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gmbehindthechutesHeadline[0]='PENDLETON ROUNDUP CELEBRATES 100 YEARS ATTENTION: ALL FORMER ROUNDUP EVENT WINNERS!!'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[0]='If you won an event at Pendleton RoundUp you are being honored at the 2010 Centennial RoundUp on September 15 – 18th...'
gmbehindthechutesURL[0]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/2010-pendleton-4211.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[1]='THE FINALS A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE FIRST 50 YEARS OF THE WRANGLER NATIONAL FINALS RODEO 1959 – 2008'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[1]='If you have not ordered or bought THE FINALS, A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE FIRST 50 YEARS OF THE WRANGLER NATIONAL FINALS RODEO book from PRCA you are missing a good read and a wealth of information.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[1]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/gail-100003.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[2]='Obituary Of Jimmy Schumacher'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[2]='Jimmy Schumacher died at a Las Vegas hospital January 24, 2010, at the age of 89. He was born June 21, 1920, in Prescott, AZ, and began his rodeo career as a roughstock competitor.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[2]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/gail-4509.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[3]='LAUGHTER LEFT PENDLETON ON CHRISTMAS EVE'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[3]='On December 24th A. O. “Monk” Carden, the oldest living rodeo clown, took his last breath and left this world from his hometown of Pendleton, Oregon. He was 100 years old and had kept friends and family, in the east Oregon town, laughing for most of those years. This centurion had the face of an Emmett Kelly clown but whether he was wearing greasepaint or not his clever dialogue and expressions could keep any audience in giggles and guffaws.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[3]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/monk-dies-3020.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[4]='MORE ‘GOOD READING’ BOOKS TO ADD TO YOUR RODEO LIBRARY'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[4]='Books Reviewed: The Duke Of The Chutes, Harry Vold\'s Sixty Years In Rodeodeo by Loren R. Whittemore; Pendleton Roundiup At 100, Oregon\'s Legendary Rodeo By Michael Bales & Ann Terry Hlll'
gmbehindthechutesURL[4]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/gail-2762.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[5]='COWGIRLS HONORED AT NATIONAL COWGIRL HALL OF FAME'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[5]='If you’ve never attended an induction program for the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame you have missed a very important and fun-filled time. The 34th Annual Luncheon and Ceremony was held October 16th across the street from the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame Museum at the Will Rogers Memorial Center. It was a perfect fall day and a huge crowd was expected.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[5]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/gail-3454.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[6]='FIRESIDE READING FOR A COLD WINTER'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[6]='The weather hasn’t gotten to the ‘sit by the fire with a good book’ time yet, but with snow flurries in Colorado and points north all ready, but it is right around the corner. These books I have read and will recommend to pick up and enjoy.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[6]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/gail-3437.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[7]='NATIONAL COWBOY SYMPOSIUM REVIEW'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[7]='Cowboys and cowgirls, musicians and singers, poets and writers, trick ropers, Quanah Parker family members, trade show vendors with everything from cowboy hats to custom-made knives, and National Championship Chuck Wagon cooking experts poured in to Lubbock from September 10th through the 13th for the 21st National Cowboy Symposium.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[7]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/gail-3360.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[8]='YESTERDAY’S ARENA RODEO CLOWNS AT THE REUNION'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[8]='There is nothing I like better than to gather the senior rodeo clowns and see them entertain and please the fans at a Rodeo Clown Reunion. This summer we were at Deadwood Days of ’76 in beautiful South Dakota...'
