SIX The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 2fi, 19J
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Maureen llealy placed first in the polebending event at the
High School Rodeo Finals in Redmond and as a result will be
competing in the national high school rodeo championship at
Fargo, North Dakota, starting July 30 along with three other
county entries, Jana Steagall, winner of the State All-Around
title, Mary Daly, who will compete in the goat tying event
and Tony Currin, a competitor in the cowcutting. and
calf-roping events.
(Bill Phelps Photography, Madras)
Four head for National High
School Rodeo finals in N.D.
Four Morrow County rodeo
athletes have left for the
National High School Rodeo
Championship at Fargo,
North Dakota.
Jana Steagall and Maureen
Healy will each compete in
four events beginning Mon
day, July 30 with the finals set
for August 5. Jana Steagall,
winner of the State Girls
All-around, . will compete in
the barrel racing, polebend
ing, breakaway and goat tying
while Maureen, the holder of
the state runner-up in the girls
all-around title will compete in
cowcutting, barrels, break
away and goat tying.
Mary Daly will compete in
goat tying and Tony Currin
will compete in calf roping
and cowcutting.
On the way to the national
championships, Ms. Healy
will compete in the Western
States Junior Rodeo at Era
mett, Idaho.
Monday Morning
Quarterback
By Jim Hackett
Can we expect another Marvin Webster-tradeoff routine
if Dennis Johnson, Seattle Sonic guard, is unsuccessful in
obtaining a $1.8 million, five year contract with owner Sam
Shulman.
Johnson and several others are bargaining for new
contracts this summer. Throughout the playoffs. Johnson's
$800,000 salary was called one of the lowest in the National
Basketball Association and you had to wonder whether the
Pepperdine superstar would end up like Marvin Webster,
who rejected an offer with the Sonics to go to work for a
healthy chunk of cash from the New York Knicks.
The only problem with D.J.'s chances of acquiring a
higher pay status is that Schulman is apparently a tough
bargainer. Since the Sonics first began playing in the NBA in
the middle Sixties, the team has lost many players and
coaches and it's amazing that Downtown Fred Brown had
stuck it out until the team's win of the NBA World
Championship this year.
If you remember, Schulman could have lost Coach Lenny
Wilkens to the bargaining table following last season's near
miss against Washington on the finals.
$800,000 isn't a pittance to the average person in the U.S.
but it may be second rate when compared to the high
earnings of professional athletes. Are professional athletes
overpaid? It depends on how the- sports public values their
performance and the duration of your sport. A man in the
middle thirties is considered old and about ready to retire
from the basketball and football sport compared to the
normal 65 retirement age of the average American worker.
But unlike most of us, the professional athlete uses his
name recognition value to propel him into sports personality
jobs such as sports commentators. Most of them seem well
adapted to covering sports but I sometimes wonder whether
the sports broadcasters who have worked' their way up the
ladder are a little annoyed when they see a flash-in-the-pan
athlete holding the microphone.
Still, some depth of knowledge which the average
broadcaster might not have because of their long background
in sports. There are some exceptional sports broadcasters
like Bruce Jenner and Don Drysdale.
Three major conservation and sports organizations have
jointly announced that an initiative petition is being filed that
will give recreational fishing the highest priority on spring
and summer chinook salmon in all of Oregon's bays and
rivers including the Columbia.
The Oregon Wildlife Federation, the Oregon Division of
the Izaak Walton League and Save Oregon's Resources
Today Inc., joined forces in this effort as a final attempt to '
save the remnants of these upriver runs.
The conservation groups are appealing to the people of
Oregon to support these initiatives so that all citizens can
share in preserving the endangered spring and summer
chinook salmon.
Champion racewalker to
go 20 kilometers Sunday
4-H Horse Show
set for Sunday
The annual Morrow County
4-H Horse Show will be held
July 29, according to John P.
Nordheim, Morrow County
Extension Agent.
This event will be held at the
Heppner Fairgrounds and will
start at 8:30 a.m. with
registration; the show will
start about 9 a.m. Vic Suratt,
Madras, will be the official
judge. Krynn Robinson, Hep
pner, will be the ring steward.
This event is open to all
Morrow County 4-H Horse
Members. The annual show is
an opportunity for members to
show off themselves and their
horses, showing their im
provement since last year.
There will be four age
divisions: Beginner, Junior,
Intermediate, and Senior.
There will be an All-Around in
;each age division this year,
with points counting in show
manship, Western Equitation
and either English Equitation
or Trail.
First class of the day will be
Showmanship. Western Equi
tation will be second, then Colt
Western Equitation, Colt
Ground Training, English
Equitation, Hunt Seat Equita
tion Over Fences, and the last
class will be the Trail Horse
Class. For more information,
consult the Morrow County
Fair and Rodeo Premium
Book or call the Morrow
County Extension Office.
Ione's Shawn LaRue will be
racewalking for pledges Sun
day between Lexington and
lone to raise pledges for trip
expenses to the National
Junior Olympics champion
ship at Lincoln, Nebraska
August 12.
