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2004 - (2003 and 2002 - scroll down toward bottom)

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Still Christmas Week. The Nix Family stops by. Mom shows off chinks for the kids. Christmas eve sunset. Trey Bean's Hank dog, Penny King's Nikki and warmer temps.

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Christmas Week. Chores as usual. Carl Tate and Wayne Lewler, Lynchburg, Missouri stop by to pick up Lass. Ed Hamersley, Walker, Missouri stopped in to leave dogs and pick up dogs.

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Mid-December. Ben turns back for neighbor Mike Kessel working Doc. Ed Hamersley comes over with Mark Bishop and Josh Johnston of Heber Springs, Arkansas. Wes and Lee Anne Housley, Welch, Oklahoma come by to buy a pup. Bill and Mary Aldinger, Horse Creek Tack, Afton, Oklahoma stop in. Lena has 6 puppies.

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First of December. Ben working dogs. Dexter Farmer, Welch, Oklahoma bought "McGraw." Eric Wanman, Buhl, Idaho stayed over enroute to L.R. Alexander's in Marshfield, Missouri. Dr. Liz Pokorny, Vinita stops by. Darvin and Tonya Nix dropped off dogs on their way to Hutchinson, Kansas.

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Mid - Last of November. Ben and Mack gather pairs for Darvin Nix of the Tate Ranch. Robert Pinkston, Okmulgee, OK drives up with sons Lee and Denver to pick up "Rod." Bill Smock and son-in-law, Trey Bean, Paden, OK bring "Petey" and "Hank" for training. Newest grandson born and Thanksgiving blessings.

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First part of November. Ben goes down to the Sundowner Stockdog Shootout, Coleman, OK. Neighbor Jack Warden shoes Mack. Horse Creek Tack, Afton, OK. Meet "Colt", the new BC. Gordon and Betty Shamblin, Bluejacket, OK raise mustang mules and Boer goats. Neighbors Sydney and Jacob Martin treat-or-treat. Dr. Mark Grigsby, Miami, OK brings Lady over. Denise Bever, LMT and Leslie return from Florida. Ben working dogs.

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Thru Mid-October. Ben and brother Bernard Means, Lockwood, Missouri, visit their old stomping grounds in Colorado. Mike Kessel, Bluejacket, Oklahoma cutting horse prospect, Doc. Carl Tate and Wayne Lewler drive over from Lynchburg, Missouri to pick up a dog and drop one off. Dr. Justin Campbell, Morris, Oklahoma and son Paden meet Leslie in Muskogee to adjust dogs. Tonya Nix, new AVCA secretary and Twila Garrett, Garrett's General Store, Bluejacket check out puppies. Jack Dodson, Miami, Oklahoma brings over "Tom" for training. Darvin Nix, manager of the Tate Ranch, Welch, Oklahoma stops in to pick up a pup. The Mareths come over from Mt. Vernon, Missouri for a 4-H pup. Riders for Christ event and Ben runs over to Horse Creek Tack.

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Mid-September to first of October. Neighbor Jack Warden rides Jim down. Carl Tate drops off Hemp, Will Johnson, Pryor brings Bandit by. Mack, the two year old, comes back from Mike Kessel's. Newsong Church, Grove, Oklahoma and Cowboy Junction have a Benefit Trail Ride. Robert and Teresa Pinkston, Okmulgee, Oklahoma bring Rod for a try. Alan Sanders, Bluejacket, Oklahoma brings Reba over.

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September 5th - 18th. Annual McSpadden Pasture Roping, Bushyhead, Oklahoma. Neighbor Jack Warden, Matt Fullbright stop in. Ben pays Bryan and BJ Mooney near Welch a visit. Leslie goes to Kansas City for AVCA Annual Meeting, the "cement pond" gets filled in. Vinita Calf Fry Days. Louise Markham, Cowboy Junction gives praise reports. Neighbor Mike Kessel stops in.

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August 25th - 28th. Sean Gast, Castroville, California stops in for a visit, Ben gathers from the pasture, Ed Hamersley stops by. Overnight escapees and our Study Group has a trail ride and cook-out.

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August 14th - 22nd. Garrett General Store opens in Bluejacket. Gwen, Jenny and CJ drive over for a day from Dadeville, Missouri. Allen and Debbie Cox drive down from Chanute, Kansas, Johnny and Lawrence McDaniels from Arkansas pick up Bell. Coffeyville Goat Sale, Bob Apperson and sister Maureen, Welch, Oklahoma. Ed Hamersley and Cowboy Junction Church Team Roping.

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August 9th - 14th. Beverly Whiteside, Arkansas/Oklahoma drove up with Pip. Gary Meyers, Adair came over with Dottie. Neighbor Ken Posey drops in with Gus and Dietz. Donna and Ed Gibson come up from Pryor. The Alter family from Indiana stop by from Colorado enroute to Arkansas. School starts at Bluejacket. Ben gets an apprentice for Angel.

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July 31st - August 6th. Ranch rodeo time in Vinita - yahooo. Eating out with Bernard and Kay Menas, Lockwood, Missouri. Ed Hamersley and grandson John stopped by to meet up with Randall Hall. Stoney Humble and Trey Davenport, have mowers-will-travel.

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July 25th - 31st. Study buddies, Bill and Mary Aldinger, Horse Creek Tack, Grove, Oklahoma stop by. Don Dean, Parsons, Kansas drives down to pick up "Skins." Tom Brown, Lawton, Oklahoma brings his dog up to work with Ben. Darvin Nix and Gary Gum, Tate Cattle Ranch, Welch stop in. Darvin brings over his Kate dog to work.

