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Sept. 10 - 13, 2015

www.okfair.orgBlue Jeans and Country Dreams

68th Annual

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Welcome everyone, to the 68th Okanogan County Fair: Blue Jeans and Country Dreams. My name is Alexee Howell and I am your 2015 Fair Queen.

Hopefully, everyone has recov-ered from the devastating fires this past year. The theme I chose

is a reflection of the amazing peo-ple who call Okanogan County home. My hat’s off to you all.

I am from Tonasket and am now a senior at Tonasket High School. I am currently involved with our school’s ASB, FFA and Range Riders clubs. I feel honored

to have been able to represent our Fair this year at parades and com-munity events across our county. I enjoyed meeting people and vis-iting and encouraging everyone I could to come to our Fair and have the best time.

Okanogan County Fair has

been bringing our communities together since 1947. Our Fair has always been the place for farmers, ranchers, bakers, sewers, crafts-men, photographers and youth to come together once a year to showcase their wares.

There is something for everyone at the Fair, no matter what your age. The animal barns showcase the best livestock that Okanogan County has to offer. You can also shop to your heart’s content in the Commercial and Agriplex build-ings, as well as learn what’s new in the latest building materials or take a ride on the Tilt-A-Whirl

or even try your luck at dart bal-loons.

Don’t forget to stop and support our community service organiza-tions and buy a raffle ticket! Come on in and boogie down to some great music or just sit a spell and visit with friends, old and new.

The fair truly is for all of us, from young to old. You don’t have to be in FFA or 4-H to participate; pre-junior to adult and even pro-fessionals all may enter. Get your entry submitted today!

I am so excited for this year’s fair and hope to see you there!

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BY KATIE [email protected]

Two girls from Tonasket are hoping to be named 2016 Okanogan County Fair Queen: Serenity Poletti, age 16; and Brisa Leep, age 19.

Serenity will be a junior at Tonasket High School in the fall, and is involved in the ASB. She also serves as a District 7 Officer for FFA, and a volunteer firefighter at the District 7 department.

“My father, Rob Poletti, is the Fire Chief in Riverside, so I have been around it all my life,” said Poletti. “But I had to wait until I was 16 before I could begin volun-teering with the fire department.”

She said she would be busier as a District 7 Officer for FFA this year, since the other officers are from Chelan; and many of them lost livestock in the fire.

“A lot of the District Officers will be raising money for people who lost live-stock,” Serenity said.

Serenity, who grew up in Riverside and Loomis and now lives in Tonasket, said she has also volunteered at the Omak Stampede and alongside her grandmother with the Elks Foundation. She is in the process of applying to work at the Extended Care Facility in Tonasket, and hopes to find work at pet shelters in Tonasket. Another project she hopes to complete is to hold an auction to raise money for cancer aware-ness.

“I think a lot more people will attend and help out with the event if I hold it for all types of cancer; not just for one person or one type of cancer,” she said.

Serenity said she gained public speaking skills through FFA events and trying out for the Okanogan County Junior Rodeo Queen last year.

“With my love of volunteering, I have gained many public speaking skills. I love the outdoors, and have a passion to help others,” Serenity said. “I am honored to be running for Miss Okanogan County Fair Queen 2016. The Fair represents the whole community. I have a lot of love for my county; I’ve lived here all my life. I would love to be the face for the county and make sure the younger generations realize how great a county Okanogan is.”

Serenity showed a horse at the Fair last year, and while she wasn’t sure if she would be showing a horse again this year, she knew she would be submitting some pictures of Palmer Lake, horses and fires into the photography exhibit.

Brisa Leep, daughter of Bryce and Teri Leep, graduated from Tonasket High School in 2014 after being born and raised in Tonasket. She is currently taking online classes for graphic design after attending Spokane Falls Community College for one quarter.

“I decided to come home and take class-es online. Everyone else was working at a slower pace in the college classes, so now I

can work at a faster pace on my own. Plus, I’m not a city kid,” Brisa said.

