Welcome to the Okanogan County Fair 2011

A supplement to The Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle

Sept. 7, 2011

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Berg Brothers Pavilion is home tothe swine exhibits and the MarketStock Sale.


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Grandstands and arenas host horse racing, showriding and other events.

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By Sheila CorsonThe Chronicle

OKANOGAN – The OkanoganCounty Fair will feature traditionalamenities as well as some new forthe 64th annual event Sept. 8-11.

As usual, the barns will befilled with rabbits to horses tocows and chickens.

Parks and Recreation Boardmember Lynda Hotchkiss said sheknows the fair is a highlight for 4-H members every year. Manyadults and other children also lookforward to the atmosphere and“sense of coming together.”

“I know the kids of the countyreally look forward to the fair,”Hotchkiss said.

Admission is $8 Thursday,Friday and Saturday; $5 sunday;$20 for general and exhibitorseason passes; $25 for a familypass. The exhibitor-only fee, whichdoes not include admission, is $5.

Vendor slots are filled and awaiting list ready, SuperintendentCarl Christensen said. Most arereturning vendors, but a few newones will set up booths this year.

The food vendors will addLenore’s Tamales and Tiki Hut tothe options this year, Christensensaid. There will also be a few othercraft and equipment vendors.

Okanogan County MasterGardeners will set up a booth inthe Agriplex this year instead ofjust in the horticulture barn.Christensen said the group will beselling items.

Professor Bamboozle willreturn this year, with singing actTRAVL*N OPRY making its debut.Washington State NashvilleCountry Stars will fill many slotsat the stage to keep the musicgoing.

The Stars, MethowMountaineers and Standing RoomOnly will lead dances Thursdaythrough Saturday nights.

All the big events will be thesame as before, with the 2012 fairqueen pageant at 7 p.m. Thursday,round robin competition at 10a.m. Saturday, Market Stock Saleat 3 p.m. Saturday, Parade ofChampions at 11 a.m. Sunday,queen coronation at 2 p.m.Sunday and the Fur and FeatherAuction at 2 p.m. Sunday.

Entries began to pick up lastweek, with exhibitors trying tobeat the new deadlines.

A change this year means nolate entries will be taken onWednesday, Sept. 7, as had beenpreviously allowed.

Christensen said the changewas made in hopes of saving stafftime and, therefore, money. Itshould also make judging easierwhen all items are registered

ahead of time.Sunday’s fair has been cut back

by two hours to end at 3 p.m.Because of that, Sunday ticketprices were trimmed by $3, to be$5 for the day instead of $8,Christensen said.

Exhibit pickup, has changed to3 p.m. Sunday.

A bulls and barrels event andhorse races will also be on tap.

Premium points have goneunder the budget ax this year, too.

Christensen said budget concernshave changed the payout from 11cents per point to a maximum of 6cents per point.

If the budget is squeezed tootight, premium points might beless than 6 cents, Christensen said.The board will cut back ifnecessary to avoid a budget deficit.

Online registration wasavailable this year through a newfair website, www.okanoganfair.org.

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Schedule of eventsThursday, Sept. 8

8 a.m. Horse events start ArenaRabbit judging Rabbit barn

9 a.m. Fairgrounds openBeef, hogs and sheep livestock classes Show area

11 a.m. Produce judging Horticulture buildingPUD electricity demonstration Courtyard

1 p.m. Rabbit fitting and showing demonstration Rabbit barn 3 p.m. Davis Shows Northwest Carnival opens By horse barns4:30 p.m. Little People fitting and showing – sheep Sheep barn5 p.m. Lads and Lassies sheep lead contest Sheep barn7 p.m. Fair queen pageant Stage8-10 p.m. Nashville Star dance, Brock Hires, DJ Stage10 p.m. Fairgrounds close

Friday, Sept. 98 a.m. Horse events start Arena9 a.m. Fairgrounds open

Livestock fitting and showing BarnsPoultry fitting and showing Poultry barn

11 a.m. Rabbit fitting and showing Rabbit barnPUD electricity demonstration Courtyard

