Rodeo Days proclamation

From left, Daniel Dopps Memorial Rodeo directors John Bideganeta, Doug Beaver, Travis Bachman, Lisa Miller and Mike Pope watch as Mayor Tom Rist signs a proclamation declaring June 17 to 23 as Mountain Home Rodeo Days.

The seventh annual memorial rodeo begins at 7 p.m. June 22 at Optimist Park with a second day of events planned the evening of June 23.

Using the All-American Pro-Rodeo tour format, the Dopps rodeo brings to Mountain Home some of the top cowboys and cowgirls from throughout the region. A barrel race fundraiser, held in conjunction with the rodeo, is scheduled for Sunday with registration beginning at 9 a.m. that day.