Wednesday, May 31, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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ANIMALS: Sport
is tougher on the
cowboys than on stock
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PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
The 170-acre Cougar Butte Fire near Bend is contained.
CLEANUP: VFW
offered a history
of the cemetery
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and succeed in life,” he said.
“I wake up and want to go to
school.”
The Camp Polk Cemetery
cleanup continued until 11
a.m. when the students and
volunteers broke for lunch,
which was donated by
McDonald’s of Sisters.
After lunch the local
V.F.W. Post 8138 and
American Legion Post 86
gave a history of the cem-
etery to the students, along
with a discussion of the his-
tory of Memorial Day. An
American flag was raised and
students once again headed
out to different parts of the
local cemetery to place flags
on all of the graves.
Local veteran and
American Legion Post
Commander
Lance
Trowbridge shared a bit of his
family history and connection
to the cemetery. Trowbridge’s
father and uncle, both veter-
ans, are interred at Camp
Polk.
Some of the veterans lin-
gered after all of the students
and volunteers left. Pride
showed on their faces after
the cleanup and ceremony
had concluded.
“These kids worked
really hard,” said V.F.W. Post
Commander Bill Anttila.
“They deserve all the acco-
lades they can get.”
A Partnership
Beyond Your
Expectations
gates, and water supplies.
Any rodeo not in compliance
will be faced with fines, sus-
pension, or even disqualifi-
cation of that rodeo from the
PRCA.
A standard requirement
for PRCA rodeos is a vehicle
of transport for the rare ani-
mal injuries that occur dur-
ing a rodeo. Sisters Rodeo
has acquired a new livestock
ambulance, with a gener-
ous support of Trailer World
of Tumalo and Cargo Mate
Trailers, along with a winch
donated by Warn Winches.
This trailer was custom-built
for this job, with an over-
sized floor for an animal that
can’t stand.
“With the help of Debbie
and Greg Blaser at Trailer
World and of Cargo Mate,
we are now in possession
of a state-of-the-art animal
ambulance,” said Sisters
Rodeo President Glenn
Miller. “We are very grate-
ful for their commitment to
our rodeo and to the live-
stock that might need to be
transported.”
“We are excited to serve
our community with this
offering to Sisters Rodeo,”
said Greg Blaser.
Professional rodeo is well
aware of some resistance
to this American sport. The
Quality Truck-mounted
PRCA is dedicated to edu-
cating people about the mea-
sures that are in place to pro-
tect the livestock and ensure
their health and safety.
The PRCA requires that
all rodeos’ veterinarians and
PRCA judges fill out a sur-
vey form at every rodeo, doc-
umenting the conditions and
care of the livestock. From
recent annual findings from
148 rodeos and 70 slack com-
petitions, with 60,244 event
“exposures,” there were 28
animal injuries that required
treatment. Statistically, that
is less than five hundredths
of one percent.
A former Sisters Rodeo
veterinarian stated that dur-
ing his three decades of ser-
vice, he treated only three
severe injuries at Sisters
Rodeo.
“The most common minor
injuries that required some
treatment were to queens’
horses,” said Eric Sharpnack,
DVM, who is now retired.
Tim Phillips, DVM,
agrees. “It is very unusual
to have an animal injured in
rodeo competitions,” says
Phillips, who has been the
Sisters Rodeo veterinarian
for five years. “These ani-
mals are very well cared for.”
Calves and steers are not
overlooked in the rules of
protection. They are evalu-
ated two weeks before a
rodeo to be sure they are
healthy and fit, with no dis-
abilities. Calves must weigh
between 220-280 pounds,
and steers between 450-650
pounds. Veterinarians agree
that it would be very difficult
to harm a steer, who are even
fit with horn guards during
the steer-wrestling event.
Calf injuries are very rare.
Among the PRCA rules,
only low-voltage cattle
prods can be used to help
herd animals, there are time
limits to how long animals
can be trailered in transit
before they are rested, and
required evaluation of the
animals’ condition at the
time they perform is abso-
lute. If there is any sign of
lameness, illness or trauma,
the rodeo veterinarian will
remove that animal from
competition.
In the final picture, who
wouldn’t want a career that
requires eight seconds or
less of work once or twice
a week, travel, good meals
and an off-season on green
pastures? Rodeo is a thriving
business. Stock contractors
who provide livestock for
rodeo are determined to pro-
tect their investments.
Sisters Rodeo will begin
June 7 with Xtreme Bulls
followed by four rodeo per-
formances 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. in Sisters.
The ticket office will close
on Friday, June 9. Tickets
may be purchased at the
rodeo grounds after that.
For information visit www.
sistersrodeo.com.
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