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John Moyer (second from left) accepts All-Around saddle for Troy Frazier donated by Gard
ner’s Men’s Wear. Pictured left to right: saddle maker Rich Boyer, John Moyer, Roe Gardner,
Queen Staci O’Brien, princesses Kim Bedortha, Jossie Evans and Char Coe.
VOL. 113 NO 35 8 Pages Wednesday, August 24, 1994 Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
McDowell wins calf roping title
Winner of the Amateur Calf Roping saddle donated by Kinzua Corp. was Brett McDowell. L-r
Queen Staci O’Brien, Brett McDowell, princesses Kim Bedortha, Jossie Evans and Char Coe.
Brett McDowell, Heppner,
took home the amateur calf
roping title and the accompany
ing Kinzua Corp. saddle at the
Morrow County Rodeo held
Aug. 21. The rodeo, packed
with onlookers, was held Sun
day afternoon this year, instead
of the usual Friday night. Se
cond place went to Ken Bailey,
also of Heppner.
Tony Currin captured the
open steer wrestling title with
a time of 6.2, while Mike
Mahoney came in second with
7.6. Currin came in second in
the open calf roping with a
10.6, just a fraction over win
ner Jack McGuire of Pilot Rock,
who finished with a 10.5.
Terri Gentry won both the
barrel racing and breakaway
roping events with times of
17.93 and 4.0, respectively.
Lisanne Currin was second in
the breakaway with a 5.9, while
Theresa Proctor Reece came in
third with a 9.4 and Tiffany
Munkers, fourth with 21.3.
Munkers also finished third in
the senior barrels with 18.0
Second place in the senior
barrels went to Janice Davis
with 17.98.
Steve Miller and Cliff
Dougherty, both Heppner,
combined to take the team rop
ing category with a time of 7.1.
Bob and David Steagall were
second with 7.7; Jerry Gentry
and John Moyer were third
with 8.2; Jim Ward and Tony
Currin, fourth with 8.4; Tara
Doutre and Mike Mahoney,
fifth with 8.6; and Ron
McDowell and Bob Mahony,
sixth with 16.7.
More Morrow County Rodeo
winners will be published in
next week's Gazette-Times.
Stands packed for stick horse race
Around 40 children participated in the stick horse race
The stands were packed for
the "biggest little" event of the
Morrow County Rodeo held
Aug. 21 in Heppner, but they
quickly emptied as parents,
grandparents, aunts, uncles,
brothers, sisters, friends and
neighbors rushed into the
arena to cheer on the 40-plus
stick horse racers.
Tracey Bailey took first in the
three year-old category, with
Alexis Doutre, second, and
Wacy Coil, third. In the four
and five year-old division, it
was Cody Ford-Day, first,
Devin Doutre, second and
Cyde Coil, third.
"If you didn't get to see this
tremendous race, you probably
felt it," said sponsor Sherree
M ahoney, " a s I think it
measured a 4.9 on the richter
scale when the parents were
jumping up and down and
cheering for their favorite
horse."
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo and
Morrow County Fair Queen
Staci O'Brien and Princesses
Kimberly Bedortha, Jossie
Evans and Char Coe presented
the trophies, ribbons and treats
to the owners of "some of the
most famous stick horses in the
state of Oregon.”
The judges for this event,
"who were nearly trampled by
the mob," were Terri Miller,
Elaine Miller, Mark Pointer,
Christy O'Brien and Janet
McDowell.
Sponsors of the event are Bob
and Sherree Mahoney and
Peterson's Jewelers.
Mahoney says she hopes to
"see you all next year and
remember, bring a friend and
cheer for your favorite horse.
And maybe, just maybe, we'll
see you in the winner's circle,"
adds Mahoney.
Troy Frazier of Walla Walla
won $1,048.57 at the Oregon
Trail Pro Rodeo, enough to win
himself the title of all-around
cowboy.
Frazier won $626.62 with a
time of 9.2 for third place in calf
roping and $421.95 with a time
of 6.1 for third place in team
roping along with Shane
Crossley of Hermiston.
Jim Wheatly took top honors
in steer roping with a 28.6
average. He was fourth in the
first go-round with a time of
15.1 and $139.03 and first in the
second with a time of 13.5 for
$556.13.
Virgil Williams won the first
go-round with a time of 11.2
and $556.13 and third in the
average with a time of 11.2 (one
time) and $278.07. Other steer
roping winners are as follows:
first go-round: second-Paul
Rice, 14.5; third-Tracy Rice, 15;
fourth-Jim Wheatley, 15.1, se
cond go-round: second-Sam
Williams, 14.7; third-jack Pur
chase, 15.6; fourth-Les Kamm,
17.7; average: second-jack Pur
chase, 37.9; third-Williams;
fourth-Rice, 14.5 (one time).
First place was $556.13; second,
$417.10; third, $278.07; and
fourth, $139.03.
