By Phillip Kitts

With most of America fighting off the winter blues and setting their sights on the warmth of spring, the rodeo world is already heating up. It is often common chatter about how the rodeo world really does not have an off season. In October when the regular season wraps up, it is not even a week before rodeo athletes start running to fall rodeos so they can start building up money toward the next year’s finals. It is true that fall rodeos do not have big payouts, but many athletes take the every dollar counts approach and throw several of them on the calendar.

November and December may be the slowest months of the rodeo year, but believe it or not, there are still plenty of places rodeo athletes can go and earn a small check. Traditionally the number of rodeos in the winter months is lower, but the few events that do happen tend to have big payouts. Pretty much every rodeo fan knows all about places like Denver, Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Rapid City. These are all big scale events with huge payouts.

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By Lindsey Monk

Calving season is in full swing, which means branding is next!

I’ve recently discovered a very special place here in North Texas that combines good food, good people and on occasion, good music. Lovejoy’s On Main in Whitesboro is an elegant boutique, café and old time soda fountain all rolled into to one convenient location.

Not only is there great shopping, but when you walk in you can’t miss the wonderful aroma of real home cooking. The kind your momma used to make. Best of all, the homemade desserts are simply out of this world.

To read more, pick up a copy of the March issue of NTFR Magazine. To subscribe call 940-872-5922.