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hereas, Grangeville Border Days is the oldest rodeo in continuous operation in Idaho and the second oldest in the Pacific Northwest, it has developed into the fastest, wildest and most enjoyable celebration for the observance of Independence Day. Whereas, some men cannot resist the urge to let their faces go to bush, all wives are asked to consider the good cause for the next few weeks as they bring fame and fun to the wildest, wooliest Fourth of July celebration in the Northwest. I do hereby declare western attire — at least three items — to be worn throughout these days, while at the same time keeping our record of being a “friendly city” intact. Proclaimed by request of Scott Eldridge, Grangeville Border Days, Inc., president, in the interest of a real “Cut ’Em Loose” Border Days in 2017.
★ ear ye, hear ye! The time has come for people of Grangeville, Camas Prairie and all those willing to take part in the wild west spirit to don western attire in observance of the 106th anniversary of Grangeville Border Days celebration, July 1. 2, 3 & 4 ”
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Border Days Committee 2017:
Getting it done behind the scenes
Wonderful celebration set this year BY JUSTIN DEFORD BORDER DAYS COMMITTEE BRAD ARNZEN
GARY CANADAY
JUSTIN DEFORD
SCOTT ELDRIDGE
JIM FOGLEMAN
TANNER FOGLEMAN
KEVIN GREIG
TANNER MAYNARD
WADE PETERSON
SHAYDN WASSMUTH
SCOTT WINKLER
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Welcome cowboys and cowgirls! It is with great pleasure I welcome you to the 106th annual Grangeville Border Days Celebration and want to wish you a happy 4th of July. My name is Justin DeFord and this is my third year on the Grangeville Border Days Committee. The committee and I have been working very hard preparing to make this event happen. This year our grand marshal is a local area rancher, Mr. Melvin Gill of Lucile. Along with him to help us lead this event is our royalty. We have Queen Rachael Stevens and Princess Micaela Farris, both of Grangeville. This year is going to be a similar schedule to last year. The rodeos are going to be July 1, 2 and 3, all at 6 p.m. We have two theme nights this year at the rodeo. Sunday, July 2, will be family night, there will be a “no alcohol” seating section available. On Monday, July 3, it’s a “Pink Out the Stands” night. The committee is rais-
ing money to support the local cancer charities. For everyone wearing something pink the committee will donate $1 to the local charity. The parades this year will be July 2, 3 and 4, all at 2 p.m. After all three rodeos, we will have live music immediately following the rodeo at the rodeo grounds. On Saturday and Sunday night we will have Coltrain from Lewiston. On Monday night, we will have Vintage Youth from Grangeville. The Super Egg Toss and street sports will be at 9 a.m. on parade days. On the Fourth of July, we will have the amazing fireworks on the Grangeville High School football field at 10 p.m., sponsored by the Grangeville Fire Department. There are many things to do in between the time of the parades and rodeos. Be sure to check out the venues and businesses in town. • It is with heartfelt pleasure that the Grangeville Border Days committee and I have named this year’s local team roping in memory of Lee
Woods. The Lee Woods Memorial Local Team Roping event will have a buckle sponsored by the Woods family in honor of Lee. Lee tragically lost his life last September at his ranch while doing what he loved to do. He entered the local team roping for as long as they’ve had it at the Grangeville Border Days. Before that he entered the bronc riding. Lee was also a pickup man when Deward Gill had the stock here. On behalf of the Grangeville Border Days committee, we would like to wish Brad Arnzen a huge thank you for all his hard work as it is his 30th year on the Grangeville Border Days Committee. • To see a full list of events going on in town check out all the events on the Grangeville Border Days website: GRANGEVILLEBORDERDAYS.ORG. Also check us out on Facebook! I hope to see you all at this wonderful celebration; come support the cowboys and cowgirls taking part in this event and Cut ’Em Loose! Members of the 2017 Border Days Committee: (L-R) top - Scott Winkler, Wade Peterson, Tanner Fogleman, Tanner Maynard; bottom - Justin DeFord, Gary Canaday, Brad Arnzen and Jim Fogleman. Not pictured - Scott Eldridge, Kevin Greig, Shaydn Wassmuth and Anna Wren.
Scott Eldridge, president, 11 years; Tanner Fogleman, secretary, 5 years; Scott Winkler, treasurer, 14 years; Brad Arnzen, 30 years; Kevin Greig, 19 years; Tanner Maynard, five years; Gary Canaday, four years; Justin DeFord, three years; Wade Peterson, three years; Shaydn Wassmuth, two years; Anna Wren, royalty advisor, two years.
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Border Days Princess 2017 Micaela Farris
Experience has helped her share love of rodeo with others BY LORIE PALMER IDAHO COUNTY FREE PRESS GRANGEVILLE — “I have enjoyed this experience because it has allowed me to travel and make new memories,” said 16-year-old Micaela Farris. Farris is the 2017 Grangeville Border Days Rodeo Princess. She is the daughter of Jeff and Amy Farris and granddaughter of Ray and Ellen Aiken, all of Grangeville. She has an identical twin sister, Macenzie. Farris has spent her year representing Border Days at a variety of events, parades and rodeos, including as a High School Rodeo participant, where she also represents Grangeville High School. She will be
a junior at GHS this fall. Farris rides and competes on her 16-year-old quarter horse, Doc. She plays volleyball, basketball and softball, and is a member of both Rough Riders and Animal House 4-H clubs. She is also a member of Triple Bar Drill Team and previously served as its queen. “Being involved in royalty is a great new experience and you get to meet new people and share your love of rodeo with others,” Farris said. Following graduation, she would like to attend Washington State University and pursue a career in physical therapy. She also hopes to play college softball. “I have a passion for softball,” she smiled.
