BIKE TO WORK CHALLENGE
FAMOUS KVFD BREAKFAST
RODEO PARADE
RDOS and City of Penticton go at it again See page 5
Well fed in Memorial Park on the holiday weekend See page 4
People line the street for popular parade See pages 18, 19 and 20
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Vol.15 Number 21
Thursday, May 24, 2012
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Rodeo weekend roundup Police report few incidents during rodeo long weekend By Steve Arstad The Review The weather gods were kinder to the Keremeos Rodeo this year than in the past two, helping to make for another successful weekend for the small but popular long weekend event. With tempatures hovering in the low 20’s, overcast skies for the most part, and light winds, the weather was pretty Cody Charleyboy of Alexis Creek rode “Tylenol” for a few seconds during Saturday’s bull riding event at the Keremeos Elks Rodeo. Charlie Attrill of much ideal for con- Langley, B.C. won top spot in the bull riding category, with Steve Hohman placing second. The bulls won third place. For more on the weekend rodeo, testents and viewers please see pages 9, 12 and 13. alike. sold out, in spite of a as much as an hour racing, with only a were arrested. A plate A moderate crowd clown sidekick, a de- creased attendance. T h e w e a t h e r brief period of inclem- prior. Hundreds lined slight rain to mar the glass window in front gathered at the ro- parture from the last the street to watch late afternoon. of the Pasta Trading deo grounds on River few years when J.J. through the weekend ent weather. Parade weather a strong turnout for The Keremeos de- Post was broken over Road on Saturday to Harrison provided the was mostly comfortwatch the intial events, clowning around. All able, with a few wind was almost perfect, Keremeos’ first parade tachment of the RCMP the weekend, when it reported a fairly quiet appeared as though which included a full stock was provided by gusts from time to although overcast, of the year. Monday saw an- long weekend in the someone went through round of rodeo, mod- C+ Rodeos this year. time to make things much like the rest of Sunday’s events somewhat cooler, but the weekend. Some other moderate turn- community. There was it. Blood and hair was erated by perennial favourite, Al Parsons. included an extensive still, not bad. Sunday’s viewers were on the out in the grandstand a fracas outside a local found at the scene, but Jayson Charters made lineup of saddlebronc steak barbeque in Me- curb, waiting for for an afternoon of bar on Saturday night, there was no evidence his debut as Parson’s riders, along with in- morial Park was nearly the parade to start bullriding and barrel but no out of towners of burglery.