Hello
& Welcome to our Diary page.The purpose of this diary is to record our
adventures, folks who stop by, travels and events at the Thorne Ranch.
It was primarily meant for family and friends in the beginning, but we have
grown a large number of faithful readers in the past seven years.
Over 90,000 from all over the world have visited us. We don't
intend to offend anyone or to glorify our life here. It's pretty
boring most of the time as you will see! We are pretty common folks
trying to make a living doing what we love, breeding and raising cattle. Our
wish is that someday this Diary will be enjoyed and appreciated
by our grandchildren and great grandchildren. In the mean
time we hope you get a few good laughs at our expense.
Learn
from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to
make them all yourself."
- Joan
September 1-2 It
is cooling down in Oklahoma and we are now getting some nice cool
evenings! For every time there is a season. We certainly look
forward to some slower times even if it means shorter days at the Thorne
Ranch. I went to Pryor to pick up parts for the tractor and also
took Holly into the vet for ear problems! Found two ticks in both
ears! A family was in the vet clinic with their little dog that was
nabbed out of their hands by a pit bull. It's back was broken and
they were rightfully upset! I don't know why people continue to
breed that dog and then don't take necessary precautions with them running
loose! The Labor day traffic is in full swing on Highway 69!
You take your life into your hands trying to get on that road! We
both worked on hay projects. Abbie finished up baling the hay that
we got rained out of the other day and I mowed the calving pasture so we
can find the new babies easier! We had a birth late last night with
a tail first protrusion. Lost the ET calf but saved the cow.
Clint our trusty vet came to assist last night. We missed Logan's
2nd birthday party and we feel really left out! We are sure he
didn't miss us at all! Granddaughter Ruby had blood work done the
other day. She just turned two years old in July. She didn't
flinch a muscle or cry when they drew blood from her! She told the
nurse that she was tougher than an old boot! ha What a character.
We can't wait to get her and Dalya Rae together! Won't that be fun!
You all have a safe holiday and please drive safe! Watch out for the
other guy! Come see us again soon!
Jaden Jones of Socorro NM on your TLC Steer Harry Potter winning Grand
Champion Market Steer in Socorro County.
September 3 Labor Day!
Happy Birthday son Brian Thorne! We had a good day
of hot muggy weather today! Brian Courtney brought the cedar fibers
yesterday and today the show cattle got a clean new bed to lie on.
If they knew how good it is they'd be easier to catch shouldn't they?
Some of the little heifers were panting but still hated to give into the
halter when I tried catching them. They led pretty easily though
after I caught them. Baked up an Italian cream cake today for
something special. We had two calves born today! Unassisted
twins out of a first calf heifer and of course they were a bull and a
heifer calf. The Lord does provide even though the heifer will
probably be a freemartin! Now N60 will have a baby of her own since
hers was born backwards and dead the other night. It always seems to
work out around here and we fill in the gaps! I caught Abbie with
the heifer calf on the way to the barn to her new momma! What a
cutie! Williams brought four heifers to turn in with our Angus bull
Scotch. Hardy got a hair cut and put in the front pen. My
horses chewed off the bark on the elm tree by the road. I spray
painted it with black paint so hope that keeps it from dieing! Darn
horses.. have mineral, salt and still out of bore dome chew up trees?
They need rode badly to take their minds off eating trees! ha Justin
came the other day and reset Jaycee's shoes. The other three
didn't need trimmed for a change!
We heard that our Nebraska friends dog Shug died
suddenly. He was our Lab, Angel's full brother. So sorry to
hear the news Smith Family. Shug had a good life for 10 years with a
family that loved him beyond the call of duty. Cameron and Shug grew
up together and they were quite the team and inseparable. Where ever
you saw Cameron there was Shug. He even dressed up in Halloween gear
each year to match Cameron's costumes. Lots of fond memories of a
faithful pet. How did we get them? Abbie traded half of a bull
and got two registered Lab puppies is how we acquired Shug and Angel.
He did this without my knowledge and we picked them up south of Joplin
just before Christmas in 1997. We didn't need two Labs so I took
Shug back to NE for Cameron when he was three years old. Every boy
needs to grow up with a dog and have a best friend.
Worked on several pages on our web site today!
