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Show Color Country Rodeo Stars Awarded Prizes Winning riders and participants at Color Country Rodeo received more than 160.000 during the I97S season according to Tom Simkina, owner and Laurie Holman. secretary Spectators came from many countries including France. England, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, many of them seeing a rodeo for the first time. Many of the tourists stayed an extra day to attend the rodeo Participating cowboys came from Logan. Hobbs, N M , many places In between like Las Vegas, St George, Castledale. Cedar City, Garfield and Piute counties During the summer all the counties in the state of Utah were represented Many local people helped including Vern Robison, Curtis R obi son. Tom Hatch, Wayne Miller and clowns Fred Torrea. Cedar City and Richard Gale, Beaver The announcer Than Hanchett, came three times a week either from his home in Las Vegas or his home in Anna bells laurie Holman was the secretary, Betty Fran dson and Debbie Robison were the timers. The rodeo was opened three times a week from Memorial Day weekend in May to Labor Day, in September. Beautiful hand-crafted buckles were given to top cowboys in each vent: bareback, Dave Brown; saddle bronc, Clint Mecham, Tropic; bulls, Bill Melling, Cedar City, calf roping, Curtis Robison, Panguitch, Team Roping, Don Honey, Kanab and Tom Drake. St George Top steer wrestler was Brent Atkins. St George, barrel racing, Michele Liston. Escalante and best all around Cowboy was Randy Bowler. St ' George The sheriff posse members supported the rodeo each night fur nishing a trained am hulance driver for every performance Tickets were sold for Tom Simkins' saddle which was given to Escalante Sawmill The posse raised money for equipment and radios for the group |