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Page 12-Special Edition Morrow County Fair & Rodeo Heppner Gazette-Times, Wednesday, August 6,1997 County rodeo features local favorites This year's Morrow County Jackpot Rodeo, for Morrow County residents and alumni only, will be held Sunday, August 17, at 1:15 p.m. Slack, with two go-arounds will be at 10 a.m. that day. Tickets for the Morrow County Rodeo are $5 each with children six and under admitted free. The Kinzua Amateur Calf Roping Saddle, the Neil Beamer Memorial Spurs for the top open calf roper and trophy buckles donated by local merchants will be awarded at the rodeo. Events will include: amateur calf roping, team ropmg, steer wrestling, open calf ropmg, cow nding, break-away roping, calf riding (ages nine-13), goat tying (boys and girls, girls 14 and over, barrel racing (pee wee 12 and under, junior 13-17, senior 18 and over), stick horse race (seven and under) and mutton bustin'. Sponsors are as follows: all around buckle-Les Schwab Tire Center; steer wrestling buckle- Tumer Ranch; cow nding buckle-Coast to Coast; calf nding buckle-Pau! Hisler, Jr.; senior goat tying buckle-Gar Aviation, John and Kelly Boyer; junior goat tymg-Dick Temple, DVM; team roping header buckle-Pettyjohn's Farm and Builders Supply; team roping heeler buckle-Hentage Land Co.; calf roping buckle-Van Marter & Kahl Insurance; calf roping "Neal Beamer Memonal Spurs"- Beamer Family; mutton bustin' buckle-Court Street Market; breakaway roping breast collar- Green Feed & Seed; senior barrels watch-Peterson's Jewelers; junior barrels buckle- Healy Family; pee wee barrels buckle-Wranglers Riding Club; amateur calf roping saddle- Kmzua Resources. Rodeo announcer sees a lot of country OTPR rodeo plans two big PRCA shows The Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo will hold its 75th anniversary celebration with two big Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) shows. Performances will be held at the Morrow County Fairgrounds in Heppner on Friday, August 15, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, August 16, at 1:15 p.m. Slack time is 8 a m. Saturday. Announcer is Steve Kenyon and stock contractor will be the Big Bend Rodeo Company. The shows will also feature bull fighters Danny Newman and Mark Nichols, clown Flint "Elvis" Rasmussen, sponsored by Power Rents. The Olsons, sponsored by the Bank of Eastern Oregon, will be the featured Gardner's Men's Wear. Other 1997 sponsors include Graybeal Distributing, Bank of Eastern Oregon, Coca Cola, Morrow County Grain Growers, Les Schwab Tires, Thunder Country, Power Rents and Finley Butte landfill. The rodeo will also feature concessions and a beer garden. Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Committee members are: Mary Ann Munkers, Ken Bailey, Marlene Currin, Kathy Cutsforth, Ken Eckman, Jerry Gentry, Sue Gibbs, Bonnie Grant, Nicole Mahoney, Sherree Mahoney, Janet McDowell, Barry Munkers, Kyle and Darcy Robinson, Mike Proctor and Glenda Taylor. specialty act. The audience will be able to enjoy the new bleachers, including special VIP seating, at this year's performance. Ticket prices are as follows: VIP seating (10) seats, $360; adults, $8, children seven-12, $5 and six years and under free. The Mike Cumn Memorial Buckle will be awarded to the Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Champion Calf Roper. Sponsors are Brian and Susan Thompson, Eckman Construction, Bob and Sherree Mahoney, Buckm Roll Ranch, Ployhar Insurance, Jim and Susie Ward and Helen Currin. The PRCA all-around champion saddle is donated by Agricultural Testing Tumbling demo EXPERTS IN THE LAB! EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD! planned for fair AGRI-CHECK, INC. Kenyon's 12 years in rodeo have included lots of miles, plenty of bulls and bucking horses, great friends and memories and the chance to introduce audiences to the best Stove Kenyon Professional rodeo announcer Steve Kenyon will see a lot of rodeo and most of the west coast over the next few months and will "do his thing” this year at the Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo at the fairgrounds in Heppner Kenyon's 1997 rodeo tour will feature more than 35 rodeos and close to 100 performances al) the way from northern Idaho to southern California. telent in the sport of rodeo today. Besides the Morrow County OTPR rodeo, this year Steve's schedule is highlighted by a third year with the Salem Rodeo, a fourth year at the Eastern Oregon Livestock Show m Union and return visits to the Crooked River Roundup in Prineville and the King County Fair in Enumclaw, WA. Kenyon spends most of his time outside the arena helping his wife, Tracy, and son, Phillip, fine tune their barrel racing horses. The Kenyons live in Adams, just north of Pendleton where Steve is the sales and marketing manager for the Roundup Athletic Club. Cindy Sumner plans to have different age groups of her tumbling class students perform at the fair on Thursday, August 14 at 5 p.m. Cindy has taught tumbling for many years in this area and the kids have enjoyed learning all aspects to tumbling from her. Everyone is invited to come on out to the Morrow County Fair and watch the young gymnasts tumble, walk the beam, do the splits and fly through the air. AGRICULTURAL TESTING LABORATORY Computer Results Available — All Formats NOBODY BEATS OUR OUTPUT! 323 6th St. -- P.O. Box 1350 — Umatilla, Oregon 97882 (541) 922-4894 TOLL FREE 1-800-537-1129 PORT OF MORROW MORROW COUNTY OREGON P. O. Box 200, Boardman, OR 97818 Ph. 481-7678 • Fax 481-2679 Fair board busy with improvements The Morrow County Fair Board has been busy making improvements around the fairgrounds this year. Board members volunteered many hours to install a new water line. An addition to the 4-H office makes a nice meeting room and the fairgrounds also sports new livestock panels and new booths along the beef bam that will house the expanding small animal department. The Fair Board is still accepting donations for the new Multi-Purpose Arena that will be able to be used year-round for a variety of events. These events will not only benefit the fairgrounds but will also bring people to the community. Tax deductible donations may be made at the Bank of Eastern Oregon or the Morrow County Fair Office W rangler COWBOY B reakfast M orrow C ounty F airgrounds S unday , A ugust I 7 th 7:30 a m . -I 1:00 a m . 'We are proud to support the Morrow County Fair and(Rpdeo. Commissioners; Loral Facilities; Dan Creamer, President Jerry Healy, V.P./Treasurer Larry Lindsay, Secretary Marv Padberg, Commissioner Deane Seeger, Commissioner • • • • • Industrial land Airport and air industrial land Containerterminal General purpose dock facilities Rail and interstate freeway WELCOME... To Morrow County Fair & Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo $5.00 ADULTS $3.00 I 2 AND UNDER P ancakes , H am , E ggs ,_ H ashbrowns . C offee , M ilk Klamath ^st F We'd Be Honored. Heppner Branch Staff
