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Show Cortez rodeo June far the largest best and professional rodeo in the Four Corners Country, featuring some of the top riders in America will be held in Cortez this month. It is the 46th annual Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo in Cortez, sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Assn., Inc., and drawing hundreds of riders competing for nearly $10,000 in prize money. The events will ' be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 16, 17 and 18, in the Ute Mountain American By 1977 9, June Record Juan . Legions 4,000-se- San The arena. at In addition to rodeo events each night, with RCA leaders competing for the money and subsequent steps up the national ladder to rodeo fame, the rodeo week will be tied in with numerous events planned by Cortez and area communities. The Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo features six RCA pointgathering events plus barrel racing and has specialty acts to amuse the crowds. Stock is again from Walt Alsbaugh. The entire area will be represented in floats and marchers during the annual 16-1- 8 twilight parades to be held Friday and Saturday evenings just before the rodeo sessions. And there will be dances during rodeo week. As is tradition, the Thursday session of the rodeo will be Family Night and special prices will be available for all seats. On Friday and Saturday nights, there will be reserved seat sections as well as the regular. RCA events at the rodeo will include bareback, saddle bronc and bull riding, calf roping, steer wrestling, and team tying. Presiding over the events will be a local Ute Mountain Roundup Queen and her attendants, plus visiting young royalty from the various rodeo and other Western events throughout the Four Corners area. FIRST PLACE IN the annual Ben Askew Memorial Golf Tournament went to Mike Young, left, and Steve Young, right. The twosome fired a 53 in the best ball tournament. Presenting the trophies is Craig Leavett, president of the Mens Golfing Association. HIGH POTENCY Mike teamed up with Jack Young and with Lloyd Young to MAJ and TONHC tie for second spot. The two teams were just one stroke off the winning score with 54s. Zoie Young and Margurite Pehrson had high net with a IRON & 75. vitamin Tonic state basketball tournament. The University of Southern The Youngs walked away with all the top prizes in the Ben Askew Memorial Tournament at San Juan Country Club in Monticello last weekend. The team of Mike and Steve Young captured the first place trophies with a best -- ball score of 53. Wctfgxe&HA. VITAMIN Blanding youth stars in track Youngs win golf prizes Barbara Rasmussen and Elva Jones were runners up in the low-ndivision, with a score of 60. Colorado 1977 mens track team has completed its best season in several years, and one of the contributors to the teams success was Blanding -native Art Burtenshaw. Burtenshaw competed in the shot put for the Tribe in 1977 and had the best effort on the team for the season with a toss of 0 12 at the Colorado State University Invitational. The also had a toss of 45-- 2 12 in the season opening meet at USC. The senior physical education major attended San Juan High School in Blanding where he lettered in football, basIn 1971 ketball, and track. The Pueblo school finished in the top four or higher in all eight regular season meets in 1977. Top rankings included third place at the University of Colorado Relays, second place at the USE Invitational, and second place at the Colorado State University InvitationaL As a first year member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference the Indians finished second to conference champ Adam State College. The Tribe also qualified seven tracksters for the NA1A nationals, the most since coach Jim Biasings team sent nine to the national meet in 1967. Burtenshaw is the son of Mrs. Georgeann Burtenshaw, 46-1- 6-- 3, 225-pound- er he was named the most valuable player in the class A Blanding. et 100 TABLETS StUcf GI Bill check schedule 2.69 To test cookers Helen Neal, San Juan County home extension agent, will be testing pressure cooker gauges at the Blanding Extension office 2- -5 p.m. June 20 and at the Monticello office 5 p.m. June 27. Homemakers need only to bring the lid of their pressure cooker and testing takes only a short time. 2-- ec m u s m ( PHILLIPS' MILK OF MAGNESIA ANTACID t twua mu you preregister There is no change, Smith explained, in the legal requirement that allowances be paid at the end of the month rather than at the beginning. This law will result in a break between the prepayment check which came May 1, and a postpayment check that wiU come July 1. 60-d- ay regular or mint antacid laxative. 12-o- z, 1.09 frrfaqj ion MURINE FOR EYES drops soothe, cleanse and refresh. 0.5-o- z. Sief 1 City Drug 'YOUR WALGREEN AGENCY Monticello .09 Saves labor . . . saves water . . . and gives even water distribution; a combination to help improve your profit structure. Our irrigation specialists are here to help . . . just call . . . RAIN FOR RENT, INC. KIRTLAND early enough to allow for processing your paper work. tt9i mm PHILLIPS Sole! Lake City. The only condition is that you be continuously enrolled or that LAXATIVE MILK OF MAGNESIA slzo If you are a GI Bill student this summer and you continue school in the fall with less than a months break, there should be no interruption of your VA checks between terms. The term month in this instance means a calendar month, not 30 days, according to Elmer J. Smith, director of the VA regional office in Salt 8 mi. W. of Farmington PHONE: (505) 598-585- 8 liUTwajiimn |