SILVERTON, Texas – The chances are good that William Clark Green will find a lot of comfort in Silverton, a community of about 600 residents You see, Green was raised in Flint, Texas, a town that boasts a “sparse” population. That’s tiny. But Green’s music isn’t, and that’s why he’s the headlining act Friday night’s[...]

LOVINGTON, N.M. – To win in the game of rodeo, it takes equal doses of talent and luck. It also takes having a good dance partner. Wesley Silcox believes in that sentiment. It’s what’s guided the Payson, Utah, cowboy through his eight-year career, including that magical 2007 season when he won the Professional Rodeo Cowboys[...]

LOVINGTON, N.M. – In a world filled with children playing video games and turning themselves into couch potatoes, there are programs that offer youth much more. In southeast New Mexico, many of the youngsters find plenty of things to fill their days while being involved in 4H and FFA livestock showing. It involves hard work[...]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a recap of the Fort Smith, Ark., rodeo that appears in the July 2011 issue of Women’s Pro Rodeo News. There was something magical in the air surrounding Kay Rogers Park’s Harper Stadium on May 31, the second night of the Old Fort Days Rodeo. The Fort Smith, Ark., rodeo is[...]

The 115th edition of the world famous Cheyenne Frontier Days has begun with the first performance Saturday afternoon. Over the next week, the biggest names in rodeo will try to add a (or another) Cheyenne title to their resume. It’s a coveted championship. And the prize money isn’t too shabby either. In fact, the overall[...]

LOVINGTON, N.M. – In every community, there are children who would love the opportunity to be a cowboy or a cowgirl, even for a day. Without events like the Special Rodeo, many children never would get the opportunity. Physical disabilities don’t allow for them to rope or ride. They still dream nonetheless. That’s why the[...]

Rodeo people are the greatest in the world. The rodeo committee at Pretty Prairie, Kan., tops my list right now. We limped into Pretty Prairie at 45 mph (which is really tough on me) at 3:30 a.m. for slack Wednesday morning. After slack, several of the rodeo committee men helped me figure out what was[...]

LOVINGTON, N.M. – The terrain that is part of the southeast New Mexico is rugged; so are the cowboys that make this their home. This is ranching country, and the men who work this land know their business. That’s why some of the greatest timed-event cowboys in ProRodeo history come from this neck of the[...]

LOVINGTON, N.M. – Community is the foundation for the eight-day Lea County Fair and Rodeo. It’s why ticket prices are just $5. It’s why the Lea County Commission underwrites the event, which begins Friday, Aug. 5, and has been a southeastern New Mexico showcase for 76 years. It’s why the rodeo is part of the[...]

I just got into the good ol’ USA. It was a good trip to Canada. I have a rodeo Thursday and Friday, then I’m heading home. Highs were unusual, 70s and lots of short-lived storms. There were even some tornadoes.