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<p>A cowboy looks out into the arena during the Blue Moon Summer Series rodeo in Columbia Falls on Thursday, June 14.</p>

<p>Former Western Montana basketball player, Gus McDonald, of St. Ignatius, competes in the bull riding competition at the Blue Moon Summer Series rodeo in Columbia Falls on Thursday, June 14. McDonald says it feels awesome to go from basketball to bull riding.</p>

<p>Bull rider, Sandy Dejong of British Columbia, Canada, straps in prior to his ride at the Blue Moon Summer Series rodeo in Columbia Falls on Thursday, June 14. Dejong says it is one of his favorite rodeos every summer, and enjoys getting to ride with his close friends.</p>

<p>In the announcers booth at the Blue Moon Summer Series rodeo, timers Shandi Higgins, right, and Kelly Hawkinson, are recording times of riders in the open barrels event on Thursday, June 14.</p>

<p>Kyle Delaney, of Polson, holds on during the bareback competition in the Blue Moon Summer Series rodeo in Columbia Falls on Thursday, June 14. Delaney, riding with a broken left wrist, was riding right-handed for only his second time.</p>

<p>Saddle bronc rider, Allen Foster, from Columbia, Tenn., prepares for the saddle bronc event at the Blue Moon Summer Series rodeo in Columbia Falls on Thursday, June 14. Foster is spending his summer working at the Bar W Ranch in Whitefish.</p>

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| June 24, 2012 3:00 AM

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&lt;p&gt;Former Western Montana basketball player, Gus McDonald, of St. Ignatius, competes in the bull riding competition at the Blue Moon Summer Series rodeo in Columbia Falls on Thursday, June 14. McDonald says it feels awesome to go from basketball to bull riding.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Bull rider, Sandy Dejong of British Columbia, Canada, straps in prior to his ride at the Blue Moon Summer Series rodeo in Columbia Falls on Thursday, June 14. Dejong says it is one of his favorite rodeos every summer, and enjoys getting to ride with his close friends.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;In the announcers booth at the Blue Moon Summer Series rodeo, timers Shandi Higgins, right, and Kelly Hawkinson, are recording times of riders in the open barrels event on Thursday, June 14.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Kyle Delaney, of Polson, holds on during the bareback competition in the Blue Moon Summer Series rodeo in Columbia Falls on Thursday, June 14. Delaney, riding with a broken left wrist, was riding right-handed for only his second time.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Saddle bronc rider, Allen Foster, from Columbia, Tenn., prepares for the saddle bronc event at the Blue Moon Summer Series rodeo in Columbia Falls on Thursday, June 14. Foster is spending his summer working at the Bar W Ranch in Whitefish.&lt;/p&gt;