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Scotty McCreery’s “The Trouble With Girls” certified Gold

Scotty McCreery’s second single, “The Trouble With Girls,” has been certified

gold for reaching sales of 500,000 units, becoming his third consecutive release to receive a gold or higher certification by the recording

Industry Association of America.“The Trouble With Girls” is his second

consecutive gold single, following his debut single, “I Love You This Big.” His Mercury nashville/19 recordings/ Interscope debut album, Clear As Day, was certified platinum for sales of more than 1 million units in just three months. Clear As Day debuted at no. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 and Top Country Albums charts, making him the youngest man in history to open at the top of the all-genre chart with a debut release. It also garnered the highest sales of any country solo album released last year

and held the no. 1 spot on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart for six weeks.

“Having the first single go gold was crazy, but having the second single go gold and to see the response it is getting in our shows is incredible,” he says. “I wish I could come up with better words than ‘wild’ and ‘incredible,’ because this is really special.

“It’s a huge honor. I’m glad the single is doing well and I’m looking forward to keep singing it on the road.”

Scotty is delighted with the reception the Top 20 (and climbing) hit is receiving, along with his first hit and other songs from his debut album, during his live shows as he performs across the nation as part of Brad paisley’s “Virtual reality Tour 2012” presented by Chevrolet. “As the weeks go by, we are seeing more and more fans singing it back to us. It’s a great feeling when you see that and see the fans appreciating your work,” he says. “We’re having a good time out there.

“The tour is going great,” he says. “Brad and The Band perry are great people. I couldn’t think of a better tour to be on. I’m learning a lot every single night. We’re having a great time!”

Since paisley is known for his habit of playing pranks on his tour mates, Scotty had been thinking of a way of having a little fun with paisley in return. during paisley’s shows, he has shown doctored

photos featuring Scotty’s head on the body of a muscular man in a bathing suit, and he recently put a photo of ernest T. Bass from The Andy Griffith Show on Scotty’s dressing room door.

during paisley’s performance of “Celebrity,” the screens flash fake tabloid headlines including “Is Scotty McCreery Brad paisley’s Love Child?” So perhaps it’s fitting that Scotty’s joke involved dressing up like paisley and surprising the star onstage.

“Apparently Brad leaves his hat backstage at every show, but I didn’t find out until last week,” Scotty says. “I was going to take the hat out onstage that day and poke fun, but we decided it would be too early in the tour because it would leave too much time for him to prank me back. So we decided to wait a little while and perfect the prank – goatee, a tight Brad paisley shirt and a guitar.

“When we thought the time was right, we put it all together and went out there,” Scotty says. “He loved it! He was cracking up. So now I am sleeping with one eye open.”

Scotty is nominated for this year’s Academy of Country Music new Artist of the Year Award, which will be given out during the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on April 1. He was recently named no. 1 on Billboard magazine’s list of Top new Country Artists for 2011. He also won new Artist of the Year at the American Country Awards in december.

Voting for the ACM new Artist of the Year will take place at www.VoteACM.com beginning March 19 at noon eT/9 a.m. pT and continue until 5 p.m. pT on Sunday, April 1 (before the live show starts.) The new Artist of the Year final nominees were selected by a combined vote of the fans and professional members of the Academy of Country Music. professional member votes will be combined with fan votes to obtain the new Artist of the Year winner.

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their new album, Changed, featuring their latest single, “Banjo.” The guys are very excited for their fans to hear the new music because Joe don says it’s “just another good body of wonderful tunes.” He feels like the group has been very fortunate and blessed to get their hands on some of the songs they’ve recorded and he says, “Once again, when this album comes out and you listen to it and you hear rascal Flatts body of work on this album, I think it’s going to show another growth spurt. I really do. I think with each album we’ve been able to hone in on what our strengths are.” Changed will be in stores on April 3rd, and fans will be able to choose either the regular version of the album or the deluxe Changed, which features four bonus tracks.

Martina McBride Credits Little Things For Successful Marriage

Martina McBride and her husband John have been married for over 20 years, which means they have loved each other through a lot of things. Obviously that love and support through the big milestones in life is important, but Martina says part of making their marriage last as long as it has is being there for each other day to day. “Specifically, I think it’s just being a great partner, you know, and seeing what your partner needs and doing it for them,” explains Martina. “For me, just the fact that John will call me up to ask me if there’s anything I need on the way home from work at the grocery store. Or he’ll go to the grocery store when it’s the last thing I want to do, you know, or something like that. And he’s always cheerful about it. And that’s a gift in itself.” Martina and John will celebrate their 24th wedding anniversary on May 15th, and Martina is celebrating “I’m Gonna Love You Through It” being her latest top 10 song.

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This month’s cover features Texas icon Lyle Lovett, one of our most treasured artists in the Lone Star State. He and fellow Aggie robert earl Keen probably did more to change the course of Texas music in the past decade than any other artists I can think of. Keen and Lovett were friends and students at College Station before they started their careers but many of their early songs were inspired by events during this time. Like the “Front porch Song,” a tune co-written by Lovett and Keen, and recorded by both early in their career.

personally I like Lovett’s version best but as the story goes, it was Keen’s escapades with his landlord that was the basic inspiration for the song. In my humble opinion, it may be one of the best songs ever written about what it’s like to grow up in a small Texas town. While it’s true that I’m a huge fan of Lyle’s music and proudly own all of his albums, I had never seen him live until 2001. That single concert had a life changing effect on me.

It made me understand what an incredible entertainer he really is. His sense of humor is amazing as well as his sense of comedic timing. If he ever chose to, I could see him having a great career as a standup comedian. Maybe that’s what attracted Julia roberts to him, which ended in a brief marriage.

