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BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR It’s one of my FORT MADISON - He’s as well spoken as “ any college history professor you’ll ever find. biggest stages. This is not His voice carries down the bluff to the people of Fort Madison sitting in their lawn chairs a small deal. This thing has on warm summer nights, while throngs street cred. It’s up there with cheer in the stands of Fort Madison’s Tri- State Rodeo. Cheyenne, Calgary, San Anto- nio and Houston.” Boyd Polhamus has been Master of Ceremo- nies for the Tri-State Rodeo since 2000. A -Boyd Polhamus, man who’s done the Calgary Stampede, and Tri-State Rodeo MC the youngest ever to do the National Finals Rodeo at the age of 25, will return as the announcer of the rodeo again this year. “It’s one of my biggest stages,” Polhamus said. “This is not a small deal. This thing has street The rodeo action kicks off this year on cred. It’s up there with Cheyenne and Cal- Wednesday, Sept. 6 and runs through the 9th gary, San Antonio and Houston. Is the city as at the C.E. “Eddie” Richards Arena in Rodeo large or venue as big - absolutely not. But you Park. can play The Masters on any course you want - it’s still The Masters. If you want to make it Polhamus said despite the larger world ven- to the national finals, you come through Fort ues he’s announced at, Fort Madison is one of Madison.” the biggest events he works. See BOYD, page B13

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Get Your Tickets Now Or call 800-369-3211 at www.tristaterodeo.org or 319-372-2550 or click this ad Pen City Current - Tri-State Rodeo Edition - Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 - B3 2017 Tri-State Rodeo Special Edition Gene Autry sang at Fort Madison’s first rodeo 1948 was first rodeo started king Jimmy Dean was the star in 1971 and then 14 year old Tanya Tucker garnered top billing to replace railroad picnic in 1973. As times continued to change, so did the rodeo. Autry’s company no longer moved its livestock by rail. By 1974, the Santa Fe stockyards Courtesy of Tri-State Rodeo were gone and new pens in Rodeo Park allowed The year was 1948 and Fort Madison was about all of the animals to be kept there. to lose their biggest annual event, a Labor Day parade and picnic sponsored by the railroad’s Colorado rancher Mike Cervi became the rodeo’s craft unions; with the introduction of diesel loco- producer in 1975 and his Cervi Championship motives and a resulting decrease in the number Rodeo Company continues to supply the live- of employees needed at the shops, the parade and stock to this day. picnic began to fade. Pre-rodeo week was expanded in 1984 with help Enter Santa Fe Railroad telegrapher Robert Wilk- from local industries. For the first time, purchase en, cowboy singer Gene Autry and banker C.E. of a button served as the admission to barbecue “Eddie” Richards. Richards was installed as Fort and chili suppers, a country concert and dances. Madison Chamber of Commerce president on January 1, 1948, and immediately started looking Big national sponsors have added to the prize for something big enough to replace the Labor money available to the Professional Rodeo Cow- Day events. His father-in-law, Wilken had an son Square Garden event saw such advance ticket boys Association and Women’s Professional idea. He knew Autry’s livestock had to be rested sales; Autry himself was the featured entertainer. Rodeo Association competitors. First designated during the long train ride from Texas to Madison one of ten stops on the Winston Tour in 1985, Square Garden in New York City. Wilken was a From the first year, a parade was part of the rodeo the Tri-State Rodeo today is backed by