The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 29, 1995 Page: 4 of 34
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John Baker, President
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Board of Directors
Canadian, Texas 79014
Dear John:
I am writing as a decade-
long supporter and participant
in the Canadian Fourth of July
Rodeo to protest the increased
entry fee for this year’s team
roping event. The huge per-
centage increase from $120 in
1994 to $180 this year is un-
warranted and will discourage
local participation in the con-
test.
The $180 is clearly out of
line with other comparable
area rodeos such as Clarendon,
which is the same dates, same
added money but only $110 per
team. Mangum is another ex-
ample where added money is
less! $150) but entry fees are
only $80. I have talked to a
number of team ropers who
normally compete at Canadian
but are making other plans
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volunteers who help man (or woman) the front
desk and greet visitors have made it possible to
stretch a meager budget further than would
otherwise be feasible.
Last month’s museum gala (the first annual,
we are told) attracted several generations of par-
ticipants in spite of the rain clouds which
threatened all day and throughout the evening.
Conceptualized and organized by newcomer Kim
McKinney, it earned enthusiastic reviews from
most who attended, and raised more money for
the museum coffers.
“We’re at a pivotal point,” Mrs. Haley told
members of both the city council and county
commissioners, to whom she was appealing for
increased funding. “I want to go forward.”
We’ll add our editorial nod of encouragement
and support to her appeal, and heartily endorse
the merits of the museum’s work in keeping our
past alive. If, as Oliver Wendell Holmes, jr. once
said, a page of history is worth a volume of logic,
then indeed a museum full of history is priceless,
and this museum’s value increases daily.
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crease. In my opinion, this will
substantially affect gate
receipts as family and friends
of local cowboys will not at-
tend.
It is my understanding that
the increase was decided upon
in an effort to increase purse
size. However you must realize
that competing for their own
money doesn’t add up to much
of an incentive for these TCRA
ropers. According to the PRCA
team roping entry fee scale,
this fee amount should corre-
late with added money of be-
tween $2,000 - $3,000, not the
$300 Canadian currently adds.
There are other ways to see
that the public and contestants
alike enjoy a bigger and better
Fourth of July Rodeo. Your
board should work with the
men and women who ride
every year. Sky-high entry fees
are not the answer.
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Last, but not least, players always seem to know who to turn
to when they really need help. I think young Cole Dunnam
expressed it best during last Friday’s T-ball game. Confused,
bewildered and a little irritated, he turned around and bellowed
to his mother/coach Darlene, “Mom, what do I do now?” As Cole
so aptly reminds us, no matter how old you are, how much you’ve
grown and what you’re doing, you can always get a little advice
. from mom.
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So as children scramble from base to base, slide into home in
a cloud of dust and return to the dug-out despondent or ecstatic,
spectators, parents and coaches need to step back and take a good
look at what they’re watching.
Maybe baseball is life.
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JLmuseums raises visions of old, dead things for
you, your name is probably not included on the
growing list of people who have visited the River
Valley Pioneer Museum in the last few months.
In just the last year, travelling exhibits which
have animated the walls of our local museum
have included one of Texas wildflower paintings,
a display of photographs from the Pitchfork
Ranch, and one of wood carvings featuring the
work of several different artists.
One of the livelier shows rolled into Canadian
in a mobile unit, completely self-contained,
which housed a fascinating array of Texas his-
tory. Popular among the many schoolchildren
who time-travelled that touring trailer, the show
featured a collection of hands-on exhibits which
were covered with the fingerprints of eager,
young historians by the time it left town.
The new exhibit room which was finished this
year offers well-lighted and versatile space
adaptable to a diversity of purposes. The
workroom adjacent to it serves as storage space
and provides an assembly point for touring ex-
hibits.
Memberships in the museum association are
on the rise. Contributions are steady, and several
of the exhibits have been sponsored by in-
dividuals and businesses willing to help under-
write the cost of this valuable learning resource.
Museum Director Lauren Haley, and her as-
sistant Jo Walker, have done much to invigorate
the museum and to encourage community invol-
vement in its activities. A dedicated group of
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Ezzell, Nancy & Brown, Laurie Ezzell. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 29, 1995, newspaper, June 29, 1995; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1285863/m1/4/: accessed May 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.