The Kiwanis Club of Guadalupe is a longtime supporter of the Elks Rodeo Queen competition.<\/p>\n
This year, they\u2019ve chosen Savannah Salcido to represent their organization in the contest.<\/p>\n
Salcido, who celebrated her 18th birthday on May 8, will graduate from Pioneer Valley High School in early June.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst and foremost, I want to thank God for being here and having the blessing and honor to represent the Kiwanis of Guadalupe,\u201d said Salcido.<\/p>\n
Salcido is the third of Maria and Angel Salcideo\u2019s four children.<\/p>\n
She also has a brother, Angel Jr., 20, a sister, Elena, 19, and a sister, Julia, 14.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom as far back as I can remember, my parents always stressed that you must work hard, be determined, and give your best effort in everything you do,\u201d Salcido said. \u201cAll through high school, I have been involved with ag leadership, volleyball, swim, cheer, softball, soccer, FFA, AVID, Link Crew, and college prep courses.”<\/p>\n
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As if she wasn\u2019t busy enough, she decided to add the 2026 Queen to her list of activities.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy aunt Valerie convinced me to give this a try. I didn\u2019t have the confidence and didn\u2019t think I\u2019d be able to do it. She convinced me that I should give it a try, and now I want to tell others not to let anything discourage you. You can do anything if you try.\u201d<\/p>\n
After high school, Salcido will join the Army Reserve.<\/p>\n
\u201cI come from a military family,\u201d she said. \u201cMy dad served as a Marine for eight years. My older brother is currently in the Air Force, and my older sister is in the Army. I\u2019m planning to be a combat medic and then get my degree so that I can become a labor and delivery nurse.\u201d<\/p>\n
Salcido\u2019s fundraisers include a tri-tip dinner, followed by a cornhole tournament, and a fundraiser at Cool Hand Luke\u2019s Restaurant.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a lot of fun events planned that I\u2019m really excited for,\u201d said Salcido. \u201cWe all want to win, but I think one of the best things is how this brings the entire community together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kiwanis Club of Guadalupe is a longtime supporter of the Elks Rodeo Queen competition. This year, they\u2019ve…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-244792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}