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Right - Border Days Princess 2017 is Micaela Farris. She will be a junior at Grangeville High School this fall. Above (L-R) is Queen Rachael Stevens and Princess Micaela Farris.
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Border Days 2017 Queen Rachael Stevens
Royalty ‘a great way to give back to your community’ BY LORIE PALMER IDAHO COUNTY FREE PRESS GRANGEVILLE — “We have been incredibly blessed by the support from our community,” said Rachael Stevens of Grangeville. Stevens is the 2017 Border Days Rodeo Queen. Stevens, 16, has been homeschooled and will be attending Grangeville High School as a junior this fall. She is the daughter of Fred and Renée Stevens of Grangeville. Stevens has four siblings: Sarah Musick, 30; Warren Stevens, 22; Michael Stevens, 19; Clarissa Stevens, 14. Her grandparents are Dick and Dee Lasse of Grangeville.
“I have had some incredible experiences this year, and one of my favorites was my experience at Lewiston Roundup last year,” Stevens said. “I was able to go to a royalty luncheon where I met Miss Rodeo America and had a very fun time during the nights at the rodeo and at the parade and luncheon. Of course, Border Days is my favorite rodeo, so I can’t wait for all the good times coming!” Stevens rides her grey 7-year-old Arabian gelding, Bené (pronounced “Benny”). She will also be riding Misty, a bay, 19-year-old quarter horse mare. In her spare time, she said she enjoys rodeo and 4-H, gluten-and dairy-free baking, playing piano, spending time with her friends and family, riding her horse and being outdoors with her animals. Stevens is vice-president and takes the dog and swine projects in the Lively Livestock 4-H Club, and is secretary and takes the horse project in the Rebel Riders 4-H Club.
“This summer I will be attending the ICUA youth rally for a week in July. I attend Real Life Church and am involved in youth group, baby sitting and volunteering,” Stevens said. “If anyone in the community would like me and Micaela to help them with an event, please let us know, we would love to help!” Stevens formerly served as the Grangeville Triple Bar Drill Team Queen. “Royalty has been so much fun and is a great way to give back to your community, become more confident, and learn important skills that you will use for the rest of your life,” Stevens emphasized. “I really encourage girls to try out for a royalty position; it is a wonderful experience and I can truly say that it has helped me to be the person that I am today!” Following high school, Stevens plans to go to college for a degree in agriculture. “I am also planning to potentially try out for Miss Teen Rodeo Idaho or Lewiston Roundup Rodeo Royalty with the goal of becoming Miss Rodeo Idaho,” she said. This spring, Stevens added to her family’s repertoire of animals by getting a black lab puppy named Cheyenne. Stevens said she would like to thank royalty chaperone, Anna Wren, for “her hard work and dedication to make this program the best that it can be.” “I would also like to thank Princess Micaela Farris for all of the time she has spent representing with me and preparing for our year,” Stevens added. “Thank you to my family, friends, sponsors, and to the entire community for their support and encouragement!” • This year’s royalty is sponsored by the following: Grangeville Border Days Rodeo Committee, Asker's Harvest Foods, Up Front Construction, Les Schwab Tires, Irwin Drug, NAPA, Idaho Forest Group, La Vita Bella, Images, Pine Tree Community Credit Union, Seasons, The Print Shop, Oscar’s, K & R Video, Cash and Carry Marketplace, Baker Trucking, Final Touch Salon, Northwest Insurance Agency, Farmers Insurance, Shear Magic, North 40, CHS Primeland, Ray Holes, Grangeville Flower and Gift, Home Grown Quilts, Cross Country Saddlery, and Ellen Aiken.
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(Above) Rachael Stevens is the Border Days Queen 2017. She will be a junior at Grangeville High School this fall. (Left) Serving as Border Days Queen for 2017 is Rachael Stevens (right); Micaela Farris is the 2017 Border Days Princess.
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Border Days 2017: July 1-4 Schedule of Events The 106th Grangeville Border Days is Umpqua Bank parking lot at 6:30 a.m. July 1-4 (Saturday through Tuesday), Race at 7:45 a.m. with each day loaded with events. BICENTENNIAL MUSEUM: Open July 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, 1 to 5 p.m. EVENTS PARADES: The 2017 parade theme OLD TIME FIDDLERS: July 4, 11 is “Wild Roots of Country.” Parades are Sunday through Tuesday, July 2-4, start- a.m. to 1 p.m. in the pavilion at Pioneer ing at 2 p.m. each day. The Kiddies Pa- Park. rade is Tuesday, July 4, at noon (sign up WALKING TACOS: July 4, 10 a.m., at the Idaho County Courthouse parking City Park. lot). OLD-FASHIONED STRAWBERRY LIVE MUSIC: Live music follows all three rodeos. Admission is free. On July SHORTCAKE: July 3, City Park, 10 1 and 2, Coltrain of Lewiston will per- a.m. to 2 p.m. form. On July 3, Vintage Youth of Grangeville will perform. STREET SPORTS: July 2, 3 and 4, Main Street, 9 a.m., featuring the Super Egg Toss. TOY SCRAMBLE: July 3, on Main Street following Street Sports, for ages 6 and younger.