Joe Beaver, five-time world
champion calf roper, put
another notch on his belt as he
took top place in the OTPR calf
roping event with a time of 8.9
and $956.42. Jim Bob Mayes
was second with 9. and $791.52
and Troy Frazier was third with
9.2 and $626.62. Dee Pickett
was fourth with 9.4 and
$461.72; Spike Guardipee,
fifth, with 9.8 and $296.82; and
Ken Schanno, sixth with 10.
and $164.90.
Jeff King finished* first in
bareback riding with a score of
81 and $919.56 and Marvin
Garrett was second with 79 and
$689.67. World champion
bareback rider Clint Corey
came up third with a score of
77 and $459.78 and Mark Gar
rett was close behind with a
score of 76 and $229.89 in
earnings.
In team roping, the team of
Walt Woodard and Doyle
Gellerman finished first with a
time of 5.5 and $843.90. The
team of Bucky Campbell and
Mike Fuller were second with
a time of 5.9 and $632.92; Troy
Frazier and Shane Crossley
were third with 6.1 and
$421.95; and Monty Joe and
Paul Petska ended up fourth
with 6.6 and $210.98.
Vance Siler took first place in
the saddle bronc riding with a
score of 78 and $733.32; Robert
Shannon and Josh Oleson tied
with 69 and $458.32 for second
and third place; and John Ham-
mack and Travis Howell tied
for fourth and fifth with a 66
and $91.66.
Heppner's Steve Currin cap
tured fifth place in steer wrestl
ing with a time of 5.0 for a
purse of $331.74. Joe Rosenberg
took first in that category with
a time of 4.4 and $1,068.94; Dag
Houston, second, with 4.6 and
$884.64; Billy Gallino, third,
4.7, $700.34; J.C. Jensen,
fourth, 4.8, $516.04; and Tom
Camarillo, sixth, 5.1, $184.30.
Another member of the Cur
rin family, Kelli, took fourth
place in the barrel race. She had
a time of 17.51 for $350.69, on
ly a fraction over Sheila Hag-
gert with a time of 17.50. Hag-
gert took home $431.62. Other
barrel race winners are: first-
Amy Dale, 17.23, $647.42;
second-Judi MacDonald, 17.45,
$512,54; fifth-Diane Kendrick,
17.55, $215.81; a tie with two
Randies for sixth and seventh-
Randy Rae Britt, Echo and Ran-
di Hultberg, 17.66, $148.37;
eighth-Jenna Beaver, 17.67,
107.90; ninth-Kathy Petska,
17.68, $80.93; and lOth-Kim
MacRae, 17.72, $53.95.
In the bull-riding event,
Michael Gaffney was first with
a score of 81 and $1,195.52.
Shawn Waite took second with
a score of 77 and $989.40;
Jeremy Symons and Richard
Stapleman split third and
fourth with a score of 76 and
$680.21 in earnings; Greg
Oules was fifth with 75 and
$371.02; and Jeff Jonas and Kyle
Kolbaba split sixth with 74 and
$103.06.
Livestock judge uses skills to his advantage
Javan Shull of Redmond not
only has an FFA and ranching
background, but has discover
ed a way to use it to pay his
way through college.
Shull, 20, attends college
through a livestock judging
scholarship, selling livestock
and using his FFA expertise to
earn money judging at various
fairs. Shull came to Heppner as
an independent judge to judge
the entries in the sheep division
of the Morrow County Fair.
Shull grew up on a dairy
farm and also raised beef cat
tle, hogs and sheep. He got in
volved in FFA in the Redmond
High School Chapter and earn
ed a judging scholarship to go
to Lassen College at Susanville,
CA, a two-year college. This fall
Shull will transfer to a four-year
institution, Texas A & M, also
on a judging scholarship. He
will major in ag-business and
animal science with the goal of
becom ing a comm odities
broker (buying and selling ag
commodities).
Shull won a national sheep
judging scholarship in Nov. of
1993 at the national contest at
Louisville. He was the captain
of a judging team that traveled
Javan Shull (r) feels for fat in market lamb show
around the country, hitting big
contests at places like
Louisville, Fort Worth, the Cow
Palace, Houston and Kansas
City. As captain of a team of 10
members, Shull judged at all of
the contests they traveled to.
Shull says that he looks for a
heavy muscled, structurally
correct, well-balanced and cor
rectly finished lamb in his judg
ing. The lamb must be sound
on its feet and level and well
proportioned with as much
muscle in its hind saddle as in
the front end of the shoulders,
he says. It should also have the
right amount of fat, "fa t
enough, but not too fat,” says
Shull. Shull remarked that the
lambs he judged at the Morrow
County Fair had "a lot of depth
in quality" and were represen
tative of the sheep industry. "I
enjoy judging fairs," he added.
"It can be tiring, but I enjoy be
ing around livestock."
After judging the Morrow
County Fair, Shull was im
mediately on the road again.
He returns to school this
Saturday.
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