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Page 12 - Special Edition • Morrow County Fair and Rodeo • Heppner Gazette-Times, Wednesday, August 8, 2007 Queen Josie Miller follows a family heritage o f ‘Showin’ and Ropin' 2007 Morrow Coun ty Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Queen Josie Miller not only grew up with a love o f animals and the rodeo, hut she also follows a fam ily heritage. Her mother, Sheila (Sieler) Miller was a member o f the court some 20 years ago. “ I alw ays enjoyed junior rodeo and 4-H horse projects,” says Queen Josie. “ A nd we have so m any pets-everything under the sun. We have a small hobby farm and raise cattle, sheep and goats. We are also rais ing bottle calves this year.” Josie also has a border collie puppy, Grizzly Adams, who is almost a year old, and a black cat named Jinx. Her official mount is Ricky, a 21-year-old quarter horse dun gelding that she has been riding around nine years now. “Ricky is a little ornery,” says Queen Josie,” but maybe th at’s why we get along so well. H e’s a little stubborn, but he will do anything I ask.” Q u e en J o sie has been a busy girl. Besides serving as Morrow County royalty, she works full-time during the sum m er as a teller at the Bank o f Eastern Oregon in lone. During the school year at Heppner High School, where she will be a senior this coming year, she works at the bank through the sch o o l's w ork-study program. She is president of Queen Josie Miller with brother Jarreid Miller, who is a pennant hearer on this year’s court Don't Forget To Enter The M ORROW COUNTY JACKPOT RODEO HowTo Enter: Call LynnDee Ramos Monday-Thursday, Aug. 13-16, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 676-9451 or 422-7559 (eve.) Fees are due Saturday, August 18 by 1 p.m. Fees may be delivered to the Rodeo Office or mailed to OTPR, P.O. Box 113, Heppner, OR 97838 (Contestants must be one year Morrow County residents or Morrow County school graduates ONLY) the HHS FFA Chapter and is district secretary for the FFA Blue Mountain District. She plays volleyball, is a mem ber o f the lone Cardinals’ tennis team, volunteers as a junior fire fighter with the Lexington Volunteer Fire D epartm ent and the lone SMART reading program. She has been a member o f 4-H for seven years. She also enjoys photography and shop projects during her “spare” time. She is also an honor student at HHS. After high school, she plans to study for a degree in agricultural education at Montana State University. Queen Josie’s favor ite court outfits this year, a luncheon skirt and a parade shirt, have a special sig nificance because her grand mother, BonnaRae Miller of Heppner, made them with her. The luncheon skirt is a “real simple” Ultrasuede Western skirt— a chocolate color for her princesses, Makayla Anderson, Jessica K iery-L ee H am ilton and Becky Schiller, and a buck skin color for her. The shirt is maroon silk with gold trim for the princesses and black trim for her. Josie and her court just returned from a trip to Redmond, which, so far, has been the favorite experience o f her reign. “ It was very enjoyable," says Josie. The Morrow County Court rode in the parade, took part in the rodeo and had fun social izing w ith community mem bers and royalty from other courts. It was especially fun for her because her family lived in the Redmond area before returning to Heppner two years ago. Josie says the Redmond rodeo is the largest PRCA event they attend. In addition to par ents, Reid and Sheila Miller, Lexington, Josie has a lot o f support from grandparents, Joe and BonnaRae Miller, Heppner, and George and M yrna Sieler, Lexington, and e sp e c ially from her brother, Jarreid, 14, who is serving as a pennant bearer this year. “H e’s amazing,” says Josie. “ H e’s been a great support.” Josie is especially looking forward to the bull rid in g and barrel racing events at the Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo, Friday and Sat urday, August 17-18, and the Morrow County Rodeo, Sunday, A ugust 19, this year. “These events are in tense and exciting and take a lot o f talent,” adds Josie. She and P rincess Becky Schiller will be competing in cow riding at the Morrow County Rodeo. “ It’s been a wonder ful year,” says Queen Josie o f her reign on the Morrow County Court. “ It’s been an honor to represent our com munity. The (court) girls are great.” Queen Josie invites everyone to take part in all the exciting fair and rodeo events. Queen Josie Miller Queen Josie Miller and Crizzly Adams
