Special Edition • Morrow County Fair and Rodeo • Heppner Gazette-Times, Wednesday, August 6 ,2 0 0 3 - Page 15
Fair & Rodeo Princesses
this year along w ith Princess
L e x i ’s m o m , T a m i, a n d
stepmother, T rade.
M e g a n h a s a ls o
s e r v e d th r e e y e a r s a s a
pennant bearer.
T h is
year
as
representative for the M orrow
C o u n ty F a ir a n d O T P R ,
M egan says she especially
enjoyed the Prineville rodeo,
the C rooked River Roundup.
“ I ju s t like the area,” says
Princess Megan. She also had
fu n a t th e S n a k e R iv e r
Stam pede at N am pa, Idaho,
w here she got to m eet the
contestants for M iss R odeo
Idaho and the current M iss
Rodeo Idaho.
D u rin g th is y e a r ’s
M o rro w C o u n ty F a ir and
O re g o n T ra il P ro R o d e o
festivities, you m ay be able to
catch Princess M egan in her
favorite outfit, a long-sleeved
white blouse with a blue camo
vest and W rangler jeans. The
g irls ’ b o n e -c o lo re d c h a p s
feature m etallic trim and sky
b lu e frin g e . T h e o u tfit is
accented by a leather belt with
diam ond conchos, a Montana
S ilv e r b e lt b u c k le a n d
M o n ta n a S ilv e r je w e lr y .
M e g a n ’s b e lt b u c k le w as
d o n ated by K lam ath First.
Lexi’s buckle was donated by
B anner Bank. T he B ank o f
Eastern O regon donated their
jewelry.
P r in c e s s
M egan
invites everyone to “C om e on
out to the M u rray ’s-C ountry
Rose 7th A nnual M icro-B rew
B e e r a n d W in e t a s t in g
Thursday night, Aug. 14, from
6 :3 0 -9 :3 0 p.m ., during fair
w eek, and be safe.”
S ev e n te e n -y e a r-o ld
princess Lexi Kennedy is the
daughter o f Kevin and T ra d e
K ennedy and Tami Kennedy,
all o f Boardman. Princess Lexi
has a sister, Am anda, 13, who
is a pennant bearer this year,
along with Emily Bergstrom o f
H e p p n e r a n d M a k a y la
A nderson o f Boardman.
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T rin cea
Lexi "Kennedy
from Boardman
Eyed: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Aye: 17
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River Ade High School
senior tbiv fa ll
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The 5’7 ’princess will
be a senior at Riverside High
School in Boardm an this fall,
w here she is a 4.0 student and
a m em b e r o f the N ational
H onor Society. She w as the
v ic e p r e s i d e n t o f th e
F e llo w s h ip o f C h r is tia n
A th le te s/Y o u th A liv e and
a tte n d s th e F e llo w sh ip o f
C h ristian C o w b o y s’ rodeo
Bible cam p every year. She is
a 4 -H A m b a s s a d o r a n d
previously showed mules in the
O re g o n Mr. L o n g Ears (a
show circuit for m ules and
d o n k e y s ) . S h e h a s a ls o
s h o w e d 4 -H h o r s e s a n d
lam bs, but this y ear is a little
too busy for both princesses.
L e x i ’s
f a v o r ite
experience this year w as at
Elgin. “They had a really good
ro d e o -a n a w e so m e ro d eo ,
and the parade was nice,” says
Lexi. “A fterw ard, we stayed
and w atched the rodeo and
talked to people. E veryone
w a s r e a lly n i c e .” “ T h e
C hristm as parade w as fun,
to o ,” she adds.
Like Princess Megan,
Princess Lexi was brought up
in rodeo. H er grandfather, the
late Larrie Knaggs, was a team
roper, rodeo announcer and
h er m entor, not to m ention
“one o f the g reatest guys on
earth,” says Lexi. H er uncle,
K ent K naggs, a team roper,
an d his w ife, C harlene, o f
M onroe are active in rodeo
and help coach Lexi w hen
needed. L e x i’s dad, K evin
Kennedy, is a m em ber o f the
fair b o ard and “ practically
everyone is in the fair book,
except m e,” laughs her step-
mom, T rade.
Princess Lexi w as a
pennant bearer on the 2002
court.
