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Monday, August 20, 2007
Wild Weekend
Not a whole heck of a lot to talk about this post. I've been on the run the past few days with the Caldwell Night Rodeo rolling through town the same weekend as the Western Idaho Fair. Here are just a couple choice frames from the weekend...
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Sunday, August 12, 2007
Rodeo Country
Well no major happenings to report this week. I’ve been keeping busy with a healthy dose of rodeos, county fair activities, and both prep and collegiate football two-a-days.
The most entertaining experience from the last week of work has been the week long County Fair and Rodeo in Homedale, Idaho. I covered action from the rodeo Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings and I have to say, I’ve never experienced a rodeo quite like this one. It all started like any small town rodeo, cowboys and cowgirls young and old competing for fast times and high scores, but after the first night it was apparent that the competitors weren’t the only ones in for a wild ride.
On Wednesday, the first night of the rodeo, a bird flew into a transformer on a power pole causing the pole to burst into flames, forcing the rodeo to go on for an hour and a half with no lights or commentary. Not to be outdone, on the second night a pretty crazy storm settled in over the arena, bringing with it rain, lightning and, you guessed it, another power outage. Fortunately both Friday and Saturday went off with no major catastrophe.
The only other notable experiences from this past week have been a wild time at the local drag strip and the first fall scrimmage for the Boise State Broncos.
Coming up this week I will be covering the Caldwell Night Rodeo, which next to the Snake River Stampede, is the biggest rodeo in an area were rodeo is king. Hopefully I can come up with some interesting photos and entertaining stories to share next week, assuming of course I don’t get struck by lighting or nailed by a kamikaze bird.
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The most entertaining experience from the last week of work has been the week long County Fair and Rodeo in Homedale, Idaho. I covered action from the rodeo Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings and I have to say, I’ve never experienced a rodeo quite like this one. It all started like any small town rodeo, cowboys and cowgirls young and old competing for fast times and high scores, but after the first night it was apparent that the competitors weren’t the only ones in for a wild ride.
On Wednesday, the first night of the rodeo, a bird flew into a transformer on a power pole causing the pole to burst into flames, forcing the rodeo to go on for an hour and a half with no lights or commentary. Not to be outdone, on the second night a pretty crazy storm settled in over the arena, bringing with it rain, lightning and, you guessed it, another power outage. Fortunately both Friday and Saturday went off with no major catastrophe.
The only other notable experiences from this past week have been a wild time at the local drag strip and the first fall scrimmage for the Boise State Broncos.
Coming up this week I will be covering the Caldwell Night Rodeo, which next to the Snake River Stampede, is the biggest rodeo in an area were rodeo is king. Hopefully I can come up with some interesting photos and entertaining stories to share next week, assuming of course I don’t get struck by lighting or nailed by a kamikaze bird.
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Friday, August 3, 2007
Another Post
So for the past week or so I have been consumed by a whirlwind of activity, starting Monday the 30th. I usually look forward to Monday’s like most people look forward to Friday’s, and towards the beginning of the day I assumed it would be as slow as most Monday’s. Unfortunately it wasn’t.
My day was scheduled to begin with a 4:30 assignment in downtown Boise which turned out to be a bit out of the ordinary. I finally had my first opportunity to play red carpet paparazzi as Matt Damon came to Boise for an advanced screening of his newest movie, “The Bourne Ultimatum”. Long story short, I seriously underestimated the gusto of the countless 14 year-old girls who had to have the man’s autograph. Needless to say, the experience left me a little jaded and I now know the world of the paparazzi is not for me.
After surviving my Monday assignments I decided to make a weekend trip up to Moscow, Idaho to see my new nephew who was born a little over a week ago. He’s a super cute and totally healthy baby boy who I’m sure we’ll keep my sister and her husband busy.
Now I’m back to work and as I enter the home stretch of the summer months, rodeo season is coming into action and by the time the action is up, football will be back in gear. Should be a pretty busy next few weeks!
My day was scheduled to begin with a 4:30 assignment in downtown Boise which turned out to be a bit out of the ordinary. I finally had my first opportunity to play red carpet paparazzi as Matt Damon came to Boise for an advanced screening of his newest movie, “The Bourne Ultimatum”. Long story short, I seriously underestimated the gusto of the countless 14 year-old girls who had to have the man’s autograph. Needless to say, the experience left me a little jaded and I now know the world of the paparazzi is not for me.
After surviving my Monday assignments I decided to make a weekend trip up to Moscow, Idaho to see my new nephew who was born a little over a week ago. He’s a super cute and totally healthy baby boy who I’m sure we’ll keep my sister and her husband busy.
Now I’m back to work and as I enter the home stretch of the summer months, rodeo season is coming into action and by the time the action is up, football will be back in gear. Should be a pretty busy next few weeks!
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