Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current, June 29, 1961, Welcome Edition, Image 11

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    Golfers Enjoy Willow Course
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THIS IS THE tit of Bull Prairi rerolr which it now under construction. Tho lako which will
bo formed on this ait will bo aomo 25 acrtt In txtont and will provide all tTP of water rec
recti on. Located near the HeppntrSprar highway, ioini 39 mile from Heppner. the area will
Include a 25-unlt foreat campground with atove. table, and water aupply.
Fair, Rodeo Among Year's Top
Annual Shows in County
if Marion C Green
Each year, in the fall, the
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo
Is staffed as a county wide proj
ect by the citizens of Morrow
county.
Held in the modern facilities
located on the edge of the Hepp
ner city limits in the Hinton
Creek Valley, the facilities boast
a modern fair pavilion that has
ample room for booths, exhibits
and demonstrations. It also has
a large dance floor and kitchen
as well as facilities for a com
munity meeting room.
In conjunction with the fair
pallion there are many barns,
stalls, pens and cages to accom
modate the many livestock and
poultry exhibitors each year.
There Is keen competition
among the residents of Morrow
county in exhibiting their agri
cultural produce and livestock.
The 4 H Club and Future Farm
ers of America competition and
exhibits are the culmination of
a year's worK and are excellent
and very Interesting to view.
The rodeo grounds are among
the most modern In the state,
with a new covered grandstand
directly behind the bucking
chutes offering the spectator the
closest view of the activities In
the chutes anywhere in the Fa
cific Northwest
The Morrow County Rodeo Is
an amateur show that draws
cowboys from all the Pacific
Coast and Canada. It offers all
the major rodeo events as well
as races and other specialty
events that have proved to be
very entertaining in tne past
years.
With superior spectator facili
ties and excellent cowboys and
events the Morrow County Ro
deo offers, two days each year,
a very enjoyable time In the tra
dition of the old west
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to rural
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Electrical Power
RESIDENTIAL - COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL
MORROW GILLIAM COUNTIES
iL. Columbia Basin
Heppner, Ore.
ELECTRIC
Ph. 6-9461
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Staninc with Just even fam
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Willow Creek
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never played golf before.
The average hole on the course
1 about 150 yards, the longest
hole being a par 4. 323 yard hole.
The fairways are narrower than
most courses and the aforemen
tioned Willow Creek offers many
a lateral water hazard, but Mor
row county golfers have learned
to be accurate.
Ladies' day competition and
men's tournament play on Sun
day mornings, as well as a two
ball foursome Sunday afternoons
are held weekly from April thru
October.
If golfing is your "cup of tee"
then Willow Creek Country
Club has the ingredients.
TYPICAL OF SCENE In rugged country in the Blue Mountain south of Heppner U this one from
the U. S. Forest Service, showing a number of men packing In along a fast-moving stream.
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FINE CAMP SITES are located In the Umatilla National Forest where the pine wood are free from
underbrush. Here forestrymen are shown setting up tables and camp fireplace at the Fairview
Campgrounds, some 39 miles south of Heppner. Thi camp is equipped for 12 camping unit.
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PH. 6-9920
HEPPNER
281 LINDEN WAY