RODEO — Five-year-old Charity Richardson of Pilot Mountain (photo above) riding in the mutton busting competition loses her grip as the sheep sprints across the arena. Clowns were on hand to assist the youth and all the rodeo performers throughout the evening.

Rodeo raises $3,500 for squad

The fifth-annual Alleghany County Rescue Squad Junior Rodeo helped raise about $3,500 for the local volunteer organization. Attendance was down from years past, said Jackie Duncan, treasurer for the squad. "We had fewer than 500 people both nights," she said, noting that most years twice that many or more attend.

In the photo at left, Corey Atwell of Lenny's Mill (near Hamptonville) tries his hand at steer wrestling, grabbing hold just before flipping the steer onto its side. Atwell is originally from Australia. The next Junior Rodeo circuit event will be July 20 at 2 p.m. at Palomino Mountain Ranch in Low Gap.

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