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nother year has passed and the Yorktown Chamber of Commerce’s 54th Annual Western Days Ziegenbock Ziegfest is here. The free, family-oriented event will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Yorktown City Park. The official opening of the cantina and carnival will be Thursday at 5 p.m. The carnival will provide entertainment throughout the weekend. Presale carnival tickets are available at Yorktown bands, Shear Designs and the Yorktown Historical Museum during regular business hours. Presale tickets are $18, they will be $22 at the carnival. The popular water-walking hamster balls and rock wall climbing
events from last year are back. There will also the ever-favorite mechanical bull riding. This year, Yorktown will host the American Veterans Traveling Tribute. The tribute is a 80 percent scale replica of the Vietnam Wall with all of the names listed on the wall. The wall will be located at the VVA memorial site from Thursday until Sunday. For more information about the exhibit, visit www.AVTT.org. The paintball shooting range will open on Friday. There will also be music for all tastes with each day featuring different artists. On Friday, Joel Hernandez (5 p.m.), Two Tons of Steel (7:30 p.m.) and Granger Smith (10 p.m.) will perform.
Saturday’s performers will be Brian Milson (noon), Cooper Wade (1:30 p.m.), the Bart Crow Band (5 p.m.), Jason Meadows (3 p.m.), Cody Johnson (5 p.m.), Bleu Edmondson (7 p.m.), Kyle Park (9 p.m.) and headliner Roger Creager (11 p.m.). Sunday’s musical entertainment will be DJ Val (noon), the Trevor Cole Band (2 p.m.) and B.J. Thibideaux & Blackwater Blvd. (4 p.m.). The children’s parade will be held downtown on Friday, starting at 5:30 p.m. The grand parade opens the Saturday festivities at 10:30 a.m. in downtown. Yorktown Chief of Police Paul Campos says that traffic will follow the usual street closures for Western Days. Main Street will be shut down for two
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hours as traffic will be detoured around the area. A Youth Road Race will be held on Sunday, beginning at 3 p.m. starting from Finch Funeral Home on 212 E. Main Street. Entrants may register prior to the race, but will need parental permission to enter. The Yorktown Chamber of Commerce reminds those attending the festivities to be safe. Absolutely no coolers or glass bottles will be allowed on the grounds. Designated drivers and lawnchairs are encouraged. From petting zoos and pony rides, water balls and rock walls, a quilt show, magicians and cookoffs, there is sure to be something for everyone at Western Days-Ziegfest.
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2012 Yorktown Western Days-Ziegfest schedule Old Farmall tractors traveled down Main Street in last year’s Yorktown Western Days-Ziegfest parade. The parade begins at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20.
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Thursday, Oct. 18 5 p.m. - Vietnam Veterans Traveling Wall 5 p.m. - Cantina and carnival opens
Friday, Oct. 19 9 a.m. - Vietnam Veterans Traveling Wall 5 p.m. - Cantina and carnival open 5 p.m. - Craft and food vendors open 5 p.m. - Music - Joel Hernandez 5 p.m. - Paintball shooting range opens 5 p.m. - Water balls and rock wall open 5 p.m. - Bungee jumping opens 5 p.m. - Mechanical bull riding opens 5:30 p.m.- Children’s parade downtown 7: 30 p.m. - Music - Two Tons of Steel 10 p.m. - Music - Granger Smith
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9 a.m. - Vietnam Veterans Traveling Wall 10 a.m. - Craft and food vendors open 10 a.m. - Cantina opens 10 a.m. - Petting zoo/pony rides open 10 a.m. - Paintball shooting range open 10 a.m. - Water balls and rock wall open 10 a.m. - Mechanical bull riding open 10:15 a.m. - Motorcycle tour opens 10:30 a.m. - Grand parade starts Noon - Gold mne opens Noon - Carnival opens Noon - Quilt show at fire station Noon - Music - Brian Milson Noon - Bungee jumping open 12:30 p.m. - Mutton bustin’/pit scramble at cowpoke canyon arena 1 p.m. Brazos Bottom Cowographers
1:30 p.m. - Music - Copper Wade 1:30 p.m. - Mutton bustin’ event @ arena 1: 30 p.m. - Pig scramble event @ arena 2:30 p.m. - Salsa contest - turn in 3 p.m. - Brazos Bottom Cowographers 3 p.m. - Music - Jason Meadows 4:30 p.m. - Motorcycle tour winners announced @ pavillion 5 p.m.- Brazos Bottom Cowographers 5 p.m. - Music - Cody Johnson 7 p.m. - Cook-Off awards @ Cowpoke Canyon 7 p.m. - Music - Bleu Edmondson 9 p.m. - Music - Kyle Park 11 p.m. - Music - Roger Creager
Sunday, Oct 21 Noon - Carnival and cantina open Noon - Water balls and rock wall open Noon - Music - DJ VAL Noon - Painting shooting range open Noon - Hermann Sons dancers 12:30 p.m. - Brazos Bottom Cowographers 1 p.m. - Lil’ Wrangler Rodeo @ Cowpoke Canyon 2 p.m. - Childrens’ Tractor Pull @ Cowpoke Canyon 2 p.m. - Music - Trevor Cole Band 2:30 p.m. - Brazos Bottom Cowographers 2:30 p.m. - Childrens’ Cook-Off starts 3:15 p.m. - Children’s Cook-Off turn in 4 p.m. - Music - B.J. Thibideaux & Blackwater Blvd. 5:30 p.m. - Cook-Off awards @ main stage 6 p.m. - 2012 YWDZ guitar auction 6:30 p.m. - 2012 YWDZ giveaway drawing.
