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BESS IE WETZELL o or ORE NEWSPAPER LIB EUGENE OR 97403 t VOL. Ill NO. U THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1 Ml ' VOL. Ill NO. iS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, IM1 Schwarz rides away with all-around title, Mike Currin wins calf roping Pat Schwarz of Heppner rode away with the Morrow County All-Around (addle this past weekend. The Sever addle was donated by Mor row County Grain Growen. Schwan acquired the moat pointa In Friday night's Mor row County events as he placed first In open calf rop ing, second in Calgary cow milking and second In the first go of steer wrestling. Runner-up was Tony Currin, Heppner, and he received a trophy clock sponsored by Inland Empire Bank of Boardman. While Schwart was picking up the all-around saddle, Mike Currin took the Morrow Coun ty Calf Roping saddle. The Klrizua Corp. sponsored sad dle was won by Currin with a combined total of 25. SO seconds on two head. Donnie Papineau, lone, was the runner-up with a time of 28.56 and received a clock from Beechers' Cafe and Lounge and Bristows' Market, both of lone. Over 68 contestants from Morrow County competed la the show. The winning team of the first event, Calgary cow milking, was John Moyer and Kird Mader. Moyer accepted his trophy clock from Ek Strom Farm Chemicals of lone and Mader received the mugger clock from Del's Market and Lexington Lum ber, both of Lexington. Second place went to the team of Steve Currin and Pat Schwart and third to Cliff Dougherty and Larry Palemr. In the next event the cows were wild and wooly but most riders stayed atop for the full count. Don Kindsfather, Lex ington, topped all riders with 63 score. He received a trophy clock from Len's Processing, H eppner. Marty Britt scored a 62. and John Moyer a 61 for second and third places. A trophy clock was won by Tony Currin In steer wrestling as he posted the best time with 9.82 seconds combined on two head. His award was given by Court Street Market and Bucknums Tavern, both of Heppner. Jeff Bailey posted a 17.99 on two head for second place while Giff Dougherty had 21.20 for third. In the open calf roping Pat Schwarz tied two calves in 26.64 to capture first place. Dodge City Inn of Boardman donated a trophy clock to Schwarz. Jack McGuire, Boardman, was close behind with a score of 28.84 and Tony Currin had a 30.29 on two head for third. Six teams were in the Sun day finals in the Morrow County team roping with the team of Mike and Tony Currin on top. The Currins caught all three head with a time of 50.17 seconds. They received belt buckles from Gardners' Men's Wear, Heppner. Cliff Dough erty and Monte Evans were second with a time of 31.90. A time of 18.87 seconds in the senior barrels gave Penny Hoffman of Lexington first place. She received a watch from Peterson's Jewelers, Heppner. Second place went to Andrea Ball, Heppner, with a 18.93 and third to Anita Pal mer, lone, with a 18.99. The Junior barrels event was won by Cindy Stroeber with a time of 19.50. She received a horse blanket from Sears of Heppner. Michelle Papineau of Ion turned in a time of 20.73 for second while Jennifer Currin had a 21.88 for third. The hard luck blanket pre sented by Sears was awarded to Libby Britt. Her horse took a bad fall n the second barrel In the junior event but fortu nately neither horse nor rider were hurt. A special award was pre sented to Richard Kinzer by Rodeo Chairman Don Stroe ber. Kinzer received a plaque honoring his many years of working in the calf chutes. The exciting suicide race started Sunday's rodeo action. A total of 142 contestants competed in the two day N R A W R.A. rodeo. Joe Yocom of Lexington won the three-man race as Ken Moorehouse, Rufus, rode Yocom' i horse across the finish line. A trophy clock donated by the Shoe Box and Miller and Sons Welding was presented to Yocom. All-around honors at the rodeo went to Ellensburg cowboy Pat Minor. He re ceived silver spurs given by Jim Hayes of Farmers In surance, Heppner. Runner-up was Hughie Reynolds from Soap Lake. Wash. He took horn a horse blanket spon sored by Rsy Boyc In surance, also of Heppner. In the bareback event a tie for first place with a score of 71 was between Ronny Keys of Spray and Bill Beamon of Mead. Wash. A trophy clock was given by Wagon Wheel Lounge and Cafe, Heppner. The team roping team of Pat Minor and Steve Johnson of Canby roped a steer in 7.11 to take first place. Green Feed and Seed and Tri -County Seed Cleaning, both of Heppner, gave the winners trophy clocks. A score of 70 gave Brush Prairie cowboy Roger Cham bers first place in the saddle bronc. His clock was presen ts by Pettyjohns' Farm and Builders' Supply and Cal's Arco. both of Heppner. Bob Louie of Enumenclaw, Wash, scored a 75 on his bull ride to win the trophy clock for first place given by Paul Pettyjohn Oil Company of Ion. Steer wrestling honors went to Sam Willis with a time of 4.96. The Redmond cowboy received a trophy clock dona ted by Heppner Bowl and Central Market, both of Hep pner, Nat Kayser from Center ville. Wash, picked up a calf roping award with a time of 10.26. His trophy clock was given by Boardman Pharmacy and Hardware and Kenny's Farm Market, Irri gon. A Kimberly cowgirl, Bonnie Breck, roped her calf in 4.11 to win the breakaway roping. She