Reigning Rodeo Queen Due Here For Contest

The reigning 101 Ranch Rodeo Queen, Teri Turnage, is expected here the weekend of Aug. 19-21 to assist members of the Ponca City Business and Professional Women's Club in coordinating activities in connection with the 1982 101 Ranch Rodeo Queen Contest.

A pre-vet medical student at Oklahoma State University, Teri is a Claremore resident and was sponsored by the Panhandle State Rodeo Club in last year's contest, according to Lois Scott, 101 Ranch Rodeo queen chairman for the BPW Club.

Entries for this year's queen contest will close today, and the contest will be held in conjunction with the 101 Ranch Rodeo which opens here Thursday, Aug. 19.

Sponsored by the Ponca City BPW Club, the contest is open to all young horsewomen 15 years old and not over 21, still unmarried. Through Thursday, three hopefuls had completed their entry information, and sent along their picture.

Horsemanship counts up to 50 points in the contest, 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 are expected to start arriving in Ponca City Thursday, 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 the 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, hosted by the Ponca City Rodeo Foundation.

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.

Judges for the competition will be announced next week, Mrs. Scott said. The 1982 queen will be presented with the traditional Barrel Racing saddle, courtesy of Forrest Miles. The saddle is on display now at the Chamber of Commerce office. She will also receive two dozen long-stemmed red roses courtesy Higdon's Florists.

Other gifts to be presented include a belt buckle from the Ponca City BPW Club and a $15 gift certificate from Orr's TV 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 Bank & Trust to the first runner-up; $75 Savings Bond from Sober Bros. Sand & Gravel Co. to the second runner-up; $75 gift certificate from Carol and Frank Braden at Cowboy Supply to the third runner-up, and a $60 certificate from Milton H. Lang at Universal Travel Agency for the fourth runner-up.

Jim Ball at Larry Black Sporting Goods will furnish the engraved trophies to be presented to the winners. The trophies are also on display at the Chamber office.

Judge's accommodations will be provided at Holiday Inn through the courtesy of Don and Forrest Mertz of Mertz, Inc., and Jay Miller of Miller Markets, South and Fourth. Evans and Associates are responsible for stables for the contestants' horses.

Diane Rice, chairman of the civic participation committee for the Ponca City BPW Club, is working with Mrs. Scott on this annual competition. For more information, con-tact Mrs. Scott at 400 North Twelfth, or the Chamber office, 765-2730.

Queen Contest Judges Named

The judging team for the 101 Ranch Rodeo Queen contest to be held Aug. 19-21 in conjunction with the annual 101 Ranch Rodeo, has been named, according to Lois Scott, chairman of the queen contest for the Ponca City Business and Professional Women's Club.

Serving as judges this year will be Patrice Parsons of Edmond; Dianne Griffin, Miss Rodeo Oklahoma of 1882, and Mike Claytor of Oklahoma City.

Parsons, currently working for the FDIC in Oklahoma City, assisted with the Oklahoma High School Queen Contest this year, and chaperoned Miss Oklahoma High School to the Nationals in Douglas, Wyo. She has been 1976 101 Ranch Rodeo Queen and Miss Congeniality, 1977 Woodward Elks Rodeo Queen,, 1977 Miss Oklahoma Horseman, 1977 National Finals Rodeo Queen finalist, 1976 First Runner-up State Fair Rodeo Queen, and 1977 First Runner-up Rodeo of the Ozarks and Horsemanship winner.

Griffin, Miss Rodeo Oklahoma of 1982, has been riding horses since the age of five, owned her first horse at age 11 and has been caring for horses ever since, competing primarily in Barrel Racing and Reining. A student at Central State University in Edmond, she is currently employed by Tenners in Oklahoma City. She has judged a number of queen con-tests this year, including Chickasha, Hinton, Woodward, Shawnee, and the Miss Rodeo Arkansas contest.

Claytor, active in quarter horse showing as well as in judging, was judge for the Cavalcade Queen Con-test in July in Pawhuska. He is employed by Oklahoma Land and Cattle Company as horse manager.

This panel of judges will be scoring the seven contestants in the 101 Ranch Rodeo Queen contest on horsemanship, poise, personality and appearance. 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 contestants, expected to start arriving in Ponca City Thursday, according to Mrs. Scott, will be hosted by members of the Ponca City BPW club during their stay in the city.

The queen 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.

LYNDA CHAMBERS of Talala was named the 1983 101 Ranch Rodeo Queen Saturday at the final performance of the 1982 Rodeo. The new queen represented the Oologah Outlaws.

First runner-up was Sandra Coursey of Sapulpa while Teresa Ann Carle of Noble was second runner-up. Jennifer Glass of Newkirk was third runner-up and Miss Congeniality while Kathy Sebor of Ponca City was fourth runner-up.