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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE ERHOF Dear Ellensburg Rodeo Fans: We are following our successful “Boots” and “Hats” fundraisers with this year’s “Steers of Fame.” We are excited to have so many people involved in these campaigns aimed at establishing a permanent Rodeo Hall of Fame museum in Ellensburg to house the hundreds of artifacts donated to us over the years. We especially thank our generous sponsors and the local art community for their participation in these events. Since the formation of the Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame Association in 1997, our goal has been to preserve the history and tradition of the Ellensburg Rodeo which has played such a big part in the life and history of our community. With the hard work of the Board, our Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame Association members, and the community, we are getting closer to our goal. Each year at our induction banquet, we recognize those who have contributed to making the Ellensburg Rodeo one of the best. This year we are inducting the late Bill McKay, Bud Munroe, and Scott Repp. For more information, please write care of ERHOF, 110 W. 6th, Box 374, Ellensburg, WA, 98926 or log onto www.ellensburgrodeohalloffame.com Sincerely yours,
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ELLENSBURG RODEO HISTORY HOW THE ELLENSBURG RODEO WAS BORN by Mike Allen, Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame Association The Ellensburg Rodeo is steeped in traditions. The men and women who founded the Ellensburg Rodeo in 1923 were ranchers, farmers, Indians, and community-minded citizens working in a group effort of huge proportions. They were motivated not only by a desire to celebrate a vanishing frontier way of life, but also by a desire to promote their community and generate commerce. From their efforts, Washington State’s world famous Ellensburg Rodeo was born. Rodeo is a relatively young sport. It is based on contests from cattle roundups, Mexican fiestas (called encharreáda), Wild West Shows, and Indian “pow wows.” Rodeos emerged during the last quarter of the nineteenth century just as the “Cattle Kingdom” had reached its summit and the West was a more settled region. Some of the first rodeos were impromptu amateur affairs held in conjunction with the annual roundups in cattle country. Having gathered together their herds for branding and sorting, cowboys often used the occasion to exhibit their skills in riding, roping and bulldogging. Competitions sprung up naturally among top hands as their fellow cowboys looked on. But when non cowboy spectators began to appear on the scene, these simple ranch rodeos began to make the transition that would eventually take them into town and into the world of modern rodeo. The newly emerging townsmen of the post frontier West possessed a huge appetite for nostalgic re-creations of the “Wild West” in dime novels and Zane Grey 6
Westerns, and in the rodeo arena. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Westerners flocked by the tens of thousands to enjoy the new sport of rodeo. Ellensburg lay in the heart of a thriving central Washington cattle region. Thousands of cattle and horses grazed the rich meadows and semi arid plains of the early Kittitas Valley. The roundup competitions that characterized cattle country were commonplace among the Kittitas cowboys. By the early 1920s, Kittitas Valley cowboys had taken the process one step beyond the strictly amateur category. Several ranches in the valley were staging contests, or as the locals called them, “Sunday Rodeos.” Clovis Chartrand, a long time valley resident, remembered one of these Sunday rodeos at the “upper river bridge, which is where the Thorp Bridge is now, west of Ellensburg.” Ben Ferguson, a Kittitas Valley cowhand and rodeo competitor, described his family’s promotion of an important Sunday rodeo:
Lloyd Saunders at the 1928 Ellensburg Rodeo; Saunders was a winning contestant throughout the rodeo circuit
“[We] had all them horses and, my brother and a couple of friends put on a rodeo…. My brother, he just wanted to have some fun. Just got a neighbor boy or two up here, went out and rounded them [cattle and horses] up. They got a wagon load of poles and made the corral and made the arena [and] chutes.” During the early 1920s the Fergusons were staging rodeos “every other Sunday.” It was not unusual for 100 to 300 spectators to attend. The economic potential of all this activity did not go unnoticed. Ferguson remembered that several townspeople saw “that we was having a big time” and began to discuss the possibility of staging an annual rodeo in the Ellensburg city limits (the Kittitas County Fair had already sponsored rodeo exhibition events). Sometime around 1922 a group evidently came to ask the Ferguson brothers to assist in the staging of the first annual Ellensburg Rodeo: “They [the townsmen] come out and got us to go in there [to Ellensburg] and furnish the horses.” Actually, three groups combined with local ranchers to create the Ellensburg Rodeo. The Kittitas County Fair Board, which included townspeople and farmers alike, proposed the inclusion of a rodeo in the venue of the Kittitas County Fair, held annually in the early fall. The Fair had already sponsored intermittent rodeo events. An annual rodeo, they reasoned, would enhance the quality of the Fair and increase attendance. Local businessmen and professionals were quick to jump on the rodeo bandwagon. A rodeo would draw out-of town visitors to Ellensburg, generating tourist revenue and promoting the community’s business prospects and prestige in the region.
