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B-SIX The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 17, 1978
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Fair season lasts year
round for Fair & Rodeo
Court members
A hearty welcome to the
Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo is extended to all from
the 1978 Fair Court Queen
Donna Palmer and Princesses
Kim Pettyjohn and Laurie
Childers.
Morrow County's official
ambassadors of good will have
had a busy year since being
named to the court in March,
traveling to fairs, rodeos and
community celebrations
throughout the state.
Queen Donna Palmer, 18-year-old
daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Palmer, was a
princess last year, along with
her identical twin sister De
bora. She has been riding
"since she was old enough to
sit on a horse" according to
her mother Mary Ann, who
will be official chaperone for
the court for the second
consecutive year.
Donna, a sophomore major
ing in business and marketing
management at BMCC, broke
and trained Johnnie Joe, the
Quarter Horse she will ride for
official appearances. She is a
farm girl, driving wheat
truck, baler and swather in
the summer, In addition to
twin Debora, she has an older
sister, Barbara Gutierrez of
Hermiston who was a 1975
princess on the Morrow Coun
ty Court, and a younger sister,
Anita, age 14.
Princess Laurie Childres, 18
is also a sophomore at BMCC,
and majoring in secretarial
science. The daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Cleo Childers, who
own B&C Repair in lone, she
has two brothers, Harvey
a year older, and Roger, 13.
She estimates that she's been
riding since she was four
years old and intends to ride
P.J., a Quarter Horse mare
for court appearances.
She is presently working on
a special project, starting a
herd of Brahma cattle with a
bull and several heifers.
Laurie said she wanted to be
part of the court "because I
love animals and thought it
would be a really good chance
to represent Morrow County."
Princess Kim Pettyjohn is
the youngest member of the
court at 16. She is the daughter
of Paul "Skip" Pettyjohn Jr.
and has two younger sisters,
Kelly, 14 and Kris, 13. A
junior at lone High School,
Kim has been riding for about
seven years. She chose a horse
named Traveler as her official
mount.
"I like horses and I like to
meet people," she gave as her
reasons for wanting to be a
part of the court.
All three young women on
this year's court have been
members of both the Wran
glers and the lone Trail
Riders, a 4-H club under the
leadership of Linda La Rue.
Mary Ann Palmer, chaper
one for the second year, has
been traveling with the court
for six years, since her
daughters were all pennant
bearers before they joined the
royal ranks.
Quean
Donna Palmer
Princess
Laurie Childers
Princes
Kim Pettyjohn
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