a number big rodeo fan, and knew Autry’s cattle and horses activities. Pre-rodeo events were introduced in of national sponsors including Coors Brewing had been making an overnight stay in Fort Mad- 1949. The rodeo grew, improvements were made Company, Jack Daniels Distillery, Justin Boots, ison each of the ten prior years. The negotiations at Rodeo Park and in 1959 a new event-women’s Wrangler and Dodge. The rodeo was broadcast began and by September of 1948 Fort Madison barrel racing- was added. A fly-in breakfast at the on the ESPN2 cable network in 2001 as part of had its first rodeo. municipal airport also began that year. Television the Wrangler Summer Tour, but was considered cameras arrived in 1963, when ABC television too far east for a return engagement. Organizers realized that Ivanhoe Park, where network filmed part of the parade and rodeo for the Santa Fe picnic had always been held, wasn’t the network’s “Wide World of Sports”. In 1968, Since 2000 the Tri-State Rodeo has been named going to be big enough for the rodeo. Land pur- several bleacher sections were removed and the as one of the nation’s top five large outdoor rode- chased then from the Geisen family and the Iowa arena was reduced to a more practical size for os and continues to rank first among rodeos in State Penitentiary became the heart of today’s the Rodeo. A rodeo queen contest was part of the the Great Lakes Circuit and in 2001 ranked 43rd Rodeo Park, which is now called C.E. “Eddie” first event, but it wasn’t until 1982 that the Miss among the nation’s more than 700 sanctioned Richards Arena. A contract with Autry’s compa- Rodeo Iowa pageant was moved from Sidney to PRCA events. No other rodeo east of Kansas City, ny stipulated that a rodeo corporation had to be Fort Madison. Missouri ranked higher. formed and that an arena with a capacity of at least 10,000 seats had to be provided. Volunteers Hollywood cowboys were replaced by Nashville The Tri-State Rodeo continues to attract the na- did both, raising $100,000 and setting up a grand- singers as the headline entertainers starting in tion’s top cowboys, with competition spread over stand in the summer of that first year. The first 1971. While performers like Michael Landon four nights the first week in September and big rodeo was a sellout, surprising Autry’s business and Fess Parker had been featured throughout name musicians headlining the Friday and Satur- manager, who remarked that not even the Madi- the ‘50’s and ‘60’s, country crooner and sausage day night performances.

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The following rankings are from the Weather- $81,327.39 22. Chason Floyd - Buffalo, SD - $46,634.83 Guard® PRCA 2017 World Standings and are 9. Bill Tutor - Huntsville, TX - $77,854.38 23. Cody Cabral - Hilo, HI - $45,190.88 current as of Aug. 19, 2017. 10. R.C. Landingham - Hat Creek, CA$ - 24. Dirk Tavenner - Rigby, ID - $44,640.51 Rank. Name - City, State - Earnings 76,524.10 25. Rowdy Parrott - Mamou, LA - $44,562.27 ALL-AROUND 11. Jake Vold - Ponoka, AB - $73,807.25 1. Tuf Cooper - Weatherford, TX - $173,702.09 12. Evan Jayne - Marseille, BD - $72,178.30 TEAM ROPING (HEADERS) 2. Caleb Smidt - Bellville, TX- $129,298.82 13. Ty Breuer - Mandan, ND - $68,171.30 1. Kaleb Driggers - Albany, GA - $112,807.58 3. Ryle Smith - Oakdale, CA - $123,735.17 14. Justin Miller - Billings, MT - $66,152.74 2. Erich Rogers - Round Rock, AZ - $107,739.06 4. Trevor Brazile - Decatur, TX - $123,349.33 15. Orin Larsen - Inglis, MB - $66,115.36 3. Luke Brown - Stephenville, TX - $87,975.61 5. Russell Cardoza - Terrebonne, OR - 16. Steven Dent - Mullen, NE - $62,313.10 4. Clay Smith - Broken Bow, OK - $80,310.14 $109,600.49 17. Mason Clements - Santaquin, UT - 5. Coleman Proctor - Pryor, OK - $77,554.07 6. Josh Peek - Pueblo, CO - $102,601.50 $61,799.73 6. Cody Snow - Los Olivos, CA - $74,538.39 7. Clayton Hass - Weatherford, TX - $94,175.72 18. Austin Foss - Terrebonne, OR - $57,968.03 7. Jr. Dees - Aurora,SD - $71,992.82 8. Dakota Eldridge - Elko, NV - $86,182.54 19. Tanner Phipps - Dalton, GA - $57,522.94 8. Garrett Rogers - Baker City, OR - $70,548.58 9. Marcus Theriot - Poplarville, MS - $77,020.82 20. Tyler Nelson - Victor, ID - $52,402.21 9. Riley Minor - Ellensburg, WA$ - 70,247.69 10. Trell Etbauer - Goodwell, OK - $73,788.51 21. Jessy Davis - Power, MT - $52,305.47 10. Charly Crawford - Prineville, OR - $65,572.67 11. Rhen Richard - Roosevelt, UT - $72,774.64 22. Wyatt Bloom - Bend, OR - $51,501.97 11. Dustin Bird - Cut Bank, MT - $65,478.91 12. Cody Doescher - Oklahoma City, OK - 23. Shane O’Connell - Rapid City, SD - 12. Tom Richards - Humboldt, AZ - $62,474.92 $59,474.42 $50,968.08 13. Dustin Egusquiza - Mariana, FL - $62,229.98 13. Josh Frost - Randlett, UT$ - 54,763.06 24. Tilden Hooper - Carthage, TX - $45,654.78 14. Levi Simpson - Ponoka, AB - $60,422.49 14. Curtis Cassidy - Donalda, AB - $53,175.49 25. Steven Peebles - Redmond, OR - $45,443.64 15. Marcus Theriot - Poplarville, MS - $51,530.63 15. Jordan Ketscher - Squaw Valley, CA - 16. Clay Tryan - Billings, MT - $51,445.86 $47,564.07 STEER WRESTLING 17. Matt Sherwood - Pima, AZ - $48,942.50 16. Paul David Tierney - Oral, SD - $46,161.18 1. Ty Erickson - Helena, MT - $142,505.00 18. Chad Masters - Cedar Hill, TN - $48,640.84 17. Kyle Whitaker - Chambers, NE - $46,111.66 2. Tyler Waguespack - Gonzales, LA - $99,769.26 19. Lane Ivy - Adrian, TX - $48,482.18 18. Seth Hall - Albuquerque, NM - $45,900.28 3. Tyler Pearson - Louisville, MS - $98,127.57 20. Nelson Wyatt - Clanton, AL - $47,202.77 19. Morgan Grant - Didsbury, AB - $38,586.77 4. Olin Hannum - Malad, ID - $88,545.34 21. Hayes Smith - Central Point, OR - $43,472.25 20. JoJo LeMond - Andrews, TX - $36,811.83 5. Ryle Smith - Oakdale, CA - $84,484.28 22. Cory Kidd V - Statesville, NC - $41,176.23 21. Bart Brunson - Terry, MS - $32,271.16 6. Baylor Roche - Tremonton, UT - $80,199.25 23. Shay Carroll - Prineville, OR - $41,120.07 22. Eli Lord - Sturgis, SD - $27,951.19 7. Scott Guenthner - Provost, AB - $78,806.60 24. Jake Cooper - Monument, NM - $39,966.92 23. Toby Collins - Stephenville, TX - $26,842.09 8. Dakota Eldridge - Elko, NV - $72,652.46 25. Clayton Hass - Weatherford, TX - $39,833.16 24. Adam Rose - Willard, MO - $26,359.33 9. Tanner Milan - Cochrane, AB - $69,317.31 25. John Leinaweaver - Orrtanna, PA - 10. Nick Guy - Sparta, WI - $67,026.59 TEAM ROPING (HEELERS) $25,180.65 11. Jon Ragatz - Beetown, WI - $60,271.57 1. Junior Nogueira - Burleson, TX - $112,807.58 12. J.D. Struxness - Appleton, MN - $60,245.23 2. Cory Petska - Marana, AZ - $107,739.06 BAREBACK 13. Matt Reeves - Cross Plains, TX - $58,653.78 3. Russell Cardoza - Terrebonne, OR - $91,511.80 1. Tim O’Connell - Zwingle, IA - $174,658.54 14. Jacob Talley - Keatchie, LA - $55,935.32 4. Paul Eaves - Lonedell, MO - $85,299.30 2. Tanner Aus - Granite Falls, MN - $120,211.34 15. Kyle Irwin - Robertsdale, AL - $54,737.21 5. Jake Long - Coffeyville, KS - $79,446.82 3. Wyatt Denny - Minden, NV - $101,845.16 16. Josh Peek - Pueblo, CO - $54,348.45 6. Billie Jack Saebens - Nowata, OK - $77,357.65 4. Clayton Biglow - Clements, CA - $92,074.77 17. Jason Thomas - Benton, AR - $54,150.76 7. Tyler McKnight - Wells, TX - $77,238.35 5. Caleb Bennett - Tremonton, UT - $88,390.88 18. Clayton Hass - Weatherford, TX - $53,211.04 8. Wesley Thorp - Throckmorton, TX - 6. Jake Brown - Cleveland, TX - $88,078.25 19. Will Lummus - West Point, MS - $52,242.90 $75,534.10 7. J.R. Vezain - Cowley, WY - $87,631.71 20. Sterling Lambert - Fallon, NV - $52,057.72 9. Jake Minor - Ellensburg, WA - $70,548.58 8. Richmond Champion - The Woodlands, TX - 21. Tom Lewis - Lehi, UT - $47,580.46 See STANDINGS, page B11