Border Days Rodeo July 1-3 The Grangeville Border Days Rodeo is Saturday through Monday, July 1-3, presented by Les Schwab Tire Centers, Gortsema Motors and Asker’s Harvest Foods. Rodeos start at 6 p.m. each day. Admission is $12, age 12 and over; $5 under age 12; and under 6 free. Rodeo slack is 10 a.m., July 1, free admission.
COWBOY BREAKFAST: Masonic Temple Lodge at Main and Hall Streets, July CAMAS PRAIRIE CRUISERS: car 2nd, 3rd, 4th from 6 to 11 a.m. Lodges show next to city park on Sunday, July 2, Nos. 9 and 87. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. GENEALOGY OPEN HOUSE: FIREWORKS: July 4, 10 p.m., Idaho County Genealogy Society will have an open house on July 3, 1-4 p.m., Grangeville High School football field. 111 S. Idaho Street across from the courthouse.
Of the three-day rodeo, Sunday, July 2, is Family Night: parents and their minor children get in for $30, “No alcohol seating” is available. Monday, July 3, is “Pink Out The Stands!” Cancer Awareness Night -- for every person who walks into the rodeo wearing pink, the Grangeville Border Days Committee will donate $1 dollar to a local cancer fund. During the rodeo, all three days: chicken scramble for kids ages 6 to 12; the wild horse race where fastest time overall three rodeos wins buckles and added money; and the wild stick horse race for kids ages 6-8 with the fastest time over all three days wins a buckle.
ART IN THE PARK: July 3, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on July 4, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the City (Pioneer) Park. SYRINGA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION BORDER DAYS FUN RUN: July 4 – Sign up at Main Street and West North St. in the
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New Views For July 4 Firecracker Fun Run
Route change this year to protect runners’ safety BY ANDREW OTTOSON IDAHO COUNTY FREE PRESS GRANGEVILLE – The Firecracker Fun Run will go off this July 4 as it has for years, but will pop a bit differently this year. The route in recent history had gone from Heritage Square up Main Street to the truck route and looped back to the starting point via Idaho Street. But that route required Grangeville Police Department to commit four to six officers to road closures from about a quarter-to-eight until completion – and because the Street Sports crowd would begin to arrive just as the fun run would near its conclusion, it taxed organizers’ ability to track the finishers. Noting traffic on the old route during the race last year, organizer Jo Anne Smith highlighted how the new route this year stands to protect runner safety. This year, the crowd of an anticipated 180-plus runners will gather in the Umpqua Bank parking lot for sameday registration and check-in, from which they’ll move to the start/finish line midway down the block on West North First Street. When the race starts, they’ll head west to Idaho Street and proceed north, then cut along the truck route to Airport Road, which they’ll follow to a turnaround near the Airport. The course proceeds back to the start/finish line the same way it
came. “It makes it a lot easier to control traffic,” GPD chief Morgan Drew said Wednesday, June 14. “It’s a similar route – though not exactly the same – to the one the Flamingo Fun Run follows in October.” Smith noted that the new route will allow Main Street to remain open and that it takes a more direct approach to covering 3.1 miles. “You don’t have that first hill to go up, it’s flat, there are no gravel roads, and it will help at the finish line,” she said. “We’ll still have officers lead the race and follow behind to let traffic know that there’s a race going on, and that’s good for safety, too.” Preregistration is open now and will close far enough ahead of race day to allow organizers – all volunteers – to guarantee T-shirt sizes for those who sign up early. Preregister at Syringa Hospital, by mail, online or over the phone. Registration will also be open on the morning of the race, starting at 6:30 a.m. July 4. New this year will be an option for early check-in, so that runners can get their shirts and bibs 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 3 at the Syringa Hospital gazebo. The race will begin promptly at 7:45 a.m., to allow time for participants to finish before Street Sports start.
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Border Days Grand Marshal 2017: Melvin Gill
A lifetime of ranching is all Gill has ever dreamed of BY LORIE PALMER IDAHO COUNTY FREE PRESS OW CREEK – Climbing up a winding road on Cow Creek from the small town of Lucile and into the Salmon River mountains, located on a strip of land that runs between the Snake and Salmon rivers, sits the Gill Ranch. “I’ve been here all my life,” smiled Melvin Gill. That lifetime has spanned nearly eight decades, but the Gill family has been in Idaho County for five generations. Melvin Gill is the Border Days Grand Marshal 2017. Although Melvin recognizes the distinction is an honor, he also doesn’t feel special in his endeavors. “I wouldn’t want any other life, though,” he admitted. “It hasn’t been easy, but ranching is always what I wanted to do.” • Born to George and Opal (Robinson) Gill Nov. 21, 1939, in Grangeville, Melvin Clark Gill was raised on the ranch he still calls home. As a child, he and his older brother, Deward, lived and worked the ranch life. “I was riding horses with my mom when I was tiny – that’s how long I’ve been in the saddle,” Melvin smiled. Melvin worked with horses and steers, and rodeoing was a part of his family’s life early on. He was a junior steer riding champion, and he also broke horses. He and his brother attended Cow Creek School for many years, then later went on to school in Riggins. “We would ride our horses down to Lucile to catch the school bus to Riggins,” he recalled. “We’d leave the horses in a barn in town.” Although his parents owned an old pickup, he said that was rarely used for everyday needs. Melvin said he usually had a colt to break so that ride was good for
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Melvin Gill is the Border Days Grand Marshal for 2017. He is seen here at his home above Lucile on Cow Creek.
