“Gee. Come on, get along Minnie. Haw. Get around, Molly.”
There was almost a sing in the demand and certainly spryness as Ralph Anderson with beard, flopping straw hat and bibbed overalls provided verbal accompaniment to driving lines as maneuvering his near-four-ton draft horse team.
Dedication and ribbon cutting for the new sidewalk Pioneer Trail kicks off the seventh annual Fall Festival, Saturday, Oct. 4, at Pioneer Bluffs, north of Matfield Green in Chase County.
It’s rodeo time this weekend at Council Grove.
The 28th annual Fall Ranch Rodeo has been scheduled for Sunday, Oct 5, 1 o’clock, at the Morris County Youth Rodeo Association (MCYRA) arena, located 1½ miles east of Council Grove on Highway 56.
“First place in senior Western pleasure goes to Number 17.” Not too often has that announcement come over the loudspeaker, but it’s the number we’re always listening for when lined up at completion of a horseshow class.
What’s the old bronc rider saying? “If bulls were supposed to be ridden, Paul Revere would have come through town on a bull instead of a horse.”
“Horses scare me, especially the ones that buck. A person can get hurt trying to ride those rodeo broncs.”
“Old fashioned wheat threshing with a steam engine and assistance from horse power.”
That’s the featured attraction again for the 36th annual Fall Festival and Swap Meet scheduled this weekend Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 27-28, one mile east of Meriden, Kan., on K-4 Highway.
Community Appreciation Day is what the long traditional Old Settlers Day celebration has been tagged this Saturday, Sept. 27, at Alta Vista.
According to Pam McDiffett, city official, the Alta Vista Chamber of Commerce has a full slate of activities for all ages scheduled all day throughout the rural western Wabaunsee County community.
“Oh gosh, he must be a religious man.”
Somebody said that snidely to the fella beside him as we went to get in our car to head home from work.
“At least, you sure do have a holey short,” the remark this time directed to our attention.
Initially a bit self-conscious, we soon figured out that again we’d worn a hole in our shirt sleeve, and nodded a grin at the idiosyncratic, but chiding accusation.
Fall had set in, and the bulls were sure feeling their oats, but it all added to the excitement making a record topping Flint Hills Bull Blowout at Strong City.
“The cool weather made us concerned whether we’d get a crowd, but people brought their jackets and came in record numbers to our fifth annual jackpot bull riding competition,” said Kim Reyer, event coordinator.