Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 13, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 4, 2001 Page: 3 of 16
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Skidboot to perform
at Rains County Fair
Hartwig, will perform at tl
Rains County Fair! This “t(
Skidboot, the famous Wonder
Dog, and his trainer, David
the 2001
“top dog”
will appear at 7:00 p.m. on Wednes-
day, September 12, and at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, September 14.
David Hartwig and Skidboot are
star performers on a meteoric rise to
fame. David’s folksy, conversa-
tional delivery, his good ol’ boy
demeanor, is comparable to another
famous cowboy performer, Will
Rogers.
With Skidboot’s remarkable abil-
ity to seemingly understand the
English language, they combine for
a crowd pleasin’ G-rated perfor-
mance - every time.
Skidboot was a plain puppy of
mixed parentage and manic disposi-
tion. Half Queensland Blue Heeler,
he was a barnyard dog, bitten by
snakes, stepped on by horses, and
shot at by neighbors. David says,
“He was aggressive and he growled
all the time. He’d chew on anything
he could get ahold of. He never
would settle down. I told my wife,
not to get too attached because we
might have to get rid of him. One
day, 1 don’t know why, I showed
him what to do and he did it.” They
have never looked back.
Their fame was launched by an
appearance on the Late Show With
David Letterman. Now, they have
appeared on many television shows
including The Tonight Show With
Jay Leno, TNN's Crook and Chase,
Prime Time Country, Inside Edition,
Pax TV, and Good Morning Texas.
They can be seen in a movie cata-
loged by school libraries nation-
wide and as staple performers of the
Texas State Fair and major rodeos
from coast to coast.
To dismiss Skidboot as a dog
who does tricks is like calling
Einstein a guy who did math. He's a
canine vaudevillian whose perfor-
mance instinct is uncanny. Oc-
casionally, Skidboot is asked to per-
form a new antic for his audience -
one never before tried - and he docs
it!
Skidboot shows a startling ability
to mirror human behavior. This
leads to David’s “follow me” rou-
tine. When he raises his leg,
Skidboot raises a corresponding
paw. If David gets down on all fours
and crawls backwards, Skidboot
copies every move.
This amazing dog responds to
voice commands as polite and con-
versational as “Please pass the
taters” and “Would you please sit
up and beg?” David says, and Skid-
boot agreeably complies. When
Skidboot plays dead, he stays dead
while David performs CPR. In
another gag, Skidboot will hold a
biscuit while his straight man
drawls through the list of ingredi-
ents on the box. Only when
Skidboot hears the word ’vitamins,’
will he eat the desired treat. David
will get down on the ground to
“show” Skidboot how to roll over,
and they perform the trick together.
Skidboot is a favorite specialty
act at rodeos where, with tongue in
cheek, the announcer often intro-
duces him as a last minute entrant in
the barrel racing contest (Skidboot
can turn in an 18 second time on a
standard WPRA pattern). He and
David have performed at corporate
and private parties, children’s
camps, religious retreats, and
recently joined Petstravaganza, a
fast-growing pet exposition, as star
performers, as well as being a regu-
lar at the State Fair of Texas each
year.
Rains County is fortunate to
secure Skidboot for this year’s fair,
so don’t miss these very exciting
shows!
There is no extra charge to fair-
goers for these performances.
***
Ruth Alexander of Alba was a
visitor in the office recently to
renew her subscription to the Rains
County Leader.
• ••
Noland Bullard of Point dropped
by the Leader otfice last week to
renew his subscription.
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SKIDBOOT AND DAVID perform the “follow me” routine See Skidboot on
Wednesday and Friday at the Rains County Fair.
WILD_
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mals covered under the new state
law includes lions, tigers, ocelots,
cougars, leopards, cheetahs, jag-
uars, bobcats, lynx, scrvals, cara-
cals, hyenas, bears, coyotes, jack-
als, baboons, chimpanzees, orang-
utans, gorillas and any hybrid of an
animal listed- ,
Exempt from the county ban are
any known animals which were
owned and cared for by a resident
of the county at the time the ban
was passed such as Animal Ad-
ventures of America, a wild animal
preserve located on Hwy. 276, and
Carl Johnson’s monkey Rosa.
These and other owners of such ani-
mals have until December 1 to noti-
fy the sheriff’s office in writing in
order to exempt the animal(s) they
own. The letter must state each
species of animal and the number
owned.
None of the county’s three cities,
Point, Emory or East Tawakoni,
have ordinances at this time to reg-
ulate or ban dangerous wild ani-
mals. The cities have until De-
cember 1 to comply with the new
state law.
