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One of the highlights of the Three Hills Rodeo in Green Bay was the swearing in of a fresh young batch of high school senior army recruits. On hand to do the honors was Col. Jill Chambers.

You can see her in front of the recruits, leading them in the oath. Standing out in front of them is Michael Peterson who is ready to sing the National Anthem.

You can hear the Col. Chambers lead the oath:
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If you would like to watch the whole ceremony I’ve got it on YouTube now. It’s just over 8 minutes long including Michael singing the National Anthem.

When is gets down to it, someone has to ride the bulls and the broncs in a rodeo. One of the best, actually the best, is BJ Schumacher.

BJ is currently the world champion bull rider and we’ll see him in action tonight at the Three Hills Rodeo here in Green Bay, WI.

I talked to BJ about how and why he got involved with rodeo. He started at about 9 years old and learned it all from “the old man.” He says you just have to accept the fact that you’re going to get hurt too.

Here’s my interview with BJ Schumacher:
3-hills-rodeo-07-schumacher.mp3

Thanks to Gene Hemphill for taking some pics of me, for me.

It takes a lot of guts or something else to be a good Bull Fighter or Rodeo Clown.

A rodeo clown or bull fighter is a rodeo performer who works on bull riding contests. His primary job is to protect the rider from the bull after he dismounts or is bucked off, by distracting the bull and providing alternative targets for the bull to chase.

Rory Meeks here has a lot of whatever that is and we’ll get to see him help out some bull riders here at the Three Hills Rodeo tonight.

Rory says he played high school in college and that getting run over by a bull isn’t much different than getting run over by a big linebacker. You can learn more about Rory and what he does for a living in my interview with him.

Here’s my interview with Rory Meeks:
3-hills-rodeo-07-meeks.mp3

Hello from Green Bay, WI, the site of the Three Hills Rodeo which will kick off this evening in the Resch Arena. I’m here documenting a day with Michael Peterson which started out very early this morning.

I interviewed him early to get a perspective on what all’s going on. He’s here to watch some young people get sworn in to the army and to help raise support for breast cancer awareness and the Deanna Favre Foundation. This is part of the Dodge Bulls & Broncs Outlaws of Rodeo Tour.

Here’s my interview with Michael:
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