Gonvick Lions Club’s 26th annual rodeo to be held this Friday and Saturday
Tue, 07/12/2016 - 2:11pm
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The Gonvick Lions Rodeo is coming up with two days of rodeo events. It is the 26th year that the Gonvick Lions have put on the rodeo.
They will both be night time rodeos starting at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, July 15 and Saturday, July 16. The night time rodeo went over so well last year the group decided to run both of them at night again.
This rodeo has been dubbed “the best little rodeo around” and provides up close and personal views of rodeo livestock and dangerous bulls from the Wo Jo Rodeo Company. There are bucking broncos, trick riders, rodeo clowns, barrel racers, steer wrestlers, calf ropers, and bull riders to keep you entertained throughout the show.
Many of these riders are competing for monetary prizes, and some local riders are trying to vie for prize money for their very first time. There are nine full events for both evenings, and there will be a rodeo activity for the little buckaroos during intermission both evenings.
The Lions will again be having a parade on Saturday, July 16 starting at 2:00 p.m. Registration begins just south of the Gonvick Community Center at 12:45 pm with Stacy Halvorson, the City Clerk, in charge.
The Kiddie Parade will be held just before the rodeo parade. Line-up will be on the north end of Main Street near the Samhold Lutheran Church. Kiddies are reminded to come with their rodeo get-up or something special for the day.
The Gonvick American Legion will be having their bingo on Thursday, July 14 at the air conditioned Legion cabin. They will be offering several prize packages for a night of entertainment. Warmup game starts at 6:45 with the games to begin at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday will be the fishing contest on beautiful Pine Lake just south of Gonvick. The action will begin at 7:00 a.m. and end at 11:00 a.m. Devin Aakre will be in charge at the dock at Sportsmen’s Lodge. Prizes will be awarded in different categories.
The Samhold Youth group will be having their baked potato stand with all the trimmings starting at 11:00 and serving until 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 16. They will be located on the lawn near the Gonvick Community Center.
The Gonvick American Legion Post 304 and Auxiliary will be having a rodeo meal on Saturday from 3:30 to 5:30 pm at the Legion cabin. The “Big Bass Ramblers” will also be playing from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. before the rodeo begins at 6:00 p.m.
Additional entertainment will be provided Saturday evening at The Trap in downtown Gonvick following the rodeo.
Everyone is invited to this yearly festive Rodeo event sponsored by the Gonvick Lions Club, the Gonvick Jubilee Committee, and numerous business owners.
Odegaard is grand Marshall
The Grand Marshall for the Gonvick Lions Rodeo this year is Rose Odegaard. She celebrated her 99th birthday in May and has lived most of her life in Gonvick.
She was born on May 8, 1917 to Albert and Ida Johnson in Gonvick. She was a 1936 graduate of Gonvick High School. She enjoyed playing on the girls basketball team and they always played against Clearbrook.
After high school she attended Beauty School in Fargo and she opened up a shop in downtown Gonvick.
She was married to Verner Odegaard in 1941 and they lived in Clearbrook as he worked at the bank in Clearbrook with Carl Jensen and then he started with Chester Berg in Gonvick and they moved to Gonvick.
Verner enlisted in the Army and during that time kept up the home front. He returned home and started a plumbing business and later worked for the Gonvick Post Office.
They raised four children JoAnn, Arvin, Dennis and Debbie. She was active in the Samhold Ladies Aid, Sewing Club, Garden Club and the Gonvick American Legion Auxiliary.
She enjoyed other sports and at one time there was a golf course west of Trail which they enjoyed. She golfed at Erskine and the Riverview Golf Course in Gonvick. She enjoyed cross country skiing and was active in the community. She loved to bake and you could smell the good odors as you got close to her house. Her flower garden and screen house were full of her beautiful flowers. She liked to play Spite and Malice (a card game) and to put puzzles together.
They lived next door to her parents house in Gonvick and she watched over them as her father was 105 when he died and her mother 92.
She is now a resident of the First Care Living Center in Fosston.