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Another year has passed and theYorktown Chamber of Com-merce’s 54th AnnualWestern

Days Ziegenbock Ziegfest is here.The free, family-oriented event will

be held Friday, Saturday and Sundayat the Yorktown City Park.

The official opening of the cantinaand carnival will be Thursday at 5p.m.

The carnival will provide entertain-ment throughout the weekend. Pre-sale carnival tickets are available atYorktown bands, Shear Designs andtheYorktown Historical Museum dur-ing regular business hours.

Presale tickets are $18, they will be$22 at the carnival.

The popular water-walking ham-ster balls and rock wall climbing

events from last year are back. Therewill also the ever-favorite mechanicalbull riding.

This year, Yorktown will host theAmericanVeterans Traveling Tribute.The tribute is a 80 percent scalereplica of theVietnamWall with all ofthe names listed on the wall. The wallwill be located at theVVAmemorialsite fromThursday until Sunday. Formore information about the exhibit,visit www.AVTT.org.

The paintball shooting range willopen on Friday.

There will also be music for alltastes with each day featuring differ-ent artists.

On Friday, Joel Hernandez (5 p.m.),Two Tons of Steel (7:30 p.m.) andGranger Smith (10 p.m.) will perform.

Saturday’s performers will be BrianMilson (noon), CooperWade (1:30p.m.), the Bart Crow Band (5 p.m.),JasonMeadows (3 p.m.), Cody John-son (5 p.m.), Bleu Edmondson (7p.m.), Kyle Park (9 p.m.) and headlinerRoger Creager (11 p.m.).

Sunday’s musical entertainmentwill be DJVal (noon), the Trevor ColeBand (2 p.m.) and B.J. Thibideaux &Blackwater Blvd. (4 p.m.).

The children’s parade will be helddowntown on Friday, starting at 5:30p.m. The grand parade opens the Sat-urday festivities at 10:30 a.m. in down-town.

Yorktown Chief of Police Paul Cam-pos says that traffic will follow theusual street closures forWestern Days.Main Street will be shut down for two

hours as traffic will be detouredaround the area.

A Youth Road Race will be held onSunday, beginning at 3 p.m. startingfrom Finch Funeral Home on 212 E.Main Street. Entrants may registerprior to the race, but will needparental permission to enter.

TheYorktown Chamber of Com-merce reminds those attending thefestivities to be safe.

Absolutely no coolers or glass bot-tles will be allowed on the grounds.

Designated drivers and lawnchairsare encouraged.

From petting zoos and pony rides,water balls and rock walls, a quiltshow, magicians and cookoffs, there issure to be something for everyone atWestern Days-Ziegfest.

Something for everyone at WDZ

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Thursday, Oct. 18 5 p.m. - Vietnam Veterans Traveling Wall5 p.m. - Cantina and carnival opens

Friday, Oct. 19 9 a.m. - Vietnam Veterans Traveling Wall5 p.m. - Cantina and carnival open5 p.m. - Craft and food vendors open5 p.m. - Music - Joel Hernandez 5 p.m. - Paintball shooting range opens5 p.m. - Water balls and rock wall open5 p.m. - Bungee jumping opens5 p.m. - Mechanical bull riding opens5:30 p.m.- Children’s parade downtown7: 30 p.m. - Music - Two Tons of Steel10 p.m. - Music - Granger Smith

Saturday, Oct. 209 a.m. - Vietnam Veterans Traveling Wall10 a.m. - Craft and food vendors open10 a.m. - Cantina opens10 a.m. - Petting zoo/pony rides open10 a.m. - Paintball shooting range open10 a.m. - Water balls and rock wall open10 a.m. - Mechanical bull riding open10:15 a.m. - Motorcycle tour opens10:30 a.m. - Grand parade startsNoon - Gold mne opensNoon - Carnival opensNoon - Quilt show at fire stationNoon - Music - Brian MilsonNoon - Bungee jumping open12:30 p.m. - Mutton bustin’/pit scramble at

cowpoke canyon arena1 p.m. Brazos Bottom Cowographers

1:30 p.m. - Music - Copper Wade1:30 p.m. - Mutton bustin’ event @ arena1: 30 p.m. - Pig scramble event @ arena2:30 p.m. - Salsa contest - turn in3 p.m. - Brazos Bottom Cowographers3 p.m. - Music - Jason Meadows4:30 p.m. - Motorcycle tour winners an-

nounced @ pavillion5 p.m.- Brazos Bottom Cowographers5 p.m. - Music - Cody Johnson7 p.m. - Cook-Off awards @ Cowpoke

