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6B Enterprise-Leader Wednesday, August 7, 2019 R o d e o Enter Your Pet in the 2020 Pet Calendar Contest Fundraiser Today! For submission details, call Kathy at 479-684-5523 or visit NWADG.com/pets Enter your cat, dog, ferret, rabbit– any animal (no humans please) in our 2020 NIE Pet Calendar Contest! It's easy, and all proceeds benefit the Newspapers in Education (NIE) program which provides no-cost digital access for literacy projects in Northwest Arkansas Schools. We are now looking for the TOP 12 PETS in NWA to feature in our 21st Annual Pet Calendar. One pet out of the 12 will win Pet of the Year and will be featured in full color on the cover of the 2020 NIE Pet Calendar. All 12 winning pets receive a professional pet portrait session and are featured in the calendar. ENTER ONLINE: www.NWAdg.com/pets ENTER BY MAIL: Send photo, $5.00 entry fee & required information to: NIE Pet Calendar Contest, PO Box 1187 Fayetteville, AR 72702 DEADLINE FOR ENTRY: Wednesday, August 28th at 1:00pm ENTER IN PERSON: Drop off photo, entry fee & required information to one of these newspaper locations NORTHWEST ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE 212 N East Ave., Fayetteville THE WEEKLY VISTA 13026 Hwy 71, Bentonville (Next to Hook, Line & Sinker) Dolce Winner of the 2019 pet calendar contest. $5.00 to Enter IS YOUR PET A SUPERHERO? Presented by: HughesNet Gen5 Satellite Internet America's #1 Choice for Satellite Internet $ 99 49 25 MBPS download speeds DATA LIMITS FREE Standard Installation Limited Time Savings ― Call Today! 1-844-717-1819 per month starting package price Call for further details Submitted photoS Left: Delilah Alvarez is a candidate for 2019 Lincoln Riding Club Little miss. the contest will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 7, prior to the Lincoln Rodeo street dance at the Lincoln Square. Center: Alaina Nickles is a candidate for 2019 Lincoln Riding Club Little miss. Right: Dalli Jo Fisher is a candidate for 2019 Lincoln Riding Club Little miss. LINCOLN — Three junior cowgirls are competing for the Lincoln Riding Club Little Miss crown, and one junior cowboy threw his hat in the ring for Little Mister. In the running for Little Miss are: Delilah Alvarez, 5, of Siloam Springs; Dalli Jo Fisher, 5, of Vian, Okla.; and Alaina Nickles, 3, of Lincoln; while three-year- old Porter "Gauge" Perkins, of Farmington, contends for the LRC Little Mister buckle and stickhorse. Delilah Alvarez Delilah, daughter of Kelby Alvarez, of Siloam Springs, a n d Me l i ssa B row n , of Bentonville, is in Kindergar- ten at Central Park School. Delilah's favorite food is spaghetti and she abso- lutely loves the color pink. In Delilah's spare time she loves to swing, swim and run around, ride horses and kayak the river. When Delilah grows up she wants to be a unicorn hunter and a doctor. Dalli Jo Fisher D a l l i Jo, d a u g h te r o f S h e r r i R i s l ey a n d S e t h Fisher, attends school at Rocky Mountain in Stil- well, Okla., where she is in Kindergarten, and is a member of the Lincoln Riding Club. She aspires to be a stock contractor when she grows up. She admires all the bucking stock she can while at rodeos, and roots for the animals. In the meantime she enjoys spend- ing time with her mares Peach and Indy, riding with her mom, barrel racing, pestering her sisters, hang- ing out at drill practice, and rodeoing. Alaina Nickles A l a i n a , d a u g h t e r o f Micaela Hernandez and Justin Nickles, of Lincoln, loves the color purple and a go o d o l ' McD o n a l d 's hamburger. Alaina loves to fish, dance, play school, ride dirt bikes, and go shopping. When she grows up she wants to be a princess and a doctor. Beneficial Experience The LRC Royalty commit- tee structures the competi- tion to benefit candidates for Little Mister and Little Miss throughout the expe- rience, wanting the junior cowboys and junior cowgirls to emerge with increased knowledge of rodeo and a better understanding of rodeo pageants to help further their careers. The Little Mister and Little Miss contest is open to ages 3-7, and the final application deadline was May 1. During the contest each contestant will model a "V" formation while current LRC royalty reads a short bio based on their appli- cation. At the end of their bio they will approach the current LRC Royalty, and are then asked 3-5 questions. They will be judged on several factors: Appearance: expected to be clean, well dressed, in appropriate western attire, standing up straight, facing the audience, not trying to hide, appearing confident, ready to tackle the task at hand; Answering questions: not shy, speaking clearly and conf idently, making eye contact with the audience, refraining from