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Championship: 2003-06, 2009 DNCFR titles: 1 (2003); DNCFR qualifications: 6 (TD 1994, 1997, 2000, Career Highlights 2002-03, 2005) • 2016: Won the world champion title and the Wrangler NFR average by splitting the top spot in Round 2 and placing in seven rounds. O’Connell set Career Highlights a bareback riding record and claimed the biggest single-season total in any 2016 - Won RFD-TVs Gold Buckle Match Roping against Cody Ohl event with $347,272 earned. Won the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Rose Palace - San Antonio, Texas) (Kissimmee, Fla.), the RAM Great Lakes Circuit Finals Rodeo (Louisville, 2014 - Won the Augusta (Mont.) American Legion Rodeo and Mineral Ky.), the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up, thqualified for the Ram National Cir- Wells (Texas) Rodeo, co-champion at Livingston (Mont.) Roundup. cuit Finals Rodeo from the First Frontier Circuit … Graduated from Maquo- 2013 - Won the Jayhawker Roundup Rodeo (Hill City, Kan.) and the keta (Iowa) High School, which is about 10 miles from the Wisconsin border Roughrider Days Rodeo (Dickinson, N.D.), Co-champion at the Man- and received a waiver to compete in the Wisconsin state rodeo champion- dan (N.D.) Rodeo Days, RodeoHouston champion - won $57,200, ships and represent that state in the National High School Finals Rodeo … Co-champion at the 75th Annual Brighton Field Day Festival & Rodeo Also competed in high school wrestling … Travels with Jared Keylon, Winn (Okeechobee, Fla.) 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Reprinted courtesy of www.missiowarodeo.org Hailing from Honey Creek, Allison Pauley is the 17-year old daughter of Pat and Sandy Pauley. A senior at Missouri Valley High School she is dual enrolled at Iowa Western Community College and will graduate this May. She plans to attend college at the Uni- versity of Nebraska as a member of the UNL Ro- deo Team while studying Philosophy and Political ALLISON PAULEY Science with a future law riding skills you can find and loves every minute degree in her sights. Allison enjoying reading, of it. swimming and snow- Horses are Allison’s boarding. Over the next year as I passion and riding is travel the state of Iowa, I her obsession. She is “I love spending time will strive to make every- currently a member of with my fellow cowgirls one I meet a rodeo fan. the Iowa High School who share my same pas- It will be my honor and Rodeo Association and sion for horses and the privilege to represent competes in barrel racing rodeo spirit. Rodeo is a the sport of rodeo and and pole bending in family, a way of life and the western way of life. I rodeos across the State of an amazing experience look forward to meeting Ft. Madison Main Office: Keokuk Transfer Station: Iowa during the regular that is both challenging you on the road and cre- 2092 303rd Ave 111 Carbide Lane school year. When not and rewarding. It is a ating memories to last a Fort Madison, IA Keokuk, IA spending time at her blessing to be a part of lifetime while promoting 1-319-372-6140 1-319-524-6175 family’s farm training her such a great family that the sport we all love so Visit Us Online! www.grrwa.com facebook.com/grrwa horses and perfecting her truly “lives” their sport much!” I B10 - Pen City Current - Tri-State Rodeo Edition - Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 2017 Tri-State Rodeo Special Edition SmashMouth resurgence hits TSR stage Friday Courtesy of Sound Management Inc.

