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2024 Howard Smith Memorial Team Roping on August 25

The annual Howard Smith Memorial Team Roping event is set for this weekend.
Glen Smith points out that it is a fundraiser for the ALS Society of Alberta. He notes they donated $13,500 dollars to the Society last year. Smith says “our Dad was diagnosed with ALS and so he was an avid team roper. While he was still alive for a few years we got started with this. The ALS Society of Alberta was working with him and stuff and so he decided ‘why don’t we start raising some money for it?’. I think we started in ’02, 2002. So that is how it really got going and then it’s just grown. Especially the last few years, it has grown quite a bit.”
Smith explains what the agenda looks like for Sunday. He says “start entries for the roping at 11:30, I think, and then the roping should start at 1. We have some businesses and people that have donated things that we will raffle off that day. Following the roping we will have a kids dummy roping, for young kids, and prizes for that. Then we do a BBQ, complementary BBQ, and refreshments and then hand out our prizes and visit afterwards.”
Smith says the Arena is located 8 kilometers north of Highway 27 on  the west side of Range Road 44.
Listen to 96.5 CKFM’s Community Hotline conversation with Glen Smith.
Galen Hartviksen
Galen Hartviksen
Straight outta northwestern Ontario, Galen moved from his hometown of Thunder Bay to Alberta in 1998. After graduating from the broadcasting program at Mount Royal College (Class of 2003), it was off to the Town of Olds for the launch of the independent radio station (CAB-K Broadcasting). A fan of all seasons, Galen has been News Director & the voice of the Alberta Junior Hockey League's Olds Grizzlys on 96.5 CKFM/ROCK 104.5 for two decades and in 2024 he was excited to have the opportunity to join the team at Vista Radio and My Mountain View Now.

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