(ast 2regonian+ermiston +eraOd Page 13
August 201
Act of the Year” award four times
aQd has EeeQ ¿QaOist for the
³&OowQ of the Year” award
10 times (winning six times)
and has been awarded the
Coors Man in the Can prize
¿Ye times and was a ¿naOist
for the award 11 times.
,sOe\ is Nnow for his
speciaOt\ acts in which he does
tricN roping tricN riding on
horsebacN and a dog act.
,sOe\ has been seOected to
worN the 1ationaO )inaOs
5odeo seYen times as a
barreOman most recentO\ in
2009.
Keith Isley
in costume
+e¶OO team up with 1\ear
buOO¿ghting Yeteran 7im
2¶Connor of 6pringYiOOe
CaOifornia. 2¶Connor is a
threetime CaOifornia Circuit
)inaOs Rodeo buOO¿ghter.
1oticeabO\ absent from
the arena this \ear wiOO be
Oongtime )armCit\ cowbo\
OifesaYer and +ermiston¶s own
Donnie Griggs. Griggs retired
as a buOO¿ghter at the end of the
2015 season.
Metal Mulisha
A speciaOt\ act that
thriOOed the crowd before
Oast \ear¶s )armCit\ perfor
Bullfighters
mances wiOO return again this
\ear.
'uring the buOOriding eYent
7he motorc\cOe madmen
each night ,sOe\ wiOO be Moined
Keith Isley
of MetaO MuOisha return to the
in the arena b\ two men who
makeup
arena this \ear to thriOO the crowd
wiOO worN to Neep the buOOs off without
and costume
before the :ednesda\ and
the cowbo\s whether the\ end
7hursda\ rodeo performances at
in a scored ride or a big wrecN.
:orNing to Neep the cowbo\s safe 5 p.m.
7he freest\Oe motocross performers
in the arena wiOO be 7im 2¶Connor and
are Nnown for their highÀ\ing Mumps
1athan -estes.
-estes 2 of 'ougOas :\oming is a Àips and handfree acrobatics which in
reOatiYe newcomer to the sport. +e got his the )armCit\ Arena mostO\ taNes pOace
dozens of feet aboYe the arena Àoor.
PRCA card in 2010.
STAFF PHOTO BY GARY L. WEST
Sean Nielson of the Metal Mulisha team flies over the rodeo arena, only holding on to
his motorcycle by the seat with one hand, before one of the Farm-City Pro Rodeo perfor-
mances in 2015.
Eastern Oregon Heating
& Air Conditioning, LLC
“The Comfortable
Choice”
Air Conditioning • Refrigeration
Gas Furnaces
Geo Thermo Heat Pumps
Ice Machines • Gas Fireplaces
Gas Hot Water Heaters
Sheetmetal Inspections & More!
Quality Work at a Competitive Price!
Front row L-R: Tess Sabuco, Richard Hayden and Becky Hayden-Madrigal
Back Row L-R: Mike Fine, Mike Atkins, Brayann Mendoza, Joey Gutierrez, Scott Bishop,
NickGutierrez andJeff Pedersen
541-567-3095
82000 Hwy 395 N., Hermiston
M em b er
(Old Road Runner H&C building) CCB #189229