Hi all … I hope you each are doing well and are excited for our Oakdale Rodeo this weekend.
It’s so much fun to see so many horse trailers, cattle trailers and pickup trucks from all around this great country coming in for our Oakdale Rodeo. Every year at rodeo time, I love to sit on my front porch and watch our Valley Home Road as those beautiful trailers come rolling into town. It’s a very special time of the year for sure. Our community grows by huge numbers as the ranchers send their best cowboys and cowgirls into town to rodeo. Our local cowgirls and cowboys are extremely talented, and each of them look forward to this weekend. For me, as I get a bit older, I have really learned to appreciate the hard work and the efforts of our rodeo folks. Whether you are a contestant or the hard-working folks who get our Oakdale rodeo grounds ready for ‘Rodeo Weekend’ … you are greatly appreciated. I hope each one of you reading this will take the time to listen to a very special song, “Running Through The Rain” – cowboy and singing legend Chris LeDoux wrote this great song about our Oakdale Rodeo.
He was a very special cowboy and loved the Western way of life.
Our Oakdale Rodeo brings out the greatest cowboys and cowgirls; the rodeo parade starts at 9 am Saturday downtown, with the rodeo kicking off with a 1:30 pm Grand Entry both Saturday and Sunday at the Oakdale Saddle Club Grounds.
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Now on to other great things happening around our area …
Valley Home MAC meeting will be Wednesday, April 9 at 6:30 pm at Valley Home School; come hear our First Responders and our Stanislaus County officials.
Thursday, April 10 our Fire Board will hold their monthly meeting at 10 am. All are encouraged to attend … the meeting will be held in Valley Home this month at our Valley Home Fire Station, located across from the General Store.
Oakdale High School Sober Grad meeting will be held this coming Monday, April 14 at Mountain Mikes Pizza at 6 pm. Your helping hands are greatly needed.
East Stanislaus Fire Safe Council will hold their next meeting on Monday, April 21 at 6 pm at the Gene Bianchi Community Center; we hope to see you all there.
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As always you may reach me by email at winniemullins51@gmail.com or by telephone (call or text) at 209-985-5233.
Until next time, “Happy Trails To All!”
