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VOL 100, No. 33
Co. Fair & Rodeo gets underway this weekend
The 1982 Morrow County
Fair & Rodeo gets underway
this weekend at the fair
grounds in Heppner.
Many activities are planned
throughout the week. The Fair
runs from Saturday, Aug. 21
Morrow County Fair & Rodeo
Schedule of Events
9:00 a.m.
1:00 p.m. '
7:00 p.m.
8:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
8.-00 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
1:00 p.m. - 8:00 pm
4:00 p.m. 8:00 p m
4:00 p.m. 8:00 pm
8:00 a.m. 10:00 a m
8:00 a.m.
11:00 a m. -9:00
a.m.
(time indefinite)
1:00 p.m. -
3:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m. .
1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. -2:00
p.m. -10:30
a.m.
3:30 p.m. -4:00
p.m.
6:30 p.m. -Entertainment
9:00 a.m. -
9:00 a.m. -11:00
a.m. -
1:30 p.m. -2:00
p.m. -
3:30 p.m.
5:00 p.m. -
5:30 p.m. -7:45
p.m. -8:00
p.m. -8:30
p.m.
9:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m.
8:00 a.m. 12 noon
7:00 p.m. -9:30
p.m. -
10:00 a.m.
1:30 p.m. -
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
9:30 p.m. -
7:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.
1:30 p.m.
GAZET1
Morrow County's
Thursday, August II, 1982
through Tuesday, Aug. 24.
The Rodeo opens Friday
night with the Morrow County
show, and runs through Sun
day with the open rodeo.
"There will be more ani
mals, and generally a bigger
OPEN WEEK BEFORE FAIR. AUGUST II -21
12 noon -Building hours
8:00 p.m. -Building hours
9:00 p.m. -Building hours (Thurs., Frl., & Sat. only)
DURING FAIR, AUGUST 21 21
9:00 p.m. -Building hours (Aug. 25 until 10:00 p.m.)
AUGU8T 20, FRIDAY
4-H Style Revue Judging (Heppner Jr. Hi. Gym)
AUGUST 21. SATURDAY
4-11 IIORSESHOW
-Admission will be charged daily.
8:30 a.m. -Get numbers for Horseshow.
-4-H Horse Judging Contest
-4-H Horseshow
9:00 p.m. -All Community Booths in place and areas left clean,
(building will be open week before Fair, so organization
may work on booths, check building hours.)
AUGUST 22. 8UNDAY
OPEN CLASS HORSESHOW
Admission will be charged daily
-Open Gass Horseshow.
-All 4 H, FFA 4 Open Gass Exhibits in, except livestock.
-Animals may enter Sunday night if prior arrangements
have been made with the Superintendents.
-Flower exhibits will be accepted.
AUGUST 23, MONDAY
Admission will be charged daily.
-All Livestock will be accepted
Judging of Open Gass Flowers, Cake Contest, Foods,
Crops, all Arts It Crafts, Gothing, Vegetables, Small
Animals and Community Booths.
-ALL PREMIUM SHEETS INTO FAIR OFFICE.
Interview Judging of 4-H Exhibits.
-Judging of FFA Exhibits
-Large Animal Livestock Judging Contest
Small Animal Livestock Judging Contest
-4-H Archery Contest
-Evening Style Revue
AUGUST 24. TUESDAY
FAMILY FUN NITE
Judging of 4-H Food Contests and. Presentations
-Livestock Conformation Judging (FFA first)
4-H Fitting and Showing of Small Animals
4-H & FFA Tractor Driving Contest
-PET SHOW, picnic area
Most Nutritious Cookie Contest
-4-H Small Animal Round Robin Showmanship
-Cake Walk (subject to change)
-JIM KESSLER ROAST BEEF DINNER
-STODDARD & COLE
Tony Lewis, dog races
AUGUST 25. WEDNESDAY
-Judging of 4-H Food Contests & Presentations continued
-Livestock Showmanship Judging 4-H first in each division
-4-H Dog Contests
Livestock Round Robin Showmanship
-Senior Citizen Cookie Judging Contest
-CowBelle Build a Better Burger Contes
-Miniature Car Races
. -Rooster Crowing contest
-Awards Program
4-H Pig Scramble
-4-H & FFA Market Stock Sale
-EXHIBITS RELEASED, upon release by Superintendents
-Premiums Paid
AUGUST 2, THURSDAY
-Pickup of left over exhibits, Premium Check; cleanup all
departments.
