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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2022
Heppner readies for a wee bit more fun
St. Pat’s celebration continues
this weekend
By TAMMY MALGESINI
Hermiston Herald
After a two-year hiatus, Hep-
pner is gearing up for the second
weekend in a row as part of its
Wee Bit o’ Ireland celebration.
JoAnna
Lamb,
Heppner
Chamber of Commerce exec-
utive director, said the luck on
the leprechaun wasn’t with them
two years ago. After months of
planning, the global pandemic
put the skids on the 2020 event,
forcing its cancellation the day
before it was set to begin. And
in 2021, Lamb said they knew
things weren’t looking good in
January and put the brakes on
early.
“We have so much going on
that instead of trying to pack
everything in, we decided to
spread it across two weekends,”
Lamb said. “And Heppner is
hosting the Challenge of Cham-
pions Bull Riding for the very
first time.”
The fun uncorks with Mur-
ray’s Irish Beer and Wine Fes-
tival. It is Friday, March 18,
7-11 p.m. at the Gilliam & Bis-
bee Building, 106 E. May St.,
Heppner.
Dan Burns 3-D Productions
will crank things up with a DJ
show featuring music, lights and
fog. While youths are invited to
attend, they must be accompa-
nied by an adult.
“The beer and wine festival is
always a lot of fun,” Lamb said. “It
gets bigger and better each year.”
There is a $5 cover charge.
Drink tokens are $5 each, and
food will be available for pur-
chase from Upper Place Conces-
sions. For more information, call
the chamber at 541-676-5536 or
visit www.heppnerchamber.com.
And closing out the bookend
weekends is 8 seconds of quick
action at a time during the 2022
Coastal Farm & Ranch Chal-
lenge of Champions Bull Rid-
ing. Tour Stop No. 3 is Saturday,
March 19, 4 p.m. at the Mor-
Ben Lonergan/Hermiston Herald
Molly Rhea clings to the top of a hospital bed Saturday, March 12, 2022, while competing in the Bed Race at Wee Bit o’ Ireland in Heppner. Rhea’s team
competed on behalf of Pioneer Memorial Home Health & Hospice.
row County Fairgrounds, 74473
Highway 74, Heppner.
The rodeo event started more
than a decade ago with a single
hometown bull riding competi-
tion in Roseburg. It has grown
since 2009 to include more than
15 different tour stops across
five states.
Participants include profes-
sional bull riders from across
the country, featuring PBR and
NFR qualifiers and finalists,
top circuit qualifiers/finalists
and collegiate rodeo athletes. In
addition, junior bull riders also
enjoy the opportunity to com-
pete in a professional venue to
further develop and showcase
their skills.
And it’s not over when the
last bull storms out of the chute,
Lamb said. Stick around as The
Boondock Boys will provide
Southern-style rock and country.
“There’s
an
afterparty,
because why not?” Lamb said
with a laugh.
For more information or
to buy tickets, which are $18
each, go to www.cctbullrid-
ing.com. Ages 5 and under are
free. Tickets purchased at the
gate are $20. For questions, call
360-967-2337.
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Contact community writer
Tammy Malgesini at tmalge-
sini@eastoregonian.com or
541-564-4532.
Ben Lonergan/Hermiston Herald
Joe Lindsay performs a song in celebration of The Great Green Parade’s
Grand Marshal Randall Peterson Saturday, March 12, 2022, in Heppner.
IN BRIEF
American Legion plans
veteran info event
Local veterans have an
upcoming opportunity to
learn more about preparing
for their ultimate destination.
Sponsored by Ameri-
can Legion Post and Aux-
iliary Unit 37, “What You
Need to Know Before You
Go” includes such topics as
estate planning and wills,
death benefi ts for veterans
and mortuary information,
as well as providing health
tips. Professionals will be
available to consult pri-
vately with veterans.
The free event is
Saturday,
March
19,
1-5 p.m. at Agape House,
500 W. Harper Road, Herm-
iston. Refreshments will be
provided.
Veterans are encouraged
to bring family members to
assist with gathering intel
on matters of concern. For
more information, call 541-
720-1815 or 541-571-5816.
Abortion survivor
shares story at event
Weeks after undergo-
ing an abortion, Claire Cul-
well’s mother still was preg-
nant — she had survived
the procedure that took her
twin’s life.
An international speaker
and author of “Survivor: An
Abortion Survivor’s Sur-
prising Story of Choosing
Forgiveness and Finding
Redemption,” Culwell will
share her story during a Tru-
Care Pregnancy Clinic fund-
raiser. The free event is Sun-
day, March 20, 5-7 p.m. at
Eastern Oregon Trade and
Event Center, 1705 E. Air-
port Road, Hermiston. The
evening includes dinner and
an opportunity to donate to
TruCare.
After giving birth to the
surviving baby, the teen
mother put Culwell up for
adoption. Although it was a
closed adoption, she reached
out and met her birth mother
in 2009.
For more information
or to register, visit www.
eventbrite.com or via a link
on TruCare’s Facebook
page. For questions, contact
541-567-2393 or info@tru-
carepc.com.
Lions Club digs in with
Mo’s chowder sales
For those with a hanker-
ing for Mo’s Original Sea-
food & Chowder, you don’t
have to take a road trip to the
coast.
The Hermiston Lions
Club is holding a fundraiser
to make some extra clams.
And through that eff ort, they
are bringing Mo’s to Herm-
iston. To enjoy some deli-
cious food — and support
the club’s scholarship pro-
gram for graduating seniors
in Hermiston, Boardman,
Echo, Ione, Irrigon, Stan-
fi eld and Umatilla — orders
must be placed by Tuesday,
March 22.
The Mo’s Clam Chow-
der Base, which provides
fi ve 10-ounce servings
($15/quart), has a 3-week
shelf life in the refrigera-
tor and can be frozen for
up to three months. Other
menu items include home-
made bread ($6/loaf), gar-
lic cheese butter ($6/pint)
and marionberry cobbler
($25/8x8 pan).
Mo’s, which got its start
on the bay front in Newport
in 1946, is known for its
mouth-watering clam chow-
der. Just over a decade ago,
they rolled out a fundrais-
ing program of selling its
Specials: March 13-18
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First Christian Church
clam chowder base to help
support eff orts of youth pro-
grams, sports teams, schools
and nonprofi t organizations.
And when the global pan-
demic wreaked havoc on
the restaurant industry, Mo’s
expanded the project — hit-
ting the road to make deliv-
eries across the state and
beyond.
To place an order, call
541-567-8301, visit www.
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iston or search the club’s
Facebook page. Orders
will be available for pickup
March 30, 4-6 p.m. in the
parking lot at West Park Ele-
mentary School, 555 S.W.
Seventh St., Hermiston.
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