DEAR ROPERS,

WELL JANUARY IS THE MONTH THAT BUDDY AND I TAKE TIME TO GET GEARED UP FOR THE YEARS ROPINGS. AND GEARED UP WE ARE. LOOKS LIKE WE WILL HAVE ABOUT 14 TO 15 ROPINGS IN 2002. WE ARE TRYING TO SPREAD OUR BOUNDARIES AND STRETCH SOME EAST. WE HAVE ADDED SEVERAL ROPINGS TO OUR CALENDAR THIS YEAR IN MISSISSIPPI , LOUISIANA, ARKANSAS AND LOOKING AT TENNESSEE. SO YOU EASTERN GUYS GET READY TO ROPE WITH THE AATRC! WE WILL HAVE A TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR YOU AT OUR UP COMING ROPINGS. BUT BE SURE TO ALWAYS CHECK THE SUPER LOOPER AND ROPERS NEWS TO VERIFY OUR ROPING DATES.

WE ARE ADDING 10 EXISS BUMPER PULL TRAILERS TO OUR PRIZE PACKAGE THIS YEAR. EXISS MAKES A VERY NICE TRAILER AND THEIR COMPANY IS GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS SO THAT ALL WAYS TELLS YOU SOMETHING! WE ASK THAT IF YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR A NEW TRAILER GIVE EXISS A SHOOT. I BET NO ONE CAN BEAT THEIR PRICE. SAME GOES FOR BILLINGSLEY FORD IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A NEW TRUCK. TELL DONNIE GILHAM AT ARDMORE OK YOU HEARD ABOUT THEM FROM THE AATRC AND LOOK OUT FOR THE BEST DEAL POSSIBLE! WE ASK YOU TO SUPPORT OUR OTHER SPONSORS FOR 2002 AND THAT INCLUDES HEEL-O-MATIC, CACTUS ROPES, FASTBACK ROPES, DIAMOND CUT JEANS, AND JAKESTEER.

ARE YOU READY TO GO TO TUNICA, MISSISSIPPI? MARCH 2ND AND 3RD WE WILL BE THERE. SO MAKE PLANS NOW TO ATTEND. OUR HOST HOTEL IS SAM'S TOWN AND WHAT A HOTEL IT IS! CALL BEFORE FEBRUARY 15TH AND YOU WILL GET A GREAT RATE OF $69. THERE WILL BE A RATE INCREASE AFTER THAT DATE SO GET READY EARLY. WE HAVE A SPECIAL INCENTIVE AT THIS ROPING. THE HIGH POINT LADY NOT PLACING IN THE AVERAGE WILL RECEIVE A BEAUTIFUL HY-O-SILVER BUCKLE. GET PRACTICED UP LADIES!

IN CLOSING I WAS READING THE NEWS ON MY INTERNET AND ONE OF THE TOP HEADINGS WAS VIOLENCE IS ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH AMONG CHILDREN. THEN THE NEXT STORY WAS A YOUNG BOY WITNESSED HIS FATHER SHOOT HIS MOTHER THEN THE FATHER SHOT HIMSELF. WOW AND WE WONDER HOW WE GOT TO THE POINT WE ARE AT IN AMERICA? MOTHER TERESA SAID, "EVERYBODY TODAY SEEMS TO BE IN SUCH A TERRIBLE RUSH; ANXIOUS FOR GREATER DEVELOPMENTS AND GREATER WISHES AND SO ON; SO THAT CHILDREN HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME FOR THEIR PARENTS; PARENTS HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME FOR EACH OTHER AND IN THE HOME BEGINS THE DISRUPTION OF THE PEACE OF THE WORLD." HOW TRUE THAT STATEMENT IS. IT ALL STARTS IN THE HOME. BEFORE MY 4 YEAR OLD STARTED SCHOOL WE CONTEMPLATED WHERE HIS EDUCATION WOULD BE. HE WAS ABOUT 6 MONTH OLD AT THE TIME! WELL MAY BE NOT THAT YOUNG BUT AS YOU, WE STARTED THINKING OF IT EARLY. WE EACH HAD DREAMS OF OUR LITTLE ONE BEING THE BASKETBALL AND ALL AROUND STAR. THEN I FELT GOD TELL ME A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. WELL , WHAT IF THEY DON'T HAVE A BASKETBALL TEAM? YES, BUT WHAT IF THEY DON'T INSTILL PRAYER AND CHRISTIAN MORALS IN MY THAT SON WE TRY TO DO AT HOME. I AM NOT SAYING THAT EVERYONE SHOULD PUT THEIR KIDS IN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. I KNOW IT MAY NOT BE AND OPTION FOR YOU. I AM JUST TELLING YOU MY STORY OF HOW GOD OPENED MY EYES TO THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT WE TEACH OUR KIDS. IT IS OK TO BE THE BASKETBALL & ALL-ROUND STAR. JUST DON'T FORGET TO INSTILL IN YOUR KIDS WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT. DON'T GET SO BUSY THAT QUALITY TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY IS SCARCE. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS INSISTS ON TAKING THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OUT OF THE SCHOOL. HOW BACKWARDS ARE WE. THOU SHALT NOT KILL, THOU SHALT NOT STEAL, ..ETC. SHALL I SAY ANYMORE? GALATIANS 5:22-23 SAYS, "BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS AND SELF CONTROL." LET THIS BE WHAT WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN NOT ONLY IN WORD BUT ACTIONS!

MAY GOD BLESS YOU,
KELLY NORMAN
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