It Has Been A Long Time Betweens Newsletters & Blogs!

Well I has been way too

long and I have been very

busy over the past year.

Don't ask me what, I can't

remember, I just know

the days fly by. Last year

it was high gas prices, this

 year it is unemployment

and depression. No I'm

not depressed, or maybe I

am, but the the Country is

 as in great depression.

They just don't want to

call it that for some

reason. What about all

the money given to the

BANKS. Give me a

break, who came up with

that idea. I had a e-mail a

 while back and I'm going

to add it to the bottom of

this blog. Okay this is

going to be short, but stay

 turned for a real

Newsletter in the next few

days.

Dear Mr. President,

Patriotic Retirement:  
 

   There are about 40 million people over 50 in the work force. 

Pay them $1 million tax free apiece severance with the following stipulations:  

 

   1) They leave their jobs.  Forty million job openings -

                                  Unemployment fixed.

 

   2) They buy NEW American cars.  Forty million cars ordered -

                                 Auto Industry fixed.

 

   3) They either buy a house or pay off their mortgage -

                                Housing Crisis fixed.  

 

        Can't get any easier than that !

Working Cowboy Newsletter
February 2008

Well it's been awhile since I put out a Newsletter. Everything has been pretty hectic, but what else is new.

There are quite a few things coming up that I thought it was time to get the news out.

NATIONAL COWBOY MUSEUM RESTAURANT SET TO HOST VALENTINE'S DINNER DANCE

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, FEBRUARY 8, 2008 – Looking for a unique way to entertain your Valentine? Consider the Valentine's Dinner and Dance hosted by Dining on Persimmon Hill at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum^® in Oklahoma City. Dining on Persimmon Hill is the Museum's full-service restaurant, open to the public daily for lunch. This is the seventh year that the restaurant has hosted this special evening event.
From 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. Thursday, February 14, guests can enjoy a buffet and reserved, private seating in the Museum's Sam Noble Special Events Center, a grand room accented by Wilson Hurley's majestic landscape paintings. Dinner guests can enjoy their reserved table for the entire evening and view the Museum galleries, including the Museum's latest exhibitions The Rodeo Photography of Louise Serpa; Real Western Wear: Beaded Gauntlets from the William P. Healey Collection; and Stomp Dance and Stickball: Southeastern Imagery from the Silberman Collection. Popular radio personality Ronnie Kaye will provide recorded dance music in the events center.
"This Valentine's Dinner Dance is popular with our restaurant regulars and Museum members, and each year attracts new guests," said Mary Beth Hardy, Dining on Persimmon Hill owner. "A mix of couples, friends, small groups and families find this a wonderful way to connect with each other for Valentine's Day."
The buffet will include crunchy romaine salad, creamy waldorf salad, mixed greens with strawberries and oranges, carrot relish, broccoli salad, bean salad and marinated vegetable medley, along with marinated beef with tarragon glaze, roasted pork loin with peach salsa and honey pecan chicken. Side dishes include scalloped new potatoes, vegetable penne pasta, pineapple spoon bread and fresh steamed vegetables. The dessert buffet will feature chocolate-dipped strawberries, coconut cream cake, carrot cake, savannah chocolate praline tortes and old-fashioned bread pudding. Ice tea and coffee are included with the meal. Champagne and wine may be purchased.
The Valentine's Dinner Dance is $29.98 per person plus tax and gratuity. Reservations are required and can be made by calling (405) 478-2250, Ext. 281. Dining on Persimmon Hill also hosts special Easter and Mother's Day brunches and welcomes birthday, anniversary, special group and business lunch reservations. No Museum admission fee is required to dine at the restaurant, and the Museum offers free parking.

 
The Deadline for submissions for the Will Rogers Medallion Awards is coming up fast. March 15^th, If you have a Book or Film to submit check out www.willrogersmedallionaward.org for guidelines or www.MYSPACE.com/willrogersmedallionawards.

