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Show Pleasant Grove Review New Utah! - Wednesday, June 13, 2001 - Page 6 0W uffalo Breath' to entertain at rodeo By Kalyn Secretan The Strawberry Days Rodeo 2001 will feature a night to remember when Dan Mcintosh puts on his costume and becomes Buford T. Wells, A.K.A. Buffalo Breath. He will be performing at the Strawberry Days Rodeo. Keep away from the fence and check the batteries in your pace maker cause when Buffalo Breath enters the arena with his team and wagon, it's hard to tell what's going to happen next. With a wagon full of moonshine,' gun powder, ammunition and ladies's lingerie, Buford will be poking pok-ing fun at, well, just about anyone in town. His act includes comedy, a hard running team of horses, outlaws, gunfire, pyrotechnics and surprises galore. At home Mcintosh runs a yearling operations near Longford, Kan., along with his wife, Nancy, and children chil-dren Amanda, 14, and Luke, 12. As a committee member for the local rodeo in Longford he was frustrated with the content and lack of originality in the specialty acts they hired. He approached the stock contractor about an idea and was encouraged to pursue pur-sue it. He built the wagon and props, practiced and rehearsed. What looks like a "normal" "nor-mal" wagon does some strange things when it gets shot at by outlaws, all while being pulled by a hard running run-ning team of well trained quarter horses. Mark Swingler, the Barrell Man, will also present pres-ent specialty acts. He will help two top ranked bullfighters bull-fighters and provide entertainment enter-tainment and protection for the contestants. The Strawberry Days Rodeo is in its 81st continuous continu-ous year. Pre-Rodeo entertainment enter-tainment will include, Mutton Bustin', and Lance Perry with the Prairie Dogs. Will Rasmussen is the announcer and Bud and Evelyn Kirby, owners of Bar-T-Rodeo will supply Buford T. Wells, or "Buffalo Breath" will perform at the Strawberry Days Rodeo with his team and wagon. some of the best rodeo stock in the country. The rodeo will be June 20 - 23 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will be $6 for adults on Wednesday night and $8 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Children's tickets will be $3. All tickets sold on Saturday night will be $8. Children will be admitted free with a paying adult on Thursday night. Slack will be held Friday June 22 at 9 a.m. Montana announcer coming to PG's rodeo By Kalyn Secretan Will Rasmussen from Choteau, Mont., will arrive in Pleasant Grove next week as the rodeo announcer announc-er for the Strawberry Days celebration. He is noted for his smooth, easy listening voice, his solid knowledge of rodeo and a style that is both entertaining and informative. With more than a decade of experience in the industry indus-try and now a Wrangler endorsee, Rasmussen is a veteran rodeo announcer, who since advancing to the PRCA ranks in 1994, has shared his style of announcing announc-ing with rodeo fans in Montana and across the United States. The 40-year-old Montana announcer's love of rodeo stems from his experience as the oldest child of the "Rodeoing Rasmussens," a family in which just about everyone was involved in the sport of rodeo. His mother is a timer and his father an experienced announcer. One brother is a competitor while his youngest Brother, Flint, was named the 1998 and 1999 PRCA Clown of the Year. His wife, Darcy, was also raised in a rodeoing family, and continues to compete in barrel racing and raises and trains horses. They are passing their passion for the sport along to their kids, Curt, Kyla, Casey Jo and Quincy, as the family hits the road for the rodeo season. His father, Stan, helped him get started. "He called me and told me he had scheduled two rodeos for the same weekend, week-end, he needed me to bail him out," Rasmussen said. That was in 1981, when Will drove to Gardiner, Mont., to announce the Upper Yellowstone Stampede. He was deathly afraid, but it went pretty well. Through rodeo announcing, announc-ing, Rasmussen found a way to blend his love of the industry and his skills as a radio announcer. At that time, he was known as a popular Bozeman, Mont., disc jockey and later worked at a radio station in Shelby, Mont. His interest grew from a weekend hobby to a full time career. While he still maintains an interest in the Choteau insurance firm where he is a partner, he has also found his place among the top announcers in his profession. He grew up in Choteau, raising horses and cattle on the family's place just outside out-side of town, and was an outstanding high school football player and vocalist. After graduating from Choteau High, he attended Montana State University. In his spare time, he coaches coach-es Little League baseball, is involved in the Choteau Jaycees, sings at community communi-ty functions and writes country western music. Rasmussen says the thrill of announcing rodeos never gets old. "It's a great reward to have thousands of people respond positively to something some-thing that's happened and to know you helped that along." Crowton comes to Credit Union Grand Opening mm V mm iltitt Coach Crowton signs Community Credit Union. Photo by Kalyn Secretan autographs at the new By Kalyn Secretan BYU's "Cosmo" and new Football Coach Gary Crowton, along with the Pleasant Grove High Viking Cheerleaders, brought a lot of life and activity to the new Utah Community Credit Union Grand Opening last Saturday. The new Credit Union is on the triangle corner between the Purple Turtle and Daylight donuts. Kids lined up to receive a mini football with Coach Crowton's autograph. The Cheerleaders served hot dogs and drinks and at various var-ious times gathered in one of their routines. Everyone could try to get a football through a hoop to win a Purple Turtle milk shake. The credit union manag er, Kelly Terry was a Pleasant Grove High Viking and she participated in Clogger's West under the direction of her uncle, Terry Tucker. Kelly is glad to be back in Pleasant Grove, she has worked in the East Bay Office for the past eight years. Her Dad, Blair Tucker is a good friend of Coach Crowton. The Credit Union began as a Campus Credit Union for BYU employees back in 1956 with just seven members. mem-bers. They all contributed $5. Now it has grown to 74,000 members and seven Credit Union Offices. 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