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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.
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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
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106 E May Ave.
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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.
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