2014
Erath County’s
Best of the Best... Over 15,000 Votes Cast
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Reader’s Choice Awards 2014 | 3
Best in A/C & Heating Service
Best in Antiques
2nd
2nd
20%
1st Mangrum Air 56%
Conditioning Best in Accounting Firm
1st Boucher, Morgan 55%
& Young, A PC
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Stephenville Heat & Air Honorable mention • Easter Air • Jessie’s Air Service
1st Hometown 53%
Antique Mall Best in Apartment Complex
2nd Edward & Stokes CPAs, PLLC
• Lasater & Sparkman PC CPA’S • Blake M. Briscoe, CPA, PC
Honorable mention • Second Impression
2nd 24%
25%
Honorable mention
46% 377 Marketplace
1st The Grove 58%
of Stephenville
Park Place Apartments Honorable mention • Casa Brendan/ Casa II Inc. •Mustang Ranch
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Best in Attorney
Best in Appliance / TV Store
1st Gifford TV 87%
& Electronics
Sears
2nd
7%
Honorable mention • Walmart •Rent-A-Center
Best in Assisted Living / Retirement Complex
2nd
1st Garry 36%
Lewellen Best in Auction Service
2nd
40%
1st Good Tree 50%
Retirement
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Oakwood Assisted Living Honorable mention • Mulberry Manor • Bunker Hills
25%
Alan Nash Honorable mention • David Stokes • Amy Bryan
2nd
29%
1st Brandon 54%
Auction
Erath Co. Dairy Sales
Honorable mention • Stephenville Cattle Co. • Alliance Auction
Best in Auto Body Shop
Best in Auto Parts Store
2nd
2nd
22%
1st Campbell’s 34%
Auto Body Best in Auto Loan Institution
•Bruner Motors • Soto’s Honorable mention • Allied Body & Frame
1st Car Quest 31%
Auto Parts Best in Banking
2nd
1st First Financial 90%
Bank
Honorable mention • Bruner Motors, Inc. •Texas Bank
Auto Zone Honorable mention • NAPA • O’Reilly Auto Parts
2nd 19%
4%
Member’s Trust Federal Credit Union
29%
1st First Financial 67%
Bank
Member’s Trust Federal Credit Union Honorable mention • Texas Bank • InterBank
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Best in Boutique Shop
Best in Chiropractor
2nd
19%
1st
67%
Barbed Wire & Lace
Blue Flamingo
Honorable mention • Back at the Ranch • Barefoot Athletics
30%
1st Thomas 38%
Chiropractic
Best in Car Wash
Best in Clothing Store
2nd
1st The Car Wash 62%
at Bruner Motors, Inc
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15%
H-E-B Honorable mention • Kwik Kar • Oasis Oil Change & Car Wash
2nd Nance Chiropractic
Honorable mention • Holland Chiropractic • Hardin Family Chiropractic
2nd
21%
1st
52%
Chick Elms Grand Entry
Bealls
Honorable mention • JC Penney • Barefoot Athletics
Best in Club / Bar
2nd
1st 43%
23%
The Agave
City Limits
Honorable mention • Bostock’s • Bull Nettle
Best in Convenience Store
2nd
1st
81%
11%
Ranglers
Allsup’s
Honorable mention • Cefco • DJ’s
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Best in Dentist
Best in Elected Official
2nd
1st Dr. Clark 38%
Giddings Best in Dry Cleaner
1st Texan 63%
Cleaners
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30%
Dr. Stanphill Honorable mention • Cross Timbers Family Dentistry • Dr. Barbaree
2nd
1st Mayor Kenny 69%
Weldon Best in Electrician
2nd Wills Cleaners
21%
Honorable mention • Comet Cleaners • Dublin Cleaners
1st City 53%
Electric
15%
Alan Nash Honorable mention • Jason Cashon • Tab Thompson
2nd
25%
