Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - THREE
Joe Shinkle & 99 West to
play at dance after rodeo
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo events underway
Joe Shinkle
Top Left: Nancy Carleson judges items turned into the Hand-
spun Needlework division.
Top Right: Joanne Burleson arranges flowers at a display
booth.
Middle Left: Judges interview a contestant that entered a food
competition.
Middle Right: Pam Worden examines an item entered in the
Clothing and Textiles division.
Bottom Left: Cynthia Wenberg looks over some paperwork at
the Quilting division site. -Photos by Autumn Morgan
The Fair will be hav­
ing a dance on the foot­
ball field Friday night after
the rodeo. The group Joe
S hinkle & 99 West w ill
be playing beginning at 9
p.m. and will go on until
midnight (or longer). The
rodeo committee will have
the beer garden open and
Judy’s Chuck Wagon will be
open for refreshments.
Joe plays country
and western music with also
some rock throw n in. Fie
grew up in the small town of
Monmouth where he spent
his summers working in the
wood and on farms. He has
perform ed in and around
the Nashville area as well as
back home in Oregon with
the group he formed called
Joe Shinkle & 99 West.
So come on out to
the Morrow County Fair on
Friday for some Hoof Poun­
din’ & Heart Pumpin' Fun.
Compete to be “Oregon’s Best”
at the Morrow County Fair
Household hazardous waste collection
scheduled for Morrow County
Residents o f M or­
row County may dispose
o f a wide variety o f their
household hazardous waste
items free of charge at a col­
lection event scheduled for
Saturday, September 20, at
the Morrow County Road
Department parking lot on
365 W. Hwy 74 in Lexing­
ton from 1 0 - 2 and again
on Sunday, September 21,
at North End Transfer Sta­
tion, 69900 Frontage Lane
in Boardman from 1 0 - 2 .
Morrow County is
holding the event in con­
junction with the Oregon
Department o f Environmen­
tal Q uality (DEQ). C om ­
mon items to be collected
include aerosol cans, an­
tifreeze, engine cleaners,
fluorescent tubes, h e rb i­
cides, household batteries,
mercury products, motor oil,
paints, pesticides, solvents,
thermometers, weed killers
and w ood preservatives.
These items should be kept
in their original containers if
possible. Persons should not
bring waste items such as
explosives or products that
contain radioactive waste,
such as smoke detectors.
A cco rd in g to n a ­
tional estimates, each home
contains three to eight gal­
lons o f hazardous materials.
Each year the average U.S.
family throws out 15 pounds
o f these toxic products. In
addition, family members
are at risk around this haz­
ardous waste. When mis­
handled or disposed o f im-
properly, these products can
cause lung irritation, burns,
blindness, even death. Chil­
dren and pets are extremely
vulnerable. D isposing o f
toxic substances in yards or
landfills can leach into soil,
polluting groundwater and
streams, harming wildlife
and contaminating drinking
water.
For more informa­
tion about the event, con­
tact: Morrow County Public
W orks, (541) 989-9500;
DEQ Bruce Lumper, (541)
298-7255 ext.40; or visit
DEQ 's web site at www.
deq.state.or.us and turn to
the Household Hazardous
Waste web page at www.
deq. state, or. u s/w m c/so l-
waste/hhw.htm.
Sheep Rock auto
tour offered
A John Day Fossil
Beds National Monument
park ranger will lead a fossil
beds auto tour on Saturday,
August 16.
This tw o-tour will
travel along some o f the
back roads o f the national
monument and feature the
geologic landscape and fos­
sil history o f the area.
The tour will begin
at 10 a.m . at the Sheep
Rock Unit’s Thomas Con­
don visitor center, located
near Dayville. Participants
will need to bring their own
vehicle, and good tires are
recommended. Reservations
are not needed and there is
no fee.
For further informa­
tion please contact the mon­
ument at 541-987-2333.
Lightning wildfire update
Over 70 fires have
been reported to the Pend­
leton Interagency Commu­
nication Center (*PICC) as
a result o f recent lightning
activity. Fires are scattered
on lands protected by Ore­
gon Department of Forestry
and the Umatilla National
Forest.