This year, venerable multi-platinum and Grammy-nominated band Smash Mouth will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut, smash-hit album “Fush Yu Mang”. Released on July 8, 1997, “FYM” was a shocking -- and industry-changing -- success.

Out of nowhere, the single “Walkin’ On The Sun” was an immediate interna- tional sensation. (Quickly shooting to #1 on the Billboard charts, and even- tually boosting “FYM” sales to over 3 million copies in the U.S. alone.) In the two decades since, Smash Mouth has not slowed down. In fact, they are as vital and vibrant as ever.

In celebration of this milestone year, Smash Mouth will release a just-com- pleted acoustic version of “FYM” in it’s entirety (along with a mini-book recalling it’s making). 2017 will also see the band releasing a new album of all-original material. And though I’m not allowed to divulge any details...look label brass catch wind of an unknown (and unsigned) band being ADDED to forward to seeing a whole lot of Smash Mouth on your TV screen very soon. highly influential LA radio station KROQ’s playlist after only one spin (!) of 2017 is already shaping up to be a banner year for the veteran San Jose rock- their song “Walkin’ On The Sun”. ers. Smash Mouth’s major- label debut “Fush Yu Mang” goes more than DOU- May, 2016 saw the release of “Playlist: The Very Best of Smash Mouth”. As BLE-PLATINUM and sets the table for what most consider their master- part of Sony’s recent “Playlist” CD series, the album is a composite of twelve piece, 1999’s brilliant follow-up album “Astrolounge”. No sophomore slump Smash Mouth favorites chosen from live recordings of two late-2014 concerts for these guys...Boasting three top-ten hits (“All-Star”, “Then The Morning (one in Rapid City, South Dakota...the other in Manilla, The Phillipines). Comes”, and “Can’t Get Enough Of You Baby”), sales for “Astrolounge” are This CD is a must-have for even the most casual Smash Mouth fan, as each nearly double those for their debut, approaching QUADRUPLE PLATINUM track literally explodes with live energy. “We’re a totally different band live” status. enthused Smash Mouth lead singer Steve Harwell. “People are constantly tell- ing me how much more powerful our songs are live compared to the studio Smash Mouth’s third, eponymous Interscope release features the ecstatic first versions”. single “Pacific Coast Party” and the smash hit “I’m a Believer”. Around this time, Smash Mouth crosses over into the film world by providing the musical A look back at Smash Mouth’s formative years shows us a band determined heart of the soundtrack for “Shrek”, and even making a cameo appearance in to make an impact from the get-go. Formed in 1994, the band immediately the movie “Rat Race”. In recent years, Smash Mouth has focused on entertain- begins recording demos and showcasing in both San Jose and Hollywood, ing troops in such places as Japan, Guam, Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and CA. In June of 1997, Smash Mouth is signed to Interscope Records when Iraq. BRAD’S PAD Pizza 208 8th St. • West Point, Iowa 319-837-6332 • Open 7 Days A Week @ 11am Our Crew 23 Specialty Pizza’s Beer & Wine Welcomes Including Our You to the Famous 2017 Bonny’s Special Create your own masterpiece! Tri-State Choose from 20 toppings & 3 crust options! Rodeo

