Thursday, June 12

Rise ..................................... 5:00

Set ....................................... 8:38
Friday, June 13
Rise ..................................... 5:00
Set ....................................... 8:38
Saturday, June 14
Rise ..................................... 5:00
Set ....................................... 8:39
Sunday, June 15
Rise ..................................... 5:00
Set ....................................... 8:39
Monday, June 16
Rise ..................................... 5:00
Set ....................................... 8:40
Tuesday, June 17
Rise ..................................... 5:00
Set ....................................... 8:40
Wednesday, June 18
Rise ..................................... 5:00
Set ....................................... 8:40
Wallowa County sunrise and sunset June 12 - June 18 (from the U.S. Naval Observatory)
By Rich Rautenstrauch
Wallowa County Chieftain
I
t was a different kind of
payday for the Oregon De-
partment of Fish and Wild-
life when more than 90 people
showed up at Marr Pond on
Saturday, June 7, and regis-
tered for Free Fishing Day
activities.
All year round ODFW
employees Jeff Yanke, Ron
Harrod and Chad Aschen-
brenner grow and raise sh to
be stocked in ponds. This past
Saturday the trio volunteered
their time, holding a shing
contest, signing people up,
providing worms, and cook-
ing burgers and hot dogs for
all to enjoy.
Rich Rautenstrauch/Chieftain
Four-year-old Rawley Melville of Wallowa watches his line
intensely while fishing for trout at Free Fishing Day at Marr
Pond last Saturday morning. Rawley won the big fish contest
in the 7-and-under division.
Rich Rautenstrauch/Chieftain
Waylon Gibbons of Baker City came over for Free Fishing
Day at Marr Pond on June 7. Waylons parents make the trip
every year to visit friends and to fish. Waylon said he likes to
catch big fish.
Jesse
Brown, 16, of
Elgin, with
his 27 1/2-
inch trout
that won
the big fish
contest. This
is Jesses
second time
winning the
contest.
For the last
five years
the Browns
have been
coming to
Free Fishing
Day at Marr
Pond, both
to fish and
visit friends
and family
EAGER ANGLERS FLOCK TO MARR POND FOR
FREE FISHING DAY
I like to catch pig sh, big pig sh.

Four-year-old Rawley Melville

ENTERPRISE Eighteen saddle bronc riders and 18
bull riders will ride Saturday, June 14, when the 11th An-
nual Mountain High Broncs and Bulls rodeo will be held at
the Wallowa County Fairgrounds.
Beginning at 2 p.m., such events as mutton busting, the
Grand Entry, wild horse racing, saddle bronc riding, bull
riding, and two popular audience-participation events will
follow in whats projected to be a three-hour program.
Advertised as The Best Little Rodeo, the 2014 show
will be elevated in prestige because Broncs and Bulls will
be the only National Tour of Champions Rodeo for saddle
bronc riders in Oregon this year.
Best Little Rodeo
set for Saturday
Lane Bailey,
a bull rider
from Jo-
seph, made
it to the final
round of
bull riding
competition
in last years
Broncs and
Bulls event.
Chieftain file
photo
Countdown
event will
include trail
ride, dinner
JOSEPH Additional
cowboys and cowgirls are
welcome to join or form
three-person teams to com-
pete in the seventh annual
Countdown to Chief Joseph
Days Ranch Rodeo coming
up in a couple of weeks.
The ranch rodeo it-
self will be held Saturday,
June 28, at Harley Tucker
Memorial Arena but the
Countdown event actually
starts with a trail ride up
the Wallowa Lake moraine
and a dinner at the Thunder
Room Friday, June 27.
The Countdown event
is a fundraiser leading up
to the 69th annual Chief
Joseph Days rodeo celebra-
tion July 23-26.
The trail ride will start at
the rodeo arena at 2:30 p.m.
June 27 and ev-
eryone is
i n v i t e d
to join
in. The
t r a i l
r i d e
w i l l
be fol-
lowed by
a social hour
at 6 p.m. and roast
beef dinner at 7 p.m. Din-
ner tickets are $15 or $7 for
children 5 to 7, available at
the Joseph Chamber ofce
in Joseph Community Cen-
ter or Sports Corral. Kids
under 6 are free.
A live auction will in-
clude a chance to buy
your favorite rodeo team
and a chance to win some
money, as well as many
other items.
The ranch rodeo will get
underway at 5 p.m. June
28, featuring four team
events, as well as classic
saddle bronc riding, goat
roping for youths and stick
horse races for the littlest
wranglers.
Last year there were
eight Ranch Rodeo teams
of three cowboys and or
cowgirls (two from Wal-
lowa County), with the
Yost Ranch team placing
rst for the second consec-
utive year.
Teams interested in
signing up to compete, or
individuals who would like
to join a team, are asked to
call Robin Lewis at 541-
432-5943 or Darlene Turn-
er at 541-432-4741.
The Countdown event
is a fundraiser for CJD
scholarships. In addition
to scholarships to gradu-
ating CJD royalty, three
scholarships are awarded
each year to an Enterprise,
Wallowa and Joseph high
school graduate.
Rodeo
open to
more
teams
Its time for runners
and walkers in Wal-
lowa County to sign up
for two popular upcom-
ing summer events, the
Amy Hafer Race for
Awareness, organized
by the Wallowa Valley
Health Care Founda-
tion to promote can-
cer awareness, and the
32nd Lostine River
Run, hosted by the Ro-
tary Club of Wallowa
County.
Following is in-
formation about both
events:
Amy Hafer Race
The Amy Hafer
Race will take place
Saturday, June 28,
starting at 9 a.m. in
front of Wallowa Me-
morial Hospital, and
features 10K run, a 5K
walk and run, and a
one-mile walk.
The early entry fee
is $30 per person with
T-shirt or $20 for the
race only; subtract
$10 for under age 13
entries. Race day fees
are $35 with shirt, and
$25 without; the fee is
the same for under-13
participants.
To register online
go to the health care
foundations website
at wvhcf.org, where a
printable entry form
is also available. An
informational flyer
and registration form
is also offered at the
front desk of WMH.
Healthy food,
awards and prizes will
follow the race.
The race started in
2008 to honor Amy
Hafer, a Wallowa
High School gradu-
ate who lost her bat-
tle with breast cancer
in 2007. It promotes
cancer awareness and
early cancer detec-
tion through regular
checkups and screen-
ings such as mam-
mography and colo-
noscopy.
The race is spon-
sored by Wallowa
Valley Health Care
Foundation, Wallowa
Memorial Hospital,
Viridian, Winding Wa-
ters Clinic and Legacy
Ford of La Grande.
Lostine River Run
The Lostine River
Run, which will start
at 9 a.m. Saturday, July
5, is open to male and
females in seven age
groups, ranging from
under 13 to 70 and up.
Check-in and late reg-
istration is scheduled
from 7 to 8 a.m. at the
old Lostine school-
house in Lostine.
Race
entries
ready
See FISHING, Page B2
See RACES, Page B2
Rich Rautenstrauch/Chieftain
WEDNESDAY
June 11, 2014
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