She was involved with the FFA all four years in high school, and served as ASB President after serving as VP of Publicity her junior year, where responsibilities included making flyers and taking care of the bulletin board at U.S. Bank. Brisa was also the cheerleading captain her senior year.

“It’s weird not to be in high school, where I was so active in so many dif-ferent things,” she said, “so I’ve had to step it up and become involved in a lot of these activities at the adult level.”

Brisa is an active member of the Athletic Booster Club, helping out by taking pictures at sporting events and keep-ing up their Facebook page. She will also help out with the cheer squad during football season.

She said her biggest hobbies are riding horse in rodeos and on the trail, along with photography.

“When you’re involved with horses, it’s all hors-es,” she said, emphasiz-ing the amount of time involved.

Her Fair projects this year include entries in the photography exhibit,

showing horses and perhaps a craft entry through her 4-H group, the Range Riders.

Brisa was the 2014 Miss Tonasket Rodeo Queen.

“I’ve always been a part of representing my town,” said Brisa. “ I am very passionate about the Fair, and love being a role model.”

She said she thought at age 19, she wouldn’t be able to run for Fair Queen and was delighted when her friend, 2015 Okanogan County Fair Queen Lexee

Howell, told her she was eligible up to age 19.

“I hope to see lots of people at the Okanogan County Fair this September!” said Brisa.

Both girls said they were excited, yet somewhat nervous, about the four days of pageant that running for Fair Queen involved.

“Someone will always be watching us; watching what we do,” said Brisa.

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Tonasket girls running for 2016 Fair Queen

Madison Shellenbarger/submitted photo

Serenity Poletti (left) and Brisa Leep have thrown their hats into the ring for the right to be named 2016 Okanogan County Fair Queen.

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What’s happening at your county fair?OKANOGAN – While the

familiar things you love about the fair will still be there this year – kids showing their prize winning animals, adults exhibiting their blue ribbon fruits and vegetables, horse racing, the rodeo, music and the carnival – this year’s fair has a few surprises, including a Heads and Horns Show.

“The Heads and Horn Show is open to anyone who lives in Okanogan County – any type of taxidermy entry, fur or fish, no matter where it was from, any-thing from around the world,” said Ila Hall, an Okanogan County Fair Advisory Board member.

The Fair Queen Pageant, a chance to get to meet the can-didates (see page B3) for next year’s fair, will take place at 7 p.m. at the Rotary Stage.

Something new for 2015 is an outdoor movie. Fun Flix, will present a family-friendly movie will be shown at 7 p.m. at the south end of the fairgrounds. Also will be the Comperos Dancing Horses which will perform on Sunday at 1 p.m., said Hall.

“Of course we will have the raptors show every day, as well as L-Bow the Clown and the carnival and live bands. A couple of the bands that are pretty well known are Lace and Lead and Hippies on Vacation, they both will be performing,” said Hall, who added, “There’s the rodeo every night at 7 p.m. and we have the horse racing, which is very popular.

This year the fair will also be holding a contest for the tallest cornstock and the tallest sunflow-er, according to Hall.

“That’s something that isn’t in the fair book,” said Hall.

A pie, corn and watermelon eating contest is scheduled for Saturday at 1 p.m, so bring your appetites, suggests Hall.

There’s also a photography contest for all ages. Take your favorite photo to the fair, encour-ages Hall. There are prizes for several different divisions.

“Lastly, we’d like to see more Native American and Hispanic entries as the fair tries to become more diverse and appeal to all people in the county,” she said.

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Local Okanogan County Fair livestock participants are not only discovering the joys of animal husbandry, but the joys of sharing their knowledge and experience; of mentoring friends willing to try something new.

Johnna Terris got into rais-ing sheep when a friend asked her if she would like to give it a go. Terris got her first sheep five years ago and raised it under the tutelage of her friend. And now Terris, age 16, is paying that expe-rience forward, mentoring Malia Whitmore, age 12, this year after mentoring Chloe McFarland last year and Larson sisters Hayley and Alyssa the previous year.

