Courtesy PRCA Media
The Walter Parke Memorial Award – named for the three-time Wilderness Circuit
tie-down roping champion – was presented to Ryan Jarrett on Sept. 2 in
Filer, Idaho, by Parke’s daughter, Jett, and sons, Jared and Justin.
Jarrett received the award, a sculpture of a tie-down roping horse, for having
won the all-around title at the Gooding (Idaho) ProRodeo for the third time
Aug. 20. Don Gill, the committee chair at Gooding, his brothers, Jon and Ron,
and Parke’s sister, Jackie Roeser, commissioned the sculpture from Bob Burkhart
to honor Parke ... Faye Blackstone, a noted trick rider who was featured in the
Gene Autry Wild West Show and was the 1993 Tad Lucas Award winner, died
in her sleep on Aug. 30 at her Florida home. She was 96. Funeral services were
held Sept. 3 in Parrish, Fla.
Aug. 20. Don Gill, the committee chair at Gooding, his brothers, Jon and Ron,
and Parke’s sister, Jackie Roeser, commissioned the sculpture from Bob Burkhart
to honor Parke ... Faye Blackstone, a noted trick rider who was featured in the
Gene Autry Wild West Show and was the 1993 Tad Lucas Award winner, died
in her sleep on Aug. 30 at her Florida home. She was 96. Funeral services were
held Sept. 3 in Parrish, Fla.
News and notes from the rodeo trail
ProRodeoLive.com will air webcasts of the PRCA’s biggest events over the next
three weeks, starting Sept. 11 with coverage of the short round at the Justin Boots
Playoffs in Puyallup, Wash., at 12:45 p.m. (PT). That will be followed by full coverage
of the Sept. 14-17 Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up and the Sept. 22-24 Justin
Boots Championships in Omaha, all of them anchored by veteran PRCA announcer
Steve Kenyon.
The Old Town Museum in Elk City (Okla.) has completed renovations of its
Beutler Rodeo Hall section, including murals by Western artist Stylle Reed
which pay tribute to the Beutler family’s involvement in rodeo through
more than 80 years and four generations. Reed’s murals provide a visual
timeline of the Beutler family from pre-statehood to the present-day Beutler
Son stock contracting operation run by ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductee
Bennie Beutler, 62.
three weeks, starting Sept. 11 with coverage of the short round at the Justin Boots
Playoffs in Puyallup, Wash., at 12:45 p.m. (PT). That will be followed by full coverage
of the Sept. 14-17 Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up and the Sept. 22-24 Justin
Boots Championships in Omaha, all of them anchored by veteran PRCA announcer
Steve Kenyon.
The Old Town Museum in Elk City (Okla.) has completed renovations of its
Beutler Rodeo Hall section, including murals by Western artist Stylle Reed
which pay tribute to the Beutler family’s involvement in rodeo through
more than 80 years and four generations. Reed’s murals provide a visual
timeline of the Beutler family from pre-statehood to the present-day Beutler
Son stock contracting operation run by ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductee
Bennie Beutler, 62.
Four-time World Champion Bareback Rider Bobby Mote was released from
Harborview Medical Center in Seattle Sept. 3 after a week there recovering
from surgery to repair a lacerated pancreas. Mote has returned home to Culver, Ore.,
to continue what is expected to be a three-month recovery period. He is still hoping to
be able to return to competition in time for the Dec. 1-10 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.
Harborview Medical Center in Seattle Sept. 3 after a week there recovering
from surgery to repair a lacerated pancreas. Mote has returned home to Culver, Ore.,
to continue what is expected to be a three-month recovery period. He is still hoping to
be able to return to competition in time for the Dec. 1-10 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.
Mote and his world champion team roping partner, Mike Beers, were on the verge
of qualifying for the Canadian Finals Rodeo together at the time of Mote’s injury.
But Beers wasn’t about to give up his chance. He went through the elimination
rounds and ended up winning the Wrangler Canadian Tour Championship
in Armstrong, British Columbia, Sept. 4, with Steven Thiessen on a 4.7-second
round. Beers also paired with Clint Robinson to share first place in Merritt, British
Columbia, to move to eighth in the Canadian standings and qualify for his fifth
CFR in six years. And, no, he doesn’t know who he’ll partner with at the CFR.
of qualifying for the Canadian Finals Rodeo together at the time of Mote’s injury.
But Beers wasn’t about to give up his chance. He went through the elimination
rounds and ended up winning the Wrangler Canadian Tour Championship
in Armstrong, British Columbia, Sept. 4, with Steven Thiessen on a 4.7-second
round. Beers also paired with Clint Robinson to share first place in Merritt, British
Columbia, to move to eighth in the Canadian standings and qualify for his fifth
CFR in six years. And, no, he doesn’t know who he’ll partner with at the CFR.
Bullfighter Donnie Griggs will be sidelined for at least one week – he had been
scheduled to work the Spokane (Wash.) Interstate Rodeo this week – after
suffering two fractured ribs and a partially collapsed lung Sept. 5 while protecting
Allen Helmuth in the short round of the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo. Corey
Lange Rodeo Company’s No. 507 got underneath Griggs, tossed him into the air
and into a chute gate.
scheduled to work the Spokane (Wash.) Interstate Rodeo this week – after
suffering two fractured ribs and a partially collapsed lung Sept. 5 while protecting
Allen Helmuth in the short round of the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo. Corey
Lange Rodeo Company’s No. 507 got underneath Griggs, tossed him into the air
and into a chute gate.
