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THK GAZETTE-TIMES. Ilrppner. OR. Thursday. August 5. 1978. Page 3 Fair At 0y Morrow Co uniy V-' , - I - ; ' It 4 Fair board 'quiet' now The Marty Davis show will highlight this year's Morrow County Fair days on Wednesday, August 25, the second annual Family Fun Night. Davis, a country -western singer who has made many appearances in the Pendleton area, is the first name entertainment the fair has ever had. Davis, a young down-to-earth entertainer, will sing with his band and do comic routines. A dance will follow. The fair board is "quiet right now," according to Liz Curtis, Secretary. An August 11 meeting has been slated to get the ball rolling for the opening of the county fair, August 24. The fair will run Tuesday through Thursday, Aug. 24-27. The rodeo will follow from Aug. 27-29. among special fair activities planned this year are a 4-H Public Style Revenue, slated for Tuesday night; a children's pet show., Thursday; 4-H and FFA Livestock auction, Thurs day night; and an open class horse show, Friday. The carnival will run Tuesday through Thursday and tickets are now on sale through the Heppner Lions Club. A new exhibit has been added to this year's fair. A commercial potato exhibit, with D.O. Nelson as superinten dent, has been added. It is similar to commercial wheat growers exhibits. The commercial entrant must have three acres or more. The exhibit will be 50 pounds of potatoes. There will be cash prizes for first, second and third and a champion exhibit special ribbon. The lot for the entries will be Norgold Russets, Netted Gem Russets or others. According to Curtis, Morrow County's Fair wheat exhibit is among the best in the state, "due in large part to the work Bill Rawlins has done." Curtis said another "good exhibit" is expected if "harvest isn't too late." Along with regular awards, a list of special awards, listed on page 10 of the premium books, will be awarded to the best exhibits in departments. Among those awards will be in beef from Sabre Farms, sheep from Western Empire, Poultry and Rabbits from Sabre Farms, Potatoes from Blue Mt. Potato Council, Other Commercial Crops from Sabre Farms; Fruits and Vegetables from John and Ann Prag, Flowers from Heppner Garden Club, Home Economics from Eastern Oregon Farms, Arts, Crafts and Collections from Oregon Potato Incorporates, Children's Corner from Lindsay Ranch, and Teen Corner from J-S Ranch. Chamber float 'surprise' Rodeo ironing out wrinkles I L if La Wanda Lindsey LaWanda Lindsey Slated Aug. 74 The Morrow County rodeo board met Tuesday night and ironed out a few more details and added s few more wrink les. Three big days of rodeo action have been slated for this year's fair. Friday night will be the Morrow County rodeo. And, on Saturday and Sunday, the Rodeo Cowboys Association, professional wranglers, will vy for top dollars. Rodeo entries for Morrow County events will open st 10 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. Aug. 26. The RCA events will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 27. Entry rules have changed for local cowboys and cowgirls who wish to enter the profes sional competition at the Saturday and Sunday RCA performances this year. Susie French, Rodeo Com mittee Publicity Director, has announced that anyone who has resided in Morrow County for a month is entitled to enter these competitions as a "local". However, entries must be made at the rodeo office between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Aug. 23. RCA rodeo purses total nearly $2700 and more added money is hoped for. Among the professional cowboys and champions that may perform at the rodeo will be Larry Mahan, Tom Fergu son, Doug Brown, Leo Cama rillo, Jack Ward and many more. Marty Davis Booths available Davis highlight of Fun Night LaWanda Lindsey is one of those rare people whose re cording and stage personality produce an identical excite ment. Her enthusiasm for her career and her audiences and for life in general reaches out and it's highly contagious! She will perform in Heppner, Aug. 14 at the court dance. LaWsnda has been per forming professionally since sh was five, as a featured singer with her father's band, the Dixie Showboys. She credits her mother snd espec ially her father with starting her in music. "They travelled with me a great deal when 1 was younger and have always encouraged me." That parent: al devotion and belief has paid off for LaWanda for even as a child, she exhibited a degree of professionalism thst is usually seen in more seasoned and older performers. She signed with Chart Records in Nashville when she was just 14 and on that label, recorded 21 singles and 4 albums including a duet,, album and 4 singles with Kenny Vernon. The duo is best known for their rendition of Wild Mountain Berries a song which did very well for them. She's since moved to Bakersfield snd has singed with OMAC ARTISTS COR PORATION and records on the Capitol label Several spaces are still available in the community booth competition at the Morrow County Fair. To date, twelve organizations have re gistered their intent to have a booth with the fair secretary. These organizations are