“It’s nice to be able to show others; now Malia will be able to show others and it just keeps going,” said Terris.

“The sheep don’t like to be alone, so it’s good their friends keep theirs here,” added Johnna’s mom, Jody Terris.

Whitmore said her favorite part of the project is walking the sheep every day. She rides her bike over to Terris’s house and they give their sheep a snack before tak-ing them for a stroll, after which the sheep are given their evening meal.

“If I walk mine, the rest will fol-low,” said Terris. “Mine is always out in front like the leader, and they all follow.”

They are raising Suffolk cross sheep, and when asked about dif-ferent personalities Terris said they were “each a little different, but kind of all the same.”

“They usually wake us up in the morning; they act so hungry and so needy,” said Terris.

“Sometimes we feed them by hand, but usually just put their feed in their own separate pans,” added Whitmore.

Terris said McFarland’s sheep barely made weight last year. “It didn’t like to eat, so we added molasses to the feed. Fortunately

the fair people bumped down the weight last year because of the fires. If not for the fires, it wouldn’t have made weight and she wouldn’t have been able to sell it. This year her sheep is big and has no trouble eating.”

All fair exhibitors present an educational poster about their animals, and Whitmore said she would be doing hers on sheep’s vision.

“I want to know if they can see as good as us, or better,” Whitmore said. “Also, if they can see straight, since their eyes are on the sides of their heads.”

Terris said she did her post-er last year on sheep’s teeth, but hadn’t picked a topic yet for this year.

“We pick a day for a group of girls to come over and do their posters all together and make a day of it,” said Jody Terris. She said a group of 15 shepherds from Tonasket would congregate at their place on August 21, so a sheep shearer could shear them all at once and the fleece would

SEE EXPERTISE | PG 8Katie Teachout/staff photo

Malia Whitmore (left) with her sheep ‘Marley’ and Johnna Terris with her sheep ‘Bob.’ The sheep share their pen with Chloe McFarland’s sheep ‘Ziggy.’

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Kids’ Day and Nursing Home/Assisted Living Day9:00 am Fairgrounds open to the publicAll Day Head & Horns Show – Commercial Building9:00 am Market Steer Judging – Steer Barn9:00 am Market Swine Judging – Swine Barn9:00 am Rabbit Judging – Rabbit Barn9:00 am-3:00 pm Horse Intermediate Fitting & Showing – North Arena Adult Riding & Halter Classes – North Arena Intermediate Riding Classes – North Arena Senior and Junior Fitting and Showing (Horses) – North Arena Youth Halter Classes – Rodeo Arena Senior and Junior Riding Classes – Rodeo ArenaThroughout Day Horse Demonstrations: barefoot trimming, nutrition, tension release – Horse BarnsThroughout Day PUD Youth Pole Climb10:00 am FFA/4-H Produce Judging – Horticulture Barn11:00 am Raptors – Rotary Stage11:00 am Mutton Bustin’ – south end of fairgroundsNoon L-Bow the Clown – Roaming1:00 pm Bottle Baby Calf Show – Beef Show Ring1:00 pm Market Lamb Judging – Sheep Barn1:30 pm Grade and Purebred Breeding class – Beef Barn3:00 pm Raptors – Rotary Stage3:00 pm Davis Shows Northwest Carnival opens4:00 pm L-Bow the Clown – Rotary Stage4:30 pm Sheep Fitting & Showing Demonstration – Sheep Barn5:30 pm Banner Days – Rotary Stage5:30 pm Little People Fitting & Showing – Sheep Barn6:00 pm Lads & Lassies (sheep) Competition – Sheep Barn6:30 pm Cat Type Classes followed by Cat Fashion Show – Cat Barn6:00 pm Mutton Bustin’ – south end of fairgrounds6:30 pm Youth Horsmanship Class sponsored by Sam & Racie McKee – Rodeo Arena7:00 pm Fair Queen Pageant – Rotary Stage7:00 pm Fun Flix – south end of fairgrounds7:00 pm Ranch Rodeo – Rodeo Arena7:30 pm The Wicks – Rotary Stage10:00 pm Fairgrounds closed to Public

