Smoke Signals 9
JULY 1,2008
Rodeo enjoys great weather, leveD attendance
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
If more expensive gasoline affected the Grand Ronde Rodeo,
you wouldn't have known it from the attendance.
Tribal member Harold Lyon, chair of the Tribal Rodeo Special
Event Board, said attendance during the two-day event held on
the Tribal campus June 21-22 remained static at about 350 people
same as in 2007.
"We were lucky that we were, considering the situation with
the gas," Lyon said.
The rodeo also attracted eight vendors.
Although attendance leveled off, the rodeo enjoyed perfect
weather with partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the 70s.
In addition, except for one broken arm, participants escaped
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"It was the best run rodeo I've been involved with," Lyon
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Rodeo winners were:
All-around: Charlie Barker of Terrebone.
Bareback riding: Bryan Miller of Powell Butte.
Saddle bronc riding: Charlie Barker of Terrebone.
Bull riding: Jimmy Floyd of Prineville.
Calf roping: Chris Jones of Oregon City.
Breakaway calf roping: Sammy Jo Willis of Terrebonne.
Steer wrestling: Bryan Barker of Bend.
Team Roping Header: Bobby Alexander of Redmond.
Team Roping Heeler: Shane Crossley of Hermiston.
Barrel racing: Kelly Wallis of Canby.
The rodeo was the ninth stop on the Northwest Pro Rodeo As
sociation circuit. Events were held Saturday night and Sunday
afternoon.
BO's P9 Rodeo provided the stock, Scott Allen acted as the
announcer, Ike Prior was the clown and Tyler Braseth was the
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looks towards the next one while she competes in the barrel
racing event in the Grand Ronde Rodeo on Sunday, June 22.
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Jake Anderson of Hillsboro hangs on as he competes in the bull riding event during
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Not being able to play with the big horses, Tribal
descendant Lillianna LaBonte, 4, had to settle for a kiss
from a stick horse as she plays with a couple of them while
at the Grand Ronde Rodeo.
Casey Arnold of Glenwood struggles with a steer as he wrestles it during the steer wrestling
event In the Grand Ronde Rodeo.