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A guide to the activities for Colorama weekend in the Grand Coulee Dam area, Washington state, USA.
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ParadeRace “Over the Dam”
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55th Colorama packs in featuresThe 55th Colorama celebration is
coming on fast. It begins May 10, with the opening of the Paradise Amuse-ment Carnival and lasts through Sun-day with the Cleatis Lacy Memorial Bull Riding event, May 13, at the Ridge Riders Rodeo Grounds.
The events:• The carnival kicks off at 5 p.m.
Thursday, opens Friday at 3 p.m. for two sessions and again Saturday at 11 a.m. for two sessions.
There are discount tickets at various venues in the area through Thursday. Discount tickets go for $25 for each session (savings of about $10) and are available at The Star newspaper, Chamber of Commerce office, North Cascades National Bank, H&H Gro-cery and Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union.
• Come to the traditional Arts & Crafts Fair at North Dam Park, opening at 10 a.m. both Friday and Saturday. Don’t worry about lunch because there are a lot of good food booths.
• The Pro-West Rodeo lasts three days this year, with the added Sunday Cleatis Lacy Bull Riding event. The rodeo begins at 5:30 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday.
• The Senior Center Cowboy Break-fast takes off at 7 a.m. Saturday and runs until 10:30 a.m. Better show up and get fed before the big parade.
• The big parade, the highlight of the Colorama celebration, begins at 11 a.m. and travels from Les Schwab on Federal Avenue, then down Midway Avenue.
• The Over the Dam Run, for 5K, 10K and half marathon takes off on the east side of Grand Coulee Dam and ends up at North Dam Park.
• The popular “Walk Across the Dam” sponsored by the Rotary Club will again be offered as a new-school fund raiser.
• Colorama Buttons are on sale throughout the community. Purchase one for $3 and you could be the winner of several prizes being offered.
• More events: Check out the arm wrestling contest Saturday at Pepper Jack’s. And Curt Davis will play guitar and sing at North Dam Park at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
You can see some of the darndest things at the Colorama Parade, like this snowmobile entry in 2011.
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Arm wresting comes to Colorama
An arm wrestling event during Colorama has attracted Mike Beggs of Spo-kane, a three-time world champion.
Organizer Lacy Gustafson of Creston said Monday that there are a number of arm wrestlers from the Spokane and Moscow area that plan to participate.
The event begins with a weigh-in from 12 noon until 2 p.m.; the arm wres-tling begins at 4 p.m.
You can witness the action in the banquet room of Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille in Grand Coulee.
Local enthusiasts of arm wrestling stated Monday that a number of people from the coulee area plan to compete.
Categories are from 0-176 pounds; 177-198 pounds; 199 - 220 pounds and 221 pounds and over.
Right-arm and left-arm wrestling are separate.Gustafson said that the first three arm wrestlers in both right-arm and left-arm
wrestling will receive medals.T-shirts are given to each arm wrestler.Lacy’s husband Dallas, the 2000 Idaho arm wrestling champion, will compete.A grand champion will be decided when winners in the various categories go
arm to arm.
Old West to stage gunfight at parade
The Old West Gun Fighters will get darned cranky just before the parade starts on Saturday and six-shooters will fire.
In keeping with the western theme of Colorama, the chamber of commerce hired the Okanogan County troupe to put on the show just before the parade in the middle of the parade route, somewhere in the vicinity from city hall to Safeway.
Expect about 10 hombres to take umbrage, said Jean Berney, whose husband Buzz has been gunfighting before parades for some 40 years.
She said the skit, complete with sets and props, will take about 10 minutes and involves cards, a bar and an outhouse.
Moon will be grand marshal
Jeanne Moon of Nespelem will be the grand marshal of the Colorama Parade.
Moon was selected as the local “Volunteer of the Year” and honored as such last December.
The popular Nespelem resident has distinguished herself on the Nespelem School District Board, where she has been active since 1968.
