Partners of the Prairie keep the West alive
Garden City cowboys Leonard Hitz Keith Downer Don Eves Allen Bailey and Randy Fisher form Partners of the Prairie a troupe of cowboy poets and balladeers who travel the Midwest to keep the western tradition alive. Hitz and Downer founded the group about 20 years ago and Eves performs with them since Sublette fair. Bailey hosts High Plains Radio shows on Saturdays while Downer once headed Brookover Feedyards.
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Allen Bailey
Randy Fisher
the Prairie
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S.Y.U. — Stockyard University
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the Promised Land
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Meaning of friendship shifts with the rise of social networks
Patrick Murphy of Columbus Neb reflects on how friendships evolve with technology noting how Facebook enables thousands of vague connections while real ties suffer. He recalls early innocence of making friends in person and warns that the Internet should not replace genuine interaction.
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