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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
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