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Special to the Journal
Charles Crawley.
There is no business like horse
business at Crawley Ranch
By Sherri Martin
Special to the Journal
UNADILLA - The horse
and the calf face off, the
horse’s ears trained toward
the calf.
The young animal tries an
evasive move, but the mount
heads him off with a quick
turn. The calf tries another
tactic, but with a quick pivot
and a small cloud of dust,
the horse once again keeps
the animal from returning
to his herd.
Sitting atop the horse,
relaxed, letting the horse
work, and guiding him when
needed, a look of satisfac
tion on his face as the horse
stays focused on the calf, is
Charles Crawley.
Crawley Ranch is just a
short distance away on the
outskirts of Unadilla, almost
in the middle of nowhere,
but anyone interested in a
good cutting horse knows
how to find it. For Crawley
Ranch is where master
trainer Charles Crawley is.
His 165 acre ranch hous
es 21 horses at any given
time. Crawley buys most of
his horses at sales in Fort
Worth; a man in the Atlanta
area breaks them and gets
them ready to train with
cows.
Once they are ready to be
worked on calves, the horses
come back to Crawley, who
trains them to cut cows out
of a herd, then takes them
BIRTHS
From page iC
Ayden Lee Bracewell
Cynthia Howell and
Michael Bracewell of Perry
announce the birth of a son,
Ayden Lee Bracewell at
Houston Medical Center on
Aug. 16. Grandparents of
the baby are Jennifer Scott
and Christopher Scott of
Perry, and Debra Kiksey of
Warner Robins.
Kaylee Joy Rumph
John and Alicia Maddox
Rumph of Fort Valley
announce the birth of a
daughter, Kaylee Joy Rumph
at Houston Medical Center
on Aug. 16. Grandparents of
the baby are Bobby Maddox
and the late Kay Maddox of
Fort Valley, and Ernest and
Betty Jo Rumph also of Fort
Valley.
Krisha N. Patel
Chetana and Nehal
Patel of Forsyth announce
the birth of a daughter,
Krisha N. Patel at Houston
WINSTON
From page iC
unlike Phil this plan might
back to Fort Worth to sell
at an average of $50,000-
$75,000 each, although he
has sold a horse for close to
$400,000 .
The horses, mostly quarter
horses, must be trained to
do the majority of the work
themselves, for during a cut
ting competition at a show
a rider must keep his hands
with the reins relaxed and
down or on the saddlehorn,
with only a few squeezes
from his legs serving as guid
ance for the horse.
“It is 85 percent horse, the
rest rider,” he explains.
Crawley and his wife Judy
and daughter Priscilla travel
almost every weekend to
a show, where either he or
his daughter competes, or he
takes horses for their own
ers to ride in the show. That
is what he did for country
music legend Lynn Anderson
from 1970 to 1994.
“She would fly to the
shows and I would meet
her with the horses and she
would show,” he says.
Country music star Tanya
Tucker also knows where
Crawley Ranch is because he
trains all of her horses.
“She comes down and rides
until she gets used to them,
then takes them home,” he
says. “She only comes back
for a tune-up.”
He calls cutting a hobby
for rich people, but for him
and his family it is a living
and horses are a passion.
Medical Center on Aug. 16.
Grandparents of the baby
are Vinanta and Bhupendra
of Macon.
Mace Alexander
Confer
Mike and Bobi-Jo Confer
of Warner Robins announce
the birth of a son, Mace
Alexander Confer at Houston
Medical Center on Aug. 16.
Grandparents of the baby
are Ron Confer of Warner
Robins, Peggy Confer of
Erie, Pa., Sandy and Clyde
Hopkins of Greensburg, PA,
and Tom and Sherri Cramer
of Charleroi, Pa.
Brooklyn Nicole
Ceaser
Kenneth and Kristen
Speck Ceaser of Warner
Robins announce the birth
of a daughter, Brooklyn
Nicole Ceaser at Houston
Medical Center on Aug. 16.
Grandparents of the baby
are Lonnie and Nancy Speck
of Richardson, Texas.
Caitlyn Michelle
work.
He was lame as a duck.
Not the metaphorical kind
of duck, either, but a real
duck that was actually lame,
He has won 11 world cham
pionships in the American
Quarter Horse Association,
two of which were in cut
ting. He has also won in
reining, Western pleasure
and Western riding.
Crawley was raised around
horses.
He was born in Cool
Springs,
Georgia, near Adel, but his
father trained racehorses at
tracks in Miami, Hialeah,
New York and Chicago.
“I left school at an early
age and began riding and
galloping racehorses for him
at the tracks, urttil I got too
big for that,” he remembers.
