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FOUR The Gazette-Times, Heppner. Ore., Thursday, June 30, 1977 t "i ! 5 B uciceroos ride rodeo A round up, of recent area rodeo competition indicates that Morrow County rodeoers have been busy racking up the hardware. At the Lakeview Jr. Rodeo, Jana Steagall won both the polebending and the goat tying events and placed fourth in the team roping. She came home with the all-around award from the competition. At the Halfway Jr. Rodeo, Jana won a saddle for again taking the all-around award. Along the way she placed second in barrels, third in break away roping and tied for fourth in calf riding. Also at the Halfway Rodeo, Brett Sherer tied for second in polebending, tied for fourth in break away roping and tied for fifth in barrels. Cindy Dough erty placed fourth in steer daubbing, Cliff Dougherty tied for fourth in calf riding and David Steagall placed fourth in calf roping. Moving on to the Prineville Jr. Rodeo, Cindy Dougherty Over the Tee Gup by Cindy Kerr In golf action this week, the women hosted Condon's women tuesday,June 21. Low gross for the field were Condon's Dorothy Close and Heppner's Lois Hunt. Condon's winners were Dee Hollen low gross and low net went to Margaret Ann Smith. Dorothy Close had the long drive for Condon. Heppner awards went to Bev Gunderson low gross, second low gross was awarded to Pat Edmundson, Edie Skow and Cindy Kerr. Low net went to Kay Anderson and second low net were Monica Jones and PaU Lankford. The long drive con-i-test was won by Annette Klinger. Pat Edmundson won the closest to the pin contest for Heppner. In other events the past week, Echo's men and women came for club play, June 26. Larry Monkus cleaned up for Echo's men taking low gross, low net, and long drive. George Car michael and Bill Burnett tied for second low gross, and Tom Brandsteller took second low i Lessons, open swims create pool activity The second session of swim ming lessons at the Heppner pool will start at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 5 and continue through Saturday, July 9. Depending on the turnout, lessons for children in all skill levels will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays while the next session, begin ning July 5, will feature adult swimming lessons from 11am. until noon. Life-saving Classes in junior and senior life saving are tentatively scheduled to begin Tuesday, July 19. On Thursday evenings by special arrangement there will be some members of the Tupper Youth Conservation Corps in the pool during the adult swim. The tenor of these evening swims will be quiet and the marker rope will be down for those persons desiring to swim lengths of the pool for physical conditioning. If response to the adult swims is poor the pool will open Tuesday through Thursday nights for private parties. Private party reservations are now being accepted for Satur day and Monday nights, t nday mmmmmsm 1 U-PICK CHERRIES m 'A-l Bings-Roycl Annes 25c per lb. Bring containers THOMAS ORCHARDS Kimberly, Oregon 934-2230 won the senior girls polebending and she combined with Dave Steagall for the team roping title. Dave also placed third in calf roping. Jana Steagall continued her string of all-around titles at Prineville, capturing the junior award after a first place finish in polebending and tied for fourth in calf riding. Todd Sherer and Dawn Peter son placed sixth in team roping and Dawn took fourth in the break away roping event. Brett Sherer placed second in pole bending and tied for fifth in barrels. Maureen Healy placed second in senior polebending and fourth in barrels while Janice Healy finished third in polebending. Ron Currin placed third in the bull dogging. Tony Currin was third and Mike Currin fourth in break away roping while the two finished second and third in calf riding. Also competing in the rodeos were Trisha Mahoney, Jack Yocum and Steve Currin. net. Closest to the pin was won by Mac Miehieli. John Edmundson won low gross for Heppner followed by Mike Schwartz with second low gross. Low net went to Jerry Samples and second low gross went to Norm Rickert, Mike Schwartz and Don Woods. Dave Harrison took long drive and Craig Cooley won closest to the pin