Noon-1 p.m. Open mike karaoke Stage1-1:30 p.m. Audre Belt Stage1 p.m. Goat judging Goat barn1:30-3:30 p.m. Nashville Country Star Stage3 p.m. Davis Show Carnival opens By horse barns3:30-4 p.m. Kelli Isaacson Stage4-4:30 p.m. Audre Belt Stage4:30–6:45 p.m. Nashville Country Star dance Stage6 p.m. Horse racing registration Race Office 6:30 p.m. Glenn Herriman Memorial Bull Riding Arena7 p.m. 4-H Fashion Show7-11 p.m. Methow Mountaineers Band dance Stage10 p.m. Fairgrounds close

Saturday, Sept. 108 a.m. Horse games Arena9 a.m. Fairgrounds open

Livestock judging FFA and 4-H Show areaDog check-in Dog show areaRabbit agility contest Rabbit barnBest dressed rabbit Rabbit barn

10 a.m. Round robin fitting and showing contest Show areaNoon-1:30 p.m. Open mike karaoke Stage1 p.m. FFA tractor driving and produce judging South show area1 p.m. Horse racing begins Arena2 p.m. Best-dressed Goat Parade

Poultry judging Poultry barn2-3 p.m. Brock Hires and Friends Stage3 p.m. Davis Show Carnival opens By horse barns3-5 p.m. Nashville Country Star Stage3 p.m. Market Stock Sale Berg BrothersPavilion5–5:30 p.m. Kelli Isaacson Stage5:30–6 p.m. Audre Belt Stage5:30 p.m. Horse race registration Race Office6-8:30 p.m. Nashville Country Star Stage6:30 p.m. Glenn Herriman Memorial Bull Riding Arena9-12 p.m. Standing Room Only band dance Stage10 p.m. Fairgrounds close

Sunday, Sept. 119 a.m. Fairgrounds open9 a.m. FFA Apple Bin Race South show area10 a.m. Cowboy Church Stage10 a.m. Parade of Champions Arena

Final Day for Davis Shows Carnival By horse barns12 p.m. Horse racing begins Arena1 p.m. Fur and Feather Auction Show Area2-3 p.m. Fair Queen coronation Stage3 p.m. Fair closes, exhibits may be removed

A porkr sticksits snout over arailing duringthe 2010 fairMarket StockSale. Thisyear’s sale is at3 p.m. Saturday,Sept. 10.


By Zachary Van BruntThe Chronicle

TONASKET – Just add ahandful of blueberries.

That’s the idea Tim Jackson,15, had to build upon hisgrandmother’s recipe to win2010’s Okanogan County Fairgrand champion prize for applepie.

There’s only one problem: Histwin sister Elizabeth had wongrand champion in the categoryfor the previous two years.

“The first two years I made apie and the second year I made itby myself,” Elizabeth said.

After such a success, theirmother, Darla, off-handedlysuggested that Tim make a pie lastyear.

“Oh,” Elizabeth said. “It wason.”

That cluster of blueberriesstarted a sibling rivalry that willcontinue at this year’s fair, thoughboth brother and sister have beentight-lipped about their currentrecipes.

The Tonasket High Schoolsophomores have been submittingentries the fair for four years.

Tim has entered everythingfrom swine and rabbits to Legos.He also won reserve grandchampion for his chocolate chipcookies last year.

Elizabeth has also enteredswine and rabbits at previousfairs. She’s also shown a miniaturehorse and submitted a chocolatezucchini cake.

Their mother said both of herchildren have been well-taught inthe ways of baking by theirgrandmother, Carmen Duncan,Tonasket.

“She makes wonderful pies,”Darla said. “She has the skill ofbaking. She’s just really good atit.”

Both brother and sister beenhush-hush on their ideas for the2011 fair – most likely from asuspicion of sibling espionage –but each has promised somethingnew and different.

Their father, Tim Sr., said heand Darla started their children inthe fair to teach themresponsibility.

“We want to be involved,” hesaid. “They’re growing up and in afew years they’re gone. So we getthe family time. It’s prettyimportant to us.”

Aside from being active at thefair, both teens remain active intheir school.

