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Morrow County's Award-Winning Weekly Newspaper
VOL. 97, NO. 35
HEPPNER, OREGON
12 pages
THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1979
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Donald F. Gilliam, official
weather observer for Hepp
ner, reports the following high
and low temperatures and
measured rainfall for the past
week, starting Tuesday, Aug.
21.
HiLowPre.
Tues.,Aug. 21 75 57 .32
Wed., Aug. 22 79 52
Thurs.,Aug. 23 79 55
Fri.,Aug.24 80 50
Sat., Aug. 25 83 49
Sun., Aug. 26 85 55
Mon., Aug. 27 81 59
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Western Rodeo action and
pageantry marked the 1979
Morrow County Rodeo this
week with cowboys attempt
ing to wrestle steers in
Saturday and Sunday's Open
Class Rodeo to the winning of
the Grand Sweepstakes
Award by the Grand Square at
Saturday's Parade on Hepp
ner's Main Street. Both the
rodeo and parade drew size
able crowds and turned llepp
ner into Rodeo Town, U.S.A.
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Floats, royalty on parade Saturday
county's 3-
rodeo bash
A full weekend of Western
Rodeo held the attention of
Morrow County residents at
Friday's Morrow County Ro
deo and the Open Class Rodeo
Saturday and Sunday after
noons. In the final results, the
Morrow County Ail-Around
saddle donated by the Morrow
County Grain Growers was
won by Jana Steagall who
originally tied with Jerry
Gentry on the two point
system but defeated the male
rodeo cowboy by a slim $22.08
on the money system, accord
ing to Judy Currin. Jana
recently placed tenth in the
nation in high school rodeo
and is Oregon State High
School Ail-Around Champion
for 1979.
The county cow roping
honor went to Blair Philippi of
Boardman and he received a
saddle donated by the Kinzua
Corporation. Philippi earned
the honor with an amassed
time of 27.50 seconds com
pared to Joedy Marlatt's 46.91
and Tony Currin 's 60.02 sec
onds. Helping Steagall to her
all-around victory was her
second place finish in the team
roping finals with partner,
Roice Fulleton, her second
place in the open barrels in
18.83 seconds behind Janice
Healy in 18.38, and a first in
the breakaway with a 4.03
time (which gave her spurs
donated by Fulleton Chevro
let). The N.R.A.-W.R.A Rodeo
Ail-Around Buckle, sponsored
by Pettyjohn's Supply and Bob
Harris Insurance, was won by
Rick Thompson.
In the County Amateur Cow
Roping Contest, a record 18
cowboys vied for the Kinzua
saddle with most competing
Friday night. That was out of
the 80 county cowboys compet
ing in Friday's Morrow Coun
ty segment of the three day
rodeo program. In the first
go-around, Blair Philippi led
the ropers with a time of 14.07
seconds trailed by Joedy
Marlatt, 23.81, Tony Currin,
36.03, and Roger Henry, 38.98.
Philippi led the second section
of the event with a time of
13.43 over Ron Currin's 15
seconds, David Steagall 's
19.20 and Don Papineau's
time.
The Morrow County Rodeo
Friday night began with the
grand entry of the Morrow
County Fair and Rodeo Court
and the first event was the
Calgary Wild Cow Milking
Contest which produced a wild
scene of horses and riders
chasing a herd of beef around
the arena until pairs of
cowboys managed to wrestle
the animals to the ground and
run with their beer bottles to
the judges' corner.
Bob Mahoney was injured in
the event and received the
rodeo's hard luck cowboy
award a horse blanket and a
certificate presented by Kit
and Shirley George from the
Sears' Catalogue Store.
Jerry Gentry and Jim
Lynch won the cow milking
contest and second was the
team of Dick Hoffman, and
Rick Johnston, third, Blair
Philippi and Rick Samples,
fourth. Rocky Steagall and
Eric Glow, fifth, Roice Fulle
ton and Archie Ball and sixth,
Monte Evans and Dwight
Bailey. A belt buckle was
awarded by Black Mt. Repair
and Bucknum's.
In the open barrel competi
tion, Janice Healy won the
event in 18.38 seconds; Jana
Steagall was second in 18.83;
Sherree Block was third,
18.85; Mary Daly, fourth in
18.86; Dawn Peterson, fifth,
19.11 and Rocky Steagall,
sixth, 19.48. A watch was
presented to Janice from
Peterson's Jewelry.
