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LETTER: Simpson's right - something needs to be done to change teens' view of rodeo

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The Editor,

Re: "Rodeo reveals who can parent," the Now, May 22.

I've lived in Surrey for five years now, starting when I was 15. The first word I heard about the Cloverdale rodeo was by friends in school discussing their plans to get drunk at the rodeo.

Every year it's all I hear: "I can't wait for the rodeo, I'm gonna get so hammered."

I think it's sad and that's why I choose to not go. Now, as a 20-year-old, I choose to stay in or do something rather than watch children get stupid drunk and start fights, not to mention the outfits girls wear.

Something needs to be done to change young people's view of the rodeo. I really enjoyed the column Beau Simpson wrote and think more parents need to know what their children do there.

Sarah Cupskey, Surrey