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Shrine to SD rodeo dedicated with statue unveilingBY DAVID [email protected]
Winds blowing 20-plus miles per hour at their calmest could not deter hundreds from honor-ing a true South Dakota sport and one of the men who epitomizes it.
Braving the cold, windswept conditions on the bluff outside the Casey Tibbs South Dakota Rodeo Center in Fort Pierre, an estimated 200 to 300 people gath-ered Saturday for the dedication of the Johnny Smith Memorial Sculpture Garden and the unveil-ing of its first statue, the likeness of five-time world saddle bronc champion Billy Etbauer.
The statue, crafted by sculp-tor Tony Chytka, depicts the Ree
Heights native winning the 2009 Cheyenne Frontier Days saddle bronc event with 89 points on a horse called Painted Valley.
The unveiling coin-cided, fittingly enough, with the 20th Annual Casey Tibbs Match of Champions, which Etbauer won twice, held later that evening at the newly improved arena on the Stanley County Fairgrounds.
The statue is the first to go into the garden, which has spaces for two more similarly sized pieces of art to flank Etbauer, plus plen-ty of room to expand to include other representations of rodeo
greats in the future.Cindy Bahe, the center’s direc-
tor, said she was glad the sculp-ture garden was ready for the dedication, given delays because of the year’s late win-ter weather. They were still laying bricks a few days ago, she said.
With Etbauer’s stat-ue now installed, it’s time to begin thinking about getting others to join him.
“I would like to see one up next year,” Bahe said.
There’s no decision on who will join Etbauer to be immortalized People gather around the statue of world champion saddle bronc rider Billy Etbauer
at the Casey Tibbs South Dakota Rodeo Center Saturday. (David Rookhuyzen/Capital Journal)See STATUE, A8
Richard and Kay Tobin stand by their donated rock at hole 15 on the Hillsview golf course. (Allison Jarrell/Capital Journal)
BY MARCUS [email protected]
It was cloudy, overcast and a bit rainy in Pierre on Friday.
At Hillsview Golf Course, that hardly mattered. After all, it was time to celebrate.
The course formally celebrated its new and improved clubhouse and the day provided a chance to appreciate the work that has been done to bring the links back from the 2011 Missouri River flood.
Donors, who contributed $125,000 total to the clubhouse, played a four-person, nine hole scramble and followed that up with a recognition dinner in the renovated clubhouse.
“It’s sort of a ‘Welcome
back Hillsview’ event and it’s a chance to thank the donors who helped fund the renovations of the clubhouse and to celebrate what we have,” Pierre Parks and Recreation Director Tom Farnsworth said.
Despite being away for two years, golfers have come back to Hillsview. Farnsworth said
memberships have bounced back nicely from prior to the flood, something that was a concern to the city.
“It really goes to show what type of golf community we have here,” said Carin Doyle-Hayn, who is a native of Pierre and moved into her role as club pro in May 2012. “I knew that the golf community would come back from the flood and that’s really held true in the last month we’ve been open.”
The clubhouse was officially dedicated May 1, 2010, but the celebration, ironically enough, was delayed by weather. The flood of 2011 and the subsequent
A course comeback: Hillsview celebrates improvements years in the making
BY CAPITAL JOURNAL [email protected]
The 2013 Casey Tibbs Match of Champions turned out to be just that as a Missouri bronc rider soared past last year’s champion to take top honors.
More than 2,000 fans came to
the new Casey Tibbs Arena in Fort Pierre on Saturday night to see 30 top cowboys and five select stock contractors compete at the 2013 Casey Tibbs Match of Champions bronc match.
After 46 bronc rides, Will Smith from Marshall, Mo., was named the champion, earning $5,500 and
the coveted “Tornado Bronze” statue by scoring an 89 on Sutton Rodeo’s “Bucking Horse of the Year,” Chuckulator.
Sterling Crawley, the 2012 Match winner from Stephenville, Texas, placed second with an 85.5
Missouri bronc rider wins 2013 Match of Champions
A rider exits a bucking chute Saturday night during the Casey Tibbs Match of Champions at the Stanley County Fairgrounds. (Allison Jar-rell/Capital Journal)
Oahe Farm and Ranch Show slated to take place June 25-26 BY ALLISON [email protected]
The 2013 Oahe Farm and Ranch Show, set for June 25-26 at the Oahe Speedway north of Pierre, marks the second time ever for a new central South Dakota ag show that planners intend to be an annu-al event.
The family friend-ly trade show will focus on farming and ranching, as well as educational opportu-nities for kids.
“Last year it was just a farm show,” said Dorene Foster, marketing director for Morris Inc., which owns the speedway and is coordinating the event. “This year we’re focusing a little more on the rancher.”
The show will run Tuesday, June 25, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesday, June 26, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Foster is anticipating about 200 indoor and outdoor exhibitors this year, ranging from vendors of livestock equipment and antique tractors to those selling truck parts and trailers.
Featured seminars include the Hefty
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“To see it a few years ago was tough but the recovery has been inspiring because I knew we’d be able to come back,”
Carin Doyle-Hayn, club pro
If you goWHAT: Oahe Farm and Ranch ShowWHEN: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. June 25, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 26.WHERE: Oahe Speedway
The statues cost roughly $80,000 a piece, depending on the price of the bronze, said Cindy Bahe, the center’s director.
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