Elizabeth has been involvedwith FFA going on two years. Timsaid he plans on joining this

school year.The sister has already

participated in a number ofproduce and livestock judgingevents as far away as the PuyallupFair.

This year both twins plan onagain entering swine, cookies andrabbits, while Tim plans onentering a self-feeder for pigs.

And they’ll duke it out again inthe apple pie competition.

As the twins work their waythrough high school, Elizabethalready has her sights set onstudying animal science atWashington State University.

Tim said he’s still working onfiguring out what he wants to doafter high school.

“I just kind of take it one day ata time,” he said.

In the meantime, both brotherand sister are active in the localsports scene.

Tim plays football and soccer,while Elizabeth kicks and/orthrows a soccer ball, basketballand softball.

Since Darla’s mother helpededucate the twins on pie-making,Tim Sr. said he appreciated how

family traditions have beenhanded down through thegenerations.

“That’s been kind of somethingneat to pass along,” he said.

Later he and Darla steppedoutside to watch the twins work

with the swine.“Don’t follow him into that!”

Tim Sr. said to Elizabeth as shewas working with a pig.

“It’s just mud!” she yelled back.“... and that’s my daughter,” he

said with a chuckle.


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By Dee CampThe Chronicle

OKANOGAN – The OkanoganCounty Fairgrounds is beingreadied for this week’s fair asmuch as possible, given thelimited budget.

One new feature is a volunteer-built animal-washing station inthe Beef Barn.

Another is fresh paint in someareas, using donated paint.

The fair has always relied onvolunteers, but they’re morecritical than ever because ofcutbacks in state funding, fairClerk Loretta Houston said.

“We need a lot of (financial)help,” she said. “We pretty muchhave to support ourselves.”

Although the fair got $38,000from the state in March, officialsexpect more cuts in the comingyears.

That state money doesn’t go fartoward the fair’s $105,000 budget,so fair officials are trying to trimwherever possible, fairgroundsSuperintendent Carl Christensensaid.

The state budget includes a fairfund of $1.75 million per year in2012 and 2013, a decrease of$250,000 annually from theprevious level.

Still, the Washington StateFairs Association says that goodnews, considering the cuts madeto other programs and the originalamounts proposed.

“We’re expecting 75 percent ofthe previous amount, but thatcould be taken away at any time ifthey need the money,” Christensensaid.

Okanogan County used tocontribute to the fair, but does notany longer.

On the revenue side, the faircharges admission and to exhibit,and charges for camping andvendor space, Christensen said.Vendors are being charged morethis year in the first increase innearly a decade.

The fair also gets a cut of theDavis Shows carnival proceeds,about $2,100 last year.

And while the fair attractshundreds of volunteers, even theyrepresent an expense, he said.Many want free admission or getin on $10 vendor passes that gethanded around among business orgroup members.

Christensen said the Parks andRecreation Board, which operatesthe fair and grounds, has looked ata variety of expenses and areasthat might have hidden costs.

For example, those who campon the grounds are charged forcamping, but often set up before

the fair and bring a vehicle fullof people who live on thegrounds and don’t pay dailyadmission.

That probably amounts to afew thousand dollars in lostrevenue over a several-yearperiod, he said.

The fair also pays for staffingthe gates, a duty that used to behandled by volunteers. The $4,250contract fee goes to a communitygroup, currently the MalottGrange.

Other expenses for theweekend include $4,000-$5,000for electricity and $3,000-$4,000for garbage pickup.

Jail trusties supplement thevolunteers and three paid staffmembers.

One cost-cutting measure hasbeen to require pre-registration ofall entries. The deadlines were anAug. 31 postmark for mailedentries, Sept. 2 for over-the-

counter registrations and Tuesday,Sept. 6, for online registration.

The goal was to cut the needfor additional staff to acceptentries and to give buildingsuperintendents a better idea ofhow many entries they had so theycould plan displays and geteverything judged before the fairopens at 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 8.

But entries trickled in. With acouple days to go before thedeadline there were fewer than300 entries, though Houstonpredicted “we’ll get hit hard” atthe deadline.

Last year there were more than800 exhibitors.