looking at floor when talking; and P e r s o n a l i t y c o m i n g through — smiling, talking easily, projecting confidence, not afraid to interact with others. A m o n g t h e r e q u i r e - ments, each contestant had to sell 25 raffle tickets at $1 each and the winners are required to lead the stick horse grand entry nightly during the Lincoln Rodeo Thursday through Saturday, Aug. 8-10. All contestants are encouraged to ride in the stick horse grand entry each night of the rodeo. Contestants at all levels are expected to maintain s p o r t s m a n s h i p b e f o r e , during and after the contest and throughout the rodeo. The 2019 Little Mister and Little Miss contest will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 7, prior to the Lincoln Rodeo street dance at the Lincoln Square. Three Junior Cowgirls Enter Little Miss Contest By Mark Humphrey ENTERPRISE-LEADER the Lincoln Riding Club will appear. R o d e o w e e k b e g i n s Wednesday with the Little M i s te r a n d L i tt l e M i ss contests held at 7 p.m. prior to the street dance which goes from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. with Howard Lester & the Boston Mountain Playboys providing a lively, danceable soundtrack. Little Mister and Little Miss winners will lead the stickhorse grand entry each night at 7:30 p.m. Arkansas Fillies are a junior equestrian drill team comprised of dedicated, and talented cowgirls from ages 9-17. Directors are Amanda Arnold and Sherry Main, who along with teaching the girls routines, empha- size how to care for horses, responsibility, horseman- ship and teamwork. The precision riding adventure keeps the cowgirls busy maintaining a focus on school and horses. T h e F i l l i e s p r a c t i c e weekly with Arnold and Main endeavoring to instill accountability while expect- ing professionalism from the young riders. They thrill audiences dashing into the arena on horseback with hair flowing out from their hats and get the crowd pumped up and ready for rodeo by executing pivots to begin the grand entry as they did at the 123rd West- ville, Okla. Old Settler's Day Rodeo in June. The Fillies won an award from the Siloam Springs Rodeo and Riding Club for "Best Riding Group" in a parade this year. A member of the Fillies, Alexis Arnold, came in first Runner-up in the Miss Rodeo of the Ozarks 2019 pageant held at Spring- dale earlier this summer. Last year nearly $12,000 in prize money changed hands during the 65th annual Lincoln Rodeo held Aug. 9-11, 2018 at Lincoln Riding Club Arena. Even without any qualifying bull rides there the grand total payout amounted to $11,950.80. New last year was ranch bronc riding, something Lincoln Riding Club antic- ipated would draw more interest due to locals from an extended radius being eligible to compete. Kylee Bobacher's motto. "Be true, be you," helped the Westville, Okla. cowgirl win the 2018 Miss Lincoln Riding Club queen contest. Bobacher won the Speech and Modeling as well as the Horsemanship portions of the contest, while first runner-up Hannah Taylor, of Fayetteville, won the highest sponsorship award. The junior queen crown went to Judygail McNeely, of Westville, Okla., who also won the Speech and Modeling and Horseman- ship portions of the contest. McNeeley was also recog- nized as "Miss Congeneal- ity." First runner-up Mika Arnold, of Lincoln, won the high sales raffles, banners and tickets award; plus the "Moving Up" award. Chloie Thomas, of Farm- ington, won the 2018 Prin- cess title, taking first in Speech and Modeling and Horsemanship portions of the contest. First runner-up Brooklyn Teague, of Siloam Springs, won the "Rising St a r " awa rd a n d " M i ss Photogenic" award. All three will preside over the 2019 Lincoln Rodeo. CoNtiNuED FroM pAgE 1B FANs: Royalty To Preside Over This Year's Rodeo Festivities Her favorite memory of this past year though, was being able to pass out awards to participants during the Area 3 Special Olympics Spring Games. Chloie has also been able to platform her passion for the peer buddy program, and hope- fully will get to incorporate this at her school next year. Chloie's experience over the past year has helped her make the decision to continue running for rodeo royalty in the future. Chloie would like to give a shout out to her sponsors for getting her started in the LRC Rodeo royalty compe- tition. She wants to thank all the rodeo event and royalty sponsors, rodeo board, and royalty committee because without them, she says this past year would not have been possible. Chloie wants to wish all the contestants who are competing in this year's contest "good luck." She can't wait to be able to crown this year's 66th annual LRC Rodeo princess on Saturday. 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