Known for its week-long cavalcade of events, California Rodeo “Big Week” is the largest community event held in Salinas. Parades, barbecues, cowboy poetry, fireworks, concerts, a carnival, and much more. Read More
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Janet Wilder
Take life and grab it by the horns became my motto on April 24, 2004. I had tossed and turned after dealing with a fussy toddler when I placed my Read More
Lisa Smith, Ponoka Stampede
I would first of all like to thank you and your fellow workers who work so tirelessly for such a great cause. As with thousands of other families, ours has Read More
Wade Wheatley
In 2004, just before I left for the Dallas Tour Finale, my mom asked me if I thought the contestants at the upcoming Wrangler National Finals Rodeo would consider wearing Read More
Allen Bach - Team Roping
My mother got breast cancer in 1968 and went to Virgina Mason in Seattle, WA. At the time, we lived in Coulee City about 4 hours away. We went back Read More
Birch Negaard - Steer Wrestling
On Thanksgiving Day 1994 my mother Sherry died of breast cancer. Her funeral was the Monday prior to my first NFR appearance. My wife Louise and I have a two Read More
Bob Tallman - Rodeo Announcer
My mother-in-law was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 84 years old. She chose to have a complete masectomy and after a four day hospital stay was up and Read More
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