Rodeo judges depend on making quick decisions  Being opinionated
pivotal when it comes to doling out points  From standing in the
dirt outside the buck shoot to sitting atop a horse near the
starting gates, Chuck Hoss has just about the best view any
rodeo fan could ask for.  Like the other two judges at this
year's Kitsap Stampede, Hoss grew up in rodeo. After years of
competing, he turned to judging instead of settling for just any
old job.  "You're involved in all the events," Hoss said. "It's
a really unique lifestyle because it's almost like paid
vacation. Not many people have jobs that pay them to travel," he
added with a smile.  For fellow rodeo judge Wade Berry of Miles,
Mont., judging was a way for him to stay a part of the only life
he knew.  "That's all I wanted to be was a cowboy — from the
time I was a little kid," Berry said.  His dad was a steer
wrestler and passed the tradition on to him and his siblings.
Berry, who made it to the 1987 National Finals Rodeo in steer
wrestling, started judging