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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1985)
^ O l'R -T W Hrppnrr G a irU v TIm e * Mrppnrr Oregon. U r d n n i i n . July I I . teni Recent county immigrant Influenced by Grandpa Princess Sheila enjoys raising & riding horses Princess Bobbette always wanted spot on Court $ Princess Sheila Sreler Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Princeea Sheila Sieler, 16, daughter of Myrna and George Sieler, will tie a »enlor at Meppner High School neat year thanks to the Blue Moun tain Community College adult high school diploma program She has been taking summer classes through HMCC and will tie enrolled in a full schedule at H H S next fall in addition to continuing night classes through HMCC Practical Sheila supposes that she is a "good enough student." but mainly just wants to get school over with so that she can go on with her life She was on the volleyball team last year and expects to participate again this fall She was also a member of the Meppner High School chorus for one year and the Toledo chorus for two years She has two suiters. Shelly, 13. and Sherry, 5 Immigrating to Morrow County from the coast town of Toledo two years ago. where she was a member of the Spanish Hub. drill team and held the student body officers of secretary and treasurer, the adap table princess has become more involved with Wranglers and horses as a result of her friendship with fair and rodeo Queen Bridget! Greenup Bringing five horses with her. she is now down to one. an albino quarter horse mare from whom she is exprcting a spotted loal soon The Hay hauling permits available Because of action by the state legislature. Oregon's farmers and ranchers can not obtain wide load permits to transport large round hay bales In an economical manner, reports a < tregon Farm Bureau news release Introduced at the request of the Farm Bureau. HB 2848 requires that the load be composed of hay bales with a manufactured width exceed ing three feet The load cannot exceed 10 feet and temporary exten sions must be added so the entire load is supported According to Don Schellenberg, manager of the Farm Bureau's ÍT TEST YOUR ALTERNATOR OR n ew S ¿VOLTAGE REGULATOR N i t BRING YOURALTERNATOROR VOLTAGE REGULATOR TO J THE STORE i HEPPN ER J 676 9123 AUTO PARTS Í * * * — #1 t After serving three years as a pennant bearer for the Morrow- County fair and rodeo court. 16 year old Heppner High School senior Boh bette Angelí daughter of Bobbi and lairry Angelí is one of this y ear 's fair and rodeo court princesses She has three brothers. Jim , 22. Craig. 14 and Mark 13 Confessing that horses take up a lot of her time. Frinces* Bobbette says she has been a member of Wranglers Riding Club for "a life time" competing in everything, but mainly barrels She is also a member of Heppner Barrel Club and 4 H Horse Club, and was a Girls Mr and Mrs Wilbur Steagall returned home on Tuesday from a reunion of the Shoun Family held at Bull Prairie * good crowd was in attendance with about 73 tietng present The g: oup enjoyed visiting fishing and the potlucks Mr and Mrs Chuck Nelson are enjoying an Alaskan Cruise of sev eral days length Jean Nelson and Delpha Jones LARGE CAPACITY WW-HItìV Ground breaking ceremony for the ♦ Willow Creek Branch of the Latter ♦ Day Saints Church was held June 21 ♦ in I^xington on the I^xington lone ♦ Highway and Tom Street near the Present ♦ Morrow County Shops ♦ were Morrow County Judge. Don McKlligott. the state President for the church. Allen E Alder from Hermiston. and the branch presi dent Curtis Perkins from Lexington It is hoped to be finished by Novem her An open house for the public will be held at that time were among those from Lexington Grange attending Pamona in Spray on Saturday Attending from Rhea Creek Grange were Mildred Wright and Dorris Graves Mike Burcham and Children from Enterprise were recent callers at the home of his mother I>orothy Burcham to help with the setting up of a trailer home Mr and Mrs Marvin Way were callers in Monument on Saturday where they attended a Memorial Service for Dearie Irvin The ser vices were conducted at the ceme tery and a family gel together was held later at the park Mr Irvin passed away a few weeks bark at the Community Good Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston following major sur gery He was a former Monument and Morrow County resident COUNTY FAIR AUGUST 610 Ilebhir Sharp motored to Walla Walla on Monday where she consul ted a physician FRIDAY -AUG. 2 Nonta Marquardt has returned to her home in Portland after several weeks at the home of her parents SAT. & SU N .-A U G . 3& 4 where she was recuperating from major surgery MONDAY -AUG. 5 Jim Marquardt of Taholah. Wash ington was a caller at the home of his mother Betty Marquardt to make further plans for his wedding August 10 at Heppner TUESDAY -AUG. 6 Mi and Mrv Bill B Marquardt Bob Smith has returned to his home after a stay in Portland where he received medical attention Mr and Mrs T E Messenger Sr were recent Portland callers where they visited their sons and family Mr and Mrs Caroll Messenger and Mr and Mrs Gerald Messenger, and their grandaughter Kathleen Fisher who is a patient in the Portland Adventist Hospital Venice Hendrickson of Pendleton has been a recent Lexington caller GRAIN CARTS Athletic Booster at H H S At school, the purposeful young lady enjoys her business classes and intends to go to a business college in accounting following her graduation from H H S Afternoons, evenings and weekends, two weeks each month, she works in the office at Pioneer Memorial Hospital filling out forms for emergency patients, typing, filing answering the phone, and finding ambulance drivers At home on a horse, the comely princess helps her dad with the family's cows at the 36 acre home on the edge of Heppner Although she spend« two hours a day riding in addition to cleaning, feeding water ing and taking care of her own three horses, she confesses that she does better in barrel competition if she doesn't practice specifically for the event She will greet Morrow County Fair and Rodeo parade goers from Holly, the thoroughbred quar ter horse she raised and rides in competition Used mostly for plea sure riding and working cows, a running quarterhorse and former 4 H project named Cam. has been with the princess since