Canyon7 p.m. - Music - Bleu Edmondson9 p.m. - Music - Kyle Park11 p.m. - Music - Roger Creager

Sunday, Oct 21Noon - Carnival and cantina openNoon - Water balls and rock wall openNoon - Music - DJ VALNoon - Painting shooting range openNoon - Hermann Sons dancers12:30 p.m. - Brazos Bottom Cowographers1 p.m. - Lil’ Wrangler Rodeo @ Cowpoke

Canyon2 p.m. - Childrens’ Tractor Pull @ Cowpoke

Canyon2 p.m. - Music - Trevor Cole Band2:30 p.m. - Brazos Bottom Cowographers2:30 p.m. - Childrens’ Cook-Off starts3:15 p.m. - Children’s Cook-Off turn in4 p.m. - Music - B.J. Thibideaux & Blackwa-

ter Blvd.5:30 p.m. - Cook-Off awards @ main stage6 p.m. - 2012 YWDZ guitar auction6:30 p.m. - 2012 YWDZ giveaway drawing.

2012 Yorktown WesternDays-Ziegfest scheduleOld Farmall tractors traveled

down Main Street in lastyear’s Yorktown Western

Days-Ziegfest parade. Theparade begins at 10:30 a.m.

on Saturday, Oct. 20.

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Homemade salsa contestThe 2012Western Days-Ziegfest Home-

made Salsa Contest winner award is scheduledfor Saturday, Oct. 20.

Turn-in of contest entries is slated for 2p.m. with judging of each 16 ounce entry tobegin at that time.

Each entry must list the head cook and thename of the salsa.

Quilt show and contestThe 2012Western 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 atSeams Like Home, 441W. 5th St., any time be-fore Friday, Oct. 19.

The Quilt Show Contest judging will be heldon Saturday, Oct. 20, with prizes to be awardedon Sunday, Oct. 21.

People’s Choice Ribbons Awards will go tothe following new categories added this year -large (bed size) hand quilted; small (crib orlap) hand quilted; large (bed size) machinequilted; and, small (crib or lap) machinequilted.

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 441W. 5th, in Yorktown. (entry formand release must be filled out)

4. Quilts must be received before Friday,Oct. 19.

5. Quilts will be picked up starting Monday,Oct. 22, at Seams Like Home at 441W. 5thYorktown.

6. Contact Sarah Hahn for special arrange-ments at 361-564-9455 or 361-649-9394.

7. A for sale sign can be placed on quilts. (Ifthe quilt sells, 10% of sale price will be do-nated toWestern Days/Ziegfest.)

Kids tractor pullThe Kids Tractor Pull is scheduled for Sun-

day, Oct. 21, at 2 p.m. at Cowpoke Canyon, lo-cated on the 100 block of South Riedel inYorktown.

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 avail-able at the event site.

Approximately 50 children are expected toparticipate.

Chuck Wagon check listAnyone attending the 45th AnnualWestern

Days/Ziegfest celebration is asked to adhere tothe ChuckWagon 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, weaponsof any Kind (including pocket knives), animalsand video/audio recording equipment.

Several contests offered atWestern Days-Ziegfest

2012 will mark the 54th an-nualWestern Days-ZiegfestBarbecue sauce contest.All entries must be home-

made barbecue sauce and a 16ounce container will be pro-vided at turn-in site.Entry fees will be $10 per

entry and forms need to bemailed to theYorktownWest-ern Days Assocation office atPO Box 488, Yorktown Texas78164.

entry fee forsauce contest, $10

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This quilt, made by Lucille Klein of Yorktown, won the “wallhanging” category in the Western Days-Ziegfest quilt showcontest in 2011.

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David Meyer loves to eat. And he loves tocompete. So he’s found a way to do both allwhile helping to promote his company, HowcoMetals Management.

By day, David is vice president of westernhemisphere operations for the Houston-basedmetal management company.

But on certain weekends, and a few times ayear, he turns into leader of a cooking teamcalled Leave of Absence Cooking Team and en-ters the world of competitive barbecuing.

His weapon is a black metal pit, in whichhis team prepares ribs, brisket, chicken and fa-

jitas in a two day affair that leaves competitorsexhausted but satisfied.

