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1978 Fair Court
Queen Donna Palmer
Princess Kim Pettyjohn Princess Laurie Childers
1 978 Fair Court looks
forward to activities ahead
The 1978 Morrow County
Fair and Rodeo Court Queen
Donna and Princesses Laurie
and Kim will make its first
appearance as a group at the
big Kick-Off Dance to be held
in their honor Saturday,
March 18, in the Fair Pavilion
at the fairgrounds in Heppner.
Their first official appear
ance, that is. For the entire
court hails from lone and, as
Princess Laurie put it, "we all
grew up together." Combine
this close-knit tedness with the
beauty, poise and expert
horsemanship of all three
young women, anu me io
Fair and Rodeo Court pro
mises to turn plenty of
attention Morrow County's
way.
Queen Donna Palmer, 18-year-old
daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Palmer, was a
princess last year, along with
her identical twin sister
Debora. She has been riding'
"since she was old enough to
lit on a horse" according to .
her mother Mary Ann, who
will be official chaperone for
the court for the second
consecutive year.
$4.8 million school
bond election faces
voters on Tuesday
Although a substantial ma
jority of the $4.8 million bond
' issue facing county voters will
go towards construction and
'remodeling of facilites in
! Boardman and Irrigon, school
t district Supt. Matt Doherty
J looks at Monday's ballot as a
' "vote for the credibility of the
e entire school district".
"This is predominately a
ti' north end issue and there may
if be some concern by south end
vi voters as to why they should
v) vote for it," Doherty told the
I Heppner Chamber of Com
ni merce this week. "But the
ho bond issue shows the areas of
pr primary concern as identified
by by the district's long range
planning committee."
' ,' Doherty said the large
im increase in student population
in in the county during the past
it- few years makes construction
t essential and the remodeling
;i i aspects of the bond issue are
f.' needed to best pursue the
t academic programs set forth
t; by the district.
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Donna, a freshman major
ing in business and marketing
management at BMCC, broke
and trained Johnnie Joe, the
Quarter Horse she will ride for
official appearances. She is a
farm girl, driving wheat
truck, baler and swather in
the summer. In addition to
twin Debora, she has an older
' sister, Barbara Gutierrez of
Hermiston who was a 1975
princess on the Morrow Coun
ty Court, and a younger sister,
Anita, age 14.
Princess Laurie Childers,
18, is also a freshman at
BMCC, and majoring in secre
tarial science. The daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Childers,
who own B&C Repair in lone,
she has two brothers, Harvey
a year older, and Roger, 13,
She estimates that she's been
riding since she was four
years old and intends to ride
P.J., a Quarter Horse mare
for court appearances.
She is presently working on
a special project, starting a
herd of Brahma cattle with a
bull and several heifers.
Laurie said she wanted to be
part of the court "because I
"This is a county school
district and the $7.58 per $1,000
valuation tax rate covers all
costs of school operation,"
Doherty said, noting that
many similar sized districts
structured on a non-county
basis often have tax rate twice
the size of Morrow County.
"We should consider our
selves very fortunate for our
tax rate and even with the
bond issue, the tax rate of
about $9 is still very favor
able." With many benefits of the
bond issue going to the north
end of the county, much of the
tax relief also comes from the
growing industry of the" area.
Doherty estimated that when
the Portland General Electric
School Bond Election
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love animals and thought it
would be a really good chance
to represent Morrow County."
Princess Kim Pettyjohn is
the youngest member of the
court at 16. She is the daughter
of Paul "Skip" Pettyjohn Jr.
and has two younger sisters,
Kelly, 14, and Kris, 13. A
. sophomore at lone High
School, Kim has been riding
for about seven years. She
chose a horse named Traveler
as her official mount.
"I like horses and I like to
meet people," she gave as her
reasons for wanting to be a
part of the court.
All three young women on
this year's court have been
members of both the Wrang
lers and the lone Trail Riders,
a 4-H club under the leader
ship of Linda La Rue.
Mary Ann Palmer, chaper
one for the second year, has
been traveling with the court
for six years, since her
daughters were all pennant
bearers before they joined the
royal ranks.
"I think this year's court
will be a very good group to
work with," she said.
power plant comes on line in
the next few years, the tax
offset generated by the plant
would reduce the $1.48 bond
amount by some 60 cents.
Combining all industry now on
the tax records in the north
end, approximately 90 cents of
the bond amount would be
covered next year.
Polls for the Tuesday voting
will be open from 8 a.m. to 8
p.m. with the Heppner and
Hardman precincts combin
ing for balloting at the
Heppner Grade School. The
county's other four precincts
will operate as usual.
