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Little League Stars
At District Tourney
Fourteen young men who mnke up the Willow
Creek Little League All-Stars are In The Dalles today,
where they are scheduled to play the Deschutes Little
League All-Stars at 4 p.m. In the district tournament.
Seven teams are In the tournament, Including two
from The Dalles, one from Madras, Hood River and
Mountain Home, Idaho, as well as Deschutes and the
local team.
If the local club wins today, they will play Fri
day, athouRh the time and the opponent are yet to be
determined.
Should Willow Creek lose, the team would play
Saturday. In either event, they will play at least two
games.
Included on the team, and pictured at left are
(from left to right) Clayton Wilson, Jerry Gentry, Greg
Chrlsiopherson. Dvrk Dunlap, Raymond OHarra, Mark
Rietmann, Aaron Klintier. Joe Rletmann, Joel Peterson,
Ray Curnutt, Charles McElliRott, Joe Kenny, Tom Wolff
and John Kilkenny. Coach Lindsay Kincald, who as
sists Coach Joe Yocom. is behind.
Not pictured are Howard Green and Robert Eck
man, both recular members of the team, Tom Hamlett
and Jim Ployhar, alternates, and Yocom.
Mike Orwlck was also named to the team, but
withdrew because of a family trip.
86th Year
Number 21
Remember Heppner's
Sidewalk Bazaar
July 18-19
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WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
For Week of July 9-15
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, July 17, 1969
HI Low
Wednesday 93 53
Thursday 89 57
Friday 78 53
Saturday 74 52
Sunday 77 43
Monday 75 45
Tuesday 77 43
Prec.
Price 10 Cents
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Local Merchants Offer Bargains
At Sixth Annual Sidewalk Bazaar
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Heppner merchants will take
to the sidewalks in front of their
stores Friday and Saturday dur
ing their sixth annual Sidewalk
Bazaar.
Aside from the bargains the
merchants offer, several organ
izations will be on the side
walks offering merchandise,
food and entertainment during
the two-day event.
Among those groups are the
Methodist Women's Society
(WSCS), selling coffee and
strawberry shortcake; the Mor
row County Jaycees, selling
"Jaycee Juice", offering a Pola
roid color camera for a raffle
and giving youngsters a chance
to play box hockey, and provid
ing music; the Lexington Three
Links Club, selling food; Hepp
ner High students, offering their
composition book, 'Thoughts";
and the Heppner Mothers Club,
selling Sno-Cones.
Free parking will be offered
to shoppers throughout the two
days, according to Heppner
merchants committee chairman
Jerry Adamson.
A special ."Heppner Shopper"
edition of the Merchants Com
mittee has been mailed to per
sons in Condon, Fossil, Spray,
Kinzua, Kimberly and Monu
ment. Stores offside the actual
downtown area in Heppner will
not move onto their sidewalks,
but will still offer plenty of bar
gains during the two-day event
Besides their special bargains,
several stores will offer specials
that have originated with the
Bazaar, including free ice cream
cones at one store and "grab
bags at another.
Shoppers from near and far
are invited to Join in the spirit
of the event, Adamson said.
For those looking for added
entertainment, a dance honor
ing Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo Princess Rhonda Bellin
ger will be held Saturday night
at the Fair Pavilion here, start
ing at 9:30 p.m.
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PRINCESS RHONDA BELLINGER
Saturday Night Dance
Fetes Princess Rhonda
Water Importance Told
By Former County Head
Princess Rhonda Jean Bellin
ger represents North Morrow
county on this year's Fair and
Rodeo court, and will receive
special honors at Saturday
nights dance at the fair pavil
ion.
She is sponsored by the Board
man Tillicum club. Music for
the July 19 dance will be pro
vided by the First National Band
of Pendleton, from 9:30 p.m. to
1:00 a.m.
The honor princess is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward N. Bellinger of Irrigon.
The family operates a melon
and cattle ranch between Irri
gon and Boardman. Both of the
parents are graduates of Her
miston High school and have
lived in the area all of their
lives except for a short time
when they lived south of Hood
River. The grandparents still re
side in Hermiston.
Princess Rhonda will be a sen
ior at Riverside High school the j
coming year. She is active in
the school's Girls' Athletic Asso
ciation and in the Pep Club.
Her future education is at the
present time undecided, but she
has particular interest and tal
ents in the field of art, ar.d
hopes to continue in college.
During the summer months
Rhonda is employed at the C &
D Drive-in in Boardman. Hours
outside of work, and helping her
parents, are given to her favor
ite sport, riding. She has ridden
for pleasure since a small child,
and owns her own horse, "Ma
jor", half Arabian and half
quarterhorse, which she uses
this summer for court appearances.
The stately, attractive princess
was born in Pendleton and cele
brated her 18th birthday on Ap
ril 2. She has one older sister,
Mrs. Graham (Deanna) Derby-
S!iif'Jv,i? attt!ndi"g summer months
.eastern Oregon college in i,a I
Grande.
The court of Queen Sheila
Luciani, their mothers and Mrs.
Dimple Munkers, chaperone,
were entertained at a luncheon
by the Boardman Tillicum club
on Wednesday of this week. It
was held at the home of Mrs.
Rod Flug. They were also guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Healy and
their daughter, Princess Patti.
at a dinner party at the Healv
home last week. Parents and
rodeo board members were also
invited guests. f
Next week's dance will honor
Princess Janet Palmateer, who
is replacing Joyce Howton on
the court, and will be sponsor
ed by the lone Willows Grange.
The impact of water on Ari
zona's agricultural industry is
tremendous, former Morrow
county Judge J. Garnett Barratt
told the Heppner-Morrow coun
ty Chamber of Commerce Mon
day. At the same time, Barratt said
the Port of Morrow has the po
tential for great agricultural
growth.