Rutledge Electric Honorable mention • D&D Electric • B&L Enterprise
Best in Eye Care Provider
1st Moore 56%
Eye Center
2nd
41%
TSO
Honorable mention • Dr. Adams • Dr. Frank Terrill
Best in Feed/Ranch Supply Store
2nd
21%
1st Rockin’ 44%
R
Cooper’s Country Store Honorable mention • Hay & Feed Ranch • Taylor’s Feed
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Best in Financial Advisor
1st Edward 37%
2nd Ameriprise Advisors
• First Financial Bank • Doug McLemore
Best in Fitness facility/gym
46%
Fitness
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2nd
30%
Honorable mention
Jones
1st Anytime
Best in Flea Market
1st Chicken House 76%
Flea Market
39%
Honorable mention • Crossfit 377 • TSU
Honorable mention none
Best in Flooring / Carpet Store
2nd
Fitness Center
24% 377 Marketplace
1st 49%
Danny’s House of CarpetsFlooring & Interiors
Quality Floors
2nd
30%
Honorable mention • Stevens Flooring & Design • F&F Flooring
Best in Flower Shop
Best in Funeral Home
2nd
2nd
38%
23%
1st Scott’s Flowers on 63%
the Square
Best in Full-service salon
Stephenville Floral
Honorable mention
1st 55%
• Flower’s Etc • Dublin Floral
Stephenville Funeral Home Best in Furniture Store
2nd
1st A Wild 37%
Hair
Honorable mention • Tanglez • Headcases • P&R Salon
Honorable mention • Harrell Funeral Home
2nd
32%
21%
The Salon
Lacy Funeral Home
1st Woods 60%
Furniture Mart
Furniture
Honorable mention • Castles Furnishings & Home Accent Center • Rent-A-Center
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Best in Garden Supply & Plants
1st Greenmaker 46%
Nursery Best in Gift Store
2nd
Littlejohn’s Produce
30%
Honorable mention • Walmart
2nd 15%
Home 1st The Place at 79%
Ace
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Wood ’N Things Honorable mention • Furniture Mart • Frames Etc. • Ben Franklin
Best in Grocery Store
1st H-E-B 85%
Best in Gun Store
Best in Hairdresser
2nd Walmart
24%
24%
Honorable mention
1st 34%
David’s
Charli Prater
Blair Talmadge Best in Hardware Store
2nd
1st Star 85%
Arms
Honorable mention • Tac Pro Shooting Center
Honorable mention • Lisa Wallace • Valerie Stephen
2nd
16%
24%
Pigeon Road Sporting Goods
2nd
1st Dowell 79%
ACE
McCoy’s Building Supply Honorable mention • Higginbotham • Barnes & McCullough
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Best in Health Food Store
1st Barefoot 81%
Market
Best in Home Builder
2nd Health Focus
26%
19%
Honorable mention
• Kenneth Howell • Danny Phillips
1st Bill Cogburn
Honorable mention
39%
Construction
None
Best in Hearing Care Provider
2nd
• Shawn Chaviers
Best in Home Health Care
2nd
2%
27%
Jones 1st Hearing Aid Center 52%
Livingston Hearing Aid Center Honorable mention • Heart of Texas Hearing Centers
2nd
1st 98%
Stephen’s Health Care
Outreach Health Services Honorable mention None
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Best in Hotel / Motel
1st Hampton Inn & 61%
Suites
Best in Insurance Agency
Best in Insurance Agent
2nd Holiday Inn Express
22%
23%
Honorable mention
1st 46%
• La Quinta • Econo Lodge • Super 8
Clayton Iley Best in Jewelry Store
2nd
Cowboy 1st Capital Insurance 51%
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Honorable mention • Texas Farm Bureau • State Farm
David Kincannon Honorable mention • Steve Patterson • Carey Fraser
2nd
40%
22%
Fraser Agency Inc.