Lovett still lives near his birthplace near Houston in a home built by his grandparents. His mother lives nearby on family property owned by Lovett. He seems to take things slow, travelling at a slow steady pace that fits his personality.

He’s been with fiancée April Kimble for 14 years and they seem to be in no hurry to exchange vows. He was signed to MCA records back in the late 80’s after spending years playing acoustic shows at Gruene Hall and Anderson Fair. His new Cd, Release Me, will be out by the time you read this but not in time for us to review it for this issue. We can remedy that in the next issue. It will be his final album for the label and for the first time since his Gruene Hall days he will be a free agent again. His sense of humor comes through once again when he picked the classic country song to be the title track. Whatever label Lovett

picks to call home will be getting one of the greatest artists to ever come from Texas. now go grab one of his Cd’s and listen to it, it will put a smile on your face.

If you haven’t picked up a copy of the Ruthie Foster Cd/dVd recorded live at Antone’s, you need to do so immediately. Finally audiences across America can discover what we’ve known all along. When it comes to singing the blues (or anything for that matter), Foster is our go to gal. This live collection captures and the band doing what they do best, playing live at Antone’s. It collects 14 of her strongest tracks and is beautifully filmed and recorded.

As you are reading this issue, Austin will be bracing for the South By Southwest Music Conference, simply called SXSW by folks in the know. As a long time veteran of the event, I must admit that its massive size has made it not as much fun as it was in the early years. However, if you have one of the rare wristbands or better yet, the coveted laminate badge, be sure to seek out these great Texas artists that will be performing

at the Conference. Over the course of six days you can sample the music of these great Texas artists: The Trisha’s, Will Sexton, Sons of Fathers, eliza Gilkyson, ray Wylie Hubbard, Guy Forsyth, Billy Joe Shaver, ruthie Foster, Van Wilks and The Gourds, just to name a few.

I see that Asleep at the Wheel are playing the Long Center for performing Arts on Friday night, March 9. I highly recommend seeing them live if have the chance. I recently caught them in concert at the historic Brauntex Theater in new Braunfels and after nearly four decades in the business they are better than ever. ray Benson and Jason roberts handle the bulk of the vocals with the rest of the band providing the timeless music that has kept them at the top of their game for over 30 years. With little radio airplay and few new album releases, they must rely on their live shows to keep the band alive. They hit the stage running on all cylinders and don’t slow down until the last song is sung, almost two hours later. Like Willie, Asleep at the Wheel are a Texas treasure, so if you’ve never seen them in concert, here’s your chance.

A L BU M S P OT LI G H T SChris Isaak Beyond The Sun Vanguard Records

Chris Isaak grew up listening to the music recorded by Sam phillips at the legendary Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. As he explains in the liner notes, his parents had a record collection that they eagerly shared with their children. A young Isaak soaked it all in and years later when he pursued a career in music, these influences came out in his songs. Who among us haven’t compared him to elvis at least once in our life?

Isaak and his band travelled to the famous Sun Studios in the old part of Memphis to take a step back in time and try to recapture the magic of Sam phillips and the glorious 1950’s. Isaak picked several dozen of his favorite tunes and recorded them live in the studio, straight to analog tape just like in the old days. He picked the classics of course, like “ring of Fire,” “Trying To Get To You,” “Great Balls of Fire,” “dixie Fried” and “I Walk The Line.”

He wrote some songs too and one made it on the album, a rocking tune called Live It Up. The regular version contains 14 tracks and a special edition version includes a bonus Cd with 11 additional songs. I suggest buying the 2-Cd version because once you hear Isaak do the first 14 songs, you will want more. He does justice to all the songs while adding his own take on each one. I’ve

always said that Chris would have been a huge star back in the 50’s, one listen to this album and I think you will agree.

Adam Hood The Shape of Things Carnival Records

Adam Hood comes from Alabama and as soon as you hear him speak, you know he’s from the south. He’s got that southern twang and it carries over into his music, which is a good thing. It adds a cool touch of southern rock to his songs and keeps him from being pigeonholed into a certain genre.

He co-wrote 11 of the 12 songs with the title track being the only one he wrote alone.

I remember the first time I saw Adam perform live; I was impressed with his guitar playing skills and the power of his band. He captures that live sound on this album as he takes the listener through a wide variety of burdens. “Hell of a Fight” deals with leaving your dreams behind in nashville while “Flame and Gasoline” explores the dynamics of opposites attract. The importance of the female gender comes to light in “Gonna Take A Woman” and a truck driver wishes his life wasn’t quite so hard in “Hard Times in the Land of plenty.” He closes the album with “I’ll Sing About Mine,” a catchy tune he wrote with buddy Brian Keane. It takes a stab at corporate nashville with the line ‘tractors ain’t sexy and workin’ is hard, for small

town people like me.’ They both recorded a version of this song and neither varies in the arrangement. This album will certainly move Adam’s career up the ladder several notches.

Tonya Tyner Beautiful Light Super T Records

The first thing you notice about Tonya Tyner is her incredible pure voice, one that sounds vaguely familiar yet distinct all at the same time. She wrote all 10 tracks on the Cd, which was recorded at Austin’s eAr Studio and produced by Stephen doster.

I fell in love with the opening track, “I Keep Trying” from the first listen. “On Your Wall” is another favorite. She takes on the angelic voice of emmylou Harris on “It Must Be Love.”

They step things up with the rocking “uh Huh,” then slow it back down for the reflective “Letting Go.” She closes the album with the heartfelt look at acceptance of your fellow human being with “Someone else.”

