Show i 4 r L 1 J t A PROFESSIONAL COWBOY attempts to rido Sunday Punch during a rodeo Sunday Punch bucker at the 1976 National Finals will be at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo Thursday Friday and Saturday In Vernal Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo begins ins Thursday The Annual Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo will occur at atthe atthe atthe the Uintah County Fairgrounds in Vernal Thursday Friday and nd Saturday The rodeo action will start each night at pm p.m. A parade will be held each day at 6 pm p.m. Some of the rodeo events willbe will willbe willbe be bareback bronc riding bull riding saddle bronc riding steer wrestling calf calC roping team roping and barrel racing The Posse Salt Lake City The Wild Bunch Vernal Dinah Spurs Vernal Uintah Basin Riders Roosevelt doggie dressing and other wild and woolly feats will be the special halftime acts The rodeo js js by y the the Professional R Rodeo deo Cowboys Association tion Entry fees ranging from 25 to 40 per event will be added to the 1725 purse for total money THE filE STOCK contractor is Stephens Brothers of Middleton Middleton Mid Mid- Idaho They are bringing the 1976 saddle bronc horse of the national Finals Rodeo Sunday Punch to the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo The rodeo royalty for the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo will consist of Lori McNeill queen T Tamara mara Johnson Miss Uintah Nancy Long Miss Vernal and Joyce Reynolds Miss Congeniality A dance will be held Friday and Saturday after the rodeo at atthe atthe atthe the Uintah County Fairgrounds The music will be by Marty Muir and the of Heber FAMILY NIGHT will be Thursday Tickets must be purchased before the rodeo at atthe atthe atthe the D Bar T Western Store or at atthe atthe atthe the trailer on on the bank ank corn corner r. r Saturday morning will be a a jackpot team roping contest at 10 am a.m. at the Uintah County Fairgrounds Members of the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo Committee are Wayne Jenkins president Randy Terry vice president Dan Thacker secretary Norris Harrison queens Ed Jenkins grounds Buzz Holmes stock Sherryl parade and Dewey Caldwell all around committee man The announcer for the rodeo will be Clyde Ashby Ash Ash- Ashby by Vernal Rodeo is Americas America's original sport with its heritage reaching back to the great cattle drives of a hundred years ago Cowboys today pay their own rodeo entry fees and travel expenses and receive only what money they're skilled or lucky enough to win in the arena TOP HANDS sometimes sometimes comp compete t In n 50 or more rodeos deos' deos annually and win upwards to Reigning world champion all around cowboy Tom Ferguson garnered more than in the sport last year Ferguson and other top cowboys compete not only for the rodeo prize which hit a record 67 million in the last year but also for a place at rodeos world series the National Finals Only the top 15 winners in each event at atthe atthe atthe the end of the season can compete at the Finals where the games game's world championships championships cham cham- are are determined each December The sanctions about rodeos annually in more than 37 states and four Canadian provinces Membership Membership Mem Mem- totals more than annually with a like number of permit holders or fledgling cowboys working tow toward d winning their first 1000 m mandatory h tory for full mem mem- rodeos are produced by some 40 stock contractors located throughout the country Stephens Brothers Middleton Idaho will produce the Vernal contest 1 |