He had no desire to be a
groom for the horses, so he
decided to go to Albany to
stay with his aunt and uncle
and find work.
“I rode past a cutting
horse ranch out of Albany.
I was 16 or 17. I pulled in
one day to see if they needed
help, they said, ‘lf you can
break horses we sure could
use you?,’” he says.
He could and they did, and
he got started on the path
that would make the rest of
his life.
He lived for a time in
Mansfield, Texas before
settling on the ranch in
Dooly County to breed and
show horses. He filmed a
show in 1993 in Nashville
for The Nashville Network
about celebrities and cut
ting horses, and a man from
Ludwig
Jonathan and Jennifer
Feister Ludwig of Kathleen
announce the birth of a
daughter, Caitlyn Michelle
Ludwig at Houston
Medical Center on Aug. 17.
Grandparents of the baby
are Larry and Linda Fiester,
Allen and Sharron Thorton,
John and Beth Ludwig all of
Ocean Springs, Miss., and
Donna Fox of Biloxi, Miss.
Isaihah Markis Scott
Alesha Scott of Warner
Robins announces the birth
of a son, Isaihah Markis Scott
at Houston Medical Center
on Aug. 17. Grandparents
of the baby are Cosandra
Scott, Eugene and Sabrina
Williams and Rosa Scott all
of Warner Robins.
Nya Jade Lillyana
Reno
Randy and Casey Estock
Reno of Warner Robins
announce the birth of a daugh
ter, Nya Jade Lillyana Reno
at Houston Medical Center
on Aug. 17. Grandparents of
maybe from stepping on a
land mine or something.
Until next week: “A sub
urban mother’s role is to
deliver children obstetrical
LIFESTYLE
Atlanta became interested
in a certain horse he had.
That man eventually bought
all of Crawley’s horses,
including Lynn Anderson’s
horses - with her permission
- and Crawley was financial
ly able to set up his ranch
like he wanted and get into
the training business com
pletely.
He keeps 600 head of
cattle in the summer and
1,000 head in the winter to
work the horses, and has
two other employees outside
of family who help work the
ranch. People 9ome from all
over the state to ride with
him, and he offers lessons
for SSO.
He also has shows at the
ranch. The next one is at 10
a.m. on Sept. 9.
For him, his satisfaction is
training a horse and watch
ing him work.
He says a good cutting
horse has to have an innate
ability, like a good bird dog,
to go right to a cow.
“They want to go out there
and cut a cow,” he says. “I’ll
ride a horse on two to three
cows every day. The key to
horse training is repetition
- correct repetition. It has
to be the same. You can’t go
ride them one way today and
then go do something differ
ent tomorrow.”
Good advice but the truth
is, the key to horse training
at Crawley Ranch is Charles
Crawley.
the baby are Cindy Estock,
of Hernando, Ms., Vicktar
Estock of Oxford, Miss.,
Cindy Reno of Tishomingo,
Miss, and Donald Reno of
Tishomingo, Miss.
Antonio Payne Floyd
Jennifer Floyd and
Terrance Trammell of
Warner Robins announce
the birth of a son, Antonio
Payne Floyd at Houston
Medical Center on Aug. 17.
Grandparents of the baby
are Tony and Kim Floyd of
Warner Robins, Kenny and
Emma Hughes of Macon,
and Delois Trammell of
Byron.
Jonah Micheal
McCollum
Jonelle McCollum of
Warner Robins announces
the birth of a son, Jonah
Micheal McCollum at
Houston Medical Center on
Aug. 18. Grandparents of the
baby are Barbara McCollum
of Warner Robins, and Joe
McCollum of Arlington,
Texas.
ly once, and by car forever
after.” —Peter De Vries
Jane Winston can be reached
at jwinstonl939@aol.com.
Sound of snap,
crackle, pop
My age is beginning
to tell on me. Time
was I would hear
folks my grandmother’s
age say, “I wasn’t hungry
for supper so I just ate a
bowl of cereal before going
to bed.” I just didn’t get it.
Now, where do I find
myself headed before bed
time? The kitchen.
Often my husband and I
find ourselves headed there
at the same time, or one of
us gets up to fix a bowl and
the other decides that cere
al js just what we need.
Of course, the kinds we
eat differ greatly. He still
loves anything brightly
colored, with words like
“crunch” or “pebbles” or
“froot” in the name. And
he often adds extra sugar.
I, on the other hand, have
the sophisticated taste for
cereals of the bran vari
ety. Or maybe it’s just the
growing older thing. I have
been known to choose one
box of cereal over another
based solely on grams of
fiber contained therein.
