September 2018 4 2 Arizona Real Country Equine Supply Source 5 Ask theVet:To Pee or Not to Pee 6 4-HNews&Events:TeenOutreachProgram 9 TheArizonaDuuude:The Old West Guns Are Silent Now 10 True Cowboy Keepers One and All 14 The Rustic Lifestyle 16 Honoring Charles M.“Mike”Heath 17 Desolate RanchWife: Soaring Like aTurtle 19 Advertiser Highlight: Elrod Fence Co. 20 ApacheTerror Haunts Prospector, Part 2 24 OldWest Heroes:TomThree Persons The Story ofTwo Persons, Part 1 26 Buddy Uldrikson: Softness! 28 AZ RoadTrip: Happy Jack 30 Just the Facts: Keith Urban 32 96.3 Real Country Concert Page 35 DIY: How Country Barns Have Influenced Our LivesToday 36 Lee Anderson:WhatWas a REAL Cattle Drive Like in the 1800’s? 37 Wild Rose Horse Obstacle Contests Calendar 38 Alan Rockman: The RangeWarThat InspiredTwo Classic (and Beloved)Western Novels and Movies - And OneTurkey Movie, Part 2 40 Taking Care of Business: Special Advertiser Section 42 A Bite of Country: Mom’s Real Country Recipes 44 Cover: Charlie LeSueur: JohnWayne, An Unlikely Star Part III 47 News from Copper State Peruvian Paso Club 48 Crossword / Sudoku / Comics & Jokes 51 Arena Directory 52 Advertiser Index 53 Classified Ads 54 September 2018 Calendar 55 September 2018 Events 9 WHAT MAKES YOU BETTER All month I have been thinking about what I wrote right here last month. Also, I really started listening to words that media outlets were using to describe the people they were reporting on, just in case I was completely wrong. My thoughts were that media reporters were quick to put others down, talk in a negative manner and ridicule as much as they could. On August 3rd I was reading my daily devotional from the book Jesus Calling, that sits on my desk in the magazine office. Here is what it said: WATCH YOUR WORDS DILIGENTLY. Words have such great power to bless or to wound. When you speak carelessly or negatively, you damage others as well as yourself. This ability to verbalize is an awesome privilege, granted only to those I created in my image. You need help in wielding this mighty power responsibly. Though the world applauds quick-witted retorts, my instructions about communication are quite different: Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry. Ask My Spirit to help you whenever you speak. I have trained you to pray—“Help me, Holy Spirit”—before answering the phone, and you have seen the benefits of this discipline. Simply apply the same discipline to communicating with people around you. If they are silent, pray before speaking to them. If they are talking, pray before responding. These are split-second prayers, but they put you in touch with My Presence. In this way, your speaking comes under the control of My Spirit. As positive speech patterns replace your negative ones, the increase in your Joy will amaze you. Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. Proverbs 12:18 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.—Ephesians 4:29 OK, OK, OK! Like I didn’t already have things to work on to be a better person, now I will watch my words as well, “Help me, Holy Spirit.” Just think what the world would be like if everyone applied those words from Jesus Calling... It put a smile on my face, did it yours? 24 1 0 36 Mike Barna, Publisher mbarna@963realcountry.com 44