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Youngsters are helped into their saddles during a musical chairs game during Sydney Lee Judge Memorial Night activities at the Heritage Arena.
Sydney Lee Judge Foundation
is back under the grandstand Funds are raised for people who are in need in honor of the rodeo rider who died in 2013. By Evan Robinson-Johnson
L
ee Judge and her partner in crime Pam Carter refer to themselves as “the unsung heroes of the rodeo,” and as the crew that provides libations at the popular Wednesday night beer stand, they just might be. The stand offers all the classic Coors and Budweiser offerings, as well as four or five local concoctions from Snake River Brewing Company, 18
though when folks ask for a recommendation, Judge usually laughs and tells them to pick based on what color they like best — neither she nor Carter are beer-drinkers. “People always get a big kick out of that,” Judge said. She does dive into specifics when it comes to the profits, which go to the Sydney Lee Judge Foundation. Sharing photos and stories of rodeos past, Judge tells visitors about her cowgirl daughter, Sydney, who loved all
things rodeo, from the calf scramble to the camaraderie, and who died in a car accident at age 16 in 2013. “It doesn’t matter how long it’s been, it still makes me cry when I think about how generously spirited she was,” Sydney Lee Judge Judge said. “The fact that we can do this in her name
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