Rodeo Museum fundraiser Saturday

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The Rodeo Heritage Museum in Dublin is having their major fundraiser this Saturday and the event will have all kinds of rodeo fun including a live and silent auction and raffle.

The event will be at 6 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Dublin High School Cafeteria.

The program consists of singer David Bridwell, a celebration dinner, an auction and special biographical films of this year’s honorees.

Honorees this year include Fred and Joe Fletcher(longtime Dublin business leaders and Dublin Rodeo Board of Directors), Ralph Collier (a legendary rodeo cowboy who competed in the Dublin Rodeo and many more rodeos across the nation, the extraordinary Tom Rogers (an Erath County historian whose parents were photographers of Dublin history during the long-ago Dublin Rodeo days) and a special tribute to Johnny Duncan (a renowned country and western singer from Dublin who sang at the Dublin Rodeo).

Your $20 admission to the Fall Roundup program will include special entertainment, a chance to shop for Christmas, a celebration dinner, a special historical film by Old Segundo Pro-ductions, and a live auction, as well as a silent auction.

Help the Rodeo Heritage Museum keep Erath County’s ro-deo history alive by stopping by the Rodeo Heritage Museum Wednesday through Saturday 1p.m. to 5 p.m. or calling 254-445-0200 or 254434-3675 to purchase tickets to the Fall Roundup program, or to donate a sponsorship and/or auction item, buy a rifle raffle ticket, and/or volunteering for Rodeo Heritage Museum’s Fall Roundup Benefit.

—Citizen staff report