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Black Tie
International: The 2010 Potter Valley Spring Festival
& Rodeo |
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Luke Logan, 7th generation
Potter Valley cowboy,
leads "Hollywood" down the trail
Photo courtesy of Potter Valley
Rodeo, who holds all rights
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Raising funds 'one buck at a
time,' ranchers in Northern California's rural Potter Valley
are preserving their working cowboy lifestyle with the
creation of a new rodeo arena and community park, a
year-round regional center for country recreation and cowboy
skill-building
The cowboy community of
Northern California's Potter Valley is making an urgent call
for donations to be used for the purchase of covered seating
for spectators at the numerous events to be held annually at
its new rodeo grounds. The roping, team penning and other
ranching skills honed and showcased at the many events held
here are used by local and visiting cowboys and cowgirls
every day of their lives on working ranches. The need is
immediate, as the seating must be installed in time for the
2010
Potter Valley Spring Festival & Rodeo, to be held over
Memorial Weekend
(May 29 - 31, 2010). The Festival Rodeo is a CCPRA
(California Cowboys Pro Rodeo Association) sanctioned event.
Any donations above and beyond the $300,000 needed for the
covered seating will be used to build additional amenities
including a covered all-weather arena, an RV camping area,
stables for visiting horses, better pens and more.
Local farming and ranching
families have worked hard, under the auspices of the Potter
Valley Community Parks & Recreation organization, to
purchase a 23-acre parcel of land, create a master plan and
break ground on the new arena. The big dream: a year round
regional center for country recreation and skill-building.
Chutes and panels will be installed over several forthcoming
volunteer weekends. Now the organization is racing the
clock to buy and install seating for spectators. "Covered
seating is our single biggest urgent expense," said Clyde
Blundell, Chairman of Potter Valley Community Parks and
Recreation. "The old location was below an oak-studded
hillside, so seating wasn't an issue. In this new valley
floor location, we don't have the hill and we don't have the
trees for shade," he said.
Donor names will appear on a
special Honor Roll on the Potter Valley Rodeo website.
Contributions can be mailed to: Potter Valley Community
Parks & Recreation Rodeo Fund, P.O. Box 68, Potter Valley,
CA 95469. To donate equipment, building materials or
services, direct queries to the same address, attn: Clyde
Blundell.
Donations are also accepted through Paypal at
http://www.pottervalleyrodeo.com/. 100% of contributions
are tax deductible and are guaranteed to go directly to the
rodeo grounds and related amenities. Potter Valley Community
Parks & Recreation is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization.
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