Page 14 - Special Edition • Morrow County Fair and Rodeo • Heppner Gazette-Times, Wednesday, August 6, 2003
6 Blonde, blue-eyed, bright and busy’ describes 2003 Morrow County Fair and Oregon
Trail Pro Rodeo Princesses M egan and Lexi
“B londe, blue-eyed,
b r ig h t a n d b u s y ” c o u ld
describe the young ladies who
are representing the M orrow
County Fair and Oregon Trail
Pro Rodeo this year. The two
pretty overachievers, Princess
M egan M cCabe, Lexington,
and Princess Lexi Kennedy,
Boardman, are presiding over
th e 2 0 0 3 f a ir a n d ro d e o
festivities.
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‘Princes#
‘Megan ‘McCabe
fro m Lexington
Princess Megan McCabe at the Baker City Parade.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Age: 17
lon e H igh School
sen ior th is f a l l
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M egan M cC abe,
17, the daughter o f Kevin and
Lori M cCabe, will be a senior
this fall at lone High School.
M egan was bom in Pendleton
and in 1997 the family m oved
to Lexington, where her m om
grew up. H er dad is a native
o f lone.
At lone High School,
the 5 ’6” Megan has been active
in volleyball, basketball and
softball. Besides volleyball, her
favorite activity is riding her
1 5 - y e a r - o ld
so rre l
Quarterhorse, Ginger. M egan
says that “anything goes” with
G inger, w hom she describes
as “ laid b ack ” and adds that
G inger “ loves to eat.” M egan
also has a cat, Socks, w ho she
says is “adventurous and loves
to roam .”
B esides h er school
activ ities, M egan is a 4-H
ambassador and has exhibited
4-H pigs. She is a m em ber o f
the lone Youth G roup, is the
student representative to the
p ark s d istric t and w as the
ju n io r c la s s h o m e c o m in g
p rin c e ss. M eg an h as a lso
Princess Megan McCabe.
assisted w ith the lone ju n io r
high basketball and volleyball
program s. On top o f it all, she
is on the honor roll at 1HS and
w orks during the sum m er at
the M o rro w C o u n ty O H V
Park. A fter g raduation from
high school, M egan plans to
a tte n d C e n tr a l O r e g o n
Com m unity College at Bend.
M egan’s fam ily has a
rich rodeo heritage. Her great-
great-aunt, D im ple C rabtree
M unkers, w as queen o f the
M o rro w C o u n ty F a ir an d
Rodeo in 1934. Her mom, Lori
E dw ards M cC abe, w as the
M o rro w C o u n ty F a ir an d
O re g o n T ra il P ro R o d e o
princess in 1979 and queen in
1 9 80. H e r g r a n d m o th e r ,
C a ro ly n C r a b tr e e , w a s a
M o rro w C o u n ty F a ir an d
R o d e o P rin c e s s . P rin c e s s
Princess Lexi Kennedy.
Princess Lexi Kennedy on parade mount Jacki.
M e g a n ’s a u n t S h a r o n
Crabtree was a fair and rodeo
princess; her cousin, N onie
W a lte rs , w a s a p r in c e s s ;
cousin Salli M cE lligott was
both princess and queen; and
cousin Charity McElligott was
a m em ber o f the Grant County
c o u r t. M e g a n ’s g r e a t
grandm other, Ruth M cCabe,
has been active in the M orrow
County Fair for over 60 years.
Princess M e g an ’s other fair
and rodeo connections are just
to numerous to get into, laughs
m om Lori, who is a chaperon
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