  April , 2008 -
 JWCI Auxiliary 23nd Annual Odyssey Ball
Benefiting the John Wayne Cancer Institute.
Join the Auxiliary for an evening of glamour.  The black-tie charity gala includes: reception and silent auction,   dinner and dancing.
  The event will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel at 6:00 p.m. To place an ad in the Souvenir Ad Journal, check the website. For ticket and table sales or further inquiries please contact the Auxiliary Information Message Line at
 (310) 829-8324.
 www.jwci.org

Lynda Haller retired from the Museum in December and we will miss her being there, but now she can enjoy the events instead of working all of them. They gave her a really great retirement party and presented her with a Wrangler for all the work she'd done the last 13 years. We were happy to have been invited and had a great time.
The Western Heritage Awards are coming up April 12th. One of our favorite people Robert Fuller is being inducted and Denny Miller is set to be a presenter. Both were in the series Wagon Train. Dean Smith will once again be a presenter at the awards.
The 11^th they have the Jingle Jangle Mixer which is a great time. If you haven't made it to Oklahoma City to the Museum for any of their events try to make it this year.
You can find more information on The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum website.  www.nationalcowboymuseum.org

Waynetta Ausmus has a new Radio Show on Live 365. To tune in and listen http://www.live365.com/stations/cowgirlnettie?play 

Have CD's to submit for possible airplay? Looking for a place to advertise?
Contact:
 Waynetta Ausmus
 825 CR 2045
 Ravenna,Tx. 75476
www.waynettaausmus.com


Be sure to check www.workingcowboy.com for upcoming events. Have a Event and want to advertise it contact us.

Ra's Corner: we had a great time at Campfire Tails at the Fort Worth Stock Show.
We also went to the Rodeo with friends this year and had a great time. Other than that we have been staying pretty close to home. Gas is too high to go too far and who knows what the weather will be doing tomorrow. But I have found it doesn't matter where you live the weather is always unpredictable.
I don't know about anyone else but I am really tired of all the politics' for the upcoming election. Do you realize it doesn't matter who the President is if we don't make our voices heard by the Senators, Congressmen and Women. I don't care what party you belong to, it's time to speak up and tell the hill to stop acting like a bunch of spoiled children and get their act together. They work for us, the people not for their own agenda. I think they have forgotten that part and need to be reminded or voted out of office next election. Everyone is talking about Health Care but didn't we hear that same spiel a few years back? How are they going to provide health care everyone can afford when the insurance companies control what we pay? If they make a law that everyone has to get health care insurance, how many of us will have to break that law because we still can't afford to pay the premiums? So that's my rant for the moment.
Hope everyone has a Happy Valentine's Day and your dreams come true.
Sandra

WHAT A PAIR! 5

 

A concert of duets from musicals performed by an eclectic array of women from film, tv & music to benefit Dr. Armando Giuliano's breast cancer research at the John Wayne Cancer Institute at St. John's Health Center.

 

Yes, that's a mouthful, but the main thing is that it's a terrific show that benefits a great cause!

Click Here for the pdf file to print invitation, but here's the 411...

 

WHEN: SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 2007 - 7:30PM

WHERE: THE ORPHEUM THEATRE - 842 S. BROADWAY, LA CA 90014

WHO:

Honorary Host Committee....

 

JAMIE LEE CURTIS, CHAIR

JACLYN SMITH

LESLI LINKA GLATTER

SHERRY LANSING

THE FAMILY OF JOHN WAYNE

TOM ROSENBERG

Performers* include

LORI ALAN

JAYNE ATKINSON

MARY BIRDSONG

ROSA BLASI

DEANA CARTER

JAMIE LEE CURTIS

MADELYN DEUTCH

LORETTA DEVINE

JOELY FISHER

TRICIA LEIGH FISHER

JULIA FORDHAM

JASMINE GUY

DIANA HARRIS

MARG HELGENBERGER

ELAINE HENDRIX

SHARON LAWRENCE

VICKI LEWIS

JANE LYNCH

ANN MAGNUSON

ARMELIA MCQUEEN

SARA NIEMIETZ

ANNETTE O'TOOLE

VALARIE PETTIFORD

AMY PIETZ

SAMANTHA SHELTON

MARCIA STRASSMAN

TIERNEY SUTTON

LEA THOMPSON

LISA ANN WALTER

JENNIFER LEIGH WARREN

MAGGIE WHEELER

KATHLEEN WILHOITE

CHARLAYNE WOODARD

 ...and more

 

Directed by Matthew Diamond,

Musical Direction & Arrangements by Thomas Griep,

Produced by Jo Levi DiSante, Jody Price & Ruth Stalford

 

HOW: Tickets available at www.ticketmaster.com OR by FAXING attached REPLY CARD TO 310- 315-6195

 

(HINT: USE THE REPLY CARD TO AVOID IMMENSE TICKETMASTER SERVICE CHARGE!)

