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2009 FAIR SCHEDULE OF EVENTS - ‘Big Bend Round-Up’THURSDAY

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8:00am – Open Class Carcass Judging (Sheep, Swine)9:00am – Exhibit Buildings open/Opening of Food Fare – Open Class Judging (except Livestock) – 4-H & FFA Exhibit Judging (except Livestock) – 4-H Dog Barn, Dogs benched daily until 6:00 pm. All primary Dog Members will exhibit both obedience and Fitting & Showing on a show and go basis. Primaries will not bench their dogs. 9:30am – 4-H Market Beef, followed by Breeding Beef – 4-H Market Lambs, followed by Breeding Sheep – FFA Market Swine, followed by Breeding Hogs10:00am – 4-H & FFA Horse and Practical Horsemanship Judging – Poultry and Rabbit Exhibit Judging 4-H Dog, Fit and Show - Lawn Area – Midway Entertainment (Comm. Hall) – Bill McCormack11:00am – FFA Market Beef, followed by Breeding Beef – Midway Entertainment (Comm. Hall) – Eric Barger12:00pm – Midway Entertainment (Comm Hall Sam Buckingham1:00pm – Midway Entertainment (Comm. Hall) A Future & A Hope– FFA Market Lambs, followed by Breeding Sheep – 4-H Market Swine, followed by Breeding Hogs – 4-H Horse: Showmanship Sr, Int, Jr1:30pm – FFA Dairy Exhibit Judging2:00pm – Midway Entertainment (Comm. Hall) Amber Black

– 4-H & FFA Poultry Fitting & Showing (Poultry Barn) – Open Class Beef, Swine, Sheep Judging – 4-H Horse: English Equitation - Sr, Int, Jr2:30pm – Midway Entertainment 3:00pm – 4-H Horse English – Pleasure - Sr, Int, Jr– Midway Entertainment (Community Hall) – Our Finest Hour3:30pm – 4-H & FFA Rabbit Fitting & Showing (Rabbit barn)4:00pm – Community Hall closes for concert – 4-H Horse – Bareback Equitation (no walk/trot)5:00pm – Carnival opens7:00pm – Christian concert- Holly Starr

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9:00am – Exhibit Buildings open/Food Fare opens – Schedules start for 4-H activities: Food for All Occasions, Bread Activity, Clothing Activity, Junior Food Activities & Demonstrations – 4-H Beef Fitting & Showing (Beef Arena) – 4-H Sheep Fitting & Showing (Sheep Arena) – 4-H Swine Fitting & Showing (Swine Arena) – 4-H Dog Barn – Dogs benched until 6:00 pm– All Goat Judging (Goat Arena)9:30am – 4-H Dog Obedience Judging - (Lawn Area) 10:00am – Open Class Horse Halter Classes followed by Open Class Horse Fitting & Showing (E. Horse Arena)11:00am – FFA Beef Fitting & Showing (Beef Arena) – FFA Sheep Fitting & Showing (Sheep Arena)– All Pygmy goats – Fitting and Showing (Goat Arena)12:00pm – Midway Entertainment (Community

Hall)12:30pm – FFA Swine Fitting & Showing (Swine Arena)1:00pm – 4-H Horse: Western Equitation - Sr, Int, Jr – Midway Entertainment (Community Hall) – Joel Brantley– FFA Garden Judging Contest 1:30 pm – All Meat Goat Fitting & Showing (Goat Arena) 2:00pm – 4-H Horse: Western Pleasure - Sr, Int, Jr – 4-H & FFA Livestock Judging Contest (Livestock Arena) – FFA Tractor Driving Contest – Midway Entertainment (Comm. Hall) – Bruce & Betsy Mullens2:30pm – Dog Obedience Judging Contest (Lawn Area)3:00pm – Midway Entertainment (Community Hall) – Rockin’ B Cloggers– 4-H Dog Obedience Judging Contest - Lawn Area - Class of 4 – 4-H Horse: Working Pairs - English and Western - all ages4:00pm – Midway Entertainment (Community Hall) – Scott Smith4:30pm – FFA Round Robin Fitting & Showing 4-H Round Robin Fitting & Showing to follow5:00pm – Midway Entertainment (Comm. Hall) Bruce & Betsy Mullens– Carnival opens 6:00pm – Lads & Lassies Lead Class Judging (Sheep Show Arena) – Midway Entertainment (Community Hall) – Joel Brantley 7:00pm – Midway Entertainment (Community Hall) – Rockin’ B Cloggers7:30pm – Scott Smith opening act (Grandstand Stage)8:00pm – Bucky Covington (Grandstand Stage)– Midway Entertainment (Community Hall) – Joel Brantley9:30 pm – Exhibits Close10:00pm – Standing Room Only - Dance (Community Hall)

