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Rodeo spectators
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Spectators at this weekends
rodeo will be in for big treat
and probably a few laughs as
local businessmen compete in
Governor Atiyeh welcomed in
Heppner Tuesday evening
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(I), visit with Don Cole of, Heppner. The governor wen welcomed at o reception in his honor
Tuetoay at the Heppner Elks lodge. He arrived at the Lexington Airport about 2 p.m. ond
was to vWt lh Morrow County Grain Growen, and ten In Heppner he wa to stop at
lnua Corp. and tour the Willow Creek Dam project. After the reception, he planned to
attend Family Fun Nit at the County Fair.
Bob Smith makes campaign
stop in Heppner
State Senator Bob Smith of Burns (L), a Republican candidate for Congress In the newly
aligned Second District talks with Heppner rancher Ken Turner during a campaign stop in
Heppner Tuesday. Smith attended the reception for Governor Atiyeh and was also to make
an appearance at Family r-un Nile.
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The Heppner
GAZETTE-TIME
Morrow County's
THURSDAY, AUGUST 2.
Smith watched to horse show Saturday from
Smith of Irrigon.
donkey races during Satur
day's and Sunday's perform
ances. The Morrow County Rodeo
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in for excitement, laughs, at three big performances
horsebock. Th
gtrls are the
opens the weekend's events on
Friday at 7p m. Over 160 have
entered the competition. Local
cowboys will compete for a
variety of prizes. The best
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all-around cowboy will be pre
sented a Severe Bros, saddle
by the Morrow County Grain
Growers and the best local
calf roper will also win a
Severe saddle, donated by
Kinzua Corp. Spurs, blankets,
a watch, steak knives, gift
certificates and other prizes
donated by area businesses
will be awarded.
After the rodeo, a dance will
Morrow Co. student
registration slated
All students new to Morrow
County schools this year are
being asked to register before
August 31. with the exception
of Riverside High School in
Boardman, a school district
spokesperson announced.
All Riverside students will
register on the first day of
school.
Morning fire breaks
out at Heppner residence
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A fire broke out at the
Stanley Cox residence in Hep
pner at 10:33 a.m. on Tuesday
as a result of wood chips and
bark dust that rekindled from
a controlled burn Monday
night, said Heppner Fire
Chief Forrie Burkenbine. The
fire department burned weeds
New all-risk insurance offered
Morrow County wheat and
barley farmers can partici
pate In a new all-risk insur
ance program that includes
yield guarantees based on
their individual production
records. The program, known
as Individual Yield Coverage
(1YC) was announced by Andy
Bak of All Risk Crop Insur
ance, said Art Stephens, Spray
field supervisor for the De
partment of Agriculture.
Bak explains that the plan
will provide higher levels of
insurance protection for
wheat and barley producers
who can verify higher than
average yields for at least the
most recent three years. In
the past, insurance guaran
tees have been based on the
average yield in the area
where the crop was produced.
Farmers interested in partici
pating should contact the local
ASCS Office in Heppner, for
information concerning yield
verification procedures, said
Stephens.
be held at the fair pavilion
from 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.
On Saturday, the Main
Street Parade will make its
way through Heppner at 10
a.m., with a WRA-NRA Open
Rodeo to follow at 1:30 p.m.
Over 180 have entered this
rodeo.
From 5 to 7 p.m., All Saint's
Episcopal Church will hold its
annual barbecue at the
church. Then, from 9:30 p.m.
Registrations will be ac
cepted between the hours of
8:30a.m. and 4 p.m. each day.
The first day of school for all
Morrow County students is
September 7.
Teacher inservice will begin
on August 31, the spokesper
son concluded.
in the area and drenched it
again Tuesday morning but
underlying smolder ing mat
erial reignited the fire.
Burkenbine said about 12
feet of hedge, a little bit of
lawn, and some weeds were
burned.
All-Risk Crop Insurance,
which has been expanded to
replace the disaster payments
program abolished by Con
gress a year ago, is designed
to provide reasonably priced
protection against the loss of
money invested in crop pro
duction. A subsidy by the
federal government reduces
the cost of carrying insurance
by as much as 30 percent,
according to Bak. The policies
are available through private
insurance agesnts.
The deadline to apply for
insurance on 1983 crop winter
wheat and barley in Morrow
County has been established
as October 31, rather than
September 15, as previously
announced. Growers wishing
to participate in the Individual
Yield Coverage program,
however, are urged to contact
their ASCS office as far in
advance of this date as pos
sible to allow time to yield
verification, Stephens concluded.
Weather
to 2 a.m., Queen Anita Palmer
will be honored at a dance at
the fair pavilion. The Smith
Family Band will provide the
music.
On Sunday, everybody is
invited to the rodeo grounds
for the annual Wranglers Cow
boy Breakfast from 7 to 10
a.m. and then to the final
rodeo performance at 1:30
p.m.
Sunday's exhibition will fea
Nov. rate increase won't be
effected by BP A reduction
Columbia Basin Electric Co
op Manager Fred Toombs has
announced that a smaller than
expected increase in whole
sale rates to priority firm
users from Bonneville Power
Administration will not effect
retail rates paid by the co-op's
ratepayers.
BPA announced Friday,
August 13 that a proposed rate
increase would boost its aver
age wholesale price for prior
ity firm power from 1.13 to 1.80
cents per kilowatt-hour.