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Several contests offered at Western Days-Ziegfest Homemade salsa contest The 2012 Western Days-Ziegfest Homemade Salsa Contest winner award is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 20. Turn-in of contest entries is slated for 2 p.m. with judging of each 16 ounce entry to begin at that time. Each entry must list the head cook and the name of the salsa. Quilt show and contest The 2012 Western Days/Ziegfest Quilt Show is scheduled for noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20, and from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21. Entrants are asked to turn in entries at Seams Like Home, 441 W. 5th St., any time before Friday, Oct. 19. News-View photo The Quilt Show Contest judging will be held on Saturday, Oct. 20, with prizes to be awarded This quilt, made by Lucille Klein of Yorktown, won the “wall on Sunday, Oct. 21. People’s Choice Ribbons Awards will go to hanging” category in the Western Days-Ziegfest quilt show the following new categories added this year contest in 2011. large (bed size) hand quilted; small (crib or lap) hand quilted; large (bed size) machine quilted; and, small (crib or lap) machine quilted. Entry guidelines are as follows: 1. Anyone can enter a quilt. 2. Quilt does not have to be made by person entering. 3. Quilts can be dropped off at Seams Like Home at 441 W. 5th, in Yorktown. (entry form and release must be filled out) 4. Quilts must be received before Friday, Oct. 19.
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5. Quilts will be picked up starting Monday, Oct. 22, at Seams Like Home at 441 W. 5th Yorktown. 6. Contact Sarah Hahn for special arrangements at 361-564-9455 or 361-649-9394. 7. A for sale sign can be placed on quilts. (If the quilt sells, 10% of sale price will be donated to Western Days/Ziegfest.) Kids tractor pull The Kids Tractor Pull is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 21, at 2 p.m. at Cowpoke Canyon, located on the 100 block of South Riedel in Yorktown. The event will run for 30 to 45 minutes. Registration begins at 1 p.m. There is no entry fee for participants. Age groups are for the following age groups: 3 to 4; 5 to 6; 7 to 8; and, 9 to 10 years of age. The space requirement is 20 feet by 48 feet. Entrants will be required to present an parental release form. The form will be available at the event site. Approximately 50 children are expected to participate. Chuck Wagon check list Anyone attending the 45th Annual Western Days/Ziegfest celebration is asked to adhere to the Chuck Wagon check list. What to bring: sunscreen, bug spray, chairs, blankets, strollers, and cameras What not to bring: containers of any kind (cans or bottles), coolers, umbrellas, weapons of any Kind (including pocket knives), animals and video/audio recording equipment.
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entry fee for sauce contest, $10 2012 will mark the 54th annual Western Days-Ziegfest Barbecue sauce contest. All entries must be homemade barbecue sauce and a 16 ounce container will be provided at turn-in site. Entry fees will be $10 per entry and forms need to be mailed to the Yorktown Western Days Assocation office at PO Box 488, Yorktown Texas 78164.
