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Princess Shelley has a
Grand Marshall George Currin to ride in parade natural love of animals
and FFA His wife Helen also toot
an active part serving on the fair
committee and supervising the food
division at the fair each year
George also pitched in and helped
with the rodeo Hu son Kon became
a participant in the rodeo arena as
well Currin delivers the Severe
Bros saddles for the Morrow County
Calf Hoping champion and the All
Around Champion to the sponsors
begore the show
His tradition of attending and
participating in the summer event
has carried through to his grand
children. Hon. Tony, Mike. Steve.
Jennifer, and new comer Kyan. as
they exhibit 4 H and FFA projects
George stays young and in shape
by traveling with his grandsons to
rodeos He went to Kapid City,
South Oakota to watch Steve partic
ipate in the national high school
rode«) finals last month He returned
home by way of Joseph to watch his
oldest grandson. Hon. win the all-
around at the Chief Joseph Days
('urrin. the son of Heppner pioneer
Hugh and Katie Brosnan was born in
Heppner and raised on a ranch on
Birch ('reek near Filot Hock with
George Currin with his grandson Jeffrey
tirothers Hugh. Halph. and Bob He
met Helen Knotts, his future bride,
while
he was a first grader at Pilot
the
event
was
smaller
and
the
fair
Grand Marshall of the Morrow
County Fair A Rodeo Farad«-. pavilion was located on property Kock After high school graduation.
George Currin, 73. lives at a ranch* now occupied by the city park in Currin returned to Little Butler
on Little Butter Creek with wife of 59 Heppner The arena and other Creek with brother Hugh in 1933 to
buildmKs and grandstands have rais«- sheep He married Helen who
year», Helen
then was teaching school in I93S
tieen
rebuilt
The Heppner man began hi* invol Currin
The Currms had several thousand
work«-d
as
a
leader
and
vement with the fair and rodeo as a
of sheep and moved the bands
4 II leader about 3S years ago when helpt-d with fair promoting both 4 II head
to mountain pasture in the Wallowas
each year Helen cooked each vear
as George trailed without losing
many head until 1950 when a freak
storm the first week of June dropped
six inch snowballs Currin herded
the sheep into a canyon just out of
Pilot Kock but lost several head
The following year. George and
Hugh quit trailing and in 1952 sold
the sheep
George started another tradition
to his family when he began raising
homed herefords His son Ron and
wife Judy live at a ranch seven miles
from the Currin home place where
George s other son Tom and his wife
Marlene live
Together the sons have Boo head of
cows and they raise wheat and
alfalfa
George is semi retired, however,
this spring he took the 2 a m calving
shift checking heifers He enjoys
attending sales, and is involved
in selection of replacements heifers
He checks on tne cattle in the
summer pasture
When asked to ride in a model T
car in the parade, Currin replied.”
You won t see me in the car. but
you'll bet I will be on a horse riding
in the saddle my grandson Kon
won
The Grand Marshall will be at
tending the fair activities, family
fun night and auction He will lead
the parade beginning at 10 a m
Saturday. August 18 in downtown
Heppner
While attending the Rodeo this
Currin will be a guest at a
year
tie sure to ke«-p your eyes open
luncheon held in the 4 H annex
follow ing the parade He will ride in during the barrel race for Morrow
County Fair & Kod«-o Princess
the grand entry at the rodeo
Shelley Stroeber. who will be com
peting in her first-ever rod«-o event
The seventeen year-old brunette,
daughter of Don and Jan Stroeber of
Heppner. has been training with
munity College or Kastern Oregon help from her sister Cindy, on the
Stale College at l^Grande majoring barrels and says she is ready to go
in physical therapy or a related Hiding • ince she was six years old
Shelley has a love of animals eviden
nursing field
Bridgett considers representing ced by her affection for the family
Morrow County an honor because dog Jenny, goat Nathan, and six
she has wanted, for a long time, to year old mare Jeep
become a member of the court
Shelley has also been involved
As Princess Bridged makes her with 4 If cooking and sew ing. but has
official grand entry during the rodeo had to give up most of those
she will be on a Palomino quarter activities tx-cause of the demanding
horse named Bo, or a four year-old schedule of a Fair A Kodeo princess
She has tx-en to 12 different events
(Juarterhorse filly nam«d Ricky
this year with the court, but each one
Bridged trained both hors«*s
has tx-en a family affair
Princess Bridgett carries on family tradition
Princ e »
Bridged Greenup
A native daughter of a Morrow
County Irishman Is one of the
princesses on this year's fair and
rod«-o court Princess Bridget!
