I will start by saying thank you to all of you that have been free with kind words of encouragement. Sometimes when I sit down to write, I do not have a clue as to where I am going, those are usually the ones that I have to re-write several times before they are presentable to my editor. Thank you everyone!
The Ryan High School cross country team competed at the Sulphur cross country meet. Lilybet Harmon came away with another individual win and the Ryan High Cowgirls brought home a team win with five young ladies finishing in the top ten and the final team member finishing in the top twenty-five. The boys team also show improvement and shave time consistently. When you see them, give each of them a pat on the back for all of their hard work.
Two Cowgirl softball players, Samantha Good and Brooklyn Charmussen, got to compete in the Southern Eight All Conference game on Monday night at Waurika. Each made the team based on years of hard work and competition. Congratulations to both of you. It has been a pleasure to watch you play.
Thursday evening at the Ryan High School cafeteria, the Future Farmers of America chapter will be having their annual labor auction. I do not know if they sell by the pound or by the head but I am sure either way you will get a bargain. Besides selling the youngsters, their will also be a live auction for baked goods, not sure yet who will be the auctioneer for this portion of the evening. There will also be an auction for items made by the students, this will be a silent auction and I am given to understand that Marcel Marceau will be on duty doing his part trying to raise funds for the Ryan Future Farmers of America.
Plans for this years “Christmas On the Trail” festival are coming along nicely. They are still looking for street vendors, so if you or someone that you know are interested in setting up a booth this year, call us at the Beaver Creek Mercantile or at The Local. You can also go on Facebook and like our page “Christmas On the Trail, downtown Ryan, Oklahoma” and we can give you all the information that you need to get started.
This last Saturday, my brother Scott, Bill Griffin and myself went to Nocona, Tx and toured the Horton Car Museum. If you like old cars (lets face it who doesn’t?) this trip is well worth the time and the door fee to get to see all of the cars that they have on display. They have more Corvettes than I have ever seen in one place. There are also Camaros and Cudas, station wagons and pickups, and a couple of Packards that boggle the mind, but if they were to offer me any car in their collection, I would now be driving a cream yellow 1951 Buick Roadmaster…….. Sorry about that but I had to stop for 3 min. and 24 sec. to listen to Mr. Bob Seger sing about “A Ship of Fools”, without a doubt an under rated classic, anyway the man working at the museum that day told us that the 130 cars on display were not the total collection. They have other cars stored in a warehouse and they sometimes swap cars out, so its possible to go there multiple times and not see the same cars every time.