Neil Beamer won the open
calf roping event and a belt
buckle from Les Schwab Tire,
compiling the lowest average
on two go-arounds or 31.18,
Blair Philippi turned in a time
of 32.22 for second place, Ron
Currin was third with 44.10
and Wayne Evans had the
fourth place slot with 51.36
seconds.
In the team roping finals,
the team of Howard Bryant
and Tony Currin each won
buckles from Gardner's Men's
Wear for their first place
time; second was the team of
Jana Steagall and Roice
Fulleton, third the team of
Cliff Dougherty and Jerry
Dougherty and fourth, Ron
Currin. Sr. and Ron H. Currin;
Everybody loves a parade
and Heppner was no exception
as people lined Main Street
Saturday morning to catch a
glimpse of floats, royalty,
antique cars, horse riders and
bands in the 1979 Morrow
County Rodeo Parade.
With Cornett Green, a
long-time rodeo cowboy, rid
ing at the head of the parade
as grand marshall, parade
entries featured everything
from antique automobiles to
square dancing at the rear of a
pickup truck.
The grand sweepstakes win
ner was the Grand Squares of
Morrow County, who dosie
doed while their truck drove
up the street. In the adult
organization division, the
Morrow County Search and
Rescue Posse claimed first
prize trailed by American
Legion Post No. 87 of Heppner
in second, the Boardman
Harvest Festival float in
fourth and the Whiskey Flats
Gang (Pat Patterson's logging
crew) in fourth.
First in the business floats
was Pioneer Memorial Hospi
tal, second, Bucknum's Ta
vern with its characterization
of early-day Western enter
tainment, the U.S. Forest
Service's Smokey the Bear
float, and fourth, the Morrow
County Grain Growers.
Best out of county float
winner was the Mainstreet
Cowboys of the Pendleton
Roundup, Happy Canyon of
Pendleton and Gus Peterson's
old engine, Monument, Ore
gon. This year's parade had an
abundance of horse groups
entered and the Rainbow
Riders of Milton-Freewater
Recreation plan is scrapped now
A proposal to split the cost of
a future recreation area with
the Corps of Engineers at the
proposed Willow Creek Dam
site has been scrapped by the
Morrow County Court because
of the estimated cost of
$125,000.
Jerry Eyestone, Corps pro
ject manager, Walla Walla,
has estimated the recreation
orea with such planned im
provements as restrooms,
lawn, trees, paved parking
area and other amenities
would cost around $250,000.
The Corps suggested an agree
ment with the county dividing
the cost equally and before the
amount was reached, county
officials had hoped to provide
in kind work from volunteers
of local service clubs and the
community.
On Thursday, Judge D.O.
Nelson phoned Eyestone and
told him to provide the
minimum recreation facilities
without the county splitting
the cost. The Corps will
provide gravel parking and
access and a boat ramp on the
lake which will be created in
back of the earth-filled dam.
Nelson had just returned
from a trip with Commis
sioner Dorothy Krebs. Hepp
ner District Ranger Ben
Siminoe to tour pine beetle
damage in the Ukiah area.
Accompanying the group wee
representatives from Con
gressman Al Ullman's and
Sen. Mark Hatfield's staff, a
representative of the Blue Mt.
Resources Council and state
and federal fish and game
officials.
Commissioner Krebs said
the group viewed the pockets
of pitch created by the
burrowing beetles and accord
ing to officials, the damage to
the Ponderosa trees is slowing
down and being allowed to run
its course.
What sparked the trip was a
request by Orville Cutsforth to
undertake more timber-cutting
in areas hard-hit by the
pine beetle.
While not announcing any
conclusion drawn from the
tour except for the observa
tion of the infestation slowing
down, Krebs said the county
might someday form a re
source council.
The group was informed by
two ranchers, Ray French and
Alan Hughes that a large herd
of elk was seen last year in
Kelly Prairie on the Western
Route Road between Ukiah
and Cutsforth Park, then
stopped at Cutsforth Park to
learn of watershed problems
and concluded their day of
activity with a lunch at the
West of Willow Restaurant in
Heppner.
won first place followed by the
Umatilla " Sage Riders in
second place and the Morrow
County Wranglers in third.
