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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1985)
DE S S I E WE T Z E L L U OF ORE NE WS P AP E R L ! B EUGENE OR 9 7 4 0 3 The Heppner Gazette-Times Tun July Wed July SI Thurs . A uk I Fri . A uk 2 S.i! 10.1 M l II H c p p n o r , O re g o n 2 .V w f d n f k o a y . a c g ih t i«u Kinzua donates champion roper saddle 1 J Doug Dubuque of Kinzua Corp turns Severe Brothers -■addleover to Morrow County Fair and Kodeo Court who will present it to the Champion Calf Roper at next week's Morrow County Rodeo # ! J From left Princess Sheila Sieler, Princess Hobbette Angell, Dubuque Queen Bridgett Greenup, Princess Cindy Davis, and Princess Stacey Kennedy Continuing a fam ily tradition i# p a g e * v Sun., A uk 4 Mon A uk 5 M orrow C o u n ty's H o m e -O w n e d W eek ly N e w s p a p e r VOI l>> tho ( ' i t > o f Queen Bridget! Greenup Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Queen Bridgett Greenup kind of hates to see 1 H and FFA end She received he Morrow County All Around Ft \ Showman award two years, a Star Chapt«*r Farm er award and numerous proficiency awards she also raised a Champion Suffolk ewe and Champion Suffolk Buck n»ey I ll and FF A ha • been a big part of her life and she has enjoyed them, but it still anxi ousiv looking forward to attending Blu»' Mountain Community College this fall She will use the Kent Klukkert Memorial Scholarship she was awarded at the I9RS Heppner High school commencement in help pay for her studies ■ Manning to major in nursing Queen Bridgett says that when she was little she \|>«*nt some time at the hospital with her sister who is a nurse and liked being there Nursing the congenial blue-eyed brunette says, is a way of it eting new t»-ople, and "I like helping Depending on how school goes she will decide whether to become a re gistered nurse and specialize or to practice general nursing While at BMCC, the well-disposed queen says she will try out for the BMCC Rodeo Team and it she dm-sn't make it. will Jackpot Rodeo she exp«-cts to find a place to live in Pendleton and is certain that she will find a place for her horse there, too She grins while explaining that she has no idea how many horses she has. but that Song is her favorite because she raised and has had her for five years now For most parades however, the pms«*d qu«-«-n rides a hors«- named Nightmare 1-ooking forward to tx-ing on her own. Queen Bridgett confides that she expects living in town while attending BMCC to be a change from her home on Hinton Creek Charact erizing hers«-lf as curious about a lot of things, she is anxious to find out what town life is like and suspects that she may want to begin her Fair and Rodeo news inside Be sure to check the special Fair and Kodeo edition inside this week s newspaper for a complete schedule of next week's Morrow County Fair and Rodeo events Also included are stories and photographs highlighting some of the people, events, and places to watch for at the county's annual celebration H ig h 7« 68 7« HU ■7 U o igzw SO SO SS 4» SI 4« 48 fm 01 19 01 0 uo 0 t 11 p p p n e r City signs landfill lease The Heppner city council. Monday, signed a lease that will transfer operation of the sanitary landfill located near town, over to the city Morrow County had been opera! ing the dump, however, it said last year it would no longer do this, and would shut the landfill down in September Rather than lose the dump, the City decided to take over its opera Hon The lease agreement is with Dali and Marie Turner jnd Robert and lands Schultz owners of the landfill and pros ides for pa> ment of $4»*i |>er month To operate the dump the city will receive $7.000 per year from Heppner (jarbage Disposal, the local garbage collection company, and an extimated $4.560 from gate fees, or private indiv iduals using the dump We hope it will tie self sup porting, said Mayor Cara Costa al>out the lease agreement "It's a temporary lease iuntil June of iwo» and by that time we will know if we can make it If we find we are losing a lot of money we may have to close It Hut we are hopeful it will work out " To save on costs, hours of the dump will be reduced from all day Saturday and Sunday, to just I to S p m tioth days The county has agreed to lease a bulldozer, used to cover the garbage at the dump, to the city for t l per year Heppner Garbage Disposal has agreed to operate the bulldozer when needed Also the county has put $92,000 it had planned to as»- on closing the dump into an excrow account for the city to use when it becomes neccs sary to close down the dump The Departm ent of Knv ironm enlal D uality has indicated that the Heppner landfill can tw used only until DW6 In other business the council heard from Tom and Helen Hiehl. who complained that the city is not enforcing the ilog control ordinance satisfactorily Hiehl said he had been fined $ 1 1 0 on three citations for barking dogs even though his dogs are penned up in Ins v ard Hiehl said the harking was caused bv slrav •logs coming through his yard, and he told the city his fine was unfair If you are going to let the ■logs run you shouldn't penalize the p«siple who take care of