SATURDAYSponsor of the Day: Pepsi

Cola of WenatcheeAdults $8.00; Students and

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8:00am – Horseshoe Tournament - Singles registration 8:30am – Open Class Horse Classes (Horse Arena) – Equitation, Pleasure, Trail and Walk/Trot ages 12 and under9:00am – Exhibit Buildings/ food opens– 4-H Dog Barn - Dogs benched until 6:00 pm – Horseshoe Tournament - Singles – Schedules start for 4-H: Food for All Occasions, Bread Activity, Clothing Activity, Junior Food Activities & Demonstrations (Youth Exhibit Building) 9:30am – Fur & Feather Auction 10:00am – 4-H & FFA Livestock Auction (Sales Arena) – 4-H Horse: Trail – English and Western – Sr, Int, Jr (Horse Arena) – 4-H Dog Contests; Tricks; Costume – Lawn Area12:00pm – Carcass Class results (Sales Arena) - Carnival Opens 1:00pm – 4-H & FFA Rabbit Judging Contest – 4-H Dog Groom Squad - (lawn area) – Midway Entertainment (Community Hall) – Joel Brantley– Bruce & Betsy Mullens, strolling the grounds1:30pm – 4-H Horse Costume Class all ages (Horse Arena)2:00pm – Midway Entertainment (Comm. Hall)–Bruce & Betsy Mullens– 4-H & FFA Poultry Judging Contest3:00 pm – 4-H Dog Agility Practice Demonstrations – Midway Entertainment (Community Hall) – Joel Brantley 4:00 pm – BIG BEND ROUNDUP - PWRA NRA Rodeo, Thoroughbred & Quarter Horse Racing

- 4-H Style Show 7:30 pm – Midway Entertainment- Okanogan Nashville Stars9:00 pm – Exhibits Close 9:30pm – Standing Room Only - Dance (Community Hall)

SUNDAY“Appreciation Day”

Sponsor of the Day: Crop Production Services

Adults $8.00, Students and 62 & over $6.00

8:00am – Horseshoe Tournament Doubles Registration open until 8:309:00am – Exhibit Buildings Open/Food Fare Opens– 4-H Dog Barn - Dogs benched until 6:00 pm – 4-H Horse Groom Squad Contest – Horseshoe Tournament Doubles9:30am – 4-H Dog Obedi-ence Teams Lawn Area10:00 am – FFA Horse Judging all ages – 4-H Goat Costume 10:00am – Community Prayer Service (Community Hall)11:00am – 4-H Dog Agility contest (lawn area) – 4-H Horse Judging - all ages 12:00 pm – Carnival opens – Midway Entertainment (Community Hall) – Joel Brantley1:00pm – 4-H Rabbit, Cavy, & Poultry Costume Class– Midway Entertainment (Comm. Hall)– Bruce & Betsy Mullens1:30pm – Big Bend Roundup & Horse Race2:00pm – Midway Entertainment (Community Hall) – Joel Brantley3:00pm – Midway Entertainment (Comm. Hall)–Bruce & Betsy Mullens4:00pm – Midway Entertainment (Community Hall) – Joel Brantley5:00pm –Midway Entertainment (Comm. Hall)–Bruce & Betsy Mullens6:00pm – Fair Closes.

obvious from the time an animal goes into the chute and gets that first halter. Steers that will run away when a person gets within 10 to 12 feet are not show ring material, Cameron said.

