Cariboo Chatter
By Mark McMillan
W
e’re back to reality after a great three-and-a-bit weeks off. We needed a holiday and indeed we had a great time. We’d never even imagined Europe before -- totally amazing! The province of Alsace in France was beautiful (with great wine) and Spain, Italy, Montenegro, and Greece were awesome. It’s hard to imagine, we talk about our history and our old buildings... well, we don’t know what old is -- some of the sites in Rome date back well over 2,000 years!
While in France we met this cute little filly (I mean the horse). Morgane Gaessler (the bank manager in the town of Geispolsheim, France) owns the filly, Calyss, who just turned one year old. Morgane also owns the mare, now 15 years old. The breed is “Selle Francais,” which is bred for jumping and dressage, and Morgane does compete in both. We returned to Canada just in time to head to Merritt for the BC Cattlemen’s Convention and AGM on May 21-23. This was the 87th Annual and was another great weekend and a big success thanks to the Nicola Stockbreeders Association. Their theme this year was “Ranching’s Our Roots, Beef’s Our Business.” A great tradeshow -- the meetings were good, Education Day with Bruce Vincent was super, and Kenny Hess had the whole place rockin’ on Saturday Night. I must make a note here for Festival goers... the Kamloops Cowboy Festival is always the second weekend in March or, rather,
WAS always the second weekend in March. Due to some booking problems (long story), we have had to change the dates in the future to the third week in March. Because we had to make this change for the past two years, we thought we might as well make it a permanent change. (L to R) Mark, Kaylee Billyboy (BCHSRA Princess), Bob Kjos, Michelle Ball (Stampede Queen), So, from now on, Charlie Coldwell, Pat Coldwell, Matina Durfield (Stampede Princess), Danny Desmond mark your calenaccepting for his father Tom Desmond. dars for the third week annually. Don’t forget, too, next year will be the 20th Anniversary of the Kamloops Cowboy Festival. Looking back to the BC Cowboy Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the 25th Annual Williams Lake Indoor Rodeo on April 19,
Pat and Charlie Coldwell were inducted into the BC Cowboy Hall of Fame.
Bob Kjos with his kids, Jackie and Marty, as Bob is inducted into the BC Cowboy Hall of Fame. things went really well. As usual, the Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin put on a super gettogether for the inductees and their families before we all headed over to the rodeo. The inductions took place in the main arena during the intermission and went well. The Coldwell Ranch (Jesmond) as a Century Ranch, Charlie Coldwell as a Working Cowboy, Bob Kjos (Fort
Tom Desmond’s four kids posing when Tom was inducted into the BC Cowboy Hall of Fame. St John) for Artistic and Competitive Achievements, and Tom Desmond (Alkali/Dog Creek) as a Working Cowboy were all inducted.
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