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Special Edition • Morrow County Fair and Rodeo • Heppner Gazette-Times Wednesday. August 8, 2007 - Page 11 Jarreid Miller, Ashley Anderson Morrow County Fair & Rodeo pennant bearers the fair and rodeo court, he enjoys playing football and wrestling. He has had sheep, beef, goat, poultry and horse 4-H projects. He and his family have many animals on their “hobby farm.” He also likes reading science fiction. Pennant bearer Ash- ley Anderson also has a sister on the 2007 court. Princess Makayla Anderson. Ashley, 15, is the daughter o f Larry and M arcia A nderson o f Boardman. Her grandpar ents are Mick and Maxine Cimmiyotti o f Hermiston. This fall Ashley w ill be a sophomore at Riverside Junior/Senior High School. She is a member o f National Honor Society and played on the JV basketball team. She participates in the 4-H with horse and steer proj ects. clothing construction and fashion revue. She is also a member o f the Irrigon High School FFA club. Synergy band to perform at fair Ashley Anderson (left) and Jarreid Miller Ja rre id M ille r o f H eppner and Ashley A n derson o f B oardm an are serving as Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Pennant Bearer this year. Jarreid, the son o f Reid and Sheila Miller o f Lexington, joins his sister, Josie Miller, on the court as Josie is fair and rodeo queen this year. Jarreid , w ill be a ninth-grader at Heppner Ju- nior/Senior High School this fall, has grandparents who live locally, Joe and Bon- naRae Miller, Heppner, and George and Myrna Sieler, Lexington. Besides serving on A band with local ties is coming to the Morrow County Fair this year. “Syn ergy,” w ith former Heppner resident Nathan Johnson, will perform on Friday, Au gust 17, from 4-6 p.m. The band co n sist o f five members: Nathan Johnson, 17, has played bass guitar for three years. He became interested in mu sic when he was in Wendy Appleton's fifth-grade band class in Heppner. Since then he has moved to Tigard and, along w ith other members of the band, plays in the Tigard High School guitar class. El liott Hocker, 16, also plays guitar. He has been playing guitar for tw o years. He started playing piano and trumpet in fifth grade and currently plays the French horn. He also enjoys writing songs for the band. M ar cus Williams, 18, a recent graduate from Tigard High School, has played guitar for three years and also enjoys w riting songs for the band. Autumn Briggs, 17, also a recent graduate from Tigard High School, plays guitar and sings vocal when needed. She has been Synergy (left to right): top-Autumn Briggs, Marcus Williams; hottom-F.lliott Mocker, Nathan Mocker, Nathan Johnson The band is influ singing since third grade. She continued through high enced by many different school at Tigard and also types of music, but mostly enjoys a jazz/rock com bi joined the guitar program there. The final band mem nation. ber is Nathan Hocker, nine, who plays drums. He has been playing for over 2-'/ j years, when he received his first set for Christmas and The Morrow County began taking lessons. His Fair has twp new classes this older brother used to let year. In Canning, a class for him jam with him and his nuts (Class L-Nuts) has been friends, but now the band is added. The other addition playing at different gigs. is in Crafts where Class I- Work in Progress was added for those “not quite done” projects. “ We hope you will exhibit in these classes this year,” said fair secretary IONE OFFICE MF.PPNF.R OFFICE Ren’ee Yocom. “If you have 265 N. Main Street, lone 187 N. Main Street, Heppner any ideas for something new (541)422-7410* I-800-585-7410 (541) 676-9113 • I-800-504-9115 next year please fill out a HAVE FUN AT T H E EAI Ft! suggestion card at the fair Jim, \ancy, Stacie, Steve, Janet, Kim. Karen and Terri office.” Two new fair classes offered