the Heppner American Legion Auxiliary, Heppner Child De velopment Center, Assembly of God Church, Alpha Theta of Heppner, the Heppner Moth er's Cub, the Morrow County Search and Rescue Possee, American Association of Uni versity Women, Morrow Cou nty CowBelles, the Lexington Grange, the lone Garden Club, the Heppner Lions Club and the Chamber of Commerce. Seven or eight more spaces are available. Organizations are urged to enter the compe tition and provide one of the most colorful parts of the fair. Ten dollars is paid to each participating organization. There are four divisions with first, second and third places being awarded in each of the four divisions. These divisions are church, community ser vice and Social, Farm and Youth. Booths may be registered with the fair secretary, Liz Curtis, at 676-9454. Marty Davis began his career in entertainment as a disk jockey in 1964. After playing records day in and day out, he decided he could do better. . .he can. Marty and a few friends organized a group and, in spite of themselves, began working various weekend gigs in Southern Oregon Northern California area. Their popularity ballooned and they decided to take that fateful step; in 1969 the Marty Davis Show went on the road. Since those beginnings in 1969, Marty has worked with several groups from Alaska, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, California, and Oregon, to Nevada. . .in Elks clubs, military bases, night clubs, and casinos, including the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas. . .doing Country music. Country rock, shows, dances... and always doing well! Correction note Parade needs band Jim Wlshart won't say what this year's Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Com merce float will look like. With sly grin, he says he wants it to be a "surprise." The theme for this year'a parade Is "We've Come A Long Way." The all volunteer worked float will be the first float In a few years for the Chamber of Commerce. The float will be entered in the Umatilla County Fair this week and possibly in both the Boardman Harvest Festival Parade and the Pendleton Round Up Dress Up parade. This year's parade for the Morrow County Fair and fleppner-IYlorrtnr County Ctmrnber o Comment I II I t A tlMi,,.! liWCol) MtWNtS, OOIOOM t Navtav taMf fat t.nmt It. !. It TIM IOiM a. a. la an tlll Imtu4 M aalla.ta IMa T" ' r.u . Um 4tMk umt aall aMff Ml hHM tona OaaMf t.lt I I J la Mafcart aaa l at, Oti.aa flan aaiari rmgjcn XaajfjaJtat , n. aians man MMTUaaa BmM aM tta9B tuaxt aiaiaa man coca smaiia mux roa ana m mamm. j. km tvuuaai Bartn at crTia aawias an aatuas tuam (aiaa.ta) JBM mm 1MB) It. Rodeo should be big one. The only hangup so far is a band. Wishart, chairman of the parade and float committee, has been working on band since January but can't seem to find one in the county's budget range. He would ap preciate any help from local citizens concerning a band. There will be ribbons awar ded this year to the top three places in many divisions. Among the divisions, there are juvenile, adult organization, and business. From those three categories, there will be a grand prize of ISO. The top three prizes will receive csh of 125 for first, 115 for second, and 110 for third. Other categories Include best floats out of the county, best riding clubs, best moun ted family, best mounted cow girl and cowboy, best comic, oldest cowboy snd cowgirl, bands, queens ami courts, cars and wagons. Many group have already entered this year'a parade. Some of these Include the Boardman Harvest Festival Court. Main Street Cowboys from Pendleton, the American Legion and Auxiliary, Board man Lions, Baker livestock Auction-20 mul team, the Pioneer Memorial Hospital, Bank of Eaitern Oregon, and ARZ Farms of Hermlnton. winner of their category last year. A correction should be noted In the Morrow County Fair premium book. la the Hating of Special Fair Activities ea page three of the book, the 411 Public Style Revue Is schedu led for Tuesday night not Wedaesday Bight as showa ia the book. The Family Fua Night fea turing the Marty Davis Shew la scheduled for Wednesday night. The Holly Rebekah Country Store Is alse listed as being Friday aight through Sunday. This is Incorrect. The country store will run from Monday through Thursday. From the Caravelle Collection! 4)114 tumiit - ,t4 Nwtw'l mi i; MatcHmt mi MISS sf 676-9200P"" 177 Main St Heppner, Oregon 1 If Buy Advance Tickets How ; l MORROW COUNTY ji I I FAIR CARNIVAL ) L August 24, 25, 26 U ) 4 Adult Rides , ,. ,,.. V, D n Dlano 3 Kid Rides i I Roll-O-Plane i . I l , Cars f ,? I I Swinger . 1 f L . Pillow ; f : if Swings s i Train ' l Octopus f) if Tickets at the Gate -50 c. each - ( J Advance Sale Tickets u n )) f 12 rides for $3.00 i J 1 20 rides for $5.00 ) ) TICKETS AVAILABLE! ) a m atv a i. , i r af m ii . Lions Club Members, or ! ti . i at TICKETS AVAILABLE. THROUGH ALL Lions Club Members, or Coast-to Coast Store and Murray's Drug n ) k Sponsored by: Heppner Lions Club mi a-a a -mm. mm a .1111 a (I eft lf m efll U ((NMIIOred bj aa Ihtiilt Cc-cp COLt'MBU BASIN ELECTRIC CX)OP-fervin J059 square miles in I'matilla, Morrow, Gilliam. Sherman and Wheeler Counlies. ! sS i
