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P F S S I r U OF ORF r: F '.v s r a r- EUGENE Bobbie Rankin sparkles as Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Queen WFT2EIL F R OR t. t n 9 7 4 C 3 Queen Bobbie Rankin (Editor's note: Due to circumstances beyond our control, the photos of Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Queen Bobbie Rankin did not tum out in the Wednesday. August 18 issue of the Gazette. Following is a reprint of the photos.) Queen Bobbie and her official mount Bailey siblings win Morrow County All Around VOL. 118 NO. 34 8 Pages Wednesday, August 25,1999 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Sean Culver of Grandview, WA rides the bounty horse Copen One Spot to a $250 prize awarded by the Bank of Eastern Oregon during the Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo held in Heppner over the weekend. More fair and rodeo pictures are on page four and five. Mustang cheerleaders win parade sweepstakes The Heppner High School Mustang cheerleaders took the Grand Sweepstakes award at the Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Parade held in downtown Heppner Aug. 21. A complete list of winners fol lows: Commercial floats-first Twice Upon A Time (Dons Brosnan), second Bank of Eastern Oregon, third Lexington Polans/Power City, fourth Blue Mountain Com munity College; Community floats-first Mus tang cheerleaders, second Hermiston Eagles, third Riverside FFA, fourth Willow Creek Waterpark lifeguards; Horse and riders: family riding group-first Westburg family;jun ior riding group-first Taighler and Ryan Dougherty and Ashley and Sklar Leasy, second Umatilla Sage Riders; senior riding group-first Umatilla County Mounted Unit, second Pendleton Round-Up Di rectors; individual rider/horses- first Katie and Annie Hamann; Musical entnes-first 2000 Or Summer Festival of Pendleton; Antique autos-first Bob Toops ( ’51 Chevy), second Larry Henderson (’25 Model T), third Robert Reid; Street rods-first Lloyd McNary ( ’36 MB Repl), second Andrew Herman ( ’94 Mustang GT); Teams/wagons/buggies-first Jack and Jo Meligan (team car riage), second Bud and Virginia Reiman (team and buggy), third Dick Rice (team and surrey). Families were the thing at the Morrow County Rodeo held Sunday, August 22, in Heppner as various family pairings took home awards. Siblings, Madison and Lane Bailey, were the co-winners of the all-around. They received a buckle donated by Les Schwab. A father-son duo took first and second in the amateur calf roping event. Butch Knowles of Heppner won first place and a saddle made by Billy McCom of Severe Bros. Saddlery, donated by Frontier Resources. His son, Brian Knowles, was second and John Steagall finished third. I he team of Steve Currin and Brett McDowell took first in team roping and earned buckles by Pettyjohn's Farm Builders and Heritage Land Company. Second were Cliff Dougherty and Cindy Leasy and third were another father-son duo, Ken and Lane Bailey. Maureen Crossley was first in the break-away calf roping for a breast collar by Green Feed & Seed, made by Mike Proctor. Lexi Mattteson was second in that event, Cindy Leasy, third, and Angela Munkers, fourth. Winner of the open calf roping, a buckle donated by Van Marter and Kahl Insurance and the Neil Beamer Memorial Spurs, donated by the Beamer Family, was Jack McGuire. Tony Currin, Steve's brother, was second and Bill Bishop, third. Tony's wife, Kelli Currin, was first in the senior barrels for a watch by Peterson's Jewelers. Mary Ann Munkers, Angela’s mother was second. Sue Gibbs, third, and Angie Hughes, fourth. Lacey Matteson, Lexi's sister, was first in the junior barrels. She won a buckle donated by the Healy Family-daughter Joan Hays, granddaughters. Mary Hays and Heather Lunny, and great-grandsons, Kyler and Drew Shad Lunny- in memory of their father and grandfather, William J. Healy. Angela Munkers was second and Tracy Griffith, third. Jennifer Griffith was the winner of the Pee Wee Barrels and a buckle donated by the Wrangler's Riding Club. Lane Bailey was second and Emily Rietmann, third. Keith Papineau won the steer