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WEDNESDAY
August 22, 2018
Ellen Bishop/For the Chieftain
Tate Witters’ young stock dog, Tucker, does acrobatics to stop and turn this Angus steer in the stock dog competition at the Stockgrowers Ranch Rodeo Aug. 18.
RODEO
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Scott McClaran attempted to simplify the matter and
took his horse onto the track to give the dogs a clue.
McClaran’s dog, Riley, streaked across the line first.
Second place was won by an unlikely competitor, West
Highland White Terrier “Enya,” owned by Steve Sykora
of Hillsboro, Ore. — in the county visiting his daughter
Alexis Sykora of Joseph. He brought his Westies to the
rodeo where they commented loudly from time to time on
happenings.
Announcer Randall Eschler suggested the barking dogs
take part in the race and offered an extra $20 if one of them
won — Eschler came that close to losing his $20 as Enya
streaked across the finish line in second place.
The World Championship Rockjack Building contest
saw the toughest builders in the county fighting the most
obstreperous logs in rockjack history. The battle of log ver-
sus cowboy was so intense that two mauls were broken in
the fray.
The head split off Wyatt Warnock’s maul and the han-
dle broken on Clancy Warnock’s. Tyrel Warnock won the
unofficial prize for cowboy tough by fighting a log that took
him nearly the whole competition to split and left him with
bleeding hands.
The World Champion Rockjack Builder was Devon Pat-
ton of Joseph.
The winning rockjack and a stretch-jack were sold at
the awards banquet later that evening to raise funds for the
Annual Heifer Scholarship. The winning rockjack brought
in $1,100 and was purchased by Burns Brothers. The dou-
ble rockjack brought in $500 and then the add-ons began.
In the end, add-on bids and a donation of $500 from Beth
McClaran brought the total to $2,600.
The Heifer Scholarship awards bred heifers to appli-
cants, which allows them to start their own livestock busi-
ness, generate income and build their knowledge base. The
scholarship is also supported by the Wallowa County Hay
Growers, which offers hay or money to purchase hay for the
first winter.
The Annual Wallowa County Agricultural Resource
Foundation scholarships, separate from the Heifer Schol-
arships, were also awarded during the banquet. Past recip-
ients have studied in a wide range of areas including veteri-
nary science, rangeland management, communications with
a focus on agricultural journalism, fish and wildlife, busi-
ness, animal science, law and even brewing and distilling.
This year’s education awards:
• Casey Melville, The Probert-Boucher Scholarship.
Melville is studying agronomy at Eastern Oregon Univer-
sity and supports his schooling through farming 100 acres.
• Miranda McFetridge, $2,000 Stockgrowers scholar-
ship. McFetridge attends EOU and is majoring in Ag Ed.
Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain
Dwayne Voss in pursuit of his own target pushes Cody
Ross’s steer onto a new trajectory after Ross lets his loop
go, resulting in a miss in the Muley Roping competition.
Two steers are let out for two teams of header and heel-
er in the contest, making for traffic jams and constant ad-
justment. Cody’s heeling partner, Dave Yost of Lostine is
behind Ross waiting for his chance at the heels.
• Emily George, $2,000 Stockgrowers scholarship.
George attends Oregon State University and is majoring in
Ag Business Management.
• Trevor McFetridge, $1,500 Stockgrowers scholarship.
Trevor is studying diesel mechanics at Walla Walla Com-
munity College.
• Trent Bales, $1,500 Stockgrowers scholarship. Trent is
in his second year at Blue Mountain Community College
studying diesel mechanics.
• Riley Warnock, $1,500 Stockgrowers scholarship for
diesel mechanics schooling at Walla Walla Community
College.
Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain
Devon Patton of Joseph started out fast and finished
strong to win the World Championship Rockjack Build-
ing Contest at the 2018 Stockgrowers Ranch Rodeo.
Much respect goes to Tyrel Warnock who finished in last
place. Warnock drew the toughest log in the history of
the competition — but did not weaken, keeping his good
humor and cowboy-tough intact throughout his fight.
Stockgrowers Ranch Rodeo 2018 Winners
All Around Cowboy: Bryce Svedin of
Baker City
All Around Cowgirl: tie, Josie Ross of
Troy and Hailey Hodges of Imnaha
Top Horse: Mark Kerns of Haines, Ore.
World Champion Rock Jack Builder:
Devon Patton of Joseph; second, Riley
Warnock of Imnaha
Ladies Steer Stopping: Jenny Turner
of Heppner; second, Hailey Hodges of
Imnaha
Youth Sorting: Katy Hoffman, Jacob
Hoffman all of Enterprise and Codi Cun-
ningham .
Adult Sorting: Cody and Josey Ross
of Joseph and Tate Witters of Anatone,
Wash.; second, Maryann Yost of Los-
tine, Bryce Svedin of Baker City and
Barry Qualle of Enterprise.
Working Dog: Halle, a three year old
border collie mix owned by Devon
Patton
Ranch Horse: Barry Qualle of Enter-
prise on Dixie; second Mark Kerns of
Haines, Ore.
Branding: Colt McNamee of Imnaha,
Hailey Hodges of Imnaha, Maryann
Yost and Bryce Svedin; second, Dwayne
Voss, Maggie McClaran, Justin Davis
and Tyson McLaughlin
Muley Roping: Dave Yost of Lostine
and Bryce Svedin of Baker City; sec-
ond Dan Probert and Luke Morgan; third
Mark and Savannah Kerns
Dog Race: Scott McLaran and Riley;
Second, Steve Sykora and Enya.
Relay Race: Zeb and Lute Ramsden
and Trevor Wentz, all of Enterprise; sec-
ond, Cody and Josey Ross of Joseph
and Tate Witters of Anatone.
Horse Race: Mark Dawson; second,
Mark Kerns
7 Wonders Cup welcomes new competitors Saturday
By Kathleen Ellyn
Wallowa County Chieftain
As of press time, 13 teams are
scheduled to race the Third Annual
7 Wonders Cup dragon boat races on
Wallowa Lake Aug. 24-26.
Some of the competitors are well
known to the Dragons in the Wal-
lowas race team and some are new to
Wallowa County.
“The competition keeps getting
stiffer,” said race organizer Mike
Lockhart. “Our teams have been
training hard, running two or more
500-meter races every practice.”
Among the fresh competitors this
year is the Pink Phoenix Soul boat,
the first U.S. team comprised solely
of breast cancer survivors. Another
is the Angry Unicorns, made up of
Salem Multicultural Institute Club
Members.
And Wallowa County will wel-
come the Wasabi Visually Impaired
Paddlers team for the first time. The
Wasabi VIP club is made up of legally
blind, fully blind and a few sighted
members.
Dragon boat racing is the fastest
growing worldwide sport and also
enjoys the reputation of being one
of the most environmentally friendly
team sports.
The race is held at the south end
of Wallowa Lake where spectators
can set up lawn chairs along the lake
edge, shop at the marina store or with
vendors and take in the friendly ambi-
ance of dragon boat racing.
When the airhorn goes off, spec-
tators can watch the prow of the boat
leap out of the water with the force
of the first strokes. The fastest boats
keep that prow out of the water to the
finish.
The teams are 20 paddlers, a steer-
sperson and a caller in the front of the
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