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WEEKEND Friday JUNE 22, 2012
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VOL. 23 NO. 25
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M&M Meat Shops sponsored an ALS barbecue last Saturday at the local business. Here, participants (back from left) Uli Wittal, Eileen Campbell, Heather Robertson, Lee-Ann Campbell, Lorraine Taylor, Elsie Montgomery, Bernadette Archibald (front from left) Joanne Hoffman and Amber Nyman, 11, help cook. Coming up this Saturday is an ALS fundraising walk in Boitanio Park from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.. Everyone is invited to attend. Greg Sabatino photo
Stampede weekend a blockbuster With any luck the skies will have unloaded their spring deluge and it will be clear sailing for the 86th annual Williams Lake Stampede next weekend. The Stampede starts Friday, June 29 and runs through to Monday, June 2 this year. Friday evening the first performance rodeo starts at 6 p.m. with the family night performance and children under 12 getting in for free. Friday is also Wear Red Day to remember our armed forces and the opening ceremonies and grand entry will include the crowning of the 2012 royalty. On Saturday, Sunday and Monday the professional rodeo perfor-
mances start at 1 p.m. Saturday, the opening ceremonies will include the introduction of the 2012 Cowboy Hall of Fame inductees Norman Cranberg as the working cowboy and the Walters family as the pioneer ranching family. Fred and Paddy Thomas will also be presented with lifetime passes. The Cariboo Cowgirls will perform at every opening ceremony. The popular mountain race and performances by Bert Davis, the Coppertown Clown, and Dog Show will also be part of every rodeo performance. The Stampede directors will be presented during the Sunday performance. This year’s valued
Stampede volunteers are Sherry and John Bullock. Sunday is also Tough Enough to Wear Pink Day to show support for women’s cancer research. Monday is also a family performance where children get in for free. There are all sorts of fun activities taking place in the Stampede Grounds and around the city during Stampede Weekend. Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings there will be entertainment in the Let ‘R Buck Saloon behind the Grandstand with the band Savage West. Saturday night’s Stampede Barn Dance headliners Appaloosa will join Savage West on Friday night and again on Sunday night.
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The events include ranch challenges at 3 p.m. Friday, and at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. There will be lots of western apparel and crafts available in the Bronc Buster Trade Fair behind the grandstands and no shortage of opportunities to eat on the run with Rotary Club breakfasts and dinners, Knights of Columbus pancake breakfasts and the Stampede concession open all weekend. And, of course, Stampede weekend wouldn’t be complete without the Stampede Parade on Saturday and Canada Day celebrations in Boitanio Park on Sunday. For full details pick up one of the Stampede programs at the Tribune.