Chuckwagon event draws in support for stampede grounds
While the future of the grandstands at Meadow Lake’s stampede grounds still remains in question, the public’s support for events at facility was evident this weekend.
Several World Professional Chuckwagon Association drivers, including Gary Gorst and his two sons Dustin and Logan, were in town for a three-day fundraiser for the Meadow Lake Grandstands Committee, a group advocating to update the structure. The event was run by volunteers from the Meadow Lake Lions Club, and drivers from the North West Saskatchewan Pony Chuckwagon and Chariot-Racing Association also participated.
Dustin Gorst, a driver originally from the Meadow Lake area, came up with the idea and said he was happy with the turnout.
“It was a great success,” Gorst said. “People in the town mostly proved that this matters to them. It is part of our heritage and something that should stay. The amount of people that were standing behind us is pretty cool, and it means something that it is here.”