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Meet the Fair and Rodeo Court
Special Edition Morrow County Fair & Rodeo • Heppner Gazette-Times, W ednesday. August 9. 2000-Page 9
Drift. Tracy trained April herself
and used her for court activities
in 1999 as well.
Queen Tracy invites everyone
to the 2000 Morrow County Fair
and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo,
which will be the best ever and a
great show, and hopes to see
everyone there.
Princess Rachel Faber
(t-R) Princess Rachel, Queen Tracy and Princess Salii
Queen Tracy Rankin
Queen Tracy Rankin is the 17
year old daughter o f Tim and
Kathy Rankin of Heppner. Tracy
has two older sisters, Bobbie and
Jennifer.
Tracy graduated from Heppner
High School this spring. Tracy is
a long-time member of 4-H,
participating in sheep and horse
4-H for eight years. Tracy has
also been involved in poultry 4-H
for two years. Tracy competes in
the Morrow County 4-H Horse
Show as well as the Morrow
County Open Horse Show. She is
also a member of Wranglers
Riding Club, Barrel Club and has
been a member of FFA.
Tracy is also involved in many
school activities. She has been a
member of volleyball, basketball,
track and golf teams and has
been a member of Wildhorse,
Outdoor, OSSOM, and drama
clubs.
Tracy is no stranger to life on
the rodeo court or the Morrow
County Fair and Oregon Trail
Pro Rodeo. Tracy carried sponsor
flags for the OTPR for two years
and she was a pennant bearer for
the court in 1997. In 1999, Tracy
was a princess on the court under
her sister, Bobbie's reign.
The horse Tracy is using for
court activities is a seven-year-
old Quarter Horse named April
Nineteen-year-old Rachel Faber
was bom in Umatilla. All of her
life she has been a resident of
Eastern Oregon, living in
Hermiston, Pendleton and now
Echo, where she lives with her
parents, John and Karen Luciani,
on Butter Creek.
Rachel is a recent graduate of
the class of 2000 from Heppner
High School. As well as
graduating from high school this
last year, Rachel also attended
and graduated from John
Casablanca's School of Modeling
in Beaverton. Her last few
summers have been spent
working wheat harvest on the
family farm, driving truck and
being the cook.
She loves the country life
where animals are abundant and
there is lots of room to jump on
her horse and ride for miles. Her
horse is a beautiful, bald face,
seven year old, Quarter Horse
sorrel gelding, named Mia Good,
but he is known by all as Ebbie.
Rachel’s' love of horses made
her decide she would like to be a
rodeo princess. Her past horse
experience has been mostly
showmanship in 4-H, open horse
shows, pleasure riding and,
among her favorites, riding in the
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mountains. Other than her horses,
her best friends include her dogs!
Annie, a Dalmatian, and Bear, an
American Eskimo. They are her
constant companions and are up
for going on a ride no matter
where or when. She has an
exceptionally special way with
animals and would like to pursue
dog training some day.
Rachel's hobbies are horse
riding,
dog
training,
snowboarding, golfing, playing
the piano and spending time with
her friends. In the fall Princess
Rachel plans to attend Blue
Mountain Community College.
Princess Salli McElligott
Princess Salli McElligott is the
16-year-old daughter of Paul and
Charity McElligott of lone. She
has an older brother, Jeremiah,
and a younger sister, Diana.
Salli will be a junior this fall at
lone High School where she is an
honor student. She has been a
past class president, was chosen
for the HOBY leadership award,
and is a National Honor Society
member. Salli stays busy
throughout the school year
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member
FBLA,
and a member of the lone Youth
group. She has been a member of
the volleyball teams at lone that
won
back-to-back
state
championships the last two years.
She participates in basketball and
tennis also.
Salli has been a 4-H member for
the past seven years, competing
in horse, swine and sewing. She
was a pennant bearer for the
court for the past two years and
also helped carry sponsor flags
during the pro rodeo. Salli has
been a member of Cayuse Jr.
Rodeo, where she roped, barrel
raced and pole bended.
Salli's official mount for the
year has been her 15-year-old
sorrel running Quarter Horse
named J.R.
Salli enjoys meeting people,
making new friends and has
enjoyed her year with Queen
Tracy and Princess Rachel.
Princess Salli is looking forward
to seeing you at the Morrow
County Fair and Oregon Trail
Pro Rodeo.
Morrow County Fair, Aug. 16-19
The Morrow County Fair is a
county-wide
showcase
of
agriculture, crafts, industry and
business. It provides county
residents the opportunity for the
exhibition of livestock, poultry,
farm and horticultural products,
and articles of arts, crafts and
beauty.
The fair can boast about the
"Echoes of the Past" with the
improvements to the fair and
rodeo facilities and look forward
to the 21 st Century with new and
exciting events to attend at your
facilities.
The fair is an educational event
made possible by the year-round
efforts and hard work of
members of the Morrow County
Fair Board, Fair Committee,
Rodeo
Committee,
Superintendents and volunteers.
Funds for operation of the
Morrow County Fair are derived
from a small appropriation from
Morrow County, admission
charges, rental fees and from the
State of Oregon.
"We, at the fair and rodeo hope
you enjoy yourselves and
appreciate your support and
dedication,”
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Proudly Supports
Morrow County Fair &
Rodeo
and other community events
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