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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 17,2005 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow H eppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 M orrow C ounty’s H om e-O w ned W eekly N ew spaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3,1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. E- mail: editor<e> rapidserve net or david® heppner net Web site: www heppner.net. Post master send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner. Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $25 in Morrow County; $19 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older); $ 3 1 elsewhere; $26 student subscriptions. 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OTPR joins Northwest Professional Rodeo Association cow boys and co w g irls, To the Editor: The O regon Trail Pro Rodeo committee has decided to become an NPRA (N orthw est Professional Rodeo Association) rodeo rather than a PRCA (Pro R odeo C ow boys Association) rodeo. There are several reasons why the com m ittee decided to change associations. The main reason for the change is to improve the quality of the show. The PRCA has adopted a policy of a 50 rodeo limit for all of the cowboys and cowgirls. Rodeo is not only a sport for the contestants but a full time job, as a result they are choosing to enter the larger, higher paying rodeos. Because of our small area and limited amount of sponsorships available, we are not able to add enough money per event to compete with the bigger shows. This has caused a reduction in the num ber of cow boys who e n ter our rodeo, w hich affects the quality of the performance that the OTPR is known for. By becom ing an NPRA rodeo, we can still draw top p ro fessio n al cowboys and cowgirls, as well as the Columbia River C ircuit Cow boys. It will open the entries to more producing a better rodeo experience. The OTPR is a well-respected rodeo and we are looking forw ard to a great turnout. T he OTPR committee is composed of all volunteer workers who help y ear round to plan and o rg an ize the rodeo. I appreciate the many other volunteers who show up to help during rodeo. Without the com m itted volunteers this great rodeo would not be possible. I also appreciate our sp o n so rs fo r th eir c o n tin u e d su p p o rt and loyalty. Your dedication to our rodeo and community is very m uch ap p reciated . P lease reco g n ize and su p p o rt these local b u sin esses as they generously support us. I w ould like to e n co u rag e and in v ite e v ery o n e to b rin g th eir families to the rodeo this weekend. The performances begin Friday night, Aug. 19 at 6:45 p.m., with the mutton b u s tin ’, co n tin u es on Saturday and finishes on Sunday with the Morrow C ounty Rodeo. We look forward to seeing all of our Morrow County talent on Sunday at the MOCO. (s) Ken Bailey OTPR Rodeo Co-Chair Donations being accepted for sports’ participation fees To the Editor: Another worthwhile o p p o rtu n ity fo r our community is to contribute to the school s p o rts ’ program s. W ith school activities soon upon us there will be several students who w ill not have funds for registration to participate in various sporting activities over the coming school year. Any donated amount will help. M oney w ill be distributed throughout the year for both ju n io r and senior high aged students. You can send donations to one of the following: lone High School Booster Club, Pay to Play Program, 445 Spring Street, lone, OR 97843; or Heppner High School, Wild Horse Club, 710 W. Morgan Street, Heppner, OR 97836. (s) Rev. Duane Jones Heppner continued from page one data will be corrected with the Oregon Department of E d u catio n . T eacher Jim R aible is in charge o f correcting errors. (The AYP shows compliance with the federal No Child Left Behind Act.) Joe V andever has donated plumbing work and su p p lies to the d istric t. A n o th er v o lu n teer, who prefers to be unnamed, is continuing to work on the boiler system. B r o w n i n g commended the CAPECO w orkers for th e ir added assistance. The district’s 2005- 06 in te rg o v e rn m e n ta l agreement with the Morrow County Unified Recreation District has been approved. MCURD has agreed to pay ISD $84,000 for funding of extra-curricular activities. The board also met in ex ec u tiv e sessio n to review p erfo rm an ce evaluations. In other business, the board: -le a rn e d th at the district’s general fund has receiv ed tw o m onths o f B asic School S upport totaling $466,266. -re e le c te d Joe M cElligott as board chair and Joel Peterson, who was not in attendance, as vice chair. -learn ed that new co ach in g and a th letic h an d b o o k s have been completed. -le a rn e d that the Booster Club barbecue will be held on Sept. 6 at 6 p.m. -le a rn e d th at the school annuals have