b'table of contentsApril 2023 from the Publisher5Ask the Vet: EHV/EHM 101 DO YOU HAVE A PARACHUTEAND IF SO WHO PACKED IT?9Lee Anderson: Did You Know, When my dad passed away in March I started In the Old West. to think about life and what is supposed to happen while we live it. What is my plan for 11John Samsill: From the Back of the Box life? What is your plan for life? I dont think 20 12Cowboy Wisdom: Running Point you would jump out of an airplane unless you had a parachute. So why not have a plan for your life as you jump into it. Think about the 14 Cowgirl With A Pen: Happy Earth Day 17 top three things on your mind right now. Are they worries, are they from the Circle L problems, or is it excitement? Write those things down, and then 17Bill Roberts: Slaying of Wauba Yuma, continue reading.Top Hualapai Chief Are they things like, I have to pick up the kids, or I have to stop at the grocery store, or what are we having for dinner tonight, or 20A Cowboy Rests in Heaven: did I get the electrician called to fix our problem, or did I make Frank Barna the travel plans correctly, or did the dentist get back to me with an appointment, or I have to clean the house this weekend? I would 22Bridgette Crosby: The April Garden bet that the top three things you thought about did not include whos entering the race for president, will we get into a nuclear war 24 24AZ Road Trip: Ghost Towns, Part 1 with Russia, is my money safe in my bank, how many people are 26Crossword / Sudoku / Cowboy Comic crossing our border today, if I call 911 will there be any police still working, is my congress person in session today and voting on the 28Arizona Real Country Equine Supply Source environment, will there be an abortion pill to take tomorrow, is racism really making life tough for me, are they going to take my 31 Running the Race: Whats Your Focus? guns away, how many coal plants are operating, how will global 32Jim & Bobbi Jeen Olsons Collectors Corner: 32 warming affect me today, if I get on an airplane will I be safe, and do I have any confidence in our government? Did the top three things Cowboy Boots on your mind right now change? Probably not and that is the way it 34Bob Boze Bell: True West Moments should be.36 Frank & Dotties Real Country Recipes What really matters as you make the jump into life? Strap on your 38Randy Miller: Your Constitutions parachute and be ready for life 40COVER FEATURE: Wickenburg Upcoming Events because you have left the plane and you are falling into it. Charles 44Alan Rockman: The Story of Crazy Horse, Part 5 Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane 49A View of the Zoo: Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & was destroyed by a surface-to-surface missile. Safari Parks Sea Lion and Sloth Encounters Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent six years in 51Justin Legler: Franks and Beans, ICE CREAM, 36 a communist Vietnam prison. He survived the ordeal and now lectures on the lessons learned and Im Thankful For My Tinfoil Hat from the experience. One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting 5396.3 Real Country Upcoming Concerts in a restaurant, a man at another table came up and said, Youre Plumb! You flew jets in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier Kitty 55 News from Copper State Peruvian Horse Club Hawk. How in the world did you know that? asked Plumb. I packed your parachute, the man replied. Plumb gasped in surprise 56Maricopa County Fair and gratitude. The man asked if it worked and Plumb assured him 60DIY: Cost Cutting Ideas it did because he would not be here today if it hadnt. Later on Plumb thought of how many times he would of walked by or had 62Charity of the Month: Christiana meal on board the ship and not known of that man that packed his parachute. How many hours had that man worked on preparing Youth Theater that parachute so it would operate perfectly? 634-H: Queen Creek 4-H Dog ProjectWhos packing your parachute? 64Arena Directory 63 Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it through the 67Glendale Equestrian Ride Report day. You need a physical parachute, 56 69AHSRA Results: Camp Verde a mental parachute, an emotional parachute and a spiritual parachute to 72 Taking Care of Business: make it through life safely. Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives Special Advertiser Section us, we miss what is really important. We may fail to say hello, please, 73Classified Ads or thank you, congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something 74 Advertiser Index nice for no reason. As you go through this month, remember to recognize people who pack your parachute. Theyre right there 76April 2023 Equine beside you doing this thing we call life.Event Calendar77 April Events Around62 the State 69 Mike Barna, Publisher ArizonaRealCountryMagazine@gmail.com4 April 2023'