Roger Todd (left) tightens his rope just before making the turn left so Peter McBride can rope the legs during the Billy Evins Memorial Roping event in Vale. (The Enterprise/Jayme Fraser)
VALE – The work for the Vale 4th of July rodeo begins on cold dark winter mornings or with the drizzle of a Malheur County spring.

That’s when rodeo board members, led by president . . .