Shay Hill

The Western Heritage Classic is back this Thursday through Saturday bringing lots of fun and visitors to the Abilene area. The event has been bringing ranchers, rodeo cowboys and spectators to Abilene since 1985. It didn’t have the name “Western Heritage” at the time and it was a small 5 event competition for some local ranch hands. Over the years the event has grown to be a major part of the spring line up at the Taylor Co. Coliseum and brings in some of the biggest and best ranches around to compete for honors and braggin’ rights.

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With Mother’s Day coming up this weekend it got me to thinking about songs dedicated to Mom. There are some great songs for and about mom out there. I thought of a few off the top of my head but tell me what your favorite song is honoring mom.

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Graduation time is here again. Seems that this school year went fast, then again I’m not the one hitting the books every night. We have 3 local universities and 1 college with graduations this weekend.

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There are some phrases that come from your kids that are almost like fingernails on a chalkboard. You hear them so much that you begin to hear them in your sleep! For me that phrase is “what’s for dinner?” and all you’ve done is pick them up from school. You haven’t given dinner

I was inspired to write this because I was standing in the fishing section of Academy the other night and this little girl of maybe 7 was looking at lures with her dad. She was shopping for them just like I do.

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I ran by the grocery store this evening for some milk and a loaf of bread. That’s all I went for, but you know how it is, between the bread isle and the milk is ice cream! I had to make the detour.

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Rain is a very precious thing in our part of the world as we’ve seen with recent droughts. However, there are some things we can do to preserve what we do have and receive from nature. It’s called “Rainwater Harvesting” and you can find out all the ways to conserve and protect our water resources by attending the free workshop at the Abilene Public Library on Thursday, May 10th.

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While watching last nights episode of Dancing with the Stars they had a feature singer, it was Classical week, and she performed “Ave, Maria” and “Dark Waltz”. Now I can’t carry a tune in a bucket but I do know a great singer when I hear one. This little girl is absolutely incredible.

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It’s becoming more and more prevalent for employers and colleges to ask for and even demand your personal passwords for social networks, like Facebook and Twitter. Some employers will actually make you log into your account so they can scan your posts and photos before hiring you. College

This is something educational and enlightening  for any farmer here in the Big Country.  This Friday the Texas AgriLife Extention Service will be conducting their annual multi-county wheat tour beginning at 8:30 am.

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Last week I told you about some of my favorite children’s book; stories that meant something to me growing up. They always bring back great memories when I hear them and you want to share them with others. So now

Texas State Technical College (TSTC) will graduate 151 students Friday April 27th. Most of those graduates will walk the stage and right into a job helping themselves and our economy.

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