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Stanfield cowboy wins all around p r s S 1 F. u o r 7; ' T ~ ORE N F. 7ï S F A P F R E U " E N l L l ■* ok HEPPNER L-R: Rich Boyer (saddle maker), Roe Gardner, Jerry Gentry, Queen Rondi Robinson, princesses Stefanie Skultety and Michelle Meakins with All-Around Cowboy saddle in presentation to Tiny Bertsch. Gentry accepted the saddle for Bertsch. imes VOL. 114 • NO. 36________8 Pages Wednesday, August 23, 1995,________ Morrow County Heppner, Oregon Chuck Matteson wins calf roping saddle k Tiny Bertsch from Stanfield was the winner of the All Around Cowboy title and sad dle this past weekend during the Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo held in conjunction with the Morrow County Fair. A contes tant must win the most money in two events to claim the title. Bertsch placed in calf roping and team roping. The saddle, made by Rich Boyer of Her- miston, is donated by Gard ner's Men's Wear in Heppner. The Mike Currin Belt Buckle was won by Ricky Canton of Cleveland, Texas. This buckle is donated by the Currin fami ly in memory of Mike who was • killed in an air plane accident. The top calf roper receives this award. O ther Oregon Trail Pro fourth Shawn Waite; Calf roping: first Ricky Can ton 7.2, second Cody Ohl 7.7, third J.D. Tadlock 8.8, fourth K.C. Jones 9.2, fifth Tiny Bertsch 9.3, sixth Jason Stewart 9.4; Saddle bronc: first Dan Mor- tensen, second Gary Algier. a tie for third and fourth J.L. Schaffner and Wayne Smith; Barrel race: first Angie Meadors 17.38, second Lisa Dupea 17.44, third Annie Hisler 17.47, fourth Leslie Strit- zke 17.59, a tie for fifth and sixth Katie Griffith and Kelly Currin 17.6, seventh Dee Dee Schum acher 17.61, eighth Carolyn Hultberg 17.63, ninth Amy Atwood 17.71, 10th Danielle Hill 17.72. School computer network funded ' . By April Hilton-Sykes L-R: Chuck Matteson receives the Amateur calf saddle from Queen Rondi Robinson and princesses Stefanie Skultety and Michelle Meakins. Chuck Matteson of Heppner was the winner of the Amateur Calf Roping event at the Mor row County Rodeo held Sun day, Aug. 20. Matteson won the saddle donated by Greg Demers, owner of Kinzua Resources, LLC. Lee An- sotegui, Heppner, made the hand tooled saddle. This event is open to Morrow County residents who have never won the saddle before and is sought after by many cowboys. Char Coe, Heppner, was a repeat winner in the Cow Riding con test, as was Stefan Matheny in the calf riding event. O ther M orrow County Rodeo results -re as follows: Stickhorse race three and under: first Chance Ford, se cond Alexis Doutre, third Austin Dennis; four and five year olds-first Lane Bailey, se cond Katie Kilkenny, third Ashley Kenard; six and seven year olds-first Nicholas Berret- ta, second Brent Parks, third Madison Bailey; Mutton Bustin': first Ryan Cate, second Heather Yocom, third Rory Kilkenny, third a tie between Cody Ford and Cassie Papineau; Team roping first go: first Mike and Tara Mahoney, se cond Ron and Brett McDowell, third John and David Steagall; Second go: first Steve Currin and Steve Miller, second Ron and Brett McDowell, third Celia and John Moyer; Average: first Ron and Brett McDowell, second Jay Rodeo results are: Steer wrestling: first Sam Kayser 3.5, a tie for second and third Joe Rosenberg and John Hall 3.6, a tie for fourth and fifth Bill Pace and Tommy Cook 3.8, a tie for sixth J.W. Aldrich and Butch Myers 3.9; Bareback: first Larry Sanuick, a tie for second Ken Lensegrau and Marvin Garrett, third Jon Boyd; Team roping: first Charles Pogue and Brett Tonozz 5.5, se cond Bobby Hurley and Allen Bach 5.7, third Mark Simon and Bobby Harris 5.9, a tie for fourth Gug Gregg and Dave In man, and Dave Cannon and Tiny Bertsch 6.3; Bull riding: first Jason Jackson, second Vince Stanton, third Richard Staplem an, Papineau and Cindy Leasy, third Steve Currin and Steve Miller; Cow riding: first Char Coe, second Kent Cate, third Jared Eckman; Amateur calf roping first go:first Chuck Matteson, se cond Jay Papineau; Second go: first Justin Mat teson, second John Steagall; Average: first Chuck Mat teson, second Justin Matteson; Pee wee barrels: first Lacey Matteson, second Traci Grif fith, third Brett Barber, fourth Don Adams; Junior barrels: first Annie Hisler, second Lexi Matteson, third Casey Ingraham, fourth Beth Herman; Senior barrels: first Kelli Cur rin, second Trisha Mahoney, third Penny Hoffman, fourth Janice Davis, fifth Lisanne Currin; Steer dobbing 10-17 years old: first Tiffany Munkers, se cond Blake Knowles, third Angela Munkers; Breakaw ay roping: first Maureen Crossley, second Tif fany Munkers, third Terri Gen try, fourth Trisha Mahoney; Goat tying 9-13 year olds: first Angela Munkers, second Casey Ingraham, third Ryan Matteson; 14-18 year olds: first Tiffany Munkers, second Lexi Matte son; Steer wresting: first Justin Matteson, second Mike Ma honey; Open calf roping: first Jack McGuire, second Jerry Gentry, third Mike Mahoney; Calf riding: first Stefan Matheny, second Carl Miller, third Stephanie Hansen. Sherree Mahoney was the winner of Calcutta held at the