Showing cattle is mostly about getting them to stand still; the judges will be taking a close

look, and a cow that spooks will lose points. Owners use a stick to make sure the cattle are standing in the right position—and to scratch. Steers love being scratched—on the belly, on the back, on the chin. That helps the fight off the flies, Cameron said.

Over the years his skills have improved, he said, from experi-

ence of course but also from what he’s learned from other kids. ““Fair is a great place to learn stuff like that. You help them and they help you.”

Participating in the fair is a lot of fun, so much fun one fair per year isn’t enough. “We like to show is basically why” he attends both fairs, he said.

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Season PassAdult $16.00Students and Seniors $12.00

Exhibitors Pass Adult $10.00Students and Seniors $ 8.00

DancesFriday or Saturday $6.00

Race and RodeoReserved seating (covered grandstands-festival seating) $5.00Race Programs $2.00

Thursday Concert – free with admission to the fairFriday Reserved Seating Grandstand Show(includes free admission to fair)General seating $25.00Main reserved $35-40Track seating $40.00

RV Parking (advanced reservations only)PoliciesOne Pay Gate:Seasons’ pass, exhibitor tickets or daily ticket admits you to the fairgrounds, exhibits, carnival and a seat in our open north and south grandstands for our rodeo and horse racing Saturday and Sunday. Covered seating is an additional cost.

No Dogs on the Fairgrounds( with the exception of those entered as a 4-H exhibits or for person’s that need an animal to do what they cannot do for themselves )

The Big Bend Round-Up is hosting 2 fun filled days of thor-oughbred horse racing and In-dian Relay races (pony express) as part of the Saturday and Sunday programs on August 29 and 30th. Relay races are races that are bareback and start with a gunshot standing start. They run 3 times around a half mile track, with the rider exchanging horses twice. Racers have come as far as Montana to participate, as well as the horse racers all around the North Central and North Eastern Washington who have supported the NCW Fair for 30 years. The exciting Junior

and Senior Indian Relay races on Saturday will qualify for two championship jackpot races on Sunday.

The Race horse program will also be dedicating the 2009 horse races and Mile Derby to the memory of our veteran jockey, Scott Pakootas from Inchelium, Wa., who jockeyed at our Fair for over 26 years, whom we will miss greatly.

The Big Bend Round-Up is fortunate to be sponsored by many businesses and private individuals, which help us add a considerable amount of money to the purses we pay for the races.

Come and enjoy 2 great days of rodeo and horse racing “Waterville Style.”

Big Bend Round-Up

Fair Board MembersPresident: Jeff KeaneVice President: Dave MiresSecretary: Mysti MiresTreasurer: Brett Telford

Bob Brown, John Humphrey, Leroy Thomsen, Rod Peterson, Chris Jorgensen, Ellis Schneider, Gary Daling, Neil Nelson, Becky Matthiesen, Jeff DeJarnett

Getting ready for the show ringBy Cheryl SchweizerStaff Writer

Cameron Cavadini will be in the show ring when beef fitting and showing gets underway at the North Central Washington District Fair today, Cameron and his steer—

Well. “He really doesn’t have a name. My little cousin, she called him. . .I can’t really remember.” Regardless, Cameron and his steer will be in the ring. Rais-ing a steer for the fair is some work, feeding in the winter and breaking it to lead in the spring, but Cameron and his sister Danyelle will compete in the Okanogan County Fair as well as at Waterville. It’s fun.

The Cavadini family raises cattle as well as wheat on the family land on Pearl Hill, so Cam-eron and Danyelle choose their animals when the cows come off the summer range. Cameron, who’s 13, has been showing cattle for six years and he has learned what to look for, he said. The de-sirable show animal has “a nice straight back,” and will put on weight in the right places. “You want them to fill out, with the brisket nice and big,” and well-rounded hindquarters. Cameron

and his sister each usually pick out two calves. In the winter the main job is to feed them; getting an animal ready for the show ring doesn’t really start until spring.