that process. “The first time I got paid for breaking a horse, I was 10 or 11,” he recalled. “I still remember that as I was paid with a nice pair of spurs.” He continued to rodeo and work but also played basketball in high school. “I was pretty good and some people wanted me to go on to college and thought maybe playing ball would make me want to go,” he said. “But I told my parents it would be a waste of their money. I knew what I wanted to do, and what I wanted to do was ranch.” Melvin had met Margaret “Midge”
Lea Nelson at Salmon River High School and the two married June 4, 1961. She had grown up in Riggins, working in the motel and grocery store industries since the age of 12. “I wouldn’t say I’m a cowgirl,” she laughed. “I would be a fraud to say that.” However, Midge dug in and became an integral part of the ranch, assisting her husband and spending months at a time at their Kirkwood Cow Camp eight miles from their home. At the time, she also worked full time at the Lucile, then Riggins, post office. At the time, the ranch ran less
than 200 head of cattle. A land exchange allowed the family to obtain acreage adjacent to their ranch on Cow Creek and they now run about 600 head. A Forest Service allotment allows the Gill cattle to graze on 29,185 acres. When his parents’ health failed, and they eventually died at young ages, Melvin took over the ranch full time, though he spent many years working at other jobs, as well. “Whatever we needed to do to pay the bills,” Midge added. This included work as a logger for a few years, working for Bud Wilson’s
Hells Canyon sheep ranch for a decade during his “spare” time, and horseshoeing year-round. The Gills did have the help of Melvin’s grandfather, Henry “Clark” Gill, who lived just short of his 102nd birthday. “He was helping brand calves when he was 96,” Melvin shook his head, smiling. Melvin and Midge raised two children -- son Marty and daughter Shelley -- on the ranch, continuing the rodeoing way of life. The family calfroped and team roped, and Melvin See Gill, Page 9
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Gill: No regrets: ‘I would do this ranch life over and over again’ Continued from Page 8 just walk away.” The Gills were the Idaho-Lewis County Cattle Association Cattle Family of the Year in 2012. Today’s ranch looks a lot different than he ever thought it would, Melvin said. For one thing, health issues and age for him and Midge have made it so his daughter, Shelley, and her husband, Garret Neal, “do the majority of all the work,” he said. “It’s a big job and they need more help –I could pay someone to fix fences and stay at cow camp and they’d have work all year,” he shook also rode saddle bronc through the years. his head. “But it’s hard to find good help; people Marty went to high school rodeo nationals who want to stay and work.” twice and both he and Shelley played basketball Another change has been the use of machinand Marty also played football at Salmon River. ery. “We went to a lot of games,” Midge recalled. “If you would have told me 20 or even 10 All this in-between running the ranch which years ago that we would be using four-wheelers included the never-ending work of calving sea- all over this ranch to do more work than we son. would do with horses, I would have told you, “If we went on vacation, it was a working va- ‘you’re crazy!’” Melvin stated. cation – to a rodeo,” Melvin said. He and his Now, however, that’s exactly what has hapbrother owned a stock business for years, and pened. even when he was no longer part owner, he still “It’s more economical and time efficient,” helped provide the stock for local rodeos, in- said Midge. cluding Border Days, and also worked for many A sadness swept over Melvin’s face as his years as a pickup-man at rodeos. brow furrowed. Melvin and Midge do recall one trip they took “But it’s a little hard on an old cowboy’s for 10 days where they traveled to Canada and pride,” Melvin said. “It’s hard to say there are attended the Calgary Stampede. real cowboys nowadays when we don’t use hors“When it started to rain, it was such a good es much.” feeling that I was not required to be out there in Son Marty has two grown sons and lives in that,” Melvin smiled. “I have been in rain, sleet, the Parma area and works for AgriBeef. snow, wind, hot sun. But that one time I could “He helps us here whenever he has free time,
Border Days Grand Marshals: 1938-2016 A list of former grand marshals was compiled by the Border Days Committee dating back to before World War II. The names were researched from past issues of the Idaho County Free Press: 2016 – Wayne James, Grangeville 2015 – Vern and Kitty Agee, Harris Ridge 2014 – Al McCulley, Grangeville 2013 – Marion and Gladine Gortsema, White Bird 2012 - Dave and Joyce Altman, Grangeville 2011 - Gene Warden, Grangeville 2010 - Joe Wilson, White Bird 2009 - Lew and Polly Hollandsworth, Cottonwood 2008 - Ralph Lamb, Grangeville 2007 - Jack Marek, Grangeville 2006 - Kraig Schlottman, Grangeville 2005 - Doris Swedblom, Grangeville 2004 - Gerald Ray Holes, Grangeville 2003 - Don McPherson, Kooskia 2002 - Dick and Kathleen Roberts, Lewiston 2001 - Louis Schmidt, Cottonwood
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Brothers Deward (left) and Melvin Gill ride cows Dicky and Donny as dog Boots joins in. Circa 1940s.
and we put cows down on his property part of the year, so he’s very involved,” the Gills reported. Melvin said he’s honored to be chosen as Border Days grand marshal.