For her debut Cd, Beautiful Light shows great promise and hints at better things to come. I predict Tonya will hone her craft and continue writing and recording first class music for as long as she chooses to. pick this album up and give it a listen, I think you will be just as impressed as I was.

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The 2nd Annual Fest Out West is a premier music festival that brings a timeless combination of an all star music line-up, lodging at the legendary Hotel and an abundance of Hill Country activities including a day in the historic Luckenbach, Texas.

Hosted again by the engaging ‘roots rockers’ reckless Kelly, you’ll witness full blown concerts, acoustic shows, guitar swaps and storytelling unlike any live show setting you’ve experienced, not to mention the rest of the Fest Out West stellar artist roster, featuring robert earl Keen, Joe ely, Gary p. nunn, Corb Lund and The Hurtin’ Albertans, dirty river Boys, doug Moreland, dale Watson, Chris Knight, Matt Skinner, The Trishas, Max Stalling, Trevor Hickle and more.

To add to the experience there are tons of optional activities at the Fest Out West like the Cowboy action shoot.

This is a truly Texas experience where you will shoot live ammunition from real

guns in a traditional Texas shoot. You can buy a score ticket to go with the shoot and be in the running for a fantastic .45 caliber six shooter. Last year a Canadian

country crooner Corb Lund won the revolver and the Texas boys are pretty mad. Come and shoot with the stars to bring the Texas Top Shot award back

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Guadalupe river, go for a Hill Country horseback ride, enjoy a relaxing spa treatment, jump aboard the exclusive Fest Out West winery tour by motor coach, or play golf on one of Texas’ premier golf courses; all while beholding some of the best country, roots and rock n’ roll music around! Jump aboard a complimentary motor coach (round-trip from your host hotel) and experience a VIp day of concerts in Luckenbach; a place with a “Texas state of mind,” where you can kick back, relax and get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

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Without a doubt, festivals and music are mainstays here in Texas and this month is living proof of that. With the celebration of Texas Independence day, the bluebonnets blooming and the weather picture perfect, this is the time of year to enjoy all the outdoor events offered here in our great state.

MarCh 2Texas Independence DayThis day celebrates the adoption of the Texas declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836. With this document, settlers in Mexican Texas officially broke from Mexico, creating the republic of Texas. For more information and celebrations around the state please visit www.celebratetexas.org

MarCh 2-4Spring Home & Garden ShowGet ideas on how to turn your home and garden dreams into reality! The Austin Convention Center will be filled with thousands of square feet of exhibits to find the latest in products and services for

everything from materials, decks, pools, spas, entertainment systems, storage, plants, landscape displays/materials, kitchenware, and much more. www.austinhomeandgardenshow.com

MarCh 3The Funky Chicken Coop Tour® Presents: Mad City Chickens The Alamo drafthouse rolling roadshow will provide a special screening of Mad City at Callahan’s General Store. www.callahansgeneralstore.com / 512-385-3452

MarCh 3Explore UTThe university of Texas open house features a day of events, performances, exhibits, lectures and activities. www.utexas.edu.com

MarCh 3The Spring Chicken Festival

This a celebration of Spring, Gardening and Backyard poultry Keeping. Join in for this eventful day full of fun, educational sessions (chicken keeping, gardening, composting), kids activities, and vendors of organic gardening products, chicken keeping products, and locally-made foods and art. www.sustaincenter.com/event/spring-chicken-festival

MarCh 4The 2012 Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards ShowThe evening welcomes, honors and celebrates three great Texas songwriters: Lyle Lovett, robert earl Keen and Townes Van Zandt. Lovett and Keen will perform songs they’ve written, along with tributes to Townes Van Zandt by special guest performers like Steve earle. www.acl-live.com

MarCh 4Zilker Park Kite FestivalThere will be hundreds of kites filling the skies abouve Zilker park for this yearly event that truly is an Austin favorite. (in case of rqain the alternate date is: March 11) www.zilkerkitefestival.com 512-448-5483

MarCh 9-18SXSWnoted filmmakers, musicians and multimedia artists from around the world come together during this internationally recognized event. www.sxsw.com 512-467-7979

MarCh 9-24Star Of Texas Fair & Rodeowww.rodeoaustin.com 512-919-3000

MarCh 10Lake Kyle GRAND OPENINGwww.city ofkyle.com

MarCh 10Go FISH!This learn to fish event in Bastrop will be a great event for all ages. Try geocaching, take a hike with a ranger, discover wildlife and a whole lot more at Bastrop State park. www.texasstateparks.org 512-237-2241

MarCh 12 Austin’s First St. Patricks Day Parade Head down to Austin’s first ever St. patrick’s day parade @ 9am. The parade begins at 1st and Barton Springs and ends at Fado where there will be pipers, dancers and Guinness. From 11am -8pm: raising awareness and fund to fight childhood cancer at the annual St Baldricks Fundraiser. This one is for the kids, so come out and show your support.