received a trophy clock from Les Schwab Tire Center and Pig Iron, both of Heppner. In barrel racing, Norma Kelty posted a 17.73 to ride home with a trophy clock. The Walla Walla cowgirl received her award from Rietmann's Hardware and Swanson's Ins Insurance Agency, both of lone. J Morrow Conn II PACES m f lie 'f ' i II mm 4 mr rW -fcAtuJ Morrow Co. Ail-Around Cowboy Many local businesses to be closed Monday Local post offices, banks, the Heppner Neighborhood Center and most area busines 'Celtic Tradition' to be presented Thursday The first local presentation of Oregon Chautauqua '83. "Celtic Tradition." will be given on Thursday. Sept. 1, at Heppner Junior High, begin ning at 7:30 p.m. The Bandon Historical So ciety will offer a 15-minute illustrated lecture and an hour of stories and music recrea ting a performance of an 11th century Celtic Court. The in troductory slides, narrated by Rachel Foxman. research associate at the society, will offer a history of the Celtic people, mapping their migra tion from the Danube River Valley outward to the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, Spain, the North Sea. and eventually Brittany and tne British Isles. The audiences will explore religious sites and Celtic sym bolism, both ancient and mo dern. Then Foxman will focus on the importance of Celtic storytellers, who kept alive a rich trove of images and sym bols dating back to their early tribal cultures: and musi cians, who often served as advisors, philosophers, and biographers for the nobility. As the slide show ends, Foxman will be Joined by folk musician Charlie Anderson to take the audience back to a misty castle in Britain for an enchanted hour of story and song in the classic Celtic mode. Foxman is a native of Mi chigan and a graduate of the University of Idaho in theatre. She worked with the Idaho Rural Women's Oral History Project. Since coming to Ore gon, she has served as curator for the Bandon Historical So ciety, where she is currently employed as a research asso ciate. She has worked as a storyteller for the past three years both in the U.S. and in Europe and recently returned from a four-month stay in Wales researching Celtic story teling. Sy'fl .. c Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Pat Schwarz with Queen Lottie ond ses will be closed next Mon dav. Sept. 5. in observance of Labor Day. Charlie Anderson began playing the clarinet when he was eight-years-old and has played in band and orchestras for over 15 years. He has performed recently with the "New Age-Old Ways String Band" and now plays with the "Children of Lir," a five-piece band specializing in Celtic, British and old-time American dance music. The Chautauqua is locally sponsored, by the Heppner lone Branch of the American Association of University Women. Abrams. Kuhn and Spicer. Attorneys and Lexing ton Machine Works. G-T office to close Mon. for Labor Day The Heppner Gazette-Times office will be closed Monday, Sept. 5. in observance of Labor Day. Due to the closure, the lone woman named C.F. Bike-a-Thon chairman Robin Baker of lone has been appointed chairman of a Cystic Fibrosis Bike-a-Thon to be held in this area this fall. In announcing the chairmanship of this event. Dennis Cross grove, president of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Oregon Chapter said. "Each year people are finding they can bike their way to a healthier life. Here in lone and Lexing ton, residents can also bike their way to help support a healthier life for people who suffer from Cystic Fibrosis, the number one genetic killer of young people in the United States." One in every 1 .800 American children inherits this incur able, lung damaging and di gestive disease when they receive a gene for C.F. from each of their parents. It is estimated that one out of every 20 Americans is a symptomless and unknowing carrier of the gene which can " j l Si OD IIEPPNER, OREGON her Court. ..Vv-'-; C.BsE.C. named as defendant in lawsuits The Columbia Basin Elec tric Co-op Board of Directors met last Thursday in Heppner. Discussed.. at , the meeting were 14 lawsuits the co-op is named as defendants in, re ported office manager Jerry Healy. The lawsuits stem from the co-op's involvement in two now abandoned nuclear plants in Washington State. A Washington judge ruled re cently that Columbia Basin and other utilities involved were not liable for bond debt on the plants, and bond hold ers are retaliatir. One of the suits names directors who were on the C.B.E.C. board in 1976, when the co-op entered into an agreement to purchase power from the plants. Those named as defendants who were on the board that year were Van Rietmann of Condon; Randall Peterson of Heppner; Paul Tews. lone; Floyd Anderson, Arlington; Walter Jaeger of deadline for news and classi fied advertising will be this Friday, Sept. 2, at 5 p.m. cause C.F. in their child. Through research funded by the 'Cystic Fibrosis Founda tion, a test to identify carriers is being sought and scientists are pursuing a cure or control for C.F. Funds raised in the Bike-a-T Thon will help support these research programs as well as medical care provided at 128 Cystic Fibrosis Centers loca ted throughout the United States. n Oregon, the C.F. Center is located at the Oregon Health Sciences University in Port land. The local area Bike-a-Thon will