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Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Volume 31, Issue 50
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Chamber Hosts Holiday Activities Wade Thibodeaux The Winnie area Chamber of Commerce hosted an
evening full of activities last Saturday as the annual Christmas in the Park
and lighted Christmas Parade took place in the Winnie Park. Following
are pictures of the various events.
Santa Clause made an appearance on the Winnie Stowell VFD Firetruck during the Christmas in These folks were bundled up for the chilly ride the Park and lighted parade. during the parade
Historic National Finals Rodeo at Mid Point of Event
Decorated Christmas Trees were available for bidding with the proceeds going to local education foundations.
Santa Clause Visits Whataburger
Cody Webster(left) and Dusty Tuckness(right) Zeke Thurston scored a 72.5 on Jerry Nelson's get up close and personal with one of the bo- Frontier Rodeo Company horse "Delta Force" during round four of the saddle bronc riding. vine beast during the bull riding.
Wade Thibodeaux The local Whataburger in Winnie hosted Santa Clause as he made a stop on his tour of the world last
Tuesday, December 1, 2020. Santa and Mrs. Clause were there to take requests from all of the children who stopped by the store.
Wade Thibodeaux Ten days, seven events, fifteen cowboys and cowgirls for each event and it could be considered more of an endurance test than a skilled event. The National Finals Rodeo is what is being described. This year the NFR is being held in Texas for the first time in it's existence. When Vegas told the PRCA that they would not host the event due to concerns over Covid-19, the City of Arlington and the City of Ft. Worth stepped up and offered their facilities. Globe Life Field, the home of the Texas Rangers baseball team was converted into a rodeo arena and the Ft. Worth Convention Center hosted the ever popular Cowboy Christmas event that offers vendors for
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everything cowboy and then some. The Junior World Finals were also held inside the Ft. Worth Convention Center and the always active Ft. Worth Stockyards stepped up their game to offer daytime activities as well as plenty of nightlife. With five of the ten nights in the books as of the writing of this article, things are getting interesting as far as crowning World Champions in each event. In the bareback riding Tim O'Connell is sitting in first place with total winnings of $185,952.86 and has a nice lead over Kaycee Field with $153,686.48. The steer wrestling competition is much closer with Matt Reeves maintaining a small lead over Jacob Talley with $125,925.00
to $116,046.52. The team roping competition has the team of Dustin Egusquiza and Travis Graves maintaining only about a $200.00 lead over Luke Brown and Joseph Harrison. Saddle bronc riding has Wyatt Casper holding about a $40,000.00 lead over Ryder Wright, but Ryder has been on fire as he has won two of the five rounds and is first in the average which pays a chunk of change. This race may go down to the very last night. The tie down roping is another interesting race. Shad Mayfield has a comfortable lead of $187,399.13 over Westyn Hughes with $120,736.91, but Westyn is sitting first in the average and Shad is last. That average payout could certainly make up the
difference if they continue to rope accordingly. The barrel racing is fairly tight with Hailey Kinsel having about a $17,000.00 lead over second place challenger Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi. The bull riding will go down to the wire as well because the leader is Ky Hamilton, but he only has a $1,100.00 lead over Ty Wallace. Ky is in first place on the average, but Ty is not far behind in third place and with these bulls a zero can happen any night. With five more nights to go it's going to remain interesting to see just who takes home the World Championship in each event. Stay tuned and we will have a wrap up in next week's paper.