LaRue, the second place
qualifier in the Regional
championship at Yakima and
Oregon State champion, will
be racewalking 20 kilometers,
slightly more than 12 miles
from Jim Bloodsworth Lane to
the lone City Park. Pledges
may be submitted to Ron
Bowman at Samples' Mobil
Service Station in Heppner or
phoned to the LaRue family.
The 15 year old racewalker
begins his walk at 7 a.m.
Sunday morning.
In training for his entry into
the national championships,
Shawn is expected to work out
with the first place winners in
the Regionals, 17 year old
Chris Howe, Kennewick. The
pair of walkers who bested a
field of 10 entries will work in
the Umatilla area. Last year,
Howe placed fifth in the event.
Shawn and his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Delton LaRue, will
leave for Nebraska from
Portland, August 7 to attend
the culmination of Shawn's six
years training in racewalking.
Pledges will be taken by the
kilometer instead of miles.
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HEPPNER FAIRGROUNDS
Showmanship
Western Equitation
Colt Equitation
Colt Ground Training
English Equitation
Hunt Seat Equitation Over
Fences Trail
All-Around In Each Age Group
8:30 a.m. Registration Open to 4-H Members Enrolled In
Morrow County 4-H Horse Project
For More Information Call John Nordheim Morrow County
Extension Office 676-9642
Swimmers strong at John Day
The Heppner Swim Team
turned in outstanding perfor
mances at Sunday's John Day
Swim Meet and third overall.
Next Friday and Saturday, the
team travels to The Dalles
ABC Invitational with small
and large teams competing.
The following week, they will
be in Prineville and the
concluding week is the Dist
rict Swim Meet at Pendleton.
Team members were first in
the 12 and under 200 yd.
freestyle relay. The team of
Heidi Samples, Sarah Forrar,
Ellen Arbogast and Kelli
Bergstrom swam the distance
in 2:24.36.
The boys were third in the 12
and under 200 yd. relay. The
team of Ken Fifield. Cam
George, Ron Greene, and
Duane Ball completed the
distance in 4:48.28.
Tami Fifield placed first in
the 8 and under girls, 50 yd.
backstroke in 39.52 and fourth
in the freestyle in 37.40. Ken
Fifield was fifth in the 8 and
under boys, 50 yd. backstroke
in 2:09.48 while Teresa Fifield
collected a fourth in the 9-10
girls, 50 yd. backstroke in .
56.20.
Beth Forrar placed first in
the 50 yd. breaststroke among
9-10 girls in 51:61, a second in
the 50 yd. butterfly, 1:03.80
and a third in the 50 yd.
backstroke in 55.62. and her
sister Sarah Forrar was
second in the girls 11-12, 50 yd.
freestyle in 35:56 and fifth in
the 50 yd. breaststroke, 49.40.
Kelli Bergstrom scored 4
firsts in the 11-12 girls'
division, 100 I.M., 1:20.77, 50
yd. breatstroke, 39.64, 50 yd.
freestyle, 32.20, and 50 yd.
butterfly, 36.41 and her sister,
Cindi, placed first in two
events, 200 yd. I.M., 3:13.74
and 100 yd. breaststroke,
1:25.82 and third in the 100 yd.
freestyle, 1:16.11 and in the 60
yard backstroke, 1:41.41.
Duane Ball was second in
the boy's 9-10, 50 yd. butterfly,
1:00.60, third in the 50 yd.
freestyle, 40.73, fourth in the
50 yd. backstroke, 52:81 and
fifth in the 50 yd. breaststroke,
1:04.33: Andrea Ball was third
in the girls 11-12, 50 yard
backstroke in 45:40 and fourth
in the 50 yd. butterfly, 45:18.
Ellen Arbogast was third in
the ll-12girls, 50yd. freestyle,
36:65, fourth in the 50 yd.
backstroke, 45:64, fifth in the
100 yd. I.M., 1:38.67 and fifth
in the 50 yd. butterfly, 50:18.
Lottie Laughlin was first in
the 15-18 girls, 100 yd. free
style, 1 : 10.95, second in the 100
yd. butterfly, 1:47.41, third in
the 100 yd. breaststroke,
1:32.45 and fourth in the 200
yard I.M., 3:26.17; Heidi
Samples was first in the 11-12
girls, 50 yard Tbackstroke,
41:06, fourth in the 50 yd.
breaststroke, 49:35 and fourth
in the 100 yard I.M., 1:35.13.
Cam George placed first in
the 11-12 boys, 50 yard
breaststroke, 43.62, fourth in
the 50 yard butterfly, 45
seconds and fourth in the 200
yard I M., 1:37.99.
All-Stars face Deschutes
Heppner Little League All
Stars were scheduled to play
their first game in the District
Tourney at Redmond Wed
nesday night against Des
chutes to determine whether
they would continue playing in
the tournament.
Ted Toll, Little League
spokesman, said there are 9
teams entered in this year's
tournament and the Wednes
day night game determines
the makeup of the tourney
bracket.
The team must win Wednes
day night to have a thance to
win the overall championship.
If Heppner loses, it will play a
consolation game at 10:30
a.m. Saturday. Should they
win, they will face Hermiston
at 6 p.m. Thursday.
Bob Ployharand Bob Green
have been nameas coaches
for the team.
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