He said he enjoys meeting the employeesand their families at the Yorktown WesternDays-Ziegfest celebration.

In the 2011 competition they won four tro-phies: second place chicken, fifth and seventhplace ribs and fifth place chili.

But Howco’s LOA cookers are not ready toquit their day jobs.

“This is just a way to have fun and promotethe company,” Meyer said.

Howco team, a mighty force at cook-off

Howco LOA cookers EdwinSchubrick and David Meyerstand in front of their grill at

last year’s Western Days-Ziegfest Cook-Off.

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All spaces for cook-off arefull, but anyone can helpjudge the following events:Saturday2 p.m. – Chicken and salsa4 p.m. – Ribs and sauce5 p.m. – FajitasSunday11 a.m. – ChiliNoon – Beans2 p.m. – Brisket3 p.m. – Childrens pork

chop

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Roger Creager is an adven-turist; he does not like to sitstill while the world passes by.

Whether it’s climbingMount Kilimanjaro in Africa,jumping off his boat tosnorkel with wild dolphins,snow skiing in the Rockies,catching tuna 100 miles fromshore, piloting his airplane tofar-off concerts, spear-fishingaround oil rigs, scuba diving

coral reefs, surfing in CostaRica, or playing musicthrough the Italian country-side, he tries to get the mostout of what the world has tooffer.

His passion for life invigor-ates everyone around him in-cluding his fan base.

Those who get hooked onhis charisma and high energycome back show after show,year after year, and recordafter record.

Creager’s newest recordmay be his best work yet.“Surrender”, released Jan2012, was produced by LloydMaines and marks a “back-to-basics” approach for Roger.

As always, Roger createsan interesting collection withsongs that are very differentfrom each other and will keepthe listener’s attention start tofinish.

Roger is very fortunate thathis music career allows himthis lifestyle.

But he gives it back by put-ting his life experiences andhis infectious high energy andzeal for adventure right backinto his songwriting and per-formances.

Creager may travel theworld, but he never strays farfrom his small-town SouthTexas roots and his music en-compasses all of him.

Creager’s world travels create music style

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Roger Creager Saturday11 p.m.

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Granger Smith has seventop ten singles, three tours inIraq and Kuwait to play for theAmerican Soldiers, and threeshows at theWhite House (in-cluding two performances forthe President himself),

Granger Smith is well onhis way to leaving a large foot-print on American music.

At 19, his work paid off bylanding him a deal with EMIMusic Publishing in Nashville.

Granger followed hisdream to what would be afive-year stay in Tennessee.

Granger signed a new pub-

lishing contract with Univer-sal South recording artist PhilVassar in 2004 and returnedhome to the Lonestar State inorder to ground himself as aTexas artist.

In 2006 he released "Livin'Like A Lonestar," which fea-tures "Colorblind," his firstsingle and first top 10 on theTexas Music Chart.

To develop his signaturesound, Granger records andproduces his albums in hisown home studio with hisown band.

“The freedom to take ourtime in the studio with myown band is priceless,” saidSmith.

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Elvis is in the paradeShown is a participant from the 2011WDZ Children’s Parade.The 2012WDZ Children’s Parade will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Fri-day, Oct. 19. at the Finch Funeral Home Parking lot.

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The 2012Western Days As-sociation board of directorsare shown from left, ChadBuesing, president;TraceyBlank; Connie Hall;Troy Al-varez, vice president; LoreneMigura, treasurer; and JoseAlcazar, reporter. Not shownis Kimber McCrory, secretary.

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Western DaysAssocationboard ofdirectors

TheYorktownWestern DaysAssociation, Inc. missionstatement is as follows:

TheYorktownWestern DaysAssociation, Inc. shall pro-mote and enhance the welfareof the community's youth andthe community as a wholethrough educational, literaryand organized activities.

Missionstatement

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Officially started in 1958, Western Dayshas its roots dating from the early tomid 1950’s with Leslie and Cecil

Mueller’s M&M Rodeo Company organizingcowboy parades to promote the rodeo per-formances on Smith Creek, just south of York-town. A showman and promoter, Leslie Mueller

gathered the rodeo cowboys to ride horsebackthrough downtown Yorktown. These proces-sions were said to have been quite a wild sight.Since there were not enough broke saddlehorses to go around, many of the cowboys pa-raded down Main on broncs right out of thebucking horse string.

