Equine Rescue Center Annual Fundraiser Theme: The theme of this year’s fundraiser will be Barnyard Hoedown! There will be plenty of activities for adults and children. There will be a live band‚ and line dancing throughout the evening. From 5:00 pm until the sun goes down there will be pony rides‚ and a petting zoo. After the sun sets‚ the evening will start to heat up with karaoke‚ and mechanical bull riding! For the kiddo’s there will be a “Life on the Farm” tent where they can learn how to
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Savannah Pratt Dr. Stephen Fullmer English 1010 17 May 2012 My Eventful Summer “Cowgirl” has been my name ever sense I was put on a horse. Being involved in rodeos‚ 4-H‚ and been around horses my whole life is what got me into the sport of rodeo. My freshman year was my first year of high school rodeos‚ and they have been very successful ever since. The most exciting times of my life have come from the sport of rodeo‚ but also my lowest of lows. The summer of my Junior year proved it. I
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Texas is a state famous for several reasons. When you think of Texas you think of football‚ the Alamo‚ oil‚ and BBQ‚ but do cattle feedlots also come to mind? Texas is one of the largest states in the nation and leads in producing cattle. According to TSHA (Texas State Historical Association) “By the mid-1980s Texas had also become the Number 1 cattle feeding state. The cattle-feeding industry annually contributes $12 billion dollars to the state’s economy.” A cattle feedlot can be defined as an
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THE BULL Then it was time for Dragonet to ride the Bull. He gave her instructions on how to put the harness on‚ so she would have something to hold. Place the pad behind his neck‚ for her to sit and tuck her heels in to his shingles giving her feet a hold‚ to give her balance to stand on his back. How to lean her body to turn him in the direction she chooses to go. To speak to him mentally while in flight and in battle. Then she was to learn how to dismount while she was still flying‚ to roll-off
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The Midnight Star Review “‘The day will come when we strike you down” she’s saying.’Mark my words we will haunt your nightmares.’ I clench my fist and fling an illusion of pain across her body “I am the nightmare’”(Lu 13). The Midnight Star a book by Marie Lu. The main characters Adelina‚ Maggiano‚ and Violetta are traveling to give their powers back to the gods. On the way‚ they find their friends and people they need are dying until they make it to the Underworld. Once they make it they have
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How many of you like to play poker? Well imagine playing and drawing 4 - 6’s. Legend has that is how the 4 - 6 ranch got its name was in a poker game‚ however the truth is‚ when the original founder of the ranch‚ Burke Burnett bought the cattle it was already wearing the brand‚ however it still makes an interesting story. Today I’m going to inform you on the 4 -6 ranch including a brief history‚ how the ranch manages as a business and its impact on Guthrie. Established in 1870‚ this one-third
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Leonardo Sean Kruppa Ms. Malott Senior Project 14 September 2010 Problem Paper The wild mustangs and burros in the West are a true legacy. The homelands on which the mustangs and burros have been free are essential for the wild mustangs’ and burros’ history. They have been roaming and there living for countless years. However‚ the Federal Government and the Bureau of Land and Management‚ BLM‚ have begun to put boundaries on these animals’ homelands‚ gathering them up into what the government
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How does Steinbeck’s writing make the fight‚ a powerful and significant moment in the novel? Steinbeck uses many ways to make the fight powerful and significant; he makes things in the scene fast paced‚ from where Curley sees George smiling‚ to him starting the fight and Lennie getting beaten up‚ to Lennie crushing his hand. Yet Steinbeck stretches the fight over 2 pages and a bit‚ where as it would have probably lasted less than 30 seconds which shows it’s a significant piece and amongst it there
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A rare‚ early October blizzard the dropped three to four feet of snow following two inches of rain has devastated South Dakota‚ after as many as 100‚000 head of cattle may have died following the October 3rd storm. The losses have ranchers reeling both financially and emotionally‚ as they are tasked with gathering and burying tens of thousands of dead animals. John M. Glionna with The Los Angeles Times reports on what made the story so deadly: The blizzard hit just days after 80-degree weather
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Crooks is symbolic of a lot - he is lonely. He has no one for him. He is segregated against. He has only a few possessions‚ each of which means the world to him. He is one of the only educated ones on the farm‚ and yet this means nothing. He is always weary of the future. Crooks to represent racism and symbolize the marginalization of the black community occurring at the time in which the novel is set. Crooks’ is significant as he provides an insight into the reality of the American
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