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BY THE CITY OF HEPPNER
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VOL. B9. NO. 36
Local cowboy takes top honors at county rodeo
A Heppner cowboy, Tony
A Heppner cowboy, Tony
Currin, wdh the Ail-Around
title at the Morrow County
Rodeo held last Friday, Satur
day and Sunday. Currin plac
ed in five event; Open calf
roping, 24.47 (two head) 1st
place; Steer Wrestling - 2nd
place; Cow Riding 4th; Cow
Milking 5th; and Team
Roping - 6th place. Currin won
the Severe Brothers Saddle
given by the Morrow County
Grain Growers and the $50
Orville CuMorth Award.
Cliff Dougherty, Heppner,
won the Amateur Calf Roping
Championship and was a
warded the Bonnie Paulus
Saddle donated by Kinzua
Corp.
The Hard Luck Cowboy
Award was won by Bub
Steagall, Lexington. Sleagall
was injured in the team roping
event Friday night Steagall
wife, Beverly, reports Bob is
"OK" but is scheduled to have
surgery on his hand next
week.
Following are more rodeo
results:
Tmiii ft oe mo Final Mttt McOule
ana Jack McQuire, Boardman buckles
donalvd from Gardner's Men's Wear
Barrets Janice Mealy Car event
watch (rom "etron's Jwirs;
Breakaway Maureen Mealy . spurs
from Roic Fullefon;
Cow Riding . LH Rice buckle from
Court St Market and Court it
Processing.
Steer Wrestling . Mike Currin buckl
from S(d and Randy Brut, Britt
iicavafing.
Oin Calf Unpin Tony Currin -but
Mr from Coast to Coast,
Calunry tow Milking Jett Bailey and
Dwiuiit Bailey bvckl from ma
Heppner Oaten Times;
Pee Wnt Barrels Janniltr Currin;
Str wrestling Mika Currin, 1st j and
Tony Currin Jnd.
Teem Roping Bob AAcGuire and Jack
McGuIre lit, Rocky Proctor and Mai
Hellberg Jnd ; Casey AnatrMn and John
Moyar Jrd. and Wayne evens and Don
Evan 4th;
Wayne Paplneau took Jnd placa In ma
Amateur Calf Roping avant and won a
pair of Don It that were donalvd by
Cardnar'a Men's Waar while AAlk
Brotnan received a tli gift carliticata
for tilt 3rd placa effort
Ouana Ball won a buckl donatad by
Blair and Oalaria Philippi for tilt
performance In tha Pee We Barrels
avant
Cow Riding contestants placed at
follow Lee Rica I'. Jeft Bailay Tnd;
Brett Sharer 3rd, end Tony Currin lh
tn tha braakaway avant Mauraan
HaalyJ M 1st; Cindy Dougherty a t) .
Jnd; and Janica Healy placad 3rd with
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Calgary Cow Milking Jatl Bailay and
Pwignt Bailay 1st, Dick Hoffman and
Don Papltteeu - Jnd ; Mai HellOerg and
Karl Smith 3rd, and John Moyar and
Casey Andarton 4th.
Opan Calf Roping (two heed), Tony
Currin 34.47 1st, Jack McGuir 44 4
3nd. and Mlka Currin 4770 3rd
In tha Barrls, Janica Mealy took )!
placa with W.41. Anita Palmar 1 0 -Jnd;
Tara Mahoney 19 I 3rd; and
Triha Mahoney I 11 4th
In WRA . NRA action Joa Talburt,
Pendleton took tha Baraback avant and
wa awardad a buckl for hit attort from
Murray Drug and Call Cala and
lounge.
Gary Brahn. Port Orchard, Wash won
a buck la donatad by tha Wagon Wheel
Lounge and lha Blackhor Tavarn for
hit partormanc In tha Saddlebronc.
In the Bulli, Jaff Jones, Roy, Wash,
rod away with a buckl donatad by
Turnar, VanMarter 8. Bryant.
for Calf Hoping, Casay Coi, Hermla
ton, was awardad a buckl from S . J
Market and Don Mc Bride's Body Shop
In tha Barrels, Janica Healy look 1st
prlia, a buckl donatad by th Shoe Box
whll Andraa Ball and Randy Brill took
3th and ath places respectively In that
avanl.
In tha Braakaway avant, Mauraan
Haaly wa awarded a buckl lor first
prli from Country Shears with Cindy
Doughsrty placing Jnd and Janlc Hesly
placing 3rd In that avanl.
In lha Steer Wrestling, Mike Fuller,
Pendleton, took 1st placa with lima of
5.0a and recalvad a buckle donated by
Central Market and Lexington Lumber.