Greenup is carrying on a family
tradition as she tx-comes the eighth
member of her family to represent
the county on the court
The legacy started in 1925 with her
aunt Mae Kilkenny, serving as
queen Bridgett's mother. Coll«*en
Kilkenny Greenup, serv«-d as qm-en
20 years later in 1945 followed by
Bridgett’s sisters. Princess Tag in
1964. and Princess Sue Ellen in 1968
Cousin l-ottie I-aughlin 1198.1 qu«*en,
continued as the seventh family
member on the court
Princess Bridgett was a perfect
choice for this years court because
she has a natural way with animals
and very contagious snnle
Bridgett is 17 years-old and the
young<*st daughter of Don and the
late Colleon Greenup She was horn
and raised on Hinton Creek where
her mother grew up Her early
years were influenced by the gutd
ance of her older brothers and
sisters Tag Ashbeck. Mary Ann
Davis, and brother Greg from Hep
pner and sister Sue Ellen Walton of
Ding Creek and brother Bill of lone
The princess "grew upon the back
of a horse” and her love for the
animal blossomed She was riding
for cattle before she entered school
and Joined the Wranglers Hiding
Club The blue eyed brown haired
beauty participated in Wranglers
play days and horse shows as she
became older Princess Hridgetl's
interest in horses has led her to
make a business out of them Her
day begins early and ends late as she
works with more than 50 head of
horstrs, including three stallions
The latest stud was acquir«-d a few
months ago at a sale in llermiston
Bridget! and her sister. Mary Ann.
went together to purchase a four
year-old paint The duo hoped to
capitiliie on the popularity of
paint" colts
A senior at Heppner High School.
Bridgett is presently halter breaking
20 foals After they are "broke to
lead” they are turn«-d out and If they
are not sold by the time they are two
or three years old. Bridgett and
sister Mary Ann take to the task of
breaking them
This spring Bridgett was on a
work study release program from
school so she could ride the colts
When the spunky 5'2" girl isn't
working with horses she is tending to
a band of ewes She started out
with "bummers and has had as
many as 80 ewes Fach winter
Bridgett travels to Butter Creek to
live with sister Tag and her family to
help with lambing This means
feeding before and after school and
checking the ewes at night
After lambing she returns home to
help her father with calving An
adtfc-d hobby for the princess is
raising dairy heifers She has 10
cows and has milked as many as
five, twice a day. by hand Bridged
sells the heifers as "springers”
when they are two--years-old
Four H and FFA are important
parts of the princess s life She
started showing sheep, dairy cattle
and horses at the age of nine When
sfw- became a freshman she joined
FFA and competes at the county fair
every year in both FFA and 4 H She
has collected many ribbons and
awards throughout her years of
showing
1-ast year she received the honor
of the all around FFA Showman at
the fair and has been awarded the
chapter's star farmer award along
with a proficiency honor
This ambitious princess plans on
using the money she earns from her
animals to pay for college She
plans to attend Blue Mountain Com
"It's a family thing,” she says.
We take the camper and all go
down to where we're going."
Shelley says her sister Cindy,a
sophomore at Heppner High.helps
the court get ready for parades and
rodeos 'She's our personal groom
She helps us get ready, checks us
over and makes sure everything is
okay " Shelley also has a sister.
Christy, who will be in eighth grade
She say s she plans to go out for the
high school rodeo team next year,
concentrating on poles and barrels
A varsity cheerleader last year, she
won't try out again to devote more
time to her rodeo events
After graduation. Shelley says she
plans to attend Oregon State Univer
sity. majoring in accounting Her
hobbies include water skiing and
snowmobiling
She was pennant bearer for the
court in 1980
Heppner FFA
places first
Monday afternoon at the Morrow
County Fair, the Heppner FulUTf
Farmers of America placed first in
the adv anced liv «-stock judging con
test with 781 out of a possible 9uo
points announced an FFA spokes
person The Pendleton (Tub plactd
second with 774 points Six teams
competed
In the beginning division. Weston
McEwen placed first with 713 points.
Riverside placed second with 710
points, and Heppner placed third
with 709 points
Melissa Matteson of Klgm was
overall high individual scorer with
274 points
Steve Currin of Heppner scored
288 points to earn first place in
Morrow County and third overall
Kim Wright from Heppner placed
second in Morrow County with 262
points
Paula Heatherly earned 253 points
to place third in Morrow County and
earn the high individual spot in the
beginners division
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Starting at 6 p.m.
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