Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 29, 1996
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The lure of a country lifestyle perhaps tugs at your heart
strings and you're tired of being closeted between close neigh
bors. If more open space and raising animals is on your mind,
hopefully you have independent means for critter support.
Those loveable domestic animals come in all sizes and shapes.
The definition of livestock is broad-based, according to govern
ment terminology. There are llamas, emus, reindeer or many dif
ferent horse or cattle breeds. One cattle owner favors the small
shaggy, horned Scottish Highlanders, claiming these browse
eaters rid his Western Oregon pastures of abundant Scotch
Broom. Perhaps they would like our pesky knapweed.
Potbellied pigs can be housebroken, they claim. But I'd prefer
ostriches that can make their own potholes. Then there's a Salem
area breeder who swears by yaks. Native to the Himalayan Moun
tains, this hardy breed is similar to the Asian buffalo. There are
now about 600 head of Yaks in North America with the largest
concentration on the West Coast of the U.S. Judging from pricey
quotes there must be a whole lot of "yaking” going on.
Cows crossed with yaks produce animals low in cholesterol
and fat, they claim. They're unlikely to flood the market due to
their small size and slow maturity. Unlike buffalo, they are easi
ly managed. The Tibetians have been "yak-packing" for some
5,000 years. Hopefully I won't encounter a backpacker with a
yak in tow, as it took my stead awhile to recover from a llama
encounter.
But there is another school of thought that all animals should
be free to roam. Vegetarians perhaps assume that eating meat
is akin to cannibalism. Hopefully they don't meet up with
reintroduced-to-wilderness grizzlies or a cougar that prefers
human junk food.
If you believe what you read, reports say that live cattle prices
are down due to over-production, high grain prices and the
stigma of the mad cow disease in England. Like the Alar apple
scare, there's no scientific proof that beef can transmit Crentz-
feldt Jacob Disease or is connected to BSE (Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy). The scenario is like the E. Coli illness which
was never proven to come from American beef.
What's needed now is a cattle breed, like camels, that can go
days without water. With more impending fenced watering
places, cowhands could pack a canteen and choose the day of
the week to drive cattle to water. Shouldn't fishermen also be
required to sterilize waders before stepping in creeks? And who
is going to prevent deer or beaver from doing their thing in the
water?
Consumers should be able to buy red meat at the lowest prices
on record. However the producer has never been able to tack
production costs onto live cattle prices. Solving a disastrous live
cattle market lies with control of the commodity futures which
has become the voice for beef marketing. Commodity futures
create the attitude and price in the market place that has nothing
to do with supply and demand.
As to supply, USDA figures show frozen beef storage at around
342 milllion pounds in March, 1996 compared to 348 million
pounds in March, 1995. About the expansion of U.S. cattle herds,
records show that combined dairy and beef cow numbers in the
U.S. have dropped by about two million from last year. Nearly
three million cattle were brought into the U.S. and once they
cross the border, they are counted as American cattle. Meanwhile
packers are buying and feeding out thousands of cattle and set
ting prices through their monopolies.
, That's free enterprise? I don't think so. Maybe we should go
back to the barter system. For instance, you dig post holes while
figuring the value of healthy exercise. I'll provide a prime rib
lunch and the option of adopting a cow.
THREE
Rodeo members compete successfully
Papineau brings home the winners
The Intermountain and Col
umbia Basin High School
Rodeo clubs have been busy
traveling to many rodeos in the
past few weeks. Both teams
have been doing very well, said
a club spokesperson. Following
are the results of the John Day,
Redmond and Union rodeos:
John Day High School
Rodeo-bareback sixth Tyson
Shoemaker, eighth Nate FUbin,
both Columbia Basin (CB); calf
roping sixth Justin Matteson,
10th Seth Hopper, both Inter
mountain (IM); saddle bronc
second Filbin, seventh Ty
Wilkins, CB; steer wrestling
fourth Hopper, fifth Matteson;
barrel racing third Angela
Munkers, CB, sixth Lexi Mat
teson, IM; pole bending first L.