When my husband heads
to the kitchen for his bowl
of sugar and crunch, it is
tempting to ask him to fix a
bowl for me. But I learned
my lesson a few years
ago. Oh, it wasn’t that he
moaned and groaned about
actually having to do some
thing domestic. No, I fig
ured out the problem after
just a couple of spoonfuls.
“Did you put whole milk
on mine?” I asked.
“Of course.”
“Oh, thanks. I can just
feel the cellulite popping
out on my thighs as I eat.”
See, in our refrigerator,
we have the whole milk, for
my husband and sons. Call
them the skinny ones. Then
we have the fat free milk,
for the one who is desper
ately trying to be just that
- fat free. Consider it the
dairy version of Jack Sprat.
And because of our grow
ing love of late night cereal
(which goes well with late
night talk shows), we have
the growing problem of not
always having enough of
Top notch golf course
Ernie and Delores
Oppizzi, who moved
here from Warner
Robins, are longtime
Houston County residents,
and charter residents in
Houston Springs.
Ernie is an avid golfer
and the golf course is what
caught his interest and is
one of the significant rea
sons he moved to Houston
Springs.
He offers his comments
on the course:
“The original nine holes
are very challenging with
narrow fairways and small
greens,” Ernie says.
“To play the course,
you need to concentrate
on being an accurate shot
maker.
“You can play from the
white tees or the blue
tees, and either one is like
playing two different nine
holes.
“The fairways are excel
lent and the greens are
perfect. The first nine holes
are nestled in a picturesque
scene surrounded by forest
and wetlands.
’’The three new holes
that have just recently
opened are also in unique
shape with wide fairways
and large greens, which
presents a completely dif
ferent challenge than the
first nine holes.
“Even though the course
presently has only 12 holes,
it has been configured to
play 18 holes.
“The course is in ‘tip
top’ shape, with the tee
boxes, fairways and greens
all manicured and in excel
lent condition.
“This course is one of
the best kept secrets in
Houston County, and, the
price is right.
“When I glance over our
golf course, I have a sense
of pride and am proud to
be part of Houston Springs
and to live in Perry.”
HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
the right kind of cereal on
hand. Then I get accused of
resorting to subterfuge.
“Hey, I didn’t know you
had bought some Frosted
Flakes. You were hiding
them from me, weren’t
Sherri Martin
The Front Porch
net.”
Now our older son has
decided that he absolutely,
positively has to have a
bowl of cereal before bed
time. Ah, he is carrying
on the family tradition.
And when my husband can
actually find the cereal box,
he fixes the bowl for him.
I wonder sometimes,
fiber content aside, just
how healthy cereal really
is. I mean, I’ve read of how
much scientific experimen
tation the cereal makers
had to go through to get
the perfect flake shape that
would taste good and not
get too soggy before the
last spoonfixl. Not exactly
all natural, which I sup
pose if it was, then cereals
wouldn’t need to be for
tified with essential vita
mins and minerals. But I
still want my bowl of cereal
at night. Not in the morn
ing, mind you. No, I prefer
to have my normal orange
juice with an egg white
sandwich. Well, that’s not
quite true. What I real
ly prefer is the ultimate
breakfast - cold pizza and a
Coke. But in its place (you
know, because of the end
less quest for fat freedom),
I’ll stick to the egg whites
in the morning, as long as
I can look forward to a cool
bowl of cereal at night.
Great, now I’m hungry.
Y’all excuse me. I have
a date with a big bowl of
Special K.
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Houston Springs’ resi
dents Sandy and Sharon
Geddes were very excited
to announce that their
daughter, Kari Geddes,
Melanie Lewis
Columnist
Houston Springs
will air sometime in late
September on ABC at 2
p.m. (channel 5 in Perry).
The show has several dif
ferent dramas unfolding
within a one hour period.
Kari plays a customer in
a restaurant dining at a
table in the background of
the scene.
The Geddes’ are very
proud of Kari’s achieve
ments in such a short peri
od of time and wish her the
best of luck in the future.
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Don’t you love looking
at furnished model homes,
and seeing all the new fea
tures and decorator touch
es?
I know I do! Our first of
four models in our third
village, Live Oak Landing
will be opening this week
end and we invite everyone
to come out and take a
tour.
This village features
larger homes and bigger
lots than our first village,
Fairway Ridge. We also
have two villa models open
in our second village, Quail
Run.
Stop by and take a tour
of the models.
you?”
my hus
ba n d
asks.
“Yes,
dear. I
was hid
ing the
cereal
again.
In the
cereal
cab i -
was an
extra on
the soap
opera,
“One Life
to Live.”
The film
ing took
place
in New
York City
on Aug.
11, and
the show