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Giddy up cowboys, the Nevertire Rodeo is back!
By HARRIET GILMORE WARREN’S Aiden O’Brien was recognised last week at the 2023 RFS Youth Awards, winning the Secondary School Cadet Program’s “Cadet of the Year” award. Held at the RFS Headquarters in Sydney Olympic Park, the award program is an opportunity to acknowledge the invaluable role young people play in the Service. Established in 2009, the Cadet of the Year Award, recognises the efforts of a participant in the Secondary School Cadet Program that aims to promote learning, leadership, and the values of volunteering and community service. Aiden participated in the Cadet Program at Warren Central School which is within the RFS North-West District. Aiden was nominated for his great leadership, maturity, and teamwork, which involved him taking-on a crew leader role in practical and theoretical tasks throughout the cadet program. Continued page 3
Lane Howlett riding Full Throttle in the Open Bull event at the Nevertire Rodeo in 2019. PHOTO: JODIE ADAMS PHOTOGRAPHY. By HARRIET GILMORE EXCITEMENT is building for the third annual Nevertire Rodeo after a threeyear hiatus. Flooding last year and the pandemic cancelled the event for several years and the not-
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for-profit organisation who puts on the event can’t wait to have punters kicking up dust on the Sunday of the October long weekend. Tom Russ, president of We of the Nevertire, the local committee organising the Nevertire Rodeo, said he was
so excited to have the event back this year. “It’s been a long time coming and we are so looking forward to having everyone back in our little village,” said Mr Russ. “It should be a cracking day, with an action-packed schedule of rodeo events planned,
market stalls, and a full bar and food facilities on site.” This year, the committee has also teamed up with the Cobar Rodeo committee to offer a ‘Best in the West’ competition. Continued page 2