Ten years ago, 937 exhibitorswere paid 9 cents per premiumpoint - a total of nearly $10,600,but a payout lower than any of thesix previous years. They entered6,477 exhibits.

In 2000, exhibitors receivedmore than $17,500 in premiummoney – paid for points awarded

for various colored ribbons earnedby exhibits.

This year, the payout is up to 6cents per point – down from 11cents last year — and the pointvalues for ribbons also have beendecreased, Houston said.

Some superintendents maytake late entries, but that decisionis up to the individual, she said.Late entries may be ineligible forpremium points.

Among the cuts consideredlocally is cutting the fair from fourdays to three, as it was in 1961, ortaking other actions, Christensensaid earlier this year.


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OKANOGAN – Three girls willcompete for the crown ofOkanogan County Fair Queen thisweekend.

Contestants are Callie Barker,16, an Oroville High School junior;Siobhan O’Connor, 16, anOkanogan High School junior; andShannon Westby, 17, an OmakHigh School senior.

The girls will compete in theannual pageant at 7 p.m.Thursday, Sept. 8. OutgoingQueen Bekah Thomason will handoff her crown at the coronation at2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11.

Barker said she wants to be thequeen because she feels she canrepresent all the fun that fair hasto offer.

For the last 13 years, Barkerhas shown a horse at fair, as wellas occasional sewing, baking,horticulture and other entries.

When she was younger, shedidn’t realize the fair had a queen,Barker said. But once sheunderstood what the queen does,she decided she wanted to supportthe fair by being queen.

“It’s something I’ve grown upwith and I love,” she said.

Barker also has been a part ofcross country, basketball, track,FFA and 4-H, and will be in theRunning Start college programthis year. She is the daughter ofPhil and Terri Barker.

O’Connor said she wants to bethe queen because she has enjoyedthe fair since she was little andthinks she could do a good jobrepresenting it. She remembersgoing with her school classes as achild and then “making myparents take me later.”

As part of the fair, she hasshown a horse for the past fouryears, but also started exhibiting agoat and baked goods.

She also didn’t know about thequeen as a child, but is goodfriends with Thomason, whoencouraged her to try out.O’Connor said as she watched

Thomason, her interest grew andshe decided she wanted the role.

“I love fair,” she said.Her other activities include 4-

H, Future Business Leaders ofAmerica and Knowledge Bowl.

She is the daughter of Julia andDennis O’Connor.

Westby said she wants toopportunity to travel and meetother people as fair queen.

“I think it would be a greatopportunity to experience what it’slike around other people and tomeet new people,” she said.

She has moved back and forthbetween Omak and the West Coast

of Washington over the past 10years, but has entered whateverfair she could wherever she endsup, Westby said. She has shown arabbit and baked goods, and willshow her horse for the first timethis year.

Since she first moved to thearea at 4 years old, Westby saidshe has wanted to be the fair

queen. She has watched them withinterest and wants to be able totravel to other places, especiallyrodeos.

Westby has also been involvedin fastpitch softball, barrel racing,pole bending and is learning teamroping.

She is the daughter of TeresaWestby and Jack Cutchie.


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QueencandidatesSiobhanO’Connor,from left,ShannonWestby andCallie Barkerwill squareoff during apageant at 7p.m.Thursday,Sept. 8, at thefair. Thewinner willbe crownedat 2 p.m.Sunday, Sept.11. At right is2011OkanoganCounty FairQueen BekahThomason ofOmak.



OKANOGAN – A year ofgrowing outside her comfort zonehas helped Okanogan County FairQueen Bekah Thomason.

Thomason, a 16-year-old Omakjunior, said her past year as queenhas been great, and she’s beenable to meet many people. Alongthe road, she’s been challenged togrow in public speaking skills andto be more outgoing.

“I’m not as shy as I used to be,”Thomason said.

When she became queen a yearago, she thought that might be thecase.

“It wasn’t as I expected it,” shesaid. “It was better.”

Royalty adviser MadisonShellenbarger agreed thatThomason had a wonderful, “A-

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like none other,” Shellenbargersaid.