In the Spring of 1958 Mueller, in cooperationwith the Yorktown Chamber of Commerce,planned a Western parade to involve the entirecommunity, as well as out-of-town organiza-tions. A two-day rodeo was planned as well.Mueller pledged a pair of handmade boots to

the parade’s best-dressed cowgirl, while theChamber promised boots to the best-dressedcowboy. Other prizes were pledged from com-munity businesses such as Daniel Dry Gods,Simecek's Firestone, J. E. Wolf Sr. and Cole Drygoods.The April 2, 1958 edition of The Yorktown

News reported that the parade was “conceived

Western Days-Ziegfest HasRoots in Smith Creek rodeo

By Andra Mueller Wisian

See Smith Creek, Page 13

A bareback bronc rider tries to hang on for eight secondswhile pick-up men, including Don Mueller, right, stay ready forthe rescue during an M&M rodeo at the Mueller Arena on SmithCreek in this photo taken in 1958.

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on the spur of the moment,with no timemake elaborateplans, appoint committees orwork out details….” Thenewspaper further reportedthat the success of the venturewas due “…to the sponta-neous and whole-hearted co-operation of local businessmen…”In spite of this last-minute

planning, on Saturday, March29 at 3 p.m.Yorktown wel-comed a crowd that jammedthe downtown sidewalks tosee the parade led by theVFWColor Guard. The “BroncBusters” (aka TheYorktownHigh School marching band)led byMary Gail Kerlick, fol-lowed close behind.The parade featured the fa-

mous Lone Star Brewing Com-pany Shetland Pony Hitch.This team of matched Shet-lands was outfitted with tengallon hats and six shootersand pulled aminiature cov-ered wagon.A parade highlight was

MonroeWoods’ mustang teampulling a frontier wagon carry-ing an ancient two-seaterChick Sale (outhouse), com-plete with corn cobs and aSears catalog.The parade also included

colorfully-garbedmountedgroups, several floats, newtractors, trucks and automo-biles, as well as the four-pieceDisintegrated Brotherhood ofNear Musicians.With a broom and shovel,

Sparky, the rodeo clown,brought up the rear and pro-claimed that Yorktown was nota one-horse town indeed!TheYorktown News also re-

ported that most of the west-ern parade watchers“…hightailed it out to LesMueller's Smith Creek

Arena…to take in the rodeo.”“We saw cars bumper to

bumper all the way over thehill and as they wended theirway into the groundsmoreandmore kept coming.”“The show got underway

about nine o’clock, and athriller it was…withmean,ornery broncs and bulls, andfast elusive calves, there wereplenty of spills, thrills andchills…as good a show aswe’ve seen anywhere.”After the success of the first

parade and rodeo, theYork-town Chamber of Commercecontinued the celebration an-nually. In 1962 the Chambersponsored the firstWesternDays royal court with Jo AnnBoone crowned as queen.For nearly two decades,

M&MRodeo Company pro-duced a rodeo in conjunctionwith theWestern Days cele-bration.In 1962Mueller constructed

a new arena on his ranchnorth of Yorktown on Highway

240 in the small communityonce known as Little St. Louisand the rodeos were movedfrom the Smith Creek arena.In July 1963Mueller died

after a horseback riding acci-dent during a rodeo in Cuero.However, theWestern Daysrodeos continued withMueller’s widow, Cecil OliviaGilliamMueller and son Don,managingM&MRodeo Com-pany. The last rodeo they pro-duced inYorktown was in1975.Today,Western Days contin-

ues to draw parade partici-pants from surroundingcounties, as well as visitorsfrom across the country. Thethousands who come toYork-town each year enjoy not onlythe Grand Parade, but livemusic and entertainment,chili cook-offs, various con-tests, shopping and the gen-uine fellowship of thetownspeople – the spirit out ofwhich the celebration wasborn 54 years ago.

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Yorktown’s 54th AnnualWestern Days Festival GrandParade rolls out at 10:30 a.m.on Saturday, Oct. 20. All parade participants are

asked to start checking in at7:30 a.m. and are to be readyfor judging promptly at 9 a.m.All entries must be in place,set-up and ready to go withriders in position to bejudged. If time permits, awards will

be presented before the pa-rade. The Western Days-Ziegfest

Grand Parade will beginpromptly at 10:30 a.m., rain orshine.All parade entries are

asked to enter the staging areafrom Gohmert Street. Main

Street (Highway 72) will beopen from both directionsuntil 8:30 a.m. The Citizen’sBank is on the corner ofGohmert and Main Street.Entries are asked to proceednorth on Gohmert Street tothe check-in point in front ofSt. Paul Lutheran Church.Contact Lorene Migura at

361-550-8342 or lmigura-jja@hotmail.com or KimberMcCrory at 361-205-4605 orgrannykim@hotmail.comwith any questions. Knowing the great effort it

takes Western Days guests tocome and attend, the York-town Western Days Associa-tion, Inc. Board of Directorstruly appreciates all participa-tion.

