Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Cowboy sings the blues Music of the modern, mountain West celebrates traditions. The Trailing of the Sheep Festival will focus on the West's contemporary landscape with its presentation "The Songs and Stories of Sheepherding," featuring up-and-coming singer and songwriter Brenn Hill. Hill will be joined by other contemporary storytellers, Linda and Carolyn Dufurrena and Francisco Colqui, on Saturday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. at the nexStage Theatre in Ketchum. Hill is not just a Western singer—he is also an inspired poet. His beliefs and ideology complement the festival's mission of "gather, present and preserve the history and cultures of sheep ranching in Idaho and the West."....
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