One person who knows Moon stated of her: “Jeanne is a role model to Nespelem students as she exhibits lifelong learning.”
Moon will ride in a convertible. Give her a wave as a tribute to all she has done and continues to do for young people.
It is said of her that she is constantly learning, attending conferences, shar-ing ideas and information with others. She helps raise funds for powwows and then volunteers to cook for them.
Jolene Marchand said of Moon, “Jeanne’s volunteerism insures the tradi-tions and culture are not forgotten but continue to be taught, learned and practiced by future generations so they will remain essential to the members of the Colville Tribe.”
Jeanne and her husband Roy have raised five children and two grandchil-dren.
See her in the big parade on Saturday.
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Over the Dam events offered for runners, walkers
A great opportunity awaits run-ners and walkers alike during the 55th Colorama celebration in the Grand Coulee Dam area.
The Over the Dam Run/Walk is a featured Saturday, May 12, event which takes participants along the Columbia River, over Grand Coulee Dam and ending at North Dam Park near the carnival site.
Over the Dam events include 5K Run/Walk; 10K Run/walk; Half Marathon Run; and the Rotary-sponsored “Walking the Dam, Build-ing a School” event to raise funds for a new school.
Event organizers pointed out that the weatherman is cooperating this year with temperatures projected to be in the 60s or 70s.
The Over the Dam Run is put on by Trifreaks, the same company that puts on the Grand Columbian Triathlon in September.
All races start on the east side of the dam. The walk and 5K events go straight over the dam to the west side of the dam, with the 5K ending at North Dam Park.
The 10K and half marathon go down the Columbia River trail out and back and then follow the same route as the 5K to North Dam Park.
The half marathon begins Satur-day at 7 a.m.; the 10K run begins at 7:15; the 5K run at 8 a.m. and the Walk the Dam crowd takes off at 8:15.
Those walking on the Ro-tary “Walking the Dam, Building a School” will check in at Freedom Point Plaza in Coulee Dam Park at 7 a.m. race day.
Those involved in the 5K, 10K and half marathon and walkers can pick up their race materials Friday evening at North Dam Park between the hours of 4-7 p.m.
The event still needs volunteers to help with the run. A meeting of volunteers is set for 7 p.m. Friday at North Dam Park. You can volunteer at that time. Better yet, shoot an email to [email protected] to let them know you’d like to help.
Awards ceremonies are set be-ginning at 9 a.m. race day at North Dam Park. Awards will be given out in time for participants to catch the parade, which begins at 11.
Walkers stop to look over the dam during last year’s Over the Dam walk.
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Francis Marchand, of Omak, rides his bull in the 2011 Colorama Rodeo. — Scott Hunter photo
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You can purchase that Colorama Button at many community stores for $3.
Drawings for a number of valuable
prizes will be held at North Dam Park at 12:45 p.m. Saturday.
Your button is numbered so you have as much a chance as anyone to win a prize. However, you must be present to win, so plan your time so you can be on hand for the drawing.
There are about $1,000 worth of prizes to be given away including a 32-inch flat screen TV.
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Rodeo much bigger this yearThis year’s Colorama Rodeo will be bigger and better, Ridge Rider officials
indicated late last week.Added purses, an extra day for the Cleatis Lacy Bull Riding event, and a lot
of good publicity has attracted a large number of cowboy contestants.Already, as of Thursday last week, entries include six bareback riders, 14
saddle bronc riders, 29 steer wrestlers, 47 team ropers, 31 breakaway ropers, 26 tie-down ropers and 47 barrel racers.
Club President George Kohout said there was an air of excitement about the three-day event.
“Last year we didn’t have enough for one section of saddle bronc riders, and this year we already have two,” Kohout said.
“The amount of hotel/motel tax monies given by Electric City, Grand Coulee and Coulee Dam has helped us promote the event and it allowed us to raise the event purses,” Kohout said.
