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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact:
McCall Linke, Communications Director
Northern International Livestock Exposition
(406) 256-2495
NILE Hosts Special Olympics for the Bull Bounty October 20
Billings, MT--For the fifth year in a row Bull Bounty is a highlight at the Thursday night NILE ProRodeo. Bull Bounty is a fundraiser for Special Olympics Montana Yellowstone Valley Area. 

All of the money raised from the Bull Bounty event stays local and helps support over 300 Yellowstone Valley Athletes. The funds also help cover travel costs for the Special Olympics Montana State Games in Missoula next spring.

Sponsors will be matched at random with a bull and its rider. If the cowboy can stay on the bull for the full eight seconds, the cowboy wins and the sponsor will donate $400 to Special Olympics Montana Yellowstone Valley Area (YVAR). If the bull can buck the rider off in under eight seconds, the bull wins and the sponsor will donate $600 to YVAR.

This year's Nile Bull Bounty sponsors include Columbus IGA, Crystal Lounge, Electrical Consultants, Inc., EPC Services Company, Holland & Hart, Jackpot Casino, Johnstone Supply of Billings, Montana Peterbilt, NAPA Auto Parts Billings, Rimrock Property Management/American Home and Property and Stillwater Lumber.

For additional information, please contact Michelle Boucher, Special Olympics Montana Yellowstone Valley Area Fundraising Coordinator at (406) 861-4727 or Pru Lybeck at (406) 672-5242.

The NILE ProRodeo, in its 48th year, is the largest Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) in Montana. This year's NILE event kicks off the 2016 PRCA rodeo season. The NILE Rodeo provides a launching pad for contestants to qualify for the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, in December of next year.
 
Rodeo action starts at 7 p.m. doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets for the NILE ProRodeo can be purchased by visiting the MetraPark box office, online at metrapark.com or by calling the Metra ticket office at (800) 366-8538.

Questions contact info@thenile.org  (406) 256-2495 www.thenile.org
The Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE) is a non-profit organization 501(c)5 established in 1967 that is dedicated to the promotion of livestock, agriculture education, and respect of the western tradition.  For more information on the NILE call (406) 256-2495 or visit www.thenile.org. The 2016 NILE is October 15-22 in Billings, Montana.