Local Indians formed the vital fourth group of the rodeo coalition. The Kittitas Band of the Yakama Nation had, for hundreds of years, hosted an annual Fall pilgrimage to what Columbia Plateau Indians called their Kittitas “Meeting Grounds.” Kittitas and Yakama Indians (including the SoHappy, Nason, and, later, Aronica families) were anxious to continue this Meeting Ground tradition. They saw a fall rodeo as an opportunity to continue their dancing, gambling, and horse racing traditions into the modern age. These rodeo boosters immediately faced a huge obstacle: they needed a great deal of money to buy land for the grounds, construct an arena and stage the proposed three day event. At the urging of newspaper editor Clifford Kaynor, businessman Clarence Fitterer and several others, the Kittitas County Commissioners started the ball rolling on April 1, 1923, budgeting $10,000 for the purchase of 18 acres adjacent to the fairgrounds in northeast Ellensburg. State Representative Phil Adams garnered some state government support. Since the land cost $6,450, the balance would be used to construct the arena and bleachers. Still, this was not nearly enough money to pay for the lumber, tools, horse teams and huge labor force necessary to construct the grounds. In a bold move, the Fair Board called upon valley residents to donate materials and labor for the construction of the rodeo grounds, and they set Thursday, June 14, as the date of a “field day” to build the new arena. Community work projects like the Ellensburg Rodeo field day are just as much a legacy of Western heritage as the pioneers’ 7
individualism and independent spirit. Barnraisings, corn-husking parties, quilting bees and cattle roundups all exemplified the volunteer, community-minded nature of Western America. Ellensburg’s field day was actually a series of work days held in June of 1923. However, the work reached a crescendo on June 14 when over 500 valley men and women turned out to work on the grounds. The Ellensburg Evening Record served as the voice of the field day organizers. On Monday, June 11, the Record previewed the official plan: “Every Man Urged to Report to his Strawboss at 7:30 Thursday Morning. All Superintendents and Foremen Have Been Over job and Know Work to be Done Men Unassigned Should Bring Picks and Shovels.” In a Tuesday article entitled “Women of the Valley and Town Respond” the Record discussed the “Feed” local women had planned for Thursday noon. Coffee, “weenies on buns,” ice cream and other morsels had been donated by local merchants and would be prepared and served by women on the grounds building site. Another Tuesday article stated optimistically that “Movie Men May Come to Field Day” and noted that one movie-maker wanted to film a “good slow action comedy of some banker or lawyer in the pick and shovel brigade.” Five hundred men with over two hundred horses assembled on Thursday and set to work. They graded a road, a racetrack and the grounds, and rerouted Wilson Creek around the site. They finished building corrals, fences, three bridges and a grandstand, plumbed new water mains, dug ditches and pruned trees. Their accomplishments were, as the Record’s 8
headlines shouted, amazing: “COMMUNITY EFFORT IS SUCCESSFUL. Business Men, Farmers Work on Fair Grounds. Sight of Toilers Working in Common Cause Inspiring.” After several hundred men stayed over to work on Friday, the Record’s headlines concluded that “Cooperative Work Has Astonishing Results.” The rodeo arena was ready to go. Kittitas County Fair and Rodeo Board members, townspeople, ranchers, farmers, and Indians spent the remainder of the summer planning the first Ellensburg Rodeo. Dr. H. F. Pfenning served as “superintendent” for a three day show that was slated for September 13-15. Pfenning and his committee began by inviting the entire Yakama Indian nation to attend and participate in the rodeo. Then they scheduled 18 major events and advertised the rodeo as the “greatest Wildest Roundup in the State.” By early September Kittitas Valley residents waited anxiously to see if the upcoming rodeo would be the great success for which its creators hoped. Howard Thomas, who helped organize and competed in over ten Ellensburg rodeos, remembered that first rodeo as “a good one.” Mrs. Lillian Pope noted, “You knew pretty near everybody that was riding … it really made a difference [because] it was really more of a local show.” Chalmer Cobain described the contestants as “regular cowboys. They wasn’t these drugstore cowboys or these fellas that don’t do nothing only just follow rodeos. They was real cowboys and they would ride and have wild horse races, stagecoach races, land] chariot races.” In addition to the events Cobain remembered, there were grand entry
parades, bucking broncs and bulls, calf roping, relay races, bulldogging, and special races for Indian contestants. The Record reported that the “Riders are Skillful and Horses and Steers are Wild.” More importantly, the Record noted that well over 500 rodeo fans had been turned away and that “Hundreds Are In Overflow Crowd; Grandstand Filled”: Despite a few problems caused by the large crowds, most in attendance reportedly “yelled and cheered and thoroughly enjoyed Ellensburg’s first real rodeo.” Local cowboy Frank Woods was named “Champion Buccaroo of the Roundup” at the conclusion of Saturday’s show. The Record applauded Dr. Pfenning and the Fair and Rodeo boards and “the hard work of the men responsible for its success.” On Sunday, the stock was driven home, cowboys packed up their gear, the Indians rode back to the Yakama Reservation, and local businessmen counted their generous receipts. Everyone looked forward to the next year’s rodeo. In retrospect, it is interesting to speculate on the motivations of the Ellensburg Rodeo’s founders. It is no doubt partially true to say that Ellensburgers staged a rodeo as a spontaneous celebration of their frontier heritage. Yet the Ellensburg Rodeo was far more professional than a ranch rodeo or even a “Sunday rodeo.” Interestingly, the desire to stage a rodeo can be attributed partially to nostalgia. This was a nostalgia felt by townsmen and many valley residents for a pioneer way of life that was already vanishing in their world of automobiles, airplanes, moving picture shows and radio broadcasts.
Modern Chamber of Commerce booster spirit combined with old-fashioned frontier characteristics to produce Ellensburg’s first rodeo. Townsmen, businessmen and professional men were in the forefront of the rodeo movement. They were joined by local cattlemen and farmers, and all looked upon the event as a grand way to foster business and promote their community around the Northwest. Of course, traditions of the frontier still remained, and in one important way the people of the Kittitas Valley relied upon their frontier heritage to create their rodeo. Volunteerism– the community spirit of the pioneer days– provided the base upon which the Ellensburg Rodeo was built. Without volunteer, community labor, the first bucking bronc may have never exploded out of the shoots into Ellensburg’s splendid new rodeo arena.
