BESSIE WETZELL U OF ORE NEWSPAPER LIB EUGENE OR 97403 ' 2. M Ferguson heads all-star cast V) WOW! LOOK AT THESE NAMES. llcppner, Oregon. Out in the Eastern Oregon sticks? No way. We've got a rodeo that's worth shouting about. Tom Ferguson, last year's all-around cowboy, currently number one in calf roping and number one in all around competition, averaging Just over $4,000 a week, leads a pack of hungry cowboys Into Heppner this weekend for two big days of Rodeo Cowboy Association action. And if these cowboys can't give that action, nobody can. The list reads like a Who's Who in pro rodeo. Along with Ferguson, it Includes the Camarillo brothers, Leo, Jer ald and Hedge. Leo was second all-around last year and with brother Jerald and Redge and H.P. Evans on his team In team roping competition, he stands good chance of picking up some of the estimated $14,000 purse offered by the Heppner rodeo and entry fees. Larry Cohorn, currently 10th in the standings, will be at the Saturday night show, along with Dean Oliver, a past world champion and 13th in the ranks now. Jeff Coppenhaver will see action Sunday. He was world champ last year and currently is 16th. Jerald and Leo Camarillo, will be Joined by Carl Ditto, currently 11th In the world and Dave Brock, a former rookie of the year in calf roping. In steer wrestling, the list doubles back, taking in some of those all-arounds again. It also lists C.R. Jones, and Bob Marshall, past world champ and current director. Fergu son is in there and Carl Deaton, now 8th in the world. In the Sunday show, Paul Hughes, a finalist before, and Larry Ferguson, 10th in steer wrestling and 10th all around in the nation will vy for top dollars. Team roping sounds like an all-star roster. Along with Lo Camarillo teaming up three times will be brothers Redge and Jerald, he'll also join H.P. Evans, third in the world right now. Corky Warren, a national finalist last year and all around at Cheyenne two years ago, will match up with Tom Ferguson for a go around in the team roping. In all, there will be 65 team roping squads terrorizing ste ers for the purse money. The ladies will be here too. Current Girls Rodeo Associa tion president and fourth ranked in the nation, Kay Vamboras will vy in the Sun day show and Gail Petska, third in the world, will high light that first show Saturday. Events will include bare back, saddle bronc and bull riding, calf roping, steer wrestling, and team roping. SOcIATtO- v fx Cowboy entries fees ranging from $25 to $30 per event will be added to the $24000 budget ed purse and to another esti mated $1200 of added money. The two reigning world champs, Ferguson and Cama rillo. both won more than $50,000 in the arena last year. Ferguson is the leading win ner this season. He's already won more than $60,000 in the timed events. nack of hungry cowboys into roping competition, ne sianas unurmu, m j ' a Y.Li W wrestling and team ropng. (SAZETTE-TIMES . Vol 93 No 28 IIF.ITSKU.OU Thursday. Aug. 28. 1978 Two Sections. 8 Pages jy U way -Z ' vj ' VsV j oardman man killed in one car accident Safur day A one-car accident late Saturday night left one man dead and three others with serious injury. Dead is Douglas Theodore Brundy, 30, Boardrnan. He , was a passex!gT In pirkup truck driven by Jerry Patrick DeLari. DeLair, 25. Boardrnan, his brother Joseph Charles De Lair, 17, and Leland Edward Kastlcr. 18, lrrigon. were all listed in satisfactory and stable condition at St. Antho ny's Hospital in Pendleton Monday afternoon. Oregon State Police reports are vague, according to Lt. Bill Bar boletus in Hcrmlston due to the time and place of the accident. The one car wreck occurred about 11:30 p.m. Saturday night. According to police reports, the Ford pickup was traveling westbound and left the road, striking a locust tree on the north side of Wilson Road. A report said that the pickup received heavy damage on the right side and that the vehicle was "traveling at a high rate of speed ".The report also said that the "front tire on the passenger side was in the approximate location of where passengers feet would nor mally be." Wilson Road is a two way, paved road. Where the acci dent took place was termed "level and straight and the surface of highway of good quality." First reports said there were six people in the pickup but Barboletus said there were five. OSP is still unsure of how many were in the cab and how many were in the bed of the pickup. Early reports said two passengers were. In, the-bed and were thrown out and walked away with scratches. Brundy, and the driver. Jerry Patrick DeLair, are known to have been in the cab. Brundy, according to reports, died enroute to the hospital. Kevin Leigh Robinson. 23, Boardrnan and Harry William , Webber, 22, Arljngtonwere transferred to Good Shepherd in Hermiston with minor in juries. They are believed to have been riding in the cab. .tf,' V: 1" s Aftendance down Tues. f Demo Although attendance figures were cut in half compared to last year's Tuesday, exhibits were up and there was some question on whether the coun ters had been used correctly. Liz Curtis, Morrow County Fair secretary, said the fig ures were down, about half, and blamed part of the people loss on the late harvest. One lady found judges to her liking was Mikko Buchanan of lrrigon. She won three sweep stakes Tuesday, sweeping the competition in the food, can ning and flower division. She picked up a trophy for the best flower exhibit. Jane Rawlins was also a ' I 4 I ' . M. - 1 il " " " Ill II I ----- " . . 