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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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P three days of rodeo . Friday is the Morrow County event
and fhree RCA shows follow on Saturday and Sunday.
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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