The King County Posse posts the colors in the arena while the audience watches in the packed grandstands, 1940s
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ERHOF MUSEUM PLANS The Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame Association’s (ERHOF) goal is to found a permanent Hall of Fame museum of rodeo history in Ellensburg, open to community members on a year-round basis. We aim to do this by forging a partnership and co-locating in rented or purchased space in downtown Ellensburg or near the rodeo grounds. We have sufficient funds to begin and sustain this important job. Towards this end, ERHOF has collected hundreds of photographs, posters, jewelry, prize buckles, programs, costumes, saddles, films, programs and many other historical artifacts from the Ellensburg Rodeo donated by local and national competitors, participants, volunteers, and their families. Our collection is
stored in the state-of-the-art facilities of the Bledsoe-Washington Regional State Archive (Washington State Archives). Ellensburg Hall of Fame artifacts are now on display at the Ellensburg Rodeo and Chamber of Commerce Headquarters in the Driver Home on North Main Street. The Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame also stages annual museum exhibits at the Western Art Show, Hall of Fame Induction Banquet, and ERHOF’s Western Village rodeo weekend headquarters. Alongside other community groups, ERHOF helps with the annual Kittitas County Heritage Center exhibit underneath the restored south rodeo grandstand of the Kittitas County Fairgrounds.
Historic artifacts from the Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame collection
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Young Yakama Indian dancers demonstrate fancy foot-work at the 1941 Ellensburg Rodeo
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NOTABLES PAST ERHOF INDUCTEES
Larry Mahan / Casey Tibbs / Bill Linderman / Bill McMacken / Dean Oliver / Tom Ferguson / Eddy Akridge / Clint Corey / Jim Shoulders / Pete Knight / Charmayne James / Joe Beaver / Rod Lyman / Trevor Brazile / Smokey Kayser / Deb Copenhaver / Gene Miles / Maude Barnett / Frank Wood / Larry Wyatt / Kenny Stanton / Ken McLean / Joe Alexander / Jimmy Cooper / Marty Wood / Allen Bach / Katherine Bach / Guy Allen / Charles Sampson / Buz Peth / Past Rodeo Royalty / Ellensburg Rodeo Wranglerettes / Kittitas County Roping Club / Moomaw-Bernard Stock Contractors / “Badger Mountain” / Joe Kelsey Company / “Widow Maker” “Red One” / Beard Rodeo Company / Harry Charters / “Mickey” / Harry Knight / Red and Rose Wall / Big Bend-Flying 5 Rodeo Company / “303 Spring Fling” / Calgary Stampede Ranch / Grated Coconut / Judy and Dan Ackley / Everett Bowman / Montie Montana / Dick Griffith / Dr. Ken MacRae / Yakama Indian Nation / George Prescott / Allen Faltus / John P. Foster / John Ludtka / DeVere Helfrich / Stuart Anderson / Fred Palmiero / Ellensburg Rodeo Posse / King County Posse / Bob Swaim / Phil Gardenhire / Buff Brady, Jr. / Loyd Ketchum / Butch Lehmkuhler / Berenice Blair Dossey Bolen / Christensen Brothers / Harry Vold / Wick Peth / Gary Rempel / Leonard Davis / Dr. H. F. Pfenning / Cliff Kaynor / Harry Anderson / Bosque Boy / “0” / Scamper / War Paint / the “Spirit of the Trail Rodeo Pageant” / and the Anderson, Cooke, Driver, Ferguson, Fitterer, Gage, McEwen, McManamy, Minor, Morrison, Nason and Aronica, Thomas, and Schnebly Families
LIFETIME MEMBERS OF THE ERHOF ASSOCIATION Anderson Hay and Grain / Sara Lee Anderson-O’Conner / Mike Allen Family / Sandy Bryan / Robert Burkheimer Family / Sherry Chamberlain / Ron Crawford / Paul Crites / Mina Culbertson / Mary Ann Culbertson-Bonnie / Douglas Dicken / Linda Dozier / Mr. and Mrs. Scott Driver and Family / Ellensburg Rodeo Board of Directors / Allen and Jan Faltus / Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fennerty / Barbara and John P. Foster / Patricia Galloway and Kris Neilson Family / Steve Gordon / Ron and Kevin Graham / Gary Johnson / Cashmere Valley Bank / Joe McManamy Family / Dr. Ken MacRae / Toni Menig / Gene Miles / Joe, Mary, and Jennifer O’Leary / Nancy Padilla and Family / Fred Palmiero Family / Teri Phillip / Frank and Ann Reed / Scott Repp / Scott and Kay Shelton / Judi Thomas-Cortes / Top Hands / Roger Weaver