Matteson, second Katie Mc-
Coin, CB; goat tying first Man-
di Duby, IM, fifth Tiffanie
Munkers, CB; breakaway
eighth L. Matteson, ninth Bil
ly Swanson, IM; boy's cutting
sixth Brian Knowles, IM; girl's
cutting third Duby, eighth T.
Munkers, ninth A. Munkers;
team roping first J. Matteson,
second Hopper, eighth Ben
The following story about
former area resident Cammie
Papineau has been reprinted
from the Monday, May 6, Tri-
City Herald.
By Paul Lindberg
Herald staff writer
Cammie Papineau's day
started slow but finished fast.
And she couldn't have pick
ed a better day to do it.
On the final day of Sun
Downs' spring meet, Papineau
started off by bruising her left
ankle aboard Charlies My
Name in the starting gate be
fore the first race and finished
third.
But before Sunday was over,
the meet's winningest jockey
added three more victories to
her total of 26 and swept the
meet's main events.
Papineau rode Sail Thru Cus
toms to victory in the $30,000
Miller Pot O' Gold Futurity in
the 10th race-the meet's main
event for quarterhorses-and
piloted Honest Cal to a track
record time in the Wild Horse
Casino Stakes in the 11th race-
the main event for thorough
breds.
"I didn't get as good a break
as I wanted," said Papineau,
Rodriquez, IM.
Redmond High School
Rodeo: bareback first Filbin;
calf roping sixth J. Matteson;
saddle bronc third Shoemaker;
steer wresting ninth Hopper,
10th J. Matteson; bulls second
Wilkins; barrel racing first
McCoin, fourth L. Matteson;
pole bending seventh L. Mat
teson; goat tying fourth L. Mat
teson; breakaway second A.
Munkers; boy's cutting 10th
Hopper; girl's cutting first
Duby, eighth A. Munkers;
team roping seventh J. Mat
teson, eighth L. Matteson and
Knowles, 10th Hopper.
Union High School rodeo:
bareback second Filbin, fourth
Shoemaker; calf roping fourth
J. Matteson, ninth Andy
Cleveland, IM; saddle bronc
fourth Filbin, fifth Wilkins;
steer wrestling fourth J. Mat
teson; barrel racing fifth L. Mat
teson, eighth McCoin; poles se
cond McCoin, ninth T. Mun
kers; goat tying 10th T. Mun
kers; breakaway fifth McCoin;
girl's cutting fifth T. Munkers;
team roping ninth Duby, 10th
J. Matteson.
Spelling contest winners announced
The 19% Morrow County
School District Spelling Contest
was held recently at Heppner
High School.
Division I winner was Til
Tullis from lone Elementary
School. Division II winner was
Randi McElligott, lone Middle
School. Division III winner was
Josh Coiner, Heppner High
School.
Following is a list of winners:
Division I-first Til Tullis, lone
Elementary School (IES); se
cond Jami Moore and third
Zach Baker, both Sam Board-
man Elementary School (SBE);
fourth Daniel Jepsen, Heppner
Elementary School (HES); fifth
a three-way tie between Sarah
Miller, A.C. Houghton Elemen
tary School (ACH), Sheena
Christman, IES, and Ryan
Campbell, HES; sixth a three-
way tie between Marcy Milter j
HES, Tracy Griffith, IES, and
Nick Anderson, ACH; seventh
Market Report
Compliments of the Morrow County Grain Growers
Tuesday, May 28
Soft White
May
June
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Barley
May/June
July/Aug.
John Wenholz
I would like to Thank everyone who voted for me
in The Primary Election.
I hope I can count on your support in the general
election in November.
If you have any questions or concerns Please call
me at 541*922*3941
County Commissioner
P aid by Jo h n W e n h o l*. R o u te 2 B om 2 8 2 . Irrlg o n , OR S 7 8 4 4
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Josh Kegler, SBE.
Division II-first Randi McElli
gott, lone Middle School (IMS);
second Julie Mason and third
Patrick Kenney, both Columbia
Middle School (CMS); fourth
Leah Denton and fifth Joey
Bourrie, both Heppner Middle
School (HMS); sixth Joe Peck,
CMS; seventh Mark McElligott
and eighth Shelby Krebs, both
IMS; ninth Mitch Mathews,
HMS.
