JOSEPH Chief Joseph Days kicked into high gear Thursday with the Junior Parade.

The event continues through Sunday.

Today’s highlights include the traditional Indian dance contest at 3 p.m. in the encampment pavilion, PRCA rodeo at 7, the adult dance at 9 in the Thunder Room featuring McKenzie River Band and cowboy breakfast starting at 11 p.m. at the rodeo grounds.

Sunday’s highlights include Cowboy church services at 9 a.m. at the Harley Tucker Memorial Arena sponsored by the Fellowship of Christian Cowboys. The PRCA rodeo’s final go-round starts at 2 p.m.

Parade winners were as follows:

? Grand Prize: Support Our Troops

? Wheels: 1. Support Our Troops; 2. Maddie McDowell; 3. Hayley and Hadley Miller

? Small Fry: 1. David and Robert Charette; 2. Diedra Schreiber and Pam Leno; 3. Kendal and Rylee Kreutzer

? Costumes ages 6 to 8: 1. R.J. and Danielle Thorn, and Hailey and Hannah Victor; 2. The Tuckered Outs; 3. Robby DeVore

? Costumes ages 9 to 15: 1. Carson Young; 2. Brooke and Sara Peterson; 3. Trevor Lewis

? Marching Groups: 1. The Lewis and Clark Party; 2. The 4-H Crazy Mighty Mutts; 3. Wallowa County Head Start

? Floats: 1. The Other Cowboy Bar, Larry and Elaine Morse’s grandchildren; 2. Cowboys are from Mars, and Cowgirls are from Venus; 3. Ben and Sam Statler

? Riding: 1. Cody and Chance Arbogast; 2. Hailee, David, Sarah and Leloni Waters; 3. Shelby and Melinda Tienharra