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Flint Rasmussen, Rodeo Clown and Barrelman. Using a combination of rollicking comedy, exaggerated
humor and musical rhythm, Rasmussen’s rodeo arena antics add comic relief in just the right doses
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VOL. 116
NO. 3 3
Wednesday, August 13,1997
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Queen Dawn reigns over 75th MC Rodeo
Morrow County Fair and
Oregon Trail Rodeo Queen
Dawn Boor may be the first one
in her immediate family to get
involved in rodeo, but she’s
definitely made up for lost time.
This is the fifth year that the
perky
17-year-old
has
represented Morrow County—as
a pennant bearer, on the court as
a princess and this year as queen.
Queen Dawn does, however,
have a few members of her
extended family involved in
rodeo. Her cousin, Kara Miller,
is a princess on the court this
year, and another cousin is barrel
racer Katie McCoin, Condon.
Queen Dawn credits her
former
babysitter,
Gayle
Papineau, formerly of Lexington
and now of Wallowa, with
getting her started in rodeo.
Dawn says that she begged for a
horse when she was just five
years old. Her first horse was a
Shetland, and the second she
named, "Sugar". The first horse
she bought was "Ivan", a big 18
or 19-year-old thoroughbred.
Dawn says she bought the horse
from Tricia VanSchoiack Maben
for $25, with the stipulation that
if Dawn didn't want him
anymore, she would sell him
back to Tricia for the same
amount. Dawn did barrels and
poles with Ivan and rode him as
a pennant bearer. "It was hard to
give him up," she says.
Another of Dawn's mentors was
1990 Morrow County Fair and
OTPR Queen Judy Jepsen Julio,
whom Dawn considers like a big
sister. Judy got Dawn started in
4-H cooking and Dawn served as
Judy's pennant bearer when she
was only 10 years old. At 11
years old, Dawn was pennant
bearer for 1991 Queen Jodee
Ashbeck Swanson; and in 1993,
she was pennant bearer for
Queen Liz Doherty McGuire.
Dawn then took a well-deserved
break for three years, before
winning a spot on the 1996 court
as princess for Queen Brenda
Holtz.
When Dawn isn't racking up
miles on her parents' rig, she
likes to just "sit around and do
nothing", which isn't very often.
She has been involved in 4-H
horse and cooking clubs for
seven years and even went to
state in cooking four times. Her
sophomore year in school she did
a cooking presentation at state.
Besides representing Morrow
County, Dawn also works part-
time at Pioneer Memorial
Hospital in Heppner, answering
phones, helping with admitting
and running errands. She says
she enjoys her job at the hospital
because she likes meeting
people. After four hours a day at
the hospital. Dawn then babysits
for her sister, Robin Skaggs, and
for Shen Arbogast. Last summer,
Dawn cleaned house for another
family.
Queen
Daw n B oor
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Sandy
Parents: Jim &
Marie Boor
Age: 1 7 years old
Graduated from
IHS in 1 9 9 7
Activities: active in 4-H
h o rse & c o o k in g clu b s,
FBLA , L e tte r C lub,
b a sk e tb a ll, volleyball, se n io r
class s e c re ta ry , tre a s u r e r ,
p ro m c o u rt
Queen Dawn Boor
Queen Dawn graduated from
lone High School (IHS) this year,
where she was active in Future
Business Leaders of America
(FBLA), Letter Club, played
basketball and volleyball for
three years, tennis dunng her
senior year, was secretary-
treasurer of the senior class;
secretary of FBLA her junior
year and was on the IHS prom
court her senior year.
Dawn also belongs to the lone
Youth Group and attends the
Christian Life Center.
Sandy-haired, hazel-eyed Dawn
is the youngest in her large
family. Besides mom Mane, who
is admitting clerk at Pioneer
Memonal Hospital, and dad Jim,
manager of the Morrow County
Grain
Growers
Propane
Department, Dawn's family
includes older brothers, Jeff,
Kevin, Doug and David, and
older sister, Robin.
Also a member of the family is
Dawn's 14-year-old dapple gray
Arabian mare, G-Mistra. "She
likes to go," laughs Dawn. "She
likes to run, though sometimes
she doesn't want to go into the
arena." "But," adds Mane, "once
you get her in there, she’s rann'
to go." While G-Mistra is
spirited, Dawn says that she
keeps her cool in parades.
Dawn also has another horse
that she has raised since he was a
colt and trained herself—a five-
year-old Arabian sorrel, Magic.
"He's really a sweet horse," says
Dawn. "He's got a neat
personality. My nephew can go
and sit on him, yet he's got lots of
life."
As queen this year. Dawn
wears a white Ultra-suede split
riding skirt and vest with blue
and black accents and blue and
white fringe, and a blue blouse.
The outfit was made by Sandy
Shook. Her court wears blue
Ultra-suede split skirts and white
blouses.
