While I live in the Tyler area, my job requires me to drive through Gladewater on a daily basis. For the last week or two, I’ve been reading the banners strung around the town advertising the Gladewater Roundup Rodeo. Held annually since 1938, the Round-up has achieved a fair amount of notoriety in the last few years. The Gladewater Round- up is a non-profit organization that raises money for causes like college scholarships, and breast cancer research. The rodeo includes events for just about every member of the family. A raffle and Jr. Rodeo events are held as well. There are also a couple of events on the Saturday preceding the start of the rodeo. The first is a trail ride that begins at eight am, on June second. The second is a Cook off, to be held at noon on the same day. The trail ride is expected to return to the rodeo grounds in time for the Cook- off.
The actual Rodeo will be held on the evenings of June sixth, through the eighth, at eight fifteen in the evening. Tickets go on sale May twenty eighth, and run from twelve to fourteen dollars depending on whether you’re purchasing class A or class B tickets. Children are half price at the gate. For those interested in equestrian and rodeo events, this could be a great way to kick off the summer. The fact that the proceeds go to great causes, only adds to event. For more information click on the following links, or call their office at (903) 845-5126 on or after May twenty eighth. http://gladewaterrodeo.com/index.php/en/ticket-information http://www.facebook.com/gladewaterrounduprodeo
Cystic Fibrosis is a life-threatening disease that starts at birth. The child can get it if both parents are carriers of defective CF gene. Mucus builds up in the lungs and organs or a person with Cystic Fibrosis and this causes their organs and lungs to shut down and many people have to get transplants; but even transplants will not heal Cystic Fibrosis because Cystic Fibrosis dwells in the cells. Over 30,000 children and adults in the United States alone has been diagnosed with CF. There is no known cure for Cystic Fibrosis for the time being. There are many diets, therapies, and hospital care that can help with people live with this disease. Many people have passed away very young due to this disease. A young girl who grew up in Tyler just recently passed away after having a lung transplant that her body rejected. She was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis as a toddler, and had to live a large amount of her life in hospitals and clinics. She was only 23 when she passed away. She lived with Cystic Fibrosis and knew the dangers and reality of the disease but she celebrated and made the most of the life that she was given to live.