their am mala." he said " I'm the one trying to abide by the laws and I'm the one paying the hills 'finest ” Acting Mayor Bob I ’loyhar suid the council had no authority to reverse the fines, but he did appoint a committee, including Kiehl to study the pro blem heard from a delegation of citizens, who asked that the city do something about the burned out buildings around town City Attorney. Bill Kuhn, said letters would tie s»-nt ta the property owners Queen Bridgett wears Fair and Rodeo crown with pride nursing career at a large hospital to experience the variety of things available and to learn more Aside from Morrow County 's own fair and rod«-o, where she s h«-«-n every year since she was little Queen Bridgett says that meeting people and showing them what Morrow County is like is the best part about being on the fair and rodeo court "When I started on the court. I couldn't carry on a conver sation with a stranger, and now Well, talking in front of people helps build up your confidence Id encourage any girl to try out for the fair and rodeo court next year I t ’s lots of fun and it changes you The appearances are fun and many new experiences just happen because you're on the court Making a commercial to promote this year's fair and rodeo was interesting, it's something I would never have got a chance to do any other time On the court also I have visited a lot of places I hadn't been before I hadn't even been to Spray until I was pennant bearer " The pleasant 18 year-old explains that after one year as pennant hearer, the reason she originally tried out for the court had a lot to do with her mother, the late Colleen Kilkenny Gre«-nup " I always wanted to be qiwen to be like her I always **nj*>yed the stori«** people told alsiut her and it seems there is always a new story It's hard to live up to her and yet it's not it's fun Not only does Queen Bridgett have her mother to "live up to." but six other family members who have tx-en honored with a spot on the court the legacy Ix-gan in 1925 when her aunt. Mae Kilkenny wa Queen Twenty years la te r, in DM5 Bridgett s mother filled the com founding spol Her sisters Princess Tag in Dad and Princess Sue Ellen in 1968 followed Cousin l.ottie luiughlin I OKI Queen continued as the seventh family member on the court A perfect choice to head the court, the regal qu«-en grew up on the back of a horse and has a na’ ural way with animals In addition to Mom Colleen and Dad Don, her early years were influenced by the guidance of her older brothers and sisters Tag Ashbeck. Mary Ann Davis, and brother. Greg, from Heppner and sister. Sue Kllen Walton of lung Creek and brother. Bill, of lone Not just a poised and gracious representative of the county. Queen Bridget! sp«-nd.s time working witn animals She now has 45 ewes and helps with lambing each year Weekday* there's always something to be done although there s no regular schedule Cows, horses, pigs, and sheep all need looking after She is presently helping sister Mary Ann Davis and her husband Ted at their ranch Their daughter, four year-old H eather, sat on 30 Hridgett's lap while she talked "She comes most places with me," except some rodeos it 's a little early for her to get up We ride together and I take her places I like to be with all my nieces.” She has 16 niece* and nephews One niece. Angie Ashtx-ck. one of this year's pennant bearers follows the queen and her princesses to all of the rodeos Apart from her duties on the court. Qu«*en Bridgett enjoys the sense of freedom she feels when working with animals and not having people around all the time "I don't know any other way," she says, "but I guess I'll learn soon ' Gracious, congenial, poised, regal, contagious grin, native of Morrow Coutny, descended of Irish sheep ranchers, a family tradition rich in fair and rodeo participation boasting seven prior members of fair and rodeo courts, Morrow County can indeed b«- pround to be repres«-nted by Bridget! Greenup, the natural choice for 1965 Fair and Rodeo Queen t requesting the building 1*- cleaned up He said if the owners do not comply it is possible for the city to condemn the buildings, have them tom down, and bill the property owners for the work discuss<*d asking the owners of the recreational vehicle park in Heppner. to put up some kind of sight and sound barrier around then park to cut down the noise into and out of the park approved liquor license renewals for Huchnums tavern. Flks Club. Central Market and Court Street Market gave approval to the Morrow County Rivdeo to hold a street dance in Heppner on Friday August li> The council said the dance could In- held on the side stre«-t between the Wagon Wheel Cafe and the Heppner Hotel if the Rodeo contacted the homeowner there, cut off the dance at midnight and made sure the alley nearby remained unobstructed learned that Floyd Wilkes had resigned from the council voted to s«-nd a letter of appreci ation to Gerald And Sonja Smith for their efforts in cleaning up and planting flowers on a piece of city owned property behind the swimming | mmi I "If more p«-op|e did this we would have a much prettier city." said councilmemlrer Georgia Kathhun who suggested the letter