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Lea Park Action Wows Crowds At 60th Annual Rodeo
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Karen Nedzielski Reporter The weather cleared just in time for the Lea Park Rodeo committee to hold its 60th annual event in the picturesque coulee north of Marwayne. The Friday night performance got underway on time as crews worked frantically the previous days to ensure the arena ground would be in the best condition possible for the
cowboys and cowgirls to ride in. Committee member Rick Hozack, said even with the inch and a half of rain that fell on the rodeo grounds the Thursday before the rodeo, the arena floor was in good condition for the event. The committee has been working on conditioning the arena floor twice per week throughout the year, to help maintain an optimal base for the rodeo. Hozack said four years ago the Lea Park
Rodeo was named the most improved ground in the sport of Canadian Professional Rodeo as voted on by the participants. The following year, it won the best rodeo arena ground in all of Pro Rodeo Canada. The Friday night events kicked off with the Lea Park Riders opening the event with a grand entry musical ride and immediately following was the high kicking action of the bareback riders.
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The cowboys would be hard pressed to get past the eight seconds as stock from both Franklin Rodeo and the Calgary Stampede would try their best to dismount the cowboys. The Ladies would be the next to take to the arena as the barrel racers ran the clover leaf pattern in hopes of not knocking over a barrel. It would be Rene Leclercq of Holden, Alberta, on her palomino horse Continued to next page.
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