gmbehindthechutesURL[8]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/yesterdays-arena-rodeo-cl.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[9]='DALE WICKIZER OBITUARY'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[9]='Dale Wickizer, age 71, died of complications from a stroke suffered earlier this year, in Mesa, Arizona, on August 19th.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[9]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/dale-wickizer-obituary-3239.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[10]='RODEO CLOWN REUNION DELIGHTS DEADWOOD'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[10]='Nestled in the Black Hills of South Dakota, the town of Deadwood gets a little more western and wild for the week the Days of ’76 Rodeo is held. To add to the rip-roaring good time the Rodeo Clown Reunion came to town and gave even more laughs and excitement to the citizens and the fans. '
gmbehindthechutesURL[10]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/rodeo-clown-reunion-delig-6170.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[11]='2009 RODEO CLOWN REUNION TO BE HELD AT DEADWOOD'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[11]='The 2009 Rodeo Clown Reunion will be held in Deadwood, South Dakota, during the 87th annual Days of ‘76, July 23rd through the 25th. This event has again been chosen as the PRCA Midsize Rodeo of 2008. This honor has been bestowed on this rodeo numerous times for their consistency in having a top flight rodeo. There will be four performances (two on the 25th) and the honorees of the Reunion will be present to sign autographs and talk with fans at each performance. They will also participate in two parades down the main street of Deadwood on Friday at 1:30 PM and Saturday morning at 10 AM.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[11]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/rodeo-clown-reunion-6060.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[12]='WHOA, COWBOY, LET’S PONDER AWHILE'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[12]='I received an inquiry the other day that made me stop and think. It said:' + gmbehindthechutesBreak + '“Who decides which cowboys and cowgirls should be placed in the Hall of Fame? I often read the credentials and wonder why competitors are picked sometimes before they have finished competin? They may have won world titles and done great things but being placed in a Hall of Fame before they are retired sounds like ‘jumping the gun’? Who knows what else is in store for these exceptional professionals? Don’t you think the ‘powers that be’ might be rushing things a bit?”'
gmbehindthechutesURL[12]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/whoa-cowboy-lets-ponder-a_6011.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[13]='LAUGHS GALORE AT THE RODEO CLOWN REUNION'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[13]='The rodeo clown said to the announcer “My wife’s so fat. But she is in the audience.”' + gmbehindthechutesBreak + '' + gmbehindthechutesBreak + '“I’ve seen your wife, she’s not so fat. Where is she sitting,” asks the inquisitive announcer?' + gmbehindthechutesBreak + '' + gmbehindthechutesBreak + '“She’s in the bleachers, sitting in seats 12, 13, and 14,” the funnyman answers!' + gmbehindthechutesBreak + '' + gmbehindthechutesBreak + ' ' + gmbehindthechutesBreak + '' + gmbehindthechutesBreak + 'A rodeo clown’s humor never grows old. Some of the oldest jokes in the rodeo arena are still being told by today’s funnymen. The Rodeo Clown Reunion with gather at the Deadwood Days of ’76 Rodeo on July 23 through the 25th.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[13]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/rodeo-clown-reunion-2415.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[14]='JOHNNIE MULLENS KILLED IN 1934??? DIDN\'T HAPPEN!!!'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[14]='When Ruby Mullens, Johnnie’s wife, received a telegram from Reno, Nevada, citing the death of her husband on June 23, 1934, she was shocked, to say the least. Was this someone’s idea of a sick joke? When she left Johnnie thirty minutes before, returning to their hotel room in Silver City, New Mexico, he was busy as an arena director for their annual rodeo. He looked very alive and very healthy. The telegram, from the authorities in Reno, was only the first of numerous telegrams to follow sending condolences to his ‘grieving widow’.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[14]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/johnnie-mullens-2328.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[15]='STEINER RANCH STEAK HOUSE'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[15]='A NEW TRADITION FOR A WELL-KNOWN RODEO FAMILY' + gmbehindthechutesBreak + '' + gmbehindthechutesBreak + 'After making their mark in the rodeo world for four generations, the Steiner family, of Austin, Texas, has started a new endeavor with the same excellence they had in rodeo. The Steiner Ranch Steak House, on Lake Travis, opened during the holidays and has all ready been considered a ‘must’ in seeking a great meal, whether it is their superb variety of steaks, Chilean sea bass, or other fare.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[15]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/steiner-ranch-steak-house.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[16]='COWGIRLS, YOU’VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[16]='We have come in to the world of the Cowgirl full speed this past year. I have been contacted by numerous people seeking information regarding various cowgirls from the past and the history of cowgirls. I must admit, although I have done much research over the past twenty-some years there is always more information out there to be found. I love gathering information regarding these early day pioneering ladies of the first rodeo arenas and wild west shows. They had such spunk and were such thrill-seekers it is exciting to uncover each and every independent story. No two were alike, and often they entered a world unlike anything they had experienced before.