June 30, 2016 VOLUME 121 | ISSUE 22 | 75¢
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CELEBRATION WEEK Fireworks will fly during fun week of festivities in Elbert County. PAGE 3
Cowgirl Abbea Fans streaks after a calf in the Breakaway competition. Abbea was one of 11 breakaway ropers competing in Friday evening’s Cowboy Up in Kiowa Rodeo. Photos by Rick Gustafson
Cowboyin’ up in Kiowa Event brings rodeo, music and plenty of fun By Rick Gustafson Special to Colorado Community Media
Bareback Cowboy Walker Schubauer sets for his ride a fraction of a second before the chute door opens. Schubauer competed on the Elizabeth High School Rodeo Team and was the 2014 Colorado Pro Rodeo Association’s Rookie of the Year in 2014.
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Our biggest thing is bringing the best show that we can into our community.”
Angelique Dieker, Cowboy Up in Kiowa rodeo production director
The Cowboy Up in Kiowa celebrated its 20th year of rodeo competition at the Elbert County Fairgrounds over the weekend of June 25. The competition began on Friday evening with mutton bustin’, followed by a full Colorado Pro Rodeo Association performance, including bareback and saddle bronc riding, roping and steer wrestling events, and concluded with bull riding. A concert by the Jake Gill Band wrapped up the evening. A full day of competition began with Slack and Gymkhana on Saturday morning, which continued into the afternoon. Once again, mutton bustin’ got a second CPRA performance started on Saturday evening and the night concluded with Music provided by DJ Worx. “Our biggest thing is bringing the best show that we can into our community,” said Angelique Dieker, Cowboy Up in Kiowa rodeo production director. “That’s who we have volunteering, people in our community, people who want to be a part of something.” Cowboy continues on Page 7
Street fair tradition continues Event kicks off with something new — a 5K race By Rick Gustafson Special to Colorado Community Media
Inspired by a similar event that took place in 1910, the Town of Kiowa renewed the tradition of a town street fair in 2009, and along the way, a few events have been added that were most likely not conceived of in the first decades of the 1900s. The morning of June 25 began with the first Fear the Spear 5K Run and Walk sponsored by the Kiowa School Booster Club. The course began at the school. After crossing Highway 86, the runners made one lap of the track before winding their way through neighborhoods and back across Comanche Street. A final lap of the school’s parking lot stretched the route just enough for the course to reach the 5K mark. Tina Metzgar, president of the Kiowa Fair continues on Page 7
Hawk Quest returned to the Kiowa Street fair with this Harris Hawk and two other birds of prey. Native Americans called the Harris Hawk wolves of the sky because they hunt in groups. Photo by Rick Gustafson
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