TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 17,2005
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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
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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.