More complete information
on the bond issue appeals in
this paper on page 14.
At a public meeting Monday
night the Heppner-Morrow
Chamber of Commerce went
on record as supporting con
struction of the Willow Creek
Dam.
About 50 persons attended
the public meeting where the
Chamber's recommendations
to city and county officials
was made.
Last month a special com
mittee of the chamber was
formed to study Heppner's
flood plain and the effects it
would have on the community.
Terry Hager, chairman of
the special committee, read
from the report. .."The com
mittee's recommendations
are based on the obvious need
to eliminate the flood plain in
Heppner, for the protection of
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Meeting is Monday evenin;
The 1978 winner of Morrow
County's highest honor to a
farmer, Conservation Man of
the Year, will be announced at
the annual spring meeting of
the county Wheat Growers
League. The meeting is sche
duled for Monday, March 13,
beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the
St. Patrick's parish hall.
Since it was first presented
to the Rietmann Bros, of lone
in 1948, 30 county farmers
Lumberjack carnival slated
for April 1 5 at fairgrounds
April 15 promises to be a
day to remember this year
when the First Annual Hepp
ner Spring Lumberjack Show
comes to town.
Sponsored by the Morrow
County Fair Committee, the
show is intended both as a
fund raiser for fairtime activi
ties, and to acknowledge the
importance of the lumber
industry in the county.
The day's activities will
start at 1 p.m. at the
fairgrounds with competitions
in axe throwing, choker rac
ing, horizontal chopping, ver
tical chopping, Jack and Jill
crosscut, men's double buck
ing, hot power saw and stock
Clinic x-ray fund started
Individuals, civic groups
and businesses are combining
efforts in raising $14,000
needed for an X-Ray machine
at the new Morrow County
Medical Clinic in Boardman.
Recently completed, the
clinic is being staffed by Drs.
Richard Carpenter and Jo
seph Diehl of Heppner.
Portland General Electric
has donated $14,000 to the
purchase of the $28,000 x-ray
machine. Because the doctors
are equipping the rest of the
clinic, funds for the x-ray unit
had to come from other
sources.
To date about, $1,600 has
been raised, according to
Alice Bartlett who is heading
the fund drive.
"We need donations from all
sectors of the community in
real property values and for
the continued economic
growth and stability of South
ern Morrow County."
The committee determined
that Heppner's flood plain
Gity, County officials will
decide on dam next week
City and county officials will
decide whether or not to
support the Willow Creek Dam
project by next Wednesday,
March 15.
Morrow County Judge D.O.
Nelson told the Gazette-Times
the County Court will decide
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HEPPNER, OREGON
Growers League Annua.
have held the award, with four
going on to take state-wide
conservation honors.
The award is made on the
basis of good conservation
practices and good farm
management as determined
by a committee chaired by the
previous year's winner and
including a representative
from the Water and Soil
Conservation District, the
Agricultural Stablization and
power saw. The show, is
expected to attract world
champions, contestants from
as far away as California and
Montana, and, of course, the
local talent.
Gary Grieb, Fair Commit
tee member organizing the
show, said that champion
caliber competitors would
come to Heppner because it is
the first Northwest Logging
Association sanctioned event
scheduled this year and the
"big boys" would use it to tune
up their equipment and tone
up their muscles for the larger
point shows later in the
season.
Kinzua Corp. plywood
dividuals, businesses and fund
raising efforts," said Mrs.
Barlett.
And it appears the commu
nity is rallying to the support
of the fund drive. The Key-Buy
grocery store in Umatilla is
donating 25-cents on each
gallon and 10-cents on each
half gallon of milk sold
through March. The Lady
Lions in Irrigon have several
fund raisers planned including
a taco feed and Bingo party
March 23. Other civic groups
with plans to raise money are
the men's Lions from Irrigon
and Boardman, the Tillicum
Greenfield Grange.
Donations to the fund can be
made at Inland Empire Bank
made at Inland Empire Bank
and U.S. National Bank in
Boardman or can be sent to
designation would prevent
new business and residential
structures in Heppner.
Senator Mark Hatfield has
indicated that funding for
next Wednesday whether or
not a letter of support will be
sent Senator Mark Hatfield.
Heppner Mayor Jerry Swee
ney said a special council
meeting will be held Monday,
March 13 at 8 p.m. at City Hall
to determine the answer to the
same question.
THURSDAY,
Conservation Service (ASCS)
county Committee and the
Morrow County Wheat Grow
ers League. Gene Majeski,
1977 Conservation Man of the
Year, chaired the group that
chose the outstanding farmer
to be announced Monday.
