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Blue Mountain Eagle
Long-running rodeo
on tap in Spray
The 69th
annual Spray
Rodeo will be
May 28 and 29
Blue Mountain Eagle
SPRAY — Runners and
rodeo riders will gather in
Spray this coming weekend
for two long-running events
— the 69th annual Spray Ro-
deo and the annual Eastern
Oregon Half-Marathon.
The rodeo is set for Sat-
urday and Sunday, May 28
and 29. Activities begin with
slack at 11 a.m. Friday. Ad-
mission is free that day, and
concessions will be avail-
able.
Saturday is “Tough
Enough to Wear Pink Day”
with all proceeds going to St.
Charles Medical Center for
Breast Cancer Research.
Here’s the schedule for
Saturday:
• Half-marathon: The
13.2-mile run from Service
Creek to Spray starts at 8
a.m. The event is touted as
the longest running in Ore-
gon.
• Buckaroo Breakfast:
From early morning to 11
a.m. in the Spray School
cafeteria, prepared by mem-
bers of Spray High School
athletic programs.
• Parade: 11 a.m., starting
at the Spray General Store,
led by Queen Bella Yanez
from Corvallis. Grand mar-
shals will be the Ellen Geis-
sel family. Spectators will
enjoy a new treat this year
— a band, from Sandstone
Middle School in Hermis-
ton.
• Rodeo: Starts at 12:15
p.m. with mutton busting,
followed by the grand entry
at 1 p.m. A new grandstand
has been built to accom-
modate wheelchair seating.
In addition to the major ro-
deo events and ranch bronc
riding, there will be kids’,
women’s and men’s 1/4-mile
races each day.
On Sunday, a cowboy
church service will be held at
9 a.m. in the grandstand. The
inal rodeo performance will
be at 12:15 p.m. with mutton
busting and the grand entry at
1 p.m.
Stock this year will be
provided by the 2015 stock
contractor of the year, B-D
Rodeos; the 2015 Announcer
of the Year, Scott Allen; and
2015 contact act of the year
and barrel man JJ Harrison.
For more information,
call 541-468-2442. Learn
more at www.sprayrodeo.
com or visit Spray Rodeo
and Half Marathon on Face-
book.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Long Creek athlete jumps
into state track competition
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
EUGENE — Long Creek
track and ield athlete Fernando
Rodriguez made an exciting,
and surprising, run at state.
Rodriguez, a foreign ex-
change student from Spain, in-
ished sixth at state in 1A high
jump, clearing the bar at 5-10
and achieving a personal record.
This is the irst time in about
10 years a Long Creek athlete
made it to state.
Competing with a wild card,
Rodriguez found out just two
days before the May 19-20
OSAA Track and Field State
Championships that he would
be included in the event.
He said, at the beginning of
the season, he wasn’t sure he
liked track and ield.
“The coach and team said
set some goals and practice with
us,” he said. “I tried the events
— long jump, triple jump, high
jump.”
He said he enjoyed the state
championship experience.
“It was really cool, and big
and very professional,” he said.
“I’m very glad I went there.”
Head coach Linda Studt-
mann said she had a learning
curve as irst-time head coach.
“I learned right along with
the kids,” she said. “I appreciate
all the effort they put into their
events, and am proud of how
well they all did. Every week we
would have several kids PR in at
least one event. They all showed
steady progress in learning and
improving their techniques.”
Studtmann said she knew
how much Rodriguez wanted to
make it to state.
“I count it a privilege to have
been his coach — and host mom
— this year and accompany him
to his sixth-place inish at state,”
she said.
Contributed photo
Long Creek track and field athlete Fernando
Rodriguez stands with coach, and host mom,
Linda Studtmann at the OSAA Track and Field State
Championships in Eugene.
T O THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED ,
PAST , PRESENT AND FUTURE ,
W E S ALUTE Y OU .
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GW Clark of Long Creek competes in team roping at the Burns High School Rodeo, riding for the Harney
County High School Rodeo Club.
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GW Clark heads to State Finals rodeo
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
MONUMENT — Monu-
ment School junior GW Clark
of Long Creek will compete at
the Wednesday through Satur-
day June 8-11 State Finals High
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Canyon City, Oregon
June 10 & 11, 2016
Romancing the West - Friday, 6 p.m.
S aturday E vents
Breakfast - 6 a.m.
Gold Rush Walk/Run - 7 a.m.
Parade
- 11 a.m.
(Theme: Tell Me About the Good Old Days)
Grand Marshal - Mary Ellen Brooks
Barbecue & Pie/Ice Cream Social - 12 to 3 p.m.
Hanging - 1 p.m.
Voices from the Past - 2 p.m.
at Canyon City Hall
Kids games in the park
Friday & Saturday evening
Vendors & live music at Sel’s Brewery
Free People Mover transportation
from Sel’s on Fri & Sat.
School Rodeo in Prineville.
Clark, who competes with the
Harney County High School Ro-
deo Club, said he’s glad to have
the chance.
He’s eighth in the state stand-
ings for steer wrestling, 17th in
tie down roping and 30th in team
roping. He ropes with Corrie
Hirschbock of Klamath Falls.
“We’re happy to make it in all
three events,” he said.
“This year didn’t start off
the best,” he said. “My bulldog-
ging horse is pretty green, so
I’m trying to get him going and
give him more experience. This
year’s progress will help out for
next year.”
Clark said his goal is to make
it to the Silver State Internation-
al Rodeo, which is held June 27
through July 3 in Winnemucca,
Nevada.
Upper John Day River open
for spring Chinook fishing
Blue Mountain Eagle
John Day — Nearly 50
miles of the Upper John
Day River opened for spring
Chinook salmon fishing on
May 10 and will close on
June 5.
Anglers can keep two
adult Chinook salmon and
five jack salmon per day,
but have to stop fishing
once they’ve caught two
adult Chinook salmon. A
Columbia River Endorse-
ment and a combined an-
gling tag is required for this
fishery which starts at the
Highway 207 bridge (lo-
cated .5 miles downstream
corner’s
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What I like best about my sport: “It’s definitely my
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Coach’s Comment: “He has a good work ethic. He
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of Service Creek) and ends
upstream at the mouth of
Rattlesnake Creek near the
south end of Picture Gorge.
According to Oregon De-
partment of Fish and Wild-
life district fish biologist
Trevor Watson, the fishery
is a result of work to protect
and enhance fish habitats, as
well as the removal of fish
passage barriers throughout
the John Day River basin.
“The high numbers of
salmon returning are in
large part due to the great
cooperation we’ve received
from private landowners in
helping with the many res-
toration efforts,” Watson
said.
ODFW fish biologists
will conduct random creel-
ing efforts throughout the
fishery area with periodic
check stations at Picture
Gorge and Service Creek for
angler information.
HUMPHREYS
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A team of fans to cheer
on Humphreys attended the
event included the coach-
es, athletic director Tiffnie
Schmedeka and her hus-
band, Taylor, and their son,
Grayson, as well as Super-
intendent/Principal Kathryn
Hedrick.
Dayville’s high school track
and ield team this year includ-
ed only three athletes, and Bog-
ardus hopes to see more out for
the team next year.
“The more the merrier,”
he said.