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2008
Riding Club Executive Board
President:
Kristen Hinton
Vice
President: Angie Harkness
Secretary:
Rachel Haner
Treasurer:
Lena Thompson
Directors: Larry Cook,
Peggy Anderson,
Mike Geerdes,
Devan Thompson &
Bill Roberts
Thank
you to all the Members and Sponsors!
How
it all started!
Sedro-Woolley
is an active community with a wide range of events for all
ages. Local events celebrate and reflect the diversity of
our talents, interests and history.
July is Rodeo time, a combination of two
popular events, a logger's festival and rodeo. The event
began as a rodeo sponsored by our riding-and-racing club in
1948 and has grown to encompass two weeks of activities
with a broad range of appeal. Included are kids' events,
arts and crafts, music, dances and plenty of food and
frolic.
There's a foot race, street dance and
barbecue, antique engine show, forest industry exhibitions,
logging skills and chainsaw carving demonstrations, carnival
rides, a kiddie parade, a bluegrass festival, community
picnic, "Wild Women of Woolley" shows, and a great
rodeo. The celebration also encompasses the Grand Parade and
fireworks on the Fourth of July.
ProWest
The
Professional Western Rodeo Association (PRO-WEST) is an
association of professional cowboys, cowgirls and rodeo
committees that sanction rodeos throughout Washington,
Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia. PRO-WEST represents
decades of rodeo experience, the predecessor of the present
day PRO-WEST. The Washington Rodeo Association was formed by
a small group of rodeo contestants and stock contractors in
1967. Today under a governing Board of Directors, PRO-WEST
ranks have grown to a membership of over 700 members.
Cowboys and cowgirls are competing for over $1,250,000 in
prize money at 67 PRO-WEST sanctioned and co-approved rodeos
in 2000!
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Professionalism
The
PRO-WEST believes in our membership - in their ability as
contestants, stock contractors and the different rodeo
associations for their professionalism and their integrity.
The
PRO-WEST expects - and enforces - high standards of conduct
from its members. We believe our members are some of the
world's finest athletes. PRO-WEST rodeos match these
athletes against some of the best and toughest rodeo
livestock in the west.
The
PRO-WEST expects the same kind of professionalism from the
stock as they do the members. Our association has just as
many rules and regulations to protect the livestock as they
do the contestants. PRO-WEST stock contractors consistently
offer spectators the best rodeo livestock available.
This
combination of top rodeo athletes and rank stock adds up to
the unparalleled excitement of America's most dangerous and
exciting sport "RODEO".
PRO-WEST
provides teams of professional judges and timers to rodeos
throughout the association. Fully trained, these officials
bring levels of expertise and professionalism formerly
enjoyed by major team sports. |
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