ANNUAL (SUSTAINING) MEMBERS OF THE ERHOF Robert & Louise Acheson Family / Katherine Bach / Janie Charlton / Brigid Clift / Ellen Crawford / Joe and Roylene Crawford / Tim and Marcia Eckert Family / Lisa Fields / Jim Gibbons / Lynn Graves / Scott and Lindsey Haney / Robert Kelley Family / Ken’s Car Washes / Mia Merendino / Cody Miller / Les & Venetta Miller Family / Dan Morgan / Bertha Morrison / Richard Mundy Family / Joe Powell / Tom Pratt / Maxine J. Shaw / Joel Smith / Marie Smith / Dave Standish / Nip Tucker / Julie Virden / Jack Wallace / Jeff Whitney
ERHOF ASSOCIATION BOARD MEMBERS Mike Allen / Janie Charlton / Brigid Clift / Joe Crawford / Jim Gibbons / Bob Kelley / Ken MacRae / Mia Merendino / Bertha Morrison (Emeritus) / Joe Powell / Teri Phillip / Joel Smith / Marie Smith / Nip Tucker / Julie Virden / Jack Wallace / Jeff Whitney
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SPECIAL THANKS TO Central Washington University (CWU) Foundation / CWU Catering / CWU Facilities & Media / Ellensburg Daily Record / Ellensburg Rodeo Board of Directors / Megan Woodworth and her Ellensburg Rodeo Ticket Office Staff / Rob Fraser Photography / Life Members and Annual Members / WestStar Ranch / Bledsoe-Washington Regional Archive (Office of the Washington Secretary of State) / Western Art Association / Clymer Gallery / Washington State Library Photographic Archive / Ken Peterson / Program designed by Megan Woodruff
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Busting out of the chutes at an early Ellensburg Rodeo
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INDUCTION INDUCTEES: VOLUNTEER: BILL MCKAY NATIONAL COMPETITOR: BUD MUNROE VOLUNTEER: SCOTT REPP MASTER OF CEREMONIES: JUSTIN MCKEE PRESENTERS: DR. KEN MACRAE, JACK WALLACE, JUSTIN MCKEE
2014 ERHOF INDUCTEES BILL MCKAY The late Bill McKay, longtime Ellensburg Rodeo “chute boss’, was raised on a wheat ranch near Wilbur, Washington, and served in the Korean War. A graduate of Washington State University, Bill taught school and competed in intercollegiate rodeo with fellow WSU student, Dr. Ken MacRae. After McKay moved to Ellensburg to ranch and raise his family on Reecer Creek, MacRae became Ellensburg Rodeo Arena Director and named his trusted rodeo friend McKay as volunteer “chute boss.” The chute boss job is a difficult one--coordinating the placement of dangerous bucking broncs and bulls in assigned chutes and making sure the cowboys are safely mounted and ready to ride the correct animal in the assigned order. A good chute boss helps keep a rodeo running smoothly and professionally, and McKay was one of the best in the business.
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Winner of “Cattleman of the Year” and “Maynard Linder Spirit of the Rodeo” awards, Bill McKay served the Ellensburg Rodeo for 25 years.
BUD MUNROE Montana cowboy Bud Munroe cut a wide swath across the saddle bronc riding world of the 1970s and ‘80s, qualifying for the National Finals Rodeo twelve consecutive times (197788)and winning the 1986 World Saddle Bronc Championship title. Born in Lewistown, Montana and raised in Billings, Munroe competed on the renowned Montana State University rodeo team. In Ellensburg, Munroe was always a contender, and he won Ellensburg Rodeo Saddle Bronc Championship buckles in 1977, 1978, and 1987. Now a resident of Texas, Bud Munroe was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2007.
SCOTT REPP Scott Repp was born and raised amid the rolling hills of the Palouse near Endicott, where his father raised wheat and thoroughbred horses. Scott came to Ellensburg in 1966 to earn a Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education and Art at Central Washington State College. He has resided here ever since, pursuing a successful teaching (Easton High School), business, and real estate career, and doing volunteer work in myriad community projects, including historic restoration of the Davidson and 1888 Buildings. Repp joined the Ellensburg Rodeo Board in 1985, and during his 20year tenure was instrumental in creation of the
Western Village and Gold Buckle Club projects. During his professional and service career, Scott has won the Washington State Historic Preservation Award, Ellensburg Community Service Award, and has been named Best Realtor in Kittitas County; in 2002 he won induction into the CWU Athletic Hall of Fame. The Repp family members---Scott, wife Jo, and daughters Kaley and Rusti, Rusti’s husband Jadon McClure, and grandsons Waylon and Clayton McClure---are all involved in rodeo and horseback activities. The Repps host the annual WestStar Open Roping. Known for their generous hospitality to PRCA cowboys, the Scott Repp family was chosen Top Hands Kittitas Valley Family of the Year in 2010.