2nd
1st Swindle’s 59%
Jewelry
Richard’s Jewelry Honorable mention • The Golden Butterfly Jewelers
Best in Lawn Mower Dealer
2nd 24%
1st Bill’s Lawn 43%
Mower Shop Best in Masseuse
• Bramlett Implement Inc. • Sears Honorable mention • Randy’s Small Engine & Mower Repair
2nd 22%
1st 30%
• Jerri Bernays • Amber Peterson
Golden Body Works Honorable mention • Wayne Hayes
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Best in Meat Market
2nd
40%
1st Clay’s 44%
Processing Best in Medical Clinic
Butler’s Smoke House Honorable mention • H-E-B
2nd 18%
1st Stephenville 66%
Medical & Surgical Clinic
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Heflin Family Clinic Honorable mention • Convenient Care Family Medicine Clinic • Cross Timbers Health Clinic
Best in Medical Equipment Supply
Best in Nail Salon
2nd
2nd
29%
8%
1st Tanglewood Medical Supply 92%
Best in Mortgage Company
Lee Health Care Medical Supply
Honorable mention
1st 34%
None
Luxury Nails
Solar Nails & Spa
90%
Honorable mention • Member’s Trust Federal Credit Union • InterBank
2nd
47%
6%
1st First Financial Bank
• Bella Spa • A Wild Hair
Best in New Car/Truck Dealership
2nd Texas Bank
Honorable mention
Texstar 1st FordLincoln 53%
Bruner Motors, Inc. Honorable mention None
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Best in Nursing Home
1st • Oakwood 30%
Assisted Living • Senior Care Center Best in Oil Change Shop
Best in Pawn Shop
2nd
38%
%
None Honorable mention
1st 62%
• Mulberry Manor
South Loop Pawn & Hobby Shop
2nd
45%
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Kwik Kar Honorable mention • Texstar Ford-Lincoln • Bruner Motors, Inc.
Golden Nugget Pawn Shop Honorable mention None
Best in Pest Control Service
2nd
37%
34%
Oasis Oil 1st Change & Car Wash
2nd
1st 43%
Allstar Pest Professionals
Timmons Exterminating
Honorable mention • Orkin Pest Control • John Shell, Best Pest Control
Best in Pet Grooming
Best in Photography
2nd
20%
27%
Animal Health & Medical Center
1st Polished
Honorable mention
Pet
• The Dog Salon • Critter Lounge
35%
Best in Pharmacy
1st 46%
Plan-it ink
Best in Physician
46%
Pharmacy
Honorable mention • CVS • H-E-B
Honorable mention
2nd
22%
22%
1st Tanglewood
J Burleson Photography • Gotcha Photos • Miller Studio
2nd Walgreens
2nd
1st 40%
Dr. Kelly S. Doggett M.D.
Dr. Shane Gilliam Honorable mention • Dr. Linda Heflin • Dr. Jeffrey Moore
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Best in Plumbing Company
1st Cross Timbers Plumbing 34%
Best in Real Estate Agent
2nd
27%
33%
Erath Plumbing
Honorable mention
1st 29%
JJ Hampton
Kara Pack
• Mabry Plumbing • A to Z Plumbing
Best in Produce
Best in Real Estate Company
2nd
54%
Littlejohn’s Produce Honorable mention • Walmart
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Honorable mention • Jamie Hayden • Ricky Caudle
2nd
23%
44%
1st H-E-B
2nd
1st Coldwell 50%
Banker
Hampton Real Estate Honorable mention • Hayden Real Estate • Brooks Real Estate
Best in Rental Company
Best in Roofing Contractor
2nd
2nd
26%
42%
1st Grand 47%
Rental Station Best in Resale Shop
Green Acres Equipment Rental Honorable mention
1st Slawson 59%
Roofing, Inc.
• Rent-A-Center
89%
Shabby
Honorable mention • Resale Depot • 377 Market Place
• Heritage Roofing • Bosque Roofing
2nd
39%
5%
1st Not Too
Honorable mention
Best in Sporting Goods Store
2nd Second Impression
AAA Roofing
1st Hibbett 46%
Sports
Big 5 Sporting Goods Honorable mention • Star Arms • Walmart • Big Lots • Pigeon Road
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Best in Storage Facility
1st Holiday 36%
Self Storage
Best in Tattoo Shop
2nd Security Storage
21%
21%
Honorable mention
1st 59%
AJ’s Ink
• BVI Storage • Quik Lok Storage •Star Storage • Cross Timbers Mini Storage • Brewder’s Mini Storage
Best in Tanning Salon
Best in Tax Service
51%
It
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Honorable mention • Zen Spa
Honorable mention
2nd
32%
41%
1st Just Tan
Universal Tattoo • Monarch Tattoo
2nd Tahiti Tan
2nd
1st 55%
Boucher, Morgan & Young A PC
Edward & Stokes CPAs PLLC Honorable mention • Blake M. Briscoe, CPA, PC • Liberty Tax Service • H&R Block
Best in Tire Shop
2nd
26%
1st Discount 48%
Wheel & Tire
Best in Title Company
Trans Texas Tire
Honorable mention • Andy’s Tire Shop • Tires Plus
2nd 35%
1st King 46%
Abstract
Lawyers Abstract Honorable mention • Cross Timbers Title
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Best in Towing Service
Best in Trailer Sales Dealership
2nd
21%
10%
1st Parham’s 78%
Towing
Bruner Motors Inc.
