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Special Edition • Morrow County Fair and Rodeo • Heppner Gazette-Times, Wednesday. August 6, 2003 - Page 13 4-H Snack Shack helps fund 4-H council Fair goes enjoy a cold drink and snacks at last year’s 4-H Fair Snack Shack. The 4-H Snack Shack produces the m ajor source o f in c o m e f o r th e M o rr o w County 4-H Leaders Council. The council uses this incom e to provide such program s as 4 -H c a m p , 4 -H T e e n L e a d e r s h ip R e tr e a t, a n d m aterials for all 4-H program areas. T he L eaders C ouncil also funds m any fair aw ards. All 4-H members benefit from the proceeds that are earned by the Snack Shack. M a n y 4 -H le a d e rs help in the Snack Shack at fair. T hey do this b ecau se they understand how important the p r o c e e d s a re to th e 4 -H p r o g r a m . H o w e v e r , th e leaders are so busy at fair it is not rig h t to ask them to take care o f their 4-H club and then work even longer in the Snack Shack. Parents o f 4-H m em bers, this is an opportunity for you to help your children and your ch ild ’s 4-H leader. Volunteer to help in the Snack Shack. Listed below are the different c o m m u n itie s and th e re s p e c tiv e d a y m a n a g e rs. Please call them and volunteer to help at the Snack Shack. If you c a n ’t help the day your com m unity is responsible for th e S n a c k S h a c k , j u s t vo lu n teer to help w henever you can. S n ack S h ack D ay M anagers: W ednesday, Aug. 13, fo r lo n e , S h e lly K ey; Thursday, Aug. 14, for Irrigon, Glaya Baker; Friday, Aug. 15, for Heppner, K im C utsforth; and Saturday, A ug. 16, for B o a rd m a n , R u n n is h a M cNam ee. Mini Carnival joins fair N ew this year, the A dopt a Teacher foundation will be h av in g a m ini carnival o f exciting booths from 1 -4 p.m., on W ednesday, A ug. 13. Awards Program planned for August 16 D o you ever feel there is too m uch em phasis placed on w h a t is w ro n g w ith youth today? Here is your chance to s e e w h a t is g r e a t a b o u t M o rro w C o u n ty y o u th — attend the M orrow C ounty F a ir A w a rd s p r o g r a m , Saturday, A ug. 16, at 4:30 p.m. in the W ilkinson Arena. The Awards Program is a must for 4-H youth, parents and le a d e rs a n d a n y o n e w h o enjoys young people. All fair categories are re c o g n iz e d a t th e A w ards Program , 4-H and open class. It is alw ays fun to see youth receive the traditional “Grand C h a m p io n ” and “Outstanding....” awards. But it is also fun to see younger m e m b e rs r e c e iv e th e “ C h am p io n Ju n io r C o okie M aker” or “M ost Enthusiastic Beginner Livestock M ember” awards. M o s t a w a r d s a re p u rch a se d by th e M orrow C ounty 4-H Leaders Council with funds raised by volunteers through the donor cam paign or Snack Shack operation. T h ese aw ards are separate from fair prem ium awards. E v e r y y o u th w h o c o m p le te s p r o je c t requirements, registers for fair on tim e and com petes is a w inner. E n co u rag e fam ily, neighbors and friends o f 4-H m em bers to attend the awards p ro g ra m and c o n g ra tu la te youth for their participation in th e 2003 M o rro w C o u n ty Fair. ____________ Columbia Basin Electric Co-op Extends our congratulations and best wishes to all the participants in the M o r r o w C o u n t y F a ir and O r e g o n T r a il P r o R o d e o 171 Linden Way, Heppner • 676-9146 Fair encourages attendees to keep clean It turns out M om was really right. W ashing your hands after touching anim als, especially the barnyard type, is essential in preventing the spread o f b acterial diseases such a s E . coli. The M orrow County Fair is stepping up its efforts this year to encourage all fairgoers to w ash th eir hands p rio r to eating the ham b u rg ers and fries, etc., especially if those hands have been petting the 4- H anim als, or any other. ‘W ashing you hands is quick, easy and very effective in preventing m any bacterial diseases, especially E. co li,” said F a ir S e c re ta ry R enee Yocom . “ W e plan to rem ind ou r cu sto m ers often to w ash their hands and to refrain from eating w hile in the livestock bams (Wilkinson Arena, etc.),” she continued. Also children’s toys and accessories should be stored aw ay w hile in these areas. N u m e ro u s s ig n s encouraging hand washing will be placed in strategic areas around the bams, especially at entrances and exits. Two hand w ashing stations will also be available; one by the food area a n d a n o th e r o u ts id e th e W ilkinson arena. A table with information about E. coli will be in the W ilkinson Arena. The M orrow County F a ir w ants all fairg o ers to enjoy the fair, so that’s why we are asking everyone to help prevent bacterial diseases by w a sh in g y o u r h a n d s a fte r p etting anim als and before eating. D iseases such as E. coli can be stopped in their tracks by simply washing your hands w ith soap and water. So please rem em ber to w ash up at the M orrow C ounty Fair A ugust 13-17, 2003. 4-H continues strong programs M orrow C ounty 4-H has a total o f 395 m em bers and 69 leaders participating in the 4 -H y o u th d e v e lo p m e n t program. There are 118 youth enrolled in Hom e Economics and Expressive Arts projects a n d 30 in th e 4-H H orse p r o g r a m . T h e liv e s to c k program has a total o f 195 youth enrolled in large animal p ro je c ts a n d 13 in sm all anim al. In the N orth end, there are 118 youth enrolled in the Soccer Club, nine in the Folkloric D ance C lub, eight enrolled in the Sew ing Club and eight in the C o m p u ter Club. M any 4-H m em bers are in m ore than one club. Som e have m ore than one anim al or hom e econom ics p ro ject. S everal m em b ers crossover in curriculum areas. “We encourage 4-H members to try new projects in different a reas,” said Bill B roderick, O SU Extension agent. B roderick added that it is a ls o i m p o r ta n t fo r m em bers to get involved in o t h e r a c t i v i t i e s s u c h as presentations, pre-fair clinics, c a m p , cam p c o u n s e lo r tra in in g , T een L e a d e rsh ip Retreat, O SU Sum m er Days, 4-H A m b assad o r or K now Your State G overnm ent. As m e m b e rs c h a lle n g e them selves in other activities, they develop life skills they can use the rest o f their lives, said Broderick. M orrow C ounty has fourteen 4-H Ambassadors for the 2002-03 4-H year: Shanna R ietm ann, M adison Bailey, Blair Keithley, Brooke Rust, K y le H u d d le s to n , K y le r Lovgren, Brian H aguew ood, Daniel Jepsen, all o f Heppner. M e g an M c C a b e o f lo n e , Sarah M cN am ee and Kori D irks o f Irrigon, and Jace Jones, Esm eralda Padilla and Lexi Kennedy o f Boardman.
