ProRodeo Sports News - September 21, 2018

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early in his career that riding bulls only paid occasionally, while fighting bulls paid every time. Boger made the switch to saving cowboys through bullfighting. His rodeo career started in 1946 and went into the late 1970s. Among his comedy acts were Jip the Border Collie (putting ducks in a sack), Collie the Dog and Honest John, a miniature Brahma. One of his major accomplishments was training a buffalo named Cody. They traveled to numerous venues and starred in TV shows and commercials. He spanned the United States working rodeos, then went to Canada to work for Reg Kesler Rodeo Company. When not at a rodeo he, Reg and Harry Olson chased wild horses in North Dakota and Canada. Boger originated his amazing Tic Tac Toe Chicken in 2000. It is a glass-enclosed, tic- tac-toe board, and casino patrons are given the opportunity to bet against a clever chicken at the game. Boger’s reputation with his animal acts made him so well-known that he was invited to travel with circuses and to fairs. Boger’s philanthropic endeavors have included rodeos, circuses, fairs and his community. Boger is survived by his wife, Connie; sons, Charles and wife Carol, Steven, Rick and wife Pam, Cody and wife Gabby, Kelly and wife Cindy, and Clay and wife Candace; and daughter Tammy Boger Vaughn. held its annual Tough Enough to Wear Pink cam- paign Aug. 3 where voluntary donations were picked up in the amount of $2,679 to benefit Dickinson County people undergoing cancer treatment. Proceeds go to the Elsie Brooks Memorial Cancer Fund of Dickinson County, which provides help to Dickinson County residents with cancer. Since the Elsie Brooks fund began 20 years ago, it has given out more than $750,000 to those in need. The Abilene rodeo has partnered with the Elsie Brooks Fund since 2008. Since, it has helped raise $34,480. For more information on the Elsie Brooks Cancer Fund, contact Chris Ostermann at 785.479.3749. For more information on the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo, visit the rodeo’s website at WildBillHickokRodeo.com or call the Central Kansas Free Fair office at 785.263.4570. Coy Lutz Memorial Rodeo has scholarship fund The second annual Coy Lutz Memorial Rodeo took place Sept. 21-22 in Centre Hall, Pa. Lutz passed away while competing at the Cowtown Rodeo in Woodstown Pilesgrove, N.J., May 28, 2016. He was 19. Lutz’s family puts on the Coy Lutz Memorial Rodeo in his memory and uses the money raised for a scholarship fund. “We were able to give out more than $10,000 in scholarship funds last year,” said Doug Lutz,

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SAMPSON JAY BIRD

Born Sept. 15 to five-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo- qualifying team roping header Dustin Bird and his wife, Alicia, of Cut Bank, Mont., a boy, Sampson, weighed 7

BUNKY BOGER

Bunky Boger, a former bull rider, steer wrestler and longtime bullfighter/rodeo clown,

passed away Sept. 19 in Lowell, Ark. He was 88. Boger’s funeral at the Springdale (Ark.) RodeoCommunity Building, was scheduled for 1 p.m. (CT), Sept. 24. Memorials can be made to the National Cowboy &WesternHeritage Museumor the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund.

Bird

pounds, 11 ounces and was 20½ inches long. He was welcomed home by brother, Stockton Daniel Bird, 1.

TULSA RAE MCCOY

Boger

Born Sept. 4 to former Wrangler National Finals Rodeo- qualifying bull rider Cord McCoy and his

Boger was born in Fort Smith, Ark., May 28, 1930, to Charles A. and Nora Boger. He was raised in Arkansas, and from the time he was 6 knew he wanted to be a cowboy. His family sent him to a Wyoming ranch each summer from age 6 until he reached high school. He worked harnessing and riding the horses on a 7,000-acre ranch. When he was old enough, Boger began riding bulls and bulldogging. However, he realized BRIEFS Tough Enough to Wear Pink campaigns raise money • Through the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up’s 2018 Tough Enough to Wear Pink campaign, $47,118 was donated to Mercy Foundation North to support Dignity Health St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. • The Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up, which took place Sept. 12-15, participated in the national Tough Enough to Wear Pink campaign, an initiative to raise awareness and money for programs that support breast cancer patients and survivors. The Round-Up designated Sept. 13 as Tough Enough to Wear Pink (TETWP) day at the rodeo and encouraged rodeo participants and visitors to wear pink to show their support. This high-profile event not only raises aware- ness of breast cancer to the thousands of visitors who come to the Round-Up, but 100 percent of the proceeds stay in the community. The 12th anniversary 2017 event raised more than $18,000 for local programs. The 2018 proceeds will be divided between the St. Anthony Cancer Care Clinic and the Kick’n Cancer New Beginnings program. • The Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo in Abilene, Kan.,

wife, Sara, of Lane, Okla., a girl, Tulsa, weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces and was 19 inches long. This is the couple’s first child. McCoy

Coy’s father. “In my heart, I want to build up this rodeo and make it good for the cowboys and good for the people, good for everybody, and to bring his name out there is a good thing as well.” Pendleton joins forces with Farmers Ending Hunger Farmers Ending Hunger gathers Oregon’s agricultural resources to help feed the hungry. The Pendleton Round-Up joined with the farmers group for Farmers Ending Hunger Day, Sept. 12. That per- formance at the Round-Up and Happy Canyon Night Pageant was dedicated to bringing awareness to the critical fight against hunger in Oregon and Umatilla County, according to a press release. Farmers Ending Hunger works directly with farmers for donations and utilizing the distribution systems of the Oregon Food Bank. To support the nonprofit, the Pendleton Round-Up adopted 20 acres of farmland in the fight against hunger. The money raised by adopting acres is used for transportation, food processing and packaging costs. In addition, with assistance from NW Farm Credit Services and River Point Farms, Pendleton Round-Up matched donations by attendees and fans at this year’s Round-Up. Last year, Farmers Ending Hunger donated more than 6 million pounds of local food to the Oregon Food Bank; 85 percent of which comes from Umatilla and Morrow counties.

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