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Nichols
Worth
By Nanalee Nichols
Parker needs a
home. I’m not joking,
we are seriously look-
ing for a good home
for our nearly two
year old dog 1/4 Lab-
rador, 1/4 Chesapeake
Bay retriever/ 1/2 who
knows.
He is a great, loving,
sweet dog. But he is
also an escape artist.
We have had to electri-
fy our big pen top and
bottom. During this
time we have had is-
sues with him climbing
over doors, digging out
and eating his house.
He is too rambunc-
tious for our aging
bodies.
He is also eager to
please and probably
would make a fantastic
bird dog or retriever.
He just needs more at-
tention and more dis-
cipline, something we
can’t do right now.
Why are we now
wanting to give him
away? Because of Sat-
urday’s events.
We have sick calves.
We hired Jamie Mul-
lins, his boy Ty, and
Brad Figueroa to come
Saturday with their
horses and dogs to
gather our little herd
up so we could doctor
all twelve calves at the
same time.
The group was al-
ready nervous and
upset but just about to
go into the catch pen
when Parker devel-
oped his latest escape
technique.
Almost caught,
things were looking
perfect. Until this
black rocket of a dog
came barreling right
into the middle of the
herd, scattering cattle
everywhere!
I swear the cow
dogs looked at him like
“what is your problem
you silly, goofy idi-
ot?”.
They chained the
dog up in the stock
trailer and he slipped
his collar and climbed
out. All the while, he
was just SO happy!
We didn’t get
through with the cattle
until nearly 9:00 p.m.
Exhausted, poor
Thomas had to find
out where Parker was
escaping. He was
jumping up on the roof
of the shed, and then
walking along until he
came to a place where
he could hop down.
This, we can’t really
stop.
So, in all serious-
ness we are asking for
someone who would
take a happy, sweet
dog to discipline and
train and love.
He is glossy black,
healthy as the prover-
bial horse, and the least
aggressive of canines.
One thing about it,
you can’t say we mis-
represented him. I
am listing his faults in
their entirety.
Parker deserves and
needs the chance to be
the pet he could be with
patience and training.
We just can’t give that
to him. Call 903-652-
5823 or 903-652-4205
if you want to give
him that chance.
J
33rd YEAR, No .42
DETROIT, RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Wayne (Will) Stringfellow formerly of Bogata was guest speaker for The Bo-
gata Senior Center last Thursday. Wayne spoke about his role on the History
Channel Mountain Men series. A forty year old buffalo hide leather hand bag
and knife are items he will take to what is called a rendezvous where other
craftsmen will come together and trade their wares.
Discussing the
mountain man way
Duane Allen
bridge to be
dedicated
Will Stringfellow was
guest speaker at the Bo-
gata Senior Center in
Bogata Thursday April
3rd to discuss his life as
a mountain man in Idaho
where he makes his home.
Will grew up in Bogata
attended ETSU after grad-
uating from Rivercrest
ISD 1971. Will is cast as
himself as Tom Oar’s side
kick on History Channel’s
Mountain Men series.
Will is known as Wayne
in his hometown com-
munity of Bogata. After
graduating from River-
crest high school in 1971
he attended East Texas
State University graduat-
ed with a teaching degree,
Growing up in Bogata he
worked hauling hay and
The annual Larry Salter/
Harold Morrison Memo-
rial Golf Tournament on
Saturday, April 12.
The event is benefitting
the Prairiland Academic
Trust Foundation
It is at the Paris Golf &
Country Club Sat. April 12
Tee times: 8 am and 1 pm
There will be 4-man
scramble
Entry fee is $400 per team
doing odd jobs for Jer-
ald Smith of Wing Rodeo
Based in Cuthand just east
of Bogata. Will became
close friends with Jim
Smith and while working
the rodeo circuit they met
rodeo cowboy Tom Oar.
This relationship proved to
be a major event that lead
to his future way of life.
Wayne and Jim start-
ed venturing west to Taos
New Mexico, and then
just a little further west to
Colorado. Every time the
close friends would ven-
tured from their hometown
community they would al-
ways go further west. They
eventually visited their old
friend from rodeo days,
Tom Oar, who lived in
There will be Door Prizes!
Lunch will be provided
Awards for 1 st,2nd & 3rd
place will be given.