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David Meyer loves to eat. And he loves to compete. So he’s found a way to do both all while helping to promote his company, Howco Metals Management. By day, David is vice president of western hemisphere operations for the Houston-based metal management company. But on certain weekends, and a few times a year, he turns into leader of a cooking team called Leave of Absence Cooking Team and enters the world of competitive barbecuing. His weapon is a black metal pit, in which his team prepares ribs, brisket, chicken and fa-
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jitas in a two day affair that leaves competitors exhausted but satisfied. He said he enjoys meeting the employees and their families at the Yorktown Western Days-Ziegfest celebration. In the 2011 competition they won four trophies: second place chicken, fifth and seventh place ribs and fifth place chili. But Howco’s LOA cookers are not ready to quit their day jobs. “This is just a way to have fun and promote the company,” Meyer said.
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THE 40TH ANNUAL CUERO TURKEYFEST ASSOC., CUERO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE & THE CITY OF CUERO WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS
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Creager’s world travels create music style Roger Creager Saturday 11 p.m. Roger Creager is an adventurist; he does not like to sit still while the world passes by. Whether it’s climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, jumping off his boat to snorkel with wild dolphins, snow skiing in the Rockies, catching tuna 100 miles from shore, piloting his airplane to far-off concerts, spear-fishing Contributed Photo around oil rigs, scuba diving
coral reefs, surfing in Costa Rica, or playing music through the Italian countryside, he tries to get the most out of what the world has to offer. His passion for life invigorates everyone around him including his fan base. Those who get hooked on his charisma and high energy come back show after show, year after year, and record after record. Creager’s newest record may be his best work yet. “Surrender”, released Jan 2012, was produced by Lloyd Maines and marks a “back-tobasics” approach for Roger.
As always, Roger creates an interesting collection with songs that are very different from each other and will keep the listener’s attention start to finish. Roger is very fortunate that his music career allows him this lifestyle. But he gives it back by putting his life experiences and his infectious high energy and zeal for adventure right back into his songwriting and performances. Creager may travel the world, but he never strays far from his small-town South Texas roots and his music encompasses all of him.
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in Texas,” which featured a dozen songs written and co-written by Park, including “Cold in Colorado,” with its killer chorus hook; “Don’t Look,” which climbed The Texas Music Chart; a co-write with Wade Bowen, “A Woman Like You”; the harddriving “First Day of Summer”; and the sentimental final cut, “These Days.”
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GRANGER SMITH HAS 7 TOP TEN SINGLES Granger Smith Friday 10 p.m.
Granger Smith has seven top ten singles, three tours in Iraq and Kuwait to play for the American Soldiers, and three shows at the White House (including two performances for the President himself), Granger Smith is well on his way to leaving a large footprint on American music. At 19, his work paid off by landing him a deal with EMI Music Publishing in Nashville.
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Granger followed his dream to what would be a five-year stay in Tennessee. Granger signed a new pub-
lishing contract with Universal South recording artist Phil Vassar in 2004 and returned home to the Lonestar State in order to ground himself as a Texas artist. In 2006 he released "Livin' Like A Lonestar," which features "Colorblind," his first single and first top 10 on the Texas Music Chart. To develop his signature sound, Granger records and produces his albums in his own home studio with his own band. “The freedom to take our time in the studio with my own band is priceless,” said Smith.
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Western Days Assocation board of directors The 2012 Western Days Association board of directors are shown from left, Chad Buesing, president;Tracey Blank; Connie Hall;Troy Alvarez, vice president; Lorene Migura, treasurer; and Jose Alcazar, reporter. Not shown is Kimber McCrory, secretary.
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The Yorktown Western Days Association, Inc. mission statement is as follows: The Yorktown Western Days Association, Inc. shall promote and enhance the welfare of the community's youth and the community as a whole through educational, literary and organized activities.
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Western Days-Ziegfest Has Roots in Smith Creek rodeo By Andra Mueller Wisian
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fficially started in 1958, Western Days has its roots dating from the early to mid 1950’s with Leslie and Cecil Mueller’s M&M Rodeo Company organizing cowboy parades to promote the rodeo performances on Smith Creek, just south of Yorktown. A showman and promoter, Leslie Mueller gathered the rodeo cowboys to ride horseback through downtown Yorktown. These processions were said to have been quite a wild sight. Since there were not enough broke saddle horses to go around, many of the cowboys paraded down Main on broncs right out of the bucking horse string.
