DEAR FRIENDS,

THE AMERICAN AMATEUR TEAM ROPING CHAMPIONSHIPS IS BECOMING A HOUSE HOLD NAME FOR #1 & #2 ROPERS. MORE AND MORE OF YOU GUYS ARE FINDING OUT THE FUN TO BE HAD AT THE AATRC ROPINGS! A ROPING NEVER GOES BY THAT A FIRST TIME NEW MEMBER DOESN?T COME UP TO ME AND TELL ME HOW MUCH FUN THEY HAD. OR SOMEONE WILL SAY ?YOU HAVE THE NICEST PEOPLE AT THESE ROPINGS!? AND THAT IS TRUE, OUR MEMBERS SEEM TO HAVE FUN AND KEEP A POSITIVE ATTITUDE! I GUESS WE ALL KNOW THE REASON WE TEAM ROPE AND THAT IS NOT TO MAKE A LIVING OR QUALIFY FOR THE NFR THIS YEAR?. IT IS TO HAVE FUN! HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED HOW MUCH MORE FUN A #4 ROPING IS THAT A #9? WELL TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, IT IS A LOT MORE LAID BACK! AND WE HAVE LOTS MORE FUN ROPINGS TO GO THIS YEAR. JUNE 1ST AND 2ND WE WILL BE IN DERIDDER LA. THIS IS OUR FIRST TRIP TO DERIDDER SO WE REALLY DO HOPE FOR A GOOD SHOW OF ROPERS! YOU TEXAS GUYS NEED TO LOOK ON THE MAP BECAUSE DERIDDER IS JUST A HOP, SKIP AND A JUMP FROM THE LONESTAR STATE! THEN GET READY FOR MAYBE OUR BIGGEST ROPING YET, FORT SMITH ARK. WE HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR FORT SMITH ARKANSAS. THIS IS LOCATED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR MEMBERS. BE SURE AND CHECK OUT THE ADD FOR FORT SMITH WE ARE ADDING A FEW MORE PRIZES AND HOPE TO ADD LOTS AND LOTS OF GOOD GREEN CASH! IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO OUR ROPINGS WE LOVE TO ADD MONEY BACK TO THE ADVERTISED GUARANTEED PRIZES PACKAGE. AND WE HOPE TO DO THAT THE REST OF THIS YEAR! WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO HELP YOU GUYS OUT WITH THE PRE-ENTERING. AFTER OUR PRE-ENTRY FILLS UP WE WILL START TAKING PRE-ENTREES TO ROPE AFTER 2PM ON SATURDAY. HOPING TO GATHER YOUR RUNS BETTER FOR YOU!
WELL ARDMORE OKLAHOMA IS THE LATEST ROPING ON OUR MINDS. APRIL 6TH AND 7TH WAS THE AATRC BILLINGSLEY FORD CLASSIC. WITH BETWEEN 1000 AND 1100 TEAMS THE ROPING RAN QUIT SMOOTH! ALTHOUGH WE THOUGHT NOAH MIGHT SHOW UP WITH HIS BOAT IF THE RAIN DIDN?T QUIT! JUST A JOKE.. BUT THE RAIN DID QUIT ABOUT 10:00AM TO 11:00AM SUNDAY MORNING. THAT WOULD BE THE HOURS WE HAD CHURCH! AND AS SOON AS THE DISMISSAL PRAYER WAS SAID I HEARD THE STORM START BACK UP. DON?T THINK IT A COINCIDENCE!
THE HIGH POINT EXISS TRAILER WINNER WAS EUGENE HOPPER. EUGENE AND NATHAN BISHOP PLACED 1ST IN THE AVERAGE (FROM 9TH CALL BACK POSITION) AND ALSO WON FAST TIME OF THE MONEY ROUND WHICH GAVE THEM 21 PTS A PIECE. THIS TURNED US TO OUR FIRST ROPE OFF THIS YEAR FOR THE TRAILER. EUGENE PICKED FRED JONES TO HEEL FOR HIM AND NATHAN PICKED DAMEON WHITE TO HEAD. TO MAKE ALONG STORY SHORT EUGENE WON THE TRAILER WITH THE HELP OF FRED AND MR HOPPERS CHEERING CROWD. YOU SEE MR. HOPPER DID NOT OWN A TRAILER, AND BORROWED A HORSE AND ROPE. HE WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT ?GOD MUST OF KNOW WHO NEED THAT TRAILER!? NOW NOT ONLY DID HE WIN A TRAILER BUT SPLIT $3200, A SADDLE AND A FAST TIME BUCKLE. A TOTAL OF OVER 10,00O IN CASH AND PRIZES! CONGRATULATIONS EUGENE!
