‘He Was a Member of the Family’
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August 1, 2013
Close to her heart: During a horse show at the fairgrounds in Walla Walla this weekend, Waitsburg Princess Megan Morrison holds up a smart phone picture of her mount 'Tex,' a retired rodeo horse with whom she had big dreams before he perished in a trailer accident.
WAITSBURG - Megan Mor- rison found her prince long before she became a Princess.
The member of the 2013 Waitsburg Court who hails from a household of few means, received 'Tex' as a gift three years ago from an older family friend who no- ticed the 12-year-old was the only one who could handle the feisty old rodeo horse.
"Tex was picky," Mor- rison, now 15, said through her tears during a recent interview at an equestrian event in Walla Walla. "If he didn't like you, he'd let you know."
The Waitsburg High School sophomore had big dreams for herself and the gelding. After nearly qualify- ing for...
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