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8:00 am – noon Horse Games – North Arena and Rodeo Arena9:00 am Fairgrounds open to the publicAll Day Head & Horns Show – Commercial BuildingThroughout Day Horse Demonstrations: barefoot trimming, nutrition, tension release – Horse Barns10:00 am Round Robbin Fitting & Showing Contest – Small Animals – south end of fairgrounds10:30 am Mutton Bustin’ – south end of fairgrounds11:00 am L-Bow the Clown – Rotary Stage11:00 am Best Dressed Rabbit Contests – Rabbit Barn11:00 am Round Robin Fitting & Showing Contest – Large Animals – south end of the fairgrounds11:00 am Kids’ Races/Games – south end of fairgroundsNoon Raptors – Rotary StageNoon Spuds in a Bucket Contest – Horticulture BarnNoon Team Roping – Rodeo Arena1:00 pm Pie, Corn & Watermelon eating contests – south end of fairgrounds1:00 pm Horse Races - Grandstands1:00 pm Low Rider Races (in between horse races) – Grandstands2:00 pm Mutton Bustin’ – south end of fairgrounds2:00 pm Poultry Costume Contests – Poultry Barn2:00 pm Hippies on Vacation – Rotary Stage3:00 pm Market Livestock Sale – Berg Pavillion3:00 pm Davis Shows Northwest Carnival opens3:00 pm Raptors – Rotary Stage3:30 pm Nicole Unser – Rotary Stage5:00 pm Mutton Bustin’ – south end of fairgrounds5:30 pm Good4U – Rotary Stage7:00 pm Lead & Lace – Rotary Stage7:00 pm Truck & Tractor Pull – Grandstands9:00 pm Olson Brothers Band – Rotary Stage10:00 pm Fairgrounds closed to public

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be grown out a little in time for fair. Suffolks are a breed favored for meat as opposed to fleece, but Jody Terris said she was able to donate the fleece last year to someone who wanted it.

When asked if they would have sheep again next year, both girls nodded enthusiastically.

“I thought about doing pigs one year, but I figured I may as well keep doing sheep, as I already know how to do this,” said Terris.

At the Larson residence, Hayley and Alyssa still raise Suffolk Cross

sheep while middle sister Madi sticks to raising a Hampshire pig. This is the third year of raising livestock for Haley, age 15, and Madi, age 14; but just the second year for nine-year old Alyssa.

The girls spoke of the different personalities observed in the ani-mals they’ve raised.

“This pig is not as good as the last two I had,” said Madi of her current pig, LaBron James. “Last year my pig would have been out here in the grass running around, but this one doesn’t like to come

out of his pen.”Perhaps that’s why a diet of

sorts is in place.“The pig’s too big right now,

so I’m holding him back,” said Madi August 7. “There’s a weight limit of 290 pounds. He was 217 pounds last week, and we still have another month to go before fair. They used to have a free feed, but now I just feed them two times a day.”

Alyssa’s sheep, Patchouli, is described as calm and laid back. He likes people and likes to be

petted. “My friends and I decided to

do a Hippie theme at the fair this year, so I looked up hippie names with my mom,” said Alyssa. “We saw ‘Patchouli’ and I liked that one the best.”

H a y l e y ’ s sheep, named ‘Alabama’ for the song ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ “thinks he’s all that and a bag of chips,” said his owner. “He bucks a lot.”

“They get bucking some-times in the pen,” said Alyssa. “I always say ours are ‘Circus Sheep.’”

“They all have great personali-ties and are fun to watch,” said Hayley.

The different personalities of the girls shows up a little in their answers to what they like best about raising an animal for fair.

“It’s fun, and you learn a lot of responsibility,” said Madi. “Plus, I really like pigs.”

Alyssa said she liked both get-ting to know the sheep over the summer, and taking it to the fair and showing it. “It’s just all fun.”

