Show Vi!: B0 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday October 11 NACKfP INTO A "' coRpwrepmwse Mr tcrkipuc thing Pimm MY SCHOOL o Veteran country singers £ need yoiitlr to roach radio SHERMANS LAGOON 175 ’ 'w 2003 ' 77s into COUNSaam CfXPIf REPORT a i L ) - ft l I ' i ! v - "s i NASHVILLE Tcnn (AP) — The lasttime WiUie Nelson had a No 1 hit was back in 1989 When George Bush was president I FoOheen yean later there’s another Bush in the White House and Nelson is back on top of f the charts — this time with “Beer for my Honcis’’ a No 1 duet with Toby Keith Nefsoh’s reappearance proves a hard truth : about the country music business: It’s nearly impossible for veteran stan to get radio airplay WHOLE fEOPLEwa li unless they’re hitched to a younger star i RUMNS BE radio is looking for the next hot “Country TEC MOST thing and I don’t think they have a lot of PASSIONATE MtfKM patience to give an opportunity to an act whose real heyday has come and gone’’ said Neil yy Pond editorial director for Country Music Weeldy magazine The last two highharting singles for George Jones were both duns with younger stars: “You Don’t Seem to Miss Me” with v Patty Loveless in 1997 and “Beer Run” with Garth Brooks in 2001 ' ’ Dolly Parton’s last No 1 was a duet with Ricky Van Shelton in 1991 And back in 1988 Buck Owens had his first No 1 song in 16 years with Dwight Yoakam on “Streets of ' miff rX i e rfT D6NTT nClt LIKE SWAT THAT MICH FMO ANNTHMfr BAUM THERE cumieswf raRe ncco tw skirt xneco to fim sommiNe to 00 MTC THE SMUCTf ID 60 WITH IMIS SHRTff AB THE I tUTT 10 AC FMO A HELP SMETHMO R EKIWTKW& ELSE f THERE MIST BE SOHCTHM FKTWS SKIRTf THIS SKIRT CMTT 00 tmrdiim ufc ' r 1 FOR THIS MCE SKIRT ail rune? ff ' BEETLE BAILEY Bak-ersfield-’’' '7 Vi-- j part of the shame of country radio that there’s not more of a place for these artists”' 77 “It’s Pmdsaid-'-rV- 'V ' '7 v v “If you’ve been an artist for 30 oir 40 years you have a style you’re comfortable with and sometimes you’re just not on the cutting edge anymore” Logan said But Logan acknowledged that many veteran ' acts now record for small independent labels that don’t have a lot of promotional muscle ' ' v Nelson and Keith weren’t the only pair to hit this year “It’s produce a Five O’Clock Somewhere” by Jimmy Buffett 7 and Alan Jackson went to No 1 and was Buf-fett’s g single — country or pop '7 Keith knew that Nelson had been in western movies and thought he would be perfect to 7: : — since “Margaritaville”in l977 Stuart with duet and a recorded video sing the second verse When they met Nelson Marty Merle Haggard called “Farmer ’s BIues” that V 'asked Keith to send atape of thesong Acou- -' ' pic hours and a few drinks later Nelson hap- - " began airing this month Haggard hasn’t had a “Twinkle Twinkle 1988’s No l hit since 7 pened to ask Keith foe name of the song yr ‘77 4‘? told him and he said ’Mai I don’t need 7 7' Star? 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V "'' ' y : '' ' : ending own she moved a wrsp of foe brush and she felt her heart leap It was ha father s pistol She recognized it at mice It was the heavy-Walke- r Colt revolver that her father had brought back from one of his trading expeditions to California He had given it to Nils and Sarah when they had announced their plan to go to Montana Nils didn’t want anything to ' ' do with guns and hadn’t owned one but Sarah had insisted “Nils we have to have some MOTHER GOOSE AND GRIMM : ' ' pro-tectib- - ' ' : " - i y - i 2XT--&K-- l as it had with the other wagons She looked into several of the trunks but nothing was to be found Glancing into the back of the wagon ' spied a coii 0f stout cord and a small pile foe flour into a flour Sarah pi of Qf canVas Trying to block out of her mind the bodies that lay in various poses around the wagon Sarah walked around the box looking for anything else of value There- sticking out of the wagon box just back from the seat was the broken-of- f shaft of an arrow Grasping the six inches of shaft Sarah started wiggling it back and forth and after a moment' it came free Examining the iron arrowhead she hoped that it would serve as a knife Now she had a bit of food a weapon and a blade of sorts Glancing up and checking the horizon for enemies Sarah started back to ha wagon' One more thing to do and how she dreaded this Walking up next to her husband’s body Sarah slowly khelt down Tears streaming down ha face Sarah started to pray “Dear r Lord please forgive me for the thing I am about to do There is just no way that I can bury my husband Lord how am I going to get my son and I back to safety?” Overcome with gricf Sarah just couldn’t continue Ha whole body shaking with sobs she felt as if she were at the end Then a calming peace seemed to descend on ha She could hear a voice saying “Peace my child all will be well Trust in me and know that lam “Sarah” Nils had replied “if we are peaceful and offer no harm to anyone then we ' will be fine” “Oh Nils” Sarah thought to herself “how I wish you had been right” Picking up the heavy revolver Sarah checked it to see if it was still loaded She ' smiled grimly to herself when she thought back to when she had had to show Nils how to load each of the cylinders and place the caps on foe nipples Thankfully her father had taken foe time to show Sarah and her three sisters all about firearms and their use Her father had always wanted a son Well father she thought to herself your oldest daughter is very grateful that you did take the time to show her how to do those “boyish things” that Mother was always worrying about The revolver still had five of the six cylinders loaded Now she had a weapon even if it was only good for short-ran: God” and five shots Clutching the pistol in her ' See tomorrow's right hand Sarah walked to the last wagon The same barren scene greeted her at this one ofthisstory : ' ' ge REAL LIFE ADVENTURES CLOSE TO HOME Win Herald Journal for the next installment at bridge By Phillip Alder Wedding guests sensed that Pam still harbored some resentment about Tom's g bachelor party i There has been a minor trend in bridge recently First comes a book then comes a CD-RO— but don’t wait for a movie! 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