Division Ill-first Josh Coiner,
Heppner High School (HHS);
second Jory Crowell, lone High
School (IHS); third Donnie
Pointer, HHS; fourth John
Doherty, IHS; fifth a tie bet
ween Bret Files, Riverside High
School (RHS), and Brian Kof-
fler, HHS; sixth Niki Sullivan,
IHS; seventh Tony Scfott arid
eighth Erika Cornejo, botl)
describing her victory aboard
Sail Thru Customs. " I just
went to whipping and rode as
hard as I could.
" I didn't know who won
after, but I knew it was close.
I couldn't see anything in front
of me, so that was a good
sign."
Sail Thru Customs, a horse
trained by Kennewick's Lin
Melton, sprinted 400 yards in
15.6 seconds to win by a head.
Honest Cal covered 1 1 16
miles in 1:47, two seconds bet
ter than record set in 1990 by
Trooper Dee and Run of Press.
Melton was named the
meet's winningest trainer.
Papineau went on to win
four races Sunday. The 29-year-
old native of Heppner, Ore.,
rode Allarcashassets to victory
in the fourth race and Sammi's
Pal to victory in the eighth.
"My ankle was sore all day,"
Papineau said. "But I can't feel
a thing right now."
Another large-2,341 Sunday-
bumped the weekend total to
5,586. And Sunday's handle
was about $4,300 short of
Saturday's handle, which in
cluded more than $18,000 bet
on the Kentucky Derby alone.
Preschool grad planned M ay 29
The community is invited to
attend the Heppner Day Care
and Preschool graduation
planned for Wednesday, May
29, at 6 p.m. at the Morrow
County Fairgrounds.
A reception will follow the
ceremony.
For more information, call
Sue Norton, 676-9968.
Engagement
Births
Jordan Marrie Day-a daugh
ter Jordan Marrie was born to
Julie Nelson and Forrest Day of
Irrigon on May 6, 1996 at Good
Shepherd Community Hospi
tal. The baby weighed 6 lbs. 13
oz.
Jessica Danielle Henslee-a
daughter Jessica Danielle was
born to Benji (Pearson) and
Dave Henslee of Philomath on
May 9, 19% at Good Samaritan
Hospital in Corvallis. The baby
weighed 5 lbs. 11 Vi oz, and
measured 20" long.
Her grandparents are Frank
and Chloe Pearson, Milwaukie,
and Dave and Starla Henslee,
White City. Great-grand
parents are Jo Martin, and Pete
and Edna Pearson, all Baker Ci
ty, Ken and Vivian Smith,
Medford, and Fred and Nona
Whitney, Wenatchee, Wash
ington.
Daisy Nadine Navarro Rami-
rez-a daughter Daisy Nadine
was bom to Agapita Ramirez of
Boardman on May 13, 19% at
Good Shepherd Community
Hospital in Hermiston. The
baby weighed 7 lbs. 4 oz.
Eliseo Fregoso-a son Eliseo
was born to Felipa Zavala and
Eusebio Fregoso of Boardman
on May 18,19% at Good Shep
herd Community Hospital in
Hermiston. The baby weighed
7 lbs. 11 oz.
John Joseph Homer IV-a son
John Joseph was bom to Rebec
ca and John Homer III of Irri
gon on May 21, 19% at Good
Shepherd Community Hospi
tal. The baby weighed 6 lbs. 6
oz.
Koker—Me Laugh I i n
Kelly Suzanne McLaughlin and Jeffrey Lewis Koker announce
their engagement to be married. The bride-elect is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. McLaughlin, Heppner. Jeffrey's parents
are Mr. and Mrs. Don Koker of Toledo.
Kelly graduated from Heppner High School in 1990 and from
Central Oregon Community College in 1994. She is employed
as a registered nurse at Central Oregon Health Care Center.
Jeffrey graduated from Newport High School in 1988. Her serv
ed in the U.S. Army from 1988-95 and attended Central Oregon
Community College. He is employed with Beaver Coaches in
Bend.
The couple plans a July 20 wedding at St. Francis Catholic
Church at Bend.
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