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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1983)
Page fr Special Fair & Rodeo Market Stock Sale to be bigger than ever With the exception of steers, this year's Morrow County Mar ket Stock Sale will have more animals than ever before - even more than were offered at last year's record sale. The animals FOR HARVEST TIME REPAIRS We Build Up Rollers, Idlers Turn Pins Bushings Make Up Hydraulic Hoses Welding Fabrication Service Calls Air Conditioning Heavy Equipment Maintenance Parts & Tune Ups Roller Shells Exchange BIG AUTO PARTS B & C REPAIRS, INC. lone 422-7409 or 422-7418 k W7 ff - -f ? K TOPOF THE LINE!! 7 Welcome to the 1 thebesti K SONY yk 7 Fair & Rodeo f $2595 JILwU Section ft will be scrubbed, brushed and ready to go for the 8 p.m. event which will be held at the fair grounds in the indoor arena on Wednesday. August 24. Between 4-H and F.F.A. ani mals. 85 sheep are expected, along with 18 hogs and 22 steers, reports Roger Records, Heppner F.F.A. instructor. Small animals will be sold at a separate sale on Tuesday. August 23. at S p.m. Weigh-in for market animals will be from 8 to 10 a.m. on Monday. Records stressed that if animals were over or under weight, they will not be allowed to be sold. Steers must weigh-in at between 975 and 1,300 lbs., lambs at 90 to 140 lbs., and hogs between 195 and 240 lbs. after pencil shrink. Stall assignments are posted on the stalls. The Morrow County Livestock Growers sponsor the annual event. Auctioneer will be Stuart Severe of Hermiston. and per sonnel from First Interstate Bank in Heppner will again han dle the paper work of the sale. "We want everyone to come out to support our 4-H and F.F.A. kids." said Mark Rietmann, president of the Morrow Co. Livestock Growers. FACTORY DIRECT -J( MEANS g & S QUALITY J W, -f Good Time z M-Wi v I At The ) ' V, n I Behind Inland V & rV F3Im! EmP'reBank Rodeo entry Cowboys and cowgirls who plan to compete in the Morrow Co. Rodeo and-or the W.R.A. - N.R.A. rodeos need to contact the rodeo office to enter on Monday, August 22. says Rodeo Secretary Judy Currin. The phone number at the rodeo office is 676-5R36. To enter the Morrow County Friday show, call between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Events include: cow milking, barrels, steer wrestling, cow riding, open calf roping, team roping (may enter twice), amateur calf roping and junior barrels. For Saturday's and Sunday's open W.R.A. - N.R.A. rodeo shows, call between 8a.m. and 12 noon for rough stock (bulls first hour) and between 12:30 and 4:30 p.m. for timed events. Call back between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Tuesday. August 23. 509-968-3006. Events include: saddle bronc, bareback, bull riding, calf rop K K K v hours X c VIDEO Mon. Fit K K. ( 10a.m. -5:30p.m. I I j RECORDERS I Sat ft ) 9:30a.m..3:30p.m. V BUY THE BEST information given ing, steer wrestling, team roping, breakaway and barrels. Races include a suicide race on Sunday. Specializing In Petroleum Products & Farm Chemicals PETTYJOHN OIL CO. and Chemical Co. 422-7254 lone VIDEO !c ELECTRONIC CENTER jfcj Local competitors must have a W R.A. or N.R.A. member guarantee their fees and pay cash, Currin said.