“We are really excited because in one day we have more entries than we did for the entire rodeo a year ago,” Kohout added.
Advance tickets for the Colorama Rodeo are still available. An “event” ticket for $25 will get you in for all three days.
The action begins at 5:30 p.m. Friday, continues at 2 p.m. Saturday and the special Cleatis Lacy Memorial Bull Ride gets underway at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Members of the Lacy family will be on hand Sunday to present the winning bull rider with a special belt buckle.
The late Cleatis Lacy was well known throughout rodeo circles and died almost a year to the day of his special event.
McMillan & Layton will again provide the rodeo stock and Bob Garrett from Stratford will be announcer.
Rodeo Queen Caelan Pitts will reign over the 3-day event.
Spills and thrills await you at this year’s rode.
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New bull riding event honors Lacy
The late Cleatis Lacy will be hon-ored and remembered by rodeo fans at a special Sunday Bull Riding event at the Ridge Riders Rodeo Grounds.
Lacy, a cowboy most of his life, passed away May 14, 2011.
Lacy started his cowboy career when he was 10 years old, and com-peted in the Calgary Stampede when he was 16.
Lacy was at Omaha Beach with the Navy Seabees during World War II, and shortly after being discharged
he returned to Grand Coulee where he spent his final 65 years. He was 89 when he passed away.
Lacy competed in steer wrestling and team roping and was a long-time member of the Ridge Riders Club. The popular cowboy worked with stock companies for years as a “flanker” and was well known throughout rodeo circles.
Members of the Lacy family will present the win-ning bull rider a special belt buckle.
The clinic will be closed Saturday for Colorama
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Carnival Thursday - Saturday May 10-11-12 at North Dam Park
Thursday opening ......5 p.m. Friday opening ....3 p.m.Saturday opening ......................11 a.m. - 4 p.m./4-9 p.m.
Friday, May 11 ........10 a.m. - DuskSaturday, May 12 ....10 a.m. - Dusk
Saturday, May 12 ....11 a.m.Downtown Grand Coulee
Cowboy Breakfast
Saturday, May 12 ....Begins 7 a.m.Mason City Park, Coulee Dam
May 10-11-12 ..........at North Dam Park
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Over the Dam Run/Walk
Craft Booths at North Dam Park
Colorama Parade
Carnival
Friday, May 11 .................. 5:30 p.m.Saturday, May 12 ................... 2 p.m.Sunday, May 13 ..................... 2 p.m.At Ridge Riders Rodeo Grounds
Arm WrestlingSat., May 12 .......................... 4 p.m.Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille
Calf roping is one of the many events at this year’s rodeo.
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Couple of dozen booths at food and craft fair
Eat and browse.Th at’s what you can do at the Colorama Arts & Craft fair at North Dam Park
this weekend.Four food booths will be on hand to provide the eats and a number of arts and
craft s booths will be open Friday and Saturday. It’s a great place to purchase those gift s that you will need down through the year.
Th e food booths include Marsalee’s Th ai Foods; White’s Concession; M.W. Tropic Sno; and Taco-De-Sol.
Craft s booths include Amy’s Beady Eyes, jewelry and embroidery; Bandles Footwear, sandals; Pampered Chef; Marvel Nichols Stuff , pet toys and supplies; Rice Jewelry, put your name on rice, key chains, etc.; Uniquely Yours, handbags, magnets, closet organizers; Wilk Leather from Leavenworth; PJ’s Art, popcorn blouses, yard ornaments; Victor Craft s, sweaters, dresses, blankets; Stocking Tree, aprons, towel holders; Sweet P’s Stores, sauces hot and spicy; Scentsy, candles; Craft y Hands, puppets, kids’ toys, caps; Elsner Wooden Th ings, bird houses, chairs and stools; Colors Origins, sheep & alpaca jackets; Sculptures Glass hand blown items; Sticker City, vinyl auto decals; Touch of Wonder, photo greeting cards, etc.; Liberating Style, jewelry, sunglasses; Craft s Galore, quilts, pillows, kids’ tents; and Name Trains, puzzles.