In other action, the court:
• Approved a list of eleven road
number changes in Precinct 2 to
comply with recent court action and
facilitate 9-1-1 addressing in the
area. The list, as submitted by
Commissioner Evelyn Malone,
changed Private Road (PR) 6246 to
County Road (CR) 3393, PR 6570
to CR 2572, PR 7235 to CR 3236,
PR 7337 to CR 3337, PR 7338 to
CR 3338, PR 7347 to CR 3346, PR
7363 to CR 3363 North and CR
3363 South. PR 7364 to CR 3365
North and CR 3365 South, CR 3230
from FM 515 to FM 2795 to CR
3232, CR 3250 on the North side of
FM 515 to CR 3308, and CR 3355
to PR 7309.
• Approved an order creating a
Justice Court Technology Fund and
established a technology fee.
• Held a lengthy discussion on
whether or not to build a Unit Road
Maintenance Bam on one of the
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dairy. A dress-up contest in which
livestock are dressed in costumes
will be held immediately following
the dairy judging.
Friday night’s entertainment will
feature the Dance Dimensions
dance team at 6:30 p.m., followed
by Skidboot at 7:30 p.m. The boot
scootin’, begins at 8:00 p.m. with a
country and western band and
dance, lasting until midnight.
Saturday, September 15, will be
a flurry of activity beginning with
the fifth annual Classic Car Show at
8:00 a.m. on the courthouse square
with the award presentations at
3:00. This show just keeps getting
bigger and better each year, so
make plans to check out these clas-
sics, muscle cars and antique cars. •
The yearly fair parade will be at
10:00 a.m. The parade will travel
down Hwy. 19 North into town and
around the outside of the square.
Line-up for the parade begins at
9:00 a.m. in the field at the comer
of Ravine Street and Forbis Road.
Judging will be done during line-
up.
Another event that just keeps get-
ting bigger and better is the annual
pet show held at the stage pavilion
at 11:00 a.m. Saturday. There is no
entry fee this year. Awards will be
given in several categories (i.e. cats,
dogs, household pets, exotic ani-
mals, etc.).
Saturday night’s activities in-
clude the presentation of the live-
stock awards at 6:30, with the sale
immediately following. Support
local FFA and 4-H kids by bidding
on the market hogs, steers and
lambs. A country and western dance
following the sale will conclude the
2001 fair.
Season tickets are $12.00 for
adults and $8.00 for children ages
4-12 and are available at The First
National Bank of Emory and Alba
Branch, Austin Bank, Hall’s Phar-
macy in Emory and Randy’s Gro-
cery and Gas in Point. Tickets at the
gate are $3.00 for adults, $2.00 for
children. Children under four are
admitted free.
The creative arts exhibits are to
be picked up Saturday night after
9:30 p.m., Sunday from 1:00 to
2:00 p.m. or Monday 9:00 to 10:00
a.m. The commercial exhibits are to
be taken down Sunday from 1:00 to
4:00 p.m.
This year’s Rains Fair Associa-
tion officers are David Traylor,
president; Howard Emig, vice pres
ident; Karen Young, secretary; and
Kay Player, treasurer.
Events chairpersons are as fol-
lows: Inside Commecial Exhibits,
Todd and Becky Brumit, 473-2509
or 473-3944; Outside Commercial
Exhibits, Howard Emig, 473-3944;
Creative Arts Division, Shirley
Weeks, 473-2412; Gospel Singing,
Tony Watson; Market Hogs, Steers,
Lambs, Breeding Beef and Dairy
Shows, Kenneth Neinast, Rob Kill-
ingsworth, Roger Bryant and Rex
Lennon; Pageants, Karen Young
and Kristen Young, 473-2069 or
598-6040; Parade, Cheryl Traylor.
473-3291, or Donna Robbins, 473-
3021; Pet Show, Greg and Pam
Stout, 598-3012; Classic Car Show.
Ricky Ratliff and Alan Pound, 473-
3841 or 473-3681; Country and
Western Dance, Mickey Cooper,
473-2965; and Gates, Howard
Emig.
Jan Stone is sending a subscrip-
tion of the Rains County Leader to
Robert Taylor of Gatesville.
Charise Jennings was a recent
visitor in the office to renew her
subscription to the Rains County
Leader.
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existing precinct yards and, if so,
which yard; or whether or not to
investigate the possibility of once
again pursuing the purchase of the
old Texas Department of Trans-
portation (TxDOT) maintenance
yard on Hwy. 19 North. A formal
vote was not taken but the consen-
sus of the court was to not pursue
the purchase of the TxDOT site, to
concentrate on upgrading the coun-
ty’s vehicle fleet and equipment,
and to postpone building a county
barn until Fiscal Year 2002-2003.
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Hill, Earl Clyde, Jr. Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 13, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 4, 2001, newspaper, September 4, 2001; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth766157/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rains County Library.