Seems like I don't take time to update ours as often as I should. So
check out the new look at the Donors,
SiresLinks and
News Page. The windmill picture is from
here. About sun down one night and it gave a pretty silhouette and
golden glow. If you will notice the windmill fan has bullet
holes in it from days long past! Probably someone target practicing
before this place was inhabited.
Abbie and twin heifer calf
The Mule Escort Service
Meg and Hardy
heifer calf
September 4-5 We got rain last
night. It misted off and on today! Mostly cloudy and
cooler! We had two new calves today. I got kicked by a
little weaned heifer and spent most of the day afterwards with my knee
elevated with an ice pack. We had just gathered the north
pasture to wean some steers and thought I was doing the little show
heifers a favor to let them stand in the barn under the fans.
That little heifer now has a new name and it's not Hardcore's Dally
anymore! ha Not much else going on except we are getting
farther and farther away from the hayfield at this point!
Maybe after this rain we can get back at it! Today was
book work and catch up on tags that needed made. The weather is
still cloudy and the humidity is high! We had a TLCC Hardy baby
heifer today. She looks to be real nice and coal black with no
horns too! She is only an hour old here and getting her first
meal in this picture. The cow is Meg a Meyer daughter out of
Jill. She has plenty of milk for this baby!
September 6-8 I made a trip to
Claremore to deliver a bottle calf to Jessie Heidlage. She was
so excited to get a new calf project. This calf was way
too small and Abbie had been bottle feeding him because he was too
small to reach his mothers milk. So we decided to let Jessie
raise him! She called him Ope and he will be the family pet real
soon! ha I called him Lucky to find such a loving family!
ha He rode on the front floor board of the truck on the
way there. He was that small. We sure hope that he makes
it because I could tell he had won their hearts in first few minutes!
ha I stopped in at the Expo Center for a look see of the
Bluegrass and Chili festival. It was raining so the crowds
seemed a little small and mostly damp! ha Saw some beautiful
quilts and chatted with the Gebhart gals at their jewelry booth!
It rained all night on Friday night and most of Saturday morning.
Water everywhere and the ponds filled back up in only a few hours!
We made it to Claremore to check out a Grasshopper lawn mower.
Looks like we will have new blades for the rest of the summer and
fall! I will try not mowing down tees with this one I
hope! Now we need sunshine to dry out the mulch! ha
We made it to the Mayes County Fair and had a great time watching the
kids we know participate. Ethan Propp won Grand and Reserve
Grand Champion Market Steers, Cody Dunkin won top Showman in the Steer
division. Morgan won Champion Chinanina Heifer with TLC Lindy
and then went on to be selected 5th in the Premium Sale, 2nd in the
Bred in the County, and she amazed herself in winning the top showman
for the heifer division. Her and Lindy were a real team.
It was evident that they had worked together all summer long!
Great job Kelly and Morgan! You really took home some nice
prizes and most of all a big big smile! Your hard work paid off!
See more pictures at the News Page.
Spider Cow
September 9 Sunday. A misty
and foggy Sunday morning at the Thorne Ranch. The spider
webs were everywhere including this cow that was standing behind one!
We had a new calf late yesterday in the rain. Another Tyson out
of a half blood and it was a red heifer. Looks to be a real
muggy day if the sun comes out! Today everyone gets a real soapy
bath to get rid of the mud from the past couple of days!
You all have a great day and stop back for more exciting times at the
Thorne Ranch.
Misty in the calving
pasture
Jacki O on Thorne
Mountain
K2070 Mick's Mom
ready to calve to Friday Night Lights
September 10 Monday
A day of various projects! First we had an ultra sound man
here early to scan a couple of our young bulls and Bob and Karen's Angus
cattle. They had trailer problems so Abbie had to hook up and
go rescue them north of Pryor. Their wheel and hub came off.
They were lucky they didn't have a wreck! So when they got here I
headed to Claremore with the truck and trailer to pick up the new mower.
I made it back in time to fix lunch for them and Doug Shaffer that came to
install a new set of scales. When they finally got the chute
unbolted they found our Pearson Chute was rusted out on the
underneath. So that being a major set of equipment on this ranch
they headed to Claremore to Stillwater Milling to pick up a new chute!