Pitts is the 2012 Colorama Rodeo queen
A Coulee City cowgirl has the hon-or and duties of the Colorama Rodeo queen for 2012.
Th e Ridge Riders Saddle Club held royalty tryouts for the 2012 season Oct 1. Two contestants tried out for the title: Kayleen Oliver from Medical Lake and Caelan Pitts from Coulee City.
Pitts won the honor last October in a competition that stressed horseman-ship, speech, per-sonal interviews and writt en tests.
Horses and the sport of rodeo have played a role in Pitt s’ life by teaching her basic values, she said. Horses have taught her patience and responsibility, while the sport of rodeo has taught her determination and respect.
Caelan Pitts is 2012 Colorama Rodeo Queen
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Lots of entries for the big paradeLook for a lot of excitement at the
big Colorama Parade.It begins at 11 a.m. Saturday, but if
you want to get a good spot to watch the parade you better get there early.
There will be music, floats, horses, rodeo royalty, lots of kids, and more, including a shootout on the parade route just before it begins.
Both the Lake Roosevelt High School and Grand Coulee Dam Middle School bands will march and play. The Pasco band directed by Vicki Watson, who used to be music director here in this school district, will be on hand again.
The Brewster High School and middle school bands are also scheduled to be on hand.
Wilbur will have its community float in the parade, and Almira will have its “Distinguished Young Woman” in the parade.
Look for plenty of fire engines and law enforcement vehicles making noise and keeping everyone alert.
There are race cars, 4-H kids from Nespelem, the kids’ playhouse built by Fowler Construction will be in the parade and given away to some lucky child during a drawing at the rodeo.
The Chamber of Commerce “Busi-
ness of the year” and “Achiever of the Year” will ride in the parade.
The parade, which generally runs well over an hour, forms near Les
Schwab Tires on Spokane Street and winds its way down Federal and Mid-way avenues.
The GCD marching band will be one of the entries in this years’s parade.
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Look for Some ThrillingNew Rides
EXCITINGCOLORAMA CARNIVAL
May 10-11-12 • 3 Great Days!at North Dam Park!
HOURSThursday • 5 p.m - ClosingFriday • 3 p.m. - Closing
Saturday • 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Paradise Amusements from Coeur d’Alene Idaho
You Can Get Your Day Tickets At The Gate
Giddy up!More fun than a barrel of broncos The annual stick horse races, and other kids’ events, always bring smiles and enthusiasm. Including mutton bustin’ and steer riding, they’ll take place early on both friday and Saturday nights at the rodeo grounds.
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Your Ticket to a great time! Ridge Riders Present
May 11-12-13
FRI 5
:30
PM
- SAT
& SU
N 2
PM
PlayhouseDrawing Sat- DWK Fowler Construction Grand Coulee, WA
Trick Riding Jr Steer Riding Mutton Busting Chute Dogging
QUEEN Caelan Pitts
Cleatis Lacy Memorial Bull Ride
Mothers Day Sunday May 13
Corporate Sponsors Jess Ford - Coulee Dam Casino - Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union
Advance Tickets Sales Steer Riding & Mutton
Busting Sign up at Loepp Furniture In Grand Coulee
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It’s cotton candy time in the Coulee
The carnival is coming to town.Paradise Amusements is again providing the carnival rides and three days
of exciting entertainment for kids of all ages, even adults.The Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, carnival company is a Colorama veteran, having
provided rides for local fans for a number of years.The carnival features food, refreshments, and a wide variety of rides. Special
discount tickets will be available through Thursday at a variety of locations for $25. Tickets are also available at the carnival site.
The carnival kicks off at 5 p.m. Thursday.On Saturday the carnival opens at 3 p.m. for two ticket sessions and on
Saturday the rides begin at 11 a.m. for two ticket sessions.The carnival will start setting up Wednesday below North Dam Park and
will be ready on Thursday by the time school is out.