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Joseph Harrison - Overbrook, OK - 23. Tyler Corrington - Hastings, MN - $41,453.85 14. Shay Good - Midland, TX - $33,118.13 $69,813.95 24. Bradley Harter - Loranger, LA - $41,304.76 15. Brian Garr - Belle Fourche, SD - $31,753.67 12. Jeremy Buhler - Arrowwood, AB - $60,422.47 25. Shade Etbauer - Goodwell, OK - $40,659.80 16. Trevor Brazile - Decatur, TX - $31,325.48 13. Buddy Hawkins II - Columbus, KS - 17. J.P. Wickett - Sallisaw, OK - $31,060.24 $60,002.95 TIE-DOWN ROPING 18. Tuf Cooper - Weatherford, TX - $28,494.56 14. Kory Koontz - Stephenville, TX - $59,445.16 1. Tuf Cooper - Weatherford, TX - $153,931.00 19. Garrett Hale - Snyder, TX - $27,035.29 15. Travis Graves - Jay, OK - $57,331.92 2. Caleb Smidt - Bellville, TX - $118,250.68 20. Brent Lewis - Pinon, NM - $21,956.65 16. Jade Corkill - Fallon, NV - $51,445.86 3. Shane Hanchey - Sulphur, LA - $100,202.85 21. Reo Lohse - Kaycee, WY - $21,665.40 17. Kyle Lockett - Visalia, CA - $46,735.80 4. Marcos Costa - Childress, TX - $90,748.66 22. Jess Tierney - Hermosa, SD - $18,261.91 18. John Robertson - Polson, MT - $44,785.36 5. Marty Yates - Stephenville, TX - $85,296.53 23. Roger Branch - Wellston, OK - $18,209.37 19. Cody Doescher - Oklahoma City, OK - 6. Trevor Brazile - Decatur, TX - $82,133.49 24. Coy Thompson - Whitewood, SD - $41,452.03 7. Tyson Durfey - Weatherford, TX - $79,673.32 $17,191.97 20. Trace PorterLeesville, LA - $40,932.27 8. Cooper Martin - Alma, KS - $77,319.39 25. Chance Kelton - Mayer, AZ - $15,606.71 21. Chase Tryan - Helena, MT - $40,914.12 9. Randall Carlisle - Athens, LA - $77,226.44 22. Cody Pearson - Tucson, AZ - $39,985.01 10. J.C. Malone - Plain City, UT - $72,161.39 BULL RIDING 23. Walt Woodard - Stephenville, TX - 11. Blane Cox - Cameron, TX - $69,029.55 1. Sage Kimzey - Strong City, OK - $210,432.84 $36,821.73 12. Ryan Jarrett - Comanche, OK - $68,124.98 2. Garrett Smith - Rexburg, ID - $166,107.02 24. 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BOYD - Continued from Page 1 BY CHUCK VANDEN- is I was in a practice BERG pen and buddy of mine PCC EDITOR was getting ready on “The positive side is that the great the bull. He said ‘I wish FORT MADISON - He’s Tom Hadley (a famous thing about a rodeo is that it’s iconic as well spoken as any announcer) was here be- to American’s. It’s not golf, it’s some- college history profes- cause he always pumps sor you’ll ever find. His me up and I ride better.’ thing born out of the founding and voice carries down the So I started in with ‘If building of our nation.” bluff to the people of Danny can hold onto Fort Madison sitting this bull longer than the -Boyd Polhamus, in their lawn chairs on blonde at the bar last Rodeo Master of Ceremonies warm summer nights, night, we’re gonna have while throngs cheer in a run’.” Vietnam and I did some the stands of Fort Madi- speeches on whether we But with all the technol- son’s Tri-State Rodeo. Polhamus said he left soldiers back there.” ogy and gadgetry and pushed on through the efficiencies of scale that Boyd Polhamus has been practice and one of the He said America is a impact everything, in- Master of Ceremonies coaches came down and country designed to fix cluding the western way for the Tri-State Rodeo said he should announce what is wrong and he of life, Polhamus says a since 2000. A man who’s the college rodeos. He quietly fears for what it rodeo still has allure to done the Calgary Stam- was able to do that while will take to get us back showcase that way of life, pede, and the youngest still competing and he to that philosophy, a even in the face of some ever to do the National got paid for doing it. philosophy he openly changing tides. Finals Rodeo at the age He was good enough to shares. of 25, will return as the attract other offers from “The positive side is that announcer of the rodeo colleges. Professional “There were 1,800 years the great thing about a again this year. Rodeo Cowboys’ Asso- where basically we rodeo is that it’s iconic to ciation stock contractors had the wheel. And we Americans,” he said. “It’s The rodeo action kicks started taking notice and domesticated the horse not golf, it’s something off this year on Wednes- Polhamus went after his - we were doing pretty born out of the found- day, Sept. 6 and runs PRCA approval. And good,” he said. “But from ing and building of our through the 9th at