B-TEN f he Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August
'78 Grand Marshall
Ralph Beamer will
lead off rodeo parade
on Saturday, Aug. 26
Ralph Beamer will feel right
at home when he steps into the
saddle on Saturday, Aug. 26, to
lead the annual Morrow
County Fair and Rodeo Par
ade. Beamer, this year's parade
Grand Marshall, has spent
much of his last 50 years on
top of a horse, either working
cattle or sheep, or participat
ing in rodeo roping events,
horsemen's playdays, or eow
cutling contests.
His Balm Fork ranch has
been the site tor numerous
impromptu rodeos and play
day events during past years,
and he has volunteered his
services to other rodeo events
across the region.
Leading a way of life never
Good table meat, investment in County youth
await buyers at annual 4-H-FF A stoek sale
Gourmets take note'
It's not often that an
opportunity rises to buy some,
genuine, prime-grade, hand
fed beef, pork or mutton. But
such a chance will take place
starting at 8 p.m. Tuesday in
she covered arena at the
Morrow County Fair, with the
annual 411 and FFA Market
Stoc k Sale
All stock U be sold at the
sale must meet or surpass the
I'SDA Good rating for beef
and sheep, and the USDA No. 3
rating for hogs. Traditionally,
nearly all beef and sheep
entries at the sale grade
Wranglers will again
host Sunday a.m.
Cowboy Breakfast
The welcome aroma of
ham and eggs, hashbrowns
and pancakes, will drift
through the morning air on
Sunday, Aug. 27, when the
Wranglers horse club will host
the annual Cowboy Breakfast
at Heppner City Park.
Rodeo performers, fair en
far from the saddle was a
future he had no way of
foreseeing as a youth growing
up in rural Virginia. After
leaving his family's small
farm, he worked briefly in a
furniture factory, deciding
eventually that he could find a
better way to lead the rest of
his life.
Beamer moved to Heppner,
where a cousin was living, and
began work on a series of
sheep and cattle operations
before buying his own place.
His son. Neil, ropes on the
regional rodeo circuit, and a
daughter, Janice, now of
Pendleton, was an avid barrel
racer who was named Miss
Rodeo of Oregon, and Miss
Northwest Rodeo.
out choice or better, with
many qualifying for the rare
USDA Prime rating. Hogs at
the sale seldom grade lower
than USDA No. 2, with many
meeting standards for No. 1.
the USDA's highest rating.
Few animals have exper
ienced so much care and
individual attention as those
that will enter the sale ring.
4-Hers and FFA members
often select individual diet
programs for their stock,
creating their own feed blends
designed to produce Grand
Champion animals.
But there can onlv be one
trants, spectators everyone
is invited to come to the
outdoor morning meal.
- Price for adults will be $2.75,
with children 12 and under
$1.25. Proceeds will be used to
help finance awards presented
to winners at the Wranglers'
playday events.
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champion for each livestock
division, leaving most 4-H and
FFA members, in the also-ran
category, despite long hours of
work and planning. Unfortu
nately, huge disparities be
tween the prices received
from champion entries and
those placing below often take
place.
Casual observers may mis
takenly, believe that the pre
mium prices often paid many
4 Hers and FFA members are
the result of work during only
one week fair week. But
stock sale money is really the
payoff for a year's work, and
is often used towards further
ing the club member's educa
tion or improving his or her
livestock project.
The sale is sponsored by the
Morrow County Livestock
Growers, with Ron Currin,
l-ouis Carlson. Merllin
Hughes, Bob Peterson and
Bob Van Schoiack serving on
the organization's stock sale
committee. The committee
puts in long hours to organize
the annual event, as does the
County Extension office,
which handles the paperwork
that precedes the auction.
. It costs the 4-Hers and FFA
members more money than
larger livestock producers to
feed and care for premium
grade livestock. So the break
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even point in cents per pound
is considerably higher. The
Livestock growers hope poten
tial buyers will bid high
enough that all club members
will at least break even on
their projects.
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Fcshion Linos
Arriving Daily !
Junisr And f.lisscs
Blouses, Pants,
Dresses, Mix And Match
Coino In
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To Suit fmr Tastes
Lebush Shoppe
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1978 Grand Marshal
Ralph Beamer
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In purchasing an animal at
the sale, you are not only
receiving high-quality table
meal, you are investing in the
future of a Morrow County
youth. And that's a bargain
with a real payoff.
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