contest for Heppner's men. In women's action, Lois Neyt won low gross for Echo and Sandi Seibel and Vera Peterson were tied for low net. Edie Skow and Norma Har rison split the women Heppner awards, Skow taking low gross and the closest to the pin in the second shot award and Harrison winning low net and least putts. Willow Creek County Club held a successful work day Satur day, June 25. The Club would like to thank those who helped. In coming events, Willow Creek County Club will hold their annual Flag tournament July 4 starting at 4 p.m. night beginning at 8 p.m. is teen night. This Sunday at 8 p.m. will be family night, a two-hour swim for swimming children and swimming parents with games and contests planned. There will be no cut offs or jeans allowed in the pool. Only persons with bathing suits will be allowed in the pool. This requirement is necessary to keep the pool screening filter free of lint. Cut offs and other clothing scraps can clog this filter up in a matter of hours and slow down the necessary ATTENTION B1 . u.r.M UNGUIS n' MIXED LEAGUES STUDENT LEAGUES-SATURDAY A.M. SIGN UP NOW FOR FALL WINTER LEAGUES STARTING SEPTEMBER 1,1977 CALL 676-9208 676-5805 t0DAY OR 676-9263 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A PRO TO ENJOY BOmiNGI BEGINNERS YIEICO Mil It ; - r " - rr-? ' -. ' ! tn-ni i.nf f i..mmi- r-..,...J'" w1"i' nMfmmmmm i li r"':: v.v- Lv.vv ...... .... - .-: t . I v ; ... kv.v....... , . i' v- ' 1 -- y Ravin' Mavin makes it! Babe Ruth team finds win After a slow start, Morrow County's Babe Ruth baseball team is beginning to find the winning track. The young team won their last two games through last weekend after dropping their first seven lea gue contests. Strong hitting has been car rying the second-year team through the early part of the Season 'at bat' averages , BATTING AVG. RBIs Doug Holland .452 13 Dale Holland .425 18 John Murray .382 10 John Bier .363 6 Scott Martin .350 6 Shawn La Rue .250 4 Rick Klaus .250 4 Jeff Hams .250 3 Rick Cole .227 3 Les Thompson .222 6 Gregg Rietmann .208 3 DonLott .200 3 Graig Gutierrez .500 1 Bob Bier ,.500 1 season but the team has been plagued with fielding errors. The team has outhit opponents water exchange needed to keep the pool clear and sanitary. Season memberships for the swimming pool are available at city hall. Registration for swimming and diving lessons, party reservations and mother tot swim, etc., should be made at the pool between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Persons wishing to volunteer to help with swimming lessons or who desire to take a Water Safety Instructors course should notify the pool manager this week. MORNING LEAGUES ,; A flash ahead of the ball, Ravin Mavin Lane (10) connected for a single in slowpitch Softball play last week at Lexington. Standing ready to coach Lane down the baseline is Kinzua player Buck Queary. The "Zu" faltered in the final moments and lost to Hermiston in this bout, putting the local squad into a second-place position. 106-82 and four players Doug Holland, Dale Holland, Scott Martin and John Murray have all been hitting at better than a .350 clip. The team broke into the league win column with a 13-8 victory over Manfille on Tues day, June 21. John Bier got the pitching call and struck out 14 batters. The eight Manfille runs were scored off only five hits. Again, Morrow County was i- J l 1 Jim - ' ! r- i i , " .... j I s! I I t -..,! 1 . I J ! - " V , X' ' 1 - - rL , h ! 1 hi ! . r' s . f : j J CJ ! LI, ) One gift per family, please. This offer is good only while the supply lasts. FSL1C strong at the plate, racking up 13 runs on 14 hits. Doug Holland was 4-5 with 3 RBIs. The team kept the winning streak going the following night by handing the Auto Dealers their first defeat 14-3. Morrow County tallied 16 hits while holding the Dealers to five. Doug Holland again led the hitters with a 3-4, 2 RBI performance. Rick Klaus, Scott Martin and Dale Holland con For more than 40 , been our pleasure to As the largest home based financial institution in eastern Oregon, we've consistently demonstrated a history of growth. Of stability. With your help, our assets recently totaled 77 million dollars. That's 77 in '77. It's more than