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B a H M M P O H M » ) FOURTEEN - Special Edition Morrow County Fair & Rodeo Heppner Gazette-Times, Wednesday, August 7, 1996 A horse's eye view of M.C. court activities Special Edition Morrow County Fair lots of other horses and buggies and odd stuff. It's not much fun to stand there for an hour or more while people come by and stare at us. Sometimes they come back and put a ribbon on my saddle. Then we finally walk down one of those trails with real hard dirt with everyone else in line. There's not much to see but a bunch of people; they clap and yell because we horses look so good. Our girls wave to them to tell them to clap some more. When we get to the end of the route, it's back in the trailer and when they let me out, my girl isn't there, just her people. She comes along after I've had a drink of water and a bit of hay. She's wearing more normal clothes now, so she puts my saddle back on and we go in an arena with a bunch of other horses and walk and lope around a bit. It's not so bad really; sometimes we get to trot along with other horses. After all the horses go out of the arena, we go back in one at a time, and the people love us. We run around the rail as fast as we can with our girls mo tioning the people to clap while they tell the people about us. It doesn't last long, but it sure is fun. The people really like us horses, too. After we run around the arena, we usually stand in a row while some loud music plays to honor us and then we run out of the arena with everybody clapping and yelling again. It doesn't last very long, but it's the most im portant part of the day. We go get back in the trailer and 1 have to move around some in the trailer to let my people know it's important to get me right home to my pasture again. By this time I'm tired and I want my own water trough and not just a bucket. me water and a string bag with hay, but it's not like having the freedom to wander around my pasture. When they let me get out of the trailer, my girl's people put my after-bath stuff away and start brushing and combing, like she hadn't already done it. They spray stuff on me to make my coat shine and put some thing in my mane and tail to make it shine. They even paint my hooves. I usually make my girl clean my face and ears because I don't understand why she has to let them bother with me at all. And, I like her better. They get my saddle and stuff and the silly people put grass Walking along the parade route with something funny-colored behind my saddle; I don’t know how they expect me to Do you know how cold the puts a funny-looking bag on water in a garden hose is at 3 my tail. She even puts a blanket eat it that way. I expected my a m ? Usually, my girl bathes on me when she's through girl to straighten them out the me in the afternoon when it's scrubbing and it does feel good first time they did it, but she warm and comfortable, but when the water's cold, but just left it that way. sometimes she wants to squirt even if the sun's warm she Anyway, when we do this, that cold water on me in the covers me up like I'm a year she has on some funny-looking Gardeners can enter vegetables in fair ling. cool morning. stuff, not what she normally I don't know if it's all worth The afternoon bath is more wears to go for a ride with me Home gardeners who like judges look for vegetables that it or not. She combs by mane, comfortable, but then 1 have to at all. We are always with the competition can begin prepar are at their best for eating. combs and braids my tail and stand all night tied to my some other horses and their ing their best vegetable pro Select normal-sized vegetables cleans my hooves. Then she trailer-boring. Sure, she gives girls. We all get in a line with duce for local judging competi that are ready to serve. Vege tion at the Morrow County tables scarred by insects should not be entered. Also discard Fair. The first step in entering vegetables marred by disease, vegetables in the fair for judg rough handling or careless cul PO RT OF M ORROW ing competitions is getting a tivation. M ORROW CO UN TY OREGON copy of the Fair Premium Book, Uniformity-entry vegetables P. O. Box 200, Boardman, OR 97818 which contains exhibition rules should be similar in size, Ph. 481-7678 • Fax 481-2679 for vegetables. The 1996 Fair shape, color, texture and stage Books are available from the of maturity. Fair office, the Extension office Size-contrary to popular opi and at city post offices and nion, large