Elks club Saturday night. Mahoney bought the winning teams taking first and second in the first go, second in the se cond go and first in the average. Other winners were first go-Bob Steagall, third; se cond go-first Devin Campbell, Scott Strouse-third; average- jerry Dougherty, second and Devin Campbell, third. Brand contest drawing announce winners Shirley Rugg of Bar Legg Ranch was the winner of four tickets to the Pendleton Round- Up on Thursday in the Brands contest drawing held over the weekend. Bob and Sherree The Morrow County School Board, at their regular meeting Aug. 14 at A.C. Houghton Elementary School in Irrigon, approved a proposal from OPTEC, a Portland technology firm. The board approved a pro posal from OPTEC for $15,800 for consulting and design for phase I in a plan to implement a computer network for 125 to 150 Morrow County classrooms and administration. Phase II, which will also be completed by OPTEC, will in volve inplementation of design, wiring and set up. Phase II will use state bidding system and will employ various vendors. In other business, the board: -accepted resignations from: Mark Dowdy, language arts teacher at Heppner High School; Pam Dowdy, Heppner from special ed assistant at ACH to regular ed assistant at ACH and CMS; Donna Roy, transfer from HES to HHS to continue as special ed assistant. -accepted resignation from A1 Hensley, who will retire from north end bus driver. -approved em ploym ent from: A1 Hensley, who will drive a north end bus route within retirement provisions; Jodi Marston, Maya Phipps and Marjorie Bertelson, temporary Title I ed assistants at CMS; Valerie Ross, special ed assis tant, CMS; Katherine Hallock, special ed assistant at ACH; Cynthia Shular, two hour food service clerical assistant at ACH; Janet Rhoades, three hour assistant cook, ACH; Tammy Ellis, special ed assis tant, Sam Boardman Elemen tary; Kevin Toms, assistant custodian, RHS; Pennie Kar- wacki, media assistant, HHS; Rosaline Miller, probationary contract to teach kindergarten half time, SBE; Regina Mills, probationary contract to teach third grade at SBE; C. Wallace Emma Groh 29V«, second Clay Greer, probationary contract to Morter 123/i, third Stephanie teach technology ed at RHS; Burkenbine 12 V 2 ; Claude Birt, probationary con Seven and eight year olds: tract to teach art and extra du first Jake Johnsen 67Vi, second ty contract to serve as annual Jim Pruittle 66Vi, third Aaron advisor at RHS; Beth Schlader, Delveaux 65 V 2 ; temporary contract to teach Nine and 10 year olds: first science at lone Middle and Brandy Howard 69Vi, second High schools; Smokey Joe Joan Zavala 643/«, third Jeff Um- Wightman, extra duty contract barger 63. to serve as assistant football coach at RHS; Jannie Allen, ad justed contract to teach full time fifth grade at HES. -learned that the Morrow County School District food service program has reduced its budgetary needs to $26,000, ber 5 for four year olds and which is within a thousand September 6 for three year dollars of its target a year ear ly. The district had planned to olds. For further information con reduce the food service budget tact Sue at the H eppner' to $25,00 by next year. The Daycare Preschool, 676-5429, or district had spent over $300,000 several years earlier for the pro at home, 676-6698. gram, before Ballot Measure 5 and reductions in state school funding necessitated cuts. Elem entary teacher; Dave Pollard, Riverside High School teacher; Sue Warren Heppner Elementary School kindergar ten teacher; Anne Bedortha, lone High School assistant volleyball coach; Becci Peters, north end bus driver; Doug W arren, Columbia Middle School special education assistant. -approved transfers and recalls from: Sally Walker, transfer to HHS language arts teacher; Bob Davidson, transfer to Riverside High School math and personal finance teacher; John Moody, recalled to Col umbia Middle School language arts teacher; Karen Lunders, transfer from regular educa tional assistant at A.C.H . to temporary Title I ed assistant at CMS; Ellen Slover, transfer to CMS from Sam Boardman Elementary as special ed assis tant; Carol Johnson, transfer Pedal Power results announced Winners for the Pioneer Im plement Pedal Power Tractor Pull contest have been an nounced. The contest was held held in conjunction with the Morrow County Fair. The winners are as follows: Four and under: first Mitch Correa 74 Vi, second George Madrigal 663/«, third Maggie Armato 64Y2; Five and six year olds: first Time to enroll for preschool Heppner Daycare Preschool is now enrolling students for three and four year old preschools. There are five spaces available in three year old and eight spaces in the four year old. Preschool begins Septem Foil Cleftùuj Sale Save on 1 : Mahoney of Bar-M Ranch won a $25 gift certificate from Cim- miyotti's in Pendleton and Cunha Ranch won a $20 gift certificate from RJ's in Lexington. Coveralls • Flannel Shirts • Bib Overalls • Jeans Morrow County Grain Growers Lexington 989-8221 V * . * y d S 1-800-452-7396 IW H M M I . . . 7. % • V ¿ ' . ’i '■ *' ' > . - • V - - • —5, * ,. * '• ./• • •< ■
