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»9 Special Edition MorrowCountyFair4 Rodeo Heppner Gazette-Times, Wednesday, August6,1997 Activities planned for fair Safety Day ' ■ ■ '.i « Everyone is invited to come on out to the fair on Friday, August 15, for Safety Day. One of the activities planned for Safety Day will be learning about drug awareness and meeting the Morrow County Sheriff’s K-9 cop. The Heppner Fire Department plans to have a "smoke house" so kids can leam first hand what it’s like to be in a smokey house and leam the procedure for escaping. The NRA has sent free literature on gun safety for the kids. Smokey the Bear will be there to help kids leam about our national forest and how to be safe in the woods. Wally Wisecracker will be on hand to teach us what to do in case of an emergency. "We hope you will come to the fair and leam about safety issues," said a fair spokesperson Youth Parade J Bring your kids in at 11:30 a m. Thursday to participate in the Youth Parade. The theme this year is "Boots, Jeans and Cowboy Dreams." All participants 18 and younger will receive a silver dollar for entering. Twice Around Revue I The Twice Around Style Review, set for Friday, August 15, is being held with the cooperation of the United Church of Christ Thrift Store in Condon and the South Morrow County Neighborhood Center. Come and enjoy the fun and see the many outfits you can find. Seed Spitting Contest The fair will have another favorite back from last year. The Watermelon Seed Spitting contest is planned this year for Saturday at 4 p.m. Come see who can spit the farthest. There will be three age groups and prizes for the winners. Street Dance & Karaoke Friday and Saturday nights there will be Karaoke at 9:30 at the fairgrounds. Come kick up your heels and sing along. Pedal Power Kids may want to start building up their leg muscles for the Pedal Power Tractor Driving Contest, sponsored by Pioneer Implement of Hermiston on Wed., Aug. 13, at 5 p.m. Pioneer Implement donates their time and furnishes all the prizes for this popular contest. Master Gardener clinic slated for fair The Blue Mountain Master Gardeners are conducting their annual Morrow County Fair Plant Clinic at the Morrow County Fair. If you have any questions about gardening, a garden problem, weed or pest bring it to the fair on Thursday, August 14, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.. The booth will be set up in the picnic area. For more information, call the Morrow County Extension office, (541) 676-9642. Fair phone numbers The telephone number for the fair office is 676-9474. The 4-H office at the fairgrounds during fair week is 676-9451. Plenty to eat at the county fair Jan Coe and Pam Piper are once again organizing a busy crew this year to help feed the hungry Monday through Saturday at the 4-H Snack Shack during the Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo August. On their menu this year are the usual hamburgers, chicken strips, nachos and fries but this year they are also adding a variety of sub sandwiches to their menu. They are also open for breakfast Thursday through Saturday. Shalimar will back this year with his popular chicken fajitas, chicken or beef kabobs, Hawaiian chicken and fried nee. New to the fair this year but not to Heppner is Bernard Lind. Bernard has been selling elephant ears, caramel apples, frozen chocolate covered bananas, cotton candy and popcorn during St Patnck's weekend for several years and this year he is also going to be joining us at the fair. CR's Hawaiian Ice Co. will have available fresh juice, apple cider, tropical tea, Hawaiian Coffee, shaved ice and Italian sodas for a nice cool, refreshing treat. The Heppner Nazarene Church will be selling German sausages and sauerkraut. Of course in the middle kitchen fairgoers will be able to purchase delicious homemade pie from the senior citizens and stuffed baked potatoes from Soroptimist International of Heppner. Oregon's Best prizes arrive The prizes for the contest winners of the Oregon’s Best recipes have arrived. Mugs, t- shirts, hats and coupons are some of the items that participants will win. Oregon's Best recipes and requirements are found on pages 50-59 of the Morrow County Fair Premium Book Recipes include appetizers, breads, cookies, cakes and pickles and there will even be a watermelon seed spitting competition sponsored by the Hermiston Watermelon growers on Saturday, Aug. 16, at 4 p.m . Fair Committee busy getting fair ready . • *< • The Morrow County Fair Committee has been busy the past months getting ready for the 1997 Morrow County Fair. The Fair Committee was in the St. Patrick’s Day parade in March handing out information on their new project this year. The All Alaskan Racing Pigs. The new project has been interesting and a challenge for the committee members. The committee gave out pig programs and schedules at five parades hoping to get people to come to the fair and rodeo to watch the entertainment. Joe Yocom furnished his time and team for the committee at some parades. The committee also had a new fair sign made which was put up by Larry Kennedy. Committee members decided to see how artistic they were by making banners to hang on the hall and making schedules for display The committee said they enjoyed listening and reading different literature on performing acts and inviting them to come to the fair. The committee would like to hear comments on the fair this year and ideas for next year's fair. Everyone is invited to look at the entertainment schedule for more information on local talent performing this year. New open class category for fair A new classification will be found in several open class departments this year. The professional category has been formulated this year to enable professionals to display their items for the public to see and enjoy. These exhibits will not be judged. A “professional" is defined in the premium book as "one who frequently accepts money for the teaching or selling of an item". 31MWZ Relaxed pit Cowboy Cut Jeans The Western Originar’ EVERYBODY'S HOMETOWN STORE Hermiston 567-5591 4 Milton-Freewater 938-5551 Pendleton 276-7611 Í ; £ -,