AUGUST 27, FRIDAY
-MORROW COUNTY RODEO
-RODEO DANCE, PAVILION
AUGUST 28, 8ATURDAY
-MAIN STREET PARADE
-RODEO
-Episcopal Church Barbecue, Episcopal Church
-RODEO DANCE, PAVILION
AUGUST 29, SUNDAY
-WRANGLER'S COWBOY BREAKFAST
-RODEO
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Fair," says Fair Committee
Chairman Roger Records.
Some of the new attractions
t will include an agri -computer
on display to show new uses of
computers in agriculture, a
teepee and exhibits from the
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HEPPNER. OREGON
Confederated Tribes of Uma
tilla, and for the Rodeo fans, a
suicide race on the hill behind
the rodeo arena.
Fair & Rodeo Queen Anita
Palmer along with her court;
princesses Nancy Paine and
Local cowboys to vie
: for saddles
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Queen Anita Palmer and Lorry
by AA.CG.G.
,
Queen Anita and Harry Kennison with saddle contributed
by Kinzua Corp.
Local cowboys from Mor
row County will be competing
In the rodeo next week for two
of the most coveted prizes to
be given away.
The best all-around cowboy
in the rodeo will win one of the
famous Severe Bros, saddles,
donated each year by the
Morrow County Grain Grow
ers. The best Morrow County
Calf Roper will win a Severe
Fair & Rodeo section
included in this week's G-T
A special 1982 Morrow County Fair & Rodeo section is
included in this week's issue of Gazette-Times.
In the special section readers will find articles of interest
about this year's Fair & Rodeo events.
Much thanks is given to those who contributed articles and
information for the section, and the local advertisers who
made it possible.
Annette Wileers, will reign
over the weeklong events.
For a complete schedule of
events and more information
on the Fair & Rodeo, see the
special Fair & Rodeo supple
ment included in this week's
Gazette-Times.
... .
Mills show saddle donated
saddle donated by Kinzua
Corp.
The saddles are on display
now at Kinzua and the Grain
Growers.
Spurs, blankets, a watch, a
sot of steak knives, gift certi
ficates and other prizes will
also be given away by many of
the area businesses.
Award presentations for the
rodeo winners will be held
Sunday afternoon.
Weather
by The City
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School District to levy
$200,000 less in taxes
Taxpayers in Morrow
County got some good news
from the school district Mon
day night.
Because of an excess in
funds, the district will levy
$200,000 less in taxes this year.
A good tax collection rate,
good interest earnings and an
underestimate of the amount
of money the treasurer held
that was uncommitted are the
reasons for this," School Sup
erintendent Matt Doherty ex
plained to the board.
The board had the option of
reducing the tax by $200,000
this year, or by a like amount
next year.
'Let's give the taxpayers a
Hnvprnnr Ativp.ti to visit
Morrow
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Governor Victor Atiyeh will
arrive in Morrow County next
Tuesday, Aug. 24 and plans
several stops in the area to
which the public is invited,
announced -.Don Peterson,
lone, Morrow County cam
paign manager for the gover
nor. Atiyeh is scheduled to
arrive at the Lexington Air
port about 2 p.m. He will visit
Judge McElligott recovering
from heart attack
Morrow County Judge Don
McElligott is recovering from
a sub endocardial heart attack
at Emanuel Hospital in Port
land. The judge's head nurse
said Tuesday that he had a
small heart attack that didn't
go completely through the
heart muscle, and that "his
heart is working real well and
he is feisty as ever."
McElligott developed chest
pains during the weekend of
August 7 and 8 and was taken
by his wife to the hospital on
Monday. Tests were complet
but not like
Harvest in Morrow County
is about finished for this year,
reported Morrow Co. Exten
sion Agent Bob Costa. Only
about 10 to 15 percent of the
farmers have wheat left to
cut, he said.
A preliminary estimate
shows dryland wheat averag
ing about 30 bushels per acre
and irrigated at about 80,
Morrow Co. School District
drops student insurance
Morrow County students re
turning to school this fall will
find a change in the district's
plan for student insurance,
according to a Morrow Co.
