Children ages 8 and younger dig through the dirt as they participate in a silver dollar coin hunt Sunday at Cattle Call Arena in Brawley. One hundred coins were scattered on the ground at the start of the event. (Fernando Acosta Jr.) |
BRAWLEY — Five-year-old Joana Reed seemed like she was ready for the races Sunday during a new attraction that was cooked up for the Cattle Call Rodeo.
Joana was too shy to talk about it but she along with 50 to 60 other children were set to become a little richer during the event where they were all to look for $1 coins placed in the soil at the Cattle Call arena.
The children were timed to accomplish their effort under a time limit of about a minute. There were 100 $1 coins placed in the dirt.
The new event was a precursor to the steer wrestling, bareback bronc riding and other rodeo-related events that pleased the crowds during the Cattle Call Rodeo that is now in its 55th year.
Joana’s father, John, was too happy to see his young daughter participate in something that gets children active.
“It’s just for the kids to have a little fun,” he said. “It was awesome.”
Reno Rosser, of Flying U Rodeo Co. Inc., echoed those sentiments, adding that as a stock contractor he has featured the coin event in all rodeos.
“We do this just to give the kids a chance of being in the rodeo arena,” Rosser said.
Staff Writer Silvio J. Panta can be reached at 760-337-3442 or at spanta@ivpressonline.com
Joana was too shy to talk about it but she along with 50 to 60 other children were set to become a little richer during the event where they were all to look for $1 coins placed in the soil at the Cattle Call arena.
The children were timed to accomplish their effort under a time limit of about a minute. There were 100 $1 coins placed in the dirt.
The new event was a precursor to the steer wrestling, bareback bronc riding and other rodeo-related events that pleased the crowds during the Cattle Call Rodeo that is now in its 55th year.
Joana’s father, John, was too happy to see his young daughter participate in something that gets children active.
“It’s just for the kids to have a little fun,” he said. “It was awesome.”
Reno Rosser, of Flying U Rodeo Co. Inc., echoed those sentiments, adding that as a stock contractor he has featured the coin event in all rodeos.
“We do this just to give the kids a chance of being in the rodeo arena,” Rosser said.
Staff Writer Silvio J. Panta can be reached at 760-337-3442 or at spanta@ivpressonline.com