be held on Saturday, September 24, starting at 10 a.m. Wright's Country Store in Ruggs will be the registration and starting point for the event. For additional details, call Robin Baker at 422-7572 or call the Oregon Chapter office collect at 231-4015 in Portland. Weather by the City of v : i km Mike Currin, winner of Morrow Condon; Dick Krebs; Arling ton; Elmer Palmer of Hep pner: Kenneth Smouse, lone; Dick Wilkinson, Heppner Herb Wright, Fossil;1 and Kenneth Wright of Heppner. Healy said the board is asking liability protection for those men from the co-op's insurance company, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co.. St. Paul. Minn. In other business, 4 the board: learned that r!e.A. and Heppner Garden Club takes Grand Sweepstakes Award The Heppner Garden Club walked away as the Grand Sweepstakes Winner in last Saturday's Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Parade. In the Adult Organizations category, the Heppner Ameri can Legion took a blue ribbon, the Morrow County Search and Rescue Posse placed second and the lone Fire Department came in third. R & W Drive-In won first prize in the Business Floats, followed by First Interstate Bank in second, Morrow County Grain Growers in third and Miller and Sons Welding in fourth. First place in the Out of County Floats went to the Pendleton Main Street Cow boys. Second place in that division went to Pendleton Diesel Service. The Heppner cheerleaders received a blue award in the Miscellaneous Floats division. The Monte Evans family was voted the Best Mounted Family Group, with the John ston and Barber families in second place and the Darrell Westerling family in third. Marlene Currin received the Best Mounted Cowgirl award, and Casey O'Brien was named Best Mounted Cowboy. The team of Mark and Craig Angel received the Best Comic award, while Jason and Jessi ca Hanna took second in that department. Rita Caverhill was the Old est Cowgirl in the parade, while Cornett Green was the Oldest Cowboy. The Heppner Soroptimist Club took first place honors in Tues., Aug. 23 64 54 .05 , Wed.. Aug. 24 80 52 Thurs., Aug. 25 85 50 .09 Fri.. Aug. 2 86 53 Sat.. Aug. 27 87 53 .23 Sun.. Aug. 28 77 52 Mon.. Aug. 29 77 53 Hcppncr Co. Calf Roping event with the Queen C.F.C. loans applied for in April by the co-op would now be made. The two mortgagers had earlier stated that they would not loan the funds until the co-op had met its obliga tion to bond holders for the debt on the two nuclear plants. C.B.E.C. applied for $1,248 million from the Rural Elec trification Administration and S600.000 from Cooperative Finance Corp., Healy said. discussed a wholesale the Clowns and Gown Groups category, while Millie Yocom earned second place award. The Blue Mountain "A's" took a blue award in the Antique and Classic Car En tries. The Columbia River Corvette Club took second. For Old Cars and Trucks 1939 and older, the Don Griggs family took first with their 1912 Hudson, followed in second place by Robert Harri son with a 1928 Ford Model A truck. Lonny Watne came in third with a 1919 Ford Model T roadster and fourth place was awarded Darrell Vinson with his 1925 Ford Model T touring car. For vehicles from 1949 and newer, Mike Bunch took first place in a 1955 Chevrolet Del-Ray sedan and the Tri County Shrine Club placed second with a 1954 Cadillac ambulance. Harold Peck led the Antique Machinery and Equipment division with a 1912 Sterling Stationary Separator (thresh ing machinery), and Gus Peterson followed in second place with an antique wheat sack stacker. In the Children's Division, Jessica Van Winkle won the Youngest Cowgirl award, Cameron Nance was the Youngest Cowboy, Karen Murty was chosen for the Best Girl's Costume and Jason Rodeo attendance up Attendance at this year's More rode Morrow County Rodeo per formances was up, and Satur- photos p. 4. day saw a record number of ticket sales. High Low Preclp. ond Court. rate increase from Bonneville Power Administration which will take effect in November. Healy said the exact amount of the increase is not yet known but may be close to 32 percent. However, he added, the entire amount of the wholesale rate won't neces sarily be passed on to con sumers. discussed the co-op's annual meeting, which will be held November 10 in Heppner. Hanna had the Best Boy's Costume. Bryon Koffler and Jerid Ployhar took first place in the Children's Floats. Jessica Van Winkle and Ty Arbogast took second and third places respectively. Cameron Nance won a blue award in the Tricycles divi sion and Nancy Taylor won first in Bicycles, followed by Curry Nance In second. The Heppner Cub Scouts took a first place award in the Children's Marching Units category and Stanfield's Jr. Drum & Bugle Corps took first in the Bands and Bugle Corps. Don Christensen's Heppner Band Group placed second in that division. The Umatilla Sage Riders placed first in the Queens" Courts division, followed by the Rendezvous '83 Royalty Court in second, the Pendleton Round-Up Court in third and the Umatilla Landing Days Court in fourth place. The Umatilla Sage Riders were selected the best Riding Club and the Heppner Wranglers' Riding Club re ceived a second place award. Parade Chairman Harley Sager said he was very pleased with the large number of entries in this year's parade, and reported hearing favorable comments.
