{"id":25412,"date":"2015-05-12T07:39:26","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T12:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=25412"},"modified":"2015-05-12T20:57:24","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T01:57:24","slug":"hometown-kids-ride-rope-in-high-school-rodeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2015\/05\/12\/hometown-kids-ride-rope-in-high-school-rodeo\/","title":{"rendered":"Hometown Kids Ride & Rope in High School Rodeo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Submitted by:
\nAusten Anderson |<\/p>\n

High School Rodeo descended on Swan River on May 9 and 10, 2015 and it was a huge success. The Ag Society grounds as well as Main Street were full of contestants, family and spectators eager for some spring rodeo action.
\n<\/br>Pictures by Della Mckay, Joan Mosiondz & Lois Mosiondz
\nClick any picture for a larger version.<\/em><\/p>\n

The event was organized by a small dedicated committee that had the vision to bring High School Rodeo to Swan River. <\/p>\n

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Committee member Della McKay had the following thoughts on the event.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The weekend was a huge success in my eyes.\u00a0 Everything ran smoothly, even the weather cooperated.\u00a0 We had a lot of positive feedback from the contestants, parents and spectators.\u00a0 We had very few volunteers, but the people we did have worked hard to ensure this event ran the way it did.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

We had a lot of compliments on our facility as well.\u00a0 It was also nice to see people come out and cheer on our hometown kids.\u00a0 We learned a lot along the way and are thankful that family, and friends stepped in to help us out, along with our Business Sponsors, the marketing class, Ag Society. Without them, this wouldn\u2019t have been possible.\u00a0 It was definitely worth the work and we are already thinking about next year\u2019s High School Rodeo!<\/p>\n

Hometown Kids<\/em>
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\nLeft to right: Jenna McKay, Whitney Nepinak, Emma Hart, Zac Machan, Freddy Seib<\/em><\/p>\n

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Kinsmen member Ryan Maksymchuk was thrilled at the turn out and community support. \u201cIt felt like July, lots of people from as far away as South Dakota and Ontario.\u201d He also mentioned that one contestant did not realize how far Swan River was from Winnipeg and was surprized that after driving nine hours to Winnipeg that they still had another 5 hours to go. <\/p>\n

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Our locals performed very well with Whitney Nepinak placing first in the Reining Cow Horse event as well as Sunday\u2019s Barrel Racing. Emma Hart competed in Barrel Racing and Pole Bending. <\/p>\n

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Zackery Machan and Freddie Seib competed in Bull Riding and Saddle Bronc for the first time and did very well.<\/p>\n

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The High School Rodeo is a great opportunity for the youth of Swan River as well as the community. It provides a chance for locals to get a start in rodeo without having to travel. It also brought hundreds of people to Swan River that contributed to our economy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Submitted by: Austen Anderson | High School Rodeo descended on Swan River on May 9 and 10, 2015 and it was a huge success. The Ag Society grounds as well as Main Street were full of contestants, family and spectators eager for some spring rodeo action. Pictures by Della Mckay, Joan Mosiondz & Lois Mosiondz […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13,16,15],"class_list":["post-25412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-coverage","tag-life","tag-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}