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[16]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/first-cowgirls-2060.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[17]='BULLYING HURTS PROGRAM IS MAKING HEADWAY'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[17]='Last fall the Bullying Hurts Program hired former rodeo clown, George Doak, honoree in numerous Rodeo Halls of Fame, to be their Director of Rodeo Relations. Since that time Doak has represented this important program which offers incentives to various club organizations and high school youth groups, in identifying bullying, its impact and long-lasting affects to children and how to work with youngsters in their community.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[17]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/rodeo-bullying-hurts-1952.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[18]='WINTER READ & VIEWING FOR COWBOYS & COWGIRLS'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[18]='When the wind blows and the snow flurries, find a good book, or video, get in front of a fire and enjoy yourself. I have a couple of suggestions to recommend.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[18]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/gail-book-reviews-dec-09-1845.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[19]='HAWAII MEANS R & R - RODEO & RANCHING!!'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[19]='The Rodeo Clown Reunion ended, I returned home, packed my bags and headed west. Yep, really west, the \'Big Island\' of Hawai\'i. My running buddies, Imogene Beals and Donna Clark joined me and after a long flight we arrived at the airport in Hilo. We rented a car and headed to our ‘cabin’ across the island. The road was winding and we hugged the Pacific Ocean on our right as we drove through lush green foliage and trees of a kind we don’t have back in Texas. A waterfall would appear amid the greenery here and there. The drive was beautiful. No freeways here, it was just a narrow two lane highway and occasionally we would drive through a village. We were enjoying it immensely. Then it got dark.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[19]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/gail-hawaii-rodeo-1747.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[20]='COWGIRL HALL INVITES FIVE INTO THEIR FOLD FOR 2008'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[20]='The induction ceremony for the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame is always a fun time. It is held in one of the huge ball rooms of the Will Rogers Coliseum and Complex within walking distance of the Hall. The Cowgirl Who\'s Who plus so many \'movers and shakers\' in the western world attend. Not only were the multitudes there to see old friends and make new acquaintances'
gmbehindthechutesURL[20]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/gail-october-08-1685.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[21]='Gail Woerner to receive Will Rogers Medallion Award September 23rd'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[21]='The Academy of Western Artists has announced that Gail Hughbanks Woerner has been selected as a recipient of the 2008 Will Rogers Medallion Award for Western Non-fiction for her latest book, "Rope To Win, The History of Steer, Calf, and, Team Roping". Gail will receive her award at their awards ceremony Tuesday evening, September 23 at Granville Theater in Garland, Texas.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[21]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/gail-woerner-awa-award-1656.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[22]='Bullying Hurts Program Hires Former Bullfighter George Doak'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[22]='A very effective program called BULLYING HURTS that educates teenagers, through a variety of organizations, to mentor grade school children against bullying, has hired former rodeo clown and bullfighter, George Doak as Director of Rodeo Relations and Education Communication. The veteran of twenty-eight years in the rodeo arena, baiting the bull and saving cowboys, will promote this positive service program throughout the rodeo world encouraging committees and individuals to introduce this worthwhile project in to their home communities.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[22]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/george-doak-bullying-hurts-1636.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[23]='Aftermath - Rodeo Clown Reunion'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[23]='The Rodeo Clown Reunion was a huge success in Dodge City, Kansas. The Dodge City Days Rodeo Committee and so many more sponsors made our stay there so enjoyable and memorable. The honorees dressed in their familiar costumes of the past and donned their individual ‘clown faces’ to entertain the fans all over Dodge City, including autographing before each of the five rodeo performances and helping with the Youthville Rodeo for Exceptional Children, the Mutton Bustin’, the Boot Scramble and tossing T-shirts to the fans.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[23]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/aftermath-rodeo-clown-reunion-1616.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[24]='Rodeo Clown Reunion Dodge City Days July 30th Through August 3rd'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[24]='What it the true measure of the rodeo clown? If you are anywhere near Dodge City, Kansas, from July 30th through August 3rd, come to the Dodge City Days celebration and PRCA rodeo and see for yourself. There are forty retired rodeo clowns arriving to sign autographs and entertain the fans from every direction – Montana, South and North Dakota, New Mexico, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, New York, Louisiana, Arkansas, Colorado, Michigan and Missouri. They will don their familiar make-up and big baggy britches and get laughs where ever they happen to be.