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BROCK L1NNELL wins honorable mention in National Angus
Showmanship contest neia in i.eingion, a,entuacy,
Brock Linnell
Receives Recognition
r.ruk Linnell and his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Don Linnell, flow
to Lexington, Ky., Aug. 1, where
Urock was mm of the two rep
r.'scn'alivos f.om Oregon to the
large t Angus Futurity Show in
the world. Tin-re were 81 con
testant from 40 states and one
Canadian Province.
The Linnell.s rented a car
white in Li-xlngton so they
nmld tour Mime of the many
famous hnrve ranches and to
see most of the highlights They
saw r"fk fences which were laid
ry sluves in the early 1800's,
famous horses such as Swaps
and MaJeMle Prince, and the
statues of Man-of-War and Rox
le Highland. Tile 900 acres of
the famous Calumet farms was
also viewed.
The showmanship contest was
held at (he f;imous Keenland
Race Course. The contestants
were trea'ed to luncheons, ban
quets, and two swimming par
ties. Brock received a plaque
and an Angus tie clasp. His
trip was sponsored by the Ore
gon Angus Ass'n. and the Ore
gon Jr. Angus ASs'n.
Described by Judge Paul Jones
as a good way to start out the
week, was the news brought out
Auk. 10 at Boardman. A news
conference was called by Staff.
ord Hansell, Irvln Mann and
Ken Jernstedt and the leglslat
ors took turn telling of effort
to interest the Boeing Company
In leasing a portion of the 100,
000 aero Boeing Industrial park
for Intensive Irrigation row
crop development.
This has been a long hoped
for development and the Boe
ing Co. has Just Indicated they
will give full cooperation to
study of the feasibility of such
a plan
Stafford Hansell said there
was no developer in the offing
but that he had no doubt about
the outcome.
The legislators asked Judge
Jones to help them in the study,
The judge said the Deparment
of Veterans Affairs pays a tax
n Morrow County of $35,000.
There has been a legal entang
lement over the Dept. of Vet
erans Affairs desire to have the
al bill he introduced would have land taxed under the farm do-
i. . lorrai act. morrow county con
k.v... -.v. ..up.wvt,L-m "' tends land was leased for the
xarrn income, ine certmcate major purpose as industrial.
program nas Been a neip Dut George Stoner, vice president
there is tremendous consumer of operations for the Boeing
power in Congress opposing company, w now ocnaucung a
farm programs. The Secretary of sluy ana wwiia re.
Agriculture had no real program slat0H and Governor McCall
and the compromise bill with early in September.
the $tD,uou payment limitation The legislators stated the
was passed. He felt the $20,000 value of the land could increase
payment limitation would cause something like ten-fold if turn
a real breakdown in the system ed into irrigated row crop land.
of restricting production for They propose that the Dept. of
control of surpluses. He feels the Veterans Affairs pay taxes on
big weakness is too much power the tract as grazing land, and
in the Secertary of Agriculture increased property taxes be-
to determine parity for wheat, cause of the irrigating be paid
Rod. Ullman said a resnonsi- y tne lessors.
ble welfare bill is needed. He
Rep. Ullman
Featured at
Banquet Here
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Former Heppnerite
In Top Info Post
Donald Drake of Stockton,
Calif., San Joaquin County's
public information officer since
19(i6 has been named president
of the National association of
County Information officers. He
worked for the City of Stockton
as information officer for four
years and was a reporter for
the Srocton Record for six years
prior to that.
Mr. Drake is the son of Mrs.
Ray Drake of Heppner. He grad
uated from Heppner High School
and Oregon State. He is expect
ed here with his family the last
of the month. The boys are
looking forward to going fish
ing with their grandmother at
Bull Prairie.
Addition Made
To MC Rodeo
Different than last year is the
Cowboy and Cowgirl races at the
Morrow County Rodeo Aug. 29
and 30 at the Fairgrounds in
Heppner. These races will have
a $10 entry fee with a $50 add
ed purse. Entries must be in
when the books close Thursday,
Aug. 27 at 1 p.m.
The Morrow County Derby
one-half mile race will be run
with a minimum of four horses.
