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Horses for courses
We were driving down the freeway one day and saw a really, really small horse trailer. A passenger remarked upon its tiny size, and was told, “Oh yeah, that's for a quarter horse.”
All kidding aside, a Winston teen and her horse have full-sized dreams of winning it all after being chosen to compete in the Ford American Quarter Horse Youth Association World Championship Show later this month in Oklahoma City.
Kelli Cartwright, 15, and her American Quarter Horse Cattins Lil Cracker, a 14-year-old sorrel mare, will be among 2,000 teen-and-horse pairs competing in the world championships.
Kelli is the daughter of Mary Cartwright and is a freshman at Douglas High School.
She will compete in barrel racing, stake racing and pole bending.
Want to watch? Online coverage will be offered at www.aqha.com. Want to help with the $4,000 expenses for this teen with a dream?
Kelli has a savings account under “Raquel E. Cartwright” at Northwest Community Credit Union. Make a deposit.
Kelli is out to make Douglas County proud, and she and Cattins Lil Cracker get a bunch of roses for their upcoming run.
Drape them across the saddle, and best of luck.
THORN
Defining Drew, DFPA
We have to poke ourselves with a couple of thorns this week for some mistakes noted by attentive readers who called in.
We made it obvious we don't make the trek all the way out the Tiller-Trail Highway to Drew very often. We reported it is just 20 miles east of Canyonville, when it's actually about 35 miles southeast of Canyonville. We wish we could blame it on the fact Drew doesn't even appear on our Douglas County map, but we found it on the Oregon map in its proper location on Highway 227 just south of Tiller.
Our caller did mention, however, that he appreciated the volunteers of the Tiller Rural Fire Department being recognized. We know that's important to all volunteer firefighters so we always try to include each agency that responds.
When reporting another fire, we got tripped up by one of the most common acronyms seen this time of year: DFPA.
We know it stands for Douglas Forest Protective Association, but late on Saturday night, we somehow let it slip through with the same beginning letters for each word, but an entirely different name.
Sorry about that. Our goal is to get every name correct.
ROSE
Listen to the music
A round of applause is in order for all of the musicians who performed during last weekend's 41st annual Summer Arts Festival on the grounds of the Umpqua Valley Arts Center in Roseburg
With the arts center getting hit particularly hard by the down economy, local musicians Frank Rusch and Mickey Beach asked 19 local bands if they would perform for free rather than expecting payment.
Every one agreed to the arrangement.
That was an amazing contribution on their part. They could have gone to another venue to pick up some dough. Instead they chose to support their hometown arts festival.
The lack of cash didn't translate to a lack of enthusiasm.
The bands sounded terrific and had the crowd on its feet and dancing.
Make sure to thank the musicians you know for their generous gesture. We hope next year's encore will return them to the status of paid performers.
Horses for courses
We were driving down the freeway one day and saw a really, really small horse trailer. A passenger remarked upon its tiny size, and was told, “Oh yeah, that's for a quarter horse.”
All kidding aside, a Winston teen and her horse have full-sized dreams of winning it all after being chosen to compete in the Ford American Quarter Horse Youth Association World Championship Show later this month in Oklahoma City.
Kelli Cartwright, 15, and her American Quarter Horse Cattins Lil Cracker, a 14-year-old sorrel mare, will be among 2,000 teen-and-horse pairs competing in the world championships.
Kelli is the daughter of Mary Cartwright and is a freshman at Douglas High School.
She will compete in barrel racing, stake racing and pole bending.
Want to watch? Online coverage will be offered at www.aqha.com. Want to help with the $4,000 expenses for this teen with a dream?
Kelli has a savings account under “Raquel E. Cartwright” at Northwest Community Credit Union. Make a deposit.
Kelli is out to make Douglas County proud, and she and Cattins Lil Cracker get a bunch of roses for their upcoming run.
Drape them across the saddle, and best of luck.
THORN
Defining Drew, DFPA
We have to poke ourselves with a couple of thorns this week for some mistakes noted by attentive readers who called in.
We made it obvious we don't make the trek all the way out the Tiller-Trail Highway to Drew very often. We reported it is just 20 miles east of Canyonville, when it's actually about 35 miles southeast of Canyonville. We wish we could blame it on the fact Drew doesn't even appear on our Douglas County map, but we found it on the Oregon map in its proper location on Highway 227 just south of Tiller.
Our caller did mention, however, that he appreciated the volunteers of the Tiller Rural Fire Department being recognized. We know that's important to all volunteer firefighters so we always try to include each agency that responds.
When reporting another fire, we got tripped up by one of the most common acronyms seen this time of year: DFPA.
We know it stands for Douglas Forest Protective Association, but late on Saturday night, we somehow let it slip through with the same beginning letters for each word, but an entirely different name.
Sorry about that. Our goal is to get every name correct.
ROSE
Listen to the music
A round of applause is in order for all of the musicians who performed during last weekend's 41st annual Summer Arts Festival on the grounds of the Umpqua Valley Arts Center in Roseburg
With the arts center getting hit particularly hard by the down economy, local musicians Frank Rusch and Mickey Beach asked 19 local bands if they would perform for free rather than expecting payment.
Every one agreed to the arrangement.
That was an amazing contribution on their part. They could have gone to another venue to pick up some dough. Instead they chose to support their hometown arts festival.
The lack of cash didn't translate to a lack of enthusiasm.
The bands sounded terrific and had the crowd on its feet and dancing.
Make sure to thank the musicians you know for their generous gesture. We hope next year's encore will return them to the status of paid performers.
