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Show k: t xxi Ml f!?.!'-IsV'" r i-jrf-r?m -.. f.- - WORLD CHAMPION ail-Around Cowboy, Tom Ferguson, competes in the steer wrestling con test. Ferguson took part in the 1977 Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo. lop ranked! rodeo cowboy have corDnrae'fed in VernciE The Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo will take place in Vernal at the Uintah County Coun-ty Fairgrounds on July 3, 4 and 5 and many top ranked cowboys have competed com-peted in the annual event. Tom Ferguson, national finals all-around . cowboy from Miami, Oklahoma; Don Gay, a national bull riding champion from Mesquite, Texas; Roy Cooper, Durant, Oklahoma, national calf roping champion; Joe Marvel, national saddle bronc champion from Battle Mountain, Nevada; Dave Brock, a national calf roping champion from Pueblo, Colo.; Joe Alexander, Marysville, Calif., bareback champ, Brad Smith and George Richards, national team roping champions from Ariz., have taken part in the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo. The rodeo will begin each night at 8 p.m. and a parade will be held at 6:30 p.m. Vernal's rodeo has had outstanding cowboys such as Jim Allen, Vernal, calf roping; Jack Hannum, Ogden, national finals, calf roping, steer wrestling; Mickey Young, national finals competitor com-petitor in bareback bronc riding from Ferron, Utah; Ken Henry, Happy, Texas, Tex-as, bull riding; John David, Durant, Oklahoma, bull riding; Lyle Sankey, Branson, Missouri, bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc, bull riding; Matt Silveria, Calif., team roping; Wall Woodard, Doyle Gellerman, Calif., team roping; Dan Webb, Mike Webb, calf roping; Wayne Thawley, Lee Woodbury, team roping; Mike Marvel, saddle bronc; Alvin Deal, bareback; J.C. Trujillo, Steamboat Springs, bareback bronc; Dixon Hamilton, Ut., Wilderness Circuit champion in saddle bronc riding; Lynn Cuch, Sherwood , Cuch, bronc riding; Reg Cuch, bull riding, Western Uintah County; Lonnie, Jay and Monty Hadley, Odgen, calf roping; rop-ing; Bobby Berger, Norman, Oklahoma, saddle bronc, bull riding; Leo Camarillo, Calif., team roping; and Utah's D.J. Terry, saddle bronc riding. Many other talented cowboys have also competed in the Dinosaur Roundup -Rodeo. Some of the cowboys who have taken part in the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo, who are ranked in the top ten in the " World Standings in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys' Association as of June 2 are all-around Lyle Sankey, j $28,252; Roy Cooper, fourth, $2( Leo Camarillo, seventh, $19,883- 1 Brock, eighth, $19,877; Tom Fer'gi tenth, $15,624; bareback bronc r -Mickey Young, first, $23,004; J C jillo, third, $15,937; Joe Alex'andei th, $12,505; bull riding, Don Gay, t" $16,801; Lyle Sankey, fourth, $it Ken Henry, eighth, $11,146; John E tenth, $9,643; calf roping - Ray Co' first, $26,475; steer wrestling -Ferguson, fourth, $13,060; Dave B eighth, $9,368 and team roping Camarillo-Tee Woolman, first, $n Walt Woodard, Doyle Gellerman, t $11,140; George Richards, Mat Si'h eighth, $6,569. The 30th annual Dinosaur Rou Rodeo is PRCA approved. Family will be on July 3. D.A. Swanny 1 -will provide the stock. Jackpot '"" roping will occur on July 5. A danc be held on July 4-5 after the rodeo, events of the rodeo will be bare! saddle broc, bull riding, calf ro steer wrestling, team roping and b racing. |