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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. ■ ■■ 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. ■ ■■ 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