Gas Prices are going to keep going up and we the people have the power to stop the companies from rasing them any higher and make them bring them down. If everyone would BOYCOT the largest company that sets the prices they would come down.
ExxonMobil is the largest company and sets the prices for every other gas company to follow.
If Everyone would BOYCOT all ExxonMobil Stations for 3 to 5 days we would see the prices of gas come down. Let them know we are not going to be held hostage to high gas prices just because it's a holiday or summer.
Stations
EXXONMOBIL
EXXON
MOBIL
ESSO
ON THE RUN

Some of the Oil Companies not dependent on overseas oil are
STATION Names
Conoco
Phillips 66
So buy from one of these stations and let's take the power back.
76

 100th Birthday of The Most Enduring Film Star of All-Time to Be Saluted by

 Famed Contemporaries, Noted Film Festival and Home City of Newport Beach,

                                 California

    NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2007 annual Harris

Poll of America's favorite film stars finds Hollywood legend John Wayne at

number three -- an incredible feat considering his last film was released

in 1976. Wayne has never been out of the top ten since the poll began in

1994 and has placed in the top three slots eight times, proving that he

remains as popular and enduring as ever (In fact, on average, his films are

shown 3-4 times daily on national broadcast/cable outlets).

    (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070306/LATU037 )

    May 26 marks the 100th anniversary of John Wayne's birth and in salute

to his life and impressive 50-year film career, the city of Newport Beach

(Wayne's longtime home town in Southern California) is commemorating "Ten

Decades of 'The Duke': The Official John Wayne Centennial Celebration"

(April 21 - 28). Produced in collaboration with the Wayne family and the

Newport Beach Conference and Visitors Bureau, the celebration will be a

featured part of the 2007 Newport Beach Film Festival (April 19 - 29) and

promises to be an unforgettable series of special moments recalling one of

the 20th century's most beloved personalities.

    The weeklong event will launch with the first-ever presentation of the

newly established John Wayne Courage Award, created specifically to honor

noted individuals who have blazed their own trails in the field of motion

pictures and the arts. The presentation of the award will occur during an

opening night gala at The Island Hotel Newport Beach on Saturday, April 21.

    The celebration will be highlighted by screenings of many of Wayne's

most memorable films. Each screening will be accompanied by rarely seen

footage, photos and personal appearances by notable co-stars, filmmakers

and contemporaries.

    The roster of films include Wayne's Academy Award-winning performance

in the hit film "True Grit" (1969) plus the Howard Hawks film "Rio Bravo"

(1959), considered one of the true classics of the western film genre.

Other films to be showcased include "Stagecoach" (1939), "The Sands of Iwo

Jima" (1949), "The Quiet Man" (1952), "The Searchers" (1956), "The Man Who

Shot Liberty Valance" (1962) and "The Shootist" (1976) among others.

    Other festivities include an art unveiling, original prop and costume

displays, a scholarly film symposium, etc. An elegantly casual fund raiser

in support of the John Wayne Cancer Foundation (http://www.jwcf.org) will close

the celebration on Saturday, April 28, at The Balboa Bay Club and Resort.

The evening, themed around the rousing Wayne film comedy "Donovan's Reef,"

will showcase Wayne's love of the movies, exotic film locales and good

    "Though my dad's movie projects took him to many different locations

around the world, he always loved returning home to his family and friends

in Newport Beach," said Ethan Wayne, Wayne's youngest son and president of

Wayne Enterprises. "We are thrilled to be celebrating his 100th birthday in

connection with this year's Newport Beach Film Festival. It is a fitting

and appropriate venue to honor and remember his legacy."

