WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2015
HERMISTON HERALD/EAST OREGONIAN • PAGE 9
out of the one in the center of town.
He said cowboys haven’t exactly been competing
in the same arena Bothum competed in during the
first Farm-City Pro Rodeo in 1988 anyway. The are-
na, which hosted the first Junior Rodeo held in con-
junction with the Umatilla County Fair in 1966, was
in bad shape by 1988. Bothum said just about every
piece of it has been replaced over time.
“There’s nothing here that was here when we start-
ed,” he said. “But the design is the same. Whoever
had the vision for that did a good job.”
Bothum said when other cities are building a new
rodeo arena it’s not uncommon for stock contractors
to tell them to check out Hermiston’s set-up.
Some elements of the current arena — including
the blocks and the chutes — will be reused in the
new arena currently being designed for EOTEC. Oth-
er elements, like the bleachers, can be re-purposed
elsewhere. The rest will likely be torn down after
Hermiston School District takes over the fairground
property and begins using it for ballfields, an expan-
sion of Hermiston High School and other projects.
Torrie Griggs, who has been in charge of the ro-
deo’s Grand Entry since 1999 and rode in the entry
herself for years before that, said there is a sense of
FARM-CITY PRO RODEO
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