Her highlights have been makingappearances at local rodeos andhelping with the Spring Fair Homeand Garden Show, Thomason said.She has enjoyed sharing informationabout the fair with others.

“I like the feeling of standingfor something that I reallysupport,” Thomason said.

Another fond memory is hiringher younger sister Jennah, 9, toserve as pooper scooper inparades. Sometimes, Jennahwould get more applause for herwork than her royal big sister.

Thomason said she enjoyedseeing the smile on her sister’sface when that happened.

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diploma and associate degree,Thomason hopes to go to eitherWashington State University orUniversity of Idaho because theyboth have good equine programs.

“Whatever career I pick, I wantto do with horses because that’swhat I love,” she said.

She is the daughter of JoeThomason and Melissa Thomason.


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OKANOGAN – The OkanoganCounty Fair will feature a new actthis year, TRAVL*N OPRY.

The group will walk thefairgrounds singing and playingcountry music, with their wagon intow, EntertainmentSuperintendent Gwen Whitleysaid.

Several fair team members sawthe group at different venues andwere impressed, she said.

Bruce and Betsy Mullen leadthe TRAVL*N OPRY with horsesMiss Molly and Eagle and driverHowdy.

Songs can be from RoyOrbison, Johnny Cash, WillieNelson, Patsy Cline, Elvis andothers.

Bruce Mullen’s first recordingcontract was with Dot Records inHollywood, Calif. He released“Auctioneer Love” with Bonnie

Guitar that charted for six weeksin Billboard Magazine.

He also has performed withother country music stars andrecorded with Buck OwensEnterprises and Capital Records.

The duo teamed up in 2002. In2007, they added Christiancountry music, releasing sixsingles since then that have madethe charts in the U.S., Europe andAustralia.

They were voted into the Top10 for vocal duo of the year at theInspirational Country MusicAwards in Nashville, Tenn., in2008 through 2010.

Returning to the fair this yearis Professor Bamboozle, a balloonartist, magician and comedian. Hehas entertained crowds with hisillusions and “balloonary loonary”since 2009.

A Nashville Country Star dancewith DJ Brock Hires will be onThursday night at the stage for thefirst of three dances.

On Friday, the MethowMountaineers band will play for adance. The group, led by FrankAlmquist, is a Bluegrass bandfrom the Methow Valley.

On Saturday, Standing RoomOnly will take the stage for anotherchance to dance to country Westerntunes. The group from EastWenatchee is headed by GaryBowling and has played at the fair forseveral years, Fair SuperintendentCarl Christensen said.

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By Cheryl SchweizerThe Chronicle

BRIDGEPORT – CameronCavadini said the road to successat the Okanogan County Fair andthe North Central WashingtonDistrict Fair begins in October,when calves are sent to market.

Before the trucks leave,Cavadini picks out a couple for thefair. He gets a little help from hisdad, Dan, and grandfather, Norm,who look for certaincharacteristics.

“Basically, what we look for isone of our top calves in our herd,Cameron Cavadini said. “Not toobig, not too small, just an all-around good calf. Something youwant to eat, basically.”

T-Bone, the calf chosen for thisfair season, fit all the criteria.

“He’s pretty finished (propermix of fat and muscle), he’s got anice flat back on him and he’swide. The wider he walks, thebetter calf he’s going to be,”Cavadini said.

Cavadini, 16, and a junior atBridgeport High School, got hisstart at the District Fair and has alot of experience in the show ring.

“I’ve been doing this since, like,third grade, I guess.” He nowcompetes in FFA.

Competitors are judged in twocategories - market stock, andfitting and showing.

“In market, it’s all in the calf.In showing, it’s half you, howconfident you are, and half howyour calf looks,” he said.

Success in the market stock

class depends on a calf’s build,body and how he’s grown andfattened up, Cavadini said.Success or failure is up to thejudge.

“It’s all in the judge’s day.What the judge likes, basically,”Cavadini said.

The judge in Watervilleapparently didn’t like what he sawin T-Bone – the calf brought homea red ribbon.