If there are six entries, an own
er will be allowed to enter on
ly one horse. If there are not
six entries, an owner may en
ter 2 horses on a first-come, first
served basis.
described his district as larger
than any state east of the Mis- Unr(a rink Momliarc
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cy or about aoo.OOO. He bragged IO 3 TO re roir
about Oreeon having sood. sta
ble people it is still the clean- Morrow County will be well
est state in the nation and has represented at the 4-H State
a big potential for young peo- Fair Horse events this year by
pie. six lovely girls
Asked about the subsidized Attending will be Jan Schlich-
home bill, he stated you would ting, Pattl Healy, Joan Healy,
still pay nine percent Interest pnern Kemp, busan iieaiy ana
or perhaps 8 3-4 percent inter- uenice HenKie,
est. He would not recommend All the girls competed at the
that young people pay nine per- 4-H Horse Show in Heppner,
cent. He said corporations are Sunday for the honor of renre
able to pay the higher rate. He senting Morrow County at the
feels the economy will not get State Fair. Morrow County may
in gear again until Interest send 3 seniors and 3 intermed-
rates are reduced again to the Mates to State Fair. Representa
6 to 7 percent level. Rep. Ull- tives to the State Fair were sel
man says the administration is'ected from scores accumulated
doing nothing to slow inflation
and you cannot live with a rate
of over 4 a year.
Nerve gas he said the Okin
awa nerve gas should be detox
ified and that we have enough
stored at Ordnance for genera
tions to come.
The Vietnam War he favored
a time table for getting out but
believes December Is an impos
sibility. A realistic time table
would turn the war over to the
South Vietnamese on a system
atic basis.
at the Heppner show starting
with highest points scored and
so on down the line.
Intermediate Horse Classes
start at 8:00 a.m. Monday, Aug.
24 and Senior classes start 8:00
a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26 at the
State Fairgrounds in Salem.
If you are in the Salem area,
it is worthwhile to attend and
see the topnotch horsemanship
and showmanship of 4-H'ers in
Oregon! Many 4'-H events are
completed before the official
opening of State Fair.
Horse Show
Attracts Many
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Irrlgon and Cindy Dougherty,
Sand Hollow; Junior, Laurette
Plening, lone and Teresa Peck,
Heppner; Intermediate, Susa
Healy, Butter Creek and Sherry
Kemp, Lexington; Senior, Pattl
Healy and Joan Healy,
Showmanship Contest
The purrniso of 4 II Showman
t-hlp Is to teach boys and girls
courtesy, good grooming, poise
and confidence and how to fit
train and handle animals. Bas
Is for scoring: appearance and
attitude 25, animals and equip
merit 25 and showing 50.
Jan Schllohting of Ileppni
and Sherry Kemp of Lexington
took Grand Champion and Re
serve Grand Champion in Show
manshlp.
Winners In the four divisions
were: Small Fry, bcott AcocK
Irrlgon and Ronnie Currln of
Butter Creek; Junior. Lauretta
Piening, lone and Sally Sumner.
Heppner; Intermediate, Sherry
Kemp, Lexington and Susan
Healy, Butter Creek; Senior, Jan
Sthlicting, Heppner and Vivian
Phillips, Boardman.
All blue ribbon winners of the
two events received $3.00, red
ribbons $1.00 and white ribbons
$3.00.
Colt Class
Colts under 2 years old had
only one participant, Jan Schlic-
ting. Her exhibit showed hours
of working with her colt as she
worked him on a long lino, pick
ed up front feet, backed and
led him at walk and a trot. The
Judge commented it was a
championship job even without
competition.
A colt class was added for 2
and 3 years old to allow 4-H
members training colts to show
p better without competing
with older horses. Six girls en
tered this event. Winners were
Patti Healy and Marianne Pettyjohn.
Trophies
Paul Pettyjohn, lone, provided
the Ail-Around Champion Show
manship Trophy. It was pre
sented by his granddaughter
Kris Pettyjohn.
Craig Cutsforth, Howard Bry
ant's nephew, presented the Tur
ner, Van Marter and Bryant tro
phy for Intermediate Champion
Showman. The other trophies
and ribbons were presented by
Queen Sherrl or Princess Mi
chelle, Princess Jeri, Princess
Vivian or Princess Susie. Central
Market provided the trophies for
Junior and Senior Showmanship
and Turner,. Van Marter and
Bryant for Small Fry.
To State Fair
Morrow County can send 6 to
the State Fair Horse Show, 3
Intermediates and 3 Seniors. Jan
Schlicting and Sherry Kemp
both plan to go down.
Judge for the show was Dean
Ftishknecht, Animal Science
specialist from Oregon State.
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YOU ALWAYS KNOW when Morrow County Fair and Rodeo time
Is here. That's when Columbia Basin Electric Co-op lends tneit
men and equipment to put up the gay decorations all orer
Heppner. The civic minded public utility performs chores liks
this by donating their experts and their good equipment for the
college rodeo and on Christmas and other occasions.
Boeing Land Committee Meets
State Representative
Mann, co-sponsor with State
Senator Ken Jernstedt and Rep.
Stafford Hansell of the effort
to expand land usage In Boe
ing's Space Industrial Park,
wrote Boeing this week inform
ing them of the Blue-ribbon Ad
visory Committee established to
assist in developing the Eastern
Oregon land leased by Boeing.
