Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 1, 1991 - FIVE
‘Catch the Pioneer Spirit’ at this year’s fair and rodeo
It's time to “ Catch the Pioneer
Spirit“ at this year’s Morrow Coun
ty Fair and Rodeo, August 14-18.
Local rodeo fans and hometown
visitors should mark calendars for
the trek to this year's PRCA rodeo,
August 17 and 18, which has been
appropriately dubbed “ The Oregon
Trail Pro Rodeo".
Fair premium books will be ready
for circulation by June 1. And it’s
not too early to make fair booth
reservations or to plan exhibits, says
fair secretary Darlene Scroggins.
This year’s theme should provide
lots of ideas for a very western-type
parade entry or for fair exhibits, she
added.
While the Heppner rodeo has been
a tradition since 1922, last year was
the first professional rodeo since
1977. About 238 PRCA contestants
competed for a total purse of around
$20,000. Sponsors have again pledg
ed $1000 per event for purses. That,
added to entry fees, will help attract
national contenders from the profes
sional rodeo circuit.
A new event this year will be steer
wrestling. A first-time award of
PRCA all-around saddle, made by
Boyer’s Saddlery, is being donated
by Roe and Marilyn Gardner,
owners of Gardner’s Mens Wear in
H eppner and R oem ark’s in
Hermiston.
Local Eastern Oregon $1000
sponsors for calf roping, barrel rac
ing, team roping, bull riding, saddle
bronc, bareback and steer wrestling
are Miller Wheat, Inc., Anderson
Seed Com pany, Les Schwab,
Graybeal Distributing, Morrow
County G rain G row ers and
Hawkeye Construction.
The Heppner show has also been
chosen as one of the 10 Wrangler-
sponsored Northw est C ircuit
Rodeos. About 125 tickets are to be
given away with the purchase of
Wrangler jeans.
Specialty acts will feature Joe San
ford, a well-known Kennewick,
WA.-based clown. Additional thrills
are anticipated by professional bull
fighter Bruce Kinsey, of Chelan,
Washington.
The rodeo will again be staged in
side a professionally-designed arena
in front of the north grandstand. Por
table bleacher seating on the arena’s
south side will accommodate an an
ticipated crowd of 2000, judging
from attendance at last year's show,
officials said.
This year the old wooden bucking
chutes will be tom down and replac
ed with portable chutes designed to
handle larger bulls provided by stock
contractors Kelsey McLean and
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Morrow County's fair and rodeo
week will also feature the traditional
Morrow County Amateur Rodeo on
Friday night, August 16. In addition
to eligible participants residing
within the county. Morrow County
alumni rodeo hands have been in
vited to participate.
This year a separate rodeo gate of
$6 per person will be charged.
However, fair admission is $1 per
person, compared to last year’s
season ticket of $12.50 for all
events.
After two weekends of traveling
through the state promoting the Mor
row County Fair and the Oregon
Trail Pro Rodeo, the 1991 Fair and
Rodeo Court came away with a first-
place trophy at the Pioneer Posse
Parade in Milton-Freewater last
weekend. This marked the first
mounted parade appearance of the
season.
Last weekend the young am
bassadors represented the county at
Portland Meadows, where the fair
and rodeo sponsors a race each year.
Queen Jodee Ashbeck and her
princesses, Jodi Vandeventer,
Elizabeth Doherty, Kristine Bedor-
tha and Jenni Ashbeck, presented
“ Lincoln Logger” with a beautiful
turquoise horse blanket.
The next scheduled appearance
will be the Arlington Rodeo the first
weekend of May.
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Wheatland Pomona Grange
holds meeting
By Delpha Jones
Wheatland Pomona Grange met at
the Clamo Hall on Saturday. The
meeting was presided over by the
Overseerer Dot Halvorsen. Reports
from various Granges were heard
giving news of regular meetings,
benefits and giving to the
Neighborhood Centers and day care
centers. The lecturers report fine
programs with speakers on various
subjects, movies of interesting topics
and programs on agriculture and
others.
