The eighth annual amateur bull riding was held Aug. 20, with the CCA indoor rodeo following Aug. 21 and 22.
Lisa Blaquiere sang the national anthem while Laura Martin rode a gelding raised from the first Saskatchewan foal crop by herself and her late husband, Bruce. The community lost 鈥淩ancher鈥� in December 2014. Laura and Bruce 鈥� Painted River Ranch 鈥� have been sponsors of the amateur bull riding for the past eight years.
Henri Blaquiere and Lisa Blaquiere were the announcers for the evening.
Of the 20 riders, only eight managed to stick to the bulls that they pulled. Making it into the short go were Cale Sims of Meota, Cody Hirshe of Whitkow, Evan Matchee of Cochin, Layne Jacobson of St. Walburg, Jesse Smith of North Battleford, Kenyon LaClare of Baljennie, Jamie Maynard of Lloydminster and Nick Petelas of Montreal, Que.
Of these eight, four stuck it out and Evan Matchee was the winner of the Painted River Ranch buckle.
During the half-time show, the young buckaroos took on the mutton. Sheep supplied by Rene and Karen Cadrain of Glaslyn challenged the up-and-coming bull riders of the area. This year there were 12 mutton busters. These little riders were Kaden Black from Whitkow, Maya Macnab from Lloydminster, Vayda McDonald from Edam, Logan Gervais from Turtleford, Jasmin LaClare from Lashburn, Bryar Carr from Vawn, Jaxon Ray from Meota, Kellen Headrick from Unity, Taysia Nasby from Spruce Lake, Riley Bresky from Turtleford, Kiptyn Troesch from Edam and Denver Butterfield from St. Walburg. All of these little ones were winners for even giving it a shot. Winner of the 50/50 draw for the evening was Bob Cole of Edam taking home $575.
A bridal shower was held Aug. 3 for August bride-elect, Taimarra Hamel. The basement of the Catholic church was decorated in the bride鈥檚 colours of black and pink. The centrepiece was made by her aunt, Mary Anne Corbeil.
Hostess Barb Blaquiere introduced the head table: the bride; maid of honour, Shyla Hamel, sister of the bride; bridesmaid, Renee Collins, friend of the bride; and Laurie Hamel, mother of the bride. Following a couple of games and advice to help the young couple with their marriage, the gifts were opened.
Taimarra thanked the ladies for attending and for all the well wishes and invited them all to the wedding.
Taimarra married Scott Theisen of the Meota and North Battleford area Aug. 15 in the same church her parents were married in, the Edam Catholic Church. They will be making their home on their acreage in the Edam/Vawn area where Taimarra works for Hilltop Ventures and Scott works for RacKen.
Congratulations to you both and may you have a long and happy marriage.
A bridal shower for September bride-elect, Janine Bellanger, was held Aug. 29 at the Legion at 2 p.m. Following a few games, the bride was presented with gifts from the ladies of the community.
Seated at the head table with Janine were: her matron of honour, Vicky Dyck, aunt of the bride; Joan Bellanger, mother of the bride; and Rose Matthews, grandmother of the bride. Janine is the daughter of Frank and Joan Bellanger of Edam and will be marrying Nathan Tebay, son of Jim and Sue Tebay of Big Fork, Mont.
The happy couple will exchange vows Sept. 19 in Polson, Mont. Janine and Nathan will be making their home in Belgrade, Mont., a suburb of Bozeman where both work 鈥� Janine at Bayliss Architects and Nathan as a software developer.
Congratulations to you both and all the best in your marriage.
