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Story Archives: Penning Association brings national finals to Ike


Penning Association brings national finals to Ike
posted Thursday, October 7th, 2010 @ 11:41 amE-mail Story E-mail Story | Print Story Print Story 
West Monroe will host the United States Team Penning Association's national finals next month during an eight-day event that's expected to bring more than a thousand people into Ouachita Parish as well as provide a major boost to the local economy.
The event will be held from Oct. 31 to Nov. 6.

Scott Bruscato with the Monroe-West Monroe Convention and Visitors Bureau, said West Monroe and Ike Hamilton Expo Center scored a major win for the area by landing the event.

For the past nine years, it has been held in Amarillo, Texas, but through work by local officials, the association was convinced to make the change in venue, Bruscato said.
"This will be the first time they've come here, so it really is a coup for us to get them here in West Monroe," Bruscato said.
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