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| Volume XXIII Number 4 | March 15, 2002 |
Cypress Named "Rodeo Cattleman Of The Year"
By Benny SecodyLABELLE - Each year, the LaBelle Swamp Cabbage Festival Rodeo committee puts their heads together to select an individual worthy of the title of "Rodeo Cattleman of the Year" and honors that person at the annual Swamp Cabbage Festival Rodeo.
According to Bill Maddox, Chairman of the Swamp Cabbage Festival Rodeo Committee, this year their selection was easy, and the vote was unanimous in awarding the honor to Seminole Board President Mitchell Cypress.
Maddox, who also serves on the Swamp Cabbage Festival Committee as Park Chairman recalled, "back in the early 80s, the Jaycees were putting on the rodeo and wanted to honor someone who had a noteworthy impact on rodeo and the cattle industry."
Through the years various individuals have been recognized for their contributions to the community of LaBelle and to the yearly Swamp Cabbage Festival Rodeo. This year, the committee reflected on those contributions and yearly participation of their close neighbors and friends in the Seminole Tribe.
"President Cypress definitely has had an impact on the Tribe and community, and has been involved in a number of rodeos, as well as having held a leading role in the EIRA (Eastern Indian Rodeo Association.)," said Maddox, who also acknowledged that the Seminole Tribe is also one of the leading cattle producers in the state of Florida.
Cypress was presented with the honor at the Friday night rodeo, and said that he "is honored to be selected" as the recipient of this year’s "Rodeo Cattleman of the Year". Cypress graciously accepted the title and shared the credit with the other Board Representatives and, most of all, the members of the Seminole Tribe he proudly represents.
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