been received. Browning said that the annuals were “awesome” and at a cost much less than in previous years. Raible directed the annual project. -ap p ro v ed the following staff contracts: Jill Martin, assistant high school volleyball; Brandi Orem, head high school volleyball; Josh Brow ning, assistant high school football. -a c ce p te d the following staff resignations: Duane Neiffer, high school teacher. -ap p ro v ed annual designations for 2005-06 (d e sig n atio n of superintendent/clerk and e x ec u tiv e o fficer, c h ie f financial officer/business m an ag er and o th e r housekeeping designations). -heard the following announcements: next board meeting, Monday, Sept. 19; O regon S chool B oards A sso ciatio n co n feren ce, Nov. 11-13, Portland. Morrow County School Board meeting rescheduled Please Join Us for a No-Host Celebration in Honor of The Morrow County School D istrict board o f directors has rescheduled their regular monthly board meeting due to scheduling conflicts. The regular meeting w ill be held at A .C. Houghton Elem entary on Aug. 25, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The board will meet for a work session, prior to the regular meeting, at 6 p.m. FRANK HALVORSEN Births Frank Is the Grand M arshal fo r the 2005 M orrow County Fair A Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo See you there on Friday, August 19th, at 5 p.m., at the Heppner Elks Lodge m n in n im i 9 lone school board f ~ Noah Robert* Haves Torre- a son, Noah R obert-T aves, was born Aug. 2, 2005 at G ood Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston to Angela and G re g o rio T orre Sr., o f Irrigon. Obituaries Betty Lou Pettyjohn Betty Lou Pettyjohn, 80, of Portland, passed away July 31, 2005. Services were held Aug. 11 at Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. She was born Oct. 12, 1924 in P o rtlan d to J a m e s Li ndsay P e tty jo h n and M ary Bacon. The fo llo w in g was written a b o u t Betty Lou P e tty jo h n Pettyjohn by her son, Jim. “ ’A lw ays.’ That was mom and dad’s song and it epitomized my mother. She was a w om an of commitment. As a girl, she was committed to her school and graduated valedictorian. As an em p lo y ee she dedicated herself to her job at the Oregon Legislature and at Simonds Saw Factory, where she met her lifelong best friend, Vemita. As a wife and mother, she was the rock, the person you could build your life around. M om was exceptionally self-disciplined and tough enough to back up a d rill S erg ean t, yet tender Enough that Coly the dog, M ittens the cat, and Scrooge the duck were all family members. T hough m other really died of a broken heart after the death of my father, [Roy Pettyjohn], ending 60 years of marriage, her will was beyond resolute. M om ra d ia ted a dynam ic energy. Her p h y sical energy never stopped. She ‘just did it,’ 24/ 7, long before Nike thought of doing it. T hat energy also snapped through her barbed and p lay fu l w it, a skill necessary for survival in the P etty jo h n and Lindsay families. M o m ’s tra d itio n s brought a sense of relief and fu lfillm e n t, even in the hardest times. There was alw ay s a m eal for this occasion, a dessert for that occasion, well-rationalized ex cu ses for any kind o f holiday, a n d - o f co u rse- Christmas. Mom’s greatest gift may have been making things special. C h ristm as was m om ’s favorite of all the seaso n s. A m ong o th e r things, I have a Christmas o rn am en t rep re se n tin g almost every year of my life. Mom belonged to a n um ber o f com m unity o rg a n iz a tio n s, was a Valentine’s Girl and Rodeo P rin cess because o f her beauty and personality, but the best thing about her, besides being a great mother, was that she was a simple, straight-forward person. M om taught the v alu es o f hard w ork, organization, commitment, follow -through, humility, h onesty, fo rg iv en ess, frugality, and being a Good Samaritan. I fo llo w ed those values pretty well, and did a few things of significance in my life. E xcept for her partnership with dad and being a successful wife and parent, I think that would be her greatest pride.” S urvivors include son, Jim ; siste r, H elen C raw fo rd o f lo n e; 11 g ra n d c h ild re n ; and her border collie, Lobo. D onations can be made in her name to the Oregon Humane Society or Willie Nelson’s Farm Aid. Lincoln M em orial Park Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Wilbur Dean Lingafelter W ilbur D ean Lingafelter, 74, of Irrigon, died Monday, Aug. 8, 2005, at Kadlec Medical Center in Richland, WA. At his request there will be no funeral service. D isp o sitio n was by cremation. Lingafelter was bom O ct. 19, 1930, at McPherson, KS, to Willard H osea and Velma A. Mullinax Lingafelter. He was employed as a deputy sheriff for Lane C ounty and was also a criminologist. An avid hunter and fisherman, he loved wildlife, the o u td o o rs and his camping buddy, Lucky the cat. He was a veteran of the National Guard and then served with the Navy. Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law , D eanna and Sam m y Hamilton and his grandson, M ike H am ilto n , all o f Irrig o n ; b ro th er, K eith Lingafelter of Wichita, KS; sisters, Helen Sweeney of M cPherson, KS and Joan B izzle o f D enison, TX ; several nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Dick Lingafelter. Bums Mortuary of Hermiston is in charge of arrangements. Queen Jessica Wainwright has roots in fair and rodeo continued from page one rode for last y e ar’s court activities. Jessica, who says she practically “lives” on her horse, bought the sorrel from Tag Ashbeck nine years ago. H er m om has a black d riftw o o d m are nam ed W endy out o f an old palomino mare. Pretzel. “I’m usually the one who rides her, but we don’t see eye-to- eye,” says Jessica with a mischievous twinkle in her own blue eyes. T his sum m er 18- year-old Jessica has also been working at the Morrow C ounty G rain G row ers c o n v en ien ce sto re in Lexington pumping gas. ‘It has been really busy this su m m er,” says Jessica . Jessica, who graduated from Heppner High School this June, plans to attend Blue M ountain C om m unity C ollege in P endleton to pursue a transfer degree. Queen Jessica was bom in Hermiston, but the fam ily m oved out to Blackhorse and ended up at the H a y e s’ p lace out B u ttercreek , w here they have lived for the past 11 years. Jessica’s home is only a few miles from Princess H eather Yocom’s. “It has been a lot o f fu n ,” says Jessica. “Heather and I kind of grew up together, living only 10 miles apart. We give each other a hard time.” J e s s ic a ’s fav o rite experience so far has been at the Elgin Stampede. “I liked the run-in and the suicide races. They have a real good rodeo there,” she says. The court had a fun experience at LaG rande, where they stayed getting ready for the S tam p ed e. “ We w ent swimming at an indoor pool and Heather went to the pool in her swimsuit and boots. W hen she show ed up, ev ery o n e le ft,” laughed Jessica . A t E lg in , the Morrow County Court met the Pendleton Round-U p Court and sat with them and the Joseph court at the court luncheon. “They were really cool,” says Jessica. She also liked the Morrow County C ourt’s experience at the C aled o n ian G am es in A th en a, w here the Wainwright family got their new Border Collie, Cooter. The court also made appearances at the Heppner St. P a trick ’s Parade, the Christmas Light Parade, the Prineville parade, Umatilla Landing D ays, lone and C ondon F ourth o f July celeb ratio n s, the Irrigon W aterm elon F e stiv a l, C h am b er o f C om m erce lu n ch eo n s in H eppner, Irrigon and Boardman and at Music in the Park events... T his y e a r’s co u rt o u tfits have a sp ecial meaning for Jessica, because her mom Stacey made the Pendleton W oolen M ills vests. Jessica also had two special “lucky” buttons she got in 2000— one she put on her own vest and the other she gave to H eather. A Montana Silversmith buckle that accents the outfits, also has special significance. It is the first year for the buckle desig n and the M orrow C ounty F air and R odeo C ourt is one o f the first courts to get them. White shirts and black Wranglers complete the court’s official parade outfit. For parades and luncheons, the court wears a Coldw ater Creek mock suede shirt with blue jean s and the vests. For casual wear the court wears “hick shirts”, which are blue and red plaid shirts with R ockies tank tops underneath and blue jeans. They also have a brow n mock suede shirt. The outfits are topped off by Silver Belly hats. Queen Jessica has a silv e r hat and P rin cess Heather has a black hat. “A lot of courts have really shiny outfits,” laughs Jessica. “So we kind of look like hicks. We do have one shiny shirt, though, a brown pinstripe shirt with rhinestones,” she adds. Q ueen Je ssic a is really excited about their own Morrow County Fair and R odeo a c tiv itie s. “Heather and I have been telling everyone about the new Northwest Pro Rodeo. It’s supposed to be a lot bigger for contestants. It’s the third highest paid rodeo,” says Jessica. “And they have the all-around saddle back this year.” Jessica is also ex cited about the fair activities which include; Kids’ Day, the Tractor Pull and Mad Science on opening day Wednesday; Ed Dailey and his Talent R eview , Murray’s Wine Tasting and M icro-B rew , w ith the B arbecue by John Gochnauer from 6:30-9:30 p.m. on Thursday; Oregon T rail NW Pro R odeo Performance at 7 p.m. on Friday and 1:15 p.m. on S atu rd ay ; the F air and Rodeo Parade at 10 a.m., the Livestock Auction at 6 p.m. and Music on the Grass from 9 p.m. until midnight, all on Saturday; and the Morrow C ounty Jack p o t R odeo Sunday at 1:15 p.m.
