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Abraham Medina goes airborne after getting bucked off his bull during the 2018 Elgin
Stampede. The Stampede board announced late Wednesday it is canceling the 2020
show because of the coronavirus.
Another virus victim:
Elgin Stampede canceled
By Ronald Bond
The Observer
ELGIN — Another
area rodeo is the latest
event to be a victim of the
coronavirus pandemic.
The Elgin Stampede,
which was to run for
the 74th year this July,
announced on its Face-
book page late Wednesday
it has made the decision to
cancel its 2020 rodeo.
The post, which is from
the offi cers and directors
of the Stampede, points
to the “current COVID-19
restrictions in place in
Oregon” as the reason for
the cancellation and noted
“a gathering of our side
will not be feasible.”
Thirty-three of the 36
counties in Oregon have
submitted applications to
enter Phase I of Gov. Kate
Brown’s reopening plan,
including Union County.
The state said last week
in unveiling the plan that
counties could open as
early as Friday.
But as of late
Wednesday, all of the sub-
mitted plans were still
marked “under review”
on the state’s coronavirus
website.
Even if counties were
able to enter Phase I on
Friday and Phase II three
weeks later, protocol for
Phase III still hasn’t been
determined, and Brown’s
plan recommended that
large gatherings through
the end of September
would need to be either
“canceled or signifi cantly
modifi ed.”
“The numerous restric-
tions present signifi -
cant barriers to nearly
every aspect of hosting a
rodeo. Additionally, we
are sensitive to the eco-
nomic hardship many of
our sponsors and spec-
tators have faced during
our state’s shutdown, and
our organization relies
on these folks to make
our show happen,” the
post said. “The Stampede
Offi cers & Directors are
extremely disappointed,
and it was the very last
decision we wanted to
make.”
The cancellation marks
the second major North-
east Oregon rodeo to be
dropped due to the coro-
navirus and government
order surrounding it.
The Eastern Oregon
Livestock Show
announced in April it was
canceling its June per-
formance. Chief Joseph
Days in late July and the
Pendleton Round-Up still
remain in the chute as of
Wednesday.
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