The best mounted family
group was Monte, Becky and
Josilyn Evans, in second place
was Joan, Heather and Holly
Eckman and in third place,
the Bruce Bergstrom family.
Merlyn Robinson, was
named as the best mounted
cowgirl and the best mounted
cowboy, Jim Monahan. Jim
Farley was the best comic.
Eighty-seven year old Ethel
Lehman of Echo was unable to
attend the parade this year
with her 18 year old horse and
there was no "oldest cowgirl"
title this year.
The Morrow County Volun
teer Band won first place in
the band division with assis
tance provided from Jim
Ackley of Heppner, Rick
Bateman of Riverside High
School, Bruce Martin ,new
band instructor at Heppner
High .School, Gene Surtain of
lone and Kathy Doherty of
Stanfield.
The Morrow County Fair
Cont. on page 10
Man indicted on arson
charge at Kinzua fire
Steven Neal Pratt, a resi
dent of Wheeler County, has
been indicted by the Wheeler
County Grand Jury on a
charge of Arson I.
The 27 year old is charged
with intentionally setting the
fire which destroyed the
Kinzua Sawmill August 5.
Pratt was arraigned before
Justice of the Peace Milon
Boring Wednesday, August 15,
according to the Condon
Times-Journal, and pleaded
innocent to a complaint signed
by Sheriff Caldera. Bail was
set at $20,000.
Cont. on poge 10
School starts Tuesday for youngsters; new teachers arrive , take bus tour
School starts next Tuesday
for hundreds of Morrow
County secondary and ele
mentary school children after
Monday's Labor Day holiday
and gearing up for the event,
the County School District's
new teachers were given a
guided tour of Morrow County
by Supt. Matt Doherty and
County Extension Agent Har
oid Kerr.
The 37 new teachers saw
such sights in North Morrow
County as a potato flaking
plant, the new schools at
Boardman and Irrigon, ate
lunch at the school district
headquarters at Lexington
and toured the Kinzua facili
ties at Heppner before a full
week of in-service activities.
Students who have not
registered for classes at
Heppner and lone Elemen
tary. Junior High and High
Schools at the requested times
may arrange a special time at
their schools. Hot lunch fees
have been kept at 30 cents per
child and 40 cents for an adult
which Assistant to the School
District Administrator. John
Edmundson. says are the
lowest in the state.
New teachers at Hcppwr
Elementary and Junior High
School under Principal Don
Cole are Jean Strange, physi
cal education and art; Linda
Shaw. reading; Dennis
Kaehelmier. science; Lisa
Nelson, librarian; Brenda
Weygandt. grade 6; Palm
Ausman. grade 5: Barbara
Fairchild; Grade i. P.K I
Counseling. FJ;iul Shringer:
Kus Hwl. mathematics at
lone Elementary: Nancy Wil
son, grade 2; at lone Jr. and
Senior High School. Duane
Payne, language arts and
Spanish; GeneSartain, music,
instrumental and vocal: Dan
Adams, science, social studies
and boys' physical education.
Dan Adams and Carol Rod
ger, home economics and art
i two-thirds time) al Heppner
lliih School.' Brent Euuers
language arts, physcical edu
cation and coaching; Bruce
Martin, instrumental music;
Gordon Munck. language arts,
photography and journalism
and Reginal Clark, language.
.Spanish and reading.
At Riverside High School
and Columbia Junior High,
new teachers are Principal
Vic Marchek. Cynthia Ken
nedy, science. Spanish:
Kathryn Dean, language arts
and business education; Pat
rick Christensen, business
education, Benny Heape, in
dustrial arts; Roger Ross
berg, language arts; Maureen
McEIligott, social studies;
Mark Bake, language arts,
social studies and Rosanne
Casseday. language arts.
New teachers at A.C.
Houghton Elementary in
Boardman are Principal Su
san Black, Mary Taleck,
grade 5; Geneva Coker, grade
1; Jennifer Byron, kindergar
ten; Karen Gronquist, grade
3; Al Roehl, art and Phyllis
Geiger, grade 6.
New special education in
structors are Kim Webster
and Kathleen Chinen.