Rodeo committee works to give you g<xxl show
s p n i a l h a i r A I t o d r o I di l l i xi
Kids! Come show off
your favorite jx»t
Bark row from left Jim Hayes, co-chairperson, Ron Cecil, races. Burke QBnen, secretary,
director; and Joe Yocom, chairperson Not piclured Dick Turrell, grounds director and Cbn
ChnUenson, dance director.
Tills photo pictures nine out o( the 11 people on the 19H5
linden ( 'om m ittee who are responsible for the or|(uniza
lion am i presentation of our 1986 Heppner Kodeo No one
knows better than each one of these m em fiers. how
m any hours of planning, work and effort it took to try to
put on the best rodeo ever
Many hours of meetings
phone calls, and paper work are necessary to present the
type of rodeo that Morrow County is used to We all hope
that everyone attends and enjoys what we have worked
toward, and we hope to see you there
t 7. I W V S F V F N
Fair committee comprises
w illing workers
T h r F a ir C o m m itter is a group of
irutu*tnous citizens * h o w illingly
devote m a in hours fix’ the purjw»se*
of putting on the annual M o rr o *
County h a ir
This com m ittee
Cris Marston, concessions, Arme McQure, barns, and Gail Hopmeau, publicity director
Front row: Ginger Q B n en, court chaperone, Micky Madison, awarcfc, Cbn Ftapineau, stock
\u k
Children up to Jg r 12 w ill have the
opportunity to show off pets of a ll
kinds at the Fet Show on W'edne*
dav August 14 al I p m on the lawn
area al the F a ir (¿round*
Fach
children with a pel w ill receive a
rihls n and a silver dollar lin e pet
per child m ay be shown, the child
must lie able to conlroll the pet
I logs mast he on a leash
Kastly
frightened sm all anim als should lie
brought in cages
Highlighting this annual event w ill
lie additional aw ards in the following
categories
Most t nusual. Best
I >t small» ' Must
Talented at * \ t »>-.t Oolorftil
Fach
» hild w ill tie asked to give his or her
nam e the pet's nam e, and to show
off any talents or trieks that the
indis idual |>et can perform
Super
intcmfent K aren Thompson urges
all | m -I losers under 12 to particip ate
No pre registration is required All
[surtieipanls should tie there prom p
tly to lie Judged
headed by J.inu lta w lin *. consists of
Mill Broderick Tun ( o r . Ken J
F . an*
I „ ilia c K indle, t e r r a i n .
I ad d , Kuth McCabe. Kllcn Kennedy,
k lm e r I a d d Ami Kcnn K Kvana
W illing w o rke r* a ll. m any long
hour* of planning an<1 w orking have
gone inlo (h i* y e a r'* preparation
Be*i»le* meetings anil individual
contribution* tin * group and other*
(m a liie plan* by having a com bined
w»irk dav prio r lo fa ir each year to
m ake sure ev erything t* in readl*
ness
Without this group. Ihe fa ir
would mil have Ihe high qu ality and
continued im provem ent each year
The n|>en d a * * exhibits, except
an im a l* have this year hern opened
to neighboring county residents
W ith increased exhibit »pace, a
mobile tra ile ra ll departm ents w ill
have am ple room
W ith the addl
tional tim e for ex h ib it* to rem a in in
place much credit should go to F a ir
Com m ittee m em b er* and S uprrin
tendrnts. who are the m ainstay of
M orrow County's F a ir
Preparing booth to
laud county ’s l(K)th
Leonnig family once again to provide rodeo dance music
In 1959 Hon and Aggie I .running
moved to Heppner and bought the
Wagon Wheel Cafe and laiunge from
H arry O'Donnell They cam e with
six kids which m ade up Ihe l.eonnig
F a m ily hand
Before they moved
Ihe hand had played all over Ihe
s la te in c lu d in g th e IV n d le to n
Hound up M ain Street Show for It
consecutive years
The hand also
now played their music in Ihe Wagon
Wheel
In I960 the hand which
consisted of Hon Sr on Ihe gu itar,
Hon J r on fiddle tasmore on Ihe
accordian, Lo rrain e on piano Huger
on the drum s, I.inday on the m arro
ecus, and Cindy singing played for
Heppner rodeo dances
A seventh
m em aer of the fa m ily was born in
I9M l.al>awna
As years went by. landay and
Koger and Hon Sr played in Ihe
Wagon Wheel unhl Huger helped
form a rock and roll hand called Ihe
Henchmen
They also played for
Heppner Kodeo dances in I9MÍ and
1967 In I96H the lasmnig fa m ily
moved to M c M in n ville
Hon Sr ,
landay and Huger played al some of
the clubs around the a rea for a few
Wranglers again serve Sun. breakfast
F a ir arid Kodeo K‘**rs lar#«* ami
sm all won’t want to miss this year's
W rangler s Cowboy B reakfast The
riding club has promised to serve
tem pting plates of ham . eggs, pan
cakes, and hashhrowns
Steaming
coffee and eold m ilk w ill also
availab le at the Sunday morning
meal
The breakfast w ill ttegin at 7 a m
August IH and w ill end at 10 a rn
Cost of the all you can eat m eal is $.t
for adults anti $2 for children 10 and
under
The Cowboy B reakfast has been
the m a in fu nd r a is e r fo r the
W ranglers for 0» years
years
As the kids grew up and
rn o \ed a w .i\ on th eir own only one
chose musu as a career la n d y . w ho
has m ade several recordings is now
living and perform ing tier music in
the San Francisco Bay area Koger
and U k r a in e team ed up m BJ73 and
have m ade m usic their hobby
This past year Koger s son Andy
who is 1 2 is starting to perform with
the band as the dru m m er and plays
a few songs on the bass guitar
(gorraine s son M ichael, who is 15
also plays the drum s and w ill be
playing with the Iwmd at the rodeo
dance Koger w ill perform a song hr
has w ritten called
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Harold Peck
Harold ( "Shorty") F eck is pre
paring a special centennial booth "
for this year * M orrow County F a ir
which he w ill take to the Oregon
S ta te F a i r , A ug ust 23 th ro u g h
Septem ber 2
H ighlighting the
county * history with pictures and
antiques Feck w ill Id le Ihe Isioth
"Alive in US for the M orrow County
k .n r.in ii The Big One at Ihe state
fa ir in order to keep the different
them e*
Feck's efforts have taken him
through m any photograph* while
searching for Ihose which w ill lie*l
represent each facet of Morrow
County laith " then and now ” H r
prom ise* photos of old B oardm an to
contrast with the new "c irc le irri
gated furm s as well as pictures of
the developm ent of the lum ber
industry He has plans for photos of
Ihe counly's representative crops,
schools, soil conservation m ethod*
and forest service p rac tice *
Antique* and Centennial m em
orahtlia w ill round out th r display A
collector and restorer of antiques,
Feck was responsible for rem odel
mg and en largin g an old barn al Ihe
fa ir grounds which now houses old
fa rm im p lem en t* out dated m aeh
in ery, equipment and vehicles
" Shorty's Museum " a * it's called is
another place lo lie sure lo see al this
year's F a ir and Kodeo
" A great
worker for fa ir.' Feck has contri
huled m any volunteer hours at Ihe
fa ir grounds
Check the d aily schedule for lim e
and location of his rope m aking
dem onstration
T h a i's a skill you
won I want to miss learning
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