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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.
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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.
