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Rodeo Committee chairman Jerry Gentry (I) accepts the All Around saddle donated by Gard
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and Queen Liz Doherty, Princesses Sara Greenup and Rondi Robinson.
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VOL. 112
NO. 34
8 Pages Wednesday, August 25, 1993
Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
Joe Beaver of Huntsville,
Texas, earned all-around honors
and the Mike Currin Memorial
Buckle for champion calf roper
at the Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo
Held August 21 and 22 at the
Morrow County Rodeo grounds.
Beaver won the calf roping
event with a time of 7.3 and took
home $1,054.88 in earnings. He
was awarded the all-around
saddled donated by Gardner’s
Men’s Wear.
Clint Corey, Kennewick, WA
Jim Ward wins Kinzua calf roping saddle
buckle sponsored by Healy fami
ly: first-Tiffanie Munkers 17.33;
second-Holly Eckman 17.87;
third-Jossie Evans 18.08.
Senior Barrels, gold watch
sponsored
by
P eterso n ’s
Jewelers: first-Penny Hoffman
17.65; second-M ary Ann
Munkers 17.80; third-Angie
Hughes 18.74.
Barrel Race, slack: first-Sherie
* Britt 16.95; second-Kelli Currin
16.99; third-Maureen Crossley
17,28; fourth-Patti Kayser 17.65.
Novice Barrel, slack: first-
Tiffanie Munkers 17.18; second-
Nancy Lyn Joines 17.97; third -
Shanna Wilkins 18.35; fourth-
Cindy Smith 18.48.
Novice Barrel Race slack: first-
Kim Burke 17.95; second-Dency
Paluso 18.15; Nikki Connell
18.56; fourth-Cathy Wyatt 18.85
fifth-Jennifer Rankin 19.54.
Photo by Joyce Hughes
L-R: Jim Ward receives the Morrow County Calf Roping saddle donated by Kinzua Corp from
Queen Liz Doherty and princesses Sara Greenup and Rondi Robinson.
Jim Ward of Heppner won the
amateur calf roping with a first
go around time of 16.74 and an
average time of 30.64 for the two
go arounds. Ward took home the
calf roping saddle sponsored by
Kinzua Corp.
Mike Mahoney of Heppner
earned the Morrow County all
around cowboy title and the
buckle donated by Les Schwab at
the Morrow County Rodeo
Friday Aug. 20.
Mahoney won the second go
around in the open calf roping
event with a time of 10.09. His
average for both go arounds was
22.48. He and his sister Tara
Doutre, Pendleton, took second
place in the second go around in
the team roping event with a time
of 15.02.
Jack McGuire, of Pendleton, a
former Morrow County resident,
took home the steer wrestling
prize with a time of 6.28. His
two-head average was 14.34.
Buckle sponsors were the Shoe
Box and M iller and Sons
Welding.
Angela Munkers, Lexington,
was the winner of the breakaway
calf roping event. She had a time
of 3.54 on the first go around and
a 10.70 average. She won a
breast collar sponsored by Green
Feed and Seed.
John Steagall won the cow
riding event and a buckle spon
sored by Coast to Coast with a
score of 70. Steagall and John
Moyer took third place in the
team roping second go around
with a time of 23.91 and second
place in the two-head average
with a time of 54.06.
Shad Hisler, Heppner. won the
calf riding buckle donated by his
parents Paul and Susie Hisler.
Shad had a score of 68 for the
event, which was open to con
testants nine to 14 years old.
Jode Coil was the mutton
bustin’ champ with a score of 46.
He took home a buckle sponsored
by Court Street Market.
Blake Knowles finished the pee
wee barrels 12 and under in 19.91
for first place. His buckle was
sponsored by the Wranglers
Horse Club.
Tiffany Munkers was the win
ner of the junior barrels event,
13-17 years old. She finished
with a time of 17.33 for a buckle
sponsored by the Healy family.
Senior barrels winner was Pen
ny Hoffman. She was awarded a
gold watch from Peterson’s
Jewelers for her time of 17.65.
