Floats and festivities highlight rodeo
parade Failed to execute CGI : Win32 Error Code = 3 Saddle leather creaked, old Fords backfired and the drums and horns of the Sisters High School Marching band could be heard blocks away. Grand Marshal Eva Poole rode in a buckboard with her grandson, Marcus Arends. Eva, who always avoids the limelight, was chosen for more than 10 years of dedicated service to the rodeo association as secretary/treasurer. "For years she kept the books and did the secretary/treasurer job. When we split her job, we realized how much work she did, silently and behind the scenes," said Rodeo Association Treasurer Cathy Williams of Poole's selection. Failed to execute CGI : Win32 Error Code = 3 "I think that overall, the entries were spectacular," Dunn said. "I think that everybody did a very fine job." Dunn said the Governor's Mounted Guard was a special entry this year, joining past favorites, including old cars, newer cars, rodeo queens from around the state and the overall Grand Champion, Ethel Mikolich, 82 years old, dressed in veils and riding her 26-year-old Arabian horse, Sharm. Disney characters made an appearance on the Miss Sew-It-All float, and the Red Devils from Lincoln City/Devil's Lake pulled people from the crowd for devilish fun. Failed to execute CGI : Win32 Error Code = 3 Dunn said the parade moved smoothly through town because of so many volunteers and Sisters Police, whom she described as "very nice to work with." Acting police chief Rich Shawver said his officers were busy guiding through traffic onto Hood and Washington avenues. Next year, he hoped to position an officer at the east end of Main Avenue at Camp Polk Road to better help west-bound motorists. Failed to execute CGI : Win32 Error Code = 3 |
