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
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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.
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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
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'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
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Airport and air industrial land
Containerterminal
General purpose dock facilities
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Heppner Branch Staff