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I want to give many thanks to the Canadian Church of Christ for designating volunteers to help clean and condition our saddles on display. Larry Dyess’ merry band of volunteers did an outstanding job and was very pleasant to visit with. The museum’s saddles represent local works of art (Reid Errington, saddle maker) and rodeo achievements (Clinton Hill with bronc and bareback riding). Our oldest saddles date back to the early 1900s from Wiley Wright and Laura Todd Nix (side saddle). Now, I am not a country girl, so I never learned proper saddle care; nor was saddle care taught in my museum studies courses. So, having real cowboys help with the saddles is much appreciated.

MUSEUM HAPPENINGS Another week and the coronavirus is still active. We hope everyone is safe.

Panhandle PBS seeks to highlight the gaps in our society that have been amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as what those challenges mean in our region, through a new podcast series with Senior Content Producer Karen Welch called The Number.