Inductee Images from Left to Right: Bill McKay, Bud Munroe, and Scott Repp and his family
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The unveiling of the “Steers of Fame,” July 2014, Photograph by Brian Myrick, Daily Record
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“STEERS OF FAME” MUSEUM FUND AUCTION
AUCTIONEER: PAUL NEWMAN
STEERS OF FAME EVENT NOTABLES STEERS OF FAME EVENT SPONSORS CWU Foundation (People’s Choice Awards) / Fitterer’s Furniture (Meet & Greet Host) / Ellensburg Daily Record (Banquet & Auction Program) / Clymer Museum (Unveiling & Judging Host) / Old Mill Country Store (Juried Artist Awards)
STEERS OF FAME EVENT CONTRIBUTORS ERHOF Board of Directors / Joann Wise (Auction Supervisor & Treasurer) / Paul Newman (Auctioneer) / Justin McKee (Banquet Master of Ceremonies) / George Bender (Event Refreshments) / Super 1 - Wade Stacey (Event Food) / Damian Smith (Steers Photography)
STEERS OF FAME EVENT COMMITTEE Joel Smith / Marie Smith / Joe Crawford / Teri Phillip / Mia Merendino / Janie Charlton / Bob Kelley
STEERS OF FAME SPONSORS Ellensburg Rodeo Board / Andy & Laurie Erickson / Rafter Double C Ranch - Lloyd Carney / Brady & Leah Erickson / Roger & Claudia Weaver – ReMax / American Legion - Ellensburg Post 8 / Frank & Ann Reed / The Fitterer Family / Ken MacRae / The Burkheimer Family / Stillwell Hanson Architects / The Palmiero Family / CWU Foundation / Grebb, Johnson, Reed, & Wachsmith LLP / Peter & Kim Nisbet / Mitchell, Reed, & Schmitten Insurance and Cashmere Bank / Matheus Lumber / Joe & Roylene Crawford / Ellensburg Tire Center / Farmer’s Insurance - Jerry Lael / Spirit Therapeutic Riding Center & Wm. Phillip DDS / Middle Path Acupuncture - Jeff Lippincott / Puget Sound Energy / Anderson Hay & Grain / Kelleher Motor Company / Mike Allen Family / John Ludtka’s ‘The Tradition Lives’ / Allen & Jan Faltus / Brian & Emily Stickney / Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame / Advantage Dirt Contractors
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I love committing myself to this work; it is the process that fascinates me. I enjoy getting lost in the creation of something completely new and unique. My work comes from a very personal place and becomes a form of private meditation. When the work is finished, I put it out into the world and move on to the next thing. The skull, as a canvas, made this piece of work a challenge, out of the scope of anything in my past. I have worked symbols into the patterns; some have traditional, historical or esoteric meanings. Metaphor is in the eye of the beholder and you are free to infuse this piece with whatever significance your mind can conjure. I hope you enjoy”Signs, Symbols, Myths and Legends” as much as I enjoyed the process of creating it. Sponsor: Anderson Hay & Grain
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I have lived in Ellensburg all my life. I am an artist, cook, and a music lovin’ gardener. I became interested in art as soon as I picked up my first crayon. My favorite art form is painting. I use watercolors and acrylics. I have painted on Yapo, canvas, gourds and walls, including the Saloon at the Western Village and the beer garden “Behind the Chutes” at the rodeo grounds. In 2008, I was chosen to do the Jazz in the Valley poster. I have also participated in “Paint Ellensburg” Gallery One fundraiser every year. Sponsor: American Legion - Ellensburg Post 8
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3. CAROL BORKOWSKI
I am a relative newcomer (6 years) to the Kittitas Valley. I now live in Thorp and really love the friendly rural community and the variety of the beautiful landscape. About 1 ½ years ago I got involved in the Kittitas Barn Quilt project and have been volunteering as one of the quilt painters. I decided to continue that theme with my steer skull, incorporating barn quilt patterns and rodeo themes. Sponsor: Ken MacRae
4. NICKI BERNER
Thank you for the pleasure of my third goround with the Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame fundraiser. The little polka dots near the mouth of my steer head remind me of the tiny insects always brought into action by grazing cattle, while the three flowers on the forehead represent the cross. The cross is indicative of peace and spirituality that I find on rides with my horse, enjoying the sky, earth and the surrounding hills of Ellensburg. Sponsor: Ellensburg Tire Center
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5. HOLLY HEFLEN
I am currently enrolled at CWU in the sculpture department. I went back to school after building several doll houses. I currently live in Roslyn and have enjoyed Kittitas County for over 25 years. I have 2 daughters and they are an inspiration to me. I am so enthusiastic about the Steers of Fame and really love using my art techniques to honor the Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame. I have enjoyed cooperating with other artists and meeting the rodeo community in this project. Sponsor: Grebb, Johnson, Reed, & Wachsmith LLP
6. KAREN WATLAND
Images stir my imagination to create and paint. Capturing those images is an obsessive activity I constantly engage in using a camera which is always within my reach. Every rodeo I have been to gets my camera’s full attention. The action at our Ellensburg Rodeo is a must for me every year. I appreciate this opportunity to share my captured images. You will likely be seeing some of these images painted on canvas in the near future. I have two completed Steer Heads/Twin Steers Titled “Size Matters”; they come with his and hers horn cups. Sponsor: Matheus Lumber
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7. ALYSSA WILLARD
Alyssa is a new artist this year. She grew up in Battle Ground, Washington, but currently lives in Ellensburg while attending CWU. She is working towards a BFA with a focus in ceramics; she enjoys experimenting with a variety of mediums, and examining all of the possibilities within these mediums. Her work on the steer skull for the Ellensburg Rode Hall of Fame incorporates this idea. It combines multiple techniques, while still honoring the animal and the traditions of the rodeo. Sponsor: Brady & Leah Erickson
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After coming back to Ellensburg from San Diego, Roy has made himself visible in the community with his love of art and creativity and willingness to help others. He paints houses, and sometimes that can be an extraordinary work of art if he is left to use his active imagination. He further demonstrates his talent with this year’s skull that has become a cabinet and larger-than-life bolo tie. When opening the carefully crafted skull face door, one finds a surprise of whiskey, Copenhagen, and shot glasses that double as eye balls peering through the skull sockets. It is enough to please the roughest of cowboys and please any damsel stopping by. Standing back and looking at the hanging masterpiece, one sees the masculine side of a bolo tie mounted on barn wood with a glow of the past. Sponsor: Mike Allen Family
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9. BETTY SEVERIN
