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A sudden down pour of rain
dampened the parade but not
the spirits of the participants
or the spectators. The specta
tors sought shelter to watch
the balance of the floats,
riding groups and antique
cars
Randall Peterson, parade
chairman, expressed his plea
sure at seeing an increase in
the number of floats in this
year's parade. "Its great to
see so many local groups
participate" he added.
Sweepstake winner was the
Methodist Church float depic
ting a church service. Those
riding the float were wearing
clothes following the Bicen
tennial theme Morrow County
Search & Rescue float placed
second in this adult category
with the American Legion
third
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
and Dean's Second Hand Store
Irrigon woman wins
3 sweepstake awards
Mayko Mrs Orvillei Buch
anan Irrigon, was winner of
three sweepstakes ribbons in
Open (lass Divisions at the
Morrow County Fair She has
the Best in Show Flower, a
blooming plant, the Sweep
stake Cake and the Sweep
stake in Meal Planning She
won many blue rilUns for her
jelly, canning, baking, plants,
flowers and needlework
Also this fall she was invited
to enter the I'matilla Fair at
Hermislon where she won
eleven blue ribbons and
others
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MAYKO BUCHANAN
tied for honors in the business
division. Winner of the juven
ile division was the 4 II group
with the swim team second
and Boy Scouts third
The best float for out of
county entries went to the
Baker Livestock Co. for their
stagecoach pulled by 20 head
of matched mules. ARZ
Farms placed second. Ray
Kalal Construction third and
Oregon State Forestry was
fourth.
For riding groups the Uma
tilla Sage Riders placed first
with the Wranglers taking
second honors. Wayne Wilson
and family were the best
mounted family group and
Ethel Lehman was best
mounted cowgirl. Best mount
ed cowboy was Paul Hisler
Kalhy Moore was best mount
ed Indian
Ar 83, Ethel Lehman was
oldest cowgirl and Zearl
Mavko has lived in the
I'mted States 23 years; she
and Orville Buchanan were
married in Japan 27 years
ago. They have three sons, two
married and one attending
Oregon State I'niversity
where he is preparing to be
chemistry teacher.
Mayko says - "entering
things in the fair is sort of my
hot hv " She also states how
gniti-ful she is that she came
to live in Morrow County
where folks have made her
ferl welcome, She feels this
area provides a fine atmos
phere for family life,
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Allen Nislad and the Morrow Counly Queen and her court present a saddle to
Ken Belcher, Heppner, winner of the Morrow County calf roping contest. The
event took place at the Rodeo grounds Sunday.
Gillespie was oldest cowtwy.
The only band to liven the
parade was the Hardman
Opera house float that took
honors in the band division.
The Pendleton Round Up
court placed first for the
queen and court section and
was followed by the Crooked
River Round-Up court. The
Bmirdman Harvest Festival
Court placed third.
A number of beautifully,
refurbished antique cars pur
red up Main Street and top
prize went to Walt Skuzeski of
Yamhill. Second was Clifford
Clark with D O. Nelson third
Everett Keithley driving his
Morrow County covered wa
gon won top honors in the
wagon division.
Andy Gorman was first in
children's floats with Steve
Groce and Curtiss Lynch
second.
Molly Hot hum w as youngest
cowgirl and Mike Mahoney
youngest cowboy. In the
bicycle division Sharon Bea
mer and Sherry Clement were
first with Eric Thompson
second Brad Papineau had
the best tricycle and Jackie
Anderson came in second.
In the best juvenile costume
i cow boy i Ryan Sekillen plac
ed first and Molly Sue Bothum
took the honors in the girls
division
The Two Trackers riding
club earned the (op aw ard and
Craig Gutierrei had the best
pet entry
Electric coop
awards bid
On Aug 22. 1975. the
Columbia Basin Electric Coop
warded a contract bid to
Sargent Tyee of Troutdale for
certain line work. Four bids
were received: Sargent tyee
WI.277 92. Wilson Construc
tion $6.429 14. Utility Con
struction 1109.5 00 and Bra
ndon Electric Construction
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The contract is all related to
the loneOlex 69 KV transmis
sion line project The contract
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neutral, installing
211 renter pin Insulations ana
removal of II S miles of the 49
year old 22 KV line.
A completion date of Dec.
22, 1975 has been set for the
wire stringing portion of the
project.
MONDAY LABOR DAY
The regular meeting of the
Heppner common council will
not be held Monday night.
Instead It will convene the
following evening, on Tues
day. There will be no meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce
Monday,
Most stores except restau
rants and service stations will
be closed for the holiday.
The Gaxette-Times will be
open Monday as usual and
correspondents are advised
that copy must be in the office
by Tuesday morning.
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Vol. 92,
Alfred "Bus" Clough. Pub
lic Affairs representative for
Portland General Electric
was guest speaker at the
Chamber of Commerce Mon--day.
He spoke of both the Carty
and the Pebble Springs sites
.and-reniarked the Carty site Is'
considered the best site in
Oregon. Speaking of the delay
at the Pebble Spring site, he
added. "This will be the first
nuclear plant in Eastern
Oregon, but PGE is now busy
with appeals of the site."
