12 Wednesday, June 3, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Mary Olney is Sisters Rodeo Queen Sisters Rodeo Queen Mary Olney won9t miss out on her year represent- ing the venerable institution 4 she9ll just have to wait a year. The Warm Springs rider will reign again in 2021. Olney was chosen at Sisters Rodeo grounds from a group of highly quali- fied cowgirl competitors on September 22, 2019. John Leavitt, who heads up the queen selection commit- tee, told The Nugget that the Rodeo has already deter- mined that she9ll be back in the saddle for the 2021 events. Mary is the niece of Warm Springs Chief Delvis Olney, Sr. She was raised in a rodeo family. Her father was a rough-stock rider and her three brothers are all bronc and bull riders. Even her grandmother, Catherine Watah, was a bareback rider.