Great Falls, Lazy E … and Glenn Beck?
The city of San Juan Capistrano, Calif., closed escrow last month on a triangular 132-acre parcel of land from Rancho Mission Viejo, securing the rodeo grounds at the east edge of town for open space. According to the agreement, the property will be forever restricted to sports fields, habitat, agriculture and equestrian uses, including continuation of the Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo, the PRCA’s richest two-day rodeo competition. …
Former PRCA steer wrestler Scott McKinney has been named head football coach at Madera (Calif.) High School. McKinney had earnings of $60,102 in PRCA rodeos, competing between 1993 and 2005. …
The University of Great Falls (Mont.) has hired Dick Lyman as coach of the school’s newly-formed rodeo team. Lyman competed in rodeo at Montana State University, where he was also an All-American defensive player on the 1976 Division II national championship team. …
Mike Allen, one of the founders of the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo Hall of Fame, saw his 2004 book A Patriot’s History of the United States climb all the way to No. 1 on the Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble best-sellers list after talk show host Glenn Beck said during a broadcast that it should be required reading. …
The Mesquite Championship Rodeo schedule this year will include several post-rodeo concerts. Mesquite organizers were encouraged to take this step after a recent concert by country singer Dwight Yoakum drew more than 6,000 spectators. …
The Greeley (Colo.) Stampede Foundation will be giving 15 scholarships of $1,500 each to selected students from Weld and Larimer County high school seniors. Since the program’s inception, the Stampede has awarded more than $177,000 in scholarships to Northern Colorado students. …
The Wrangler Timed Event Championships return to the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Okla., March 5-7. Twenty of the PRCA’s top cowboys will compete in “The Ironman” event, each trying their hand at tie-down roping, steer roping, heading, heeling and steer wrestling over five rounds. Trevor Brazile is the six-time and reigning WTEC champion.