$25,116
4-H-FFA
S.'5.II6 62 was paid to FFA
and 4 II Club members for
their animals at the livestock
auction Thursday night at the
Morrow County Fairgrounds.
For the first lime in many
years there was no ceiling
price on the animals other
than the price established by
the sale of the champion and
reserve champion
Robert Richards sold his
grand champion hog for $1 10
per pound and Karen Rich
ards sold her champion for .90
per pound. Kimee Haguewood
sold her reserve champion for
.95 per pound and Coleman
Devine received tl per pound
for his reserve champion. The
remainder of the 13 hogs sold
at the auction brought be
tween .75 $1 10 per pound.
The 17 hogs sold at auction
averaged .92 per pound, in
cluding the champions and
reserve champions
Mark Sargent received $1 50
per pound for his champion
lamb and Mary Ann Greenup
received $1.30 per pound for
her grand champion, Nancy
Miller received $145 and
Mary Ann Greenup received
$1.10 per pound for their
reserve champions.
Of the remaining blue and
School hours set
Morrow County Schools w ill open
the first day of school on Sept. 2
Si 30pm. g
The Morrow County School District Board approved the
$ following hours for district schools for the 1975-78 school
School
Heppner High
Heppner Elementary
Riverside Jr Sr. High
A C. Houghton Elementary
lime Schools
Not all the figures are
compiled but indications are
this year's fair and rodeo
attendance was the largest
ever.
Gate receipts for the fair
was up about $300 and this
year was the first time 4 H and
FFA exhibitors and senior
citizens had free passes. Gate
count shows that over 7,000
persons entered the fair
grounds from Tuesday
through Friday.
The three-day Morrow
County rodeo attracted 235
RCA cowboy contestants and
59 Morrow County ones, plus
40 girls who participated in the
GRA barrel races. This com
pares to the 294 entries last
year.
Some of the cowboys had to
perform during the special
slack time following the Sat
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man foresees growth
He spoke of theSmpact
study made by PGE. although
another study was made of the
area to include the new
Alumax project. He com
mented that the completed
study was an open end study
and could be revised from the
prcpose4 projection date of
1977 to 1978 depending on the
decisions by the court.
Speaking of the Carty coal
fired plant he remarked. "The
entire project will cost an
estimated M32 million dollars
and will employ 900 workmen
paid for
livestock
red ribbon winners, no ani
mals were sold for less than
.75 per pound. The sale price
per pound for the 21 sheep sold
at the auction averaged $.' 07
per pound
Wayne Huwe sold his grand
champion steer for $1 OS per
pound Mary Daly received $t
per pound for her champion
and Dawn Peterson also
received $1 per pound for her
reserve champion. Scott
Acock was pod .95 per pound
for his reserve champion. Of
the 31 animals sold at the
auction only one animal brou
ght .50 per pound. The average
price of all the beef sold was
59 per pound
Last year's sale netted the
FFA and 4 II members a total
of $25,258. oi a difference of
$142. However, at last year's
sale. 13 more animals were
sold. By comparison, this year
there were more beef sold
than last year. 33 as compared
to 29 for 1974 Both sheep and
swine were on the decrease
when compared to last year.
This year there were 23 sheep
sold as compared to 28 last
year and 21 swine were sold
this year as compared to 32
last year.
their doors to students for
First day dismissal will be at S
Starts Ends
1:37 a.m. 3:20p m.
I Mi m, 3 35p m.
125am. 3:36pm.
130a m. 3.10p m.
8 35am. 3 20pm.
urday night show.
Rodeo secretary Dennis Do
herty, remarked that the total
purses paid to the contestants
was over $11,100. The exact
total will be released after the
receipts are audited.
The inclement weather
played an important factor in
Saturday afternoon's gate re
ceipts, however, the total
attendance for the 4 shows is
estimated at 2,500 people paid
attendance.
Winners in the barrel races
were Barbara Rucker, Sandy
Curcio. Kathlene Anderson
and Sadra Rodregius.
Bronc bareback riding. Dale
Trotter. 71. Rawley Stanley.
70, Royce Smith and Pat Kelly
tied at 68 each.
Calf roping: Tom Ferguson.
9.7; Larry Ferguson. 10.0;
Bud Lytle. 10.1 : Sam Kayser.
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Heppner, OR, Aug. 28, 1975
at the peak of construction.
When completed the project
will need 200-300 men to
operate the plant.
Most of the personnel will
have to be imported from
various cities throughout the
United States with about 25
per cent of the workers being
hired locally. The other 75 per
cent of the workers are
considered specialists in their
fields and are not available
within the area
During the peak of con
struction in 1978. Alumax and
PGE w ill employ an estimated
3.740 workers. Construction of
the three projects will be
completed by 1982. Should
PGE continue to construct
nuclear plants in the area as
proposed, construction will
continue until the year 2.000.