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[24]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/rodeo-clown-reunion-1537.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[25]='The Life Of Clem McSpadden A Rodeo Renaissance Man'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[25]='People with wisdom and the willingness to serve don\'t happen to come around often. And when they do they usually have a chosen field in which they give until they can\'t give any more. Fortunately, Clem McSpadden chose rodeo as his field of expertise. Or maybe rodeo chose Clem. No matter. It was a beautiful match and for just eighteen years short of a century Clem and rodeo went through life as one.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[25]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/the-life-of-clem-mcspadden-1530.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[26]='Clem McSpadden Makes His Last Ride'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[26]='Everyone\'s friend and favorite announcer, Clem McSpadden, died July 7th in Houston, Texas. The proud cowboy from Oklahoma had a fifty-one year career as a rodeo announcer and a career as a politician in the Senate and Congress of Oklahoma.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[26]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/clem-mcspadden-dies-1498.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[27]='Summertime Reads'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[27]='New books out that will help you cowboys and cowgirls relive the past through the eyes of two of the great bronc riders of their era. The story of Bill Smith a World Champion Saddle Bronc rider is told. Turk Greenough, another tough saddle bronc rider of his time, who went on to stunt work in Hollywood, has finally received his request, a book about his unusual life. Both of these books will give the reader a great insight in to the life of a competing rodeo cowboy, in two different eras.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[27]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/summertime-reads-1468.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[28]='A Cowboy That Can Outrun The Energizer Bunny'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[28]='The Energizer Bunny that beats his drum across our television screens and the Timex Watch ad from the past that boasted after the watch had been dunked in water and run over by a truck "And it keeps on ticking!" have nothing on Hub Hubbell. He\'ll be ninety years \'young\' later this year and he is still making cowboy history.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[28]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/hub-hubbell-cowboy-1448.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[29]='Behind The Chutes and Elsewhere - Texas Hall of Fame Induction'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[29]='My travels are getting shorter! No, it doesn’t have a thing to do with the gas prices, but it sure could. It just so happens I only live an hour away from Belton, Texas, where the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame Induction Weekend was held and I wanted to be there. Over 800 people showed up to observe, honor their friends or family. It was truly a special time as thirty-two cowboys and cowgirls were inducted for 2008.
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gmbehindthechutesURL[29]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/texas-hall-of-fame-1384.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[30]='HISTORY OF THE RODEO CLOWN REUNION'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[30]='When thinking of ‘all things funny, the rodeo clown is an example of the need for levity in a tense situation. The very first rodeo clowns, around the early part of the twentieth century, were developed out of a need for someone to keep rodeo spectators in their seats by entertaining them while a lull in the program happened.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[30]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/history-of-the-rodeo-clown-1344.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[31]='The Rodeo Clown Reunion Comes To Dodge City'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[31]='The rodeo clowns of yesteryear are donning their familiar make-up and garb and will appear at the Dodge City Days in Dodge City, Kansas, July 30th through August 3rd,. Approximately fifty retired rodeo clowns, bullfighters and barrelmen will attend the annual rodeo and activities in Dodge City, which includes visiting with fans.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[31]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/the-rodeo-clown-reunion-c.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[32]='RODEOATTITUDE EXTRA!!!!!!!!!!'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[32]='Comeback for former rodeo clown-bullfighter, George Doak!'
gmbehindthechutesURL[32]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/rodeoattitude-extra.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[33]='WHAT IF?? . . . . . RODEO HAD BEEN REPORTED ON SPORTS PAGES FOR THE LAST 100 YEARS??'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[33]='Did you ever wonder what might have happened if things had been different in the past? If the sport of rodeo was covered on the Sports Pages of newspapers across this nation since the beginning of rodeo would the sport be further ahead than it is now? Would rodeo have mega-major sponsors supporting it, and more clamoring to be involved?'
gmbehindthechutesURL[33]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/what-if-rodeo-had-been-re.shtml'
gmbehindthechutesHeadline[34]='Larry Mckinney Past Away on February 13'
gmbehindthechutesDescription[34]='Retired rodeo clown dies due to liver problems.'
gmbehindthechutesURL[34]='http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/larry-mckinney-past-away-.shtml'
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