Butler Community College - Grizzly Growl Yearbook (El Dorado, KS)

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Todd Plummer holds on tight until the buzzer sounds to indicate when his time is up. Coming out of the chute, Todd Plummer begins a long and rough ride. Rodeo 13

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Butler holds national rodeo 0+ or the second year in a JF— row, El Dorado was the site of the Inter- im collegiate rodeo spon- -L-J— I sored by the Butler County Community College in cooperation with the National Inter- collegate Rodeo Association. Held on October 7-8, the rodeo drew 246 competitors from 23 schools. Competing for the Butler County men ' s team were: Greek Ellick, Dexter freshman, bull riding; Robert Snider, Eureka freshman, steer wrestling; Larry Shawn Allen, Valley Center freshman, team roping; Todd Plummer, Towanda freshman, saddle bronc riding; Kevin Scott LaClef, Leon freshman, team roping; and Troy Hedrick, Wichita sophomore, team roping. Butler County ' s Shandi Met- zinger, Dexter freshman, and Stepheni Moser, Benton freshman, competed in the barrel race. Other rodeo events featured were bareback bronc riding, calf roping, goat tying, and breakaway calf roping. Two teams from Oklahoma took home top honors with Southwestern Oklahoma State University winning the men ' s division, and the Panhan- dle State University team winning the women ' s division. The only Butler participant to place in an event was LaClef who teamed up with Grady Potter of Allen County Community College to take fifth place in the team roping in 10.4 seconds. Butler had four rodeos in the fall season. At Pratt Community College, Allen and LaClef took second in team roping and Reed took second in saddle bronc riding. LaClef teamed up with Potter of Allen County to take second in team roping at Oklahoma State Univer- sity, and Plummer placed sixth in the saddle bronc riding. LaClef agian teamed up with Potter at the rodeo held at Butler to place third in team roping. The final rodeo of the season was held at Hutchinson Community College where LaClef and Potter took second in team roping. At the Hutchinson Community College Rodeo, Troy Hedrick puts the finishing touches on his calf during the calf roping event. Preparing for a long eight second ride on a saddle bronc, Matt Reed adjusts the rigging. 12 Rodeo

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First prize winners of the Halloween party held in the Student Union cafeteria were the pregnant angel, Julie Rierson, and the devil, Ron Ediger. The only time a punk rocker, John Kenemer, would be seen dancing with a Smurfette, Gail Rucker, would be during Halloween. Here they are at Pogo ' s, an 18-bar in Wichita. Escorting his ladies is Donnie McClain and at his sides are Jamie Holland and Kenneth Palmer. 14 Halloween