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Newspaper Page TextAugust 2016 East Oregonian/Hermiston Herald • Page 11 about 20 people and 40 horses staying on of them carpool to an event or Ày out for her property every year, but numbers have a few days, entrusting their rigs or their dropped slightly in the past ¿ve years as animals to the Tullis’s care. rodeos have rearranged their schedules to She said there are many families allow competitors to do slack and perfor- across Umatilla County who offer up mance in the same day. space on their rural properties for Tullis runs Sharon Tullis rodeo cowboys and cowgirls Travel Services, and about to camp for free and/or keep 80 percent of her business their horses and trailers. As comes from rodeo-related a result, local businesses travel these days. But from feed stores to dry those who stay on her cleaners see a boost in property for free during customers during the the summer experience rodeo season. her family’s hospitality out Darrel Sallee, who of friendship, not business. was a ¿xture in the rodeo She said she sees it as a community and a Farm-City good way to give back. She said Pro Rodeo board member Lindsay Sears two-time national champion until his death in December barrel racer Lindsay Sears has become 2014, was also known for his hospitality “like a second daughter” and there are toward rodeo cowboys. After Sallee many more examples of people in the died, six-time PRCA champion tie-down rodeo community who have become life- roper Cody Ohl purchased a belt buckle long friends after staying several summers engraved in Sallee’s honor to award with the Tullis family. the winner of the 2015 Farm-City Pro “So many have become extended Rodeo’s calf roping. family,” she said. “We get so close.” Ohl wrote in a statement that he Tullis frequently barbecues for her created the memorial buckle because he guests, she said, and they sometimes pitch had used the Sallees’ home as his home in around the property, helping bring the base during rodeo season for 15 years, family’s hay into the barn in an annual and that Sallee was “an unreal man” and “hay day” tradition. Sometimes several a good friend. Affordable Specialty Care For Your Children, Right Here At Home! Back Row (left to right): Michelle Cardenas, Oscar Fuentes, Dr. Deep Dhillon, Jessica Bruce, Denisse Sanchez and Ester Delepaz Front Row (left to right): Perla Mejia, Mellissa Renner, Merlyn Madrigal, Daniela Campos and Jessenia Gonzalez Call Today! 541-289-5433 1060 W. Elm, Suite #115, Hermiston, OR (across from Good Shepherd Medical Center) www.hermistonkidsdentist.com Office Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-4pm THE BIG AUTHORITY ON LITTLE TEETH PHOTOGRAPH © DARREN CARROLL Lindsay Sears makes a run in the ninth round in the barrel racing event at the 2010 Wran- gler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. Sears was a frequent guest in the Tullis home while traveling to and from rodeos in the Pacific Northwest.