Honorable mention
1st 72%
• C&J Towing • Glueck’s • Lightnin’s Wrecking
Best in Tractor Sales Dealership
Stephenville Trailers & Truck Accessories
51%
Implement
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Honorable mention • Texstar Kubota • Advanced Ag Tractor Sales
Honorable mention
• Hendershot Equipment Co. • Rockin’ R • Outlaw Conversions
2nd
28%
33%
1st Bramlett
Lewis Trailer Ranch
Best in Transmission Repair
2nd
Hendershot Equipment Co.
2nd
1st Trans-Ex 43%
Transmissions
Trans Texas Tire Honorable mention • Texas Transmissions Exchange • Fox Trailer Service • Campbells • Bruner Motors Inc.
Best in Used Car/Truck Dealership
1st Texstar 47%
Ford-Lincoln Best in Veterinarian Clinic
Best in Western Wear
2nd
Bruner Motors Inc
35%
45%
Honorable mention
1st 64%
• Young Motors • Whites • 281 Truck Sales • WR Auto
Saddle Rags
Grand Entry Best in Pizza
2nd 25%
Ark 1st Veterinary Hospital 48%
2nd
Animal Health & Medical Center Honorable mention • Cornerstone Animal Clinic • Greens Creek Veterinary Hospital
Honorable mention • Back at the Ranch • Kickin’ Colt
2nd
25%
1st 47%
Pizza Hut
Pizza Place
Honorable mention • Domino’s Pizza • Pastafina
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Best in All-Around Food
Best in Breakfast
2nd
2nd
12%
32%
1st Montana 40%
Restaurant Best in Barbecue
Cotton Patch Cafe Honorable mention
1st 71%
• Jake and Dorothy’s Cafe • Chili’s
Peacock’s Restaurant
46%
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Honorable mention • R&R Barbecue • Woody’s Place
• Whataburger
2nd
26%
26%
1st Hard 8
Honorable mention
Best in Business Lunch
2nd Tumbleweed
• Jake & Dorothy’s • Granny Clark’s
1st The 46%
Agave
Simply Deli Honorable mention • Grump’s • Cotton Patch Cafe
Best in Chinese Food
1st 78%
Golden China Best in Coffee
Best in Desserts
2nd
31%
22%
China King
Honorable mention
1st 41%
None
Lida’s Bakery Best in Donuts
2nd
1st Starbucks 78%
Honorable mention • Baker’s Donuts • Peacocks
Jake & Dorothy’s Cafe Honorable mention • Pamcakes • Chili’s
2nd
31%
22%
Beans & Franks
2nd
1st 36%
7 Day Donuts
Baker’s Donuts Honorable mention • Best Doughnuts
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Best in Hamburger
Best in Italian Restaurant
2nd
2nd
13%
1st Grump’s 71%
Best in Ice Cream Store
Whataburger Honorable mention
• Jake & Dorothy’s • Woody’s Place
1st
100%
None
Pastafina
None
Best in Margarita
2nd
1st Dairy 31%
Queen
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Honorable mention • Yogurt Delicious
2nd
36%
27%
• Steve and Mary’s Corner Deli • Pizza Place
Honorable mention
Chili’s
1st Mi 47%
Familia
Honorable mention • Fuzzy’s • The Agave
Best in Sandwich/Sub Shop
Steve & 1st Mary’s Corner Deli 49%
2nd Subway
31%
Honorable mention • Schlotzky’s • Quizno’s
Best in Service at a Restaurant
2nd 26%
1st Cotton 33%
Patch Cafe
Chili’s Honorable mention • Montana • Jake and Dorothy’s Cafe
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Best in Sno-Cone Stand
1st Coconut 93%
Hut Best in Steak
Best in Take Out/Drive-Thru
2nd Sno Cone Depot
22%
7%
Honorable mention
1st 38%
Pastafina
Tumbleweed
None
54%
Steakhouse
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Honorable mention • Chili’s • Sonic
Best in Mexican Food
2nd 29%
1st Oak Dale
2nd
Woody’s Place Honorable mention • Silver Dollar Steak House • Chili’s
2nd
29%
1st 39%
Don Nico’s
Mi Familia
Honorable mention • Reynaldo’s • Pulido’s
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Best in Romantic Dinner
Enjoy Stephenville and all it has to offer
2nd
26%
1st 38%
Pastafina
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Oak Dale Steakhouse Honorable mention • The Agave • Silver Dollar Steak House
