Special Edition Morrow County Fair & Rodeo • Heppner Gazette-Times. Wednesday. August 8. 2001-Page 13
Q ueen Tammy, P rin cess K elsey
Morrow County 4 -H helps build character
preside over festivities
Raising children to become decent
and responsible adults is a complex
and challenging job that is becoming
increasingly difficult in our society.
"To be a person o f good character,
youth must develop strengths o f the
4 "H's": head - they must know what
is good; heart - they must desire to
do the good; hands - they must be
willing to do good; and health - they
must develop a lifestyle that supports
the desire and willingness to do
good," said Bill Broderick, OSU
Extension agent. "The Morrow
County 4-H program strives to
develop good character in 4-H
members."
Qualities that define good
character have been debated by
various groups, said Broderick, but
in 1992, the Josephson Institute of
Ethics with the help o f scholars,
parents, youth workers and others
published the Aspen Declaration.
This Declaration has become the
cornerstone for the character
development education programs
in the United States. The Aspen
Declaration states:
1. The next generation will be
the stewards o f the world. 2. The
well being of society needs citizens
with good character. 3. People do
not automatically develop good moral
character. Children must be taught
so that they develop the values and
abilities necessary for moral decision
making and conduct. 4. Character
education is based on core ethical
Hands-on museum illustrates
pioneer living
Queen o f the 2001 Morrow
County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro
Rodeo is Tammy Booth, Board man.
Princess this year is Kelsey Greenup
o f Heppner.
Queen Tammy is the 16-year old
daughter o f Sherrie Smiley of
Boardman. Tammy is a home-
schooled student and this year has
taken on two grade levels.
Tammy is a long-time member
o f 4-H and participates in horse and
swine. She is an accomplished horse
person and has gone to the state Fair
in a variety of classes with her horses.
When she can find time in her busy
schedule, Tammy enjoys showing
horses in open and Class A horse
shows. Tammy likes to train horses
also, and does so with her mother.
Tammy showed at the Morrow
County Horse Show and she may
be competing at some of the rodeos
that she will be attending with the
court.
Tammy's official mount this year
is a black quarter horse mare named
Skips Passing Fancy and known
•as simply "Fancy." She is being
trained by Tammy and is just "green
broke". Tammy and Fancy spend
a lot of time together moving cattle,
showing and competing at rodeos.
Queen Tammy says she has
enjoyed her reign as Queen for the
2001 Morrow County Fair and
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo and hopes
to meet a lot of people from Morrow
County.
Princess Kelsey is the 16-year-old
daughter o f Greg and Janet Greenup
o f Heppner. She has three older
sisters, Amy, Sara and Kathleen.
Kelsey will be a senior this fall at
Heppner High School where she
is an honor student and is involved
in the W ild Horse Club and
participates in basketball.
Kelsey is a member o f the St.
Patrick Catholic Church. She is also
a 4-H member, in horses and sheep.
She is a member o f the Wranglers
Riding Club and Barrel Club.
Kelsey is continuing a long
standing family tradition by being
a member o f the Morrow County
Court. This tradition started with
her grandmother, Colleen Kilkenny
Greenup, and has continued with
aunts, cousins and sisters. Her
grandfather, Don Greenup, was
honored as grand Marshall m 1991.
Kelsey stays busy with her job,
riding her horse and spending time
with friends and family. She
especially enjoys going to the
mountains, hunting and going on
family cattle drives.
Kelsey's official mount for this
year's activities is her nine-year-old
mare named "Eat my Dust" Pnncess
Kelsey says she is looking forward
to seeing everyone at the Fair and
Rodeo this August.
Pioneer Living, an "incredible"
hands-on museum that families can
go through at their own pace, is
planned for the Morrow County Fair
Thursday through Saturday.
Displays in seven different
"Learning Centers" each feature a
different aspect o f life in the 1800s.
Each o f the seven displays houses
artifacts and antiques from the 1800s.
The seven Learning Centers are the
Kitchen, Clothing, Children’s, Gold
Rush, Ma and Pa. Crafts and Native
American. Hundreds o f items hav e
been collected for the displays, which
are all hands-on. In addition each
Learning Center also features an
activity station with one or more
hands-on activities, some o f which
have crafts to make and take home.
Children o f all ages will enjoy
this hands-on museum. Families can
come to the fair Thursday through
Saturday and get an idea o f w hat
life was like in the 180()s.
Get involved in M orrow County Fair
Have you ever attended a county
fair, looked at the exhibits and
thought to yourself, "I can do that"?
Whether it be baking, canning,
growing fruits, vegetables or flow ers,
sewing, crafts, taking pictures or
painting, there is a category for you
at the fair.
It is simple to become an active
participant. All you need to do is
to go to the fair office, pick up an
exhibitor number and a premium
sheet and then take the items to the
various departments on Monday.
August 13. between I p.m. and 8
p.m.
IaRae Kindle, fair secretary, will
be happy to answer any questions.
Office hours are Monday through
Friday from 8 a m.-noon and 1-5
p.m.
If you are a Morrow County
resident and also a new exhibitor,
please let the office staff know so
that your name can be put in the
drawing for a gift basket from the
Morrow County Fair.
values - pillars o f character
development-trustworthiness, respect
for others, responsibility, fairness,
caring, and citizenship. 5. These core
values transcend cultural, religious,
and socio-economic differences. 6.
Although character education is first
and foremost an obligation o f faith
communities, the community in
general, schools, and youth and
family serving organizations are also
responsible. 7. Youth have a better
chance o f learning moral values if
all groups work together to teach
and reinforce moral values. 8. Every
adult must take responsibility to
model and teach the pillars o f
character development.
"You can see," added Broderick,
that although this declaration was
only developed in 1992,4-H. as the
youth program o f the land-grant
universities
(Oregon
State
University) has been using similar
guidelines for the past 75 years."
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