So now that being said we are going to have to start charging five bucks a
head to walk through that chute so we can pay for the new one! ha
Consider it a chute parking meter from now on. We will install a slot or
dollar exchange machine on the side of the chute and every unauthorized
critter will have to pay to walk through! ha How many people do you
know wear out a steel chute in 10 years? Only person I know is my
husband! ha I cleaned, scooped and blew out the north side of the
barn while the guys went to pick up the new chute and managed to get
pretty dirty! I drug out a big panel to install it beside the wash
gate so that I won't have any more rodeo's there next to the hot wire
fence. Not a good combination hot wire fence, green cattle
and the wash rack! I don't know who decided we should use that
area for a wash rack! Hmm.... you guessed it! Mr. Thorne!
Who says, He never has any problems there! Probably because he isn't
the one washing cattle all the time! I cleaned up quick and
made it to the Mayes County Premium Sale at 7:00. By the time I
wrote out numerous checks for add on I went home broke, but happy to
donate to some of our favorite kids for all their hard work.
Morgan and Lindy at the Mayes County Premium Sale.
She should have made enough money to pay for some feed and then some!
Great job Henry Family!
TLC Heart of Gold
September 11-12 We made it through another 9-11 day.
Sure makes me sad to see all that death and destruction. Does not
seem like it was that long ago already. The past couple of days have
been busy with the show cattle. They all got baths and almost all of
the new recruits got show stick training. They are all coming along
great! Some better than others but most are really starting to jell!
ha It's like making jelly. You boil it and boil it until it
sets up! So I feel lots better about hauling them to Tulsa for the
big fair when they start behaving and paying attention. Since we
don't have kids anymore I guess you could say these are our kids.
The picture is of Heart of Gold a Veronica granddaughter and out of the
Heartbeat heifer. She is sure turning out nice and she is such a
sweet heart to work with. She is still a little damp from her rinse.
I was afraid I wouldn't have enough sunlight so I didn't quite get her all
blown out. We had three new babies today! A Chill Factor
cow we got at the Exposure sale one year had a black and white bull calf
out of Gold Club today! He has all kinds of chrome! ha
Jessie Heidlage and TLC Opie the
tiny premature calf we took to her to raise! She is carrying
him around. I told her that if she picks him up each day she
will be a strong girl when he gets up over 200#. ha He looks
to be getting more than his fair share of TLC. What a great
match up and such a happy smile from Jessie! Kids and Cattle a
winning combination.
September 13-14 Thursday was a
wild day! Clint came early so we bangs vaccinated heifers and the
new scales worked great! We also weaned more heifers. Jeremy
was suppose to come get his Shorthorn heifer today but we missed him
somehow! Bob and Karen dropped by to pick up their baler and we
spent some time on their web site redoing some stuff. Worked with
the heifers off and on all day! They are enjoying the cooler
weather at night. Dana Shrum is coming this morning to help me work
with the cattle. So looking forward to a fun day! Sure
proud for the Haney family! Way to go Kylie! She will be
helping us show at Tulsa too! What would we do without all our Show
Kids! ha We would have a pretty boring life! ha We are headed
to the Rogers' County 4-H Steak Dinner tonight compliments of one of our
show kids! Jacob Daley! Thanks Daley family! Thank you
Luis Castillo for your business! We will look forward to meeting you
in October with a load of Thorne Ranch Bulls.
September 15-16 Saturday
morning we were up early to feed and it was cloudy and cool so we kicked
the show cattle for the day to defend for themselves and we attended the
Roger's County Fair in Claremore! Our show kids were all there
almost it seemed. Brock, Jacob, Blake, Reighly, Rashele, Bryce,
Crystal, Adriane, Lilly, Logan and Blake. We had someone to root for
almost every class! The real highlight of the day was when Judge
Brandon Callis selected TLC Linda's Lulu for the Reserve Grand Champion
Heifer shown by Rashele Blakley. We were in shock! Abbie left
me and ran home to check a cow so I went and had lunch with Sheila and
Allison afterwards. He came back and picked me up and we made it
home about chore time! Terry, Susan, James, Chris and Ashley stopped
by and we had a nice visit with them. They had attended the Snider
Dispersion in Missouri. Today Lance and Jane Warn dropped by for a
visit. We had lunch with them at Pryor and then ran over to make our
presence at the Smith Angus sale. They had just finished up
and had a $2600 average on 91head. So they were happy! I
spent last night until midnight trying to figure out why their web site is
requiring a id and password to enter. I worked on it early this
morning and am still stumped. Guess I will have to wait for tech
support on Monday. Always something to keep life interesting huh?