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MarCh 17St. Patrick’s Day FestivalCelebrate the Irish Heritage at Cover 3 in Austin and The Lion rose in Westlake Hills, Texas where there will be plenty of great food, music, dancing and celebration! Both locations are preparing a special St. paddy’s day menu including Fish n Chips, Shepherd’s pie, Corned Beef and Cabbage along with all your favorite Irish beers on tap. www.stpatricksdayaustin.com

MarCh 24 Capitol 10,000 Texas’ largest 10K race that draws serious and silly runners. www.statesman.com/cap10K 512-445-3598

MarCh 28-31 Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays The best high school , college and pro athletes participate in these track and field events. www.thetexasrelays.com 800-687-8379

MarCh 31 Spokes ‘n Spurs This is a great Hill Country ride benefiting Spirit reins. riders enjoy beautiful views, rolling hills and the wildlife of the Texas Hill Country. Course distances include a metric 100, 44, 28, 14 mile rides & a 6 mile family ride. After completion of the ride or brick run, head on back to the ranch for live music, a catered lunch, and LOTS of fun and activities for the whole family. www.spiritreins.org

MarCh 31Scholarship BASS Fishing Tournament100% of proceeds from this event will fund the Hooked on Fishing Kid’s Clinic & derby held the first Saturday of June.www.cityofkyle.com

MarCh 31Austin Beer Festival 2012 The Austin Beer Fest is an amazing one-day, outdoor celebration showcasing more than 500 different beers from around the world for guests to sample and purchase all at the Travis Country & expo Center. www.theaustinbeerfest.com


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Kailey and Taylor are two pretty, popular senior high school girls who love life and all it encompasses, including hogs. This is the day, the big day, the culmination of so much. Thousands of kids and their hogs are working, feeding, brushing and caring for their animal projects all around them. For Taylor and Kailey it is another long day, and they are pumped to get it going.

High school can be a tremulous time in the life of any kid. It is the beginning of growing up in a lot of ways. ninth grade can be scary; 10th and 11th they start to get their stride; the senior year is either the gateway to college or the end of the safety net that school has been for so many years.

These two girls have been friends since elementary school. They have experienced together the ups and downs of being little girls and now young ladies. When they entered Akins High School in Austin, Texas, they were drawn to the Future Farmers of America barn in the back of the property, off to the side, behind the portables.

“Taylor, you need to feed your hog more, and Kailey, cut back,” Jennifer Lockwood tells the girls as they prepared for the Fort Worth Stock Show and rodeo.

Lockwood is relatively new at Akins. She is a Tarleton university grad who has taught ag science for five years and is just finishing her second at Akins High School. The other ag teacher at the school, eric John, has been an ag science instructor for over 15 years – 11 at Akins. John is considered a machine when it comes to instructing, teaching and showing sheep, goats and chickens. Lockwood is the one who knows hogs. She is also the female confidant to the girls with whom she works so closely, and they love her.

It is Taylor’s and Kailey’s senior year and the last big show of their FFA careers. every year they had a goat or sheep they raised, showed at stock shows and rodeos. This year they picked hogs.

Lots of work goes into preparing for the stock show. The girls have to have all their class work done in advance, raise the level of maintenance on their hogs and pack and prepare for a week away from school and home. The “no pass, no play” rule exists in ag classes; no free rides here. Science, history and calculus homework has to be done, turned

in ahead of time and right. When kids hit high school

the pressure is on. They are immersed in a new, big world of influences that can be either good or bad. Statistics do not favor the kids who are not connected to a program, class, sports or club in which to participate. Completing high school by kids from broken homes with no support can be even tougher. The kids in FFA are typically a tight knit group that learns to work hard early on and, if they stick it out, can do well from the lessons learned in the barns and classroom.

“When they travel to a show or a competition they travel together. I don’t think you find that in other sports or academic programs,” explains Alice Staples, an FFA mom watching her son compete. “no busses to take them, no locker rooms; it’s barns, picnic foods, ice chests with drinks, folding chairs, animal tack, feeds and any other item you might need while hanging in a barn, in the weather, for a week. The kids don’t shun their parents – they need them. They cry on their shoulder when they send off their animal and bask in the cheers when they place and win a ribbon or go to sale.”

The Fort Worth Stock Show and rodeo is the common name referring to The Southwestern exposition and Livestock Show. This prestigious Texas event is the oldest continual running livestock show and rodeo. It has been held annually in Fort Worth, Texas, since 1896. In 1918, the Stock Show held the world’s first indoor rodeo and, in subsequent years, has been responsible for several milestones in the sport of rodeo. The Stock Show has provided millions of dollars in grants and scholarships and continues to provide hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to assist the future of agriculture and livestock leaders. There is no better example

of livestock show and rodeo anywhere, and for a student to participate in any event is amazing.

This year, 2012, the show broke records with a million visitors during the 23 days it was open. The rain was light on the day the girls showed their hogs. Kids of all sizes ran in and out of the barns. Classic Texas wear here includes cowboy boots and hats of all types and shapes. You can tell those who live in them, wearing them comfortably, and those enjoy the tradition for the day. Kids of all ages are running all about. The environment here is a safe one for kids.

When the cross breeds come up for judging, Taylor is in the first group. Her hog is light in weight at 230 pounds. Walker Texas ranger (her hog’s name) was one of 80 that the judge looked at, one at a time. As she was released in front of the judge, he watched her hog walking away down the alley leading to the pens, and he flipped his finger to the side. She got penned. This means she would be one of the handful who was picked for final judging.

“Headed into the arena I always go in with confidence and positive thoughts. I believe the animals can feel it,” explains Taylor. “When I am in the arena and looking at the judge, I tell myself I am going to do well. It has made a huge difference.”

The kids who don’t get pulled follow their animals down a long fenced alley where they are loaded onto stock trailers and taken to the processing plants. Some of the kids are crying. Hogs are by far the most personable of all the animals the kids raise. They recognize their voices, they love their bellies scratched and are typically just a joy for the kids. even the toughest of the kids struggle when they send off their animals.

The judge narrows it down to top three – Taylor is nine. She walks Walker out to the photo

area then off to the trailer. Kailey is in another class at 254 pounds and 71 other hogs. Her hog, doug, goes straight to the trailers.

Lockwood consoles the girls with her smile, hugs and words of experience. She has been with them the whole way. she took them to pick out their hogs and knows how hard they worked to get this far. The girls want to go into the acres of shopping; they don’t let releasing their hogs sink in, yet. Shopping therapy is good for them right now.