School District news release.
In the past, the school dis
trict has paid half the cost of
the student insurance, and
participating students have
paid the other half.
The district's involvement
in the amount of approximate
ly $20,000 was dropped from
the school district budget by
the budget committee this
year, according to Superin
tendent Matt Doherty.
Several reasons prompted
Tues., August 10
Wd., August 11
' Thurs., August 12
of Heppner . August
J r Sat., August 14
Sun., August 15
Mon., August 16
break," boardmember Pat
Wright said. "I vote in favor of
this."
In other business, the
board:
decided to ask for bids on
two new and used vans, and
one new and used pickup.
The district has $22,000 bud
geted to buy two vans and one
pickup. The vans would be
used for transportation at Riv
erside and Heppner High, and
the pickup would be used for
maintenance work at the
north end schools.
-heard a report from Assist
ant Superintendent John Ed
mundson, who gave an outline
for future expansion of the
Co. next Tuesday
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the Morrow County Grain
Growers at about 2:15 p.m. At
3 p.m. he is to stop at Kinzua
Corp., and then tour the Wil
low Creek Dam project at 3:45
p.m.- - - " ; . .v .
A reception for the governor
will be held at the Heppner
Elks Lodge from 4:30 to 5:30
p.m. with a session for the
news media to follow.
ed on Tuesday, Aug. 17, said
the judge, and he hopes to be
coming home either this
Thursday or Friday.
On June 9, McElligott
underwent triple bypass heart
surgery at Emanuel and was
rushed back into surgery June
15 to have his gall bladder
removed. His nurse said it is
impossible to determine why
he had the attack, that it can
happen to anyone at any time.
He said he hopes to attend
the August 25 session of
County Court, but will be on a
last year's
Costa said.
"The yields are just a little
better than the long term
average, but aren't nearly as
good as they were the last two
years," ne explained.
"Test weight has been pret
ty bad. The hot spell in June
pinched the kernels when they
were filling. The hot weather
came at the wrong time," the
the budget committee action,
the major being that the Ore
gon School Activities As
sociation, who sponsored the
plan, was forced to drop the
non profit insurance program
because of financial losses.
This would have forced the
district to seek a new carrier
at a much higher cost to the
district. Other reasons includ
ed parental dissatisfaction
with coverage and failure of
students to pay insurance fees
resulting in further losses to
the district, according to Do
herty. The district has arranged
with a private insurance car
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computer program in Morrow
County schools. "Compared
with other districts our size,
we're not on the cutting edge,
but not in the tail end either,"
Edmundson said in explaining
the district's computer
classes. Although the schedule
presented by Edmundson did
not call for any new purchases
this year, it did lay out future
equipment and program ex
pansion through the 1986-87
school year.
appointed Jack Strege,
Boardman, and Gay Harsh
man, Lexington, to the school
district budget committee.
Both are three year terms.
At 6:15 p.m. he will attend
the Family Fun Nite and
dinner at the fair. Peterson
said he expects the governor
will have an opportunity to
speak to the crowd before
returning to Salem.
Peterson said he would be
happy to answer any questions
and furnish informationa dur
ing the governor's campaignn.
reduced work schedule for a
few weeks thereafter. The
judge has been keeping in
touch with county officials
about every day or every
other day, he said. After re
turning home, he said they
would continue to discuss any
business over the phone that
couldn't be taken care of when
he is in his office.
When asked how he felt, the
judge replied "You know what
they say - that we Eastern
Oregon people are the tough
est folks around..."
extension agent said. Even the
irrigated wheat got pinched in
the hot spell, he added.
Costa said this year's barley
crop looks pretty good, that
the dryland yield has been just
a little better than the long
term average but again, not as
good as it was the last two
years.
rier to make a program avail
able to all students which will
provide low cost coverage but
which will be totally funded by
the students. The cost will be
somewhat higher than last
year, Doherty said.
Morrow County School Dis
trict policy requires students
who participate in school ac
tivities to furnish evidence
that they are covered by acci
dent insurance.
Information about available
insurance and fees is avail
able at all schools in the
district or from the school
district office in Lexington.