If we did have everything go perfect we wouldn't know how to handle life
long around here! ha Hope you all had a blessed Sunday and we hope
you will drop back by for more life styles of the not so rich and famous
at the Thorne Ranch real soon! See the News page for pictures
of all our famous and favorite show kids from the
Roger's County Fair 2007.
(Right) TLC Linda's Lulu
September 17
- Happy Birthday Granddaughter; Grace Abigail Thorne!
Born this morning to proud parents Jeffrey and Diann Thorne! Six
pounds and 8 ounces and 21 and 3/4 inches long! Big brother Logan is
going to love having a baby sister! We had all kinds of stork
deliveries today!! Two new calves born at the barn this
morning too! An ET heifer calf and a natural calf. Both past
due but made the delivery well! Something so wonderful about new
babies of any kind! Gives you hope for the future! Yep Abbie
Dear and I are proud grandparents again! His comment this morning!
Well that is one down and two to go! Whitney and Erica still to
go! We made it over to the Roger's County Premium Sale and spent some
money on the cattle kids.
September 18
Windy and muggy here today! We spent a good part of
the morning and afternoon in the show barn washing and blowing out cattle.
A very time consuming job! But the reward is they all look so pretty
and clean when you finally get them done. Then we let them lie down
to rest. They are all laying down before you get them untied!
They drop like lead weights. ha The new recruits are coming along
great and tonight will be stick training night before we feed. They
got the weekend off due to so much other stuff going on so it's back to
the routine. I am washing and cleaning house too today! Have the
back yard to mow so am headed that way right now! I am sure I will
be covered with dirt when I get done today with all the wind! I
fixed Carol's web site this morning! So now she is back on line
without an ID and password required! It took an act of congress to
find the glitch but I finally figured it all out! Thank heavens for
extra brain cells today! ha
Smith Angus Ranch Sign
Bryce and his sign
Brook and Redman
Brook and Redman in
Premium Sale Roger's County Fair
September
19-20 Hot and muggy again. Usually
the cool spot is in the barn under the fans and misters and it was still
hot there. Cattle were still warm! Sam came by and
visited, so we got their pie pan back to them. I didn't get it
filled up with more pie though! Will have to try and bake something
up this fall after things slow down some. If that ever happens!
I ran to Pryor to pick up parts of the tractors and also went to Wal-mart
to pick up stuff you can't find anywhere else anymore! Found some
new material that I think I will sew up for the cattle display! It
actually looks like leather and it's cloth! Like I need another
project! ha Oh well! Sounds like it is going to get back up
into the 90's today. So stay cool and enjoy the heat! It will
be cold again soon and then we will be wishing for some warm weather.
Here
is a very interesting story off an email that I think needs repeated.
Our hero's all don't have to be cowboys. Us baby boomers all
remember these famous folks and our kids grew up with them from TV.
Let's hope that our grandchildren don't have to use Britney Spears for a
roll model! What a lost little girl! Please pray for her. She
needs help!
You
Would Never Have Guessed Captain Kangaroo passed away on
January 23, 2004 at age 76 , which is odd, because he always looked to be
76. (DOB: 6/27/27) His death reminds us of the following story:
Some people have been a bit offended that the actor, Lee Marvin, is buried
in a grave alongside 3 and 4 star generals at Arlington National Cemetery
. His marker gives his name, rank (PVT) and service (USMC). Nothing else
here's a guy who was only a famous movie star who served his time, why the
heck does he rate burial with these guys? Well, following is the amazing
answer:
I always liked Lee Marvin, but didn't know the extent of his Corps
experiences.In a time when many Hollywood stars served
their country in the armed forces often in rear echelon posts where they
were carefully protected, only to be trotted out to perform for the
cameras in war bond promotions, Lee Marvin was a genuine hero. He won the
Navy Cross at Iwo Jima. There is only one higher Naval award...the Medal
Of Honor! If that is a surprising comment on the true character of the
man, he credits his sergeant with an even greater show of bravery.