So goes it for most of the kids at this stock show. Few are picked, emotions are high, then low. parents and kids come together through it all, and memories are set in the lifeline of their family.

Just an hour before Taylor showed her hog she was notified she would be accepted to Texas A&M university. She had hoped to go there but was not sure it was going to happen. Kailey is also going there, so it looks like the girls will be continuing their academic and life path a bit longer.

“This is an experience I will never forget with a friend I have gone to school with since the first grade,” Taylor says as she is picking up the pace to the shopping area where she has her eye on a jacket with the stock show logo.

In a quiet moment after the shopping and after all the gear is packed in the truck and trailer, Taylor is reflecting on Walker and a picture of him on her phone.

“I don’t let my mind go there, that he is gone. When I become a vet I will have clients come in the office who need their pets put down, and you have to learn to separate yourself. It is hard, but I can do it.” A tough exterior but a bruised heart, she is honest, realistic, mature and bright.

“I love my new jacket,” Taylor says beaming.

“I want to go to the other building; it’s full of shopping, too,” Kailey says, energized by the retail offerings. They are looking for things maroon in color – the colors for Texas A&M.

Fort Worth is an amazing place, a natural fit for the world’s most important stock show and the perfect place for the girls, and many others, to complete their FFA careers. Lockwood and John did a great job in teaching them to “do hard things.” They pull out of the stock show, lives ahead of them. They will do well. God has it planned perfectly. – TJ GreaneY

The Emotions Run Deep in Fort Worth

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Fort Worth, Texas is truly the city of cowboys and culture. there is no place better to immerse yourself in the lifestyle and spirit of the lone star state. over five million visitors each year come to eat, tour and experience this amazing city. Below is a list of a few must visits and contacts you will need to have handy. take a week with you family or plan a weekend with clients, everyone will be excited and grateful you chose fort Worth.

Top 10 Things to Do and See this Spring Break:1. See the Fort Worth Herd,

the world’s only twice-daily cattle drive, and have an up-close encounter with a texas longhorn.

2. enjoy a variety of art activities during family fun Week at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Admission is free.

3. Celebrate st. Patrick’s day at Cowtown Goes Green in the fort Worth stockyards national historic district.

4. Learn all about money and how its made at the Bureau of engraving and Printing.

5. experience Grossology: the (impolite) science of the Human Body that uses high-tech, interactive exhibits to explain the good, the bad and the ugly about why our body works the way it does to keep us healthy.

6. Get outside and explore the fort Worth nature Center and refuge through hayrides, canoeing, hiking and more.

7. Cheer on rodeo professionals as they compete in the stockyards Championship Rodeo, home of the first indoor rodeo.

8. take some “you” time by enrolling your little one in the fort Worth Zoo’s 2012 Spring Break Camp.

9. View demonstrations of woodworking, blacksmithing, coopering, and more at log Cabin Village.

10. At Spring Break Wonders at the Modern, children can create their own works of art after receiving inspiration from docent-guided tours of the museum.

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“He Might Be Dead...”So here’s the question: What is it about

a mechanical breakdown that makes an otherwise kind and gentle man turn into a loudmouthed and braying fool?

It’s happened at our place – I’m embarrassed to admit – and it may have happened at yours...

It was after 9 o’clock on a still and clear winter night deep in the high desert. The temperature hovered in the low-teens, a gazillion stars glittered in the sky.

Bud was late returning home from watering cattle. Mary knew the delay was probably no big deal – a flat tire or stuck water valve – still she went out on that freezing night to see if he was OK.

She found him at one of their far wells. The pickup battery was dead. It was obvious he’d been there a while – cold, cranky and frustrated.

“You got a chain?” were the first words out of his mouth.

His reaction was understandable: he was thinking about getting home to a warm house. However, Mary noticed he failed to say anything about being happy she’d found him on the frigid sage flats.

He needed a tow to start his pickup. She had no chain. There were no phones or help for miles. A search found nothing to attach two vehicles together – except Bud’s best catch rope.

The high desert is big country.

Cowmen rely heavily on their catch rope. Stretching one between pickups ruins the rope, plus it makes a bad mood worse.

Grumbling under his breath, Bud tied the rope between the trucks. Mary let out the clutch and the rope snapped.

All signs of domestic harmony disintegrated – Bud was yelling, Mary in tears. The yelling became screaming and the crying turned to sobbing. By now the marital ruckus was disturbing local wildlife for miles in every direction.

“I’ll hold the rope and let slack out until it’s tight...start slow,” he instructed at the top of his lungs. “Whatever you do...keep going!”

Mary followed instructions to the letter. The rope didn’t break. She pulled Bud’s pickup for about six miles and knew she was in trouble when it didn’t follow her around a corner. She slammed on her brakes and ran to check.

The truck was empty and Bud was gone.

She called until her voice was hoarse – no reply.

Frustrated tears streaming, Mary thought about driving home and dealing with the aftermath when the sun came up. Then a grim thought surfaced in her roiling mind.

“Maybe he’s injured or dead,” she

thought, “oh well...at least he won’t be yelling at me anymore.”

Love tested, she turned back to look for Bud. Fear of what she might find, alive or dead, twisted her stomach into a knot.

When Mary arrived at the well, Bud was leaning against the stock tank. It was tough to tell which had more divots – him or the frozen dirt road. Favoring his aches and pains, he climbed in the warm truck and didn’t say a word. They drove home quietly.

The following day Bud and Mary retrieved his dead pickup. From the tracks in the desert, Mary assumed Bud was hung up in the catch rope and dragged. To her, it looked as though he scraped along behind her truck for a couple hundred yards before he kicked loose from the tangled rope.

