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January ○ ○ ○ ○ Western Saddle,continued from p. 1 American Cowboy magazine. It has a
wealth of information about nearly
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everything to do with the cowboy, and
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Desk Schedule ○ expensive saddle in the world.” It had that most certainly includes saddles.
exquisitely hand-tooled designs of the
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So, saddle-up, pardner! You’ve
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Sat/1 Visitor Center Closed ○ ○ Texas longhorn and butterflies. The got the horse, the saddle, all the
price was $100,000, but that lay
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Sun/2 E. Rothfuss OPEN ○ ○ equipment you need, good
mainly in decorative diamonds,
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Mon/3 A. Berg S. Stenzel ○ ○ sapphires and pounds of gold and companions, and an inviting blue
horizon yonder. It can’t get much
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Tues/4 M. Slagle J. Geier ○ ○ silver—not your saddle for the big
round-up. Myres reputation spread better than that. x
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Wed/5 D. Kavula C. Gilmore ○
abroad and even to Hollywood where,
Thurs/6 M. Andrews J. Barrett years later, he made saddles for stars
Fri/7 G. Sayles E. Schliepp like Gene Autry and John Wayne. E. News & Notes, continued from p.3
Sat/8 W. Barbuck W. Barbuck ○ ○ H. Bohlin was another legendary THE KEYSTONE
saddle maker who built them for Roy
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P. VanDooremaal ○ ○ Rogers and Dale Evans, Bill Boyd
Sun/9 E. Rothfuss OPEN ○ ○ (Hopalong Cassidy) and Tom Mix. Articles to be submitted for the
Spring/Summer 2005 issue of the Key-
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Mon/10 S. Stenzel D. Powers ○ ○ Western writer Shelley Jessop stone newspaper are due by February 1.
notes that “Few things are more
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Tues/11 P. Kepner J. Geier ○ Contributions are
important than having a saddle that fits appreciated on
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Wed/12 M. Andrews C. Gilmore ○ ○ both you and your horse properly. general topics,
Thurs/13 T./N. Hughes J. Barrett ○ ○ ○ ○ Saddles can be compared to shoes for flora, fauna,
Fri/14 J. McManus R. Linsmeier ○ ○ us humans; and we all know the culture, history,
discomfort associated with an ill- committees,
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Sat/15 J. Kisosondi P. Kepner ○ ○ ○ fitting, uncomfortable pair of shoes.” partnerships, man-
Sun/16 E. Rothfuss OPEN ○ ○ ○ So now you want your own saddle. agement, etc. related to Red Rock.
Mon/17 J. Frank S. Stenzel ○ ○ How much will it cost? You can pay Articles must be submitted to Kate
anywhere from a few hundred dollars Sorom or Kim McLean at the Visitor
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Tues/18 OPEN J. Geier ○ ○
for a plain vanilla, manufactured Center for approval.—Kate Sorom,
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Wed/19 M. Andrews C. Gilmore ○ ○ ○ saddle to thousands for a custom 515-5350.
Thurs/20 T./N. Hughes J. Barrett ○ ○ ○ saddle that meets your measurements
Fri/21 G. Sayles E. Schliepp ○ ○ and specifications. The Bud Shaul PDE Training
Saddlery of Yarnell, Ariz. recently
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Sat/22 M. Lolich M. Lolich ○ ○ offered a premium leather saddle with If you would like to become a
facilitator for Professional
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L. Eaton ○ ○ partial rose tooling and scroll knife Development Education (teacher
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Sun/23 B. Saperstein L./M. Utah ○ ○ cuts on exposed stirrup leathers, workshops) or are a PDE facilita-
sterling silver conchos, rawhide
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E. Rothfuss ○ tor who has not attended training
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braiding and a tree hand-made by Bert
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Mon/24 S. Stenzel D. Powers ○ ○ Shaul for $3,000. The Oliver Saddle for this program, you are invited
to a training session to be held
Tues/25 M. Slagle J. Geier Shop of Amarillo, Texas advertised a Thursday, January 27, 4-7 p.m.,
base price of $2,350 for a Western
Wed/26 M. Andrews C. Gilmore room 118 at the Curriculum and
saddle. A full flower stamp added
Thurs/27 T./N. Hughes J. Barrett $1,000, but coming down a bit, $650 Professional Development Center,
Fri/28 G. Sayles P. Kepner got a basket weave stamp. Other 3950 S. Pecos-McLeod. Training
is voluntary and limited to the first
Sat/29 L. Eaton R. Linsmeier options were offered. To top it off, 30 who respond. E-mail
there was a four to six months waiting
Sun/30 E. Rothfuss L./M. Utah Mary Nawrocki at
period. Can’t wait? You might
Mon/31 S. Stenzel R. Linsmeier consider a used custom saddle, starting nawrocki@interact.ccsd.net
to register. Questions? Call 702-
at a few hundred dollars. If you’re
799-1925.
Changes? Call Scott Bahan, 515-5371 serious about saddles, get a copy of
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