By Karah Wilson

karah@southerntorch.com

RAINSVILLE, Ala.— The Lion’s Club will be hosting it’s 31st annual rodeo on March 4-5 at the Northeast Alabama Agri-Business Center at 7:30 p.m. both nights. The Southeastern Professional Rodeo Association will be the sponsor this year. Tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for children 6-12, and free for children under 6.

This year’s entertainment will be Jessica Hedrick, who will be Roman Riding; Josh “Porkchop” Garrick, who will be in charge of the comedy; and announcer Austin Williams. Hedrick was the 2014 Southeastern Pro Rodeo Specialty Act of the Year. Garrick was the 2015 Southeastern Pro Rodeo Clown of the Year. Williams was the 2014 and 2015 Southeastern Pro Rodeo Announcer of the Year.

The funds from the rodeo go to many different projects that the Lion’s Club is involved with. “Our biggest project is, of course, our eyeglasses project. We are involved with the Wal Mart Vision Center. With the money, we have been able to pay for patients at the Eyesight Foundation of Alabama in Birmingham,” Larry Traylor said. “Along with the eyeglasses project, we also help children in need by buying clothes and the necessities they need. We are also sponsors of the diabetes camp and scout troops in DeKalb County.”

This year’s rodeo is sponsored by a new promoter. “They promise some great entertainment,” Traylor said. “There will also be a coloring contest this year for the children to compete in.”

“We are expecting a big crowd this year,” Traylor said. “It will be an event of good, clean, patriotic fun. Some of the people involved even come from different states. It’s a fun event for a reasonable price.”