Totem of Life The steer skull is a symbol of Animal Life to some, a weathered piece of the American Dream to another, and a symbol of the end of the Old West to someone else. The Red Tail Hawk is a symbol of Hope and Blessing to me. This is a totem of Animal, Life, Dreams, and Hope. Sponsor: Frank & Ann Reed
10. AMANDA HANSON
I graduated from CWU in 2013 with a BFA in drawing and painting. I work mainly with watercolors on a variety of different surfaces ranging from paper to wood. I am currently working as a cashier in Centralia, Washington, while I start up a business for selling originals and prints of my work. Of the 3 years I have worked with the Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame, this is my favorite. Working on the skull was an incredible learning experience for me and I intend to do more paintings on bone in the future. If you would like to see more of my work please visit my website: www.behance.net/AmandaHanson. Sponsor: Andy & Laurie Erickson
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11. JERRY FREEMAN
I have been a resident artist in Kittitas County for many years and enjoy the petroglyphs and pictographs of the local Columbia Basin indigenous people who have populated this area for some ten thousand or more years. These renderings tell an amazing story of a long history of life, language and communications spread throughout the shared and ongoing wonder of this place called “Land of the Kittitas.” Sponsor: Peter & Kim Nisbet
12. TERRI SCHAAKE
Terri’s Ellensburg roots are deep, as is her interest in rodeo. Her great uncle was world champion saddle bronc rider Deb Copenhaver and she loves horses. As a young woman she was a Wranglerette. She also is past Ellensburg Rodeo Royalty and enjoyed the privilege of cutting the ribbon to open the new freeway from Ellensburg to Yakima in 1968. After graduating from CWU, Terri became an art teacher at Morgan Middle School and she was one of the original Allied Arts Van teachers. As a volunteer, she designed the cedar plaques on historical buildings. With the Steers of Fame, she wanted to give back to the community that raised her, and she sees it as a privilege and honor. Sponsor: Brian & Emily Stickney
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13. BILLY MAGUIRE
Billy Mac arrived in Ellensburg in the 1970s to study fine arts at CWU and decided to become a permanent resident of the valley. He works in various media such as sculpture, foundobject assemblages, drawing, and painting. He is also a proficient musician and plays in the band “Better Day.” He has worked with tile, rock, and concrete to make some great functional art that can be seen around the Kittitas Valley. Sponsor: The Fitterer Family
14. PENNIE HAMMER
I opened my first art studio in 1976. Through all the shows, and projects, etc. this Hall of Fame project has become one of my special events. Teaching is my love but these projects are my challenges. This one touches my heart. The choices in my career have focused on western heritage. I hope you enjoy this piece. I wanted to show the beauty of God’s creation and the way the skull was sculpted together, forming a patchwork pattern, reminding me how so many people came together to help this dream come true The buckskin color is to show the respect to the Native American family that gave up their allotment so people would always have a place to meet in peace. The sweated denim color is to honor cowboys who worked the land and celebrated at the end of the season with a rodeo. The cross is to ask for blessings to honor the faith of Christian Cowboys and thank all who are a part of the dream to build an Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame. Sponsor: Kelleher Motor Company
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15. DAMIAN SMITH
Born and raised in Ellensburg, Damian has deep roots in the Rodeo while his father was a director for 25 years. After receiving a teaching degree in art at CWU, he accepted a job teaching K-thru-12 Art and coaching baseball in Waterville, Washington. Living in Chelan, he is raising two sons, Judah (4) and Micah (1) with his wife Jamie. He has developed his enjoyment of creativity in photography, painting, building, mosaic and landscaping. His steer skull is uniquely and creatively designed, incorporating red chilies adhered to the lower portion to bring a deep red color that is complemented by the vivid Chief Joseph design from Pendleton blankets. The ERHOF Board appreciates his donation of photography to the Boots, Hats, and Steers projects. Sponsor: Stillwell Hanson Architects
16. SUSAN WADDLE
A three time participant in the Hall of Fame Fundraisers, Susan is a shining example of a person who puts her community in the forefront. She is an Ellensburg High School and CWU graduate and has volunteered extensively for Alley Cat Artists and Habitat for Humanity. She has a degree in Animation, Art, and Art Education and is a former high school art teacher. She has also worked as a freelance animator in California. Sponsor: Allen & Jan Faltus
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17. CHERYL BROWN
Cheryl came to Ellensburg more than a decade ago from Ridgefield, Washington, to study graphic design at CWU and compete on their college rodeo team. She grew up drawing horses on every scrap of paper while competing in junior and high school rodeos; she designed the logo now used by the Washington State High School Rodeo Association. After graduation Cheryl decided to make Ellensburg her home because of the friendly western lifestyle and support of the arts. She worked first as a graphic artist at the Daily Record and is now employed at the Ellensburg Police Department in administration. She is a member of the local roping and barrel racing clubs as well as an avid competitor and fan of rodeo. She has carried sponsor flags in the Ellensburg Rodeo, won the breakaway roping title in 2010, and coaches queen candidates for the Royal Court. Cheryl is pleased to help build support to keep the history of the Ellensburg Rodeo and western way of life alive. Sponsor: The Burkheimer Family
18. PAM SCHMIDT
I was born in Ellensburg in 1944 and lived in the same house on Water Street until high school graduation. I attended CWSC as an art major but found making a living as an artist a challenge. I now live in Selah Washington, after retiring from the health care field. I began painting and selling animal skulls about 5 years ago when someone paid me for a deer skull I decorated as an experiment. Since then I have painted skulls from deer to antelope and bison for clients. In the last two years I have started a line of painted gourds that have become very popular. My work can be seen on my face book page titled “Skull Art and More by Pam�. I also enjoy gardening, exercise, reading, traveling and spending time with grandchildren. Sponsor: Middle Path Acupuncture - Jeff Lippincott
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19. AUSTIN SMITH
