ATTENTION TIMED EVENT GALS....KC Schaack will be jackpotting the girls events at State Finals too. Please sign up during check in.
ATTENTION TIMED EVENT GUYS......Nancy Vineyard has volunteered to sign you up for the jackpot when you check in Wednesday. I will jackpot both 1st and 2nd rounds and she will collect the money for both rounds at check in. Please let her know events and which end in team roping. Thanks guys and good luck to each of you. Sheri
Members of the Cinch Rodeo Team and Shooting Team will have a group picture taken at the 5 pm Mandatory Student Meeting on the Wednesday of State Finals.
Students who would like to participate in the Trap and Rifle Shoot, Wednesday of State Finals, need to email Tricia Schaffer at triciaschaffer@hotmail.com. You must compete in your state contest in order to compete at Nationals. There are some nice scholarships awarded at the national competition.
Trap: Cody Moon, Beau Buechle, Blake Tucker, Tyrel Rieker, Kerri DeGroff, Cord Hesseltine, Cory Assarsson, Gunner Walker, Boyd Sawyer, Regan Bader, Eric Rasmussen, Michael Benscoter and Cody Nye.
Rifle: Pryce Pinney, Tyrel Rieker, Kerri DeGroff, Elkanah Riley, Boyd Sawyer, Devin Dibbern, Michael Benscoter.
SILVER STATE INTERNATIONAL RODEO - TUESDAY JULY 2-SATURDAY JULY 6
Eligible contestants are those who finished 5th-15th in their events at their state finals in their state.
Visit www.ssir.us for more information and required paperwork.
NATIONALS BASKET: Each year the NHSRA has a State Basket Auction at Nationals and most states are represented. We are again planning to participate in this. I have volunteered to be in charge so that nobody has to have their arms twisted. However to make it much easier for me to put it all together this year. I am asking that we do as they do in the Junior High Association and ask you to bring everything to check in at the state finals. Everyone is to donate an item or a minimum of $5 upon checking in at the Finals in Hastings. It is especially important to leave on the PRICE TAGS...or indicate to me what the worth of the product being donated is...as I have to put this on the description of the basket contents when I turn in the basket at nationals. Products can be homemade or store purchases.
"CHUCKWAGON CHARM" will be the theme of the basket this year. Last year we had a BBQ in Nebraska Theme and were able to put together a wonderful basket. We hope to do this again. Last year's basket was full of many different NEBRASKA products comprised of spices, seasonings, dips, coffees, chocolates, jellies, cook books, beef certificates, blankets, BBQ utensils, glasses, Husker materials, etc. If anyone would like to donate a Wagon with Sides to make our chuckwagon out of....that would be AWESOME! My idea is to give it the pioneer Covered Chuckwagon look. Otherwise all the money raised will buy the wagon and stuff to fill it! The monies raised from the auction helps supports injured athletes in the sport of rodeo. Last year Tyler Viers' Dad donated a beautiful handmade chest and we filled everything that we had in the drawers and then piled the top high!
IF ANYONE has questions, please contact me at the following numbers...texts are welcome as are emails. We wanted to send an early notification so that everyone would have time to start thinking about this a little ahead of time. My sincere "thank you"!
My cell is (308)645-7002 (please text if I do not answer), and my email is rodeo4us@gmail.com.
Missing Sr. Pictures - (need wallet size) Michael Oberg, Cody Richards, KC Heiman
INFORMATION REGARDING HEALTH PAPERS FOR FALL RODEO IN GRAND ISLAND AT STATE FAIR.....
All in-state livestock (rough stock, etc.) and contestants will NOT need any health certificates or coggins tests to come on the grounds. Any out of state contestants horses will need a negative coggins test. All High School Rodeo stock and contestants will enter the grounds through Gate 9, which is off of Stuhr Road. Thank you.
A refreshing note received from SWNHSR to President, Jim Wakefield...
THE NHSRA BOARD IS ASKING FOR A VOLUNTEER TO STEP UP AND BE A CHAIRMAN FOR THE 50/50 DRAWING. IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT BECKY DAILEY AT becky.dailey@hotmail.com.
THANK YOU FROM SALLY CONNE & RFL of CHERRY COUNTY....
Dear Tricia & Rodeo Family - WOW, I am touched and tearful. I know Patty was donating the HOPE picture, but I didn't know you were taking up a donation in honor of her. She loves her rodeo family and you have all been so supportive of her through her battle with cancer. Nothing is as great as the love of friends and family when you go through troubled times. The Relay For Life thanks you and all the donors, please pass the word. The kids were great to work with and the picture turned out so COOL.
