Bike Rodeo continues

Published 1:41 pm Thursday, July 9, 2015

Snoqualmie’s annual bicycle safety event is going through some changes, but the name won’t be one of them, say organizers.

“It will always be the Tanner Jeans Memorial Bike Rodeo,” said Ana Sotelo, during this year’s event June 13.

Since the Tanner Jeans Foundation has completed its mission in awarding scholarships to two members of the Mount Si High School Class of 2015, and handed off rodeo operations to the Snoqualmie Police Department, it is no longer active.

The foundation and department are still accepting donations for the all-free event, which is one of the largest bicycle safety events in the region. The department plans to continue the event, and to keep it free.

Officer Austin Gidlof directs a boy through an agility exercise during the Tanner Jeans Bike Rodeo June 13.

Micah Smith launches a rocket with compressed air, and the supervision of “danger specialists” Trevor Velzeboer and Jenna Moog, of Compass Outdoor Adventures.

Austin Draveling shows off his fancy face-paint work.