Oean Longgood placed Jnd with 5 77 and
Jrd place was won by Duan Simmons,
Spray, with lime of 01
Doug Coombs and Lynn Pasion took
1st place In the Team Roping and Dave
Inman and Mike Fullar won buckle
donated from Green Feed and Seed and
Trl County Seed.
In the Relay Race category The
Umatilla Saae Ridrs won three race.
The Umatilla Mustanger won tat, Jnd
and 3rd placa whll Wall Walla look two
GAZE
Morrow County's
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1981
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Saddle, donated by Kinzua Corp for winning the Amateur
Calf Roping Championship
Jnd and two 3rd place awards
in the Quarter Mile Races Don
Greenup look two 1st places, Tom Fox
ond Tammy Sevarnt both took Jnd
places while Katrine Ray won two 3rd
place awards.
Thar were 31 money winners al the
Morrow County Rodeo Tony Currin look
the top purse, Wi lt, and Jeft Bailay the
second largest, 1253.00
Columbia Basin Electric to
receive $1.5 million loan
A 1.5 million dollar loan to
the Columbia Basin Electric
Co-op, of Heppner, Oregon,
will provide financing to
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Mike Currin took 1st place In
the Steer Wrestllnfl and Tony Currin won
Jnd. Cliff Dougherty took 3rd place In
that event.
In the Team Roping, Bob McGuire and
Jack McGuIr won 1st plac honors,
Rocky Proctor and Max Hellburg took
Jnd, Casey Anderson and JOhn MOyer
won Jrd and Wayne Evans and Don
Evans took 4th place.
service 174 additional custom
ers, 24 miles of distribution
line and system.
The loan, aiding Gilliam,
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the Bonnie Paulus
A plague was given to U Riie.
Heppner, trom the Heppner merchants
for winning the Bareback Championship
at the National High School Rodeo hld
July V through August J at Douglas,
Wyoming
Kinzua Corp was also presented a
plaque by Ron Currin, chairman of the
f-air Board, for their 2? years ol support
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Morrow, ;",herman. Umatilla,
and Wheeler counties, was
made by tin. ' S. Department
of Agriculture's Rural Electri
fication Admit juration
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Petition to
f:; i Co-op has 777
signatures
A petition asking the board
of directors to change its
decision on a recent rate
increase, and bearing 777
signatures, was turned over
to the Columbia Basin Elect-
ric Co-op board of directors at
its meeting last Thursday.
The petition is asking a
board to reconsider a July 30
rate increase which saw
residential electrical rates
increase between 44 and 54
percent .
The group which gathered
the signatures is protesting
what it says is unequitable
rate increases among co-op
electrical users.
Large irrigators experienc
ed only a 12 to 16 percent
increase under the new July 30
rates, and the petitioners says
this is not fair.
According to Dexter Miles,
one of the leaders of the
protest group which presented
the petition to the board, said
Monday the board agreed to
study the petition and act on it
at its Sept. 24 meeting.
Miles says he was pleased
with the response to the
petition, and that the group is
now working in the Condon
Fossil area, where it plans to
hold meetings, in an effort to
gather more signatures from
that area.
The group held an opening
meeting, attended by about
350 people, August 18 at the
Ik'ppner High School cafeter
ia. Petitions and donations
were gathered at that time.
He say sat this time no more
meetings are scheduled in the
Ik'ppner area.
Asked what the group plans
to do if the board of directors
does not go along with a
revision of the rate schedule,
Miles declined to comment,
saying only that they plan to
work through the board for an
equitable solution. "We feel
confident that we have the
support of the people," he
said. The co-op services ap
proximately 3,369 customers,
Miles said.
Tues., Aug. 2S g3 49
Wed., Aug. 26 ' 89 52
Thurs., Aug. 27 92 49
Fri., Aug. 28 81 . 48
Sat., Aug. 29 78 44
Sun., Aug. 30 bo . 45
Mon.. Aug. 31 78 46
Court approves street widening
By MARY ANN CERULLO
Morrow County Court mov
ed to approve the widening of
Thompson Street in Heppner
as the first item on the agenda
last Wednesday.
Approval of moving a dirt
embankment back five feet
along Thompson Street, be
hind the hospital was the
result of an agreement made
between the Heppner Plan
ning Commission and Morrow
County Court.
The Planning Commission
will, in turn grant. Pioneer
Memorial Hospital with the
necessary variance to furnish
a shelter for an ambulance,
stated Commissioner Dorothy
Krebs.
As a result of a recent
'Schools Open - Drive Carefully9
The three r's will bring 'em
into the classroom ; safety will
bring 'em home!
