b"table of contentsSeptember 2019 from the Publisher5Ask the Vet: West Nile Virus 101 FRIENDSHIPS ALONG 8The Arizona Duuude: Spirit of the OldLIFE'S JOURNEYWest Lives On Here we are on deadline day and I really 10 The Old Storyteller: The Magic ofhad nothing to write about. All week I told my wife that the article was not coming to Canyon de Chelly me this month. I spent a couple of days out 10 13American TraditionCounty Fairs of the Arizona heat and didnt want to bore you with my trip. Hopefully, you were able 17Charlie LeSueur: Ken Maynard to escape the heat as well this summer. Now we are just hours from the deadline and this is what inspired me to start writing. Did It His Way I just checked voice mail after being gone a couple of days and on it was my long-time friend Benny who owns London Gold. 18Bill Roberts: Old Man Clanton and His18 He said he was happy that we were doing business again and Infamous Cowboys that it had been a while since we talked. That voice mail gave me goosebumps. London Gold is advertising on 96.3 and right 22Check Out Where Our Readers Have Been! here in the magazine but for Benny to call and say that, made me really think about friendships and people you get to know along 25Jim Olson's Collector's Corner: lifes journey. On Monday I will stop by and see him, WOW!!! 13 Pancho Villas Knife! Then I got a call from Bryan with Whitll Nursery, another 26Roping Tips: Flip the Script 25 longtime friend that I met in 1990. He started doing a garden 28AZ Road Trip: Clifton show on the radio station that I was VP of. Over the years weve talked quite a bit and have become friends. I asked Bryan to 30Alan Rockman: The Old West Lawman Who Knew No Fear, Part 2 redo the landscaping at my home while I was gone. Before I left they brought in a tractor and scraped almost everything off the 34Lee Anderson: Did You Know, In the Old West. yard. I had no plans, just these words to Bryan, I trust you to 35DIY: Repurpose Inspired Kitchen Decor make it look good. Last night when we returned home OH WOW!!! Our yard was amazing; he exceeded any expectations I 36COVER FEATURE: Tour De Ranch & Henry Wickenburg's had. It was 113 outside but I spent two hours just looking at the amazing work Whitll Nursery did. 200th Birthday39Justin Lepler: Bearings? Tires? 10 Years? The people you meet along the way can add so 40National Day of the Cowboy: Six Incomparable Cowboymuch to the enjoyment of one's life. Another friend Keeper Award Recipients called before I left and 45Buddy Uldrikson: A Horse With Fight 28 wanted to meet to show me something they had built. 46 News from Copper State Peruvian Paso Club I met Jim Brown in Black Canyon City and he asked 47A Cowboy Rests in Heaven: me to ride with him. Along Donald Lee Corley the way, I heard story after story, history of the place, 48Crossword / Sudoku / Cowboy Comics and he kept saying, dont 50 A Bite of Country: Moms Realget disappointed on the drive, its pretty rough. Country Recipes Just wait till we get there. After we made the last turn in the road, I got out of the truck and, WOW!!!! We stepped back in 53Just the Facts: Trace Adkins time to the 1800s and a scene reminiscent of any western movie 5496.3 Real Country Concert Page you watch. The old town was built with the beautiful Arizona canyon walls around it. It was amazing to see the jail, bank, hotel, saloon, gun shop, laundry on the fence drying and all the 57Charity of the Month: Teen Lifeline50 58 Sun Cities Saddle Club horses. There was a .22 shooting range, a skeet shooting area, a picnic area, and scenery that will amaze you. Jim has all types of receptions, company retreats and so much more going on in 58 What is 4-H? 40 Black Canyon City. 59 9/11 Tower ChallengeThe people you meet and the time you take to spend with them 60Arizona Real Country Equine Supply Source can enhance your life. I could keep on going but then I would 63Arena Directory not be out meeting a new friend. Everyone says that I talk to anyone that will communicate and even if they wont I still at 64 Advertiser Index least give them a smile and wish them a super-fantastic day. 65Classified Ads Try and open up, talk to strangers, give them a smile and make a new friend today. WOW!!!66 Taking Care of Business: 69 Special Advertiser Section68September 2019 Calendar69September 2019 Events 53 Mike Barna, Publisher ArizonaRealCountryMagazine@gmail.com4 September 2019"