Also on the agenda of the
Wheat Growers League meet
ing is guest speaker Don
Rydrych of Helix, an agrono
mist in weed control at the
superintendent Monte Stoo
key, who competed in a
lumberjack show in Sumpter
last year, was 'recruited' by
the Fair Committee as a
promoter for local contes
tants. He said the word from
the N.W. Logging Assoc., to
which all the pros belong, also
indicates a large turn out from
its membership.
"The trouble is that local
men thinking of entering are
afraid that they can't compete
with the champions," Stookey
said. He added, however, that
in five of the events, nameiy
axe throwing, choker race,
stock power saw, double
bucking and Jack and Jill
Mrs. Joe Bartlett, Box 42,
Boardman 97818.
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Wed., Feb. 22 42
Thurs., Feb. 23 60
Low Pre.
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Fri., Feb. 24
Sat., Feb. 25
Sun., Feb. 26
Mon., Feb. 27
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Normal 1.17
February 1977 .52
Wed., March 1 39 27
Thurs., Mar. 2 36 26
Fri., Mar. 3 31 24 .07
Sat., Mar. 4 33 27 .17
Sun., Mar. 5 39 27
Mon., Mar. 6 61 36
Tues., Mar. 7 61 38
construction of Willow Creek
Dam could be obtained this
year by including the request
for funds in the nation's public
works appropriation bill.
Before Hatfield will pursue
Hatfield has indicated that
funding could possibly be
obtained through the nation's
public works appropriation
bill in this year's Congress. In
order to pursue funding Hat
field must know the commu
nity's wishes before the end of
March.
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Columbia Basin Research
Center in Pendleton, formerly
the Pendleton Experimental
Station. Rydrych will present
new research information on
weed control in limited tillage,
a farming conservation prac
tice which Rydrych said
creates other problems,
namely weeds.
Harold Kerr, county exten
crosscut, local entries have a
good chance to plaia or even
win.
As an added incentive to
local competitors, the Fair
Committee plans to offer a
prize to the top Morrow
County contestant entered in
the show.
"We think the show will go
over big," Grieb said, indi
cating the interest already
arou sed by the first time
event was enormous.
While the saws are churning
and axes chopping, spectators
will be able to take advantage
of food offered by the Fair
Committee, to be served as
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Boardman
At the Feb. 28 meeting of
board, members toured the
I Medical Clinic and also elected
lyear.
i Serving as board president for 1978 is Fred Martin of
j lone. Vice president of the board is Larry Mills, Heppner,
I and secretary is Hubert Wilson, Heppner.
I According to PMH administrator Bob Byrnes, the
' Boardman Clinic should be ready to open as soon as furniture
arrives and an x-ray machine, now in transit, is operable.
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City appointments made
Terry Hager was appointed
! Heppner Planning Commission by the City Council at its
meeting on Monday, March 6.
I been short one member since
! last month.
The Council also named
j Library Board of Directors,
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P Mary Pat Lande.
funding, the County Court and
the Heppner City Council must
indicate their support of the
project. Since the bill under
which the dam would be
funded goes before Congress
in April, Hatfield must know
the wishes of the community
before the end of March.
At the meeting Monday a
question arose on which dam
was being proposed the dam
originally authorized in 1965 or
the revised dam proposed in
1973. Either dam would elimi
nat Heppner's flood plain,
however, the 1965 project
includes provisions for recrea
tion the dam proposed in 1973
does not have. Irrigator rights
would be maintained irregard
less of which dam was built.
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sion agent and secretary of the
Wheat Grower's League, will
explain details of the Food and
Agriculture Act of 1977 (new
farm program) and how this
voluntary federal program
will effect Morrow County
wheat growers.
Everyone is invited to the
two-hour meeting and farmers
are especially urged to attend.
Pie and coffee will be served.
long as it lasts. Homemade
stew, homemade pie, ham
burgers and hot dogs will all
be on the menu.
When all the contests are
finished and the last cash
prizes awarded, the day's fun
will be far from over.
At 7 p.m. musicians from all
over Easter Oregon will come
together for a special concert
sponsored by the Blue Moun
tain Fiddlers Association. At 9
p.m. the concert will end as
two hours of old-time dancing
to the fiddlers begins.
All in all, April 15 promises
to be a Saturday full of
competition and remembered
long after the sawdust settles.
Briefs
clinic toured
the Pioneer Memorial Hospital
nearly-completed Boardman
new officers for the coming
to fill a vacant position on the
The Planning Commission has
the resignation of Irene Anhorn
Greg Sweek to the Heppner
a position formerly filled by