Fitting and showingcompetition is all about

presentation and discipline, bothfor the calf and its handler.Cavadini and T-Bone came homefrom Waterville with a blueribbon.

“You’ll get the wilder calves

that haven’t been around peopleas much, and you’ll get the morecalm calves,” Cavadini said.Wilder calves are more aggressive;“they’re leaders, not followers.”

The difference is training.

“It’s all about working withthem. If you want to do good,you’ve just got to put the time intothem. Sometimes you don’t havethe time, so you’ve just got tomake it,” he said.

Cavadini said he startedtraining T-Bone right after schoolwas dismissed for the summer,and the goal was to work about 45minutes per day.

“Sometimes it wasn’t as muchas I wish I could’ve spent. For me,Dad keeps me working, basically.”

The Cavadini family owns awheat ranch on Pearl Hill south ofBridgeport.

Both the District Fair and theOkanogan County Fair come at theend of the summer, with warmweather.

“When it get hotter, you’ve gotto give him his break” and let theanimal get a drink of water andrest in the shade, he said. “InOkanogan, where you getcallbacks for fitting and showing,you’re in there (the arena) for anhour. Hot steer and hot you,” hesaid.

Showing steers is a lot of work,but it’s also a lot of fun, Cavadinisaid. “The competitive part wouldbe the most fun for me. You get tocompete with some of yourbuddies.


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Cameron Cavadini works with T-Bone in the days before the Okanogan County Fair.

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OKANOGAN – Youth whoshow steers, swine and lambs cansell their animals during theSaturday Market Stock Sale.

Last year, nearly 200 animalssold, bringing in an estimated$216,000 for their young owners.

The 3 p.m. sale, in the BergBrothers Pavilion, attracts a crowdof about 300 for an afternoon ofbidding on grand and reservechampion hogs, steers and lambs,plus blue and red ribbon animals.

FFA, 4-H and junior opencompetitors sold 119 hogs, 50steers and 27 lambs during the2010 sale.

Bidders have a choice of buyingthe animals outright or payingsupport – the difference betweenthe packer price and the animal’ssale price.

Packer prices vary from year toyear, and are set just before thefair.

Processors set a floor price, atwhich bidding starts.

Buying an animal is a great wayto show support of exhibitors’hard work, fair officials said.

Upon arrival at the sale, thosewho plan to bid can sign up for abidder number and pick up alisting of all exhibitors and theiranimals. The listing includes thetype of ribbon the animal earnedand its weight.

Sales are based on price perpound.

Those who choose to keep ananimal they buy can arrange tohave it cut and wrapped.

Historically, bidders haveincluded individuals – sometimesrelatives or friends of theexhibitors – plus businesses,service clubs, and Hamilton YouthFoundation and Friends of theFair, organizations that chip in tosupport youth.

A second sale, the Fur andFeather Auction, is planned at 1p.m. Sunday for youngsters to sellsmaller animals such as poultryand rabbits.

Purchases may be retained bythe buyer or donated to someoneelse.


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OKANOGAN – Wild horseraces will kick off bull riding andbarrel racing Sept. 9-10 at theOkanoganCounty Fair, 175Rodeo Trail.

A grand entryand Chesaw drillteam willperform around6:30 each night.

The SonnyMoses Memorialhorse race at 7p.m. will pit fiveteams of threefrom the Colvilleand Yakama reservations againstwild horses provided byNespelem’s Steve Palmer.

Sonny Moses, who competed atthe Omak Stampede and manyother professional wild horses,died this spring, his brother andorganizer Ralph Moses said.

Among teams entered are RobParisien from Nespelem, ChrisSmith from Omak, and GeorgeLara and Leroy Morningowl fromthe Yakama Reservation.

Moses said teams would beusing quick-release saddles andropes.

“That’s mandatory, even in thepro rodeos,” he said.

The inaugural Glenn HerrimanMemorial Bullriding, with $2,000added to the purse, will follow thewild horse race.

The bull riding honors

longtime stock contractorHerriman, who died from cancerin December.

“I think he’d be plumb thrilledwith it,” organizer Gary Stevenssaid of the new events.

