PAGE 4 • HERMISTON HERALD/EAST OREGONIAN
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2015
FARM-CITY PRO RODEO
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work in preparation for this year’s rodeo.
bring a pro rodeo to Hermiston. Local native Bothum, who rode
100 rodeos a year in his prime, got together with his wife, Cyd,
Butch Knowles, his wife, Mary, to try to bring a pro rodeo to
Hermiston. In 1987, Knowles won the average at the NFR, and a
party was held in Hermiston for him. At that time, the Umatilla
County Fair had a rodeo, but it was a junior rodeo.
So Knowles and Bothum pitched a pro rodeo to Janet Aiken,
the fair manager, and a preliminary plan was hatched. At a fair
board meeting, there was some resistance and the fair allowed
a pro rodeo to occur at the fair grounds during
the fair, but
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it was a dud.
Bothum and Knowles convinced some of
the top cowboys in the world to come to
Hermiston, and got stock from renowned
contractor Frank Beard to bring some of
the best broncs, bulls
and calves to be used.
They raised $1,000
from the community to
attract some of the best cow-
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