2000 - Angus Kennedy, Grangeville 1999 - Frank Higgins, Grangeville 1998 - Woody Fitch, Grangeville 1997 - Ben Abell, Clearwater 1996 - Kenneth Earp, Grangeville 1995 - Bill Eimers, Grangeville 1994 - Justin and Hoot Smith, Joseph Plains 1993 - Burr Abell, Tahoe Ridge 1992 - Thelma Sherwin, Grangeville 1991 - Bob Sewell, Lucile 1990 - Leo Pils, Grangeville 1989 - Cecil Hill, Nezperce 1988 - Horace Henderson, Grangeville 1987 - Sam Lindsley, Grangeville 1986 - Heyward Jack, Grangeville 1985 - Archie Earp, Grangeville 1984 - Dale Eimers, Grangeville 1983 - Cliff Wren, Grangeville 1982 - Muggs Bentley, Grangeville 1981 - Gladys McLaughlin, Cottonwood 1980 - Foster Morgan, Grangeville 1979 - Gertrude Maxwell, Elk City 1978 - Ray Holes, Grangeville 1977 - Ross Bentz, White Bird 1976 - Neil Smith, Grangeville
“Like I said, if I could go back, I may adjust a few things. I knew getting into this lifestyle I would never be a millionaire,” Melvin’s eyes gleamed. “But I would do this ranch life all over again, no regrets.”
1975 - Harry Hill, Nezperce 1974 - Mr. and Mrs. Bill Crea, Fenn 1973 - Manford Cash, Grangeville 1972 - Roy Stockham, Grangeville 1971 - Fred Boynton, Grangeville 1970 - Gene Olmsted, Grangeville 1969 - Charlie Owens, Grangeville 1968 - Clayton Butcher, Riggins 1967 - Lester Wilkins, Grangeville 1966 - Pete Wilson, Riggins 1965 - Guy Cash, Nezperce 1964 - W.I. “Bill” McPherson, Kooskia 1963 - Len Earp, Grangeville 1962 - George Brust, Lewiston 1961 - V.D. “Slim” Johnson, Snake River 1960 - Clark Gill, Fenn 1959 - Richard Hauger, Fenn 1958 - Ward Sewell, Lucile 1957 - Bert Decker, Grangeville 1956 - Floyd Manning, Grangeville 1955 - G.W. “Gib” Eimers, Grangeville 1954 - Walter Cash, Grangeville 1946 through 1953 - Clark Gill, Lucile 1938 - E.S. Sweet, town n/a
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Museum offers tool displays, music, fund-raiser, flint knapper July 2-4 BY LORIE PALMER IDAHO COUNTY FREE PRESS GRANGEVILLE – The Bicentennial Historical Museum will again host its open house celebration during the Fourth of July. This year the museum will feature a display on antique tools. The museum, located at 305 N. College Street, will be open July 2, 3 and 4, from 1 to 5 p.m. Tools are on loan from several in the community, including Bruce Dreher of Slate Creek, Scott Scribner of Grangeville and Vernon Agee of Kooskia. “Mr. Agee will be here on July 4 to talk about his tool collection and explain items to people who stop by,� said museum manager, Pam Northcutt. Agee’s daughter, Chris, is a longtime museum volunteer who nearly always helps out at the facility on the Fourth. “Of course, we will also have our regular displays available for the public,� said Northcutt. This includes a variety of mining equipment, bead-
ed American Indian work, the old Greencreek switchboard, old canisters and bottles, uniforms, a plethora of photos and early sewing machines and toys. A special current display includes a bronze piece, the G.A. Geherty Trophy, presented by Calgary Power Company to North America Bucking Horses Riding Champion in 1939 to Guy Cash of Grangeville. This was awarded at the Calgary Stampede. Cash was a famous area cowboy for nearly 20 years and his story is displayed next to the bronze award which is a cowboy on a horse. “We also have quite a display of old tools that belong to the museum that we don’t want viewers to miss,� Northcutt added. In addition, the acoustical music duo the SyndiCats will perform Tuesday, July 4, in the basement, 3 to 5 p.m. The group has been performing in the Clearwater River region restaurants, area coffee shops and for benefits for many years. They bring harmonicas, wood and steel guitars, cello, banjo, Cajon and numerous rhythm instruments to favorite tunes.
Griller, poster sale on July 4 GRANGEVILLE – To begin commemorating the sinking of the Tuscania, which occurred in 1918, the Idaho County Historical Society will hold a griller fund-raiser in the basement of the Bicentennial Historical Museum July 4, 1-5 p.m. Hamburger dinners will be available for $8 per plate while hot dog dinners will be $6. This will include sides, chips and a beverage. The society will also have for sale a 16-by-20 inch frameable print of “The Same Spirit� poster (see photo) for $15 ($14.15 plus 85 cents tax). “The purpose of our project is to honor our veterans from UUI, but it is also to present something new and exciting, to get everyone involved in the historical society,� explained member
Flint knapper Bruce Cibar will be another highlight of the Bicentennial Historical Museum’s event program. FREE PRESS / LORIE PALMER
The group consists of John Henderson and Pete Northcutt who have also invited former area resident George Conover to help them on the bass guitar. The show is free; seating is limited. Another highlight of the museum
program will be flint knapper Bruce Cibar. Cibar makes arrowheads and other sharp stones by chipping away, or “flint knapping� material. “This is always popular with the kids and they can sit and do it with him for free – he charges a nominal
fee if they want to take something home,� Pam Northcutt said. Parking is available in the lot or on the street. The building has air conditioning and bathrooms available for public use. Call the museum at 983-2573.
and volunteer, Floyd Whitley of Cottonwood. Whitley explained an original poster was purchased and the society has now made prints. Money raised will help cover the cost of a Tuscania Survivors Association medal that was presented to the crew and captain of the HMS Mosquito for their lifesaving efforts to American citizens. “There is a great history of the Tuscania here because quite a contingent of Idaho County men were aboard as part of the U.S. Forestry regiment,� Whitley explained. A larger commemoration is planned for the anniversary year in 2018. “We hope to make some money through selling the print and hosting the griller so we can continue with this and other projects,� added volunteer Clyde Hanson. The poster will be on sale continuously at the museum and the Idaho County Veterans Outreach Center.