Thank you again. Sally Connor & RFL of Cherry Co.
THANK YOU FROM ROBERTA SHERMAN....
Dear Mrs. Schaffer - I appreciate your sending the rodeo booklet. I am always interested in the kids from Nebraska. They always prove themselves good sports. I hope. Please count on me again next year for this buckle. Sincerely, Roberta
Please check the ineligible list and get your fines paid as soon as possible. Make checks payable to NHSRA and send to Tina Kessler, P. O. Box 159, Callaway, NE 68825. You will be ineligible to rodeo until these are taken care of. Thankyou!
Calendar Information
The 2012-2013 calendar letter is located under the "calendars" tab at left. Then click on "important letter to contestants". This letter highlights the calendar program and gives important dates you need to know.
Felt Back numbers that were sold at both the Junior High and High School finals to the contestants are still available for sale. There are numbers left over that can still be purchased. Family’s get home and remember they forgot or did not have time to purchase the number. All left over numbers are still in the national office.
They are still $10.00. You may pay by credit card or check. Contact information is:
Bobbie Dechant
Merchandise Clerk
NHSRA
12011 Tejon Street, Suite 900
Denver, CO 80234
303-452-0820
1-800-466-4772
Fax 1-303-452-0912
orders@nhsra.org
Your memberships must be received by Becky Dailey no later than one week before the entries close for the rodeo you are entering.
In the event that you are sending your contestant to the rodeo alone or with a friend, you need to be aware of the following consequences if your contestant is hurt. According to Nebraska Laws, if the ambulance is called upon to render aide to an injured contestant, the contestant CAN NOT refuse transport. They will, however, be treated under Implied Consent, then transported. Only a parent or LEGAL guardian can refuse transport, unless the contestant is an emancipated minor. The people that you send your son/daughter with, also, can not refuse care/transport once it has been initiated. So the bottom line is, if your contestant son/daughter is injured, and the ambulance is called, they will go to the hospital, unless YOU are there to sign a refusal.
Nancy Edelman
Rodeo Pictures Wanted:
If you have rodeo pictures with contestants from the Lakeside, Hemingford, Alliance, or Hays Springs area, please send them to sports@alliancetimes.com. Make sure you identify the kids in the pictures. Send as many as you have!
Contestant Turn-Out Information
- You may only DRAW OUT of a rodeo before positions are drawn. The date of position draws is included in the rodeo information. Any draw outs after this date is considered a TURN OUT. You must contact Tina Kessler, Central Entry Secretary, and the rodeo secretary any time you DRAW OUT, TURN OUT, MEDICAL OR VET RELEASE out of EACH rodeo. If you draw out before positions are drawn, entry fees will be refunded.
- If you are TURNING OUT of a rodeo after positions are drawn, a $15.00 turn out fine/per event will be assessed, except in the team roping. See Team Roping rules.
- If you are TURNING OUT because of a medical or vet release, the Central Entry/Points Secretary and Rodeo Secretary must be notified 24 hours in advance of the start time of the rodeo. If notification is done 24 hours in advance, entry fees will be refunded and the $15.00 turnout fine will not be imposed. If the notification is after the 24 hour deadline and before 5 days after the turnout, the contestant does not get their fees back. After 5 days have passed and a medical or vet release has not been obtained by the Central Entry/Points Secretary, a $15.00 fine will be assessed
- A contestant may turn out due to a visible injury or illness that occurred the day of the rodeo, provided the judge has ruled this to be the situation. A judge’s visual release is only good for that day’s rodeo. The turn out fine of $15.00 will be waived in this situation, however, the entry fees will not be returned.
- All medical or vet releases must be faxed (308)836-2259, emailed (tkessler4rodeos@yahoo.com), or mailed (Tina Kessler, P. O. Box 159, Callaway NE 68825), within 5 days of the turnout. Anything received after that date, will be considered a turn out and a $15.00 fine will be imposed. All medical or vet releases must be on a doctor/veterinarian letterhead and signed. Once a contestant competes in the event they released, the release is void.
- Notification of fines will be sent to the following week’s Rodeo Secretaries, so the fines will have to be paid before competing at the next rodeo. Fines may mailed to Tina Kessler, P. O. Box 159, Callaway NE 68825, or paid to the Rodeo Secretary. Please be sure you obtain a receipt if paying at the rodeo. This is your responsibility, not the Rodeo Secretary.
- Once a contestant releases on a medical or visual release, in order to compete again, a doctor must give a release to compete again. This is in the National Rulebook. If you can not compete at the rodeos following the first one you released from, contact the Central Entry/Points Secretary and Rodeo Secretaries ASAP so they do not order stock for you.