Wednesday, May 10, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
RODEO ACT: Mustang
trainer has adopted
several horses
TOLLGATE: Project
is set to begin
soon
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didn’t deserve his interest.”
He was, she said, “blown
away” when he saw their ath-
leticism and ability.
At this event, the nation’s
top professional trainers are
assigned a wild mustang for
120 days, during which the
trainer brings the horse from
unmanageable (with train-
ers on high alert for their
own safety), to a competi-
tor in a variety of skills. The
horse and rider perform in
front of judges in trail rid-
ing, cow class and reining,
accomplished and capable of
becoming a full-time work-
ing horse. The highest scoring
team advances to the finals
where they perform in free-
style for final judging.
In Kerr’s first competi-
tion the following year, his
mustangs, Poncho and Lefty,
placed fourth and fifth. The
highlight was being voted Fan
Favorite. For Kerr, there was
no future that didn’t involve
mustangs, challenging the
life-long skills Kerr had
developed in training domes-
tic horses.
A Champion of the
Legends trophy, the first-
place award at the Mustang
Makeover, came to Kerr in
2012. He again won Fan
Favorite on Maypop. All the
mustangs are sold at auc-
tion after the competition,
drinking, cooking, toilets, etc.
Sisters-Camp Sherman
Fire Chief Roger Johnson
explained how the district
will handle fire protection
during the shutoff:
“We make a temporary
change in the fire apparatus
assigned to a fire with the 911
center,” he told The Nugget.
“We will dispatch multiple
water tenders to any fire dur-
ing the shutdown.”
Some residents expressed
concern about the potential
presence of asbestos in the
pipes, due to their vintage.
Asbestos was — and in some
instances still is — used as
an insulating element. It can
pose dangers to health if
inhaled.
T h e To l l g a t e b o a r d
acknowledged this concern:
“Some of the pipes contain
asbestos,” the board told The
Nugget. “Tollgate is work-
ing with Oregon Department
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Bobby Kerr’s Mustang Act will thrill crowds at the Sisters Rodeo.
but Kerr has often bid on his
own accomplished horses and
taken them home.
Along with annual compe-
tition at Mustang Makeover,
Kerr travels across the nation
to perform at rodeos and
horse events. He has contin-
ued to enter competitions, and
became the IPRA Contract
Act Showcase winner in
Oklahoma City.
With his touring act, Kerr
proudly allows ordinary
Americans to learn something
about this grand tradition of
the West, its wild-ranging
horses. These beautiful steeds
demonstrate the versatility
and trainability of the mus-
tang and help raise awareness
about the challenges of main-
taining wild horse herds.
Over the last several
years, adoption of wild mus-
tangs has declined, with the
rangelands of the West being
decimated by an overpopula-
tion of the horses and graz-
ing needs of ranchers. The
wild horse population can be
sustained at about 30,000 ani-
mals, but there are currently
over 50,000 rambling across
the West, mostly in Nevada.
In drought years, the brutal
deaths of these elegant crea-
tures come as starvation and
dehydration, numbering in the
thousands.
The Mustang Heritage,
sponsor of the Supreme
Mustang Makeover, is sup-
ported by the federal Bureau
of Land Management Wild
Horse and Burro program.
More than 7,000 formerly
wild horses have been
adopted as a result of the
Makeover. Nationwide adver-
tising by Bobby Kerr’s perfor-
mances and other campaigns
to increase public awareness
are also benefitting the need
for adoption.
Sisters Rodeo begins June
7 with Xtreme Bulls, fol-
lowed by four rodeo perfor-
mances June 9-11. For tickets
and information call the ticket
hotline at 541-549-0121 or
1-800-827-7522, or visit
the ticket office at 220 W.
Cascade Ave. More informa-
tion is at www.sistersrodeo.
com.
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DEQ spokesman Greg
Svelund told The Nugget on
Monday that the Tollgate
project involves “non-friable”
asbestos — which means it is
not readily subject to crum-
bling, powdering and becom-
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the key safety concern with
asbestos.
Non-friable asbestos is
much less of a safety concern
than friable asbestos.
“We do not need a licensed
asbestos abatement contrac-
tor since we are not remov-
ing the non-friable AC pipe,”
the board noted. “We are just
replacing the failed valves.”
Residents will need to boil
their drinking water after the
water is turned back on, until
Tollgate receives a water test-
ing result approved by the
Oregon Health Authority,
Drinking Water Division.
“We are hoping to have
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within a day of the water
being reactivated to the prop-
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wrote in a website update.
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