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BY DAVID RAUZI, EDITOR IDAHO COUNTY FREE PRESS GRANGEVILLE – What do Border Days and Christmas have in common? The fish pond. Uh … what? For about 35 years, the Grangeville Volunteer Fire Department (GVFD) has run what has become a Border Days staple. Kids of all ages take their chance with a fist full of dimes, dropping them into a filled water trough, hoping to put one on the concave bottom of a submerged pop can. Do that, and you’ll win yourself a goldfish. “It started because we needed to make some money for the Christmas truck,” said Bob Beckman (GVFD, retired), one of the original firefighters who started the fish pond back about 1982. The current coordinator is Tommy Jacobs. Each Christmas season, the department runs out its brightly decorated 1942 Buffalo fire truck throughout the community with Santa Claus on top, and broadcasting seasonal music. The annual activity is supported only by volunteering firemen and donations, so the fish pond idea came up to provide revenue to pay for gas and miscellaneous needs. “We’ll go through 700 to 900 little goldfish,” Beckman said, which are store-bought, “and about 250 large ones that we get out of people’s ponds. But we have to go get those, and that takes about 30 to 40 hours of fishing and netting to get that many goldfish.” “And we do make a good profit,” he said, “and the profit is well-used,” for not only the truck but also an annual department scholarship offered to graduating seniors of firefighters. The two troughs will often be packed with 15 participants apiece, and two people deep waiting to go in, Beckman said, children as well as adults. Kids will be dropping dimes in, and often a parent will soon be helping drop a few dimes in, “and the next thing you know, the parent will be dropping in more dimes than the kid,” he said. The event has become a cherished memory and tradition for many youth: “Kids look forward to it,” Beckman said, who has had high schoolers come to him saying this was one of the best parts of their Fourth of July. Elementaryage kids who won the little two-inch feeders years ago now have 10- to 12-inch goldfish still swimming years after being won. “There’s not a lot for little kids to do,” Beckman said, and some Border Days events things are expensive for a family to be doing more than once. The fish pond gives them an inexpensive activity they can do for a while. Coupons for three free tries are also provided to kids after the kiddies’ parade and from some local merchants. And, if activity is slow at the pond, kids may luck out when firefighters “accidentally” spill a cup of dimes across Heritage Square. Then the scramble is on, and more chances for fish to be won. The fish pond opens at Heritage Square on July 1 and goes through 5 p.m. on July 4, as firefighters need to pack up to head to their next event: running the evening’s fireworks show at the high school football field. “It’s exciting for these kids,” Beckman said. “It’s a big thing for them. And it’s a good thing for the community.”
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Bicentennial Year, Events Draw Crowds July 9, 1970 • Rick Ekwortzel, a Red Lodge, Mont., cowboy won all-around title and received the Ray Holes buckle at 1970 Grangeville Border Days Rodeo held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, by accumulating $192.67 in the payoff. • Kim Paluso was winner of the junior girls’ barrel racing winning the Molly Chadwick Memorial Trophy. • There was a good number of kiddy paraders and viewers as well! First prize was awarded to a fisherman with a “fish” on his line and pole, Darin and Marci, children of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Higgins.
July 7, 1971 • The Grangeville Chamber of Commerce entry in the parade was judged the grand prize winner. First place in the commercial division was presented to Union Warehouse & Supply and second place went to Coast-To-Coast. In the noncommercial division the Lions Club entry claimed first place and the Job’s Daughters received second place. • Welcome Visitor to Grangeville. Your car was found overparked and time on the parking meter has been extended through cooperation of the Grangeville Chamber of Commerce. We hope that your visit to our city has been pleasant and profitable and you will come again. GCC issued 20 of those courtesy tickets during Bor der Days.
West with their relatives, the Henry Haener, Sr. family. Last year when the Haeners were visiting Europe they discovered many relatives in Germany and invited them to Idaho. • Dude Smith, a 17-year-old cowboy from Ronan, Mont., gave the crowd a pleasing ride in the bull riding section of the show and came off with an unofficial score of 61 for his efforts, which is good, but not good enough to put him in the money at Border Days.
July 11, 1973 • One of the big features of the parade was the 20-mule team which performed at the rodeo each day and appeared in the parade on Tuesday and Wednesday. They were awarded the all-around parade prize.
June 12, 1974 • The first co-marshals of Grangeville Border Days are Mr. and Mrs. W.J. (Bill) Crea of Fenn. She is the first woman to be a marshal of the day. This is the 63rd annual celebration of the pioneer show.