entries do not have businesses. the competitive edge over other Follow the specific rules for entries (except for special en-‘ exhibiting vegetables. If the tries such as largest pumpkin, guidelines specify five items, watermelon or head of cab don't send three. Here are five bage). Largeness suggest W e are p ro u d to support the M orrow C ounty <Fair and%gdeo. guidelines for selecting winn coarseness, over-maturity and ing vegetables used by judges; possible poor quality. Medium Trueness to type-this simply sized vegetables are more Commissioners: Local Facilities: means selecting vegetables that typical of a variety and are most • Industrial land Dan Creamer, President look like they're supposed to. desired. • Airport and air industrial land Jerry Healy, V.P./Treasurer For example, tomatoes are sup Cleanliness-dirt detracts from • Container terminal Larry Lindsay, Secretary posed to be evenly round, so the natural attractiveness and Marv Padberg, Commissioner • General purpose dock facilities don't select one that is oblong conveys an unfavorable im Deane Seeger, Commissioner • Rail and interstate freeway and looks like a squash in pression to judges and the shape. public. MM Quality and condition-fair Free Estimates - Quality Workmanship LEXINGTON MACHINE WORKS The Morrow County Jackpot Rodeo, for Morrow County residents and county school alumni only, will be held Sun day, Aug. 18, at 1:15 p.m. at the Morrow County Fair grounds. Slack will be at 10 a.m., with two go-arounds in team roping at 10 a.m. The events and sponsors are as follows: All Around Buckle-Les Schwab Tire Center; Steer Wrestling Buckle- Turner Ranch; Cow Riding Buckle-Coast to Coast; Calf Riding Buckle-Paul Hisler, Jr. Family; Senior Goat Tying Buckle- Gar Aviation, John and Kelly Boyer; Junior Goat Tying Buckle- Dick Temple, D.V.M.; Team Roping (Header) Buckle-Pettvjohn's Farm and Builders Supply; Team Roping (Heeler) Buckle-Heritage Land Com pany; Amateur Calf Roping Saddle- Pioneer Resources; Open Calf Roping "Neil Beamer Memorial" Spurs- Beamer Family, made by Ken ny Hansen; Calf Roping Buckle-Van Marter and Kahl Insurance; Mutton Bustin' Buckle-Court St. Market and Frontier Buck- les; Breakaway Roping Breast Collar-Green Feed and Seed; Senior Barrels Watch-Peter- son's Jewelers; Second Place Senior Barrels Jewelry-Montana Silversmiths; Junior Barrels Buckle-Healy Family; Second Place Junior Barrels Jewelry-Montana Silversmiths; Pee Wee Barrels Buckle- Wranglers Riding Club; Audience Program Jewelry Giveaway-Montana Silver smiths. The entry fee will be $50 for the amateur calf roping (two head, saddle), which is limited to those with less than $5,000 lifetime earnings; $45 for team roping (per man, top eight teams in short go); $45 steer wrestling (one head); $45 open calf roping (one head); $30 breakaway roping (one head); $35 cow riding; $35 calf riding (ages nine-13, can use two hands); $20 goat tying (boys and girls nine-13, girls only 14-18); $15 pee wee barrel rac ing (12 and under); $20 junior barrel racing (13-17); $30 senior barrel racing (18 and over); $1 stickhorse race (five and under groups, Sheree Mahoney will take entries); $20 mutton bustin' (must ride with rope- first 36 entries only, 12 each on Friday, Saturday and Sunday). To enter, call Marlene Currin, Coast to Coast £ 106 E May Ave. ¡•j rr Morrow County Rodeo secre tary, 676-9711, Sunday and Monday, Aug. 11-12, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Fees are due by Thursday, Aug. 15. Mail to Currin, Rt. 2 Box 2290, Heppner, OR 97836. The rodeo office at the fair grounds will be open Tuesday- Friday, 5:15-8 p.m. Tickets for the Morrow County Jackpot Rodeo will be $5, with children six and under admitted free. 1995 rodeo action • * v Stick horse participants get a little help Tickets Available at: r! ¡•! Sardner s Men s Wear IS 676-9961 405 W Main Street ^ ( 541 ) ■ DBA: Dobyns Pest Control John, Jean & Jim Jepsen, Chuck Holt & Arlynda Cates bmmmmmmmmm Phone 422-7180 -V » ». CCB #79070 îk v ' V.* L S' lone, Oregon 97843 H e rm isto n O regon Green Feed Red s Clothing Co P endleton O regon Dodge City Inn or Call B oa rdm a n O regon 6 7 6 -5 2 3 3 mi Coast We Fight Disease Through Pest Control and Sanitation Lexington. Oregon 97839 989-8505 or after hours ( 541 ) 989-8132 f rn/uteK / III RoeMark s H eppner O regon H eppner O regon ------------- ¡M Jepsen Pest Control, Inc. Have Fun at the Fair & Rodeo Rodeo Heppner Gazette-Times, Wednesday. 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