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LIBRARY u or o 4 'I I V ' i. 97403 THE BtTE-TOIE Heppner, Ore., Thursday Aug. 29, 1974 -vmmmr Vol. 91, No. 25 I5c ' ' ' "' - i SoroptiGiiisfr, parade winner The parade Saturday, a feature of the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo, was wit nessed by approximately 2,(KM) spectators who lined Main Street for the "impromptu" affair. Results of the parade judging : In the organizational floats, juvenile division, 1st prize of $25 went to the Heppner Swim Team. In the adult organ ization, 1st place went to the Heppner Soroptimist Club for livestock $25,258.86 was paid to FFA and 4-H Club members for their animals at the annual Livestock Sale Friday night at the Morrow County Fair grounds. A ceiling price of .20 per pound above market price was placed on hogs and sheep and a . 10 per pound ceiling on beef. This applied to all animals except the grand champions and reserve champions in each class. Karen Richards sold her grand champion hog for .80 per pound and Robert Rich ards received .70 per pound for his grand champion. Dan VA mobile A red, while and blue Veterans Administration "of fice on wheels" will tour Oregon next month bringing government to the people. It will be in Heppner Sept. 9) and in Condon Sept. 10. "This is the second year VA's 27-foot mobile van is in our state," said Mrs. Donna M. Arndt, director of the Portland VA Regional Office. "This year we'll be visiting 28 communities and helping veterans who may not be T VETERANS- l I ' L i J ADMINISTRATION J fL ! VW f I V lnforntio JU. , if ' I ; -AJL.w-w . , Oov.mm.nt J X. U """"" """ - I . . J s . . . n- . 'V f V"; v - - A 'gmMg . ... . "" ,"" ' f "'f '' h ' '""SSBaT tC'!! '.. its float depicting a household scene from early days in Oregon. It also captured the Grand Sweepstakes award for an added $50 in prize money. 2nd place went to the Morrow County Search and Rescue unit. Pioneer Memorial Hos pital won 1st in the business category; Dean Teal was 2nd. Best float from out of the county went to the U.S. Navy for its entry, a miniature of the aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise. Oregon State sale nets $25,258 Van Schoiack "was paid .75 a pound for his reserve champ ion and Bill Van Schoiack got .68 for his reserve champion. The remaining 29 blue and red ribbon winners each received .58 a pound for their animals. Mark Sargent was paid $1 per pound for his grand champion ewe; Rhonda Sar gent got .95 for her champ ion. Mike Currin and Mary Ann Greenup were paid .90 and .85 respectively for their re serve champions, while the remainder of the 24 sheep office in making full use of their benetits. The colorful can, staffed by specialists in veterans bene fits, will assist veterans and their families with GI Bill education, home loans, medi cal benefits, job training, apprenticeship, or any other problem a veteran may have. Mrs. Arndt said the van is, fitted and staffed as a VA office. Visits to Oregon com munities are generally for one day, with the van operating in . xx The horoptimttit Club Float using the '"lliose Were The Days" theme won the first place in its division and also the Sweepstakes Award in Saturday's annual parade. Forestry Department placed 2nd. Umatilla Sage Riders was judged the best riding club, with Heppner Wranglers 2nd. Best mounted family group, Bob Montgomery; best mounted cowgirl, Joan Eck man; best mounted cowboy, Lee Palmer; best comic, Bill Scott; oldest cowgirl, Ethel Lehman; oldest cowboy, Clyde Nutting. Visiting Rodeo Queens and their Courts, mounted, Har ney County, 1st; Pendleton brought .37 a pound. Katherine Van Schoiack was paid $1 a pound for her grand champion beef, and Kyle Robinson received .90 a pound for his grand champion. Tim Daly and Kristi Hague wood each got .80 a pound for their reserve champions. The remaining 26 animals brought .56 a pound. At this year's livestock sale 91 animals were sold by FFA and 4-H members as com pared to last year's total of 88, which sold for $31,780.32. However, last year the ceiling prices were higher and 10 more steers were sold over Heppner public squares, shopping centers, or other convenient locations. "Personnel are experienced VA people who can provide most of the information and service found in any VA office," the director ex plained. The van's staff will have . communication with the Port land Regional Office and have ' access to VA records so that as much business as possible may be accomplished. Round-up, 2nd; unmounted, 1st, Boardman Harvest Fes tival. Best cars 1st, John Hatton; 2nd, Bob Harrison; 3rd, Everett Keithley. The