School bus driving championship held at fairgrounds
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Terry Kimmel, of Harrison Public Schools, reverses through the serpentine obstacle, the first station of the bus rodeo.
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Alcona Community Schools driver George Hirschfelt performs a right turn at the second obstacle of the rodeo.
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Mary Rockwell, of Alcona Community Schools, tries to get as close the line as possible without crossing it in the curb line challenge.
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Hudsonville bus driver Kenny Ellens pulls up to a railroad crossing, one of the 15 obstacles in the bus rodeo.
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Art Birdsley, of Hudsonville, performs a left turn at one of the rodeo stations.
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Lynne Robertson, a judge a the alley way station, measures how close to the back line Marcella Ozarich, of Dean Transportation, pulled her bus into the alley.
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Judges Cheryl Roberts and Terry Lechemet watch Caledonia bus driver Beth Bischoff approach the stop sign on the obstacle course.
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Judge Randy Follett watches closely as Hudsonville bus driver Lori Lamers takes on the straight-line challenge.
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By Tim Barnum
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Posted 6/20/12
The Michigan Association for Pupil Transportation held its State School Bus Driving Championship at the Ogemaw County Fairgrounds Wednesday, June 20. The contest, also called the bus rodeo, saw 42 drivers take on 15 obstacles that tested their driving skills.
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