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Outdoors
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
PARADE
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“Being a part of the
Grant County parade team
is an honor because this is
one event that brings the
towns together,” she said.
“Who doesn’t love a pa-
rade?”
Grant County Fair Parade
Commercial
Chester’s Thriftway, first
Schools/organizations
Blue Mountain Hospice, first
Grant Union volleyball team,
second
Grant Union dance team, third
Horse drawn entry
Katie Johnson, first
Mounted male adult
Larry Pierce, first
Royalty
Queen Jessica Carter and Prin-
cess Trinity Hutchison, first
Lil’ Miss NPRA Rowdy Israel,
second
Mounted female adult
Charlene Hopkins, first
Crystal Wimberley, second
Riding organization or family
Wilson Family, first
Marciel and Nodine families,
second
Walking individual
Tate Waddel and his calf Moo
Moo, first
Antique vehicle
Ron Phillips, first
Pioneer Feed, second
Custom vehicle
Jerry and Tracy Bird (T-Bird
Signs), first
Classic vehicle
Grand Marshal Jean Kline, first
Randy Dowdy, second
John Ray, third
Decorated vehicle
People Mover, first
Ed Staub & Sons, second
Mountain View Mini Mart, third
Decorated ATV
Grant County Building Supply, first
Dave Traylor, second
Grant County Fairgrounds, third
Decorated commercial vehicle
John Day Polaris, first
Other
John Day Rural Fire Department,
first
John Day Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment, second
Special Awards
Sweepstakes: Blue Mountain
Hospice
Most creative: Charlene Hopkins
Best theme: T Bird Signs
Best float: Chester’s Thriftway
Judges’ choice: Tate Waddel & his
calf Moo Moo
The Eagle/Rylan Boggs
Ned LeDoux grins out
at the crowd during the
Grant County Fair on
Friday, Aug. 11.
LEDOUX
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Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Youth and adult 4-H participants rode on a float, with even more walking alongside, on Saturday at the Grant County
Fair Parade.
Children gather up candy at the Aug. 12
Grant County Fair Parade.
BULL
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“When the bull rider comes
off, I step in and make myself
a better target for the bull,”
Hankinson said.
Bullfighting judges look for
aggression of the bull and bull-
fighter and mark up for daring
maneuvers like jumping over
the bull as it charges, event or-
ganizer Jim Hamsher said.
The 20 bulls at Saturday’s
event ranged from 700-1,300
pounds, according to Hamsher.
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Greg and Christy Haberly lead a
pack of Polaris riders in the fair
parade.
Tate Waddel leads his calf Moo Moo
down Main Street with his parents
Wade and Simmie Waddel during
Saturday’s Grant County Fair Parade.
on a new album he plans to
release in early November.
“This is what I’ve
been doing since I hit the
ground,” he said. “If you’re
doing what you love for a
living, you never work a day
in your life.”
One song particularly
well received by the fair
crowd was an original piece
called “The Hawk.”
In the song, Ned said he
believes his father, who died
in 2005, keeps watch over
the family ranch in Wyo-
ming as a hawk. He explains
in the song that shortly after
his father’s death, his moth-
er found herself constantly
followed by a hawk.
“We hardly ever see any
hawks. If you do they’re just
passing through, but this one
decided to stick around,”
Ned said. “I always believe
he’s still here.”
Singer Melissa Mick-
elson opened for LeDoux
with a number of her own
songs as well as cover of
tracks including Johnny
Cash’s “Ring of Fire” and
Credence
Clearwater’s
“Bad Moon Rising.” After
her set, Mickelson came
down into the crowd to take
pictures with fans and chat.
ry, another participant in Sat-
urday’s event, said he has been
bullfighting since he was 12. His
father has been a professional
bullfighter for 35 years, he said.
“It just kind of runs in the
blood,” Barry said. “It’s just
something that I love to do and
love to watch.”
While he does wear armor
when he goes into the arena, the
padded vest, ankle braces and
girdle Barry uses are less than
most wear. He leaves off the
knee braces others wear because
he can move more freely with-
out them, he said.
Despite the pads, Barry has
sustained injuries. Last year he
broke his tibia and fibia, which
needed 12 screws and a plate to
heal. He was back in the arena in
eight months.
“It’s just an adrenaline rush
Eagle photos/Rylan Boggs
you can’t get from anything else Justin Josey taunts a bull by placing his hat on its head during a bullfight at the
in the world,” he said.
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