FIRST PLACE WAS STRONG WITH A 25.96 AND LAST PLACE WAS A 32.51. I LIKE IT WHEN EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO WIN SOMETHING WITH 3 10 SECOND RUNS! THE LONG PEN MADE IT ABLE FOR THE BARRIER TO BE STRETCH OUT A BIT, AND I CONTRIBUTE THAT TO THE FAST TIMES THROUGH THE ROTATIONS BEING 8 & 9 SECOND RUNS. WE DID NOT AS MANY 7 SECOND RUNS THROUGHOUT THE ROPING AS WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST. AS A HEADER I LIKE TO NOD AND RIDE, BUT I ALSO LIKE TO BE ABLE TO FEEL LIKE I CAN ROPE A 11, 10 OR 9 SECOND STEER AND STILL BE ABLE TO WIN SOMETHING.

SECOND PLACE WENT TO TIM KILPATRIC AND JUSTIN REED WITH A 26.13 ON 3. THESE GUYS CAME FROM THE 4TH CALL BACK POSITION AND ROPED A 9.16 TO TAKE SECOND. THESE GUYS ROPE REALLY WELL AND HAVE HAD THIS WIN COMING! 10 OUT OF THE TOP 16 MISSED AND 3 OF THE SIX THAT CAUGHT LEGGED! ALSO A TEAM THAT WAS THE 58TH CALL BACK PLACED IN THE TOP 10! SO DON?T LET YOUR CALL BACK POSITION SWAY YOU FROM THINKING YOU CANT WIN. THE TOP 5% NUMBER WAS 54. SO IF YOU WERE A 45 SOMETHING OR LESS YOU MADE IT TO THE FINALS WHERE THE PAYOFF WILL BE 100% IN CASH AND PRIZES. IF YOU HAVE INTERNET ACCESS THEN YOU MAY GO TO www.rodeoattitude.com AND CLICK ON AATRC TO LOOK AT ALL THE INFORMATION YOU WANT TO KNOW FROM TOP 5% TO THE 2002 SCHEDULE. ALSO WE HAVE THE TOP 5% AT EACH ROPING SO GO THE AATRC BOOTH AND THE LADY THERE WILL LET YOU LOOK AT THE TOP 5% BOOK.
ONCE AGAIN WE COME TO A CLOSE AND AS I LEAVE YOU LET ME LEAVE YOU WITH SOME THING TO THINK ABOUT OR SHALL I SAY SPEAK ABOUT! IN JAMES CHAPTER 3:8-12 SAYS... ?BUT NO MAN CAN TAME THE TONGUE. IT IS A RESTLESS EVIL, FULL OF DEADLY POISON. WITH THE TONGUE WE PRAISE OUR LORD AND FATHER, AND WITH IT WE CURSE MEN, WHO HAVE BEEN MADE IN GOD?S LIKENESS. OUT OF THE SAME MOUTH COME PRAISE AND CURSING. MY BROTHERS, THIS SHOULD NOT BE. CAN BOTH FRESH WATER AND SALT WATER FLOW FROM THE SAME SPRING? MY BROTHERS, CAN A FIG TREE BEAR OLIVES, OR A GRAPEVINE BEAR FIGS? NEITHER CAN A SALT SPRING PRODUCE FRESH WATER.? OUR TONGUE IS A POWERFUL TOOL. WE CAN USE IT MAKE PEACE AND PROSPER OURSELVES OR CAUSE TURMOIL AND KEEP OURSELVES DOWN IN DARKNESS. ONE THING I HAVE NOTICED IS NEGATIVE CHRISTIANS. WE WANT TO SAY WE ARE CHRISTIANS THEN COMPLAIN AND TALK ABOUT ONE ANOTHER INSTEAD OF LIFTING EACH OTHER UP IN THE LORD, WE SEEM TO GRIP BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT MONEY AND CANNOT PAY OUR BILLS BUT YET WE DON?T THANK GOD FOR WHAT WE DO HAVE AND TITHE TO THE CHURCH OFF OF IT. (THE BIBLE SAYS HE WILL SUPPLY YOUR NEEDS IF YOU ARE OBEDIENT TO HIM AND BEING OBEDIENT TO HIM WITH YOUR MONEY IS GIVING AT LEAST 10% TO THE CHURCH) WE SAY ?I CANT CONTOL MY ANGER? THEN WONDER WHY WE CANT. DON?T YOU KNOW THE DEVIL LOVES TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT THEN ATTACK YOUR WEAK POINTS SUCH AS THIS. IN MATT.12:34 IT SAYS ?FOR OUT OF THE FULLNES OF THE HEART THE MOUTH SPEAKS. SO THIS MEANS IT STARTS IN OUR HEART (MIND) THEN COMES OUT OUR MOUTHS. PROVERBS 21.23 SAYS ..HE WHO GUARDS HIS MOUTH AND HIS TONGUE KEEPS HIMSELF FROM TROUBLES. 18:21 SAYS.. THE TONGUE HAS THE POWER OF LIFE AND DEATH. SO LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU TO WATCH WHAT YOU SAY AND THINK. LET US START WITH OUR THOUGHTS AND THEN WORK INTO OUR WORDS. LET OUR WORDS BE WORDS OF PROSPERITY AND PEACE. BUT ONLY WITH GODS DAILY HELP CAN WE LIVE TALK AND THING VICTORIOUSLY!