Rain or shine, Grand Paradeslated for Saturday

The theme for the 32nd An-nual Yorktown WesternDays/Ziegfest Children’s Pa-rade is “Saluting My Hero.”The Children’s Parade for

ages 3 through 12 years of ageis slated for Friday, Oct. 19,starting at 5:30 p.m. downMain Street through down-town.The parade will start at

Finch Funeral Home parkinglot and finishes at the Fire Sta-tion. Entrants are asked to be at

the funeral home parking lotfor judging which will beginpromptly at 4:45 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for

Most Creative and Most Comi-cal in the Float Division andWalking Division.

“Saluating myHero,” theme

for Children’sParade

YHS cheerleaders perform atthe 2011 Grand Parade.

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Looking back in time, theYorktownWestern Days-Ziegfest found its roots

over 90 years ago.According to newspaper

publisher John Janacek’s “TheBest of theView,” YorktownHarvest Feasts were cele-brated prior to the 1920s.In 1922, it becameYork-

town’s LittleWorld’s Fair. Atthat time, the Yorktown FairAssociation, organized in1920, decided the LittleWorld’s Fair would be a goodway to promote Yorktown’sbusinesses, industries, prod-ucts, public facilities, and sur-rounds.According to the “DeWitt

County History” book, “Cara-vans of interested citizens ad-vertised the fairs inneighboring and far-awaycities. Once the high schoolband got to broadcast fromSan Antonio’s radio stationWOAI for publicity.”The main events of the fairs

included a parade, rodeo,dances, a carnival, and ex-hibits in long exhibit halls oflivestock, agricultural prod-ucts, arts and crafts, pantrygoods and some commercialproducts.

The last fair was held in1948.Ten years later in 1958, the

annualWestern Days celebra-tions were started. These in-cluded choosing a queen andher court, a parade, a carnival,street dancing, music, food,arts and crafts, booths, auc-tions, and contests. They wereconnected to Leslie and Cecil

Mueller’s M&M Rodeo Com-pany’s rodeo on Smith Creek,just south of Yorktown.A major endorsement of the

festival was announced in2009 when ZiegenBock tied it-self to Ziegfest.FromHarvest Feasts to

Western Days-Ziegfest, York-town has welcomed its visi-tors for over 90 years.

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“THANK YOU” TO OUR SPONSORS!

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“THANK YOU”SPONSORS!

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Easley Tire Service

Edward Jones -Tyler McClellan

Edward Roeder Ranch

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Franke Farm Services

GBRA

Ilene Gohmert, CPA

Jim Jordan InsuranceAgency

John Hurst

John Pokluda

KN Drive-In

Kerry & Pam Remmers

Kreage’s Drug Store

Richard HeardAppliance Service

Judge Bill Robinson

Sarah Hahn

Savage Enterprises

Schwabs Gun Shop

Shear Designs

Skinny’s Fireworks

Triple C Production

Trust Texas Bank

Victoria Farm Equipment

Wade Bolting Family

Weber Motor Company

Weischwill Realty &Insurance

Yorktown Lions Club

Yorktown Nursing &Rehabilitation Center

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Coronation anniversary exhibitat Yorktown historical Museum

The Yorktown Historical Soci-ety invites everyone to visitthe Yorktown Historical Mu-seum during Western Days-

Ziegfest. The museum will beopen Friday, Oct. 19 from 1 to4 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 20

and Sunday, Oct. 21 from 1 to5 p.m. The Historical Society

will celebrate the 50th an-niversary of the WesternDay’s Queen Coronation“Under Western Skies.”

Above, fifty-two young ladiesfrom Yorktown paraded be-

fore three out-of-town judgesand an overflow audience of

more than 600 people in acontest that resulted in theselection of seven finalistsnamed as the Western DaysRoyalty for 1962. Right, JoAnn Boone is crowned as

Queen Kroy.

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