Stevens was Herriman’s flankman for many years. Herriman

was Stevens’ father-in-law.“We always wore shirts and

ties,” Stevens said. “It was kind ofour thing.”

The Herriman family willprovide a bull ridingchampionship coat to the winner.

The events replace a rodeo that

greeted fair-goers Friday andSaturday nights for many years.

“That’s our whole goal, is tokeep something going on at thefair,” Stevens said. “We wanted tokeep something going in hisname.”

The National Barrel HorseAssociation and Barrel RacersNational 4D sanctioned barrelraces and Dreamcatcher minibullswill be sandwiched betweenrounds of bull riding.

Bulls of Terror BullridingAssociation and the Katiches from

Swawilla Basin near Keller willprovide the bulls.

“Our goal is to put on an eventthat will let our local contestantscompete,” organizer Gary Georgesaid.

Those wishing to ride aminiature bull can contact DezRiggs or Lisa Smith at 509-429-8229.

To enter barrel racing, thecontact is Rhonda Colbert at 509-476-3503. Those wishing to ride abull can contact Sorrel Katich at509-499-3802.

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By Al CampThe Chronicle

OKANOGAN – Horse racingreturns to the Okanogan CountyFair with an abbreviated lineup onSunday.

The races will start at 1 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 10, and 11 a.m.Sunday, Sept. 11.

The senior pony express races,always a crowd pleaser, willcompete only on Saturdayfollowing the horse races andyouth events, organizer CodiMarchand said.

Marchand said she was toldearlier that there would not be anyraces this year.

“This was kind of dropped inmy lap,” she said. “I was told wewere not going to have races. All ofa sudden we are.

“I got volunteered to write theraces.”

The John Cook 4 ½ furlongwill be Saturday, too.

Since the fair is closing twohours earlier this year than in thepast, Sunday racing must be doneby 3 p.m., Marchand said.

The Sunday races will start at11 a.m. and not include a seniorpony express relay.

The one-mile derby will be onSunday.

She said she expects horsesfrom Republic, Spokane, Wellpinitand Omak.

“I assume it will be the same-old, same-old people that come allthe time,” Marchand said, who hasbeen race secretary for at least adozen years.

“I don’t think things willchange much. It will work.”

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A rider heads out on his leg of the pony express during the 2010 fair.

By Cheryl SchweizerThe Chronicle

NESPELEM – For 60 years,Donna Mae Rickard always hadentries ready for the bakingcompetition when the OkanoganCounty Fair rolled around.

She took home her share ofribbons, enough that she lostcount, she said.

“I started this all when I firstcame up here from Oregon” in 1949,she said. “The whole family came uphere – Fred (her husband), me, mydaughter and my mother.”

Fred Rickard had a job as aforester with the Bureau of IndianAffairs.

The new family in town cameto the attention of the countyextension agent.

“He heard about me or knewabout me or something, and he metme and got me interested in forminga 4-H baking group,” she said.Rickard had so much fun at the fairshe started baking her own entries.

“I had probably upward of 20exhibits,” she said. She turned outsweet rolls, bread, muffins, cakeand different kinds of cookies.

Rickard, who now lives atApple Springs Specialty CareCommunity in Omak, said shealways tried to stay within theguidelines produced for theWeight Watchers program, sinceeach entry consisted four or fivecookies, or one loaf of bread.

“You had to do something withthe rest. And the rest was legal forme to eat,” Rickard said.

Looking for recipes that wouldstand up to the competition was ayear-round adventure, and actualfair preparation took about twomonths, she said.

“During the year I was alwayson the lookout for a new (recipe),perhaps a more enticing one,something the judges would gofor,” she said.

Baking for the fair requiredcertain characteristics in thefinished product.

Rickard said she tested fordoneness, made sure the recipedelivered the results promised,checked the grain.

“You smell it, and taste it, ofcourse.”

And she always paid attentionto appearance.

“That’s what you look for first,before you even taste it, I think,”she said. “Did it rise evenly? Wasit evenly browned?”

Rickard would make doublebatches and choose the best ones,she said.

“In June, I’d start baking. ThenI’d freeze,” she said. The familyhad two freezers, and they werefull by fair time, she said.

