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2010 Roadeo Images

‘The Chase for the State Roadeo Cup’ Revue
Thursday afternoon, October 21, 2010 / Oklahoma City Bricktown
Shuttle Bus Category
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Kelly Shawn, Community Transportation Association of America, (at right / orange shirt) was a patient and thorough guide for drivers in the classroom and on the course here leading contestants in the walk-thru of each sills test.

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In front of a Little Dixie Transit bus, Kelly Shawn consults with Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troopers Shelby Humphreys (center) and Bryant Harris before the Shuttle Bus Category rolls.

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Angie Gilliam, Chickasaw Nation Transit, posts a driver number. Gilliam represented the Oklahoma Tribal Transit Council; Susan Coldwater (right) , Delta Transit, and Steve Sherrer (background / black shirt), Lawton Area Transit System, represented OTA as vice-president and secretary-treasurer respectively. All three greeted each driver at the start both days.

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Mary Kennedy of JAMM Transit takes the wheel as the first-ever contestant in the Inaugural Oklahoma Transit Driving Championships

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Rebecca Lange of Carovilli Communications was always welcome Thursday afternoon with water and soda for sun-drenched judges. The next morning, her menu would change to hot chocolate and coffee.


Friday morning, October 22, 2010 / Oklahoma City Bricktown
Mini-van Category
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Umbrellas blossomed early Friday morning on the Roadeo course.

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Unusual Roadeo sight: a Muskogee County Transit mini-van starts the course skills test with lights on.

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Judge Melissa Bales (right), The Ride of Guymon, and Brandi Palmer, Pelivan Transit driver, bundled against the elements at the pre-trip inspection.

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Christina Belshe, Seminole Nation Public Transit driver, at the pre-trip inspection.

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Cody Ponder, CART, on-the-air with Rusty Olson of KREF Sports Talk 1400 AM.

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Less than an hour into the Mini-Van Category driving, day turned to night. Judge at right clutching hot coffee is Marisa (New) Wells, Oklahoma Department of Health, an Oklahoma Alliance for Public Transportation board member and active with United We Ride Oklahoma.

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Rain moved Wheelchair Lift & Secure competition under cover of the AT&T Bricktown Ballpark concourse. Judges are Melissa Huff, Red River Transportation, and Jim Earnest, Little Dixie Transit.

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Faith Evans, chair of the Written Examination segment, and Melissa Tuck, SORTS, grade tests in the ballpark ‘Cool Zone’ room.

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Accounting team (l-r) Randy Hogan, ODOT Transit Programs; Kary Kiner, OSU CLGT, Roger Eaton and Jennifer Mason, both of ODOT Transit Programs.

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