b"table of contentsMay 2023 from the Publisher5Ask the Vet: Preparing Your Pets WHAT KIND OF PERSON ARE YOU?This is a topic that came to me after a few different for Emergencies things happened a couple of weeks ago. On the front of our magazine each issue we have GodFamily9Lee Anderson: Did You Know, Country, however, two of those things have concerned me over the last couple of weeks. Let me first say NO In the Old West. concerns whatsoever about God. As things transpire 9 11John Samsill: From the Back of the Box all over our country I have begun to wonder how crazy, confused, strange, weird, and abstract can people get. It seems like 12Cowboy Wisdom: Listen Carefully 17 so many people are living its an all- about-ME life. Many have to be in the spotlight, do something that pushes the envelope further and further 14 Cowgirl With A Pen: Ranch Moms to get that attention, and in the process, the country weve grown up in is 17Bill Roberts: Early U.S. Marshals Not Heroes changing. 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Once, 75AHSRA Results: Safford & Sonoita I was told that you wouldnt worry about what people thought of you if you knew how little they think about you.80 Taking Care of Business:Remember I said I have no questions or concerns about God. God knows Special Advertiser Section us better than we know ourselves, he made us. As we live out our days on earth remember, YOU can be a beacon of light to those you come in 81Classified Ads contact with. Yes, make their day! You can also shut their light off in your life, which sounds dark and not very inviting. Please, keep the lights on 82 Advertiser Index 75 and God - Family- Country making a positive difference to everyone you 84 84May 2023 Equine Event Calendar come in contact with.85 May Events Around the StateIn last months Ghost Towns, Part One Mike Barna, Publisher , the Hackberry General Store mentions the iconic Waldmire Cozy Dog restaurant in Springfield, Missouri. It is actually In Springfield, Illinois. 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