The rate request was for
warded to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission
(FERC). If the FERC grants
interim approval pending full
review of the filing, the in
crease will go into effect Oct.
1, BPA said.
Although BPA Administrat
or Peter T. Johnson said the
Queen Anita
rodeo dance
Queen Anita Palmer
Country music will fill the
fair pavilion Saturday night as
Queen Anita Palmer is honor
ed at a rodeo dance. The doors
will open at 9:30 p.m. and the
Smith Family Band will play
until 2 a.m. Admission will be
$3 for singles and $S per
couple.
Royality is a family tradi
tion for this year's Morrow
County Fair and Rodeo queen.
Anita, the youngest daughter
of Lee and Mary Ann Palmer,
is following the footsteps of
her three sisters. Her oldest
sister Barbara was princess in
the 1975 court and twin sisters
Donna and Debra were 1977
court princesses. Donna be
came 1978 queen of the court
and Debra captured the crown
in 1979. Queen Anita's mother
Mary Ann also has been active
as she has served as court
chaperone for several years.
Anita's court experience
began five years ago as a
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ture a new event this year, a
suicide race. Contestants will
race their horses on die steep
hill behing the rodeo arena.
Businessmen from the
Black Horse Tavern, Petty
John Oil Co., Royal Welding,
Lexington Lumber, B k B
Chevron, Central Market,
Cal's Cafe and Lounge and
Pettyjohn's Farm and Build
ers Supply will mount donkeys
overall increase in all rates is
$230 million less than was
estimated in March, Toombs
said the reduction is so insign
ificant that it would not effect
the previousley announced in
crease of 21.5 percent, effect
ive with the Nov. 1 billing. The
change in the wholesale rate
increase will reduce the co
op's costs by $40,000.
However, Toombs said,
"With conservation going
along the way it is, and
decreased usage, we may not
even see that $40,000."
Even though the November
billing won't be effected,
Toombs said another retail
rate increase expected in Jan
uary could be slightly less
than expected. Rates are ex
pected to raise in December or
January to cover the co-op's
costs of its involvement in
Palmer to be
this Saturday
pennant bearer. She served as
a pennant bearer for three
years and was a princess on
the 1981 Morrow County Court.
Her love of horses made her
a perfect selection for queen.
She started riding as a tiny tot
and began competing 12 years
ago in the Wranglers Riding
Club. She competed in their
playdays each spring. When
she was old enough she joined
4-H . Each year she has
competed in the 4-H Horse
Show and Wrangler's Open
Horse Show and has won
many awards.
At this year's 4-H Horse
Show, held last Saturday,
Anita took four championship
awards in halter, English jum
ping, colt training and equita
tion. She also took reserve
champion and received blue
ribbons in stock seat, trail and
bareback equitation. On Sun
day, Anita also placed in
several events at the Wrang
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Wed., Aug 18 ' 85 5
Thurs., Aug; 19 -92 64
Fri., Aug 20 95 59 .07
Sat., Aug 21 92 55
Sun., Aug 22 89 54
Mon., Aug 23 87 54
for the Saturday race. On
Sunday representatives from
Morrow County Grain Growe
ers, S & J Market, Bucknum's
Tavern, Les Schwab, Heppner
Auto Parts, Coast to Coast,
Kinzua and Court St. Market
will race the stubborn critters
to the finish line. Each team
will have two men per team,
with the winners receiving a
plaque for their efforts.
WPPSS nuclear plants 4 and 5.
Columbia Basin has almost a
.4 percent share in the two
terminated plants, which will
cost die co-op $1,422,922 in
1982, which includes costs of
termination and principal and
interest payments on the $2.25
billion bond debt.
However, it is possible that
the costs of the co-ops involve
ment could be reduced. Col
umbia Basin has joined 16
other utilities who have shares
in the projects in a suit deny
ing liability for the bond debt.
Toombs said Tuesday, Aug.
24, that Judge H. Joseph Cole
man is expected to set a trial
date this week so at this time
be is unable to predict whether
the suit will effect the January
increase. The trial will be held
in Seattle, Wash., he said.
honored at
night
ler's show.
When the Queen rides .
through the streets at Satur
day's parade, she will be on
top of a four-year-old register
ed quarter horse gelding nam
ed Tri-Bar-Dandy. Anita
broke and trained her horse.
During the grand entry at the
rodeo, she will be riding a 14
year-old sorrel named Johnny
Joe, a horse her sister, Donna,
broke. Anita has been using
Joe in barrel racing and pole
bending this summer in
rodeo's. The duo has placed in
several shows.
The 5'4" blonde queen has
been involved in other 4-H
activities besides horses. This
year she entered a tole painted
ice bucket in the county fair.
In past years, she was in 4-H
clothing.
Court appearances haven't
kept Anita from her duties on
the farm. She is a right hand to
her parents on their lone
ranch year-round. Anita's
summers consists of driving
wheat truck, hauling and
working cattle, building fence,
irrigating, operating haying
equipment and working with
the sheep.
She graduated this spring
from lone High School. She
participated in girl's basket
ball and volleyball for three
years, held offices in National
Honor Society and Girl's Ath
letic Club, was named Who's
Who Among High School
Seniors and was honored with
a Citizenship Award.
With an eye on business, the
18-year-old queen plans to at
tend Oregon State University
this fall and major in business
administration and minor in
home economics.