a coincidence. It's a symbol of our commitment to you. Of our ability to meet your savings and loan needs. It also represents our determination to serve you better. Because at First Federal Savings & Loan, we know you're the key to our continued growth. That's why we're having a 77 in '77 celebration and giving you Si column tributed a pair of hits and an RBI. Manager Jim Swanson said he was happy to see the first win and hopes the team will "keep it up". A serious blow came when Dale Holland suffered a knee injury that will keep him out for the rest of the season. "He is the best 15-year-old in the league and we're going to miss him," Swanson said. years it's serve you. 'tryi- First Federal Savings Swim team takes second After only one week of practice, the Heppner swim team traveled to Pendleton Thursday to take on Pendleton and Enterprise in a three-way meet. The team finished a strong second in the competi tion with 183 points wedged bewteen Pendleton's 287 and Enterprise's 114. The meet's big winner was Kelli Bergstrom who brought home four first place ribbons. Cam George won three events while Judi Ward and Penny Connor each took two wins. In the girls 8 and under 50-yd. free, Penny Connor was second in 31.6. Following Bergstrom's time of 42.5 in the girls 9-10 50-yd. free was Ellen Arbogast in second with a time of 52.3, Shelly Biddle in third at 55.8 and Stephanie Sumner in fourth at 59.8. ' Cam George won the boys 9-10 50-yd. free event in 47.2 and was followed by David Franks in second with a time of 47.4. Judi Ward won the girls 11-12 50-yd. free with a 39.1 while Shane Laughlin placed third in the boys event at 39.2. Karen Kenny scored in the girls 13-14 100 free with a second place time of 1:24 while Rick Smith placed third in the boys event with a time of 1:26.8. Moving to the breaststroke events, Penny Connor was second in 41.0. Kelli Berg strom's winning clocking of 54.1 was followed by Shelly Biddle in third with a time of 1:04.9. Cam George won his breastroke event in 1:01.8, Judi Ward placed third with a 56.1 and Shane Laughlin topped the field . with a time of 50.4. Deb Elgin was second in 1:47.3. and Cindi Bergstrom was third in 1:48. In the backstroke races, : """" V 7 lit- . some exciting products as premiums for deposits. To get these practical gifts all you need to do is open a new account or add to an existing account. It's 1977, and our assets total 77 million dollars. That's a solid foundation for the future. For ours. And for yours. a. A Taylor Indoor-Outdoor Thermom eter is being offered as a premium for a deposit of $250.00. b. With a deposit of $500.00 a 3-piecfe Burnco barbecue set can be yours. The 16 inch utensils are made of stainless steel and rosewood, with leather thongs for easy hanging. You can bring home a Poly Drip au tomatic electric Coffee Miser with a $2,000.00 deposit, plus a $2.00 payment. This convenient appli ance has been kitchen tested and approved by Betty Crocker and has a full 3-year warranty. AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF PENDLETON CENTER & MAIN HEPPNER Other Offices: Milton-Free water, Hermiston, Boardman & Pendleton-Home Office Penny Connor won with a 39.4 timing, Kelli Bergstrom cap tured another first in 53.7 followed by Shelly Biddle at 1:20.3. Cam George's winning time of 1:01,7 was followed by David Franks who finished third at 1:07.1. Judi Ward won her backstroke event at 50.1. Shane Laughlin took second in 54.0. Karen Kenny led the field with a time of 41.5 while Deann Connor was third at 51.4. Rick Smith placed second at 51.3. In butterfly events, Penny Connor won again in 42.1, Kelli Bergstrom finished first with a time of 55.7, Ellen Arbogast took second in 1:10.6 and Shelly Biddle was third in 1:12.6. Cam George recorded another win with a time of 1:14, while Lisa Wilson took a third at 1:27.6. Complete results were not available for other events. Reunion planned July 23-24 The 1925 through 1929 grad uating classes of Heppner High School are planning a class reunion July 23 and 24. Persons who attended school with these classes but did not graduate are also included. Anyone interested who has not already been contacted should call Mrs. Claude Gra ham 676-9793. !.,!, " r '