“We throw halters on them after the winter,” Cameron said; the animal will drag it around and occasionally step on it,

which stops it in its tracks. That way the animal learns to pay at-tention when its owner jerks on the halter.

As far as Cameron is con-cerned it’s not that hard to train a steer. “Usually they’re not that bad.” Whether a steer will be easy or difficult to train is pretty

Cheryl Schweizer photoCameron Cavadini and his steer will be in the show ring this afternoon at the NCW Fair.

Photos courtesy of NCW Fair

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Bucky Covington to perform Friday nightOn Friday, August 28th,

the NCW Fair will welcome Bucky Covington. Bucky was drawn to country mu-sic at an early stage, but he didn’t really get into performing until he was 19 when he got his first guitar. After a few years of play-ing with rock bands in the area, he answered an ad for a vocalist needed for a southern country and rock band, Southern Thunder. He began working for his Dad’s family business dur-ing the week and playing

nightclubs on weekends.Encouraged by family and

friends he auditioned for American Idol.

Being one of the eight finalists on the fifth season in 2006 of American Idol launched Bucky into a ca-reer. The day after he left the show he was approached by a producer from Lyric Records. His first album debuted at No 1 on the Bill-board Top Country Charts, and has produced hits like “A Different World, “It’s Good to Be Us”, and “I’ll Walk”. His sophomore al-

bum is due out the eighth of September, but has already had some success with his first single off the album, “I Want My Life Back.”

Tickets for the Friday Con-cert are $40.00, $35.00 and general admission $25.00

Good seats are st i l l available at Ag Supply in Wenatchee, Ace Hardware in East Wenatchee, Mitch-ell’s Pharmacy in Waterville, Rawson’s in Okanogan and at the Fair office where you can use Visa, MasterCard or American Express.

During the last eight years, one of the many exciting activi-ties at the N.C.W. Fair has been Gospel Music Thursday. Every Thursday at the fair, gospel mu-sic artists from North Central Washington gather together to perform live on the stage at the fairground’s community hall. Some of the artists this year will include; Bill McCormack, Bill Redfield, Eric Barger, Amber Black, Sam Buckingham, Bill

Buckingham, Garrett Oatey, Kathy Buckingham, A Future and a Hope, and Our Finest Hour. The first performance will begin at 10:00am.

The evening will be capped off with our annual concert, themed Honoring God and Country. The Honor God and Country concert has featured many widely known contemporary Christian artists, including Mercy Me, Big Daddy Weave, and Mark Schultz. This year’s main attraction contem-porary Christian artist will be Holly Starr.

Holly, who is from Quincy, has been writing and singing songs since she was 14 years old. This summer she has performed all over the country, including on the CBS Morning Show in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in Nashville, Tennessee, and a little closer to home in the Creation Festival at the Gorge. Holly released her first EP at the age of fifteen, and her first album Embraced was released last August. She

recently opened for country artist LeAnn Rimes, and was nominated for the Momentum Awards Female Artist of the Year in Nashville.

Holly has graciously agreed to perform at the NCW Fair after the cancellation of fellow Christian artist Carman. This concert will be held in the com-munity hall at the fair grounds at 7:00pm. Admission into the fair is all that is required, entrance into the concert is free.

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This year we will be welcom-ing Bruce and Betsy Mullen to the NCW District Fair. Bruce and Betsy live in Northport, WA. In 2004 they began performing at fairs in the Northeast as the “Travl’n Opry” Show; perform-ing old and new country hits, 50’s and 60’s classics and imperson-ations, and a gospel show. In 2006 Bruce and Betsy recoded a new album titled “Only One Way.” Recently, Bruce and Betsy were voted Favorite Duo of the Year at the 2009 Agape Fest in Jefferson,

TX. Bruce and Betsy will be per-forming on the Community Hall Stage and throughout the day on the grounds.

