SIX The lleppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August Hi, 1!N
Monday Morning
Quarterback
By Jim Hackett
Those attending the 1979 Morrow County Fair and Rodeo
the next two weeks will witness a number of sports activities
locally from the women's nail driving contest to the bucking
broncs in the Fairgrounds arena.
It's a time when amateurs can enter what activities they
want to by simply stepping forward. This Saturday and
Sunday, is the horseshoe pitching contest, beginning at 12:30
p.m. Men, women and children are allowed to enter with
women pitching at 30 feet.
The women's nail driving contest is at 3 p.m. Sunday.
Congratulations are in order to Shawn LaRue who placed
ninth Sunday in the National Junior Olympics racewalking
competition at Lincoln, Nebraska. The first place regional
champion, Chris Hole of Kennewick, was first in the
competition.
The event never made it on live television Sunday but I
felt the broadcasting of some of the other Junior Olympics
events was superb. It demonstrated that the nation should
have athletic strength for the 1980 and 1984 Olympics against
strong international competition.
Also strongly deserving of recognition are the Heppner
Swim Team nnynbers who placed in the finals of the
Pendleton District Swim Meet. After swimming in the three
day meet, the swimmers turned out Monday night to swim
over. 28 miles or 1,533.6 laps of the pool. The longest
swimmers, Kelli Bergstrom, Heidi Samples and Sarah
Forrar are commended for their strength to swim on that
rainy night.
The football season is catching up with us. Practice starts
statewide August 20 with Heppner and lone playing their first
games September 7 at home.
The football season is catching up with us. Practice
starts statewide August 20 with Heppner and lone playing
their first games September 7 at home. The Heppner
Mustangs coached by John Sporseen are the defending
conference champions and according to John, .he team
, . should have a return of its front line.
Something to enter for the 55 and over set is the Golden
Age Olympics set for September 13-15 in Lebanon, Oregon.
Competition will include a variety of events such as track
and field and bicycling for the physically active and cards
and table events for the less active.
Any person over the age of 55 is invited to come and
participate. The first 3(10 people who sign up will receive a
special T-shirt. For more information or to register, contact
the Lebanon Area Chamber of Commerce at 1-258-7164.
The archery season opened this weekend statewide. I
haven't seen any game shot with the bow yet but according to
one hunter, he had the opportunity of shooting an elk.
Hunters using the bow are not allowed to use firearms this
year a new innovation which is causing experimentation by
the state's gamesmen.
Two local players
in regional play
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LaRue ninth in
walking final
Shawn LaKue of lone placed
ninth out of 21 competitors in
the National AAU Junior
Olympics race-walking com
petition Sunday at Lincoln,
Nebraska as. one of two
regional champions.
The . regional champion,
Chris Hole, Kennewick, Wash
ington, whom Shawn roomed
with at tHe" University -oi
Nebraska won the event in
7:09 minutes compared to
Shawn's best time ever of 8: 11
minutes.
Mrs. Linda LaRue said
weather conditions were good
for the race with Midwest
humidity lowering and a
rainfall cooling off the area
before the racewalking.
There was only one race for
the competitors of the national
title and 18-year-old Chris
Hole received two warnings
before he completed the four
laps around the oval course.
Mrs. LaRue said three, warn
ings disqualifies 'th racew,
walkers. This waS Hole's last
year of competition in Junior
Olympics.
Shawn, a 16-year-old and
Oregon State AAU Champion,
has two more years of
competition left.
Between
strokes
Andrea Ball. Heppner, competed in the butterfly competition in Saturday's Pendleton
District Swim Meet along with her other team members. She finished 8th in the 200 I.M. in
:i:(.8:t. (Jerry Samples Photo)
Steagall places high
in national rodeo
Heppner swimmers make finals
Two Heppner players, Greg
Connors and Greg Orr, both
13, will be playing for the
Hermiston Babe Ruth Team in
the regional Babe Ruth Team
at Hermiston beginning Wed
nesday. Mrs. Connors reported that
both players were members of
the Morrow County Babe Ruth
team. Greg has been practic
ing at pitching and in the
outfield and Greg Orr . is
expected to play at second
base.
