February 2018 4 6 Ask theVet: FeedingYoung and Senior Horses 7 4H News & Events 8 OldWest Heroes: Clay McGonagill - Steer Roper Extraordinaire 13 Wickenburg Artisans’Fair: A Mecca of Artists 15 The Rustic Lifestyle 17 Charlie LeSueur: Remembering Rex Allen, Part II 18 Glendale Equestrian Club Ride Report 19 96.3 Real Country Concert Page 20 70thAnnualGoldRushDays:CelebrationandRodeo 23 The Arizona Duuude: Gold Rush Days –The Beginning 25 Advertiser Highlight: DeerValley Diesel 26 Wandering Arizona: HistoricWickenburg 28 Local Farmers Markets 30 A Bite of Country: Mom’s Real Country Recipes 32 Bloody Spot on theWickenburgTrail 38 Crossword / Sudoku / Comics & Jokes 39 Taking Care of Business: Special Advertiser Section 40 Desolate RanchWife: InWhichWeTalk To Appliances 42 Buddy Uldrikson: Controlling Speed 43 Classified Ads 44 Welcome to Arizona, Here AreYour Hat, Jeans, and Boots; Now Do It Right 46 Kimmie Dillon: Ranch & Rodeo Report 46 48 News From Copper State Peruvian Paso Club 50 Arena Directory 52 Advertiser Index 54 February 2018 Calendar 55 February 2018 Events 8 42 1 8 It’s February, what do you think this bit of wisdom in Howdy this month has to do with? Valentine’s Day of course! Guys, let me pass on a few years of wisdom and a learn’n. If you just fell in love for the first time, Valentine’s Day is February 14th, it happens to fall on the same date every year. Easy to remember but just in case, put that date in your phone and make sure you save the whole day for the celebration. If you’ve loved the same girl for the last 10 years, it’s Valentine’s Day February 14th. She knows what date it is and an email or text just won’t do the trick. Taking off your boots at the front door and saying Happy Valentine’s Day when you walk in just won’t do. Just think about your best hunting trip and how excited you were to go on it. Now make that Valentine’s Day for her. No, I don’t mean take her hunting unless she wants to go :) For some of us who’ve been doing Valentine’s celebrations for more than 40 years, our spouse really doesn’t care about the day; she doesn’t want anything and doesn’t expect to be made a fuss over. It really is no big thing. ARE YOU CRAZY MAN, you now have 39 Valentine’s Days that you’ve celebrated and this one better be better than all the rest. She has put up with more of your crap than you can even remember, but she remembers. Do you want the list? George Strait said it best, “Give It All We Got Tonight”. Whatever you do try and exceed expectations. At this time I’m still working on plans for the day, for my wife Carm. She makes every day for me special from the time I get up to the time I go to sleep. She is the one person on this earth that I look up to, cherish and love, more than I can describe. Happy Valentine’s Day, Carm! Just in case no one says Happy Valentine’s Day to you, here’s a Valentine card to cut out and put on the fridge from me to you. HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! 32 Mike Barna, Publisher mbarna@963realcountry.com 55