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v- - t-- - - v- V' r f '" l z ": " ?"-'' - ' The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 24, 1979 THREE Rodeo time approaches for junior buckaroos ' Contestants from four West ern states, Oregon, Washing ton, Idaho and California will be competing for cash prizes in the Morrow County Junior Rodeo, June 1-3 at the Fairgrounds. Two shows are scheduled, Friday at 7:30 p.m. and again on Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. The events are divided into two categories, Senior (15-18 year olds) and Juniors (9-14). Cost of admission is $2.50 for adults and $1 for students. Refreshments will be sold by the Lion's Club. Senior boys will be com peting in saddle bronc and bareback riding, bulldogging, calf-roping and bull riding. Senior girls will be cow-riding, breakaway roping, pole bend ing, barrel racing, goat-tying No week for area bus6s Buses were giving the Morrow County School Dist rict a go-around this week Bishop sets annual visit for All Saints9 Episcopal Church The Rt. Rev. William Spof ford, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Oregon, will make his annual visitation to All Saints' Episcopal Church in Heppner, on the weekend of May 27. He will be the house guest Saturday night in the home of Robert and Suzanne Jepsen. The parish will gather for a breakfast in honor of the bishop, Sunday morning, May 27 beginning at 8:30 a.m. The men of the parish will be the hosts. Please make reservations for the breakfast by calling Fr. Miller, 676-5128 or Ned Clark, 676-5828. At 10:30 a.m. the bishop along with the rector, Fr. Kenneth D. Miller, will officiate at the confirma tion of Miss Michele Saling, Miss Kathleen Clark and Miss Kimberly Ann Miller. Members of the community and other Christian denomi nations are welcome to visit during the morning. Following the morning wor ship, the Bishop will meet with the parish vestry, its govern ing board. RUBBER STAMPS 676-9228 4 I & J111V, 1 B 1 Mixed Bouquet In Cemetery Vases Start At FLOWED SHOP and team roping with one header and the other, a heeler. Junior boys' events include breakaway, calf riding and calf -tying. The girls will be barrel racing, pole bending, calf -riding and team roping. An estimated 150 contest ants are expected to attend, according to Mrs. Robert Mahoney, secretary of the Morrow County Junior Rodeo Association with silver belt buckles as the top prize and cash prizes awarded to the top six in each event. A $15 entry fee is charged with $5 for the stock used and $10 in prize money. The event will be kicked off with a colorful ceremony of horsemanship, rodeo hats and Heppner Fair Court on hand. The rodeo is approved by the with vandalism to four at lone High School and a mechanical breakdown of a Heppner Jr. High bus in Troutdale, Ore gon. lone High School Principal Chuck Starr reported Monday that all four buses vandalized last week were back in service this week, thanks to the efforts of Bus Supervisor Jerry Dag gett and the help of Akers Motor Service. Sometime Thursday night, vandals smashed side and door windows of the vehicles, a front windshield was broken and a rear door of another damaged. The hoods of the buses were opened up and Gift Certicates lei1- a. i Ai Towels 0fg Heppner & Board Sprays Potted Plants Potted Flowers Artif ical Sprays Cemetery Vases gJ&U 1 THjEHORtsr 676-9426 We send flowers. And more. YppER v Western States Junior Rodeo Association and one of a series of rodeos attracting young rodeo stars. Joe Nichols, Echo, will be the announcer. On Saturday night, team roping will be held with adults participating and a dance will follow. The Jim Ackley band will perform. Association directors include Chairman Bob Stea gall, Vice-Chairman , Bob Montgomery, and secretary Sheree Mahoney. Montgomery will serve as director of roping shutes, Dick Sherer as grounds director, Bob Mahoney as bucking chute director, Jerry Doherty, awards director, Kite Healy, director of track events and Don Stroeber, director of track events. engines pounded and air cleaners torn off. The dollar amount of the damage was fixed at $2,000 and according to Starr, that comes directly out of the taxpayers' pocketbooks. The Sheriff's Department is following up leads into the incident. Mechanical difficulties on Monday afternoon presented problems to a return bus trip for Heppner seventh graders to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Port land. The bus experienced the mechanical breakdown in Troutdale on the Columbia Gorge. ets DEPARTMENT STORE man 1 I TO IS" W ; vcaaij - i r i Continued from page 1 1,300 registered voters showed up at the polls in the Boardman and Irrigon area. She estimated that less than 