3 "T m ''! Mr.!". , '.MIKBStt' . "'' - -- a mmCpi; k w ;! ! trophy winner, taking the hardware for her efforts in the fruit and vegetable division. Anita Palmer, lone, won the trophy for the children's corner and Kathy Palmer, Heppner, won the teen corner trophy. The first big decisions made at this year's Morrow County Fair were made by the judges of the community booths. On Tuesday morning the Com munity Booths were rated thus: Sweepstakes and first in Church Division, Heppner Christian Church; 2nd, Asse mbly of God Church. First for Community Ser vice and Social Organizations went to A.A.U.W.; 2nd. lone Garden Club; 3rd, Heppner American Legion Auxiliary. Morrow County CowBelles placed first In Farm Organi zations; Lexington" Grange took second. The two winners in Youth Organizations were: Heppner High FFA. firrt; Gooseberry 4 H Livestock, second. mmmmmsmmstm fhJ WQn.f be uncowmon fhis weekend during P three days of rodeo . Friday is the Morrow County event and fhree RCA shows follow on Saturday and Sunday. (G-T Photo; l While most people were caught up in the busy bussle of the Morrow County Fair Tuosday, this little one found some peace and quiet In the canned food exhibits. (C'T Photo) An electrical storm hut electricity off In Heppner early Wednes day morning around l:M a.m. The power was off for about 4S minutes while Incrctant raluit bnttxiril the area and slotted hirvett one more time. t'lvodi occur rl In the city and surrounding ares of lone. 1111 as big at golf ball was reported, however, at prri time, etlrnt of the damage was not knows. An early morning fire gutted the old 8anton hmie In lone alo. It was Viratrd about a month ago and no-one was living there. Kee nrt week's (lairtle Time lor more details. goes Rep Mike Sweeney has found himself In some what of a precarious pe tition although he main taint that the tight tpot will cause "no con flicts." The young Heppner man, waiting for his attorney's state bar test results. Is a registered Democrat. He is alto a Democratic precinct : committeeman. He is also the Morrow g County campaign .cha- & Irman for Ken Jera- ttedt. a Republican te- nator. up for election In November. Sweeney tays the po- sitlon will cause "no conflicts." "1 talked to some of the others (In the De- mocratlc precinct) and they agree. It's the man ... not the party." Swe- eney said. "I'm a Dem- ocrat and atually back all the Democratic can- didatM. but there's a I- S g ways en ecer' S and he's the man." As campaign chair- man In thlt county, g Sweeney will coordinate campaign actlvltlrt. S Jernatedfs Speechft. ! places to vUlt. Illrra- ture. etc. He hat made ar- rangements for the Ken- : ator from the !Mh dli- trk t to rMe In the Mor- S row County Fair and Rode parade thlt t- urday. JernMedl will be arcempanled by hit S wife. 1 Farmers 'uneasy' as rains continue to fall, slow harvest once more "Uneasy". That's the way one farmer described himself this week as rains continued to thwart combines and delayed area wheat harvest again. Many farmers got going again Saturday, according to Riley Munkers, Morrow County Grain Growers buyer and seller of grain. The concern for sprout damage in the area has somewhat fizzled to a halt. Ranchers around Ruggs. where damage was earlier reported, said Tuesday that sprout damage is virtually nil. "I haven't seen any sprout damage yet," Munkers said, "except for a little in irrigated grain. None in the dry land," he said. Munkers said yields are producing 5657 pounds per bushel, not anything to Jump up and down about, but not bad, considering the unusual August rains. Some of the wheat taken in by MCGG had a 12 per ccnl m's,ur' content, still a little high. Munkers said. Wtth the brief ram Sunday, he said, that percentage could rise to 13 or 13' per cent. Munkers said that If the weather would warm up for 10 days, area farmers could get 90 per cent of the harvest finished. Munkers said that some farmers from the lower country that are already finished, have come to the aid of the higher ground farmers with the use of more combines. Munkers said that In the last 10 days, MCGG has received what they usually take In for about thrr weeks. The race Is on, so to speak, matching the farmer and his combine against Mother Nature and her rainclmits. So far, the rain has tf edge. According to Harold Kerr, county externum agent, most farmers in the area couldn't cut Monday because of Sunday evening showers. He said a few did cut around Heppner where the rain was the slimmest. "Very little sprout damage." Kerr said, "I don't anticipate any problem unless it continues to rain and delay harvest." Kerr said Sunday must have been one of the biggest days for area elevators. In the Ruggs country, where sprouting was reported a concernable foe, the Rill ranch reported that they have "no sprout damage." The yield, they said, is average or even about at about 30 bushel per acre. The w heat is discolored, they said, as four combines hurry to gain on the rain soaked crop. Heavy dews have stalled morning work till 10 a.m. and later on the Rill ranch, causing them to be "uneasy", according to Mrs. Rill. "The tension is high." she said, "but it's not to the point where it will go to feed grain yet." On the Frank Anderson farm, there just hasn't been much cutting. SiiK August 2. AnoVrson ht hd two full days and fmir parts of days lo harvest. He cut about an hour and 43 minutes Monday. Anderson has over 1700 acres still to be harvested on the 2100 acre farm. His three combines will have to go at least eight more days, if the weather permits, to finish thl work. Tuesday, Anderson said his moisture-' content was up lo 13 per rent Monday, it was down lo 13 5 per cent. Humidity has been hijjh, he said, canning the slow down of the dry out. Humidity registered al 80 per cent at 7 30 a m. Tuei.lay rwwnmg and atxwt 70 pr cent at 9 p m. Monday evening Anderson received only about 04 of rain Sunday but with the high humidity, the grain refuses to dry out