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Parker, Patras honored for role in rodeo
Namesakes • (l-r): Steve Patras of Clearwater and Judy Parker of Geddes, South Dakota, show off artwork designed by Shannon and Caydence Schumacher of Patras and Parker's husband, Larry, competing in bulldogging. Patras and Larry Parker were instrumental in starting the Clearwater Rodeo. A building on the rodeo grounds, completed in 2023, was named after Parker and Patras. The two families were recognized Saturday, Nov. 9, during a Clearwater Chamber appreciation dinner.
When Larry and Judy Parker moved to Clearwater in 1965, little did they know they would spark the idea for one of the hottest rodeo tickets in Nebraska.
On Nov. 9, Clearwater Chamber of Commerce honored the Judy Parker, the late Larry Parker and Steve Patras, of Clearwater, for orchestrating the first Clearwater Rodeo in 1967 and named the new building on the grounds the Double P Tack Room. Larry Parker died in 2004, in an automobile accident near Mission, South Dakota.
During Saturday's event, chamber president Curt Thiele said the rodeo's legacy begins with the Parkers and Patras.
"It's why...
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