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Special Edition • Morrow County Fair and Rodeo • Heppner Gazette-Times, Wednesday, August 6, 2008 - Page 3 Community fair booths showcase Morrow County’s best People can choose to live anywhere, but they often select a long-term residence with preferred lo cation, topography, weather and am biance, not solely on job availability. Once a long-term com m itm ent is made, people often spend years v o lu n teerin g th eir services in various organi zations, churches, and plan ning commissions to help enhance the area where they live, work and play. It’s that community pride that is the heart o f our upcom ing county fair. It Mike's Mobile Slaughter &. Processing 130 W. Coe. Stanfield, OR 97875 541-449-3763 Shop 541-449-1716 Res. 541-626-1227 Cell Custom Processing in B eef, Pork and Lamb On the Farm Slaughtering Smoking and Curing available gives us bragging rights to showcase the way we live, the kind o f folks we are and the acco m p lish m en ts o f many residents. The learn ing opportunities for our 4-H and FFA youth exhibi tors are a major cornerstone o f our fair. But w hether it’s a sole exhibit from a seamstress or a grade school drawing, each exhibit has an important place and a story o f its own. Everyone can and should find an area in which to participate. One important fair feature that draw s atten tion from many out of town fair visitors is the colorful com m unity booth exhib its inside the fair pavilion building. Each booth tells a story about the strength, purpose and participation of an organization, church, youth group or other entity. That display can be a pow erful magnet to attract new residents with like interests to this area. Not to mention Fair exhibit entries accepted beginning August 11 Once again the fair superintendents will be anx iously awaiting exhibitors on Monday afternoon, Au- T. BLAIR SMITH, D.M.D. Now doing our own sm oking & curing! Comprehensive Family Dentistry A ll s m o k e d / c u r e d ite m s a re v a c u u m s e a le d . Accepting New Patients Friendly, Caring Staff ycf Rental lockers available for your frozen food needs M IK E & J U D Y J U L I O , Owners x' it Same Day Emergency Appointments • Payment Plans Available Dr. Smith • Habla Espahol 310 S.E. Second, Ste. 203 • Pendleton • (541) 276-4768 y ( f t f a m & e n ( f o o t m e T V e te o m e a I ' fo u f Choose H EPPN ER fo r F A M IL Y EUN... • Famous for our Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo and Wee Bit O ’lreland • Historic Buildings - Morrow County Courthouse Tours •Year Round Fishing - Hunting - Camping - OHV Park • Willow Creek R.V. Park - Boating GATEW^y ^ • Willow Creek Golf Course • Morrow County Museum • Willow Creek Water Park • Cycling and Hiking • Relaxed Shopping ^efifzHen, ¿Munetce - 676-5536 w w w .h e p p n e rc h a m b e r.c o m Experience our country feeling ___ c<i<yKi gust 11 from 1 to 8 p.m. to receive all the entries in the fair. Open Class fruits, vegetables and flowers will also be accepted on Monday from 4-8 p.m. and Tuesday morning from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. This year all Open Class exhibits will be re leased on Sunday morning from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. at the same time 4-H exhibits are released. If for some reason you cannot make it on Sunday morning the Fair O ffice will be open Monday through Friday the week following fair from 8-12 and 1-5 for pick-up of items. After 30 days those exhibits that are left will become the property o f the Morrow County Fair and may be discarded. Morrow County Fair to be smoke free P.O. B o x 1232 • Heppner, O regon 97836 e-mail: heppnercham ber@ centurytel.net that all that publicity is free, plus a group can even win premium money for their ef forts. So let’s see that “Hoof Pounding and Heart Pump ing at the Morrow County Fair” bring out your best and brightest exhibits. Merlyn Robinson and Carolyn Paris Booth Superintendents ,tve The Morrow County Fair is going smoke free this year. The Morrow County Fair Board made the deci sion to go smoke free to prevent any future problems that might arise from smok ing around food, animals or hay. The only area that will be designated for smok ing is the parking lot. The Rodeo will not be smoke free event.
