Rodeo
Picture courtesy of Elaine La Rochelle ~ 2010
June 7, 2012 - Ed Miller Memorial Xtreme Bull Riding
June 8, 2012 @ 4:00 pm
June 9, 2012 @ 1:30 pm
June 10, 2012 @ 1:30 pm
Are You Tough Enough to Wear Pink?...
For each rodeo contestant that wears pink to the rodeo on Saturday, EOLS will donate $1 to cancer research.
Rodeo Director: Clyde Longfellow ~ 541-564-9169
Rodeo Chairman: Darren Hansen ~ 541-568-4347 - lazyhcattle@yahoo.com
Harley Tucker Rodeo Series Award
This award is named in honor of the late Harley Tucker, a past northwest rodeo producer and stock contractor from Joseph, Oregon. At the time of his death in 1960, he was one of the nation's largest stock contractors, providing stock and producing over 25 rodeos in the Northwest each year. Harley Tucker was inducted into the Pendleton Round-Up Hall of Fame in 1980, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1997, and the St. Paul Rodeo Hall of Fame in 1999.
The Harley Tucker Rodeo Series Award, sponsored by Mountain West Moving and Storage of La Grande, formally known as the Harley Tucker Memorial Award, 
was first started in 1970. Recognized at the Saturday evening Chief Joseph Days performance with a hand crafted belt buckle and $3000.00, the award goes to the cowboy or cowgirl scoring the most points in a combination of the Eastern Oregon Livestock Show in Union, The St. Paul Rodeo in St. Paul, The Elgin Stampede in Elgin and Chief Joseph Days in Joseph. If the award is earned three times, the contestant receives an accumulating purse. In 1982, Butch Knowles of Heppner became the first three-time winner and earned $5,100. In 1990, Rocky Steagall of Irrigon became the second three-time winner and received $3,100. In July of 2008, Brad Goodrich became the third three-time winner of the accumulatve award and received $10,500. The next three time winning purse now stands at $2,000.00.
The 2010 award winner was saddlebronc rider Shawn Moorehead of Bruneau, Idaho.
Mountain West Moving and Storage contributes $2,000.00 yearly and each of the four rodeos add an additional $350.00.
Drill Team
If you are interesting in being a part of the EOLS drill team contact Katelyn Hefner at 541-910-5703 or hefnerville@hotmail.com.
PO Box 1052, Union, OR 97883