-Cards were sent to the members
who are ill, and others needing a bit
of cheer. A report was heard that
Spray Grange recently initiated 27
members into the grange. The
granges are getting new members
from insurance programs by the
grange insurance companies.
Lexington will host the 5th degree
later in the fall at the Lexington
Grange Hall. The resolution com
mittee was Barbara Gilbert, Jean
Nelson and Helen Crawford.
A lovely lunch was served after
which a cake walk and program by
Phil Neese, Giliam County agent, on
the topic of micronutrients for soils
were enjoyed. Most soils in Morrow
and Gilliam can use applications of
nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium
and sulphur. Organic and inorganic
nitrogen are very much the same in
value to the soil, he said. Pamphlets
from the extension vegetable crop
specialist at Oregon State Universi
ty were handed out. This is one of
the services of the extension in the
state. Grangers say they hope this
project will not be curtailed because
of budget cuts.
Eldon and Barbara Gilbert were
elected as voting delegates to state
grange session.
A resolution "New redistricting of
state legislature by population” was
read and passed, unfavorable to the
new redistricting. The resolution
states that Morrow County he
represented by one representative
and one senator.
The next meeting will be the an
nual picnic on July 28 at Anson
Wright Park. Roll call of Granges
was Lexington eight; Williams nine;
Clamo three; and visitors three.
The yellow fields of grain near
Echo are reported to be rape. This
is harvested and the seeds sent to the
Orient where there is much call for
the oil.
The members attending from Lex
ington and Willows Grange motored
over in the St. Patrick’s Senior
Citizen bus.
Fred Lundin presents pin to Rachel Harnett
Photo by Carol Atherly
Pam Sagely, Morrow County Encourager, explained the services pro
vided by the Community Action Program of East Central Oregon at the
senior dinner April 24.
Extension agents Fred Lundin and Carol Bennett presented pins and cer
tificates of appreciation to the senior volunteers who folded news letters
for the Extension Service during the past year.
There were 103 present for the dinner. Pete Schwarzin won the meal
ticket and VoJean Forquer won the door prize. The guest prize was won
by Jean Crawford of Portland and R.G. Watkins the birthday gift. Members
from the Christian Church served.
The menu for the May 8 Mother’s Day dinner is roast turkey, whipped
potatoes with gravy, green beans, hot roll and surprise dessert. Members
of the Catholic Church will sene. Hosts for the May dinners are Barton
Clark and Ed Dick. The Senior Center Board will meet at 1 p.m. following
the dinner.
The activities committee set a tentative date of May 19 for the "Spring
Fling” , an afternoon of fun, food and music beginning at 2 p.m.
The public talk series will begin at the Heppner Senior Center May 5
from 6 to 8 p.m. The topic will be “ America’s Role in the Middle East” .
Everyone is invited to participate.
Residents of St. Patrick’s Senior apartments were saddened by the death
of former tenant Charlene Isom.
The flag from the front of St. Patrick’s Center has disappeared. Whoever
took it please bring it back.
Upcoming events: Monday Quilter's and Company 1 to 4 p .m .; Tuesday
Exercises 10-10:30 a m. hobby time 1-4 p.m.; Wed. senior dinner 12 noon;
Thurs. exercise 10-10:30 a.m.
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Beard Rodeo contractors.
A Mike Currin memorial belt
buckle will be awarded to the cham
pion PRCA calf roper in memory of
this young local PRCA performer
who was killed in an airplane crash
last summer.
Jay H arw ood, Sacram ento,
California, who has announced here
the past two years will again be the
announcer Harwood, one of the top
announcers in the country, has of
ficiated at the National Rodeo Finals,
the pro-tour finals, and at the
Ellensburg rodeo and Calgary
Larry and Corrine Lindsay, Lex
ington, have been chosen as the
grand marshals for this year’s
University of Portland graduation.
Both active in the alumni association
they were each valedictorian of their
college classes, Larry in business ad
m inistration and C orrine in
chemistry. They will both be receiv
ing honorary doctorates in the
humanities.
Theresa Lindsay will graduate
with honors magna cumlaude from
the University of Portland. Sunday.
May 5 with a degree in history.
Theresa plans to continue on to
graduate school.
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