June 26, 1974
• One of the highlights of the annual Border Days celebration is the display of old pictures in the windows of the Idaho County Free Press and this again has been prepared and has already attracted many viewers. • Official representatives of the upcoming 1976 bicentennial for the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission are Mr. and Mrs. Jim • Two teenage girls from Germa - Kahew. They will be in Grangeville ny are seeing a bit of the American for the Border Days Rodeo, July 2. • Border Days parades will be memory-filled for many as they watch the Grangeville Chamber of Commerce float with its Border Days queens of past years. Two different past queens will appear each day. The first will be Katherine Wyatt Sewell of 1941, and her daughter, Eileen Sewell Uhlenkott of 1963. Grace Morrow Hollandsworth, 1936, and Carla Johnson Enneking of 1959 will be on the float, July 3. On the Fourth, the float will have
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Jack Moody of Grangeville hangs on to Brahma bull, “Red Devil,” scoring a 63 in the 1976 Border Days Rodeo.
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Jumpers Man Storm-Caused Fires July 9, 1970 • Seven fires resulted from a July 4 storm in the Nez Perce National Forest according to Darold Harris, fire dispatcher. Three were manned by jumpers, one by helicopter crew and three by ground crews.
Searchers Find Lost Georgia Woman July 11, 1973 • Dorothy Volz, a biology high school teacher from East Point, Ga., became lost in the forest area approximately 30 air miles east of Grangeville Tuesday, June 26, and was found late Wednesday, June 27, and returned to Grangeville.
Funerals Held For Father, Son Killed In Jan. 15 Airplane Crash July 7, 1976 • Funeral services for Ronald C. Vanderwall, 34, and son, Henry Jackson Vanderwall, 5, will be held at the Prairie View Cemetery July 13, 1976, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. William Dawkins, Orofino Baptist Church, officiating. Vanderwall and his son were killed in an airplane crash Jan. 15, 1976. The wreckage was discovered last week.
Archive: Pratt is all-around Continued from Page 14 tion, but was treated and released with no apparent serious injuries.
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July 7, 1975 • Nancy and Heidi Taylor of Grangeville were winners in a children’s parade contest held Saturday with chicken outfits.
• Saturday night, the Jaycee-sponsored “Queen’s Ball” was a success, according to dance chairman Jim Ries. • The Border Days Committee is Jaycees are selling their “safe and responsible for not only the rodeo, but sane” fireworks and smoke bombs can everything else connected with Borbe seen going off on Main Street. der Days. It’s a year-around job that the 15man committee takes in stride, and doesn’t get to the point of becoming • Steve Pratt, Grangeville, was so serious about the affair that they named all-around cowboy during the can’t enjoy a good joke now and then. Border Days rodeo held July 3, 4, 5. Norm Henderson, president of BorPratt took second in the Brahma der Days, keeps the meetings going in bull riding and sixth in bareback a businesslike manner. Norm served bronc riding to win $360.25, to win in 1957, ’58, ’59 and ’60. Now he’s on the title. the board again; this is his second • An estimated 2,000 people saw year as president. an action-packed logging contest Saturday evening to climax the Border Days festivities this year.
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June 29, 1977 • The Border Days parade route will be altered this year. The parade will start at Baker’s Truck Service, with entries lining up north of that spot, by the “Y” in the road on Pine Street. The parade will begin on Pine Street, then down to C Street and turn onto Main Street. It will then turn at Les Schwab Tire Co. and end at Parkhill Manor. The parade in past years has doubled back, but this year will make only one trip through town. Border Days Committee member Gene Warden is in charge of the parade this year.
Kristin Walstad, first; Emily Stegner, second; Kristin Youngs, third. Preschool boys: Brad Newby, first; R.D. Symms, second; Chet Fischer, third. First and second grade girls: Shelley Reynolds, first. First and second grade boys: Halvor Kamrud, Choteau Montana, first; Russell Lindsley, second; Cecil Ahl, Cottonwood, third. Third and fourth grade girls: Ingrid Giden, Craigmont, first. Third and fourth grade boys: Rick Gill, Lewiston, first; Tyke Trogden, second; Jeff Dustin, third. Fifth and sixth grade girls: Tracy Hausladen, first; Robin
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Triple Bar Drill Team going strong for 60 years GRANGEVILLE – A long standing tradition will continue as the Triple Bar Drill Team performs each night during the rodeo. The Border Days drill team of girls will again please the crowds with their drills during intermission of each rodeo. Rodeos are set for July 1, 2 and 3, 6 p.m. each night. The Triple Bar Drill Team also rides in each parade. Parades are set for 2 p.m. each day, July 2, 3 and 4. Triple Bar Drill Team has been entertaining crowds for 60 years and is currently led by Tracy Sharp with assistance from Amy Farris. Triple Bar Drill Team Members 2017 include the following: • First leader, Colby Canaday (member since 1998) •Shotgunner, Jillian Hausladen (member since 2010; Riggins Rodeo Princess)
• First leader, Camden Barger (member since 2010) • Shotgunner, Bella Klapprich (member since 2013) • Second leader, Micaela Farris (member since 2013; Border Days Princess) • Second leader, Macenzie Farris (member since 2013) • Kaylee Page (member since 2014; Triple Bar Drill Team Queen) • Kayliana Shaw (member since 2014; Triple Bar Drill Team First Princess) • Elli Klapprich (member since 2016) • Brittney Benevidez (member since 2016; Triple Bar Drill Team Second Princess) • Reece Bernard (member since 2016) • Elizabeth Winkles (member since 2017)
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High school reunions set for Border Days weekend GRANGEVILLE — A variety of high school reunions are set for the Border Days Fourth of July weekend including the following: • Grangeville High School’s class of 1957 will celebrate its 60th reunion Sunday, July 2, 4 p.m., at The Gallery. Cost for the meal is $20. For questions call Linda Luehrs Dial at 790-1350 or Janice Inghram at 983-0616. • GHS’ class of 1987 will celebrate its 30th reunion during Border Days this year. The group will take a jet boat trip on the Snake River Saturday, July 1, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 2, they will meet at 1:15 p.m. at Baker Truck Service (218 North C Street) to be in the 2 p.m. parade. Following the parade Sunday, a casual no-host dinner will be held at Red's River Cafe in White Bird, 105 River St., at 5 p.m.; families welcome. For details see the GHS Class of ’87 30th Reunion page on Facebook or call Melodie Hazelbaker Worthington at 866-7236. • GHS’s class of 1997 will hold its 20th reunion activities during Border Days as well. The group will take a rafting trip out of Riggins at noon on Sunday, July 2, with Mountain River Outfitting. Monday, July 3, they will have a float in the parade, followed by a 5 p.m. get-together at The Gallery. For questions contact Matt Jessup at 983-3089 or e-mail MATT.JESSUP@GMAIL.COM.