Dialog from "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson": His guest was Lee
Marvin. Johnny said, "Lee, I'll bet a
lot of people are unaware that you were a Marine in the initial landing
at Iwo Jima.. and that during the course of that action you earned the
Navy Cross and were severely wounded." "Yeah, yeah... I got shot square in
the bottom and they gave me the Cross for securing a hot spot about
halfway up Suribachi. Bad thing about getting shot up on a mountain is
guys getting' shot hauling you down. But, Johnny, at Iwo I served under
the bravest man I ever knew... We both got the Cross the same day, but
what he did for his Cross made mine look cheap in comparison. That dumb
guy actually stood up on Red beach and directed his troops to move forward
and get the hell off the beach. Bullets flying by, with mortar rounds
landing everywhere and he stood there as the main target of gunfire so
that he could get his men to safety. He did this on more than one occasion
because his men's safety was more important than his own life.
That Sergeant and I have
been lifelong friends. When they brought me off Suribachi we passed the
Sergeant and he lit a smoke and passed it to me, lying on my belly on the
litter and said, "Where'd they get you Lee?" "Well Bob... if you make
it home before me, tell Mom to sell the outhouse!"
Johnny, I'm not lying, Sergeant Keeshan was the bravest man I ever knew.
The Sergeant's name is Bob Keeshan. You and the world know him as Captain
Kangaroo."
On another note, there was this wimpy
little man (who just passed away) on PBS, gentle and quiet. Mr. Rogers is
another of those you would least suspect of being anything but what he now
portrays to our youth. But Mr. Rogers was a U.S. Navy Seal, combat-proven
in Vietnam with over twenty-five confirmed kills to his name. He wore a
long-sleeved sweater on TV, to cover the many tattoos on his forearm and
biceps. He was a master in small arms and hand-to-hand combat, able to
disarm or kill in a heartbeat
After the war Mr. Rogers became
an ordained Presbyterian minister and therefore a pacifist. Vowing to
never harm another human and also dedicating the rest of his life to
trying to help lead children on the right path in life. He hid away the
tattoos and his past life and won our hearts with his quiet wit and
charm.
America's real heroes don't flaunt what they did; they quietly go about
their day-to-day lives, doing what they do best They earned our respect
and the freedoms that we all enjoy. Look around and see if you can
find one of those heroes in your midst. Often, they are the ones
you'd least suspect, but would most like to have on your side if anything
ever happened
Take the time to thank anyone that has fought for our freedom.
With encouragement they could be the next Captain Kangaroo or Mr. Rogers.
September 21 We had folks
drop by yesterday, Dion from Cherokee County stopped by to look at cattle.
Enjoyed his visit. He saw our sign along the road! James
Duyore came from Stillwater to look at our bulls we have left.
His friend that came with him was from Canadian Texas! Small
world! So we had a day of visitors in between washing and working
with the cattle. We finally got a picture of Grace!
As you can see she is simply precious! I also found my picture
of Phillip, Clayton and Olivia. What beautiful grandchildren
we have been blessed with. Talked to Shareen this morning and Dalya
is talking up a storm! She will be two in December and already knows
her colors. Sure wish they all lived closer!
Grace Abigail Thorne
Phillip, Clayton and Olivia
Logan, Jo Jo and baby Grace
September 22-24
I made it to Ft Worth Texas and back over the weekend. Spoiled two
of the grandchildren without mercy! Grace is such a sweet little
girl and Logan is such a fun boy! Sure wish that we could see them
more often. Time and distance are the problem though. Maybe
someday we will be retired old people who just go to see their kids and
grandkids but as of now we are way too healthy evidently to quit working!
I can't quite see us with a motor home like some retiree's do.