children "bombed out" in this year's entries in the juvenile division, with only a few turning out in costume or floats. Special attention went to Heather Eckman, Amy Greenup and Shawn Smith. All children who entered will receive ribbons plus a small amount of cash. this year's total. The numbef of sheep sold this year and last year had a difference of only two, and the number of hogs went from 18 last year to 33 this year. YOUTH ARRESTED, DWI CHARGE William F. Robinson, 22, Pilot Rock, was arrested by Oregon State Police Saturday night for driving under the influence of alcohol. He was driving West on Highway 74 near Kinzua Mill. After spending the night in county jail, Robinson was fined $305 and released. Sep?. 9 Where the veterans need service that normally is pro vided by another federal agency, or local, state agency or organization, he is given help with starting action at the appropriate office. "The van tour last year was a tremendous success with over 1700 veterans and de pendents visiting our 'office on wheels' throughout Oregon," Mrs. Arndt said. "We antici pate the same kind of enthu siastic response this year." iggest .fair, Unofficial figures indica'te that the 1974 Morrow County Fair and Rodeo surpassed last year's attendance, and re ceipts were also up. Fair gate receipts were $875; rodeo gate receipts, $5,500; rodeo program sales, $450; and rodeo dances contri buted $2,000, according to Liz Curtis, secretary-treasurer. Comparative figures for other years will be released when the receipts are audited. The two-day rodeo attracted 246 RCA cowboy contestants and 48 Morrow County one's, as compared to a total of 278 entries last year. Jim Rogers, rodeo publicity chairman, said their would have been 350 entries except that all entries were closed two hours earlier than the advertised time. More than 100 cowboys has to perform during a special "slack time" event for them on Sunday morning. In fact, Rogers said, there were so many entries that it was actually a four-day rodeo, three days of RCA and one day of Morrow County. He said the rodeo has grown to the point where some changes will have to be made in order to continue the event at its present high level. One possibility, he said, is to hold Morrow County competi tion on Friday night before the RCA events on Saturday and Sunday. This would free many local cowboys for work at the RCA portion of the rodeo, and give more time to RCA contestants. He estimated to tal attendance for the two days at 3,000 persons. Story of Farms is Steve Sackmann, secretary and counselor for the newly organized Willow Creek Farms, Boardman, was guest speaker at the noon meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Monday. Willow Creek Farms is a joint venture for Pete Tag gares, Othello, Wa., and J.R. Simplot, Boise, Idaho, who recently assumed a 30-year lease on 16,500 acres on Boeing property previously leased to Wheatheart Inc., Perryton, Tex. According to Sackmann, "Wheatheart Inc. had leased the acreage from Boeing, and then something changed their plans giving us the opportu nity to take over its lease. Wheatheart had pumps order ed to pump fresh water from Willow Creek, for irrigation, and we assumed their pumps, which will be located near the Boeing pumps." Pipes have been installed ranging in size from 60 to 72 inches, to serve the proposed 104 circles that will irrigate 130 acres each. The circles will be manually operated. Willow Creek Farms plans to plant 10,000 acres in potatoes and 3,000 acres in wheat by the spring of 1975. The crops will be rotated either annually or every two years, depending on soil conditions. At present there are 1,700 acres planted in grapes. The J.R. Simplot Co. has the largest potato processing plant in the world, and plans call for the Simplot share of potatoes to be taken back to Labor Day Time to close shop again! Monday is Labor Day. The regular meeting of the city council will not be held Monday night. Instead, it will convene the following even ing, on Tuesday. There will be no meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Monday. Most store, except rest aurants and service stations, will be closed for the holiday. The Gazette-Times will be open Monday as usual, and correspondents are advised that copy must be hand-delivered to the office if it is to be delivered before Tuesday. f According to Rogers, 35 of the nation's top-rated RCA cowboys in their special categories were present at the Heppner rodeo, and several world champion performers. They included such figures as Dean Oliver, No. 1 calf roper in the nation; Joe Alexander and Bob Marshall, No. 1 bareback