Page 12 - Special Edition • Morrow County Fair and Rodeo • Heppner G azette-Tim es, Wednesday, August 11, 2004
All about 4-H Programs
Morrow County 4-H
has a total of 333 members
and 52 leaders participating
in
the
4-H
youth
development program. For
many years Morrow County
4-H served the needs of its
youth with the traditional 4H
program. In the past, that
was ap p ro p riate
and
additional program m ing
was not needed. Three years
ago an outreach program for
under served youth coming
from
d ifferen t
socioeconomic and cultural
backgrounds was added to
address the changing
demographics at the north
end of Morrow County.
As our county
continues to change, we
found a real need to add “Ag
In The Classroom” to the
curriculum for all o f our
small rural towns. As we
w atch
the
changing
com m unities in M orrow
County, we see most of the
youth going to school living
in town and not on farms or
ranches as in the past. “Ag
In The Classroom” will help
to keep all the youth in our
sm all rural com m unities
aware of agriculture and its
contribution to society.
The m ost recen t
addition to the 4-H program
w on’t actually take place
until this fall at Heppner
High School. In late July,
David Fowler (teacher) and
Jon Cain (student) attended
a National 4-H Conference
on technology. They
participated in a GPS/GIS
track. They learned all about
GPS units and how they
work. They also received
software to bring back to the
Heppner High school to use
in the classroom. They are
part of a team of Oregon 4-
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There will be a community
service component to this
program. Students who take
this class will do community
service using the GPS/GIS
skills they have developed in
the classroom. This is a new
partnership in education
between Morrow County 4-
H and M orrow C ounty
School district. The students
are going to receive training
that n e ith e r the school
district nor 4-H could have
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Be amazed by The Amazing Larmay
around the grounds. The
Amazing Larmay has been
e n te rta in in g
fam ily
audiences for over 25 years.
He perfo rm s d azzlin g
d e c e p tio n s,
balloon
sculpturing and a variety of
magical feats.
Show your pet on
Friday
The Amazing Larmay
The Morrow County
F air is p re sen tin g The
Amazing Larmay who will
be entertaining fair patrons
on Wednesday from 11 a.m.-
12 p.m. and at 2 p.m. on
stage. At 12:30 p.m. and 4
p.m. he w ill be w alking
‘Left Waiting’-
new wave of
Christian music
to perform at
fair
‘L eft
W aitin g ’
has
performed at different youth
rallies this year and many
local youth may already be
familiar with this new wave
Christian band, a three-piece
band consisting of young
adults. They will be playing
on Friday, August 20, from
3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Come and
en jo y the new w ave o f
Christian Music.
The Pet Show will
be on F riday at 1 p.m .
R eceiv e a tre a t for the
ugliest and prettiest pet in
M orrow C ounty at the
U g liest & P re ttie st Pet
Show, d irectly after the
regular Pet Show.
Pedal Power
Tractor Pull
canceled this
year
Due to the sale of
Pioneer Implement to RDO
Equipment there will be no
Pedal Power Tractor Pull
this year. The M orrow
County Fair is hoping to
bring it back next year.
Round-Up City
Cloggers will
dance at fair
M aureen Roxbury
and her group of Cloggers
will be coming to the fair
this year. Come see them on
Friday, A ugust 20, from
6:30-7:30 p.m.
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