AS PART OF “BIG WEEK”, 7 PEOPLE WERE INDUCTED YESTERDAY INTO THE CALIFORNIA RODEO SALINAS’S 3RD ANNUAL HALL OF FAME. 90 YEAR-OLD WILBUR PLAUGHER (WHO BEGAN AS A RODEO CLOWN IN 1946), DAVID MOTES, BROTHERS FRANKIE AND JOHNIE SCHNEIDER, COMMITTEE MEMBERS PETE PEDRAZZI AND WARREN WAYLAND AND R R LE MISTRAL (AN AWARD-WINNING STEER-WRESTLING HORSE). THE INDUCTEES ARE KNOWN FOR HELPING THE CALIFORNIA RODEO GROW TO BECOME ONE OF THE TOP 20 PROFESSIONAL RODEOS IN THE COUNTRY…AND THE LARGEST IN CALIFORNIA.
