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4 Wednesday, June 5, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Volunteer welcomes contestants Town will be full of Rodeo action By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief Not all of the action is in the arena on Rodeo weekend. At 9:30 a.m. Saturday morning, the Sisters Rodeo Parade will roll down Cascade Avenue in a decades-old tradition that brings out rodeo queens, classic cars, PHOTO PROVIDED beautiful horses (and Las Vegas band Thrillbilly Deluxe. other critters), music and an appearance by Rodeo with a feeling of wanting to entertainer John Payne 4 the rip the sleeves off their shirt, One Arm Bandit. get a cooler full of beer and Sisters loves to kick up hit the road in that old pickup its heels over the weekend truck.= at local watering holes. It The band will also play on fires up on Thursday, June Friday and Saturday nights. 6, with traditional <locals Local bluegrass and night= festivities at Hardtails Americana favorites Moon Bar & Grill featuring the Mountain Ramblers will play ace Las Vegas, Nevada band after XTreme bulls at Sisters Thrillbilly Deluxe. Saloon on Wednesday night, Thrillbilly Deluxe has June 5. Sisters Saloon brings been setting dance floors on back The Joe Slick Band on fire since 2011 with their the patio stage starting on hand-picked covers of main- Thursday, June 6. The Joe stream country radio artists Slick Band, based out of such as Keith Urban, Luke Washington, is one of the Bryan, Eric Church, Kenny Pacific Northwest9s premier Chesney and more, mixed country-rock bands. in with classic country and While The Joe Slick Band rock. rocks the patio, local favor- The band proclaims that, ite Dry Canyon Stampede <The image of the band, will play the indoor stage at together with this rocking Sisters Saloon, serving up country song list, leaves one classic cowboy favorites. PHOTO PROVIDED Dry Canyon Stampede will play the indoor stage at Sisters Saloon. Diane Prescott wears a variety of different hats for the Sisters Rodeo Association 4 and a cowboy hat is just one of them. One of her major volunteer efforts is in creating about 450 welcome bags for Rodeo con- testants. Prescott and a crew of willing hands gather swag from around the community 4 <anything useful for the cowboys= 4 and assemble it for presentation. Prescott also paints, works on the landscaping, assists in selecting and distributing the Sisters Rodeo posters, works on kitchen cleanup, and ush- ers. Her primary task, though, is to work with board member Roger Dwight in the develop- ment and service of sponsors. Prescott has been a Sisters Rodeo super-fan since 2004, when she visited the area at the invitation of her friend Chris Lentz. <I knew her from San Diego,= Prescott recalled. <We were in a riding club in San Diego. I came up here and stayed with her and she said, 8Come on, Diane! We9re going to the Sisters Rodeo!= Enthralled with the action and with the majestic sight of a Rodeo sunset over the Three Sisters, she was <bowled over.= The die was cast. <I wanted to be part of it,= she said. Prescott grew up in Southern California 4 and PHOTO PROVIDED Diane Prescott rides in the Sisters Rodeo Parade. she says she <always was a horsey gal.= <I always wanted one,= she said. <I was a city girl and didn9t have one. My cousins did and I was always asking my mother if I could go live with my cousins.= Prescott9s career was in marketing and sales in the computer industry. She did a lot of trade-show work, some of it in Las Vegas 4 where she discovered the National Finals Rodeo. Transferred from Santa Barbara to San Diego, she delved deep into the eques- trian world. <I9ve always been a trail rider,= she said. <Living in San Diego, my horse was boarded and all I ever wanted was to live where he could live in the backyard with me,= she said. When the time in her life came when that was possible, she thought Colorado might be an option. She planned a trip to Yellowstone 4 but detoured to Sisters for that fateful visit with Lentz. <Pretty soon we were win- dow-shopping at real estate offices,= she said. Trail riding remains a pas- sion, and one of the major attractions of Sisters Country. <You can ride anywhere you can see, basically,= she said. <That9s new when you See PRESCOTT on page 26 Free Rodeo Shuttle Bus COWGIRLS & INDIANS Last Roundup Retirement SALE! Thursday, T h u r s d a y , June J u n 6 • 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, F r i d a y June J u n e 7 • 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 8 • 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. HUGE DISCOUNTS! On Double D Ranchwear, Art, Jewelry, Boots & More Joining us on Thursday is RENOWNED WESTERN SINGER JONI HARMS who will sing us on down the trail… We will be shutting the doors of the store but will be selling on Facebook/Kate Aspen — 160 S. OAK STREET | 541-549-6950 — From Sisters Elementary School (611 East Cascade Ave) to the Cell Towers 1.5 hours before, to 1.5 hours after the Rodeo. See ya at the Rodeo!