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In my family, spring and summer represent a gauntlet of celebrations. Anniversaries and birthdays crowd the calendar. Throw in Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Memorial Day and the Fourth of July, and it seems as though something – or someone – is celebrated nearly every week.
As if the PRCCA purse that goes to some of the best rodeo professionals in the business isn’t enough, the 2008 Santiam Canyon Stampede will raise money to help Santiam Memorial Hospital in its fight against breast cancer, donate food to the Stayton Food Bank and contribute to other community projects. The rodeo events take place July 31, Aug. 1 and Aug. 2 in Sublimity on the Sublimity Harvest Festival Grounds. The festival grounds will be packed with families enjoying a variety of good down-home entertainment.
“The music this year is Alexis Ebert with Bump in the Road and we are doing a bike rodeo with the Stayton-Sublimity Police Department on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.,” Corky Justis, Santiam Canyon Stampede director of promotions said.
So what is it with dogs, anyway? To me, dogs are like kids. I generally like the ones that belong to me, but I’m totally ambivalent about those that belong to other folks.