Bob Steagall and Bob Kind-
sfather were the team roping
champs with an average time of
50.89 for three head. Winners of
the first go round were Cliff
Dougherty and Steve Miller with
a time of 9.48. The team roping
buckles were sponsored by Mur
ray Drug and Ployhar Insurance.
Two special drawings were
also held at this year’s rodeo.
Grieb Farm, Virginia, Ken and
Geri, and L&M Ranch with Dail
and Marie Turner and Reese and
Linda Schultz won the Oregon
Trail Pro Rodeo Booster Brand
draw ing. They each won
dinner for two at RJ’s Steak
House in Lexington.
Chris and Ron Whalen of
Heppner were the winners of the
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Booster
Quilt. The quilt was made by
Darci Robinson’s mother, Joyce
Hostetler. Proceeds from both
drawings will benefit the new
rodeo arena. Trent Hughes was
the winner of the two T rail Blazer
tickets donated by Tom Wolff,
former Heppner resident now
residing in Portland.
Complete Morrow County
results are as follows:
Amateur Calf Roping, saddle
sponsored by Kinzua Corp: first
go around-Jim Ward 16.74; se
cond go around-Brett McDowell
11.2. Average first-Jim Ward
30.64; second-Brett McDowell
36.09.
Steer Wrestling, buckle spon
sored by Shoe Box and Miller and
Sons Welding: first go around-
Jack McGuire 6.28; second go
around-Jeff Bailey 5.03; average-
jack McGuire 14.34.
Breakaway Calf Roping, breast
collar sponsored by Green Feed
& Seed: first go around-Angela
Munkers 3.54; second go around-
Tara Doutre 4.16; average-
Angela Munkers 10.70.
Open Calf Roping, buckle
sponsored by Van Matter and
Kahl Insurance: first go around-
Bill Bishop 11.73; second go
around-Mike Mahoney 10.09;
average-Mike Mahoney 22.48.
Cow Riding, buckle sponsored
by Coast to Coast: first-John
Steagall 70; second-B rett
McDowell 69.
Calf Riding 9-14 years, buckle
sponsored by Paul and Susie
Hisler: first-Shad Hisler 68;
second-Casey Evans 66, third-a
tie between Stefan Matheny and
Chris Schneider 65.
Mutton Bustin, under 60 lbs.
buckle sponsored by Court St.
Market: first-Jode Coil 46;
second-Jake Johnson 39; third-
Brian Gutierrez 32.
Pee Wee Barries, 12 and
under, buckle sponsored by
Wrangler’s Horse Club: first-
Blake Knowles 19.91; second-
Lindsey Ward 20.41; third-Jared
Eckman 20.43.
Junior Barrels, 13-17 years.
Team Roping, buckles spon
sored by Murray Drug and
Ployhar Insurance: first go
around: first-Cliff Dougherty and
Steve Miller 9.48; second-Jerry
Gentry and Kyle Robinson 11.34;
third-Jerry Gentry and Jim Ward
15.98; second go around: first-
Bob Steagall and Bob Kindsfather
12.83; second-Tara Doutre and
Mike Mahoney 15.02; third-John
Steagall, John Moyer 23.91.
Average: first-Bob Steagall and
Bob Kindsfather 50.89/3 head;
second-John Steagall and John
Moyer 54.06/2 head; third-Cliff
Dougherty and Steve Miller
9.48/fast time one head.
Morrow County All Around
Buckle, sponsored by Les
Schwab-Mike Mahoney.
Calf Roping sponsored by
was the winner of the bareback
riding, with 81 points for a total Uraybeal Distributing: first-Joe
o f $791.52. Sponor was Beaver 7.3; second-Brent Lewis
7.8; third-Craig Kosoff 8.0;
Tidewater.
Eugene Weldon, Jacksboro, fourth-Tod Slone 8.4; fifth-Brad
Tx, took the steer wrestling event Goodrich 9.1; sixth-Kyle Kosoff
and a buckle donated by Morrow 9.3.