I pass them all on the road and they must have a destination somewhere. ha
We had Clint come out today to semen test Pick and write up health papers
for the cattle going to Tulsa Fair. Looks like we will have 17
head total. Counting two from Jordan and David. So we
will have a nice group of cattle to show everyone! Abbie did the
tattoo's today and if we get all that green stuff out of their ears it's
going to be a wonder. They look like they are going to a green day
party right now! A little goes a long way! All I asked that
they have the stuff out of their hair by Thursday! Looks like I am
going to have to scrub ears now. Milacent finally had a bull
calf. Abbie has been worrying himself sick over her. He was
getting up nights to check her and finally she calves with out any
problems. When the apple is ready the apple will fall! ha I am
getting the stall signs all ready and the display board needs lots of new
pictures so will attempt to get that done tonight! Time is winding
down!
Raymond, Celia and James Duvore
September 25-26 We
got rain and company from the panhandle of Texas yesterday. Raymond,
Celia and James Duyore from Hartley Texas. We sure did enjoy their
visit! Folks just like us that work hard to breed good cattle.
They picked out a bull and a heifer calf that are still on the cow.
They were impressed with our cows beautiful udders. We are so used
to them I guess that we don't pay that much attention. We sure do
appreciate you all coming this far to buy cattle. Looking forward to
having James help us off and on clip out calves too! The good Lord
sends us angels everyday! We are loading up stuff for Tulsa today.
Friend Karen is coming to help us load all that stuff you can't live
without with a string of cattle to take care of. Mike found us a
couple of kids from NEO to help with the cattle for the next few days too.
A sigh of relief! Sounds like Tiffany has had cattle experience at
least. That will give us some time to enjoy the Fair some! ha
You all come back soon for more exciting news at the Thorne Ranch.
Tulsa State Fair
Sept. 27-30
This pretty much says it all! We
won the Percentage/Beef Builder Divisions with TLC cattle. Grand Champion
Heifer TLC Heart of Gold and Grand Champion Bull, TLC Turk. TLC Star
was selected Reserve Grand Champion Female in the Fullblood/Purebred
Division.
We had GOOD Cattle and GREATER
Friends!
Judge: Randy Allgood, Larahmy and, Reighly Blakley, Vincent and Nancy
Blakley, Kevin Green, Nathan Wagoner,
Rashele
Blakley, Poodle, Mike Runner, Joan and Albert Thorne.
TLCC Heart of Gold was also selected as
the Grand Champion Maintainer Female on Sept 30, Sunday afternoon.
We won Maintainer Senior Bred Heifer Division Champion TLCC Tracinda a
Wide Track out of LLB H758. TLC Juna was Reserve Grand Champion
shown by Reighly Blakley. TLCC Panda's Wave was selected Reserve
Champion in Division Senior Heifers. TLC Wonder Woman was Reserve
Champion Beef Builder shown by Brock Courtney. TLCC Isabella was
selected Reserve Champion Intermediate Heifer in Division. TLCC
Cowboy's Cowgirl was selected Division Calf Champion and Reserve Champion
Beef Builder. TLCC Vienna was selected Reserve Champion Maintainer
Calf Champion and Champion Beef Builder for the Braunvieh Show. We
were in shock most of the time! We think we have good cattle, but
it's like anything else you do there is always a better one out there just
waiting to knock you off your pedestal. We picked cattle that we
think will be good functional cattle. Sire and donor prospects to
increase our quality. The cattle were good but our friends were
better! It's is so humbling to watch our cattle kids and friends
pitch in to help us! You don't see that every where you go! It
looked like a bee hive when we started preparing cattle for the show!
I guess I have to say I was one proud Momma of the cattle too how they
performed for the kids and adults we had showing for us! They
behaved like gentlemen and ladies! ha All my time spent preparing
them was evident in how they responded to their showmen. Our
little buddy Brock went out and stuck two head of cattle to Champion and
Reserve Champion in Division. He worked hard too! He was
soaking wet when he came out of the show ring each time! I know I
was each time too! There was no air to be found out in that hot ring
even at 6:00 at night it was muggy!
Thank you so much TLC Crew for all your expertise!We could not have accomplished any of this without your superior help!
Brian and Brock Courtney, Roxane Gebhart and Mark, Erica
Boyer, Adriane and Bryce Bethel, Crystal Whisner, Cody Duncan, Kelly and
Morgan Henry, Tiffany Groscup and Denton Berry, David and Jordan
Fredrickson, Kyle Williams, Cody Green, Dana and Steve Shrum, Jason and
Kylie Haney, John Oxtoby, Jane Piercy
my camera lady!, the Groscup family from Welch who pitched in and helped
us break down the stalls and helped load our 10 ton's of show equipment.