Get your cotton candy
The LRHS Track & Field Team will be selling cotton candy during the Colorama Parade as a fund raiser.
Some lucky kid....
This playhouse, built by DWK Fowler Construction, will be raffled off during the kids’ activities Saturday afternoon during at the rodeo grounds. Raffle tickets are $1 each and are avail-able at Loepp Furniture and at the rodeo grounds. You must be present to win.
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Your Ticket to a great time! Ridge Riders Present
May 11-12-13
FRI 5
:30
PM
- SAT
& SU
N 2
PM
PlayhouseDrawing Sat- DWK Fowler Construction Grand Coulee, WA
Trick Riding Jr Steer Riding Mutton Busting Chute Dogging
QUEEN Caelan Pitts
Cleatis Lacy Memorial Bull Ride
Mothers Day Sunday May 13
Corporate Sponsors Jess Ford - Coulee Dam Casino - Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union
Advance Tickets Sales Steer Riding & Mutton
Busting Sign up at Loepp Furniture In Grand Coulee
Riders lower the hammer on fun at the carnival.
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Ten Years Ago Cameron Cavandini rides to fi rst-
place with a long 82-point mutt on bustin’ ride at Friday night’s Family Fun Night at the Ridge Riders Rodeo Grounds.
GCD Lions Club awarded the Grand Sweepstakes for their parade entry.
Pro-West Rodeo: Bull Riding - 1st Josh Brown, $504.17, 75, Geronimo 99 and 2nd Justin Lisenbey, $417.124, 73, Gernonimo 99.
Coulee Community Hospital Health Run - Overall: Male - Kevin Sheehy, 15.49, Female - Lacelle Ives, 24.31
Wright Elementary students man-aged to get more for their piggy banks than pennies from the crowd at the Colorama Parade. Th e banks collect money for Adults Supporting Kids, which funds projects at the school. Twenty Years Ago
Young Woman of the Year Jessica Hall and princesses Candi Kaupi, Beth Warn and Amy Hart represent the area throughout the summer on the com-munity fl oat.
CCH Health Run - In the 10th annual Coulee Community Hospital Health Run on May 8, 123 runners competed. Finishing fi rst overall for the men was Gus Ripple with a time of 18.06. Jeanne Boll was the fi rst woman across the fi nish line for the
fourth straight year, with her best time of 21.23.
Thirty Years Ago
Th e fl ea market in Coulee Dam, one of the many att ractions during Colorama weekend, att racted hordes of people. More cars were parked in Coulee Dam than most people had ever seen there, parked in and around the immediate area. Th e stores in the shopping center reported good sales all weekend. One of the most successful and well patronized events was the beer tent in Coulee Dam. It apparently did a land offi ce business. Its patrons seemed to have thoroughly enjoyed it. Benefi ts from it go to the fi remen’s fund.
Many rodeo fans came out Sat-urday just to see a litt le something diff erent and were not disappointed. Area fi re departments a ”volunteered” to give the crowd something diff erent, and besides a few bruises certainly did their best to win a rather spectacular trophy given by the Colorama for the Wild Cow Milking Contest.
Parade Chairman Dave Portch, reported 100 entries this year in the Colorama Parade. Forty Years Ago
Most likely this week will be quiet aft er a successful Colorama program has started. Th is weekend will see races featuring dune buggies, motor-bikes and go-carts in Grand Coulee.
Generally, the weatherman was correct in forecast for one day, Friday. With a prognostication of zero percent chance of rain, immediately one got suspicious. Sure enough, it clouded up a litt le Sat-urday; sprinkled during the aft ernoon and rained to beat heck Saturday night. However, Sunday proved to be cool and windy, minus the rain. And then it really poured down during Sunday night and Monday. Good crowds at-tended all events, the parade was just about right and the rodeo crowd good and the action fast.