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Members of the Grangeville High School class of 1996 on a float in the 2016 Border Days parade.
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Border Days 2017: briefs Join in the 2017 parade entries July 2, 3 and 4 GRANGEVILLE — Grab a float, a bike, a horse or your best pair of walking boots and join in the 2017 Border Days parade, set for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, July 2, 3 and 4, 2 p.m. each day. This year’s theme is “Wild Roots of Country.” To enter the parade, call Tanner Maynard at 451-1003 or Justin DeFord at 816-3580. The parade entry form may also be printed from the website WWW.GRANGEVILEBORDERDAYS.ORG. The Kiddies Parade is set for Tuesday, July 4, noon. Sign up in the Idaho County Courthouse parking lot beginning at 11 a.m.
Wild Stick Horse Race added to rodeo schedule GRANGEVILLE — New to this year’s rodeos will be the Wild Stick Horse Race. Children ages 6 – 8 years old will ride a stick horse and have a
race during the rodeo. This is limited to 15 kids who sign up for all three nights. The fastest time during all three days will win a buckle sponsored by Farris Transport of Grangeville. The same 15 children will compete all three days at the rodeo. A $5 per entry fee is required. Contact Amy Farris at 507-0487 to sign up. All proceeds will go to the Border Days Royalty Court for help with expenses incurred as they represent the Border Days Rodeos.
Fiddlers to play July 4 GRANGEVILLE — The Old Time Fiddlers will play at Pioneer Park in the pavilion Tuesday, July 4, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Fun run is July 4 GRANGEVILLE — The Syringa Hospital Foundation Border Days Fun Run (“Firecracker” fun run) is set for Tuesday, July 4. Registration will be in the
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Show and Shine to be held Sunday, July 2 GRANGEVILLE —- The Border Days Show and Shine, sponsored by the Camas Prairie Cruisers, will be held Sunday, July 2, across the street from Pioneer Park. Sign-ups begin at 8 a.m., and the show is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free. For questions call Annelle at 983-2333.
City Pool open July 1-3, closed on Fourth GRANGEVILLE — The Grangeville City Pool at Pioneer Park will be open its regular hours Saturday, July 1, and Sunday, July 2: 1 to 5 p.m., as well as regular hours on Monday, July 3, closing early at 7 p.m. that night. The pool will be closed July 4.
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The toy scramble will be held Monday, July 3, on Main Street following Street Sports, for ages 6 and younger. Pictured here is the 2016 event.
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Lee Daggett to serve as rodeo announcer Hit the cheap seats; go to rodeo slack free on July 1
Announcer for the 2017 Border Days Rodeo is Lee Daggett. Born a fifth-generation native of northeast Oregon, Lee Daggett comes from a family with a deeply rooted heritage of ranching and timber. Daggett makes his home just outside of Enterprise, Ore., on a small acreage where he enjoys life in an area they call the ‘Little Switzerland of America’. With a degree in broadcast journalism, he continues to write, record and produce radio commercials. Daggett has, for many years, and continues to be, a principal real estate broker during the workweek and is also a rough stock rodeo show producer. The rodeo and horse/mule show season finds him on the road, announcing rodeos, bull riding events and horse/mule shows in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Utah and Alaska. He is scheduled to announce more than 100 show performances this year. Daggett has announced the WSRRA National Finals in Winnemucca for seven years in a row and the national finals for the Senior Pro Rodeo Association. • Selected as ICA Announcer of the Year 2013 & ICA Finals Announcer 2011-2014, & ProWest Finals Announcer in 2006. • Lee is “Carded” with the EPB, PWRA, ICA, WSRRA, NSPRA, IMPRA & NPRA Associations and is a supporter of the Cowboy Crises Fund.
The Grangeville Border Days Rodeo is Saturday through Monday, July 1-3, presented by Les Schwab Tire Centers, Gortsema Motors and Asker’s Harvest Foods. Rodeos start at 6 p.m. each day. Admission is $12, age 12 and over; $5 under age 12; and under 6 free. Rodeo slack is 10 a.m., July 1, free admission.
What is slack rodeo? This is for contestants who are not able to compete in the normal rodeo because the performance is full, meaning there are 12 contestants in the event. They are able to compete with the contestants in the performance and their score counts for the prize money available. • The Border Days Rodeo is sanctioned by the Idaho Cowboys Association, ProWest, and NPRA. Rodeo stock is by Gold Buckle Rodeo, Roosevelt, Wash. This year $13,800 in added money plus entry fees.
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