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Wednesday, May 1, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Cowgirl poet featured at gathering
AK (Kathy) Moss recited
her cowgirl poetry as part of
the Three Sisters Historical
Society Fireside Evening
on the history of the Sisters
Rodeo.
Moss is a western woman
from Canyon City, Oregon, in
Grant County. She is an author
and poet who has written a
number of books, recorded
her poetry, as well as being
published in numerous maga-
zines. Her passion for writing
and western heritage shows
in everything she does. She
is the Peoples Choice Award,
Keeper of the West winner,
for her poetry, writing and
performances.
She offered her poem on
the Sisters Rodeo for a rapt
audience last week at FivePine
Lodge and Conference Center.
The Biggest Little Show
in the World
4 K. Moss, 2019
They gather every sum-
mer, where the timber meets
the sage,
With the Sister mountains
in the background, help to
set the stage.
Where contestants face
inner demons on tilled
Oregon dirt,
Where flesh and bone of
man and beast challenge
time and quirt.
Where strangers stand
together with the anthem,
unified,
For they understand,
with hat in hand, those who
fought and died.
The memory of the past,
prayers they cast for our
future generation.
They may never know the
volunteers who work like a
congregation,
For the piggin9 string and
lariat, those that race the
clock,
The ballet dance between
grit and wit, against the
bucking stock.
And the struggles faced
and those who graced, the
arena floor.
Who gave a show and
wouldn9t you know, left them
wanting more.
The anticipation, trepida-
tion, the blood, guts and the
grit
The winning cash, the
mad dash of the ponies on
the bit.
The dally and whoa, the
get up and go, the laughter,
family and friends.
The struggles and tri-
umph, the music, the uh-umf,
of nineteen-forties trends.
All bound together with
sweat and leather tucked in
the timber and sage,
For the crowd to cheer,
the freedom here and those
mountains to set the stage.
Yet they gather every
summer, around the chutes
and say
The tales of those who
have gone before, remem-
bered to this day.
All in an arena circle
that completes the cowboy
dream,
Win or lose the only
promise and a respect it
would seem.
In a little town in Central
Oregon few would ever
know,
Had it not been for the
determination of the Sisters
Rodeo.
Boys lacrosse drops
game to West Albany
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The Outlaws fell 17-2 to
the Bulldogs at West Albany
on Saturday, April 27. Sisters
was short-handed and only
14 of their 23 players were
able to travel. Players were
out due to injury, illness, low
grades, Marine recruit train-
ing, and family events.
West Albany possessed
the ball the majority of the
game due to a strong face-off
game and their skilled offen-
sive players.
<Our boys played hard and
improved as the game went
on, but with so few players,
and many of them fresh-
men, we just couldn9t match
well with the more veteran
opponent,= said Coach Paul
Patton.
Gator Haken scored
Sisters9 two goals. His first
goal came off a nice dodge,
and the second off an assist
from Matt Harris. Harris
moved up and at times played
on the offensive end with his
defensive long pole.
Harris led the team with
five ground balls. Freshman
Oscar Rhett had a good game
on the defensive end as well,
and recorded four ground
balls.
Anthony Randolph tallied
11 saves in the goal. Middies
Connor Martin, Riley Sellers,
Ricky Huffman, and Max
Palanuk all had to play big
minutes at a demanding posi-
tion where they had to run the
whole field.
Caden Mercer, a fresh-
man who just recently joined
the squad, saw his first var-
sity minutes and according to
Patton showed signs that he9s
going to be a great lacrosse
player.
Freshmen Gavin Johnson
and Eli Johnson filled in for
missing teammates, stepped
up at the attack position and
also did a nice job.
Former Outlaws lacrosse
player Emry Meyer has been
helping out the coaching staff
the past couple of weeks, and
according to Patton has made
positive connections with the
players. Emry played on the
first lacrosse teams that were
formed back in the 2008 era.
Sisters was to play at
Mountain View on Tuesday,
April 30 and at the SALI
Tournament on Saturday
and Sunday, May 4 and 5.
The Outlaws are entered as a
JV2 team so that their fresh-
men dominated squad can
be matched up against other
young guys.
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AK (Kathy) Moss recited her cowgirl poetry in Sisters last week.
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