A12
WEDNESDAY
August 3, 2016
La Grande
Legion
team goes
2-2 at state
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
Ellen Morris Bishop
Derek Kolbaba rides Uncle Anthony on Wednesday night. It was a 78-point ride and it held up through the weekend to give Kolbaba
top honors in the event.
HOME SWEET HOME
Kolbaba claims top bull-riding prize after four
thrilling nights of CJD Rodeo action
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Wallowa County Chieftain
odeo fans who attended
the 71st Chief Joseph Days
Rodeo fi nal performance
on Saturday night got
their money’s worth and
then some with some
spectacular performances by both the
athletes and animals. Hometown favorite
Derek Kolbaba held off all comers with
his 78-point bull ride on opening night —
no one presented a serious challenge in
the three subsequent performances.
Local songstress Jessie Borgerding
sang the National Anthem on Saturday,
while the Growney Brothers rough stock
proved a tough test. More than a few of
the Growneys’ animals were National
Rodeo Finals picks, and an impressive
number of cowboys found themselves
staring up at the stars long before the
eight-second buzzer sounded.
No new arena records were set this
year, but a few were matched. Trevor
Knowles of Mount Vernon, Ore., posted
a steer-wrestling time of 3.7 seconds on
Wednesday to match Nik Hamm’s record,
set in 2011. Knowles fi nished second
in the fi nal aggregate standings behind
Ellen Morris Bishop
Randy DeMoss acknowledges the crowd Friday night at Harley Tucker Memorial Arena
in Joseph. DeMoss recorded an 83-point ride for a share of first place in the saddle
bronc event.
Nevada cowboy Dakota Eldridge.
Also, J.C. Malone of Hooper, Utah,
matched Clint Cooper’s arena tie-down
record (2010) with an 8.0-second run.
Hooper topped the aggregate standings
with a fi nal score of 17.4 seconds — a
full two seconds better than second-place
fi nisher Roger Nonella of Redmond, Ore.
See RODEO, Page A18
Three Wallowa County players on the
La Grande Legacy Legends American
Legion baseball team have returned from
state tournament play in Central Point
over the last week. Wallowa High School
sophomore Gus Ramsden and Enterprise
High School juniors Chris Bathke and Ri-
ley Hayward are the only Wallowa Coun-
ty players on the team.
The Legends turned in a third-place ef-
fort with a 2-2 record at the double-elimi-
nation tournament.
The Legends lost both their fi rst and
fi nal games to eventual state champions
North Medford by one-run margins — 9-8
and 4-3.
In between losses they earned a 5-3
victory over Umpqua and a satisfying 6-0
drubbing of home team Central Point.
“They were supposed to be the best
team there,” Ramsden said. “They were
supposed to win it, and it was their fi eld.
They were super cocky, and we beat them.”
Bathke played in the outfi eld for most
of the tournament, while Hayward and
Ramsden played a game each at second
base.
Only fi n-clipped
Chinook can be
kept on select
lower Columbia
Fall Chinook salmon fi shing opened
Monday on the lower Columbia River trib-
utaries under new rules designed to protect
wild fi sh.
Only fi n-clipped fall Chinook salmon
may be retained this year on lower Colum-
bia River tributaries in a move designed to
protect wild tule Chinook, a species listed
for protection under the Endangered Spe-
cies Act.
Streams covered by the temporary
rule include Youngs River and Bay, Bear
Creek, Beaver Creek, Big Creek, Gnat
Creek, John Day River, Klaskanine River
(Including North and South Fork), Clats-
kanie River and Lewis and Clark River.
While anglers are still allowed to fi sh
for Chinook in these streams and keep up
to two adult and fi ve jack (15”-24”) Chi-
nook, they must be fi n-clipped fi sh, which
are marked with a healed adipose or ven-
tral fi n clip.
Season closure dates and open areas re-
main unchanged, but vary by stream so an-
glers are advised to check ODFW’s online
Regulation Update Page for details about
these fi sheries.
— Wallowa County Chieftain
Shriner’s event gives a boost to community
Holy Cow — and a whole lot of
horses and bulls, for that matter! An-
other terrifi c Chief Joseph Days has
come and gone.
As the thunder ceases to a low
rumble in Joseph, so goes another
Shriner’s golf tournament at Alpine
Meadows in Enterprise, traditional-
ly scheduled on the Friday of CJD
weekend.
Compared to last year’s entries
the fundraising event was down in
numbers by about 10 people, but
those who did get in the game seemed
happier with fewer players and a fast-
er-paced game.
“The tournament is well-known as
Rochelle Danielson
a lengthy all-day happening, but this
year we were out of there by 2 p.m.,”
said Sid Wortman, who resides in
Gresham, Ore., and has played in the
Shriner’s event for many years. “The
committee relaxed a few old-estab-
lished rules that tend to slow game
play, but still gave players the option
in purchasing mulligans.”
Of the 60 participating golfers,
team winners were:
• First Place (tiebreaker): Rob
Hayes, Cody Hayes, Kyle Hayes,
Cassie Westbrook and Roger Davies,
59.
• Second Place (tiebreaker): Doug
Doyle, Dennis Hunt, Kent Wigle,
Rod Wigle and Greg Oveson, 59.
• Third Place (tiebreaker): Jerry
Hook, Marvin Gibbs, Sherri Currie
and Josh Kissenger, 63.
• Fourth Place (tiebreaker): Den-
nis Kennedy, Wendy Kennedy, Dave
Daggett, Bob Payant, and Terri
Smith, 63.
• Ladies Longest Drive: Sherri
Currie.
• Men’s Longest Drive: Kyle
Hayes.
• Men’s KP: Greg Rose; 2nd, Rod
Wigle.
High praise for the clubhouse
crew (Jimmy Bivens, Christine
Eaves and Lori Shane) came from
Lorraine and Gerald Crawford: “You
have a wonderful club manager and
employees working for the course.
They were there to help us in every
way in what was needed for the tour-
nament.”
Event chair Sam Wade was
pleased with the turnout.
“This is our money-maker for
the local chapter,” Wade said. “The
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Wallowa County Fair
Livestock Sale on
Saturday August 13 at 6pm!
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In other news:
Tuesday Ladies group names
added to the July Birdie tree: Judy
Ables, Carol Marr, Ernestine Kilgore
and Heather Bruce.
Notice: Already in play is a
Wednesday evening organized group
of golfers. In the past it was a men’s
group, but ladies are included this
year. If interested, check with Bill
Ables at clubhouse.
Rochelle Danielson is an Alpine
Meadows member who resides in
Enterprise.
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