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The INDEPENDENT, July 15, 2010 Carr wins 2011 Miss Rodeo Oregon Mackenzie Carr - 2011 Miss Rodeo Oregon. Photo cour- tesy of Creekside Studios of Scappoose. Mackenzie Carr of Vernonia was crowned the 2011 Miss Rodeo Oregon, July 1, during the first rodeo performance of the 75th Annual St. Paul Rodeo. The daughter of Alan and Barb Carr, Mackenzie grew up on a small farm in rural Vernon- ia. She was on the varsity vol- leyball, equestrian and track teams throughout high school, as well as being a member of the band and choir. She was valedictorian of her 2008 grad- uating class from Vernonia High School, and a nine year member of Columbia County Horse 4-H. Mackenzie has sung the national anthem at various venues, including rodeos, sporting events, and opening the Rodney Atkins concert at the Oregon State Fair. After attending Oregon State University for two years, Mac- kenzie will attend college part- time during her tenure as Miss Rodeo Oregon, when she will represent Oregon and the sport of rodeo throughout Oregon and the country, culminating in the Miss Rodeo America pag- eant in December 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her part time studies will be at Lower Columbia College, in Longview, to work on her minor in communications. When her schedule is not so demanding, she plans to major in architec- ture with a focus on interior ar- chitecture and commercial building design. In her spare time, she enjoys riding her horses, giving riding lessons to children, and training horses. She also enjoys volleyball, country western dancing, and spending time outdoors. Before winning the title, Mackenzie won awards for knowledge, personality, ap- pearance, speech, horseman- ship, and photogenic. Kiernan Hull, from Newberg, was crowned Teen Miss Rodeo Oregon, and Haley Marie Jones, from St. Helens, was crowned Junior Miss Rodeo Oregon for 2011 on June 26, during the first performance of the 24th Annual Tillamook County Rodeo. Miss Rodeo Oregon Pa- geant, Inc., sponsors the annu- al Miss, Teen, and Junior Miss Rodeo Oregon pageants dur- ing the last week of June. All of the contestants compete in multi-day contests in the cate- gories of horsemanship, per- sonal interview, rodeo knowl- edge, speech, personality and appearance. Social Security stories are sought An effort to gather stories about the importance of Social Security in our society has re- sulted in a special video project and upcoming book. The So- cial Security Stories Project is seeking story submissions from the public, with a goal of receiving 1,000 stories by the end of July. The stories will then be reviewed for possible inclusion in a new book to be published in honor of the 75th anniversary of Social Security on Aug. 14, 2010. There are currently 10 sto- ries featured in a new video that was showcased by the Na- tional Academy of Social Insur- ance on June 22, 2010, at the National Press Club in Wash- ington, D.C. The video can also be viewed on YouTube. The video uses photos submitted by the story tellers, as well as au- dio captured through a special See Stories on page 20 Page 9 Bits & Bites By Jacqueline Ramsay This column is being print- ed as submitted with the author’s permission. The saga of a RIGHT HANDED WOMAN (note_she was right_ handed but became a LEFTY). THINGS YOU MUST RELEARN. IN DRESSING THE BODY6 a blouse be- comes a sleeveless Tee shirt. a pair of slacks MUST be elastic waisted! socks ( if needed) must have loose opening. Your toes need to be coached into the openingwi with MUCH bless- ing. SHOES must have velcro closer strips. No, having things at the ready, Sit down, put feet in the correcto openings the first time(it saves your sanity), now, stand up, bend over, grasp under garment, shimmie it upand overone hip, no good luck in working it over the bump on the other side without letting the first side drop off it’s perch. IN showering,brushing or washing your hear you will find your brain does not compute instantly into reverse mode. Cooking isn’t so bad IF you keep it SIMPLE. Remember you can’T cut or chop anything up and make it stay in one place on the board. FRYING,BOILING is good. IF you are a Chef cracking an egg is easy as pie one handed but if not you should start practicing NOW. You can stil run the washer and dryer, but you can’T run the vacuum. Doing the dishes is something I do not really advise. The soap, wa- ter and object you are trying to wash move at a different angle (NONE HOLDSTILL) (Now for a short recap of when this all start- ed.) June 21st – fell and broke my right wrist. x-rys and a soft cast.finger tips to over the elbow. JUne 23rd – supposed to see the Doctor but he got the PUNYS so it was June 28th. when they took x-rays LOOK-SEE’S and said YES IT’S BROKE IN THREE PLACES. So they put the very tender wrist in a wrist brace and said JULY 2nd we will do surgery. They did, so now I’m back in a soft cast – bandageknuckles toelbow (don’t you like the way I forgot to space.) Any how I now am not so patiently waiting for July 13th when I pr pray the think in the sling will get to come up for air and a bath.THINGS I LEARNED THE DAY OF MY SURGERY. Never again well I question (siently or out loud) whensome one mtssing even the tip of a toe or finger when they talk of Phantom Pain.They dead-enedmt arm my arm from shoul- der to finger-tips. IT took about 40 minutes and in the process I experienced the death of my arm. My arm became a piece of cooked spaghetti. HONEST. It was layingalongsie along side my body on the bed. Waiting to go into sur- gery when I became aware of feeling my arm on my chest (where it had been whilethey dead- ened it.) my minds-eye could see it LAYING ON MY CHEST. I could feel the weight of the arm on my chest. I could feel me moving my fingers. At this point I took mt left hand reached over ann took hold of m mt right arm (1 might add at this point, what I felt almost made me ill. MY arm was aBO BLOB of NOTHING.I could see it. I could feel it in my left hand but it had No feeling. Sorry if this is to graphic for you all, but there are some things wevery fortunate fold need to be made aware of. AND THIS WAS A WAKE UP CALL FOR ME because I felt the sensation forabout 24 hours. I think this is about enough for this tinem time. 50 Years Ago This Month The July 7, 1960, issue of the Vernonia Eagle included the following news story on the front page under the headline “Fireball Viewed Sunday Night”: A giant fireball which appeared the size of a full moon, streaked across northwest Oregon skies in a haze of blinding white light at 12:07 a.m. Sunday, according to A. D. Lolley, city marshall who was sitting in his police car with deputy Roy Sanders and said the fireball traveled from the south- west to the northeast and was de- scending at a 45-degree angle. He said it looked as if it should have hit somewhere in the vicinity of St. Helens, but a later report said it continued eastward. 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