MABANK -- Area residents will observe an annual tradition in late June that predates the construction of Cedar Creek Lake. The Mabank 58th Rodeo & Western Week scheduled for June 24-29 began in the mid-1950s, 10 years before the Cedar Creek Lake reservoir was built. Mabank then consisted only of a little downtown area with a movie house, a bank, small food and retail stores and a cafe or two. It is sort of like a return to their roots for those oldtimers from Mabank who remember when the Cedar Creek Lake area was an agricultural region only, and farm animals and cowboys were a far more common site. The Western Week will give oldtimers and their descendants a chance to celebrate their heritage and for newcomers to take part and enjoy it too. The rodeo, whick will be staged nightly at the Andrew Gibbs Memorial Arena at 8 p.m.,will feature calf roping, breakaway roping, saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, team roping, ladies open barrel riding, bull riding, bareback riding, ranch bronc riding and a calf scramble. On Tuesday, June 25th, there will be games and bed races at the Mabank Pavilion at 6:30 p.m. There will be a parade on Saturday, June 29th,at 5 p.m., with line-up beginning at 4 p.m. On Saturday night there will be a dance after the rodeo at the Mabank Pavilion. The rodeo grounds are off Business 175 in Mabank and the pavilion is in the public park. For information about the rodeo and entering it call Kim Ackel at 409-781-3902. Entry fees apply, and there will be cash prizes. For information about other events call Johnny Adams at 903-880-3858. The Mabank Rodeo and Western Week celebration is sponsored by the Mabank Volunteer Fire Department.