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Recent county immigrant
Influenced by Grandpa
Princess Sheila enjoys raising & riding horses
Princess Bobbette always wanted spot on Court
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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
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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
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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
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Princess Bobbette Angeli
Lexington News
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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.
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