she was four A one year old full thoroughbred. Rusty completes her stable Cow drives, working riding, have also been a part of the conscientious princess's growing up She recalls spending three weeks or more of the summer with her grandfather begin ning when she was 12 years old. on cattle drives camping out. moving cows into town for the winter and helping fix fence TYue to Morrow County. Bobbatta says that she always wanted to be a princess mostly because of the influence of her grandfather, the late Floyd Hutchens who was active in chariot races and the rodeo, he also was honored as parade grand marshal The best part about being a princess says the responsive Bob bette, is the friendly faces, meeting new people and participating in group activities The most fun is definitely the actual fair and rodeo parade and the grand entry After all the work, hard work of getting up early, keeping a horse looking with out Haw s, keeping the outfit nice, the people the crowd, the excitement, make it all worthwhile The most thrilling event for her. though, thus far. was when she was chosen to represent the county as a princess As a princess representing the county, she says it's important to always remember to have a friendly face It's not hard, but necessary not to be cranky Ground broken for new church liy Drlpha Junes Spray Grange mem tiers hosted the quarterly meeting of Wheatland Pamona Grange at (heir hall on Saturday, July 27 A bountiful dinner was served at noon by the host Grange A cake walk was enjoyed following the dinner This was the meeting of the yearly Memorial Under the direction the Chaplain. Mildred Wright Inspira tional readings were given, the 23rd Psalm and the laird's Prayer Flowers were laid on the altar beside the Bible in memory of the following departed ones Spray Grange Mildred Storm . Loren George, Stanly Bolin la'xington Grange Norman Nelson. Maude Pointer, and Orville Culaforth Wil lows Grange Ruth Heimbigner Ru fus Grange Sam Brock and Mik kalo Grange Annie Boyer There were several tables of pin ochle enjoyed in the afternoon This is the first time that many of the Grangers had the opportunity to see the Grange Hall after the remodel ing project and it is indeed a fine job and all were thankful for the fine air conditioner Remem tier that Pa mona will meet next in October at the la-xington Grange Hall, and this will tie the election of officers for the next two years * Princess Bobbette Angeli Lexington News ♦ Governmental Affairs Division. "The law was designed specifically to exclude the issuance of wide load permits for regular hay bales, because a truck can haul a full load of the smaller bales without being overwidth " According to Tom Brad of the Oregon State Highway Permit Unit, the state Is issuing 30-day permits restricting the user to hauling Irom one specific location to another For more information on how to obtain a permit, call 378 2568 or write the Oregon State Highway Permit Unit, Room 102, located at 29fio E State St in Salem Ron Bowman of HEPPNER AUTO PARTS tests regulator with new testing devise composed princess says she enjoys raising horses not for profit, but because she enjoys being around them and raising them is a way of doing that It's my responsibility" she says to take care of them It she gets too many horses though, she says she weeds them out and starts over Determined to learn to ride be cause her grandparents who had horses told her she couldn l ride them, she learned to ride with her aunts and discloses that she has always been fascinated with horses doing pencil drawings at times She has owned a horse since she was five, beginning with a Shetland and graduating up She will ride C a tch l'p ." a horse borrowed from John Ledbetter, in the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo parade Moving to horse country" she explains helped her decide what she wanted to do After graduation she says she may work on a ranch because she doesn't think she could work inside Although she expects to continue riding (or competition, her ultimate goal is to become a horse trainer develop her own horse and barrel race Second to the composed princess love for horses is her 4x4 42 Ford jeep which she is sanding and painting With help, a lot of help," from her dad she is getting it in shape for road rallys She is a member of the 4x4 club of which her dad is president and her mom secretary As a princess, she has enjoyed meeting interesting people and go mg places She would do it again, she says, but one year is enough She is feeling conflict within herself about decisions for the future Being a princess is an honor and challenging It means weighing what means most to you as well as what others want and to decide what's best A road rally that I had planned to attend for several months was the same weekend as a rodeo appearance, so I went to the rodeo Western Concert 8 p.m. 4-H Horse Show 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Snaffle Bit Futurity Carnival Opens 6 p.m. 4-H Style Revue Opening Ceremonies 7 p.m. Janna Jae 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. WEDNESDAY -AUG. 7 Old Time Fiddlers 6:30 p.m. Horse Pulling Contest 8 p.m. * Stoddard & Longshore 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. THURSDAY - AUG. 8 Junior Rodeo 7:30 p.m. S.L. Price 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. FRIDAY - AUG. 9 4-H, FFA Master Showmanship 7 p.m. Junior Rodeo 7:30 p.m. S.L. Price & Square Knots Catie Padberg is spending some time at the home of her daughter and husband Mr and Mrs L D Vinson in Monument SATURDAY -AUG. 10 Fair Parade 10 a m. Youth Livestock Auction 5 p.m. Junior Rodeo 7:30 p.m. Coffey Twins & Square Knots 7 p.m. - 10 A M.-10 P.M. TUES.-FRI. NOON-11 P.M. SATURDAY. a Farm er Engineered . . . • To i«tosd fast tavmg vtkubfc time tt harvest • Steyj up wtth your latest comtxne. or even more than one com • To reduce elevator discounts by auqerng your greet only once bn« usetg a unique angle auger system • Two models to choose horn that unload 900 to 1700 bushels m • To cut down time on memttnance costs by efcmmetetg the floor under ] minutes Mgjsr 4 boanngs el chans end sprockets • f tckorve low mamtenance auger drive designed tor MOO hours of • To grevity unload without usmg the auger through a bottom door held use GREENLINE INC. 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