Dawn's run-in outfit is a white
leather vest and matching rodeo
chaps with metallic blue and
silver accents, and a blouse and
jeans. The princesses wear blue
chaps and vests with black and
silver accents.
The queen and court also have
a work outfit, consisting of blue
Rockies jeans and a white and
blue shirt.
Dawn's saddle has special
meaning to her, since it belonged
to her late aunt, Marilyn Kellogg,
her mother's sister, who enjoyed
pleasure riding.
So far this year, Queen Dawn
says that her favorite experience
has been watching the Miss
Rodeo Oregon tryouts at
c o n tin u e d p a g e 4
The 75th Oregon Trail Pro
Rodeo celebration kicks off with
performances Friday night,
August 15, at 7:15 p.m. and
Saturday, August 16, at 1:15
p.m. with nationally ranked
Professional Rodeo Cowboys
Association (PRCA) cowboys
scheduled to compete.
The Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo
will bring all the fast action
events the crowd loves such as
bull nding, barrel racing, calf
roping, team roping, steer
wrestling, saddle bronc riding,
and bareback riding.
Organizers Darcy Robinson and
Terri Gentry say that this year's
rodeo
will
feature
287
contestants—an all-time record.
Robinson said that this year
entries for all timed events and
bull riding have reached record
levels. Fifteen calf ropers have
signed up for each performance;
16 bull riders have entered for
Friday night's performance and
26 for Saturday's; and there are
24 mutton bustin' entries.
Some of the top 15 current
world standing PRCA cowboys
and cowgirls scheduled to
compete are Cody Ohl, Orchard,
Texas, ranked first in the all
around cowboy; Rope Meyers,
Van, Texas, third in the all
around standings and second in
steer wrestling; Butch Meyers,
Athens, Texas, currently fourth,
and Joe Beaver, Huntsville,
Texas, ranked 14th in the all
around standings. Also expected
to compete are calf ropers Fred
Whitfield, Hockley, Texas, 1996
world champion calf roper; Brent
Lewis, Eloy, Arizona, and Blair
Burke,
Durant,
Oklahoma,
currently standing third and fifth
in calf roping.
World class steer wrestlers
expected are Brad Gleason,
Ennis, Montana, currently fourth,
and Tom Duvall from Henryetta,
Oklahoma, currently sitting
seventh in the world standings.
Other nationally ranked timed
event contestants are team ropers
Steve Northcott, Odessa, Texas,
currently number one, Charles
Pogue, Ringling, Oklahoma,
second, and Brett Bockius,
Claremore, Oklahoma, currently
second; Bobby Hurley, Ceres,
California, currently fourth,
along with Cody Cowden,
Merced, California, and Mike
Beers, Powell Butte, Oregon,
ranked 10th.
Rough stock contestants include
Dan Mortenson, Manhattan,
Montana, ranked first in the
saddle bronc standings; Toby
Adams, Red Bluff, California,
ranked eighth; Denny Hay,
Mayerthorpe, Alberta. Glen
O'Neill, Watervalley, Alberta,
and
Charles
Soileau,
Stephensville, Texas, ranked
12th, 13th and 14th respectively.
Bareback contestants are former
world champion Clint Corey,
Kennewick, Washington, and
Mike Hammer from Pasco,
Washington. Bull rider Gordon
Baggett, Fort Worth, Texas, is
also entered in saddle bronc, calf
roping, steer wrestling and team
roping.
Nationally ranked cowgirls
competing in the barrel race are
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Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo (OTPR) Court (left
to right) Princess Maci Childers, Princess Kara Miller and Queen
Dawn Boor help Roe Gardner set up display of saddle at Gardner's
Men's Wear in Heppner. Gardner donates a saddle each year to the
OTPR all around cowboy.
Steve Purcella, '96 World Cham
pion team roper (header) (season
earnings: $91,069)
Tony Currin, steer wrestling
Fred W hitfield, ‘95-'96 World
Champion calf roper (season earn
Dan Mortensen, ‘93-'95 World ings: $155,336)
Champion saddle bronc rider (sea
son earnings: $177,948)
Kay Blandford,
Sutherland
Springs, Texas, currently third,
and last year's Columbia River
Circuit champion. Katie McCoin.
from Condon.
Local cowboys and cowgirls
competing are barrel racers Kelli
Currin and Tiffame Munkers,
Heppner, Randi Rae Britt, Echo,
and Janice Davis, Hermiston.
Timed event contestants include
Jerry Gentry in calf roping and
Tony and Steve Currin, calf
roping and steer wrestling. Mark
Holmquist. steer wrestling, and
Marty
Bntt,
Echo,
steer
wrestling. Other local timed
event contestants are Mike
Mahoney, team roping, steer
wrestling and calf roping. Bob
Mahoney, team roping, and Brett
McDowell, team roping.
Joe Beaver, '96 World Champion
all-around cowboy (season earn
ings $166,103)
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