Wednesday's Internet Edition, September 08, 2010.
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| Thrift Shop has a name.... Sign painter/artist, Juan Corral, paints the name “Once Over Lightly” on Van Horn’s new thrift shop at the Clark Hotel Museum. The non-profit thrift shop will open soon and it needs your donations. Like-new items will be received at the back door of the museum Tuesday thru Friday, 10 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. All proceeds go to support the Museum. Photo and cutline by Patricia Golden |
- Van Horn’s 2nd Annual Texas Crossroads Cowboy Gathering is gaining momentum according to organizer Bob Kinford, himself a cowboy poet.
Kinford reported to the Van Horn City Council Tuesday evening that he has already lined up some 22 entertainers for this year’s event, currently scheduled for February 5th through 7th of 2010.
Kinford went on to report that he hopes to have at least 30 entertainers lined up by the event amd hopes to increase the number to possibly 44.
Some of the entertainers already lined up include: Buck Helton, Phil “Tumbleweed” Crawford, Eddy Harrison, Jimmy Pate, Katie Creek Band, Cade Schalla, Bill Shaw, Dave Fisher, Tony Argento, Harold Miller, David McBroom, “Curly” Butts, Jerry Schleicher, Doug McKellar, Eveylyn Roper, Ray Fitzgerald of Van Horn, Lynn Stokes, Teresa Kay, Paul Harris, Kenny Phipps, Patricia Golden and Gary Fuentes also of Van Horn.
These entertainers will be competing for prizes as well as promotional gigs at other area events.
The event is aimed at bringing cowboy poets, musicians, and storytellers to our community ahead of the big cowboy poetry gathering held in Alpine later in February.
According to Kinford, this year’s event will be feature live radio feeds from the Marfa public broadcast station as well as live uploads of video and audio to the internet. Kinford also hopes to attract local television coverage of the event by some of the El Paso television stations.
City council pledged their support to Kinford and his efforts, granting him use of the Van Horn Convention Center without fee.
Kinford said that additional information about the cowboy gathering could be found on the gathering website: texascrossroadscowboypoetry.org
Column One
By Dawn Simpson
Congratulations to our Lady Eagles for their Bi-District win. We are looking forward to your next big WIN, which will be at the Area game in McCamey this Saturday. GOOD LUCK, Ladies!! Our athletes are certainly keeping us on the go, aren’t they. My goodness, it’s a long way from the west side of El Paso for the Eagles football game on Friday night to McCamey on Saturday! I guess that’s the price we have to pay for having these winning teams!! We’ll not complain, will we. Go Eagles!
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Happy 60th Anniversary to a sweet couple who lived in Van Horn for many years and just moved a couple of years ago. James and Lolly Lovelady will be celebrating 60 years of a happy marriage on November 9th. Congratulations!
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Don’t forget the Bake Sale on Saturday to help with the Operation Christmas child. Baked goods are welcomed and your purchase of baked goods are especially welcome. And be sure to be thinking about getting your shoebox ready to be sent off November 16th. If you need some ideas for gifts to put in your box, they will probably have brochures to hand out at the Bake Sale to help you out.
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DO YOU MISS THIS GUY?
"Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose." - Ronald Reagan
"There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect." - Ronald Reagan
"Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem." - Ronald Reagan
"There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits to the human capacity for intelligence, imagination, and wonder." - Ronald Reagan
"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."- Ronald Reagan
"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan
"Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong." - Ronald Reagan
"I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress." - Ronald Reagan "The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination."- Ronald Reagan
"Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other." - Ronald Reagan
"The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program."- Ronald Reagan
"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first." - Ronald Reagan
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it.. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." - Ronald Reagan
"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book." - Ronald Reagan
"No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women." - Ronald Reagan "If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under." - Ronald Reagan
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
November 5th - The Van Horn Junior High Eagles and the Van Horn High JV Eagles are slated to play Ft. Hancock here today beginning at 5 p.m. The Van Horn Community Christian Shelter board of directors is scheduled to meet today at 6:30 p.m. at the Shelter. Members of the Van Horn Volunteer Fire Department are slated to meet this evening at 7 p.m. at the Firehouse.
November 6th - The Van Horn Eagles will play the Cathedral Irish at El Paso Coronado’s stadium tonight with kick off set for 8 p.m.
November 7th - The Van Horn Lady Eagle volleyball team will play an Area round match against Bronte today at 1 p.m. in McCamey.
November 8th - Attend the church of your choice today.
November 9th - Culberson County Commissioners are scheduled to meet this morning at 10 a.m. in the County Courthouse. Members of the Van Horn Lions Club are slated to meet tonight at 7 p.m. at Mija’s Restaurant.
November 10th - The Van Horn Rotary Club will meet today at noon at Chuy’s Restaurant.
November 11th - Veteran’s Day. Veteran’s Day program at the High School Auditorium today at 9 a.m.