Mann told the Seattle firm
that Morrow County Judge Paul
Jones had agreed to serve as
chairman and technicians on the
committee were Dale Boner,
Heppner ASCS soils and conser
vation specialist; Darrell Max
well, Hermiston extension irri
gation specialist; Marr Wadoups
of Pasco, a farm management
consultant; Hadley Akins, pres
ident of the Umatilla Port Com
mission; D. O. Nelson of Lex
ington and Ray Dunn of Irrl
gon, both highly successful po
tato growers. Governor McCall
designated his Director of Plan
ing and Development, James
Faulstich and H. C. Saalfeld,
Irvln, Director of the Department of
Veterans Affairs to represent
him on the committee.
Mann, a successful Eastern
Oregon rancher himself, said he,
Senator Jernstedt and Rep. Han
sell would also serve on the
committee. Judge Jones called
the first meeting of the com
mittee for Aug. 18 at Board
man. Meetings will run.
The purpose of the commit.
tee, Mann said, are to provide
the technical, practical, political
and social data necessary to
Boeing to develop multiple use
of the land it leases. Mann also
pointed out the committee
knows and will protect the es
sential interests of Oregon and
Morrow County in the lease ar
rangement with Boeing.
Mann concluded his letter,
addressed to Boeing's Senior
Vice-Pres. for Operations, Mr.
George Stoner with the hope!
that a productive Joint effort
will produce economic results
both for Boeing and for the
economy of Eastern Oregon.
Wallowa Lake
Gondola Takes
First Trip
The scheduled opening of the
Gondola lift at the south end
of Wallowa Lake was again de
layed about 6 hours Sunday. A
faulty adjustment of a safety
switch postponed opening time
from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., when
the lift was open to the public.
At that time several hundred
persons were waiting in line for
tickets. The first tickets were
sold to Milton-Freewater boys
Mike Kinman, 12, and Danny
Webber, 13, who had been at the
lower terminal early morning
for two weeks waiting to be
first.
At present the lift Is schedul
ed to open at 9 am. through the
season. Only passengers coming
back to the base station are ac
cepted after 6 p.m. So that all
passengers can return before
dark.
The 2-mile trip to the top of
Mt. Howard takes about 15 mln.,
and rises from 4500 feet to 8100
above sea level at the upper
terminal. Making this the high
est rise gondola lift, in the na
tion.
An 81 year old woman from
California who declined to give
her name, and who went up
"to prove I can" and announced
"that I'm coming back again
next week".
The view from Mt. Howard
and the. ride up and back are
most often described as fantastic.
Trails are well laid out and
defined to many view points on
Mt. Howard. In all there are sev
eral miles of these trails on the
mountain top. And other trails
n the wilderness area lead from
Mt. Howard.
The states of Washington,
Idaho and Montana may be
seen from the top. The round -trip
fare is $3.00.
Band to Practice
The Heppner High School
Band will practice every night
this week and next week start
ing at 7:00 pm. at the Hepp
ner Elementary scnooi. Mr.
Hedman is asking all band stu
dents from 6th grade thru 12th
to attend.
DATAIMf
HAS ARRIVED
k Inleppinieir
Heppner Elementary
Calls New Students
All new students who will be
attending Heppner Elementary
School are asked to complete reg
istration by Aug. 28. The school
office is open from 8 a.m. un
til 4 p.m.
THE HIGH QUALITY HIGH COUNT COLLEGE-TYPE NOTEBOOKS and THEME BOOKS.
THE DATAMATE LINE IS DESIGNED AND DESIRED BY THE COLLEGE STUDENT, int
LINE CAN ONLY BE FOUND IN THE COLLEGE BOOK STORE OR STATIONERY STORE.
THE PAPER IS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY AND THE COUNT IS MOHE THAN THE OS-
DINARY LINE OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
MUST SEE AND COMPARE THE DIFFERENCE
Twin Coil Theme Books Subject Divided Theme Books
Pocket Divided Theme Books Stenographers Notebook
Join the Fun
Square Dance
Grand Squares Square Dance
Club of lone will bo starting
lessons for all interested coup
les on Sept. 14 at 7:30 at the
Willows Grange hall In lone. If
you are looking for fun and
fellowship here is your opportu
nity. A lesson will be once a
week for 10 weeks.
The Grand Squares are only
2 years old and have about 26
active couples at this time. They
dance twice a month and of
ten go traveling to other clubs
in the area such as Hermiston,
Pendleton, La Grande, Elgin,
and -TrI Cities, on off weekends.
School Supplies Sale to Continue
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Be sure to attend the 4-H Auction August
27, the Morrow County Horse Show Aug. 28,
and all the events of Rodeo Weekend, and
the big Fair events all next week. v
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