    In a remarkable career that spanned half-a-century, John Wayne appeared

in more than 175 films (including a record-breaking 142 leading roles),

garnering along the way the Best Actor Academy Award (1969), three Golden

Globe Awards, four People's Choice Awards and both the Congressional Gold

Medal (1979) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1980).

    "There has never been a bigger internationally recognized movie icon

than John Wayne and the fact that he called Newport Beach home for nearly

two decades is a cherished part of our city's history," said Gary C.

Sherwin, president and CEO, Newport Beach Conference and Visitors Bureau.

"It's appropriate that Newport Beach be the host city for this

extraordinary celebration -- this is where John Wayne came to relax,

recharge, enjoy good times, and not play a role other than friend, husband,

and father."

    Born in Winterset, Iowa, Wayne is considered among the "Top 100 Icons

of the Century" (Daily Variety, October 2005) and one of the "100 Greatest

Americans" of all time (Discovery Channel, April 2005). Add one more

distinction -- Wayne will enter cyber-space in March 2007 at

http://www.johnwayne.com (Wayne's first-ever official fan club and website).

    In addition to the John Wayne centennial, the 2007 Newport Beach Film

Festival will highlight more than 350 films, offering an ambitious and

international selection of features, shorts, documentaries, and animation

that will compete for both jury and audience awards. Now in its 8th year

and set just a few blocks away from spectacular coastline (and less than an

hour from Hollywood) the festival will host several premieres, galas, and

yacht parties, attracting an estimated 35,000+ film lovers from across the

country and around the globe.

    "We are truly proud to honor two things John Wayne loved: Cinematic

excellence and the community of Newport Beach," said Gregg Schwenk,

executive director, Newport Beach Film Festival. "The festival is excited

to host the many special screenings and events during the Centennial

Celebration. The 2007 Festival line-up will offer a unique view of classic

and contemporary filmmaking at its finest."

    For more information about the Official John Wayne Centennial

Celebration readers can contact http://www.visitnewportbeach.com,

http://www.newportbeachfilmfest.com or http://www.johnwayne.com.

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Saturday, April 21, 2007 Master of Ceremonies Ed Harris Four-Time Academy Award-Nominated Actor, Director and Producer Co-Hosts Ernest Borgnine Robert Carradine Brad Johnson Waddie Mitchell Michael Martin Murphey Red Steagall Anita La Cava Swift Buck Taylor Clint Walker Don Edwards Hall of Great Western Performers Sam Elliott California Steve McQueen 1930-1980 California Hall of Great Westerners Frank Bird Linderman Journalist, Historian, Indian Advocate 1869-1938 Montana W.D. Farr Pioneer Rancher, Banker, Statesman Colorado Chester A. Reynolds Memorial Award Ellington Peek Cattleman, Livestock and Video Marketing Pioneer California Board of Directors' Lifetime Achievement Award Dean Smith Hollywood Stuntman, Actor and 1952 Olympic Gold Medalist Texas Honoring 2006's best Western movies, television, literature and music Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture Truce Outstanding Television Feature Film Broken Trail Outstanding Documentary Ride Around The World Outstanding Factual Narrative Young At Art OETA, The Oklahoma Network Outstanding Traditional Western Album Moonlight and Skies Don Edwards, Recording Artist Western Jubilee Recording Company Outstanding Original Western Composition Long and Lonesome Ride to Dalhart Michael Martin Murphey Composer and Recording Artist Honoring Best Western Literature — 2006 2006 Literary Winners Outstanding Western Novel Coming Soon Outstanding Nonfiction Book Coming Soon Outstanding Art Book Thomas Moran's West: Chromolithography, High Art and Popular Taste Joni L. Kinsey University Press of Kansas Outstanding Photography Book Lasting Light–125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography Stephen Trimble Northland Publishing Outstanding Juvenile Book Coming Soon Outstanding Poetry Book Coming Soon Outstanding Magazine Article "Six Days Ablaze" John R. Erickson American Cowboy Magazine Announcement of Literary Winners is pending. Please check back after February 26, 2007 Jingle-Jangle Mingle, a kick-off event for the 2007 Western Heritage Awards will be held Friday, April 20, 2007 Reservations available for all Western Heritage Awards weekend activities.Refer to printable reservation form or call (405) 478-2250, Ext. 219 (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. CST)