37 percent of the county's voters cast ballots. That was the percentage of voters who turned out in the last school district electin. By law, the County Court v and PMH Hospital Board may resubmit their separate ballot issues within 30 days of Tuesday's election or by June 22. Charles Morris purchases Lexington Chevron station Lexington Chevron has a change of ownership and will be operated by Charles "Buck" Morris, who said he plans to make it a family business. Morris has just purchased the station and intends to use three of his four sons, aged 18, 21 and 24, to handle the work load. A former mechanical engi neer in Alaska, Morris was raised in Condon and the John Day country in the 1930's, then moved to Bend where he attended high school. His construction work has in cluded work on the Alaskan Pipeline. Morris considers the stat tion's location at the busy intersection of Highway 207 with the Lexington-Heppner Oregon Chief SLICED Van Camp's POr! and Beans d iZi 1 y sn HQ, Potatoes 3 Voters say 'no' Heppner was the last voting precinct to turn in results to the County Clerk because of several other issues on the local ballot. Three directors were elected to four-year terms on the Heppner Water Control District Board ; Arch ie Ball, Al Osmin and Gene Pierce. Donald Bennett and Monte Evans were elected to four-year terms as directors of the Heppner Rural Fire Maintenance District and the requested tax levy of $14,860 my- highway as an asset and added "it's the only one in town." He will be open six days a week from six a.m. to six p.m. to provide you with gas and eventually hopes to add other service features to the loca tion. ..aft Budget f 41 1 -lb. Pkg. 21-oz. a p will 1 mm 10-lb. Bag I . - & I 1 Lettuce iSzJuh outside the six percent limit ation to fund the Heppner Cemetery Maintenance Dist rict budget passed the voter test with 235-yes and 137-no. Community Art Show is well received On Tuesday, May 16, the Second Annual Community Art Show was held at Heppner Elementary School. A reception was held in the multi-purpose room of the grade school with a large attendance viewing the works of art on display. Awards were presented for first place showings, Jenny Johnston (chalk drawing), Judy Paine, oil, Bonnie Nix, sculpture; second place to Cammela Samples, oil, Jeff Bailey, clay pot and Kelly Crewse, collage; third place, Marilyn Parker, watercolor, Jeann Adams, chalk drawing and Cindi Bergstrom, clay pot. Honorable mention went to Lou Ann Way, oil, Craig purchase award given to Jeff Bailey. Gift certificates were pre sented to Diane Miller, wood block print, Annette Wilgers, print, Andy Samples, Batik and Coleman Devine, stone ware clay sculpture. WW" Saver Tags For Extra Savings Fresh, Cut-Up PHI FPHI? L&pk For The Green Budget Saver Tags ...We Pass The Savings On To You! Western Family Catsup Blue Bell Natural Potato Nalley's or Forman's Dill Pickles- Fit I rrun CSgCr 5 6rQQ A 1 .11 I IGG All Grinds Western Family I IIIWU WIIWW Choice Sunkist Oranges i Lbs. 1 59 . o J MARKET Pre-sentence inquiry ordered in drug case A pre-sentence investigation has been ordered for Noel Gay Harshman Jr., Heppner by Circuit Court Judge Jack Olsen following Harshman's guilty plea to four indictments issued by the secret Morrow County Grand Jury investi gating drug abuse. Harshman pleaded guilty May 15 in Circuit Court to four separate indictments and ten counts of drug abuse. If given the maximum sentence, he could receive a sentence of up to 60 years, 20 years each for the first two indictments and 10 each for the remaining charges. District Attorney Dennis Doherty dropped seven other indictments against the de fendant, also related to a drug raid at Harshman's apart ment January 6 in Heppner. .Printing Needs Jjj V Special Day Mm ' CAZETTI-T,MES 9 nop central s ureen i Buns Pkg. of 12 Coney Buns Chips - S I dm Wb' 3aUC8 Coke, A f I Dr. Pepper if V1X i Regular & Diet a q Prices Effective May 24-25-26 Grocery 676-9614 Meat The pre-sentence investiga tion is expected to take three of four weeks, Olsen said. In other drug -related cases, j Delbert Turner, 18, Heppner and Rick Rea, 19, Heppner and Richard Hamlett were arraigned on May 15 further indictments by the grand jury. Rea and Turner entered pleas of not guilty for two indict ments Monday and their attorneys, Winters and Sweeney filed challenges to evidence on other indictments lodged against them. Judge Olsen declined to set bail and freed the defendants on their own recognizance. Hamlett is charged with delivery of a controlled sub stance for consideration and four charges of delivery of a controlled substance to a minor. it 65 Pkg. of 8 - 3l Pf 7 d CffTlC All Verities ! UU 7-Up PI" Deit 6-Pak 12-oz. Cans p 676-9288 .