We made it out of Tulsa last night around 9:00 and made it off the fair
grounds as it started raining! We got home with one truck load of
tack and one load of cattle. Our friends Mark Ivey and Roger
McDowell were there already at our place with their cattle. So Mark like the good
guy he is volunteered to ride along with Abbie to go back and pick up the
big cattle that were left. They stopped off at Brian's and picked up
a cow and calf that they delivered to Tulsa Stockyards and then went onto
pick up the big girls! I didn't even hear them come home and Abbie
says I was snoring too loud to hear them anyway! ha I don't snore I
putt!
Thank you to all our Exhibitors friends from Oklahoma,
Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Virginia, and Kentucky for attending the Tulsa
Fair! We are sure glad you all made the trip up or down. When
it is all said and done folks the purple banners and glory will not make
any difference in the final show ring! We lost one of our favorite
young men recently named Nathan Wright of Afton OK. We first met
Bart and Nate Wright with their grandfather and uncle Jon and Natalie
Snyder at the Tulsa State Fair in 2001. We were still just
displaying cattle then and got stuck over in the Dairy area. Well
our Limousin friends were stuck over their with us too and we developed
such a great friendship over the years. Was so proud to see how Bart
and Nate all grown up at their county fair last year in Miami. Bart tried
to save our tail gate from wild Mr. Thorne last year when he slammed it
shut and took off from the new trailer at the parking area. So you
could say we always felt invested and truly looking forward to their
careers in what ever they chose. Their brother Drew was a just a baby
when we first met them and their Dad is the Ag Teacher for Afton Public
Schools. Nate who just turned 16 was killed in a tragic auto
accident this summer. I always looked forward to seeing him and Bart
at the Tulsa State Fair and this year. I knew it was going to be a
emotional meeting with his family. I made it through but not without
some tears of sadness for his families loss!
So guess I am asking for your help folks!
Thorne Ranch is going to donate $500.00 to the Nathan Wright Memorial
Scholarship Fund. You can donate
too! They are giving away a Nov. 14, 2006
Limousin heifer named KTHL Nate's Legacy. She was donated by
Kendall
Harsh Limousin of Crescent, OK to be raffled off on November 4, 2007 at the Heritage in
the Homeland Sale in Seminole, OK. You don't have to be present to win!
If we do win we plan on donating the heifer to Nate's little brother Drew. I think Nate would have really liked
that idea. Please jump in and do something in the memory of Nate!
Email me or call 918-783-5477
We can get you raffle tickets! Or just print them off from this
pdf form. Contact Christy Jennings
Crescent OK 405-969-3738 for more information. Like I said, their
is more to winning in life than purple banners.
Mike, Abbie and Cody
relaxing
TLC Linda & TLC Cora
Grand Champion Percentage Cow Calf Pair. Shown by Bryce Bethel and
Cody Dunkin.
Roger, Mark and Brett
jawing!
TLC Crew fitting at the
Maine Anjou Show
Ryan McKoon of Kansas
Zach and Jordan showing
Star and Twinkle
TLC small cattle
TLC Big cattle
Lyle the birthday boy!
Spencer making friends
with Star and Twinkle
Darkside Braunvieh at
work! Glad you enjoy the Diary! Great job!
Mike from
Lone Pine
actually
working!
Me and Hot Rod in the
Mainetainer show
Dana and Reighly in the
senior heifer class Mainetainer show.
Tiffany and TLC Cora
Feed Crew..Tiff, Abbie
and Denton
Intermediate Heifer
Class - Kyle Williams, Roger McDowall and Zach Ivey showing TLCC
heifers
Final four Saturday
night! Reighly and Juna, Crystal and Heart, Rashele and Lulu, and
Brock with Vienna.
Turk lined up with
Diamonds in the Rough cattle
Jordan Fredrickson and
TLC Conan selected Grand Champion Steer
Remember to welcome strangers,
because some who have done this have welcomed angels without knowing
it! Hebrews 13:2
