WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2015
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Long-time volunteer Jim Voss
announced as fair grand marshal
lie on the couch while he
ransacked another room.
She reported he then left and
told her to hide in a closet.
According to the bulle-
tin, the woman described
the person as more than six
feet tall with dark hair, but
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HERMISTON HERALD
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home, and he forced her to released this week.
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BY MAEGAN MURRAY
HERMISTON HERALD
The night before Herm-
iston resident Jim Voss was
named the 2015 Umatilla
County Fair grand marshal
at the appreciation ban-
quet Saturday, Fair Man-
ager Peggy Anderson said
he was still planning what
congratulatory card he
wanted to get that person.
“Jim said, ‘I think I’ve
got the perfect card for the
grand marshal this year,’ ”
she said.
Anderson said she told
him as she tried not to
smile, “Why don’t you wait
and then tailor that card to
tomorrow night’s recipi-
ent?”
Little did Voss know,
Anderson said, was that he
was going to be the one to
receive the honor this year.
Fair board member Don
Miller said that is just the
kind of guy Voss is.
“What he won’t tell you
is, during the fair, he is here
working before 5 a.m. and
never leaves until 11:30
p.m., midnight,” he said.
“That is a lot of hours.”
Voss said he originally
got interested in volunteer-
ing for the fair because he
wanted to keep the event
local.
“It started up because I
wanted to see the commu-
nity involved, and I (didn’t)
want to see people com-
ing from out of the county
to work here and take our
money away,” he said. “I
wanted it to be a local func-
tion for all of the people
here, have the local people
involved into making it a
success. I feel that is very,
very important.”
Through the years, Voss
has volunteered for a num-
ber of jobs at the fair, in-
cluding checking in all of
the animals, a bit of veter-
inary work and even some
plumbing and construction.
He said he is most proud of
his involvement with park-
ing for the fair.
“I started the parking lot
system, and I designed it,”
he said. “I did all the design
work and the homework on
it. I managed the people on
it. That is probably what I
am most proud of.”
Through the years, Voss
has also taken pleasure in
driving the grand marshal
for the Umatilla County
Fair Parade in one of his
many classic and antique
cars that he has worked to
restore through the years.
This year, however, some-
one is going to drive him
instead. Last year, he drove
2014 grand marshal Gary
Garrard to be recognized
in the Umatilla County Fair
Parade. Now, Garrard said
he wants to return the favor.
Voss said he couldn’t be
more thrilled with having
been honored as this year’s
fair grand marshal.
“I think it is a very dis-
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Umatilla County Fair Board member Don Miller presents Hermiston resident Jim Voss with a plaque
designating him as this year’s fair grand marshal at the fair appreciation dinner Saturday night.
tinct honor and a privilege,”
he said Saturday night in
Thompson Hall.
In addition to the grand
marshal, the Umatilla
County Fair Board pre-
sented fair volunteers and
community members with a
collection of other awards.
Anderson
presented
Hermiston resident Jamie
Loiland with the Manag-
er’s Award, which is not
given every year. She said
Loiland took over the youth
department for the fair af-
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“This department, she
made it what it is today,”
she said. “She continues
to move forward with new
displays, new ideas.”
Hermiston resident Lin-
da Ware was presented with
the Female Volunteer of the
Year award. Ware started as
an exhibitor and later de-
cided she wanted to serve
on the fair court, which she
did in 1985. Ware has since
been active in helping with
horse showmanship and
also volunteers where she
is needed, Miller said.
“We appreciate all you
continue to do for us,” Mill-
er told Ware.
Irrigon resident Jim Lun-
ders was presented with the
Male Volunteer of the Year
award.
“This is a gentleman that
doesn’t even live in our
county and comes every
year a couple weeks before
fair, starts doing stuff and
never quits and is always
‘Is there anything else I can
do?’ ” board member Gay
Umatilla County Fair princesses Catie Krumbah Kuhar, Milton
Freewater, Elizabeth Olsen, Pendleton, Kaleigh Waggoner,
Pilot Rock, and Sevana Patrick, Hermiston, speak to peo-
ple attending the fair appreciation dinner Saturday night in
Thompson Hall.
Newman said.
Lunders has also been
crucial in helping out with
the sheep and pig areas at
the fair, even though the
pigs aren’t his favorite.
“I don’t know if he will-
ingly does that with those
pigs, but he does do it,”
Newman said with a smile.
Marianne Smith was
named the winner of the
fair logo contest for this
year’s fair theme, which is
“100 Years, What a Ride!”
For winning, she will re-
ceive a season pass to the
fair, two day passes and two
reserve seatings at concerts.
Her logo will also be on all
the fair publications.
During the fair dinner,
the fair board also an-
nounced that the Umatilla
County Fair had won best
poster in the media cover-
age category out of all the
fairs in the state of Oregon.
Fair board members and
volunteers Norm Kessler,
Dan Dorran and Anderson
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were also recognized by the
Oregon Fair Association.
The Umatilla Coun-
ty Fair princesses were
also presented with their
sashes. There won’t be
a queen this year as the
girls decided they want-
ed everything to be equal.
The princesses are Seva-
na Patrick, Hermiston,
Elizabeth Olsen, Pendle-
ton, Catie Krumbah-Ku-
har, Milton Freewater,
and Kaleigh Waggoner,
Pilot Rock.
HHS student wins
chance to record
a new song
Hermiston High School
senior Naomi Aguilar will
have the chance to profes-
sionally record her own
song after winning second
place in Eastern Oregon
University’s high school
songwriting contest.
Her song “Bygones,”
about high school heart-
break, impressed the EOU
judges enough to award
her second place out of 35
entries from high school
students across the eastern
half of the state.
“This song is about
heartbreak and how to
move on and not let it
overcome and drag you
down,” Aguilar said in a
press release. “Many girls
around my age helplessly
fall in ‘love.’ Although
they believe it will last,
it sadly doesn’t, leaving
them heartbroken un-
til they fall in love once
again.”
She said she started
writing songs her fresh-
man year of high school
but has become more se-
rious about the craft late-
ly. She said she wanted
to thank Hermiston High
School music teacher
Joshua Rist for encourag-
ing her.
As one of four contest
winners, Aguilar will get a
cash prize and the oppor-
tunity to record her song
professionally at EOU.
She will also perform
with the university’s mu-
sic department at a con-
cert Tuesday at Hermiston
High School.
People can listen to
Aguilar’s winning entry
online at eou.edu/music/
songwriting-contest-win-
ners.