Bareback Riding, sponsored by
County Grain Growers. Weldon
Tidewater:
first-Clint Corey 81;
had a time of 4.1 for a $900.16
second-Wayne
Herman 77; third-
purse.
Scott
Chesarek
75; fourth-a three
The saddle bronc event, spon
way
tie,
Matt
Weishoff, Kelly
sored by Coca Cola went to
Wardell,
Troy
Cattoor,
74.
Mitch Gregg of Hermiston who
Steer
Wrestling,
sponsored
by
accumulated 74 points for
$853.60.
Morrow County Grain Growers:
Kyle Kolbaba of Joseph won first-Eugene Weldon 4.1 ; second-
the bull riding event with 77 Herbert Theriot 4.3; third-Shane
points. He took home a $632.88 Bryan 4.4; fourth-Brad Goodrich
purse and a buckle donated by 4.6; fifth-Leon Vick 4.7; sixth-
Les Schwab Tires.
Dennis Resseman 5.1.
Team Roping, sponsored by
Stacie McDonald was the first
go round women’s bull riding Wheat Growers, (Tad and Mark
champ. McDonald had 65 points Miller, Lyle Peck, Ken Turner,
for a total of $131.92.
continued page six
The team of Walt Woodard,
Stockton, CA and Doyle Geller-
man, Oakdale, CA. were team
roping champions with a time of
5.1 for $902.10 each. The Wheat
Growers (Tad and Mark Miller,
Lyle Peck, Ken Turner and Ron
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo and
Haguewood) donated the team
Morrow
County Rodeo had
roping buckle.
outstanding
attendance this year,
Sharon Kobold. Big Horn, WY
with both rodeos posting record
won the barrel racing event with ticket sales.
a time of 17.35. Kobold took
The OTPR had ticket sales of
home a purse of $605.28. Camer over $ 11,000 Saturday and Sun
Auto Center was the buckle day performances combined. The
sponsor.
Morrow County Rodeo ticket
Follow ing are com plete sales were up from $2,618 last
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo results: year to $4,371 this year.
Rodeos post
record sales
Pat Cutsforth dies in auto accident
A Lexington man, Patrick Ross
Cutsforth, 57, was declared dead
at the scene of a one-vehicle
automobile accident shortly after
midnight on Saturday, Aug. 21
according to the Morrow Coun
ty Sheriff s office.
The accident occured around
six miles north of Heppner on
Highway 74. Morrow County
Undersheriff Verlin Denton said
that Cutsforth had been ejected
from the vehicle. There were no
passengers in the automobile.
The accident is still under in
vestigation by the S heriffs
Department.
Pat Cutsforth
Nintendo, the universal language
Love may be the universal
language, but for kids who live
a world apart, Nintendo and
M cD onalds are the great
communicators.
T hirteen year-old Masao
Kobayashi of Tokyo didn’t know
much English when he came to
stay with the Molly and Cecil Rill
family of Heppner, through a 4-H
LABO exchange program, but he
somehow seemed to com
municate with the two Rill boys,
Lonnie. 14 and especially Leland,
nine. Molly says that Masao and
Leland both love to play Ninten
do and Masao has beaten all of
Lonnie's video games.
Also since his arrival July 27,
Masao has learned to say
“ chicken nuggets,” which Mol
ly says he likes. Masao also likes
hamburgers and pizza, she adds,
and has learned to sing “ Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles.”
But Masao hasn't spent all of
his time in America as a “ couch
potato". The Rill family has
taken him on a series o f
Leland Rill and Masao Kobayashi enjoy the fair
excursions-to Seattle, where he
went on top of the Space Needle.
Lehm an Hot Springs, the
Umatilla County Fair and, of
course, the Morrow County Fair.
Masao also helped with harvest,
rode on a combine and attended
a 4-H meeting at the Kay and
Rosco Qualls place where he rode
horses.
Although communication was
difficult at times. Molly said that
Masao was good natured. "W e
really enjoyed him ." she said.
Masao left the Rills’ home
Aug. 22 for Tokyo where he lives
with his mother and his sister
Mio. 11.