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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.
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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.
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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
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IIEPPNER, OREGON
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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
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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
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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.