The double consolation tour
ney is expected to last through
Sunday.
The Heppner A and B Swim
Teams climaxed their sum
mer season of swim meets
Saturday and Sunday with
strong individual showings in
the Pendleton District Meet. A
dual meet is scheduled Thurs.
day with Hermiston and
Pendleton.
Heppner placed 9 in the A
meet and 7 in the B division.
The best 10 swimmers in the!
district swam in the finals
Sunday afternoon after con
clusion of the B Meet.
In the A meet, the medley
relay team of Kelli Berg
strom, Andrea Ball, Heidi
Samples and Ellen Arbogast
placed fifth in a time of 2:59.95
and the freestyle relay team of
Kelli, Andrea, Heidi and Ellen
placed sixth in the 2:36.35.
Showing the strong swim
ming style which has charac
terized her competition this
summer, Kelli Bergstrom
earned two second place
medals in the 50 meter
breast-stroke, 44.27 and in the
50 meter butterfly, 37.01 and a
fourth place ribbon in the 100
meter freestyle.
Meidi Samples received a
bronze medal for placing third
iri the 50 meter backstroke in
43.87; Cam George picked up a
.fifth and 9th place finishes in
the 50 meter breaststroke,
46.68 and 50 meter butterfly,
48.29; Cindi Bergstrom was
6th in the 100 meter breast
stroke; Craig Angell placed
8th in the 50 meter freestyle in
56.64, and in the 50 meter
backstroke, 1:14.39; Lottie
Laughlin was 8th in the 100
meter freestyle, 1:20.49, 10th
in the 100 meter breaststroke
in 1.41.11 and 9th in the 100
meter butterfly, 1:57.70;
Duane Ball was 6th in the 50
meter backstroke in 51.31, and
Andrea Ball was 8th in the 200
I.M. in 3:43.83.
Tammi Fifield placed fifth
in the B Meet among girls 8-11
in the 50 meter backstroke, in
1:27.67; Babbette Angell was
7th in the 50 meter breast-
stroke, 1:10.67 and in the 50
meter backstroke, 1:12.53;
Treasa Fifield was 7th in the
50 memter backstroke in
1:97.70; Mickey Hutchinson
picked up an A time certifi
cate in the 50 m.eter breast
stroke in J: 11.60 and Shelly
Biddle placed second in the 50
meter breaststroke in 54.77
and picked up two A time
certificates in the 50 meter
freestyle, 40.43 and in the 50
meter butterfly, 48.32.
Ken Fifield was 14th in the
50 meter freestyle in 1:51.86
and in the 50 meter breast
stroke in 2 : 30.58.
La Grande won the A meet
and Milton-Freewater the B
meet. Heppner was 7th in the
B meet and 9th in the A
division.
Jana Steagall of Lexington
placed tenth in the nation in
breakaway at the High School
National Rodeo in Fargo,
North Dakota as the Oregon
All-Around Champion.
Maureen Healy, placed 29th
in barrels and 23rd in goat
tying while Mary Daly rec
eived a no-time in the goat
tying event, according to
Maureen who returned Tues
day night with her family to
their Butter Creek Ranch.
The local rodeo competitors
ran into heavy downpour and
tornadoes while back in Fargo'
but there was a record turnout
Horseshoe tourney slated Saturday
To enter the Morrow County
Fair's Amateur Horseshoe
Tourney, players must sign up
at the pits in the Fairgrounds
park by 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
Players will be divided into
three separate divisions,
men's class, 16 and over,
Junior class, under 16, and
women.
Tourney officials hope that
the event will be concluded on
Saturday but if not, play will
continue Sunday at 12:30 p.m.
There will be four separate
pits and four players playing
at all times in a single-elimination
bracket. Horseshoes
will be available. However,
players may bring their own
shoes if they prefer.