In the Spring of 1958 Mueller, in cooperation with the Yorktown Chamber of Commerce, planned a Western parade to involve the entire community, as well as out-of-town organizations. A two-day rodeo was planned as well. Mueller pledged a pair of handmade boots to the parade’s best-dressed cowgirl, while the Chamber promised boots to the best-dressed cowboy. Other prizes were pledged from community businesses such as Daniel Dry Gods, Simecek's Firestone, J. E. Wolf Sr. and Cole Dry goods. The April 2, 1958 edition of The Yorktown News reported that the parade was “conceived
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A bareback bronc rider tries to hang on for eight seconds while pick-up men, including Don Mueller, right, stay ready for the rescue during an M&M rodeo at the Mueller Arena on Smith Creek in this photo taken in 1958.
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on the spur of the moment, with no time make elaborate plans, appoint committees or work out details….” The newspaper further reported that the success of the venture was due “…to the spontaneous and whole-hearted cooperation of local business men…” In spite of this last-minute planning, on Saturday, March 29 at 3 p.m. Yorktown welcomed a crowd that jammed the downtown sidewalks to see the parade led by the VFW Color Guard. The “Bronc Busters” (aka The Yorktown High School marching band) led by Mary Gail Kerlick, followed close behind. The parade featured the famous Lone Star Brewing Company Shetland Pony Hitch. This team of matched Shetlands was outfitted with ten gallon hats and six shooters and pulled a miniature covered wagon. A parade highlight was Monroe Woods’ mustang team pulling a frontier wagon carrying an ancient two-seater Chick Sale (outhouse), complete with corn cobs and a Sears catalog. The parade also included colorfully-garbed mounted groups, several floats, new tractors, trucks and automobiles, as well as the four-piece Disintegrated Brotherhood of Near Musicians. With a broom and shovel, Sparky, the rodeo clown, brought up the rear and proclaimed that Yorktown was not a one-horse town indeed! The Yorktown News also reported that most of the western parade watchers “…hightailed it out to Les Mueller's Smith Creek
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Arena…to take in the rodeo.” “We saw cars bumper to bumper all the way over the hill and as they wended their way into the grounds more and more kept coming.” “The show got underway about nine o’clock, and a thriller it was…with mean, ornery broncs and bulls, and fast elusive calves, there were plenty of spills, thrills and chills…as good a show as we’ve seen anywhere.” After the success of the first parade and rodeo, the Yorktown Chamber of Commerce continued the celebration annually. In 1962 the Chamber sponsored the first Western Days royal court with Jo Ann Boone crowned as queen. For nearly two decades, M&M Rodeo Company produced a rodeo in conjunction with the Western Days celebration. In 1962 Mueller constructed a new arena on his ranch north of Yorktown on Highway
240 in the small community once known as Little St. Louis and the rodeos were moved from the Smith Creek arena. In July 1963 Mueller died after a horseback riding accident during a rodeo in Cuero. However, the Western Days rodeos continued with Mueller’s widow, Cecil Olivia Gilliam Mueller and son Don, managing M&M Rodeo Company. The last rodeo they produced in Yorktown was in 1975. Today, Western Days continues to draw parade participants from surrounding counties, as well as visitors from across the country. The thousands who come to Yorktown each year enjoy not only the Grand Parade, but live music and entertainment, chili cook-offs, various contests, shopping and the genuine fellowship of the townspeople – the spirit out of which the celebration was born 54 years ago.
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Rain or shine, Grand Parade slated for Saturday Yorktown’s 54th Annual Western Days Festival Grand Parade rolls out at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20. All parade participants are asked to start checking in at 7:30 a.m. and are to be ready for judging promptly at 9 a.m. All entries must be in place, set-up and ready to go with riders in position to be judged. If time permits, awards will be presented before the parade. The Western Days-Ziegfest Grand Parade will begin promptly at 10:30 a.m., rain or shine. All parade entries are asked to enter the staging area from Gohmert Street. Main
Street (Highway 72) will be open from both directions until 8:30 a.m. The Citizen’s Bank is on the corner of Gohmert and Main Street. Entries are asked to proceed north on Gohmert Street to the check-in point in front of St. Paul Lutheran Church. Contact Lorene Migura at 361-550-8342 or lmigurajja@hotmail.com or Kimber McCrory at 361-205-4605 or grannykim@hotmail.com with any questions. Knowing the great effort it takes Western Days guests to come and attend, the Yorktown Western Days Association, Inc. Board of Directors truly appreciates all participation.