Closest to the Hole,
Long Drive, Most Accu-
rate Drive
Contact Jason Hostetler
or Jeff Ballard 903-652-
6476 ext. 218 for further
information.
Montana. Will fell in love
with the area and decided
to move there to live. The
area is so beautiful, and
the people are really good
folks. Although Will is re-
tired from teaching he stays
busy. They live off the land.
The closest WalMart is 40
miles away. We don’t buy
anything we don’t grow
or process or make. My
closest neighbor is about a
mile away. When asked if
he misses the technology
most of us enjoy quick an-
swer of no blurted Will. My
life is a great way of life,
I love it! I love the history
we represent stated Wilk
If I didn’t live where I live
now I would live right here
in Bogata stated Will in his
closing statement.
Midway
Community
meeting scheduled
Midway Communi-
ty will have their regular
monthly supper meeting,
Friday, April 11, begin-
ning at 6:30p.m. Bring a
covered dish and enjoy
food and fellowship. April
birthdays will be honored.
Area native Duane Al-
len, award winning sing-
er-songwriter-producer
will be in the area Tues-
day, April 15th for several
reasons.
Allen was bom April
29, 1943 a few hundred
yards from a bridge over
Big Sandy Creek that will
be named in his honor
Tuesday.
The creek ran through
the middle of the Allen
family farm where Duane
picked cotton as a young
boy. He learned to fish
and swim in Big Sandy
Creek and traveled over
the bridge each day on his
way to school.
It was here that Duane
dreamed the dreams that
began a long and ac-
claimed musical journey.
He learned to sing in this
community. He graduated
from Cunningham High
School, Paris Junior col-
lege and Texas A&M at
Commerce.
Duane joined the Oak
Ridge Boys in 1966, and
the group went on to break
musical barriers, not only
across formates from gos-
pel to country to pop, but
across borders to touring
and winning awards world
wide. He will be inducted
into the Texas Music Hall
of Fame in August of this
year.
Before the bridge dedi-
cation though, Duane and
his family will be on hand
for the dedication of the
family’s Veterans Mark-
ers and a memorial bench
in memory of his brothers
and brother-in-laws.
The schedule of events
is: 11:30 A.M TO 12:30
P.M. they will present the
bench and markers and an-
other donation. They will
remain for the press and
media to speak with, and
to greet people attending.
At 3:00 P.M. the Duane
Allen Road/Bridge will be
dedicated.
They will hold the road
and bridge naming event
they again stay for press
and family to visit with.
The Veterans Memorial
is next to the Love Civic
Center in Paris, and the
bridge is located off of
FM 905. From Paris it is
14 miles down on 905 un-
til you come to CR 16590
(green sign). Turn right
and the Duane Allen Me-
morial Bridge Dedication
is at Sandy Creek about
1/2 to 3/4 a mile after you
take the right turn off from
FM 905.
Precinct One Commis-
sioner Lawrence Malone
says “this is a way to com-
memorate the success of
Mr. Allen for almost fifty
years in the music indus-
try”.
Detroit FFA to hold Plant Sale
The sale open for the public will be April 26th, 9
am. That is the day we will have our auction as well.
If anyone has anything that they would like to donate
for our auction that would be greatly appreciated!
The following is a list of what all we will have
available:
Vegetables: ($2/6 pack or $ 10/flat)
Tomatoes: Homestead, Cherokee Purple,
Roma, Celebrity, Big Beef
Peppers: Anaheim, Fooled You, Sweet
Banana, Jalapeno, Cayenne, Fat N Sassy
Cucumbers: Burp-less, County Fair
Watermelon
Honey Dew
Cantaloupe
Squash
Zucchini
Small pots, 6 inch, $5.00:
Petunias
Begonias
Lantana
Hanging Baskets, 10 inch pots, $10.00:
Petunias
Begonias
Sweet Potato Vine
Aloe
Geraniums
Jew
Airplane Plants
Lantana/Sweet Potato Mixes
Ferns: $15.00
Salter / Morrison Memorial Golf
Tournament set for Saturday
CLEAN UP! CLEAN
UP! Corky Whitley
and Nikki Taylor are
pictured here as they
begin clean up on
the appliances and
kitchen sink that the
Community Center
recently acquired for
the restoration of the
center. (Staff Photo)
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