As a contemporary multimedia artist currently living in Ellensburg, he studied at CWU and has several public art installations. A 6th generation Kittitas Valley resident, Austin seeks opportunities to enhance our local community and downtown. He has been an integral part of the Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame fundraisers, creating and sculpting the Boots of 2012 and Hats of 2013. His unique steer design is carved into the skull with subtle natural colors and an Ellensburg Blue that connects this project to the history of our valley. Sponsor: Rafter Double C Ranch - Lloyd Carney
20. PATTI ERICKSON
I love to spend time taking my pack horse into the mountains with my paint and easel and lunch, to create art and enjoy the beauty and peace of this land. I currently live in Leavenworth, Washington, and enjoy doing murals and wildlife scenes in acrylic. I have done scrimshaw on ivory. Managing and training horses and being around dogs has taught me so much, and the calming effect is amazing. My Steer Head is labeled “Bustin’ Out”--- in another great rodeo year our local team roper Brady Minor makes the perfect loop on his horse Ray-Ban. Sponsor: Puget Sound Energy
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21. BARBARA BAUMGARTNER
Growing up in Montana, rodeo was a part of my life. After moving to Washington, we have enjoyed the Ellensburg Rodeo many times. 4 years ago we moved to Ellensburg and my interest in painting has been renewed after many years of not picking up a brush. This spring I met Sharon Hull and she sparked my love of art and recommended me to the Hall of Fame. There is so much here in this beautiful valley to inspire anyone. I love painting western and rural landscapes. My favorite medium is oil, although I play around with acrylics. It is an honor to be asked to do a steer head for ERHOF. My instant thought was to pay tribute to the Spirits of the Native Americans who once lived at the base of Craig’s Hill where the rodeo grounds are located. The Yakama Nation returns every year to the rodeo in all their splendor. I only hope I do them justice with this vision. Sponsor: Roger & Claudia Weaver – ReMax
22. DON O’CONNOR
His father was an artist in San Francisco and at 5 years of age he was recognized for his drawings of Mickey Mouse. He soon became the class artist, a title he carried through high school. Don has also worked in jewelry with lost wax casting. He took a class in abstract painting and created a series of paintings, which launched a lifelong quest of exploration and discovery of art. 1984 brought him to Ellensburg. He painted the famous mural at the Roslyn Café used for the TV series ‘Northern Exposure.’ Looking into other realms of the arts’ mixed bag of tricks, he searched for a meaningful genre. In 1995, he found a holographic vinyl and began experimenting and developing his own technique. He calls it light reactive media, where the viewer engages in motion to see the spectrum of colors. Sponsor: CWU Foundation
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23. NICOLE JOHNSON
Nicole is local to Ellensburg and currently enrolled at CWU with interests in physics and biology. Sponsor: Farmer’s Insurance - Jerry Lael
24. OLIVIA CHRISMAN
As a senior at Ellensburg High School, I am proud to have lived here my whole life. That is what has prompted the design of my skull. I have always loved the beauty of this area with its hills, horses and even chaotic wind. I thought the skull was a perfect way to express that. Always being a visual person, I started to draw in grade school. Over time, my skill has improved, and I began to try new things and start showing my art work, which led me to the skulls. The opportunity to be one of the artists to paint a skull has been a wonderful learning experience that I am so grateful for, even though capturing the breathtaking view of the wind farm’s landscape in paint was difficult. Sponsor: Spirit Therapeutic Riding Center & Wm. Phillip DDS
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25. ALAN PACE
Alan lives in Cashmere, Washington, with his wife and 2 children. He became an artist while living in Ellensburg. As a kid, he just loved to draw and then, as a student learning to teach art, he also studied wood design at CWU. He spends most of his time teaching art and coaching high school. He has found time to create a wonderful skull to further the quest to honor the Ellensburg Rodeo’s history for future generations. Sponsor: Ellensburg Rodeo Board
26. WILLIAM WARREN
As a professional illustrator specializing in science fiction and fantasy, William has produced 5 book covers. Since 1975, he has illustrated books and magazines and lost wives over loving art more than himself or them, and he has no intention of changing his evil ways. Warren has never attempted to pass himself off as a politically correct character after 19 years at Boeing, but please just call him Bill and leave it at that. His Skull the “Terminataur” is an amazing robot from the future sent back in time to derail an Army train carrying UFO debris from Roswell New Mexico in 1947. Unfortunately Warren lost his computer, two glass tops, and his mind during the heat wave, and he considers the work still incomplete. Sponsor: Advantage Dirt Contractors
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27. LARRY ALLPHIN
I moved to Ellensburg from LA in 1969 and graduated from Ellensburg High School in 1979. I am a graphic artist, published cartoonist, and sign painter who is thankful to have the opportunity to be a part of the Rodeo Hall of Fame Fundraiser. My works can be seen on the sides of buildings and on hot rods that race round this valley. I enjoy spending time with my wife Toby and my son Rusty. I am an antique auto enthusiast and collector of vintage toys which I enjoy restoring. Sponsor: Joe & Roylene Crawford
28. SHARON HULL
I was planning to hang a crow feather on the horn of my steer. But first I talked with several Native Americans to make sure I wasn’t disrespecting the Crow, Steer or Native peoples. After googling crow legends, the creation took on a life of its own. On a trip to the Oregon coast in May, I found a fossilized clam shell and agates the color of fire. On our return to the Valley of Kittitas, I found a crow feather waiting for me in the front yard. Steer is a pastel of basalt columns in the Canyon and palette of blue sky for shells, stones, rocks and bones where… “Crow flies up to the Great Father and asks for Fire and Light”. Sponsor: John Ludtka’s ‘The Tradition Lives’
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29. KAREN JOHNSON
For me, the challenge of this year’s piece, the steer skull, was to appreciate its beauty and complexity while using it as a medium for expressing the mysterious, ineffable, artistic quality of nature that surrounds us here. Since I have farmed and lived most of my life closely with animals, I am often reminded of their intimate contact with the predator/prey relationship. When I saw what looked like shadows of wolves in the Yakima Canyon’s rock formations, I had my visual idea. In “Steer with Wolves” I painted in oils made from the earth pigments, the wolf with the night over his head and the wolf of the day at his throat.
