The Statesboro Kiwanis Rodeo is just under a week away, and local riders are encouraged to enter both the professional events as well as the ones just for fun. Hedrick Rodeo Company plans to bring two days of family fun and excitement along with a herd of world champion bulls and broncs to produce an Interna-tional Profes-sional Rodeo Assoc-iation (IPRA)-sanctioned rodeo this coming Friday and Saturday. Pair that with rodeo champions from all over the world, those famous Kiwanis pancakes and sausage plates, other vendors and specialty acts, and the event will bring an atmosphere and opportunity reminiscent of the Statesboro Kiwanis Club's other annual fund raiser - the Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair, said event organizer and club member Don Poe.