wrestling event and a buckle donated by the Turner Ranch. Justin Matteson, Lexi and Lacey's brother, was second and Blake Knowles, Butch's son and Brian's brother, third. Jared Eckman took first place in cow riding. Tiffany Munkers, sister to Angela and Mary Ann's daughter, was first in the senior goat tying and won a buckle donated by Gar Aviation and John and Kelly Boyer. Lexi Matteson was second. Maureen Crossley, third, and Angela Munkers. fourth. Madison Bailey took first in the junior goat tying for a buckle by Dick Temple, DVM. Becky Schiller was second and Jennifer Griffith, third. Cody Ford was first place in the Shad Hisler Memorial Calf Riding event. He won a buckle donated by the Paul Hisler. Jr. Family. Madison Bailey finished second, Justin Gregory, third, and Lane Bailey, fourth. Taighler Doherty won a buckle donated by Court Street Market for her first place finish in the mutton bustin' event. Second was Kaley O'Brien. Third was Willy Gentry and fourth was Devin Robinson. Winner of the three-and-under stick horse race was Payden Daly. Second was Blake Greenup and third, Betsy West. Winner of the four and five- year-old stick horse race was Zane Davis. Second was Mary Rietmann and third was Skylar Leasy. Bryan Holland took first in the six and seven-year-old stick horse race. Kristen Van Cleave, second, and Brooke Davis, third. The stick horse race was sponsored by the HM Ranch. Peterson’s Jewelers, Kelly and John Boyer and Family, Donna and Joe Rietmann and family and Tami and Mark Rietmann and family. Poacher sought Munkers makes history Angela Munkers, Lexington, is the first woman to ever rope and get a time in the amateur calf roping event in the Morrow County Rodeo, according to rodeo officials. Infant CPR Heppner Mustang’s cheerleader float fourth Spotted Ass Ranch; Clubs/comic/kids-first Dy namic Doggies 4-H; Miscellaneous-first AWANA; Courts and R oyalty-first Umatilla Fair Court, second Pendleton Round-Up Court, third Hells Canyon Jr Rodeo Queen Jade Peer (Halfway), fourth Happy Canyon princesses; Grand Sweepstakes Award- Mustang cheerleaders. Local response ‘tremendous’ Donnie, suffered a head injury, four broken ribs, a punctured lunch and broken cheekbones in the accident. After the accident. Papineau was transported to Grande Ronde Hospital and then flown to St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise in critical condition. She has not yet regained consciousness and may be moved to a nursing home. An account is still open at the Bank of Eastern Oregon to accept donations. For more information, contact Jean Jepsen. 422-7180. The local response to the fund raising effort to benefit Gail Papineau and her family has been "tremendous.” according to Jan Coe. Heppner, one of the organizers. Funds were raised at the Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Rodeo to help with the medical expenses for Papineau, who was critically injured in a barrel racing accident on July 23 at LaGrande’s Maverick Arena. Papineau, Enterprise, who formerly lived in south Morrow County with her husband. t Child Care Resource and Re ferral (CCRR) has scheduled an infant child first aid/CPR course in Imgon on Saturday, Sept. 25 from 8 a m .-4:30 p.m. at the Imgon Fire Station. The cost is $15 and pre-registration is re quired. For more information, contact CCRR at 1 -800-559-5878 and ask for Starla Halverson or Becky Furstenberg Buck deer poached in Morrow County Oregon State Trooper Dave Rzewnicki is seeking the culprit in a poaching incident that occurred on Upper Little Butter Creek in Morrow County. Anyone with information HURRY! There's Still Time wp concerning the poaching of "a quality buck deer" during the nighttime hours of August 14-15 is asked to call Rzewnicki, 541 -561-5214, or Oregon's "Tum In Poachers" reward program, sponsored by the Oregon Hunter's Association, 1-800-452- 7888. 7b Save During Our Season Ending LAWN MOWER SALE! 15% OFF all in stock walk-behind mowers through Aug 31st M o r r o w C o u n t y G r a in G r o w e r s Lexington 9 8 9 -8 2 2 1 • 1 -8 0 0 -4 5 2 -7 3 9 6 A For firm equipment, nut M r w»b U K it www mt|| n»t
