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8 community february28 2012 Happy Trails: A Report From the Rodeo Road By Mackenzie Carr 2012 Miss Rodeo America traditional shot. I’ll let you be the judge, but I think President Lincoln appreciated me scratching the 85 year old itch. I was Hello again, also tricked into climbing on top of a 60 Since my last article, I have foot concrete dinosaur. The state queens been to two very different states, South told me, “We’ve all climbed on top and Dakota and Florida. I spent five days slid down his tail.” They were pulling in Rapid City, my leg and I South Dakota for believed them. the Black Hills T h a n k f u l l y, Stock Show and one of them Rodeo. While spilled the there, I had the beans before I honor of carrying slid down. the American I flag. This time, came home there was an from Rapid added element City to fly to that made the Kissimmee, whole experience Florida only a so much more few days later. exhilarating. I spent almost Strapped to the top two weeks of the flag were there and had fireworks. I ran the time of my the flag in a dark life. I judged house, fireworks the Little Miss Mackenzie at Mount Rushmore with shooting off the and Miss Silver Miss Rodeo North Dakota. top, and more Spurs rodeo pyro going off behind my horse as I ran queen pageant. Some of the answers around the arena. It was AWESOME! I the other judges and I received were have to admit that the thought of lighting hysterical. I learned that the reason my hair on fire was always in the back of people in the South like funnel cakes my mind. Thankfully, I made it through so much is because, “They’re joyful without any burns. goodness!” Oh the things that come I also did some sightseeing while from a nine year old’s mouth. I also I was there. I visited Mount Rushmore shot skeet, rode around on a swamp and of course had to get a picture. Since buggy, visited Universal Studios, talked I’ve been there before, I didn’t want the to a ton of different elementary school classrooms, went to the beach, and of course rode at the rodeo. I met so many people that I now consider part of my family. Thank you again for all of your hospitality! Since I am the official spokesperson for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, I take my job very seriously. Not only do I represent a sport that I love, I represent a lifestyle that people live. I feel the most important aspect of my job is to educate the public about the rodeo industry. Not only on the rules and regulations, but more importantly on the cowboys and cowgirls that keep the spirit of the Old West alive today. With today’s changing society, fewer people are familiar with the western Mackenzie at Universal Studios in Florida. fans. way of life. It is so rewarding to share I will be heading to Utah for a part of my life and the cowboy culture with them, ultimately creating new rodeo their Rodeo Queen Boot Camp, where I will be one of the clinicians. I’m excited to share my knowledge and hopefully bring something new to the table. Immediately following the Utah trip, I’m off to the Lone Star State for the Houston Rodeo. I am the first Miss Rodeo America to attend this rodeo and I cannot wait! I will be sure to fill you in on any adventures that I have. Until next time. Dinosaur riding at Dinosaur Park South Dakota. An Interesting Letter Arrives Rick Hobart received a phone call in Vernonia the other day that led to an unusual surprise. Hobart received the call from Dr. Chris Scheuerman, asking if he was related to Dr. Thomas Hobart. Apparently a letter was recently delivered to Dr. Scheuerman’s dental office at 622 Bridge Street in Vernonia, that was addressed to Dr. Hobart who had his practice in the same building. The only problem was Dr. Hobart hadn’t practiced there for over thirty-five years. It turns out the letter, originally postmarked in Miami, Florida in 1972 and bearing an eight cent stamp, apparently had been lost in the mail. The envelope contained a new postmark from Eugene dated January 26, 2012 and arrived at 622 Bridge Street a few days later. After some research, Dr. Vernonia Computer Services Computer problems? We can help. Hardware testing, repair, replacement Mac – Windows – Linux Software install/upgrade Virus/spyware removal Custom systems built Housecalls Available Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat 10-6 and by appointment Bill Langmaid (971) 998-3705 bill@rangelights.com Scheuerman located Rick Hobart, a local relative and nephew of Dr. Thomas Hobart, or Mac, as many people knew him. The letter, envelop and stamp, sent from Wyeth Laboratories, a pharmacutical company that Dr. Hobart did business with, was a First Day Issue from the US Postal Service to honor seventy-five years of osteopathic medicine. “Evidently the letter got caught in a machine or lost behind a desk or something,” says Hobart. “But forty years later it finally arrived.” According to Rick Hobart, his uncle practiced medicine in Vernonia from 1958 to 1976. After selling the practice in Vernonia, Dr. Hobart worked for the VA Hospital in Roseburg for twenty years. Ironically, says Rick Hobart, his father, Dr. Thomas Hobart’s younger brother worked for Wyeth Laboratories for thirty-eight years. Dr. Thomas Hobart passed away in 1996.
