Heppner gazette-times., August 07, 1985, Page NINE, Image 19

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Queen. these tickets were then tal
lied and ! hr totals announced The
competition grew (rum work to week
until it b n a m f almost a frenzy from
grange to grange lile final night at
the o ld Fair Pavilion a as nearly a
not as each group became hound to
select their girl as queen
It » a *
great money maker for the Kodeo
Dance Committee, hut after 1W7 the
Kodeo Association choae a different
method for the selection for the
Queen
Candidates were chosen
from each grange h> popular vote of
the Kodeo Committee This calmed
down the rivalry between granges
hut the Kodeo Dance Committee
nearly went in the red
After he( reign as Queen and as a
special guest of the Pendleton
Round up llenr entered the St
Anthony Hospital School for Nursing
in Pendleton and graduated as an
K N
She then attended the l m
versify of Oregon Medical School
and specialized in Public Health
Nursing While living in Portland
llene met and m a rried
Kill
Richard*. a flight instructor for the
Koval ( anadian Airforce In June of
ive*> llene returned to Heppner and
tie* ame the first Nursing Supers isor
for Pioneer Memorial Hospital
llene and Hill were blessed with four
children
twins Joann K icct.
Olympia Washington and Jennifer
Simpson Redmond Oregon Kenny
Richards of Areata California and
Nancy K ettendorf of
Areata
('aliform.i There were -»even grand
children all of whom are planning to
be in attendance at the ims Fair and
Kodeo to root their grandmother on
as one of the greatest (»rand
Marshals ever chosen
Hill and llene move to \rc.tta
California M years ago
After
retiring they moved to Mi Kenlev
ville California where llene still
resides Bill died in IM I
In the (vast 5u soars and even
before that, we have had many
\ugu»l 7 ISN.» N|\F
grai tous and beautiful Queens hut
let us all welcome hac k Queen llene
hennv Ric hards as this year *
(¿rand Marshal
she is truly an
honor to Morrow County
llene Richarch
•H l disp lays cK activities
attract m a n y to fair
An action packed week of Fair and
Kudco will he kicked into an am
mated gallop on August 10 and II.
when the first of Morrow founty *
equine* and riders s trp o ff a lively
pace
Saturday. August 1 0 . 4)1 Horse
Members will put forth their Itesl
efforts reflecting the months of
hors«* training devoted to individual
mounts From basic skills such as
colt ground training riders vie for
all around honors in each age
bracket, which includes scores from
showmanship western equitation
and the choiceof Fnglish equitation
or trail class
Further skills are
shown in the advanced equitation
divisions as well as the exciting
high fly ing hunt seal equitation over
fem e* A new addition to this year s
show is the inclusion of pole bending
and harrel racing for 4 II horse
enthusiasts
Skills acquired through the 4 H
horse program include judging,
hors«* care and training to enrich
and encourage indiv iduality in the
many facets of the horse world
Some ec events begin prior to fair
with judging of the Fashion Revue
on Tuesday. August 1.1
Young
models faith girls and l«ov s w ill show
th«*ir handmade fashions as well as
their most favorite outfits for the
judges comments A public fashion
revue will In* staged on Thursday
evening One of the crowd pleasers
the public fashion show alway*
attracts a large crowd who come h
admire th«* expertise of models u*>
well as their sewing skills
The public is invited and encour
aged to visit all the 4 H exhibits, both
in the 4 II Annex and the barns Fail
is the one time that all 4 II shows the
accomplishments and new skills of
the members a full schedule of 4 If
events is listed elsewhere in this
sp«*fial fair edition
Three full days of home ec activity
incur in the Annex
Finn! club
members especially enjoy an
audience as thev prepare their
s|tecialties on Thursday and F riday
P resentation s or dem onstrations
will lake center stage on Thursdav
w hile the livestock auction on
F riday night tops off the excitement
for livestock members There's also
a lot to s«*e in that area as »In-
experts p arade th eir carefu lly
groomed stock before the judge or
test their skills in showmanship
competing for s|M*oal awards They
are there to show you their l»est
They d like you to In- there to see it
all tuipp«*n
l>onT mis* a minute of this action
It makes you so proud of the Morrow
County youth, concludes Tull»*
Blue M t. Fiddle rs to entertain
The Blue Ml Old Tim e F iddlers
is just one of the many fiddling
orgam/aht»ns throughout the 1 mted
Stales They perform at various
functions
throughout
F.astern
Oregon such as local festivals and
celebrations, fairs, benefit shows
jam sessions, contests, and nursing
homes there are over 100 members
from the Northwest
The objectives of old time fiddling
organizations are
To promote and perpetuate old
time fiddling and folk music
A sm »
To encourage young people to
develop their musical talents and
afford them ojqmrtunities to j *- i
form in public
To help brighten the lives of
shut ins
To hold jam sessions for m em­
bers own enjoyment as well at
education the public to the value of
this type of entertainment
Members aren't only fiddlers •
some play guitar, has*, mandolin,
banjo saws piano jews harp, of
accordian