riders; Doug Brown, No. 1 rated saddle bronc rider; Bob Ragsdale, perennial all-around cham pion cowboy; and John Quin tana and Donnie Gay, who are fighting it out for No. 1 and No. 2 ratings in the bull riding event. The team roping events suffered this year because the biggest names in that area were engaged in competition in Oklahoma City. MORROW COUNTY EVENTS Team roping 1, Beverly and Bob Steagall, 58.6; 2, Bob Montgomery-Kathy Gilbert, 95.5; 3, Roice Fulleton Howard Bryant, 96.2. Calf roping 1, Kyle Robin son; 2, Jerry Gentry; 3, Richard Kinzer. Wranglers cow riding 1, Clay West; 2, Joe Yocom and Joe Halvorsen (tie); 4, Glen Griffith. Kyle Robinson won the all around trophy. Hard luck awards went to Bruce Berg strom for his ride in the RCA bareback and O. Paine, cha riot team racer. RCA EVENTS Bareback 1, Royce Smith, 75 points; Steve Jesse and Pat Kirby, tie 67; 3, J.C. Trujillo and Joe Alexander, tie, 66. Willow Creek told here Idaho for processing. How ever, in the future a proces sing plant could be built in the Boardman area. The J.R. Simplot Co., supplies french fries to all of the McDonald chain restaurants. Taggarres has been active in agriculture and food proces sing since 1954. He recently expanded his Chef Reddy Foods (potato processing) and - la? 2tir?i. Vlw 'iSi' I . V-. i I'A If ' fij. ii f V' I'V A' u rodeo Team roping 1, Steve Sna-bele-Bud Alexander, 8.5; 2, Gary Sewell-Darrel Sewell, 8.6; 3, Les Kamm-Wade Kamm, 8.9; Bob Bomberg Wayne Skramstead, 9.1. Calf roping 1, Jim Glad stone, 8.1; 2, Jeff Copen haver, 9.0; 3, Bob Ragsdale, 9.1; 4, Terry Ryder, 9.3. BARREL RACING 1, Melane Rhinehardt, 18.6; 2, Julie Benson, 18.8; 3, (tie) Susan Ely and Lila Mae Stewart, 19.0; 4, ' (three-way split) Mary Healy, Sharon Fouts, Judy Frasier, 19.2; 5, Nancy Coleman, 19.2. STEER WRESTLING 1, Pat Nogle, 4.6; 2, Fred Larson, 5.9; 3, Tim Fuller, 6.0; 4. Chuck Boatright, 6.1. BULL RIDING 1, Larry Davis, 73 points, paid $484.72; 2, John Quintana; 3, A.J. Swain; 4, Guy Weedman. BRONC RIDING 1, Doug Brown, 68 points, paid 290.08; 2, Everett Jones, 66; 3, (tie), 65. Following is a partial list of the winners in various categories at the Morrow County Fair. OPEN CLASS ENTRIES UP THIS YEAR A comparison of the num ber of entries in the open class divisions at the '73 and '74 Fairs shows an increase of 12 entries overall this year. alfalfa cubing in Othello, Wa., while the J.R. Simplot Co. is recognized as one of the nation's leading food proces sors and chemical producers. Simplot also feeds cattle and sheep on waste potatoes in their feed lots. At present plans are under way to construct a runway, shops and storage areas for potatoes on the Boeing land. s i 3t '"vv This year's Morrow County calf roper is Kyle Robinson,' shown accepting a hand-made saddle from Queen Sherry Kemp at the close of the rodep. Kyle also won the Ail-Around trophy. ends By divisions with the '73 entries listed first, the com parison show Hobbies and Art 147, 122; Photography 35, 24; Collectors Corner 151, 187; Needlework 100, 80; Knitting 22, 15; Clothing 70, 70; Teen Corner 109, 138; Children's Corner 158, 215; Flowers 217, 254; Fruits and Vegetables 183, 191 ; Foods 85, 75; Canning 179. 197; Booths 15, 13; Sheep 10, 4; Beef 19, 19; Poultry and Rabbits 151, 49; Grain and Hay 48, 58. The 1973 total was 1699 entries; 1974 total is 1711. 4-H SHEEP Intermediate Showmanship Champion, Mark Sargent, Heppner; Reserve Champion, Cathy Palmer, Heppner. Blue ribbons, Pam Cantin, Ronny Currin; red ribbons, Larry Palmer, Donald Richards, Lynda Sams; white, Darla Rea, Rick Dougherty, Kevin McCabe, Shawna Seitz. 4-H SHEEP Junior Showmanship Champion, Paula Palmer, , Heppner; Reserve Champion, Cliff Dougherty, Heppner; blue ribbons, Jim Jepson, Ann Lindsay; red, Mike Currin, Melanie Seitz, Tony Currin, Patti Devine, Coleman De vine, Stephanie Sams. 4-H SHEEP Senior Showmanship Champion, Sandra Palmer; Reserve Champion, Karl Pal mer, both Heppner. GRAND CHAMPIONS IN SHEEP SHOWMANSHIP Grand Champion, Mark Sargent, Heppner. Reserve Grand Champion, Sandy Palmer, Heppner. VEGETABLES, GENERAL EXHIBIT, FREAK EXHIBIT General exhibit 1, Truman Messenger, Lexington; 2, Gail Hughes; 3, Lois Winchester. Carrots 1, Dean Munkers. Freak exhibit, unusual fruit or vegetables Grace Mc Kinney, Boardman; Linda Johnson; Truman Messenger; Millie Yocum, Lexington. Largest pumpkin Nancy Doubek, Irrigon. Largest squash Mrs. Ray Devine. Other unusual vegetables Nancy Doubek; Judy Goch nauer. Eggs best dozen white, Janet Greenup. Best dozen brown 1, Travis Harri son, Lexington; 2, Janet Greenup; 3, Claudia Huston. (Continued on page 8) L
