Tribute to L. J. Mueller

L. J. Mueller and his fellow workers deserve a lot of credit for reviving the Scurry County Rodeo.

Only a few years ago the rodeo was dead on its feet and looked as if it might be a thing of the past.

L. J. got to work. Called people. Requested chamber money. Tightened the ship and now the rodeo has money in the bank.

Not only that, this year with the added money, a lot of contestants entered the events.
This is good for Snyder.

It brings people to town. Adds to the economy.

It just shows what a determined leader with a great group of helpers can accomplish.

It's an example for the rest of us.

One aside.

I was watching the barrel racing and admiring all the beautiful spirited horses spinning round the barrels and thundering down the stretch.

I leaned over the railing and said to one of the judges in the arena, "I’ve heard some of those horses cost $15,000 or $20,000."

He mumbled something like seventy five hundred.

"Oh, well, $7500 is still a lot of money," I said.

"No," he replied with a disgusted look on his face at my ignorance, "seventy five or a hundred thousand."

I was pretty much speechless as he turned and walked away.