Barratt, now of Mesa, Ariz.,
is m Heppner for the summer.
"It is with a great deal of
satisfaction that I see the ef
forts of the Port of Morrow," the
former judge said. "The Port has
been lying there like a diamond
in the rough."
Telling of the success water
development has had in the
Southwest, he noted the slogan
there is "Arizona grows where
water flows."
Agriculture is the second larg
est industry in the state, he
said, trailing manufacturing
but leading tourism. He noted,
however, that tourism is in
creasing steadily during the
Some 275,000 acres are irri
gated by the Salt River project
in Arizona, Barratt noted. The
project is a large water distrib
uting cooperative, with some
electricity being generated, as
well.
The major dam in the project
is the Roosevelt Dam, which
was the first and is still one
of the largest masonry dams in
the U. S. It holds one million
acre-feet of water, he said.
There are at least five other
dams in the project, he said.
"The diversification of crops is
tremendous," Barratt told the
members. He said the year
around growing season allows
six crops of hay and cattle pas
ture as well.
Some 375,000 head of cattle
are fed in feedlots every year,
he said.
Barratt told of seeing 7,500
acres of roses in bloom in the
area.
"The potential is so great for
growing various crops, and wa
ter is the reason for it," the for
mer judge said.
The price of land in the Salt
River project has increased rap
idly because of the available
waiter, Barratt noted.
As for Morrow county, Bar
ratt told the Chamber, "The wa
ter's there; it is a matter of
money and interest."
The biggest problem today is
getting capital interested in the
area, he said.
When asked if there was
water shortage in Arizona, he
said, "It is my own firm belief
that it is politics." He said the
water is often fought over be
cause of its value.
A new project known as the
Central Arizona project will
bring 2.8 million acre feet of
new water, but will not put any
new land into production.
Concluding on the water
shortage question, he noted
there was enough water in the
project to irrigate all the land
in the project for live years,
even without a drop ot new
water.
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Two Local Girls Awarded Scholarships
By County March of Dimes Chapter
announced
March of
as recipients of
Dimes Foundation
(Emergency Money
Aids Road Funds
Morrow county is to be award
ed $150,000 to repair roads and
streets damaged by snow last
winter. This is part of a $1 mil
lion emergency fund created by
the 1969 legislature. Cities and
counties were able to receive
advance payments for repairs
upon application. Each advance
is to te repaid within five years.
Two Heppner girls have been scholarships, given through the
sponsorship of the Morrow Coun
ty Chapter.
The announcement was made
last week by Mrs. Len Ray
Schwarz, committee chairman of
the local chapter.
Sheryl Britt, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Elvin Britt, and Sue
Ellen Greenup, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Don Greenup, will div
ide a $300 cash scholarship for
use in college studies in their
chosen fields of nursing. Both
plan to attend the Emanuel
School of Nursing in Portland,
and were graduates with the
class of '69 from Heppner High
school.
A share of money received
through campaign drives of the
March of Dimes remains in the
county for local needs, and some
is sent to stare and national
headquarters. Since there have
been no birth defects or polio
cases within the county the past
year, money was voted to be
put into use through the scholarships.
Serving with Mrs. Schwarz on
the committee have been Mrs.
Ralph Kincaid, lone, and Mrs.
Mary Bryant, Heppner.
WHILE OTHER Morrow county farmers worry about their wheat
and barley harvests. North Morrow rancher D. O. Nelson con
templates his potato crop, due to be harvested August 1. One
hill produced 13 potatoes when Nelson dug it up Monday, and
there are 110 acres of those hills, which figutds to be a lot of
potatoes. Another field contains 127 acres of Russett potatoes,
which will be ready for harvest around October 1, according
to Nelson. (G-T Photo).
County Grain Harvest
Continues, But Slowly
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Cold wet nights, leaving damD
field conditions, are keeping
Morrow county's grain harvest
from reaching any proportions,
Farmers in lower elevatons in
the county continue to harvest.
but very little grain has been
received either in Heppner or
lone, according to Morrow Coun
ty Grain Growers grain division
head Riley Munkers.
Some red wheat has been de
livered to lone, and a little bar
ley to Heppner, Munkers said.
Wheat yields around North
Lexington have ranged from 16
to 24 bushels per acre, Munk
es noted, but some irrigated
wheat has gone as high as 75
Rodeo Board
Hires Clowns
MISS SUE
Two clowns who will make
their first appearance here have
been hired by the Morrow Coun
ty Rodeo Board.
Bruce Bergevin and Steve
Johnson, both of Canby, will ap
pear during the Heppner Rodeo
August 23 and 24.
The Dair is headed by Berge
vin, with Johnson as his assistant.
bushels per acre.
This is not as good as was
anticipated, according to Munk
ers. Barley near Ruggs is produc
ing well, the MCGG man said,
with early barley testing at 48
to 50 pounds.
Two men are working at the
co-op's North Lex elevator, and
large trucks are hauling barley
to the Lexington elevator and
to the elevator at the Columbia
River.
Delivering trucks have been
backed up at the North Lex ele
vator, although lines are not as
sizeable as in the past.
The Morrow county trend to
ward smaller yields is in line
with statewide trends for win
ter wheat according to releases
from the U. S. Department of
Agriculture's statistical report
ing service.
Forecasts from July 1, based
on grower reports on acreage,
crop conditions and expected
yields, showed six per cent less
winter wheat than the 1968
crop.
Statewide, the yield would be
expected to reach 37.0 bushels
per acre.
Spring wheat, on the other
hand, is expected to increase by
10 percent over last year.
Barlev is predicted at a 52
per cent increase over the 1969
yield, according to the report.