To this day, Mary’s not sure what happened that night. Bud has never mentioned the incident and she’s not about to bring it up.

So folks, may your breakdowns be few and the conversation quiet and loving between you and your sweetie. And, please, remember to throw a chain in your pickup. – BY d. “BinG” BinGham

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Beef producers shouldn’t get too caught up in adding cattle to herds despite recent rainfall, according to a Texas AgriLife extension Service forage specialist.

“After the drought, remain de-stocked,” said dr. Larry redmon, AgriLife extension state forage specialist in College Station. “Just because you see green in the spring doesn’t mean you should load up with cows again. Consider drought management as part of your overall strategy.”

dr. Larry redmon, Texas AgriLife extension Service state forage specialist in College Station, advised beef producers at the 50th Blackland Income Growth Conference not to begin adding cows to herds just yet despite recent rainfall across the state.

redmon gave drought recovery tips at the 50th Blackland Income Growth Conference in Waco recently. Many producers are likely wondering how long it will take their pastures to recover from drought.

“It will take three to four inches a month and, depending on the species, an entire year for pasture recovery,” redmon said. “Obviously, there will be no recovery with no rainfall. Folks, we killed cedar with the drought in the Hill Country.

We can’t expect recovery to our pastures without rainfall.”

redmon advised producers to pay attention to weeds, which can inhibit recovery due to competition for moisture, sunlight and nutrients.

“You need to also pay attention to grasshoppers,” redmon said. “And this past fall season, some of you noticed armyworms invading your pastures.”

redmon advised to watch and treat as necessary with pesticides available at a minimal cost per acre.

Another thing to keep in mind this spring is over-seeding of winter pasture grasses in Bermuda grass pastures.

“You can easily choke out Bermuda grass if you over-apply winter seed forage,” redmon said.

He closed his presentation reminding producers of Texas’ unpredictable weather patterns.

“remember this description of Texas weather, ‘It is prolonged drought interrupted by periodic flooding events,’” he said.

redmon said producers can find out more about pasture management online at http://forages.tamu.edu.

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by Mike Young

Howdy,On Saturday, February 18th, the

Austin Backyard poultry Meetup Group hosted a meeting for its members, the general public, and for anyone interested in chicken health issues. The meeting was held at Callahan’s in Austin, and featured dr. Martin Ficken, who is board certified in both Veterinary pathology (ACVp) and as a poultry veterinarian (ACpV). I must say, that of the many lectures and classes that I have attended over the years, this was the most informative. dr. Ficken spoke on common intestinal parasites and respiratory diseases of chickens. I think that everyone in the audience came away with a much better understanding of how to deal with some of the most common problems affecting today’s backyard flock.

My hat’s off to Michelle Hernandez for organizing a very education event. Since we are talking events, let me fill you in on a major production scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 3rd, of this year. The new Sustain Center located on 183 South, next to Callahan’s, is having a Spring Chicken Fair from noon until 6:30pm. Vendors will be present at the Fair to educate, recommend, and in some cases sell products that relate to sustainable living. Arts and crafts booths, as well as food vendors, will be in attendance.

Callahan’s will be doing its usual Spring thing with Organic and

conventional fertilizer, soil amendments, organic produce, building plans, and lest we forget – chickens.

On the same Saturday evening (March 3rd), the FCCT (Funky Chicken Coop Tour) will kick off the spring season with a screening of the movie “Mad City Chickens”. The film will be shown in Callahan’s warehouse, and will be presented by Alamo draft House rolling road Show productions.

I would like to invite everyone to come enjoy, learn, and be educated by the events of that day.

See you there, Mike Young


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WTexas Tales by Mike Cox

William H. Bush – industrialist and panhandle ranch owner – heard someone knocking on the door of his Chicago residence at 11:30 that night. peering outside, he was relieved to see a gray-uniformed postman.

“Special delivery,” the mail carrier announced, handing Bush an envelope with a red and blue border.

The letter was from his brother James in Amarillo. Opening it, William saw it had been written the day before, Oct. 24, 1930.

“dear Brother,” it began, “I am mailing you this letter by air mail. This is the first trip that the air mail makes direct from Amarillo. I am sending it special delivery and they tell me you should get it Saturday night or Sunday morning.”

Indeed, it was Saturday night, October 25. With five cents in postage and an additional 20 cents for special delivery, the envelope had left the panhandle shortly before 8 a.m. that day. The plane carrying it and airmail landed in Kansas City, where postal workers transferred the bag holding the letter to Bush to another plane. That

aircraft reached the Windy City at 9:30 p.m. From the airport, the letter and others went by truck to the north side post office. When it arrived there, a carrier drove it to Bush’s residence for delivery only 15 hours and 30 minnutes after it left Amarillo.

While that is snail-like compared with email, it was incredibly fast for 1930, especially to the Bush brothers.

“When you first came to Texas,” James reminded William, “you could only come part way by train and had to use the stage coach which today is obsolete. not only

the airplane of today but also the automobile had not been thought of.”

even when Amarillo first got rail service, it was not unusual for a train to be as much as a day late, he said.

“When you came here first there was no Amarillo,” James continued, “and when I came here in 1903 it was only 1,500 [in population.] There was not a paved street, a white-way light or a cement sidewalk in the place, or a fenced highway that extended over two miles from town.”

While the letter James mailed to William was in the first bag sent directly from Amarillo via airmail, the panhandle city had received its first airmail via a Transcontinental and Western Air Ford tri-motor passenger plane in May 1929.

regular air mail service began the following year on October 25. In anticipation of the big event, Amarillo and panhandle residents had been dropping off airmail letters at the post office for a week so the envelopes would receive the first-day-of-service cancellation.