Busloads of children, ten
speeds and flashy motorcross
bikes, banana-shaped skate
boards, mopeds, rollerskat
ers, souped up dragsters and a
relatively small number of
walkers are about to take to
the streets again for the
opening of school, reports a
recent automobile club of
Oregon news release.
Awareness of potential traf
fic hazards can often ward off
accidents. AAA's "School's
Open - Drive Carefully"
message is conveyed across
the country by AAA Clubs in a
variety of forms, including
posters, bumper strips, place
mats, newspaper, magazine,
TV slides and envelope stuf
fers. A total of 1,219.181 pieces
of material will be distributed
during the 1981 campaign.
Verduzco
sentenced
to life
Jose Mario Mendoza Ver
duzco, Boardman, was senten
ced Friday, August 28 to life
imprisonment in the Oregon
State Penitentiary by Judge
William W. Wells reported
Morrow Co. District Attorney
Ann Spicer.
Verduzco was convicted of
murder in the April 25
shooting of another Boardman
man, Antonio "Tony" Delga
dillo Guzman.
Post office
lobby open
on new
schedule
The Heppner Post Office
lobby will be open Monday
through Friday from 7 a .m . to
6 p.m. and on Saturdays from
7 a.m. until noon, closed
Sundays, reports Ken Nairns,
postmaster.
This schedule will be in
effect until September 14 when
the new post office building is
to be completed and in use,
Nairns said.
meeting in Baker with Repre
sentative Denny Smith, Judge
Don McElligott informed the
court that the State Board of
Aeronautics has approved a
request of $8,000 for surfacing
Lexington Airport's new run
way. Official correspondence
varifying the grant should be
arriving within the week,
stated Judge, McElligott.
County Court continued with
the appointment of Barbara
Cummings as Morrow County
representative to the District
Manpower Advisory Commit
tee. In other business. Morrow
County Court was informed of
a lawsuit filed against the
Sheriff's Department.
According to the claimant.
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Big yellow bus -
With the opening of school,
Oregon drivers will again be
encountering the "big yellow
school buses." Many times
drivers are confused as to
when they should stop for a
school bus.
The law is really quite
simple with regards to this
decision. On any undivided
highw ay or road in the state of
Oregon, traffic must stop
when red lights are flashing
on the bus and not proceed
until the lights have stopped
flashing. This means traffic
from both directions must
stop, those vehicles approach
ing the bus from the front as
well as those vehicles behind
the bus. Drivers will activate
amber warning lights prior to
Attendance reported up
at county fair & rodeo
Attendance was up at this
year's Morrow County Fair
and Rodeo held in Heppner
last week, August 25 - 30.
Fair Secretary, Dorothy
Estburg reports attendance
"Way up," about "10,000 at
fair," the usual fair attend
ance being about 6,000 she
added. Estburg said about
Local boys win
at State Fair
Pat Struthers, Lexington,
took top honors in the rock,
mineral and fossil category of
the natural science project at
the 1981 Oregon State Fair in
Salem. Struthers won in the
intermediate class for 4-H
members in grades seven
Tote I precipitation for August
1981 .20.
Total precip ita tion .for A ugust
1980 - .50
Joan Hughes, last New Year's
Eve Hughes high-centered her
1979 Monte Carlo on Hwy 206.
In the removal of the vehicle,
Hughes claims damage of
over $500 was done by the
County Sheriffs Department
and the Heppner City Police.
No action was taken by County
Court.
Files for Morrow County
Court are currently being
reorganized by Barbara Cum
mings, court secretary.
Cummings requested the
Court's approval of the dispos
al of incomplete and outdated
files as well as approval of a
new filing system.
No official action was taken,
although County Court review
ed portions of the files to be
disposed and agreed with the
new color-coded filing system.
when to stop?
the stop, at which time they
will activate the red stop
lights.
If it is possible for a driver
to pull off the road to load or
discharge children, he will do
so without activating the red
flashing lights and traffic need
not stop.
"Failure to stop when red
lights of a school bus are
flashing is a Class B traffic
infraction," said school
district spokesperson. "More
importantly, a failure to stop
could cause injury or death to
a child, something none of us
could ever erase from our
minds. Please give this some
thought when you next en
counter the big yellow school
bus."
4,000 attended the rodeo.
Barbara Hayes reports at
tendance at the Friday night
and Sunday afternoon rodeos
about the same as last year
but gate receipts show the
Saturday performance show
ed a definate increase over
last year's attendance.
through nine. Reserve cham
pion was won by Robert
McMillan, also of Lexington.
Others receiving blue
awards for their 4-H geology
exhibits are: Intermediate -Ken
Curtis, Heppner.