Sponsor: Mitchell, Reed, & Schmitten Insurance and Cashmere Bank
30. DIANE HUCKABAY
Diane is honored to participate once again in the Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame fundraiser and acknowledges artist Lynn McCowin for her inspiration to research and use local livestock brands. Brands depicted in her “Steers of Fame” project this year come from the Washington State Archives Central Branch in a collection that predates statehood. Diane graduated from Central and attended Athens Center for the Creative Arts, Highline Community College and SPU. At the Tacoma Art Museum she volunteered as a docent and outreach educator. Diane has exhibited her own collections and her students’ work in public venues, libraries, and open house events. Sponsor: The Palmiero Family
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31. THERESA BARLAN
Born and raised in Kittitas County, the farmland is firmly planted in my psyche. I have been selfemployed for over 20 years. We came to Ellensburg ten years ago to start a business venture that has been the joy of my life---Blue Stone Academy. Both sides of my family have lived in Kittitas County for over 100 years. I think I can safely say I have roots in the area. I have always had an appreciation for the arts and this was an opportunity for me to have an active participation in both the arts and my community. Materials for my skull are: Batik fabric from Indonesia, Metal pieces from a discarded sewing machine case, metal eye pieces from broken metal art “snail,” an old mattress label, baling wire from Bugni family farm, and a bow from Ellensburg floral. This skull will be a raffle item at the Western Village during the rodeo.
Sponsor: Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame *Raffle Steer
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AUCTION RULES CONDITIONS OF AUCTION The property described in this catalog will be offered and sold at auction by the Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame hereinafter known as ERHOF upon the following conditions: 1. ERHOF and Auctioneer assume no risk, liability or responsibility for the authenticity of the authorship of any property identified in this catalog (that is, the identity of the creator, of the period, culture, source or origin with the creation of any property as identified herein). 2. ERHOF reserves the right to withdraw any property at any time before the actual sale. 3. All property is sold “as is” and neither the Auctioneer or the ERHOF make any warranties or representations of any kind or nature with respect to the property, and no statement in the catalog or statement made at the sale or elsewhere shall be deemed such a warranty or representation. 4. Unless otherwise announced by the Auctioneer at the time of sale, all bids are per lot as numbered in the printed catalog.
10. All sales are final. There shall be no exchanges or refunds on items. 11. Items shall be removed only upon presentation of a paid receipt. 12. All shipping costs (for shipment other than pick-up) are the responsibility of the buyer. 13. There will be a raffle steer.
5. Sealed bids can be accepted with prior arrangement.
EMAIL BIDS
6. Each bidder will register and receive a bidding number. Each bidder will use his or her own number. Subject to these conditions, the highest bidder for each lot whose bid is accepted shall be the purchaser; but the Auctioneer reserves the right to refuse any bid without cause or to withdraw any lot before the fall of the Auctioneer’s hammer, title to the offered lot will pass to the highest bidder who thereupon assumes full risk and responsibility thereof, will sign the Buyer’s Agreement which will be brought to him/her (one copy to be retained by buyer) and will pay purchase price thereof or such as is required.
If you are unable to attend the Hall of Fame banquet and auction in person, but would like to place a bid on a steer, please read the information below.
7. In the event of any dispute between bidders, the Auctioneer shall have sole and final decision either to determine the successful bidder or re-offer the article in dispute. 8. If the Auctioneer determines that any opening bid is not commensurate with the value of the article offered, he many reject the same and withdraw the article from sale; and if, having acknowledged an opening bid, he decides that any advance thereafter is not of sufficient amount, he may reject the advance.
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9. Successful bidders will report to the Cashier’s Desk to pay for their purchases with cash, check, Visa or MasterCard. Checks shall be made payable to ERHOF or Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame. All property shall be removed from the possession of the ERHOF Auction Cashier not later than 30 minutes following each auction. Purchasers shall forfeit their deposit as liquidated damages or failure to comply with any of these conditions of sale; or the owner may put up for sale again the same items under these terms of sale and the purchaser shall be held liable for any deficiency and cost resulting from such resale and any other incidental or consequential damages including costs and attorney’s fees sustained by the owner.
All mail bids must be received prior to Wednesday August 27th, 2014. Please email your name, mailing address, phone, the steer you would like to bid on and your maximum bid amount to Brigid Clift at clift@fairpoint.net or call (509) 968-3451. She will confirm receipt of your bid within 24 hours. We will also need to know your payment method and date you can pick up the steer. Maximum bids are confidential bid amounts which you authorize Brigid to bid incrementally on your behalf. If you have further question before placing a bid, please contact her directly.
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MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION Join tonight at our Merchandise Table! Those wishing to support the Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame Association can write to ERHOF, 110 W. 6th, Box 374, Ellensburg, WA., 98926, or log onto www.ellensburgrodeohalloffame.com and click on “Membership”
Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame Board Members Photograph by Molly Morrow Photography Left to Right (Top Row): Nip Tucker, Lisa Fields, Joe Powell, Janie Charlton, Ken MacRae (Bottom Row): Bob Kelley, Teri Phillip, Joe Crawford, Julie Virden, Marie Smith, Jack Wallace, Brigid Clift, Joel Smith, Mia Merendino, and Jeff Whitney (not pictured: Mike Allen and Jim Gibbons)
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