2005 Morrow County Queen Jessica
Wainwright has roots in fair and rodeo
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Queen Jessica with her ‘love hug'
Queen Jessica
Wainwright
Blue Eyes
Red Hair
VOL. 124
NO. 33
8 Pages
Wednesday, August 17,2005
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Bash a car at the fair
A big bull's eye on the back window of the “Car Bash" car marks the “favorite” spot.
The Morrow County Fair is sponsoring a “Car Bash” throughout the fair to raise
funds for the new fair dormitory. A vehicle will sit in a fenced-off area of the parking lot
and for $5 you can bash away for one minute with the provided sledgehammer or
carpenter’s hammer. O f course, there will be safety requirements such as no open-toed
shoes or climbing on the vehicle and safety glasses will be provided.
Bashing will go on each day of the fair from noon to 8 p.m. until there is nothing
left to bash.
Professional rodeo still going strong
in Heppner S M aturday,
the fam ous are close and personal to the
orrow C ounty Jackpot rodeo action. There truly is
Eighty-three years of
professional rodeo is still
going strong in Heppner.
This weekend NPRA action
will be in full swing at the
rodeo arena on Aug. 19 and
20. This rodeo is the third
largest NPRA rodeo in the
Pacific Northwest so the top
cowboys and cowgirls come
to try their luck.
O ver
350
contestants are entered over
the entire w eekend. The
Friday performance starts off
at 6:30 p.m., with mutton
b u stin ’ and G rand Entry
begins at 7 p.m. Saturday’s
action b egin s w ith the
“Woolie Riders” at 12:45
p.m ., and the first chute
should open about 1:15 p.m.
If you can’t make Friday or
Rodeo is still available on
Sunday at 1:15 p.m. So bring
the kids, family and friends
for a weekend of family fun.
Stock
w ill
be
sponsored this year by B-
Bar-D Inc. and they promise
some sure fire action from
the chutes. The announcer
will be Kedo Olson from
Redmond and the bullfighter
th is y ear w ill be Tim
V redenburg and G eorge
Kinter wiU be the entertainer.
They will keep the crowd
laughing and inv o lv ed
through the entire show.
The facilities at the
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo are
som e o f the best in the
N orthw est. There is easy
access for handicap parking
and front row co v ered
handicap facilities. All seats
Like many o f her
predecessors, 2005 Fair and
Rodeo Court Queen Jessica
W ainw right has a deep
family heritage in fair and
rodeo. Her mother. Stacey
(Kennedy) Wainwright was
a member of the court in
1985 and a pennant bearer
in 1983. She is a member of
the Fair Board, leads a 4-H
Club and is the official court
chaperone. Her dad, Buzz,
who has helped out with the
4-H C lub and F air and
Rodeo Court a lot this year,
rodeoed himself “back in the
d ay ,” says Jessica. H er
m atern al g ran d p aren ts,
Larry and Ellen Kennedy,
have long been active in 4-
H and on the Fair Committee
and her aunt, Denise Riddle,
is on the fair board. Jessica
herself was a princess on the
court last year and was a
pennant bearer in 2000. She
has been involved in sheep
4-H for the past nine years,
was a junior leader for the
4-H Sheep Club, Critters
w ith A ttitu d e , has been
involved in dog 4-H for the
past three years and over the
years has volunteered in the
fair office. Jessica’s family
also includes her brother,
Bubba, 15, who will be a
sophomore at Heppner High
School this year.
On top of all her fair
and rodeo activities, the
spunky, five fo o t-eig h t
redhead is busy with a ton
o f o th er a ctiv itie s. This
summer, with her dad’s help,
she has been working on her
b elo v ed 1972 o ff-w h ite
“ B ug” . The Volkswagen,
which has “a few electrical
p ro b le m s ,” has been
decorated with wings on its
hood and pinstripes down
the side. “Dad’s a mechanic,
but right now we're learning
together— neither one of us
speaks G e rm a n ,” jo k e s
Jessica, referring to the bug’s
land of origin. “I’m definitely
not the mechanic my dad and
brother are, but I'm kind of
catching on.”
W hen s h e ’s not
riding or fixing the “problem
of the month” on her bug.
Queen Jessica is riding her
horse. Jazz, a 13-year-old
quarter horse mare, that she
not a bad seat in the house.
The Spur Em’ bam is on the
east end of the arena for
re fre sh m en ts
w ithout
missing out on the rodeo
action. Plenty of food, drinks
and booths will be available
as well. VIP seats are still
available and advanced seats
can be purchased from Lynn
Dee Ramos at 676-9451 and
credit cards are accepted.
These are reserved so ushers
will escort you to your seats.
Bench seating is available at
the gate as well for only $8.
T he all around continued page seven
saddle is back this year.
S p o n so red th ro u g h the
Oregon Trail Booster Club
this gorgeous saddle will be
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2005 Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Queen
Jessica WainwTight
Unity man hired to replace
retiring Neiffer at lone
The lone School
District is in the process of
ramping up for the start of
the ’05-06 school year. ISD
A d m in istrato r
Bryn
Browning told the board at
th e ir re g u la r m eeting
M onday
night
that
registration for students with
incom plete schedules or
conflicts will be held on
T hursday, Aug. 25, by
ap p o in tm en t only. P re
registration was completed
in June.
Browning also told
the board that K evin
Campbell from Unity has
been hired as the science/
m ath teach er to replace
Duane Neiffer, who retired
effective Aug. 1.
Sports physicals for
lone students will be held
Monday, Aug. 22, at 6 p.m.
at the school and are free of
ch arg e. S tu d en ts are
required to have a physical
ev ery o th e r y ear to be
eligible to play sports.
SMART training will
be conducted by coordinator
Linda Neiffer on Thursday,
A ug.
18.
V olunteer
applications are available at
the school office. Collier’s
M arket,
W heatland
Insurance-lone and the lone
Post Office.
The lone staff in-
service will be held Aug. 23-
25.
The to-do list, which
includes a new art classroom
in the shop, a new cafeteria
window and built-in desk,
moving the ice machine and
v ario u s plum bing and
e lec trica l jo b s has been
completed. Installation of
new sinks in the shop cannot
he completed until the city
of lone fixes a broken water
v alv e, w hich B row ning
requested.
The new gutters are
w orking c o rre ctly and
flooding to the cafeteria has
been eliminated by removing
the wall gutter and routing
the w ater to a d ifferen t
location. The splash guards
along the hreezeway are also
red u cin g the am ount o f
water the wind carries into
the area.
Browning reported
that she is working with a
trainer from North Central
ESD for English Language
Learner training.
B row ning
also
reported that the school's
A nnual Y early P rogress
results are inaccurate for
language arts. lone School
District met requirements in
all other areas. Incorrect
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w e w ill be clo sed
SATURDAY, AUG. 2 0 .
HAVE FUN AT THE M X ‘ EAIR
AND RODEO! SEE YOU THERE!
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