Clough said. "Some of the
older construction men are
looking for places to settle in
the Heppner-Ione area Many
of these men have 5-10 years of
work ahead of them and they
would like to retire in this
area They are not looking for
mobile home parks but would
rather find a single family
dwelling with three bedrooms.
This type of home is in
demand at the present time."
The combined construction
of Alumax and PGE will bring
an influx of I6.000 people to
this area (including Umatilla
Countyi at the peak of
construction At the end of a
one-year period there will be a
permanent population in
crease of 11.000 people.
With the population of
Heppner at 1590 people at the
Lunches-milk
for students
"All Morrow County schools
serve good, nutritious meals.
The menu is planned and
meals served in such a
manner as to help you keep
your child healthy. It is also
(he desire of the school that
the meal period will provide a
pleasant, enjoyable and re
warding experience every full
school day which will enhance
your child's school experi
ence." reports Matthew Doh
erty, District Superintendent.
Students may buy lunch for
30 cents or milk for S cents.
Children from families
whose income is at or below
certain levels are eligible for
free lunches or free milk. If
the income is above certain
levels but the family has
unusually high medical bills,
shelter costs in excess of 30
per cent of their income,
special education expenses
due to the mental or physical
condition of a child, or
disaster or casualty losses, the
children may still be eligible.
For income schedules contact
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Steer wrestling: Larry Fer
guson. 4 2: J D Mathews. 4.5;
Gary Walker. 4.8; Phil Dean,
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Saddle bronc riding: Chan
ey. Weldon, 73: Steve Schn
able. 72; Jim Kelts. 72: Bud
Monroe. 72.
Bull riding: Steve Neely.
A J Swain. Ted Neely. Larry
McConalhy.
Team Roping: Ace Berry
and Larry Davis; Bill Ward
and Lee" Kamm: Darrell
Broadhead and Dale Rucker;
Hohm McKay and Jim Kittle
son. About 50 of the top ranking
RCA cowboys participated in
the events along with 10 of the
top money winners in the
nation.
While plans are not under
way for next year's rodeo, it
appears as. though the same
format will be used.
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present time, the Heppner.
Lexington and lone area will
be faced with an increase of
159 persons by 1977. The
geographical location of the
area limits the number of
workers to the Carty site.
While Heppner has the water
and sewer facilities to meet
the expansion program, the
distance to the proposed site is
an important factor. At pre
sent there is no direct route of
travel to the work site. Board
man should have a population
of 3.22ti by 1977 If the estimate
is correct. Heppner will need
an additional 50 new homes
including apartments and
trailer spaces to house the
workmen. The Heppner
schools will increase by 50
students requiring an addi
tional two new teachers.
The Boardman-Irrigon area
will increase by 852 students
and will require an additional
34 new teachers.
The Boardman Coal plant
will be the first to be
constructed and a tentative
date of five years for con
struction has been estimated.
Work is scheduled to start in
1976 and some of the materials
are now being stockpiled.
Some of the preliminary work
has started and foundations
are scheduled for the coming
year.
Clough was asked as to the
amount of coal required to
maintain the Boardman plant
and he remarked that an
estimated 100.000 tons of coal
would be required every 30
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LE.ATHKRf RAFT Jt DOING
Results of the judging con
tests in 4-H Clothing, Knitting
and Foods and Leathercraft
were announced on Tuesday
as follows:
Senior Clothing Judging:
1st. Janet McEUigott. 2nd
Kristy Edmundson. 3rd Terry
McEUigott. 4th Jan Peterson.
5th Julie Grieb. The first four
are from lone. Julie is from
Lexington.
Junior Clothing Judging: 1,
Ann Lindsay. Lexington; 2
Sarena Panter. Heppner; 3
Tara Mahoney. Heppner: 4
Geri Grieb. Lexington: 5 Jyl
Hobbs. Irrigon.
Senior Knitting Judging: 1
Ruth Ann Kiethley. 2 Linda
Keithley. both Heppner.
Junior Knitting Judging: 1
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days to keep the plant in
operation. PGE has secured a
20 year contract for the coal
Clough stated. "Prior to
completion of the Boardman
Coal Plant, coal will be
stockpiled for its immediate
use.
A saddle dam creating a
I.400 acre lake will be con
structed at the site. In future
vears if the U S Navy moves
from the Boardman area the
saddle can be removed and
the lake size w ill be increased
In other business to come
before the Chamber. Ray
Bovce expressed his thanks to
all who helped take tickets
during the rodeo shows.
Randall Peterson also ex
pressed his thanks to everyone
w ho helped make the parade a
success, with a special thanks
to Columbia Basin Electric
Co-op. "This year we had
almost as many floats as we
had horses in the parade."
said Peterson. Although wor
ried about the rain at the time
of the parade, he said. "The
people just seemed to back up
against the buildings to w atch
the parade. rather than
leave."
There will be no Chamber of
Commerce meeting next
Monday due to the Labor Day
holiday.
Superintendent of Schools
Matt Doherty will be guest
speaker at the Chamber, Sept.
8. and he will discuss the new
$1 I million school bond issue
to go before the voters Sept
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