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Kinzua donates champion roper saddle
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Doug Dubuque of Kinzua Corp turns Severe Brothers
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will present it to the Champion Calf Roper at next week's
Morrow County Rodeo
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From left Princess Sheila Sieler, Princess Hobbette
Angell, Dubuque Queen Bridgett Greenup, Princess
Cindy Davis, and Princess Stacey Kennedy
Continuing a fam ily tradition
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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