ProRodeo Sports News - August 10, 2018

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In 1987, following his father’s death, Dishman retired from bareback riding to return to the family business, Dishman & Sons Farms, and to help his wife, Kay, of 38 years, raise their son, Zach, and daughter, Zane. Zach has been a PRCAmember since 2001 and rides bareback horses, earning $271,346 in his career. Dishman was proud of the family tradition of farming, which he learned from his father “Bear,” and the joy of working with Zach, his mom, his brothers and his nephew. Dishman was preceded in death by his father, James Clyde “JC” Dishman Jr.; his brother, Tuff Dishman; maternal grandparents, Curtis and wife; paternal grandparents, James Clyde Dishman Sr. and wife, Thelma Dishman. Dishman is survived by his wife, Kay; son, Zach, and his wife, Ashley, and daughter, Zane; grandchildren, Dalton, Makenna and Adalyn, and her father, Kyle Blank; mother, Ginger Ann “GAD” Dishman; brother, Rodney, and his wife, Libbie; Skipper Tammen and his wife, Deborah; sister-in-law, TamO’Neal, and her husband, Kent; nephew, Josey, and his wife, Ashlyn; and nieces, Jennifer Pierce, and her husband, Stoney, and Alicia Lee.

Memorial contributions may be made to Forest Park United Methodist Church, 225 South Major Dr., Beaumont, Texas 77707.

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TIM (MONK) DISHMAN

RILEY JAX CAWLEY

Tim “Monk” Dishman, a three-time qualifier in bareback riding for the National Finals Rodeo

Born Aug. 4 to PRCA saddle bronc rider Tol Cawley and his wife, Kelsey, of Bloomington, Texas, a boy, Riley, weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and was 19½ inches long. This is the couple’s first child.

(1982-84) passed away July 27, in Beaumont, Texas. He was 58. Dishman was inducted into the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2015. He turned professional in 1977. He finished 11th in the PRCA world standings in 1982 and ’84 and was 13th in

Cawley

Dishman

COOPER MACK GIBSON

Born Aug. 1 to PRCA bareback rider Shon Gibson and his wife, Korie, of Taylor, Ariz., a boy, Cooper, weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces and was 211/4 inches long. Older brother, Rhyden, 2, welcomed Cooper home.

1983. In addition to his NFR trips, he won rodeos in Houston and El Paso, Texas, and was the reserve champion in San Antonio. He also won the Texas Circuit year-end bareback riding title in 1984 and 1986.

BRIEFS Grandstands to be replaced at Black Hills Roundup The century-old wooden grandstands at the Black Hills Roundup in Belle Fourche, S.D., are being demolished and will be replaced with steel- and-aluminum grandstands with a roof, said Clay Crago, Black Hills Roundup chairman. Public Works Director Dirk Hoffman says the goal is to finish demolition work by Sept. 1 and have all the concrete work complete before it freezes. Project officials hope to have the project com- pleted in time for the Black Hills Roundup’s 100th anniversary in July. City Council approved the more- than-$1.3 million project last year after growing safety concerns. The Black Hills Roundup in Belle Fourche, S.D., was enshrined in the ProRodeo Hall of Fame, Aug. 4, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Big Sky Pro Rodeo Roundup kicks off with Patriot Night The Big Sky Pro Rodeo Roundup in Great Falls, Mont., kicked off the Montana State Fair, Aug. 1, and the theme was “Patriot Night.” What once started as a night of patriotism has taken off and gotten bigger than many expected. “We got the rodeo, we got the community. The military needs to be in the center of that for us as a focus point,” patriot night chairman Larry Parker said in an article published at krtv.com.

Billie-Jean Duff photo

Clay Elliott won the Hard Grass Bronc Match in Pollockville, Alberta, July 28. Elliott won the first round – pictured here during his 89-point ride on Calgary Stampede’s Umber Bubbles – the finals and the average. Hard Fought

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