Fifty Years Ago Th e art exhibit held in conjunc-
tion with the Colorama on May 26-27 at Coulee Dam included paintings of the students of the art class recently conducted by John Fassbinder, instruc-tor of art, Central Washington State College, Ellensburg.
WHEW - Colorama is over. Many sighs of relief have been heard. Th e weather cooperated wonderfully and crowds appeared large and especially “enthusiastic” at the two dances. Ev-eryone who took so much of their time and gave so generously should be congratulated.
SUSPICION - Maybe it was just a coincidence, but why did the Lions advertise hamburgers and other good-ies and then plan to sell Tums at their food concession stand at the rodeo. Just catering to all the public we suppose.
Looking back through the years …Fifty-Three Years Ago
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Bright and sunny skies greeted a
gay and friendly throng of people here last Saturday as the Colorama grand parade kicked off the Colorama Festival of Light. Approximately 6,000 specta-tors witnessed the hour and one half parade and showed their appreciation by applauding continually the beauti-ful entries.
A capacity crowd at Coulee Dam watched the Indian dancers perform their tribal ceremonials dressed in their splendid Indian regalia. Fair- sized throngs also took in the Meeker shows.
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Hayden McKee former president of the Ridge Riders
The President’s farewellIt was January in 1952With a blanket of snow, and skies of blue,That President of Ridge Riders I becameWhich you all know is a well known
name!
In February, on our new groundsSome buildings were placed,And our meeting house rent bills were
erased.Committees were picked and began to
workNary a one seemed to shirk.
March - we decided to have a horse showAnd give other clubs a place to go.Rocks were moved, and the grounds
surveyedAnd leveled off where our arena is laid.
April first was the season’s first play day.We were all enthusied and rarin’ to play.The drill had tough luck, and didn’t ride,But the games went on and strutted their
pride.
May 25th on our own Ridge Rider ground
Clubs came here for a return round.Committees were prepared for the big
event,And we got the money the other clubs
spent.
Then came June, show season at its best.Horse shows every Sunday,
And we never took a rest.Horses slick and shiny, showing lots of
glossTaking in the scenery of the country we
would cross.
July - we headed toward the northern border
Along with the show, swimming was in order.
A place where Ridge Riders swarmed like bees
Getting a touch of that Canadian breeze.
August - again we headed back northToward the last of the month, I think the
29thThe show went on till the moon shown
lightAnd the lights on the trailer shown up
bright.
September was slack, not much at allBut we did go to Lincoln CountyAnd made quite a haul.We played under the lights after the fair.The evening grew brisk, and cool was the
air.
In October came our Washington State Horse Show meet
The place where all eligible came to compete.
Our rating was high; and it sure was a chase
But we got the state plaque in the trailer
Visions of the past…This poem by Hayden McKee along with photo clipping, were submitted by
his daughter Karen Hemmer who remembers the dedication her father showed to the rodeo.
race.
The State convention came in NovemberA big event we’ll all remember.Horsemen got together from all over the
state,And thrashed things over from early till
late.
December is the family month; horses are at ease,
Kin folk get together and do just as they please.
Having been your president, sincerelyWas a pleasure.It put something in my heart,That I shall always treasure.
Hayden McKee
Fifty-six Years AgoThe Ridge Rider Club members and friends in approximately 1952 took this picture before they rode to McGinnis Lake. Those identified include: Karen McKee, Hayden McKee, Jakie Wilson, Wes Rinker, Fay Wilson, Barb Wilson, Donna Snyder, Donna Wilson, Dover Perry, Edith Rinker, Winton Craig, Beverly Teacher, Floyd Craig, Minnie Scott, Marge Redmond, Patsy Snyder, Florence Barret, Garnet Rinker, Cecilia Good, Clyde McClain, Matt Snyder, Joe Champaneze, Lealah McKee, Wayne Snyder, Cletis Lacy, Sam Rinker and Perry Boll.