“I like the responsibility of taking care of something else instead of just me,” said Hayley. “Plus, it makes me more a part of FFA;” a class she said she really enjoyed.

The girls said that while they were too busy in the winter with school activities to miss the live-stock, “When it comes to the end of the school year I’m ready for my animal,” said Hayley.

“I was very excited to get my sheep at the end of the

school year, because it was such a good experience last year,” Alyssa said, adding, “When I was little I liked to visit friends at the fair who had goats and I would hang out with them.”

EXPERTISE | FROM 5

Katie Teachout/staff photos

Sisters Hayley and Alyssa Larson are enjoying getting to know their Suffulk Cross sheep Alabama and Patchouli.

Madi Larson’s Hampshire Pig named La Bron James enjoys cool-ing down on a hot summer day by sticking his face in the mud.

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When the Chelan High School Agriculture teacher lost his home Aug. 14 in the fires blazing in and around Chelan, Matt Debach set up a Go Fund Me account to help FFA and 4H students recoup loses spent on livestock for the upcom-ing Chelan County Fair.

“Mr. Rod Cool, the agriculture teacher at Chelan High School, is one of the most thoughtful and compassionate teachers in the state, so he was letting students who did not have a place to have a fair animal at their own home keep fair animals at his home,” said Deebach. “In this tragedy, many of the animals were lost.”

Deebach, the agriculture teach-er and FFA advisor for Tonasket, said he set the account up Saturday, Aug. 15, and within 11 hours they had reached their goal of raising $5,000 to help the kids.

“It’s pretty amazing, we are flooded with emails and phone calls of people still wanting to donate,” said Deebach.

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Deebach said that many kids who were able to save their live-stock, lost pens that will have to be rebuilt.

“We still don’t know what all the needs will be, and that area is still in danger,” Deebach said Monday, Aug. 17, adding, “The Manson 4H and FFA kids were evacuated last night, and Pateros might be evacuating. So basically, right now we are waiting to see what all the needs are.”

Deebach said the National FFA had gotten in touch with him, as well as other area agriculture teachers, wanting to know what they could do to help.

“It’s quite a sad deal. Rod Cool had animals at his house that he lost, because he was helping other people at their homes to get their animals out, and there just wasn’t time for him to go back to his house,” Deebach said. “Rod said he had insurance, so he knows there are a lot of people worse off than him.”

Community pitches in to help Chelan students who lost livestock in fire

Tonasket and Chelan FFA students. Several Chelan students lost their animals in the Chelan Fire.

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Reagan Whiteaker, 11, and Rayan Sarmiento, and their Nigerian Dwarf goats, Tarzan and Lucy. Tarzan proved to be a a little camera shy.

This year it’s dwarf goats for Reagan and RayanBY GARY A. [email protected]

OROVILLE - For this year’s fair project, Reagan Whiteaker and Rayan Sarmiento have decid-ed to raise Nigerian Dwarf Goats.

It appears Reagan, 11, has had enough of fowl creatures, admit-ting this year she wanted to raise something other than “stupid chickens.”

Rayan, five, said the goat’s

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“We feed them hay and grain,” said Reagan, the daughter of Danny Whiteaker.

“And rotten peaches,” chimes in Rayan.

The two say the goats pretty much have the run of the place, out at the lake side home of Reagan’s grandparents, Clyde and Joanne Whiteaker. They are fairly well-behaved they say, although Tarzan was a little camera shy.

“We have to be careful though, we’ve seen a cougar and two kits out here,” said Rayan’s mom, Kristin Sarmiento.

Why goats?

“You can walk them,” said Reagan, who adds that Tarzan has a tendency to pull and drag you if you let him get away with it.

“One time I had both of them pull me,” she said.

“I like to walk them, too,” adds Rayan.

While some goats are raised for their fiber or milk and cheese, Nigerian Dwarf Goats are usually raised for their meat. However, the kids say they are fine with raising the pair because they aren’t going to the butcher.

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