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It s Rodeo week in Redding and that means bulls and bucking broncos along with community activities celebrating the western way of life, including mock holdups, a community pancake breakfast and guys with yellow shirts and green bandanas.
But Janel Scott has an alternate message for fans of ropin and ridin .
The Redding woman wants the Redding Rodeo to stop. She says the annual competition and celebration of western heritage is cruel to animals. Somebody s got to take a stand for these animals. Because the closer it gets, the more emotional I get about it, because it s just heinous, she said. What they do to those animals, you know, and I get really super emotional about it.
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-Mid-Plains Community College
McCook native Garrett Nokes will be posthumously honored with a President’s Award at McCook Community College’s commencement ceremony May 7.
Nokes was a coach for the Mid-Plains Community College rodeo team from the fall of 2014 until his passing in February of this year. He made a tremendous impact on both the team and the college during that time.
“Garrett was so proud to be the rodeo coach for MPCC,” said Laura Nokes, Garrett’s wife. “He loved working in the arena and sharing his experience and his passion for the sport of rodeo. He was a fierce competitor, and he loved to compete, and he wanted his team to be just as competitive as he was both inside and outside of the arena. He was so proud of these student athletes and all they accomplished. I think the only other honor he had that meant more to him than being a coach, was being a dad and a husband.”
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Item File PhotoCarnival-goers enjoy a thrill ride during the Walker County Fair in 2019. The fair will return Friday after a one year hiatus, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Walker County Fair returns Friday
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Item File PhotoCarnival-goers enjoy a thrill ride during the Walker County Fair in 2019. The fair will return Friday after a one year hiatus, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Â
Hold your horses. The fair is back in town.
The annual Walker County Fair returns Friday with plenty of thrilling rides, fair food, exhibits and midway games. It will run through May 15 at the Walker County Fairgrounds, located at 3925 Hwy. 30 in Huntsville.
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The 81st Eagle County Fair & Rodeo will return this summer after canceling last summer’s annual event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event returns Wednesday, July 21, through Saturday, July 24, at the Eagle County Fairgrounds.
The Eagle County Fair & Rodeo celebrates the county’s western heritage and supports youth education with 4-H shows, carnival rides, exhibits, mutton busting, a petting zoo and contests, as well as the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Rodeo and Junior Livestock Auction. Tickets will go on sale online in early June and the event will follow any public health guidance relevant at the time of the event, including possible social distancing, mask requirements and limited ticket sales, which will be assessed closer to the event.