‘Travl’n Opry’ Show

Lupe Villaseñor guides her pig around the pen. Judges at the fair score both the quality of the pig and the handler’s ability in working with the animal.

Pigs give lessons in responsibilityBy Les BowenStaff Writer

The pig pen sticks out like a sore thumb. Surrounded by acres of apple orchards on Boyd Road in Chelan five pigs root around in a small fenced pen.

Jorge and Lupe Villaseñor are raising four of them (the fifth belongs to a friend).

Starting her freshman year, Lupe is new to FFA and it’s her first year showing animals. Jorge is starting his junior year and joined FFA when he started high school. This year, he’s both the chapter treasurer for Chelan FFA and president of FFA District 7 covering Chelan, Douglas and Okanogan counties.

Tucker Cool, who’s now the state FFA president, recruited Jorge to join the organization and last year convinced him to raise pigs.

“The money’s nice,” said Jorge – the pigs are auctioned after they’re shown at the fair. “And the experience is pretty cool. Not every kid in school can say, ‘I have five pigs at my house.’”

Lupe said she was more re-luctant to get into raising and showing pigs.

“My brother convinced me,”

she explained. “I used to be like, ‘eeew, pigs.’”

That’s changing and she’s learning a lot from her brother.

“The first year, I had no idea what I was doing, whatsoever.” Jorge said. Just the same, he earned a ribbon for showing at the NCW District Fair in Waterville and was reserve grand champion in the light-weight division in Cashmere (The lightweight division is for the pigs that don’t make the 235-pound minimum weight).

Jorge said he learned a lesson about weight from last year and at the same time was schooled in responsibility. He explained it’s important for pigs to keep gain-ing weight. Most pigs are around six months old when they are shown, so there’s not a lot of time to get to that 235-pound mark. Just one day that a pig doesn’t get enough food translates to four days of not gaining weight.

“We’ve learned how to show and we’ve learned the right way to raise a pig,” said Jorge. He’s confident that he’ll do better this year. He has high hopes for his sister and thinks the pigs have what it takes. “These pigs are really nice.”

Lupe is learning a much sim-pler lesson. “I’ve learned not to be scared of the pigs,” she said.

The brother and sister will each show one pig at the NCW District Fair this week and one at the Chelan County Fair in two weeks. Lupe named her two pigs Chubs and Chorizo (a spicy Mexi-can sausage). Jorge’s pigs are Pork Chop and Puerco (Spanish for pig or pork). They laughed as they explained that the fifth pig in the pen is named Wayne.

With the first year of raising pigs almost behind her, Lupe said she’s thinking about sticking to it. She had been planning to try it for just one year.

“Now I know it’s not that hard,” she said. “And I’m planning to do it for the rest of my high school career.”

Jorge has one more year he can show as an FFA member. He plans to raise a steer for next year.

Unlike the pigs, the steer won’t be raised in the middle of an orchard. Lupe ended up chasing a couple of the pigs around the orchard when they got past the fence and Jorge said he’s lined up a place with the Cools where he can raise a steer.

Keep your eyes peeled for Joel Brantley at the NCW Fair this year. Joel is a versatile en-tertainer from nearby Spokane who provides fun for the whole family with his high energy, interactive musical acts.

This year Joel will be per-forming three very different shows. You can let Joel take you back in time with his “His-tory of Rock n’ Roll” show in which he will sing classic hits by Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, The Temptations and other rock icons. For the country music fans out there, Joel also performs a “Country Hoe-Down.” You will hear Joel sing country hits by country stars like George Strait,

Alan Jackson and many more. Joel also performs a “Variety Act”, singing a mix of popular music.

You won’t only get to hear your favorite songs when you go to

Joel’s shows. Joel gets kids and adults up on stage to play rubber guitars and tambourines, wear Elvis sunglasses, dance, and even sing into the microphone.

You can bet that you will be thoroughly entertained by Joel Brantley at the NCW Fair this year. Whether you’re a rock n’ roll or country music fan, Joel will have you up on your feet doing the twist or line dancing in no time!

Joel Brantley: A Versatile Entertainer

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