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July 20th - 24th. Billy Blue, Lexington, Oklahoma swaps dogs. Ben drives to western Oklahoma to meet up with KJ Stewart, John Duvall and Bill Wingo. Darvin Nix and Justin Piatt of the Tate Ranch just north of us stop by.

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July 16th - 18th. Welcome home Sgt. John Mareth from Iraq. Neighbors Jack Warden, Joe Langley, and Marvin Snodderly converge for pow-wow. Jack rode Jim home. Study buddies Richard and Shirlene Ayres ride over. Ed Hamersley, Nevada, Missouri. Jacob Martin drops in to play with puppies.

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July 9th - 13th. Neighbor Jack Warden dropped in to check out Jim, the 3 year old. Friday night out with our Cowboy Junction study buddies. Fred Wheat, Parsons, Kansas drives down to pick up Jet. Fish dinner at the Welch Community Center for Bob Kerby. Ben and Pansy Bell, Saltillo meet at Muskogee. Dr. Bill adjusts Perch and Rawhide runs into a terrapin.

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July 3rd - 5th. Ed Hamersley, Nevada, Missouri stops in with young dogs, Neighbor Shawn Henderson brings his dog by. Independence family celebration in Missouri. Electricity outage. John and Karen Tate, Seneca, Missouri dtop in.

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July 1st - 2nd. Sweetcorn at neighbors Butch and Kathy Langley's, Lawrence and Johnny McDaniels, Atkins, Arkansas drive through storms to get here with Bell, their border Collie. Storms roll into our area. Hoppy finds mom's horns just the thing for an itch. Keeper brings in the training calves.

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June 24th - 30th. Sundowner Trial and Idaho Clinic Photos posted. Ben works Ed Hamersley's Sadie, Billy Blue's Rosco, Fred Wheat's Jet and Don and Pansy Bell's Susie. Mike Kessel and Shawn Henderson stop by to pick up Doc. Debbie, Emili, Dillon and Lili Kessel come over to see pups and goats. Twila Garrett loves on the puppies, the little alligators reciprocate!

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June 10 - 23rd. George and Malynn Sheets meet us this side of Pawnee with puppies. Ben returns from giving a stockdog clinic in Idaho. Lena makes the calves swim. Leslie stopped off at Sundowner on her way back from Dallas. Trying the Border Collie pups on the goats. Billy Blue, Lexington, Oklahoma comes up with Rosco and Charlie.

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May 30th thru June 5th. Don and Pansy Bell, Saltillo, Texas drive up with Susie. Fred Wheat, Parsons, Kansas drives down with Jet. Brian Little, Wann, Oklahoma stops in on the way to the sale barn to leave Jack. Our study group visits fellow church members BBQ. Louis Johnson, Afton, Oklahoma stopped in to see what all the fuss was about stockdogs.

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May 21st thru 29th. Kyle Carzoli, Vinita, Oklahoma graduates high school, Ron, Charlie and Jancy Collins, Mammouth Spring, Arkansas head over to pick up dogs. A day trip to Missouri to see Sue Gimlin, Russ and Gwen Fees, CJ and Jenny. Mike, Morgan and Colton Booth, Tahlequah, Oklahoma pick up their puppy. Sheila has puppies. The Craig County Ranch Rodeo and the Bill Raus Memorial Roping were great!

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May 16 thru 20th. Cowboy Junction Band sings "new" release. Ben visits Ed Hamersley, Walker, Missouri. Vicki and Desi Fidler, Wyandotte, Oklahoma stop in to talk with Ben about cow dogs. Goats, calves to the sale and Good Morning Oklahoma!

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May 5 thru 15th. Leslie goes to Florida for AVCA with Denise Bever, LMT, Mike Eaton and daughter Molly of Troy, Missouri pick up Jack, Kent Kisling and grandson Josh Stewart drive over from Burlington, Oklahoma. Clay Mahaney, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, picks up Blaze.

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April 28th thru May 2nd. Ben takes a road trip to Memphis, Tennessee via Ron and Charlie Collins' at Mammouth Spring, Arkansas and Lafarrel Wess' at Harrisburg, Arkansas. Son Blaine turned 40! And a new grandbaby is on the way. Team Roping at Cowboy Junction Church in Vinita, Oklahoma.

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April 24th. Mark Grigsby, Miami, Oklahoma stops in to try out his pups, Ashes and Lady. The "flood" waters have receded.

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April 18 - 24th. A wet, wet week in northeastern Oklahoma. Sump-pumping the training pens, aquatic farming???, daring 9-1-1 animal rescue, Ken and Linda Posey, Bluejacket, Oklahoma, Brian Little and Steve Perkins, Wann, Oklahoma.

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April 12th - 17th. Steve and Mona Lester, Picher, OK come to pick up "Hank, the cowdog" and Billy Blue, Lexington, OK drives up to get Pam. Goats and dog work fill out the week.

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Good Friday, Easter Sunday. Good Friday at study group. Easter Service Cowboy Junction Style. Ben works some of the outside dogs and the Kelpies go for a run.

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First week of April. Rick Cole, Nowata, hauls "Teddy" for Dave Mollenhour, Denison, TX. Calves to the sale barn. Baby goats. Clay Mahaney, Tahlequah, OK drives up with his Border Collie, Blaze.

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April Arrives at PSD. Ron Collins, Mammouth Springs, AR and Lafarrel Wess, Harrisonvile, AR drive over early to spend the day working dogs. Mike, Lisa, Molly and Matthew Eaton of Troy, Missouri bring "Jack" for stock dog bootcamp. The "kids" play with the "kids!"

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