Photo archive for August 3, 2007
Lacey Miser of the Model Boosters 4-H club rides a steer while competing in Senior Steer Riding at the 4-H Rodeo. View photo
Riley Houston of the Model Boosters 4-H Club competes in Junior Barrel Racing Thursday evening at the 4-H Rodeo. Houston placed second in the event with a time of 19.215 seconds. View photo
Joel Miller of the Busy Beavers 4-H Club guides his horse around a barrel while competing in Junior Barrel Racing at the 4-H Rodeo. Miller placed third in the event. View photo
Zeb Peak of the Chamness 4-H Club rides a steer Thursday evening at the 4-H Rodeo at the Lyon County Fair. Peak placed first in Senior Steer Riding. View photo
Linden Stueve of the Happy Harvesters 4-H club hangs on while falling off a steer Thursday evening at the 4-H Rodeo. Stueve placed first in Intermediate Steer Riding. View photo
Josiah Duncan rides a steer while competing in the 4-H Rodeo at the Lyon County Fair. Duncan placed second in Junior Steer Riding. View photo
Lakin Preisner of the Sunflower 4-H Club races around a barrel while competing Thursday night in junior barrel racing at the 4-H Rodeo. Lakin placed first in junior barrel racing and junior steer riding. View photo
Jim Houck and his wife Jean examine a newspaper article about the first 4-H rodeo at the Lyon County Fair in 1957. Houck won the steer riding event that year and then successfully defended his title in 1958. The display case also includes his championship buckle and those of Bill Martin and Bonnie Wheat, who were the top cowboy and cowgirl at the 1957 4-H rodeo and later married. View photo
Long legs and longer headdresses — why, this must be Vegas. No, it’s still Sherry’s Dance Workshop students in the midst of a spotlight number for their 20-minute show in Branson. From left, Alyssa Boesche, Andrea Blits, Ericia Schoup and Synthia Somerholder work their showgirl routine. View photo
To every dance, turn, turn, turn. From right, Katlynn Decker, Callie Clark and Jenna Ferguson practice Thursday evening for a recital in Branson, Mo. The students will perform tonight at the Pierce Arrow and Saturday at the Dixie Stampede. View photo
Megan Stelljes gestures for silence as part of her Broadway dance routine during a practice at Sherry’s Dance Workshop on Thursday evening. View photo