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Rodeo rounding up support for Hospice By Bryan Jessop Organizers of the Sun Parlour Rodeo are once again showing their ‘hospitable’ side as they prepare for the event’s 13th annual edition. The rodeo will make its way back to Easy Walking Stables at 1835 County Rd. 18 in Kingsville — on the property of JR Excavating — Saturday, Aug. 2 and Sunday, Aug. 3. Both shows will start at 6 p.m. This year’s Sun Parlour Rodeo will direct all proceeds to Hospice of Windsor Essex County Inc.’s Erie Shores Campus — to be situated on Talbot Street West across from Leamington District Memorial Hospital and behind the Leamington Medical Village. Through its first 12 years, the rodeo has raised about $208,500 for LDMH equipment and W.E. (Windsor Essex) Care For Kids. Organizers were hoping to break the $200,000 upon completing the 12th edition, but drew a record two-day crowd of about 5,000 spectators and garnered record proceeds of about $30,000. “The weather was excellent for us last year,” explained Stephanie Pavao, who organizes the rodeo each year along with members of her immediate family. “We hope for the same weather this year, but of course there’s no guarantee that will happen.” The Sun Parlour Rodeo is a rain or shine attraction that features 13 different events (Continued on Page 3)
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Local student on the ropes for charity By Bryan Jessop Ruthven resident Alexx Friesen will go to great heights to repay an act of kindness. Friesen, currently taking child development courses at Western University in London, took part in a new Make A Wish Foundation fundraiser for the organization’s Southwestern Ontario chapter. On Friday, June 20, Friesen and 52 other participants rappelled down the London City Centre’s TD (southern) Tower, a 26-storey drop. Friesen estimated that the experience took her a total of eight to 10 minutes. “I was one of the last ones to make my way over the top,” she admitted. “Once you get over the edge, there’s no going back. It was terrifying to be perfectly honest. I was really excited at first, but as we got closer to starting, I started getting nervous. Still, it was fun for sure.” Friesen explained that T.D. Tower gradually tapers from the top, meaning that part way down, participants can no longer touch the side of the building with their feet. The 53 rappellers were each encouraged to raise $1,500 to take part in the first-of-its-kind event, a sum that Friesen nearly doubled with about $2,800. The average entry raised $1,509.43. Friesen first heard about the fundraiser as a routine follower of Make A Wish Foundation (MAWF) on Facebook. At the age of eight, she was diagnosed with leukemia and was treated to a MAWF wish as a qualifying child with a life-threatening illness. Friesen was treated to a visit at the American Girl
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Alexx Friesen rappels down the side of TD Tower in London as part of the Make A Wish Foundation’s Rope For Hope fundraiser last month. Friesen, from Ruthven, raised $2,800 for the Southwestern Ontario branch of MAWF. (Photo courtesy of Kaufman Klicks Photography)
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into that,” Friesen recalled. She learned about other opportunities to ‘pay back’ MAWF for its kindness during a difficult period in her life, but other events conflicted with exam schedules.
Finally, the Rope For Hope gave her the chance she sought and she registered in mid May of this year. She began receiving pledges from friends, family members and even (Continued on Page 2)
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