Junior Cowboys And Cowgirls Collect Working Prizes And Unique Awards at Morris County Youth Rodeo
Nearly 60 cowboys and cowgirls, 19 years of age and under, from eight counties participated in the 35th annual Morris County Youth Rodeo, sponsored by the Morris County Youth Rodeo Association, Saturday evening at Council Grove.
Dedicated Mayor’s ‘Love For Hometown’ Brings Grocery Store Back To Alta Vista For Thriving Survival
“Small towns can survive and thrive.” The mayor didn’t exactly say that, but the feeling was obviously in his heart, and he’s doing his part to create a reality. Philosophies have been for a rural community to live, there must be a school, and a grocery store. Apparently that is true, as just simple computation […]
Pomona Lake Celebrates Golden Anniversary In Flood Control And Recreation For Everyone
Floods come when seemingly unending rainfall downpours overburden every waterway from ditch to stream to river each overflowing their banks causing exhausting destruction to everybody and everything in the way. Human lives come in harm as communities; homes, productive crops and even rich farmland itself are lost with financial valuation skyrocketing to surpass owners’ greatest […]
No Rest For Top College Breakaway Roper, With Busy Life Horse Training And Rodeo Competition
Riding eight barrel racing prospects every day keeps a college cowgirl busy. That’s even after school has been dismissed for the summer. Let alone when classes are in session, and she’s competing in some kind of rodeo event more than half of the days in a year. Busy schedules required considerable phone tag, but the […]
Set For State Finals At Topeka, Dedicated Practice Takes Council Grove Cowgirl To College Rodeo Team Scholarship
“Nobody has to make me practice. I love to rope. I’m always ready and anxious to practice to be the best I can be, so I can win.” That’s paid off for Michaela Peterson of Council Grove, who was recently named to attend Garden City Community College on a rodeo scholarship and be a member […]
Horses Galore From Five States In 20th Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade
“This is the best parade I’ve ever seen.” An outburst of clapping became contagious as a fringe-topped survey pulled by a fast trotting bay horse with silky-long-flowing-mane-and-tail, and adorned in Christmas tassels and patriotic plume, rolled onto Massachusetts Avenue, packed with spectators, semblance of football stadiums later in the day.
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Gold Card Pro Rodeo Member, Cottonwood Falls Rancher Continues Cowboy Way Of Life
Cowboy longevity is the simplest way to describe Jimmie Barr. Yet, that’s far too easy, because an appropriate description of this Flint Hills cowboy is much more complex. In his 87 years as a cowboy, Jim Barr of Cottonwood Falls has just about done it all and continues active today. It’s a trait he got […]
Without His Horse, Dwight Rancher Inducted Into Kansas Cowboy Hall Of Fame
Horses certainly have their value on a ranch, there was no denying that, but when it came to putting money out to buy one, Fred Germann pinched it twice before letting lose, and had second thoughts at that. We might be a bit dramatic in our evaluation, but Germann expressed his philosophies publicly about […]
Horseback Riders Encouraged To Set Goals In Order To Have More Fun
Goal setting can make horseback riding more fun and rewarding. That was the message of Linda Allen, renowned clinician for riding, judging and course designs from Dallas, Texas, in one of her presentations during the EquiFest of Kansas at Wichita.