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Pink Week in Weiser, Oct. 4 through 10, was officially proclaimed by Weiser Mayor Herb Haun on Sept. 17, who was joined by Angel Wings Executive Director Mabel Dobbs, and Board Chair Jill Linder. Haun continued the tradition of the annual mayoral proclamation in preparation of Angel Wings’ annual ‘Give Cancer the Boot’ fall fundraiser walk/run. Set for the second Saturday in October, this year’s event will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Weiser City Park, and along with a 5k or one-mile course that can be done solo, with a friend, or as a team, is packed with plenty of fun activities. There will be prizes for best dressed pets, walker/runner costumes, a Zumba warm-up session, a cornhole tournament, vendor and community resources booths, and silent auction packages. Early registration can be completed at angelwingsnetwork.net, and is just $25 for ages 13 and up, running through Sept. 30, and includes a free water bottle. Registration at the event is $35, with all of the funds raised going to serving cancer patients in rural southwest Idaho and eastern Oregon.

Angel Wings Network’s Angel Riders hosted their annual free event at the Fred Hust Arena on Saturday, Sept. 19. Above, Dakota McDonald, Council, presented the flag aboard her amazing mule, Sid, during the opening ceremonies, which was followed by an opening prayer led by Angel Riders coordinator Toni Burnett. Photos by Nancy Grindstaff

Saturday’s Angel Riders free event at the Fred Hust Arena drew folks and their kids from Weiser and neighboring communities. At left, Aspen Kelley, 8, from Spokane, Wash., was in town visiting her grandma and got her first horseback ride. By the third trip around the ring, it looked like she might try to talk grandma into a horse of her own. Below, Tim Eiguren, left, Weiser Valley Roundup board president, is regularly found on hand with his own children, as well as other people’s at events held at the arena. The following day was the WVR’s third Buckle Series Playday, with the fourth set for Oct. 25.