the he’s been mic’d up ever 1876, we had an explo- nation. We’re seeing less C.E. “Eddie” Richards since. sion in technology and and less on the silver Arena in Rodeo Park. every condition of the screen, but it has a his- Thirty-some years later human soul got better. torical role to play and Polhamus said despite he’s still riding a horse What caused that? The because of that there’s a the larger world venues through arenas, picking USA caused that. Be- certain magnetism that because advertising the advertising the Tri-State he’s announced at, Fort at Bears and Cowboys cause free men built a goes with it. The western events and reaching that Rodeo. Madison is one of the fans and educating the better mouse trap and lifestyle has that charis- segmented audience has biggest events he works. masses on the western they got rich.” m a .” become tough,” Polha- “As we go forward, who’s lifestyle. mus said. “Back in the the next Carson, the next “It’s one of my biggest He said it still moves But he said the diver- day it was Cronkite for Cronkite? It’s going to stages,” Polhamus said. Anyone who’s attended a him when the Ameri- sification of media has the news, Johnny Carson be tougher and tougher “This is not a small deal. rodeo with Polhamus as can flag comes into the made the market very on NBC, and you had for one person to dom- This thing has street MC knows his passion clouds into the Fort segmented and now one of three channels so inate pop culture. Save cred. It’s up there with for God and country and Madison arena. these types of events are everyone was there.” the Superbowl or World Cheyenne and Calgary, he’s known for weaving consumer specific. Series, a presidential San Antonio and Hous- that theme seamlessly “Those are the things Now, he said you can debate - to get in front ton. Is the city as large into the action. that go through me It’s more difficult now to live in Fort Madison and of a large masses and or venue as big - abso- when Bobby (Reid) get your message to your never hear a rodeo un- become iconic - that’s a lutely not. But you can “I gotta give the big guy comes through the consumable audience. less you go on your app problem for every sport. play The Masters on any credit on that,” he said. clouds with the Ameri- I feel for these venues, or iPad or satellite radio Consumption is up but course you want - it’s still “Personally, God has can flag. The true story and those venues aren’t viewership is down.” The Masters. If you want blessed me to do rodeos about that night when to make it to the national for a reason and that Francis Scott Key was Build your favorite memories in the home of your dreams! finals, you come through would be to witness. I sent out to a British ship Fort Madison.” can give a 90-second to negotiate the release prayer that’s deeper than of some prisoners. The As a prep rodeo com- keeping the stock and British said they’d release petitor in high school in cowboys and fans safe. the prisoners on the Wisconsin, Polhamus I just think there’s ways condition the Ameri- was good enough to to incorporate our lives can flag come down on be named All-Around and rodeos and witness a the fort the Americans Champion three times little bit for God.” were staged in. This and earned a scholarship was a supply fort, not a to compete at the college As far as his patriotism military garrison. They level, but that’s where he nods to Ronald Rea- didn’t pull the flag and View our listings: www.seia.rapmls.com things changed. gan. the British bombed it and there were soldiers “I sucked at being a “I was 14 I think when and women found dead Serving Southeast Iowa with over competitor, but I was he announced for the at the base of that flag 150 Years of combined experience in good at talkin’,” he said. presidency. And then pole holding it up. 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