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WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2017
OPINION
Fair and rodeo move took massive effort over decades
Community
support still
needed the next
phase of project
By DENNIS BARNETT
GUEST COMMENT
A
s the preparation for
the 2017 Umatilla
County Fair and
Farm-City
Pro
Rodeo
continues to increase in
pace, the board of directors
of the Friends of the Fair
and Rodeo Inc. wanted to
take a moment to reflect on
the relationships and needs
of the four entities involved
in the events. This may help
clarify the understanding of
what is happening next to the
Hermiston airport.
First, the fair and rodeo
facility is owned by the East-
ern Oregon Trade and Event
Center. EOTEC is a joint
activity of Umatilla County
and the city of Hermiston.
It is charged with building
and maintaining the facili-
ties located on 90 acres next
to the Hermiston Airport.
Those facilities include an
Event Center, a common
area, barns, and a rodeo are-
na. Those facilities are cur-
rently being completed from
funds that were provided by
the city, county, the state of
Oregon, and donations from
individuals and businesses
across Umatilla and Morrow
Counties. The facilities are
limited by these funds, be-
cause EOTEC has built these
facilities without any bonded
debt.
Secondly, a brief review
of the makeup of the Uma-
tilla County Fair and the
Farm-City Pro Rodeo. The
Umatilla County Fair is run
by a fair board appointed by
the Umatilla County Com-
missioners. These board
members are non-paid vol-
unteers who manage the an-
nual event. The fair is actu-
ally part of Umatilla County.
This board and hundreds
of volunteers come togeth-
er each year to produce the
fair. The Farm-City Pro Ro-
Please keep in mind the effort in
man hours and money that has
been expended for the benefit of
our county and our communities.
deo Company is a non-prof-
it whose volunteer board
is involved in producing a
Professional Rodeo Cow-
boys Association rodeo each
year. The rodeo also has
many volunteers who help
the board manage the event.
The rodeo is completely in-
dependent of the Umatilla
County Fair. The fair and
rodeo cooperate with each
other to hold the events in
conjunction with each other
each year.
Thirdly, the Umatilla
County Fair and the Farm-
City Pro Rodeo do not own
any of the facilities. They
merely rent the facilities to
hold their annual events at
the EOTEC site. Both en-
tities have long-term leases
with the landlord, EOTEC,
to hold their events there.
The fair and the rodeo both
have made substantial lease-
hold improvements to the
facilities to assist in the op-
erations of the fair and rodeo
outside of what EOTEC has
provided. These improve-
ments are not owned by the
fair or rodeo.
This all brings us to
the discussion of what the
Friends of the Fair and Ro-
deo is. The Friends of the
Fair and Rodeo is a charita-
ble non-profit formed to sup-
port the needs of the Uma-
tilla County Fair and the
Farm-City Pro Rodeo. This
entity was formed to allow
businesses and individuals a
way to donate for the benefit
of the fair or rodeo, or both.
Because the Friends of the
Fair and Rodeo is a charita-
ble non-profit, all donations
to it are tax deductible. The
board of Friends of the Fair
and Rodeo is made up of
two rodeo board members,
two fair board members, and
an outside member, indepen-
dent of each board.
As the Eastern Oregon
Trade and Event Center
comes to the completion of
Phase 1 of its development,
and the Umatilla County Fair
and Farm-City Pro Rodeo
gear up for their first event
at the new location, please
keep in mind the effort in
man-hours and money that
has been expended for the
benefit of our county and our
communities. If you have
interest in helping with the
needed funds to put the fin-
ishing touches on the facility,
and assist the fair and rodeo
in putting on their events,
please do not hesitate in con-
tacting one of the Friends of
the Fair and Rodeo board
members. They are Dan
Dorran, David Dickmeier,
Roe Gardner, Lucas Wagner
and Dennis Barnett.
Dennis Barnett is the
co-owner of Barnett &
Moro, P.C., in Hermiston,
a member of the Farm-City
Pro Rodeo board of direc-
tors and a board member
of Friends of the Fair and
Rodeo.
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