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B1 WEDNESDAY May 31, 2017 HITE HEADING FOR POCATELLO She will compete in Idaho High School state rodeo Contributed photo Emma Hite powers around a barrell on her 11-year-old quarter horse Flo in a recent competition on her way to the Idaho High School Rodeo Association finals. By Paul Wahl Emma Hite’s events Wallowa County Chieftain I n a few days, Emma Hite will load up her horse and drive seven hours to Pocatello, Idaho, for her first time competing in the Idaho High School Rodeo Association finals. She’ll bring along a year’s worth of daily training and a ton of support from her family and extended family. “My dad was a roper and rode bulls, and he kind of got me into it,” said Emma, who began competing in Idaho’s junior high division some years back. “My mom taught me everything I know.” James and Jill Hite are instructors in the Joseph Charter School, and Emma is a sophomore at Joseph High School. She competes in Idaho because the distance to enter competitions and earn points is less than most of the Oregon qualifying rodeos. It’s still an average of four-hours one way on the road, but she also has family in the Weiser, Idaho, area, which makes for a convenient stopover. POLE BENDING Pole bending pattern is to be run around six poles positioned in a straight line. Each pole is to be 21 feet apart and the first pole is to be 21 feet from the starting line. Starting either to the right or left of the first pole, rider runs course pattern weaving between the poles. Five-second fine for each pole knocked over. No two girls may ride the same horse. BARREL RACING Contestant is allowed a running start; time begins as soon as the horse’s nose reaches the starting line and is stopped when horse’s nose crosses the finish line. Contestant must run barrels in cloverleaf pattern, starting either left or right. A five-second penalty for each barrel knocked down will be assessed. No two girls may ride the same horse. See HITE, Page B8 Chinook salmon slow to make an appearance Eagles bow out GONE FISHING Jeff Yanke We’ve been carefully moni- toring the Chinook salmon runs and here’s the latest information. Daily counts at Bonneville re- mained low (1,000-2,000 per day) until last Saturday, but more than 16,000 salmon crossed Bonneville between Saturday and Monday. To date there has been 57,000 Chinook salmon counted at Bon- neville Dam, which is 41 percent of the 10-year average. Unfortunately we did not see more detections of fish bound for Wallowa County with the large push of fish at Bonneville. As of May 23, we have only observed six hatchery PIT tag detections for the Lookingglass, Lostine and Im- naha River stocks. We have normally seen the en- tire Lookingglass run by now, and are beginning to observe the early portion of the Lostine and Imnaha run. There have been several sig- nificant fishery actions in the Co- lumbia and Snake River since my last update. After the salmon run forecast was downgraded, the Co- lumbia River fishery was closed. Washington closed its Snake River fishery below Little Goose dam last week. Idaho Fish and Game will close the Lower Salm- on, Little Salmon and Clearwater River fisheries at the end of fish- ing hours May 24 out of concern for their ability to collect brood stock for future hatchery releases. The only fishery that remains open in the Snake River is below Hells Canyon Dam. The trap be- low the dam was damaged with high spring flows, and we will not be able to collect broodstock this year. Instead, we will collect these fish at the Rapid River hatchery in Idaho. So the few fish that do return to the dam will be available for anglers to harvest. We will continue to monitor the size of this recent push of fish over Bonneville this week and hope more Northeast Oregon fish are detected. In addition, we’ll begin to make plans locally that ensure our ability to collect our broodstock goals at each location. Jeff Yanke is the Wallowa Dis- trict Fish Biologist in Enterprise. of 2017 season By Steve Tool Wallowa County Chieftain Errors and a failure to capitalize on offensive opportunities caused the bitter- sweet end to the Wallowa Valley Eagles playoff hopes on May 24. The Eagles lost their last-ditch oppor- tunity, 7-3, at La Pine, the second-ranked 3A team. On paper, the Eagles seemed headed for an easy win offensively as they shel- lacked La Pine in the hit category, 12-7, while the Eagles pitching staff allowed See EAGLES, Page B8 Everything You Need to Dress Up Summer Relished * Ann Fr ench Tribal * Pretty Woman * Bila Keren Hart * Martini * Penbr ooke 115 W. Main * Downtown Enterprise * 541.426.6210