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tephenville is often called the Cowboy Capital of the World and the City of Champions and has been listed as one of the 100 Best Small Towns in America. But perhaps it is its status as a youthfriendly college town surrounded by picturesque little burgs with their own pleasant highlights that gives the ‘Ville its own special flavor. Although agriculture may be a chief draw to the town, industry is also a force to be considered. Some half dozen manufacturers employ vast numbers of Stephenville’s residents, including Schreiber Foods, FMC Fluid Control and Appleton Electric. Conveniently located shops and grocery stores make for an easy day of consumer therapy. And there is a host of restaurants to choose from, sure to satisfy any culinary yen. Another Stephenville lure is the highly respected Tarleton State University. Established in 1899, Tarleton joined forces with the Texas A&M University System in 1917. With the main campus spanning nearly 170 acres, the institution boasts state of the art educational opportunities, including a premiere nursing school facility and program and a three story science building with the A&M System’s first planetarium and observatory. Over 90 different majors are offered at Tarleton at the baccalaureate, masters and doctoral levels. For those craving a bit of big city fun, a drive of less than an hour and a half will land you in the middle of Fort Worth – no stranger to the world of cowboys and rodeos itself. Shopping, fine dining and cultural offerings suited for every taste are easily accessible in its downtown district. Stephenville is sure to make any visitor or newly settled denizen feel welcome and entertained. It is a safe place to raise a family and an inviting locale for a short stay. Its rich cultural heritage coupled with an eye to future economic development makes the community an appealing spot to sit a spell.
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Yes, we really are the Cowboy Capital of the World! By July Danley
President/CEO, Stephenville Chamber of Commerce
Our statistics prove that Stephenville really can boast ‘more professional cowboys per square foot than anywhere else in the world!’ We haven’t found anyone that can compete with these numbers: The Stephenville area also boasts over 150 PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) Members living within a 50 mile radius. According to the United States Team Roping Championships (USTRC), there are over 2,500 USTRC members living within a 60 mile radius of Stephenville with 75 of those being professional level team ropers! WOW!! And when you add all the NCHA (National Cutting Horse Association), AQHA (American Quarter Horse
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PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) World Champions PRCA World Titles (including 3 AllAround Champs)
PBR (Professional Bull Riders) World Champions NFR (National Finals Rodeo) Qualifiers
Association), WPRA (Women’s Professional Rodeo Association) and other association members, the list just gets longer and longer. Many of these cowboys and cowgirls were born and raised in the Stephenville area. Others got here as fast as they could to enjoy the plethora of events, practice opportunities, and exceptional quality of life our area has to offer. Tarleton State University has the largest collegiate rodeo program in the nation with over 100 students coming from all over
6
Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame Inductees
5
National Cowboy Museum Rodeo Hall of Fame Inductees
14
Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame Inductees
the country to Stephenville where they can train with the best of the best. Upon college graduation, many of these rodeo athletes decide to make the Cowboy Capital their permanent home. Competitors from all over the world come to Lone Star Arena, an equine event facility just outside the Stephenville city limits, for a host of local, regional and national events including barrel races, calf ropings, team ropings, bull ridings, reinings, cuttings, horse shows, mounted shooting
competitions and more! Each year, the last week in September leading up to the Cowboy Capital of the World PRCA Rodeo is proclaimed ‘Rodeo Heritage Week’ to recognize and celebrate the many outstanding cowboys and cowgirls that have brought world-wide acclaim to the Stephenville area. Events that will be held during Rodeo Heritage Week include a county team roping, golf tournament, rodeo queen contest, parade, concert, western art exhibit and more.
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