The Great Salt Lick

The Great Salt Lick Is an annual event is animal licked salt blocks auctioned as art. More than
$212,000--have gone to Parkinson's Research, OHSU.

This year's event will be on September 21, 2024 at 5:30 PM, Churchill School, Baker City, OR
Thanks for your participation! An annual unique event where animal sculpted salt lick are auctioned off for Parkinson's research. Ranchers or anyone with access to artistically licked blocks brings them and $1000 in prize money is given for best blocks, then the blocks are auctioned off as art, some block

s now going for over $1000! In seven years the auction has made over $50,000 which is damn heroic for a town of 10,000. More and more people however are coming from out of town for the event so there's great potential to be able to earn even more money. The auction will be held this year (Sept 20, 2014) at the old armory in Baker City. The event was featured on the front page of the Portland Oregonian, Oregon Public Broadcasting's Artbeat and on National Public Radio's Weekend edition. Type in: saltlick opb and, saltlick npr.

The Great Salt Lick auction will be held the 21st of September with doors opening at 5:30 p.m.The auction beings at 6 p....
09/01/2024

The Great Salt Lick auction will be held the 21st of September with doors opening at 5:30 p.m.
The auction beings at 6 p.m., we need your entries as soon as possible.
Questions: Whit - 541-519-2736
Auctioneer: Mib Daily

Very successful night at The Great Salt Lick! Brandi McPherson and I manned the bar to help raise funds for Parkinson’s...
09/17/2023

Very successful night at The Great Salt Lick! Brandi McPherson and I manned the bar to help raise funds for Parkinson’s Research. Thank you Brandi and to all the volunteers that helped make the event successful. Big thanks to Barley Brown's Brew Pub and Copper Belt Winery for all the donated beer and wine! 100% of the proceeds was donated. Thank you Travis Cook for the resupply when we were running low. What a fun night. Kudos to you Whit Deschner and family for your endless work putting on this event! If you missed it check out Churchill School Art, Music, Recreation-Baker City, OR YouTube channel. Sound comes in at about 10 minutes into it.
https://www.youtube.com/live/9zBvmeuzEZ0?si=sq1kS7snEYnmE2ft

The Great Salt Lick is coming up Sept. 16 and I still need more blocks for the contest. Please get them in ASAP. Go to w...
09/05/2023

The Great Salt Lick is coming up Sept. 16 and I still need more blocks for the contest. Please get them in ASAP. Go to whitdeschner.com then fil:///W:/Whit/Downloads/entry-form%20(2).pdf and that will give you the entry forms and prize money for each catagory.

Also this year's judges will be kids. Pease loan me some if you have any to spare. Please contact me if you would like your kid to be a judge.

See 2022 rules for the Great Salt Lick Contest at https://whitdeschner.com/rules/See you at the event!
08/31/2022

See 2022 rules for the Great Salt Lick Contest at https://whitdeschner.com/rules/

See you at the event!

WhitDeschner.com Home of the Great Salt Lick Contest Great Salt Lick Contest Rules All entries must be salt blocks licked by cows or other livestock. Range blocks licked by wildlife will also be permitted. Blocks licked by humans will not be permitted. Licks may be subject to DNA testing. Blocks wit...

If you never made it to this event here are some links done on the auction: OPB--Oregon Public Broadcasting. You'll hav...
06/08/2020

If you never made it to this event here are some links done on the auction:

OPB--Oregon Public Broadcasting. You'll have to fast forward to the 8min. 50sec. for the segment.
https://watch.opb.org/video/oregon-art-beat-september-22-2011/

NPR--National Public Broadcasting/Saturday Weekend Edition:
https://www.npr.org/2012/12/22/167698817/the-joy-of-salt-licking-contest-turns-farm-animals-into-fine-artists

Kathleen Keifer's video:
https://whitdeschner.com/salt-lick-movie/

National Cowboy Poetry Gathering/ Western Folklife:
https://search.trackyourpackagetab1.com/?&cid=mfdhapjaifopnpiombebakafahgejcid&ap=undefined&adprovider=undefined&i_id=packages_2.4&page=newtab&uc=undefined&uid=undefined&source=undefined

The Smithsonian:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/who-says-horses-cows-cant-be-artists-180972638/

And:
http://travelingadventuresofafarmgirl.com/2016/09/28/the-salt-lick-auction/

'A salt lick, a wasp, a broken foot.'Beverly Howe's Newbridge entry.
09/25/2019

'A salt lick, a wasp, a broken foot.'

Beverly Howe's Newbridge entry.

'The Scream' from the Warnock Ranch. Submitted by Valerie Oman
09/25/2019

'The Scream' from the Warnock Ranch. Submitted by Valerie Oman

Keith Romtvedt's 'exposure' first place poem with blockExposureThrough the salt lick he would exposeAll his nudity down ...
09/25/2019

Keith Romtvedt's 'exposure' first place poem with block

Exposure

Through the salt lick he would expose
All his nudity down to his toes
Highlighting himself through the window of salt
Until finding a spot devoid of fault

Best overall 'A wing and a prayer' from the Wirth ranch and best forgery by Shirlee Severs
09/24/2019

Best overall 'A wing and a prayer' from the Wirth ranch and best forgery by Shirlee Severs

09/24/2019

Sorry the winnings are being posted a bit late but here they are:

People's choice: 'A wing and a prayer.' Paulette Romtvedt from the Wirth Ranch

1sr place general: 'A wing and a prayer.' Same as above.
2nd: Don Silva: 'Lick it Again'
3rd: Baker County Chamber of Commerce 'The Dam Proud' 4th: Buck and Hope Buckner 'The perils of Pauline'

1st place forgery: Shirlee Severs 'W***e slicker'
2nd: Stephen Crowley and Ellen Mathews 'Knot-ak-tu-lee'

1st place poem with block: Keith Romtvedt 'exposure'
2nd: Beverly Howe 'a salt lick, a wasp and a broken foot'

1st place poem without block: Nancy Coffelt 'The flasher Dan'
2nd: Mike Myers 'Proud Bull and Salt Lick'

Judges were from Oregon State Police, The Baker County Sheriff and Baker City Police. Thank you judges and thank you all for participating. Right now the tally earned is $17,000 for OHSU Parkinson Center of Oregon.

Whit

Another Great Salt Lick in the books. What a great crowd for this year's auction at Churchill School Art, Music, Recre...
09/23/2019

Another Great Salt Lick in the books. What a great crowd for this year's auction at Churchill School Art, Music, Recreation-Baker City, OR

A great crowd and lots of fun art at the 13th annual Great Salt Lick Art Auction this weekend at Churchill School in Baker City

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3451 Broadway Churchill School
Baker City, OR
97814

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5:30pm - 10pm

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+15415192736

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