“Mail will travel from Amarillo to new York in 22 hours, against 52 hours for rail time...” the Amarillo Daily News reported on Oct. 23. “It will go to Chicago in nine hours and 40 minutes, and to Los Angeles in nine hours.”

Two days later, at 7:57 a.m., postmaster W.C. Kenyon hefted the first pouch of airmail on to the first flight out of Amarillo’s english Field. “Before night it will be scattered across the mid-west to Columbus, Ohio, there to go to the Atlantic coast,” the article continued.

At the Air Mail day ceremony celebrating the

inaugural flights, Congressman Marvin Jones predicted that Amarillo would become an aviation center.

“It will become known as the cross roads of the air,” Jones said.

The newspaper said that six mail planes would be stopping in Amarillo every day. regular mail would continue to be sent and received via rail.

As Bush’s letter to his older brother made its way to Chicago, other airmail began arriving in Amarillo.

“In some instances,” the newspaper said on Oct. 26, “letters mailed in Los Angeles Saturday morning and bearing special delivery stamps were read by Amarilloans within a few minutes of their arrival here at 3:55 o’clock Saturday afternoon.”

Three days after getting the letter from his brother, William replied.

realizing he was writing for posterity, the 71-year-old businessman recalled his first trip to the panhandle in June 1881. Traveling with his father-in-law, barbed wire manufacturer Joseph F. Glidden, he had taken a two-day train ride from Chicago to Las Vegas in new Mexico Territory. The two men tried all day without luck to find someone willing to take them by buggy to the newly formed Frying pan ranch in potter County, the future site of Amarillo. Finally they got the name of someone in Springer, new Mexico, a community about 50 miles north of Las Vegas, who could take them to the ranch in Texas.

“We went there and remained overnight, then started early the next morning, and we were five days and four nights where we slept in the open with horse collars for pillows, and eating ‘chow’ with the exception of the second day, [when] Mr. Glidden’s partner shot a jackrabbit,” William wrote.

Bush collected dried cow manure, which he called “prairie chips,” and built a fire to cook the rabbit. After eating, they rolled on to Tascosa, where they spent the night.

“Our foreman came for us the next morning,” he continued, “[and] drove us to Tecovas Springs headquarters, about 25 miles.”

William Bush concluded: “It is wonderful the changes that have been made since the year 1881.”

Few people know that my father Cactus’ real name was richard pryor. He told me he used “Cactus” as he traveled around because he got tired of people asking, “Have you been ill?” That was a reference to richard pryor the amazing black comedian.

He chose the name Cactus because his dad owned the Cactus Theater in Austin, which by the way was the only integrated theater in Austin at the time. So even though he had a right to the name richard, he gave the name to the other richard pryor.

dad would do live commercials for the Cactus Theater between features and when the projector broke, as it often did in those days, he would go to the front and tell jokes to cover up the cursing coming from his uncle Wallace in the projector room.

There were times he had to revert to the legal “richard,” when he was dealing with the IrS, the Social Security Service,

the Air Force and when my mom was mad at him, she would always say “richard!”

dad was once booked for a one-nighter in Las Vegas, at a large convention. He called the flight agent using his name r. pryor.

“Yes sir Mr. pryor. We have your reservation confirmed. uh, does that r. by any chance stand for richard?”

My dad confirmed, “Why yes it does,” confirmed my dad.

The agent came back rather excited, “What a pleasure to talk to you Mr. pryor, I’m such a big fan of yours. So is my wife! However we can’t allow our children to listen to you. I’m sure you understand that, Mr pryor. May I call you richard?”

“It would be my pleasure,” my dad responded. “In fact I would consider it an honor.”

“I didn’t know you were in town richard. Where did you play?”

“Oh, I did a show at the Tropicana last

night,” he truthfully responded.“Would you let us to send a limousine

for you? It would be our pleasure.”“And it would be a pleasure for me,”

my dad responded.“Good. Your driver will be at the

Tropicana at eight in the morning.”The next morning at 8:00 sharp, my

dad told us there was a long, stretch, black limousine that would have served the best funeral home in Vegas proud. My dad went up to the limo and asked the chauffeur, “Is this limousine for richard pryor?”

“I’m waiting for richard pryor the comedian, sir, who played the Tropicana last night sir.”

“I am richard pryor the comedian who played here last night.” The chauffeur took a long hard look at my I.d., and said my line very matter of factly, “You’ve been sick sir.”

My dad told us when he got back he had never been taken to an airport in

better style, and on top of that he got a complimentary first class seat on the plane as well. He then wrote a letter to richard, telling him anytime he wanted to be Cactus, it would be fine with him.

A few years later my dad made two movies with John Wayne. He got about four residue checks a year, not very large ones, as well. One day he got a check addressed to richard pryor. It was well over seven figures. dad gasped then realized, they were meant for the other richard pryor. He got his address, and sent them to richard, who wrote back a nice note.

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Parliament of Gooberheadsevery four years, America goes through one of the

most fantastic and interesting experiences we face as free humans. We add an extra day to February (the month that’s spelled wrong). We also have to, every four years, endure the horrible experience of having our lives totally disrupted by a presidential election.

not that Americans don’t care about the electoral process; they just don’t understand it. At least I don’t, and I’ve spent upwards of ten minutes reading about it on the internet which, I submit, is fifteen minutes longer than most Americans spend. This is because Americans don’t care about the electoral process.

But Americans do care about who gets elected president. They care very much. They want someone who will favorably represent the country to the rest of the world, in the sense of being a tall, handsome, middle-aged white guy. They also want someone who won’t be on television a lot, interrupting their favorite shows, such as American Idolatry and Who Wants To Look Stupid On TV?

