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WEDNESDAY
July 29, 2015
‘T O BE PART OF THIS IS JUST A JOY .’
BIG WELCOME FOR
LITTLE BUCKAROOS
Steve Tool/Chieftain
Comin’ at you! The saddle bronc
action was hot and heavy at the
70th Annual Chief Joseph Days
Rodeo held from July 21-26. This
cowboy made the ride with no
problem on the July 23 “Tough
Enough to Wear Pink” night.
70th CJD
Rodeo in
the books
By Kathleen Ellyn
Wallowa County Chieftain
It was another historic Chief Jo-
seph Days packed with pretty girls
and cute cowboys and wild action.
Stock contractor Growney Broth-
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Days, went unridden, again. Shawn
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for 86 points and took home his share
of the $85,485 total prize money CJD
offered.
Specialty Act “Wild Man” Troy
Lerwill proved to be the entertainer
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voted PRCA Comedy Act of the Year
six times, keeping the audience enter-
tained and thrilled throughout the run
of the rodeo.
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Don Griggs kept the cowboys safe;
chute bosses John Growney and
Dan Ackley kept the rides and rid-
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Twitchell and Mitch Coleman got
those riders off those broncs and bulls
as safely as humanly possible.
Todd Nash and Ethan Lowe
teamed up to wrangle a cow and won
the Wild Cow Milking, with Cody
Ross and Adam Saxton taking second
and Mark Dawson and Wyatt War-
nock taking third.
And a 4-year-old won the mutton
busting on Thursday night, taking an
overall second place for both nights.
Little Sylvonisty Brewer clung to
the wool for a fantastic ride and 84.5
points.
First place went to Wednesday
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with 85 points and Avery Cox was
a very close third overall with 84
points.
Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain
Little Buckaroo, Kourtney Hall of Pilot Rock, throws her first loop with the advice of CJD Rodeo announcer Jody Carper of Jamul, Calif. And
she caught that steer!
Support for new event ‘awesome’
By Kathleen Ellyn
T
Wallowa County Chieftain
he four participants in the First An-
nual Little Buckaroo Rodeo at Chief
Joseph Days were heavily supported
last Thursday.
More than a dozen volunteers, several pho-
tographers and journalists, and an audience in
the north stands were there to cheer them on.
The Little Buckaroo Rodeo was made part
of Chief Joseph Days this year and is modeled
after the Pendleton special needs participant
rodeo. In fact, the equipment used in The Little
Buckaroo event is borrowed from Pendleton.
Organizer Debbie Scudder of Enterprise
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but was astonished at the size of the support.
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there,” she said. “It was awesome.”
Local rancher and cowboy Barrie Qualle
volunteered to mentor the youth early on and
was soon joined by other cowboys and the
entire CJD Court, and the support continued
to swell as the day approached.
See BUCKAROOS, Page A10
See RODEO, Page A10
Rescued osprey dies
Wallowa Grain Growers site
in Joseph died from injuries
sustained during its ordeal.
On July 12, Mike Hansen,
Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife assistant district
wildlife biologist, received a
call from a concerned citizen
who spotted the bird dangling
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Despite the best efforts
of wildlife experts at Blue
Mountain Wildlife, a wild-
life treatment center and ref-
uge in Pendleton, the female
osprey rescued from the old
Kohlhepp a Shriner All-Star
from its nest and suspended
in midair by a length of baling
twine. After a rescue effort that
included wearing a safety har-
ness, Hansen eventually res-
cued the bird and transported
it to Pendleton for treatment.
See OSPREY, Page A10
The 6-foot two-inch, 245
lbs. Kohlhepp, just graduat-
ed EHS and excelled in both
Enterprise High School sports standout football and track, setting
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game of the season: The 63rd Annual East-West discus besides being one of
Shrine All-Star football game. The game is slat- the defensive and offensive
ed for Aug. 1 at 5 p.m. at Bulldog Field in Baker line leaders in football.
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See KOHLHEPP, Page A10
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By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Kohlhepp
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Friday, July 31
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