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D. E. Larsen, DVM I tried to be impartial with my patients. But Bob was definitely special, and to be honest, one of my favorites. Bob wasn’t much to look at. He was a true mutt. Looked like a cross between a spaniel and a corgi, with maybe a little coyote thrown in for goodContinue reading “Bob”

D. E. Larsen, DVM A little history on the Calf Scramble at the Coos County Fair, first, then Queenie’s story. The Coos County Fair and Rodeo in Myrtle Point, Oregon, started in 1912. The Calf Scramble was added to the Rodeo program in 1949. In the initial years, steer calves were used in the calfContinue reading “Queenie, The Scramble Calf, Part Two”

D. E. Larsen, DVM The Coos County Fair has existed for my entire memory. The fact is, it started in 1912. Every summer in my early memory, the Larsen kids worked to have money for the fair. Our main effort was peeling chitum (cascara) trees. We would dry the bark on the roof of theContinue reading “Queenie, The Scramble Calf, Part One”