Several fires were
staffed overnight and ad­
ditional ground and aerial
resources are on order for
last Friday. Fires range in
size from 1-28 acres. Two
reconnaissance observation
flights were scheduled for
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The O regon’s Best
Contests are a county fair
tradition and you are invited
to join the fun. Four contests
challenge you to bake, cook
or spit with the best of them
for a chance to win great
prizes. Participate in one or
all four contests and see if
you can be Oregon's Best.
Every great baker
knows that great bread starts
w ith superb ingredients.
Start your recipe for the
Bob’s Red Mill Best Home-
Baked Bread Contest with
Rob’s Red Mill flours, cere­
als or grains and you will be
well on your way to baking a
blue ribbon loaf. First place
w inner receives $50 and two
five pound bags o f Bob's
Red Mill flour.
We recall the aroma
and taste o f recipes that are
special to each of us, passed
down from generation to
generation. Conjure up your
memories o f these special
comfort foods, and prepare
your favorite recipe for the
Down Home Favorites Rec­
ipe Contest, sponsored by
FLAV-R-PAC and Santiam.
First place winner receives
an apron embroidered with
the FLAV-R-PAC and San­
tiam logos and a coupon for
FLAV-R-PAC or Santiam
product.
C re a te y o u r ow n
original snack, salad, main
dish, side dish or dessert us­
ing your special blend o f in­
gredients and one or more o f
any of the delicious tasting
cheeses produced in Oregon
for the Delicious, Nutritious
Sum m er C heese R ecipe
Challenge, sponsored by the
Dairy Farmers o f Oregon.
The top three winners will
receive a “got milk” T-shirt
and a coupon for an Oregon
dairy product.
Show us your best
seed sp ittin ' form with a
seed from a plump, sweet
and juicy Hermiston Wa­
termelon in the Hermiston
Watermelon Seed Spitting
Contest. First place winner
will receive a Herm iston
Watermelon Lover's cham­
pionship baseball cap.
First place winners
in all contests will be listed
on O regonfresh.net along
with their winning recipe
or seed-spitting distance.
For more information about
the Oregon’s Best Contests,
including which contests
are available at your county
fair, please contact your lo­
cal county fair office or visit
Oregonfresh.net.
miles southeast o f Heppner
near Madison Butte Look­
out has burned four acres in
heavy dead and down tim­
ber. Six loads o f retardant
and helicopter water drops
assisted in suppressing the
fire. The fire is 100% lined
and crews are mopping up. “Just Us” team places second for
Local weather fore­
casters issued a “ Red Flag money raised for Relay for Life
Warning” predicting dan­
T h e re ’s No Place
The team “Just Us”
gerous fire conditions with a Like Hope was the theme for came in second place out
chance o f lightning through this year's Relay for Life in o f 25 team s for ra isin g
last Saturday.
Prineville.
$3,966.02, a little over a
thousand dollars more than
last year thanks to the gener­
ous
donations from people
P cnCt
...
in the community.
The team consisted
of: Co-chair Rebecca Swear­
ingen, Brenda Comni, Chera
Elliott and Michael Boyd,
all o f P rin ev ille, C heryl
Parker o f Bend, Je ff and
Kathie Maben o f Mt. Ver­
Thursday, Aug. 1 4 th fro m 6 -9 :3 0 p .m .
non, Treston Maben, Josh,
Jessica and Cole Roy, Celita
L — i<r>;
a t th e M o rro w C o u n ty F airg ro u n d s
Strouse, Ruth Maben and
Tom, and Shannon and Jered
Jet Teas for the Kids • Bring Lawnchairs! (some seating available)
Wicklund o f Heppner.
The team also took
Best Decorated Cam psite
Dinner provided by Ducknum’s Catering)
for the relay, the second time
in five years the team has
Entertainment by Joe Lindsay from 6 7 p.m.
taken part.
The “Just Us" team
plus Urban Octopi and Big News from 7 9 p.m.
never wants to give up hope
that some day, in the very
Serving the Willow Creek Valley:
near future, a cure for cancer
Heppner. Lexington. & lone
will be found.
Friday to scout for new fires
or search for fires that were
reported but not located.
The Potamus fire, 16
miles southwest o f Ukiah
has burned 28 acres near
Potamus Point. A contract
engine assigned to the fire
received extensive fire dam­
age when erratic winds from
a thunderstorm caused the
fire to jump the fireline. No
firefighters were injured in
the incident.
The Alder Fire, 17
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