"I am looking forward to visiting Ponca City again," Tammy Jean Carle told Lois Scott, 101 Ranch Rodeo queen chairman, as plans were finalized for the 1980 rodeo queen contest.

Tammy, reigning 101 Ranch Rodeo Queen and Miss Rodeo Oklahoma, will serve as host queen for the contestants during the 101 Ranch Rodeo which gets underway here Aug.21.

Entries are open until Saturday, Aug. 16 for contestants in the 1980 queen contest which will be held in conjunction with the 101 Ranch Rodeo Aug. 21-23.

Sponsored by the Ponca City Business and Professional Women's Club, the contest is open to all young horsewomen 15 years old and not over 21, still unmarried.

Horsemanship will count up to 50 points, poise and personality for up to 25 points and appearance for up to 25 points. Trophies and special gifts will be given to the top four place winners and to Miss Congeniality who will be selected by the contestants themselves.

The queen contestants will begin arriving in Ponca City Thursday, Aug. 21, Mrs. Scott said, and will be hosted for dinner at the Blue Moon Restaurant. Each contestant will have a BPW Club hostess during her stay in Ponca City.

The prospective queens will lunch on Friday at the Sirloin Stockade and have dinner at Charlie Ryan's Taco Hut. The traditional queen's luncheon will be held Saturday noon at the Holiday Inn.

Entrants will ride in the Grand Entry Parade at the 101 Ranch Rodeo each evening and the queen will be crowned during the Saturday night rodeo performance.

The reigning queen will set the pattern for the contestants. Tammy, a senior at the University of Oklahoma majoring in petroleum land management,. plans a career with an oil company following graduation. As well as her interest in riding, she en-joys music and water sports, is a certified lifeguard and swimming instructor, and has won medals for her singing performances.

Judges for the competition will be announced later, Mrs. Scott said. The 1980 queen will be presented with the traditional saddle, courtesy of Forrest Miles. The saddle is on display now at the Chamber of Commerce office. She will also receive roses courtesy Sonja's Flowers.

Other gifts to be presented include a belt buckle from the BPW Club, and a gift certificate from The Image to Miss Congeniality; a silver belt buckle to the contestant selling the most rodeo tickets, from 101 Ranch Rodeo Foundation; $100 Savings Bond from Pioneer National Bank to the first runner-up; $75 Savings Bond from Sober Bros. to the second runner-up; $50 in Avon products to the third runner-up, and a $50 gift certificate from Cowboy Supply to the fourth runner-up.

Larry Black will furnish the trophies to be presented to the winners. The trophies are also on display in the Chamber of Commerce office. Judges' accommodations will be provided by Joe and Ann Encinas Holiday Inn, Don Mertz of Inc., and Jay Miller of Miller Markets. Evans and Associates will provide stables for the contestants horses.

Those horsewomen still wishing to enter the queen contest may mail entry blanks and pictures to Mrs. Scott, 400 North Twelfth, Ponca 74601, or to the Chamber office. For further information call Chamber office. 765-2730.

Rodeo Queen Judges Announced

Twelve young horsewomen are competing for the 1980 title of 101 Ranch Rodeo Queen during the annual 101 Ranch Rodeo now under way.

Hosted by members of the Ponca City Business and Professional Women's Club, the entrants are competing in horsemanship, poise, personality, and appearance. Trophies and special gifts will be given to the top our place winners and to Miss Congeniality who will be selected by the contestants.

The 1980 queen will be presented with the traditional saddle, courtesy of Forrest Miles, and will also receive roses courtesy Sonja's Flowers.

Other gifts will include a belt buckle from the BPW Club, and a gift certificate from The Image to Miss Congeniality. Others placing in the contest will receive a silver belt buckle from 101 Ranch Rodeo Foundation, $100 Savings Bond from Sober Bros., $50 in Avon products and a $50 gift certificate from Cowboy Supply. Larry Black is furnishing the trophies to be presented to the winners. Others assisting with the contest are Don Mertz, Jay Miller of Miller Markets, Evans & Associates.

The queen hopefuls arrived in Ponca City yesterday and were hosted at the Blue Moon Restaurant. They lunched today at the Sirloin Stockade and will have dinner at Charlie Ryan's Taco Hut. The traditional queen's luncheon will be held Saturday noon at the Holiday Inn.

Serving as judges for the competition will be Mrs. Paula Phillips of Wynona, Mrs. Dianne Dubberstein Roemareo of Udall, Kan., and Smoky Hand of Ramona. Mrs. Phillips, a member of GRA, has judged International Cavalcade, and shows quarter horses.

Mrs. Roemareo, once a contestant in the 101 Ranch Rodeo Queen contest, has judged Miss Rodeo Oklahoma and Miss Kansas Rodeo pageants, the International Queen Contest in Appaloosa Association, and was queen of the International cavalcade at one time.

Hand, sales representative for Oklahoma and Kansas for Circle Y Saddlery, has judged and shown quarter horses professionally for a number of years.

Tammy Carle, the reigning 101 Ranch Rodeo Queen, is setting the pattern for the contestants during the contest.

Lois Scott, chairman of the event, said "The contest is growing each year, and top quality horsewomen from over the state are entering. We are getting more professional-type horsewomen to compete."

TERESA HOLDER of Broken Arrow was selected the 1980 101 Ranch Rodeo Queen in final night festivities here Saturday night. She is the daughter of John and Pat Holder of Broken Arrow.

First runner-up in the contest was LaQuita Brown of Newalla. Ponca Citian Shannon Lyn Burling won the award for top ticket sales.