I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking our current president, Barack ‘Let me be clear’ Obama doesn’t fit that mold, because he appears way too often on television. But it only seems that way, because if you see a president on TV twice in the same year you think he’s been on every week. There’s an exponential boring factor involved, somehow.

But like it or not, we, as Americans, have to endure a presidential election every four years, because it’s in the constitution. Frankly, I think the founding fathers would have been doing us a favor if they’d put in there somewhere that, every four or five times around, we could elect a president by having the candidates compete on Top Shot, or something. That would be a lot more fun than voting, and would probably give us a better president, too.

unfortunately we’re stuck with the voting thing,

where the two name-brand parties pick several tall, middle-aged white guys who are willing to sacrifice four years of their lives serving the country by being pampered and catered to. These men then go around the country, delivering speeches, arguing with one another, and generally lowering the productivity of the nation for several months, until the average citizen has a firm grasp of each potential candidate’s position on when he should smile and act friendly, and when he should frown thoughtfully.

A hundred years ago these speeches used to be called ‘Whistle Stops,’ because once, while Theodore ‘Teddy’ roosevelt was giving a speech from the back of a train, someone started whistling. Teddy shot him, and the whistling stopped. So there you go.

Anyway, this time around, since we have an incumbent president who is running for another term, the democrat party is spared the embarrassment of having several goobers traipsing around the country, looking like idiots, trying to win their party’s nomination. They did that very well four years ago. The republican party is not so lucky. The field, on the republican side, is now narrowed down to four potential candidates, all of which, I understand, are human.

At the top of this list is Mitt ‘Mitt’ romney, who meets all the criteria for being president, except that he’s somewhat insane. romney believes that, when he dies, he will become a god, and be given his own planet to rule however he wants. romney favors low taxes and somber suits.

Another candidate for the republican nomination is newt ‘Salamander’ Gingrich, one of the nation’s foremost historians. newt can expound eloquently about events dating back hundreds of years, chiefly because he was present during most of them. newt is intelligent and articulate, and almost never gets angry in public unless people are around. He favors low taxes and vanilla ice cream.

rick Santorum is deeply concerned with the problems America faces, and wants to serve his country by fixing those problems, you can be sure of that. At least, that’s the impression I get from watching him in debates. I never really understand what he’s saying, but he seems very sincere. rick favors fixing America’s problems.

rounding out the republican stable is ron paul, a man who would make a perfect president if he were taller, younger, handsomer, and could complete a sentence without sounding like he was trying to explain nuclear fusion to his five-year-old granddaughter. ron has all the answers, but he sounds like pee Wee Herman with a chicken bone hung in his throat. ron favors having everyone vote for him.

personally, I choose candidates based on their willingness to uphold the constitution, maintain a strong military, insist that people earn what they receive, and otherwise leave me alone. I’m hoping one of these guys will do that.

unfortunately, many Americans choose candidates based on how much of the nation’s treasury they will pass out like breath mints at a barbeque joint, which is why America is broke.

They say you get what you pay for, or you pay for what you get, or something. That’s probably true. But in the case of presidential elections, I’d say you get what you vote for.

And in case you’re wondering, I will issue a quote from famous dead American William Tecumseh Sherman, as if I’d said it myself – “If nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve.”

So there.

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Hello friends, This issue I would like to talk to you about trust. We have spoken before about the trust it takes for a horse to let you crawl up on his back and ride him without fear and that his natural instinct is to kick and run, as is ours to kick and run from God. But we have got to be a people that trust Him.

ephesians tells us in Chapter Two that he gives us the faith to trust him as a gift so we won’t brag about it ourselves. In Genesis 15 and the next several chapters we see the story of Abraham, Sarah and their descendants. God told them he would give them a son.

The problem was, they were already very old. When the child did not come quickly enough, they took matters into their own hands. Sarah gave one of her servant girls, Hagar, to Abraham and she became pregnant with a son. Well, then Sarah changed her mind.

Oops! Too Late! So now we have a baby who is unwanted by no fault of his own. But, God promised Hagar He would take care of her and her son, Ishmael and his descendants. Later God gave Abraham and Sarah a son named Isaac. They threw Hagar and Ishmael out in the desert but

God kept His word and protected them. The descendants of Isaac are the Jews and the descendants of Ishmael are spread out from north Africa across the middle east as well but are now mostly what makes up the followers of Mohamed.

Yes, you guessed it, Muslims and Jews both trace their ancestry back to Abraham. We are experiencing the consequences in our world today of Abraham not trusting God and trying to take care of things himself.

He did learn his lesson, however, because later when God asked him to sacrifice Isaac, he trusted God and was willing to do so but God stopped him just in time, testing his faith and trust.

Our faith and trust has been tested this last few weeks. Our oldest daughter and son-in-law lost a baby daughter just two weeks before she was due with no sign there was any problem. She was just unexpectedly here and then gone almost as quickly as it has taken me to write this article. even the doctors don’t know why.

It would be easy to be bitter, angry, hurt, broken, and even lose one’s faith in a time like this. We are still walking around in a haze at times not believing it is real.

But now, when times get hard, is not the time to stop trusting God. That is the very time we MuST trust Him. That is the only thing left to us.

proverbs 3:5-6 says to trust in God and don’t trust our own understanding but in everything, acknowledge Him and He will direct our paths.

I know that though our hearts are broken at our loss of little Lucy, she is in

God’s hands. We don’t understand but must trust anyway. God knows our hurt and has carried us through because we are trusting Him. What is it you need to trust God with today? remember, that is your only real option! TruST GOd! Thanks for reading.

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