
person wanted to contest
the action.
In other business at
Monday’s meeting, the
council head an update from
Bryant Foundation Director
Kim Cutsforth, who talked
about all the projects going
on around the city as the re-
sult of Foundation funding.
“We have ground broken
in five places,” she told the
council.
The new sports com-
plex down near the swim-
ming pool is proceeding
quite well Cutsforth told
the council. She said sev-
eral pickleball courts will
be put in as well as bas-
ketball courts, restrooms
and a large grassy area.
“Pickleball is the fastest
growing sport in America,”
Cutsforth said. “People
should have a lot of fun
with those.”
The entire complex
when completed will cost
$325,000 with $100,000
coming from grants and
the rest from the Bryant
Foundation. There will
be no cost to the city as
including Ann, Cathy, Alex,
Theresa, Barney and Dan.
Joe’s first memories are
of his parents and siblings
practicing music together
with an accordion, piano,
flutes, trumpets, banjo and
guitar playing Irish mu-
sic while he danced in his
playpen. His favorite time
of year was getting to play
with the family during the
St. Patrick’s Parish Church
dinner where he continues
to perform to this day.
The annual celebration
played a major part in shap-
ing his love of Irish music
and humor. His favorite
singer was Bill Kenny, fa-
vorite music group was the
Irish Singers that performed
upstairs at the Elks Lodge
and his favorite comedian
was Kenny Turner who per-
formed pretty much wher-
ever he was. The people
of this community were
and still are his heroes, he
claims.
Joe met his wife, Le-
anne Way of The Dalles,
in the choir department at
BMCC. Although Joe was
taken with her at the start,
it took her many years to
finally take him seriously
enough to marry him. Their
three children Cori Jo (14),
Ryan (12) and Andrew (9)
are all gifted singers and
musicians and are still will-
ing to be seen with their dad
in public singing and play-
ing Irish songs. According
to Joe, they look forward
to the music and fun in the
upstairs of the Elks in the
morning and the parade and
activities following. Joe and
Leanne are passing on the
Irish traditions that meant
so much to Joe to their
children.
Each year, Joe com-
poses and performs a song
that includes information
about all of the winners
at the annual Chamber of
Commerce dinner.
Joe and Leanne live
and work on Lindsay Ranch
with Joe’s parents Larry and
Corrine and his brothers
Dan and Barney.
Searching for Meaning play
repeats March 15
The first showing of Fr. Condon’s latest drama, “Searching for Meaning” featuring several
locals was a huge success. There will be a repeat performance Thursday, Mar. 15 at St. Pat-
rick’s Parish Hall at 7 p.m. Donations are accepted for “Anson Strong”, the Anson Fairbank
family. -Contributed photo
Sweet Productions closing
after more than a decade
Sweet Productions Res-
taurant and Bakery will be
closing its doors after more
than 11 years in business in
Heppner. “At age 50, I think
my body is saying that run-
-See CITY PARKS/PAGE ning a restaurant on my own
FOUR is no longer the blessing it
once was,” said owner Jodi
Segraves.
The business originally
began across the street from
the Heppner City Park, but
after six months was moved
to its current location at 233
N. Main St.
Besides serving restau-
rant customers, Segraves
has provided over 400 or-
ders for cakes, cupcakes,
pies, cookies and various
catering jobs that included
event planning for parties,
weddings and showers.
In addition to food ser-
vice, Segraves has also
been involved in group
travel planning, coordinat-
ing all-inclusive trips to
Mexico, cruises to Alaska,
Mexico and Jamaica, as
well as theatre tours to New
York City and Seattle and
individual travel plans.
Following a scheduled
foot surgery, which is one
of the contributing factors
in deciding to close the
business, Segraves says that
she may have more time
to do travel planning. She
does have plans, however,
to convert her home kitchen
into a commercial one, in
order to continue her baking
and also plans to continue
teaching dance.
Baking and operating a
restaurant are not her only
-See SWEET PRODUC-
TIONS/PAGE FOUR
Garden seed, potting soil & soil
amenities now in stock!
Pickleball is a paddle sport (similar to a racquet sport) that
combines elements of badminton, tennis, and table tennis.
Two, three, or four players use solid paddles made of wood or
composite materials to hit a perforated polymer ball, similar
to a wiffle ball, over a net. It has been described as the fastest
growing sport in America. Several pickleball courts will be
installed at the new sports complex now under construction
in Heppner.
Pansies, primrose, assorted
perennials & cold crop
vegetables arriving this week
Morrow County Grain Growers
Lexington 989-8221 • 1-800-452-7396
For farm equipment, visit our web site at www.mcgg.net