Her goal was to make theentries as healthy as possible aswell as good to eat, she said.

“I liked to put fruit or evenvegetables in them,” she said.

“I think about the fair, becauseit was such a big part of my life. Itwas a wonderful experience,”Rickard said. “I met so manywonderful people. Oh, my, theywere just great.

“It is a worthy activity. It getspeople out and circulating. It’s afriendly competition and anopportunity to make new friends,and I really valued that greatly,”Rickard said.


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OKANOGAN – Fair timemeans fair food, and vendors atthis year’s Okanogan County Fairhave lined up a smorgasbord oftempting sweets, treats and deep-fried eats.

Vendor slots are filled and awaiting list ready, fairSuperintendent Carl Christensensaid. Most are returning vendors,but a few new ones will set upbooths this year.

Besides food operations, therewill also be a few other craft andequipment vendors added to themix.

Food vendors will be in thegrassy midway area west of theAgriplex. Commercial vendors,clubs and other organizations willset up shop in the Agriplex,Commercial Building and at thenorth end of the midway andbehind the grandstands.

Okanogan County MasterGardeners will set up a booth inthe Agriplex this year instead ofjust in the horticulture barn.Christensen said the group will beselling items.

The Davis Shows Carnival willbe near the grandstands and southof the horse barns.

Okanogan County Public UtilityDistrict will have its electricaleducation display at the north endof the midway.

Among the new booths is thePUD Action Committee, whichformed to question PUD rateincreases and managementdecisions. The group will set up inthe Agriplex with a survey andliterature, spokesman Dan Isaacsaid.

Besides the Republican andDemocratic parties, the OkanoganCounty Tea Party have a booth inthe Commercial Building.

The group will hold a strawvote for president, with alldeclared candidates included,spokeswoman MarianMcClanahan said. The straw voteis for eligible Okanogan Countyvoters only.

For those who choose to eattheir way through the fairgrounds,food booths should be able tosatisfy most folks’ tastebuds.

The Okanogan CountyCattleWomen will again sell beefsandwiches.

Since the late 1960s the group– formerly the CowBelles – has setup in its red barn to sell sloppyjoes, barbecued beef and cold

roast beef sandwiches, longtimeorganizer Donna Harkness said.

The Okanogan Kiwanis Clubwill again be next to the Agriplexwith grilled corn on the cob.

“It’s good,” organizer andOkanogan County Assessor ScottFurman said. “We have FitzgeraldFarms in Malott who grows fiveacres of corn for us each year.”

For next weekend’s fair, theKiwanis ordered 120 dozen.

“It’s one of the things thatpeople come to the fair for,”Furman said. “They say that to usevery year.”

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“And, of course, we’ll have hotdogs and corn dogs,” Chris Hertelsaid.

The couple has providedconcessions to many local eventsover the past two decades,including area rodeos and OmakArt in the Park.

Hertel said they were planningto move to the area some time ago,and own land up Limebelt Road

outside of Conconully.New to the fryer this year is a

fish-and-chips operation out ofFircrest.

Sunshine Tiki Hut, owned byMark Coy, specializes in the deep-fried cod and potatoes, as well aschicken strips, Coy said.

“We do corn dogs, hot dogs andchili dogs,” he said. “We also dobaked potatoes.”

Coy’s business is fairly well-known through WesternWashington, but this is his firstyear at the Okanogan County Fair,and one of his first ventures intoEastern Washington.

Also making its firstappearance at the fair is Lenore’sTamales from Oroville.

“We have homemade chickenor pork tamales, and then we havea bean and rice plate on the side,”

Lenore’s husband Mike Egerton,said.

“The chicken tamales are madewith boneless, skinless chickenbreasts, and then in the cookingprocess are infused tomatillasauce,” he said. “The pork is madewith pork sirloin tip and theninfused with Hatch, N.M., chilipeppers.

“They’re really, really good andthe way my wife makes them, theytaste the same from start to theend.”

The couple also sells jars ofsalsa, and jams and jellies on theside.

“The stuff is made with theabsolute best ingredientspossible,” he said.

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