D uring the M orrow
County Fair and O TPR, Lexi
will be riding her 14-year-old
Q uarterhorse sorrel, Jacki, a
“dependable, serious” horse
that likes kids. Lexi also has a
d a c h s h u n d - t e r r ie r m ix ,
Sunshine, and likes to ride
four-wheelers, but admits that
h e r w o r ld “ p r e tty m u c h
revolves around horses”.
B e s id e s a ll h e r
a c tiv itie s, Lexi a lso holds
d o w n a jo b at B o a rd m a n
P h a rm a c y an d H a rd w a re.
After high school she plans to
a tte n d E a s te r n O r e g o n
U niversity at L aG rande to
som eday becom e a special
education teacher.
L ex i’s favorite court
outfit includes oatmeal colored
W rangler Riatas w ith a royal
blue shirt with white lettering
that says OTPR on one sleeve
and M C Fair 2003 on the
other and also includes the
p r in c e s s e s ’ n a m e s on the
pocket. The outfit is accented
by a w hite scarf, and the hat,
c h a p s, b o o ts a n d o a tm e al
colored gauntlet gloves.
“ I ’d lik e to se e
e v e ry o n e at o u r tw o p ro
rodeos Friday and Saturday,
as w ell as our dance Friday
night,” says Lexi. The Oregon
T ra il P ro R o d e o ’s tw o
perform ances will be Friday,
A u g u st 15, at 7 p.m . and
Saturday, A ugust 16, at 1:15
p.m. The Rodeo Dance will be
from 9 p.m . to m idnight on
Friday, August 15, with “music
on the g rass” p rovided by
“Thunder Rose.”
So far this year, the
2 0 0 3 p r in c e s s e s h a v e
represented M orrow County
v e ry w e ll, a c c u m u la tin g
num erous first place awards.
T hey a tte n d ed T h e D alles
C h e rry B lo sso m F e s tiv a l
where they took first place; the
Spray R odeo Parade, w here
th e y a ls o to o k f ir s t; th e
U m a tilla L a n d in g D a y s
Parade-first; the B oardm an
Fourth o f July Parade-first; the
Baker M iner’s Jubilee Parade-
first; the Heppner St. Patrick’s
Parade-first and the H eppner
C hristm as L ight Parade-yet
a n o th e r f ir s t. T h e y to o k
second out o f 36 entries at the
P rin e v ille C ro o k e d R iv e r
R o u ndup P arad e a n d also
attended events at A rlington,
Athena and Elgin. They helped
out at the Boardman Cham ber
dinner, the Heppner Chamber
Tow n and Country Banquet,
the M orrow C ounty G rain
G ro w e rs
c u s to m e r
appreciation breakfast, the
Irrigon W atermelon Festival,
the C elebrate H eppner pie
auction and were meeters and
greeters at the Irrigon M usic
in the Park. Still on tap are the
H erm iston Fair, Fossil, the
M o rro w C o u n ty F air and
R odeo and the W alla W alla
Labor Day event. The girls will
then round out their reign by
participating in both Pendleton
R ound-U p parades.
Morrow County Fair and OTPR Princesses Megan McCabe and Lexi
Kennedy with first place trophy received at the Boardman Fourth of
July Parade.
Adopt a Teacher foundation hosts mini carnival
The A dopt A Teacher foundation w ill be in charge o f the
m ini carnival this year, W ednesday, Aug. 13, from 1-4 p.m .
during the M orrow County Fair.
This year the carnival will host a myriad ofbooths. Some
o f these booths will consist o f Plinko, Face Painting, a Basketball
Hoop shoot, Bean Bag Toss, Ring Toss, a Duck Pond, Penny
Pitching, M ilk Bottle Toss, Floating G lass Bowls, Dart Toss,
and more. All proceeds will go directly to the Adopt A Teacher
program to help fund a teacher. Com e, bring the whole family
and enjoy som e good old-fashioned fun and help support your
teachers in the process.
Tillamook Creamery hosts Ice Cream Social
O nce again the T illam ook C ream ery will sponsor an Ice
Cream Social. O n Thursday, Aug. 14, at 3 p.m., kids o f all ages
can enjoy the delicious ice cream. They have donated extra this
year, so hopefully we w o n ’t run out.
Also, the whole week o f fair they will participate by having
an informational booth, so stop by and say hi.