Despite enduring the region’s worst flood in 130 years, Minot, N.D., will host
the Ram Badlands Circuit Finals Rodeo as scheduled Oct. 6-9 at the State Fair
Center. The rodeo will serve as a kind of pick-me-up for the area, said Fred
Beuchler, chairman of the Minot Y’s Men’s Rodeo committee. “The community
is going to need something,” he said. “We’ve been beaten down. About one
quarter of the area was flooded with 11,000 people evacuated and 4,100
homes (and the State Fair Center) damaged.”
the Ram Badlands Circuit Finals Rodeo as scheduled Oct. 6-9 at the State Fair
Center. The rodeo will serve as a kind of pick-me-up for the area, said Fred
Beuchler, chairman of the Minot Y’s Men’s Rodeo committee. “The community
is going to need something,” he said. “We’ve been beaten down. About one
quarter of the area was flooded with 11,000 people evacuated and 4,100
homes (and the State Fair Center) damaged.”
Curtis Garton described the Barretos Rodeo Festival in Brazil as a “rodeo like
no other I’ve ever seen, so huge and so loud; sort of a great big party is what it
was.” The soccer stadium where it’s held was filled to its 60,000-seat capacity
each night with another 10,000 moving onto the floor of the arena for the concerts
that followed. Revelers stayed around and partied until 6 a.m. “At least that’s what
I heard,” Garton said with a chuckle. “A couple of guys I talked to said they were
there until 4-5 a.m. every night. Garton, a New Zealander now based in Lake
Charles, La., saved his energy for the competition, and it paid off. He won the long
round with a 71-point ride and finished second in the short go with a 74-pointer
to claim the two-head average and $3,389. He was part of a small PRCA contingent
invited to compete – all expenses paid – at the annual Barretos Festival Aug. 25-28
and which did the Norte Americanos proud. Two-time World Champion Luke
Branquinho, of Los Alamos, Calif., won the steer wrestling ($4,858) competition
and Tim Hensley, of Butler, Ga., finished second in the bareback riding ($2,542).
no other I’ve ever seen, so huge and so loud; sort of a great big party is what it
was.” The soccer stadium where it’s held was filled to its 60,000-seat capacity
each night with another 10,000 moving onto the floor of the arena for the concerts
that followed. Revelers stayed around and partied until 6 a.m. “At least that’s what
I heard,” Garton said with a chuckle. “A couple of guys I talked to said they were
there until 4-5 a.m. every night. Garton, a New Zealander now based in Lake
Charles, La., saved his energy for the competition, and it paid off. He won the long
round with a 71-point ride and finished second in the short go with a 74-pointer
to claim the two-head average and $3,389. He was part of a small PRCA contingent
invited to compete – all expenses paid – at the annual Barretos Festival Aug. 25-28
and which did the Norte Americanos proud. Two-time World Champion Luke
Branquinho, of Los Alamos, Calif., won the steer wrestling ($4,858) competition
and Tim Hensley, of Butler, Ga., finished second in the bareback riding ($2,542).
Veteran rodeo announcer and PRCA Gold Card member Don Henderson died
of cancer Aug. 21 at his home in Tonasket, Wash. He was 76.
of cancer Aug. 21 at his home in Tonasket, Wash. He was 76.
Megan Grieve, Miss Rodeo Colorado 2008 and a former public relations worker
for the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo in Denver, has been named
marketing coordinator for Heel-O-Matic in Longmont, Colo.
for the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo in Denver, has been named
marketing coordinator for Heel-O-Matic in Longmont, Colo.
More than 450 area fourth graders and their teachers got a hands-on education
about ProRodeo Sept. 2 during the annual Kids’ Field Trip Day at the Oregon
Trail Rodeo in Hastings, Neb. Students spent about 25 minutes at four different
stations learning about rodeo history, animal safety, and other facets of the cowboy
sport – then they got to see demonstrations. Rodeo personnel instructed
students at the different stations. Kids’ Day coincides with a class students take
on Nebraska history. “We talk about the welfare of these rodeo animals. We talk
a little bit about Buffalo Bill because he made his home in Nebraska toward the
end of his life, and he also came to Hastings five times with his show, so he is
part of our culture, even in eastern Nebraska,” said Ruth Nicolaus, spokesperson
for the Oregon Trail Rodeo.
about ProRodeo Sept. 2 during the annual Kids’ Field Trip Day at the Oregon
Trail Rodeo in Hastings, Neb. Students spent about 25 minutes at four different
stations learning about rodeo history, animal safety, and other facets of the cowboy
sport – then they got to see demonstrations. Rodeo personnel instructed
students at the different stations. Kids’ Day coincides with a class students take
on Nebraska history. “We talk about the welfare of these rodeo animals. We talk
a little bit about Buffalo Bill because he made his home in Nebraska toward the
end of his life, and he also came to Hastings five times with his show, so he is
part of our culture, even in eastern Nebraska,” said Ruth Nicolaus, spokesperson
for the Oregon Trail Rodeo.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“There’s been a change there. The drought has been so bad (in Oklahoma)
that I had to sell off all my stock. If I’m going to become a stock contractor when
I finish riding bulls, I’m going to have to start from scratch.”
that I had to sell off all my stock. If I’m going to become a stock contractor when
I finish riding bulls, I’m going to have to start from scratch.”
– Bull rider Cody Whitney, a two-time qualifier for the Wrangler NFR, talking
about an experience shared by many ranchers in the Texas-Oklahoma region this summer.
about an experience shared by many ranchers in the Texas-Oklahoma region this summer.
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