There is no Cntry
fee
charged. For further informa
tion, contact Jim Hackett at
676-9228.
of rodeo fans watching the
action.
Sam Willis of Redmond was
a runner-up in the boys'
all-around competition.
Maureen and Jana planned
to compete in the Hermiston
Rodeo Friday, and Maureen
set her sights on the Bemton
City Rodeo set for Sunday.
Winners in
ladies play
At ladies play at Willow
Creek Country Club, August 7,
Muriel Palmer and Sharon
Harrison emerged as winners.
Pat Edmundson shot low
gross and Judy Stevens turned
in the "most honest score."
Hostess for the day was
Muriel Palmer.
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Swimmers travel
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To raise money for the
Heppner Swim Team next
summer, area swimmers par
ticipated in a Swim-a-thon
Monday night at the Keppner
pool, swimming a total of 28.4
miles or 1,533.6 laps.
With each mile equaling 54
laps, swimmers churned
through a great distance of
water to earn pledge money.
Going the most laps over two
and a half miles were 12 year
old Kelli Bergstrom, 162 laps,
11 year old Heidi Samples, 140
laps, and 12 year old Sarah
Forrar, 140.
Thieves nab
360 lbs.
of meat
Don and Jean Bennett of
Hinton Creek, reported 360
lbs. of meat valued at $450 was
stolen from a freezer at their
ranch.
They reported the theft
August 9 to the . Morrow
County Sheriff's Department.
There was also a report of
slashed tires at the Boardman
Coal Fired Plant August 11,
according to Oregon State
Police.
Mickey Hutchinson, 8,
swam 20; Tami Fifield, 9,
went 14, Teresa Fifield, 9,
traveled 22; Craig Angell, 8
swam 26; Rob Hutchinson, 10,
42; Kenny Fifield, 7, 20 laps;
Duane Ball, 9, 64; Beth
Forrar, 10, 82; Babbette
Angell, 10, 70 laps; Cindi
Bergstrom, 15, 126 laps; Cam
George, 12, 110 laps; Terry
Gray, 14, 108 laps; Ellen
Arbogast, 12, 136 laps; Shelly
Biddle, 11, 130 laps and Lottie
Laughlin, 15, 120 laps.
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Football
fever
Three Morrow County players will be among the players in
the Ail-Star Fast-West Shrine football game August 18 at the
Baker High School stadium. They are Bryan IWarlin of
Heppner, No. 2!l, Kevin McCabe of lone, No. 22 and Deeno
I.eighton, Riverside High School, "S. Also pictured are Kevin
Kaseberg, Sherman County, 28. Marion Weatherford,
Condon, 25, and Ron Schmidt, Wahtonka, 7fi.
ell provides low cost service
A year ago Pacific North
west Bell started introducing
a lower cost telephone service
to residence customers in
some of the communities it
serves in Oregon.
Now, 12 months later, Op
tional Measured Service
(OMS) seems almost to be
unknown to Oregon telephone
users.
OMS is available for the
asking as a money saver in
locations where telephone cen
tral office equipment permits.
But a survey by PNB shows
that less than 50 per cent of its
customers in those locations
know about OMS.
By actual count only 2,178 of
267,301 PNB customers who
could avail themselves of the
services in Oregon are using
it. That computes out to a
might small .815 per cent.
"In Hermiston," says PNB
Manager Linda Buckner, "Op
tional Measured Service has
been available since January
1, 1979. And our records show
that of the 4,782 residential
customers who could make
use of it, only 1.0 per cent, or
50 customers are doing so."
What is Optional Measured
Service?
. It is one party line service
priced $1 .50 below the monthly
rate. It allows $3.00 worth of
outgoing local calls charged at
a rate of 10 cents for the first
five minutes or fraction there
of.. For each minute of conver
sation over the initial five
minutes, there is a charge of 2
cents.
Why is the response so low
to a lower cost service?
"That's hard to understand"
said Buckner, "because a
survey taken before the ser
vice was offered indicated
about 5 per cent of eligible
residence customers would
subscribe."
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