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The theme for the 32nd Annual Yorktown Western Days/Ziegfest Children’s Parade is “Saluting My Hero.” The Children’s Parade for ages 3 through 12 years of age is slated for Friday, Oct. 19, starting at 5:30 p.m. down Main Street through downtown. The parade will start at Finch Funeral Home parking lot and finishes at the Fire Station. Entrants are asked to be at the funeral home parking lot for judging which will begin promptly at 4:45 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for Most Creative and Most Comical in the Float Division and Walking Division.
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Participants in Yorktown’s “Little World’s Fair” march down Main Street.
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ooking back in time, the Yorktown Western DaysZiegfest found its roots over 90 years ago. According to newspaper publisher John Janacek’s “The Best of the View,” Yorktown Harvest Feasts were celebrated prior to the 1920s. In 1922, it became Yorktown’s Little World’s Fair. At that time, the Yorktown Fair Association, organized in 1920, decided the Little World’s Fair would be a good way to promote Yorktown’s businesses, industries, products, public facilities, and surrounds. According to the “DeWitt County History” book, “Caravans of interested citizens advertised the fairs in neighboring and far-away cities. Once the high school band got to broadcast from San Antonio’s radio station WOAI for publicity.” The main events of the fairs included a parade, rodeo, dances, a carnival, and exhibits in long exhibit halls of livestock, agricultural products, arts and crafts, pantry goods and some commercial products.
The last fair was held in 1948. Ten years later in 1958, the annual Western Days celebrations were started. These included choosing a queen and her court, a parade, a carnival, street dancing, music, food, arts and crafts, booths, auctions, and contests. They were connected to Leslie and Cecil
Mueller’s M&M Rodeo Company’s rodeo on Smith Creek, just south of Yorktown. A major endorsement of the festival was announced in 2009 when ZiegenBock tied itself to Ziegfest. From Harvest Feasts to Western Days-Ziegfest, Yorktown has welcomed its visitors for over 90 years.
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It’s Time for Yorktown Western Days-Ziegfest! Specializing in Steaks & Seafood Offering Daily Lunch & Evening Specials
Dine In or To Go Orders Available
Catering Available Call Brian at 361-935-9441 to customize your special event!
308 St. Hwy. 72 East • Yorktown (361)564-9101 Full Liquor Bar
Meat Market
Fresh cut meats, steaks, fresh ground hamburger, assorted freezer packs, etc.
Private Party Rooms Seats 45-150 people. Call now for reservations!
Bottle & Draft Beer Margaritas • Daiquiri’s
Drink Specials Every Day!!
Entertainment on Saturday nights from 9p - 1a!
COLD BEER & DRINKS!
Ice • Lottery Gas • ATM 526 W. Main St. • Yorktown, TX 78164
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Fresh Sub Sandwiches • Hamburger Baskets • Hot Breakfast Foods • A Variety of Pizzas • Fresh Hot Coffee Bar
Spacious lots! Great Rates! Laundry Facilities on Site! Pavilion! Amenities Include: Electricity - 30/50 Amp, Water, Sewage & High-Speed Wireless Internet!
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Coronation anniversary exhibit at Yorktown historical Museum
Loris B. Maddox
Have fun at Western Days-Ziegfest!
Certified Public Accountant 640 West Main • Yorktown Office: 564-2327 Cell: 935-6270 Email: Loris@LBMaddoxCPA.com
Have fun, Y’all!
Hair Station Irma Garcia & Summer Heard, Stylists 567 Metting Road • Yorktown
361-564-2980 The Yorktown Historical Society invites everyone to visit the Yorktown Historical Museum during Western DaysZiegfest. The museum will be open Friday, Oct. 19 from 1 to 4 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 20 and Sunday, Oct. 21 from 1 to 5 p.m. The Historical Society will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Western Day’s Queen Coronation “Under Western Skies.” Above, fifty-two young ladies from Yorktown paraded before three out-of-town judges and an overflow audience of more than 600 people in a contest that resulted in the selection of seven finalists named as the Western Days Royalty for 1962. Right, Jo Ann Boone is crowned as Queen Kroy.
EVERYTHING FROM JEANS TO WEDDING GOWNS, INCLUDING CUSTOM MADE CHEER ATTIRE “ Over 40 Years Experience!”
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