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Spade High School Last Graduation Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 571 seconds Spade High School is closing its doors for good. Walking with the last graduating class is a man who left Spade High School over 50 years ago - Sherman Jones. From Texas Country Reporter with Bob Phillips. Related: bob, country, graduation, high, jones, korean, phillips, reporter, school, sherman, spade, texas, veteran, war |
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The Amazing Skidboot Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 516 seconds The Amazing Skidboot is the smartest dog you'll ever see. He gained worldwide fame with his tricks, but had to give up performing once he started going blind. Related: animal, country, david, dog, hartwig, puppy, reporter, skidboot, texas, tricks |
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Recycled Houses Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 430 seconds Meet a man on a mission determined to make cheap, affordable housing for the common man in an Earth-friendly way. Dan Phillips, Huntsville, TX. www.phoenixcommotion .com. (#1017, 2/24/07) Related: affordable, build, cheap, construction, country, green, home, house, housing, low-income, prime, recycle, reporter, sub, texas |
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DeLorean Motor Co. Tour Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 408 seconds Go on a tour of the DeLorean Motor Company's new production facility in Humble, TX. You, too, can get a brand new DeLorean just like Marty & Doc in Back to The Future, minus the time travel. (#1069, 2/23/08) Related: auto, back, bob, car, country, delorean, doc, future, gull, john, marty, motor, phillips, plant, repair, reporter, steel, texas, wing |
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Dirty Car Art Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 355 seconds Meet Scott Wade - He turns muddy, grimy, dirty cars into masterful works of art that will wash away in the next rainstorm. (#1003, 11/18/06) Related: art, bob, car, country, dirty, draw, dust, grime, mud, paint, phillips, reporter, scott, texas, wade |
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Oakwood Bank Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 491 seconds The smallest bank in America runs the old fashioned way. Balances are kept on index cards, transactions calculated by hand, and tellers know every customer's name. (#1055, 11/17/07) Related: accounting, bank, bob, cash, country, finance, historic, ledger, oakwood, old, phillips, reporter, safe, texas, typewriter |
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Worm Farm Fertilizer Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 272 seconds Come on down to Rabbit Hill Farms, where "The King of Poop" turns worm droppings into nutrient-rich garden soil. Related: bob, country, farms, fertilizer, garden, grow, hill, nature, phillips, plant, poop, potting, rabbit, reporter, soil, texas, worm |
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Blind Painter Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 331 seconds University of North Texas (UNT) student John Bramblitt paints beautiful works of art in vivid colors, despite the fact that he's been blind for years. www.bramblitt.net (#976, 3/13/06) Related: art, blind, bramblitt, college, country, john, paint, painting, reporter, student, texas, unt |
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Junk Gypsies Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 453 seconds Go on a backroads junk-gathering extravagana with the Junk Gypsies, who can turn any pile of clutter into five-star fashion. They've even designed clothing & a tour bus for country singer Miranda Lambert. (#1068, 2/16/08) Related: clothes, country, decor, design, fashion, gypsies, gypsy, gypsyville, junk, lambert, miranda, reporter, southern, style, texas |
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Aermotor Windmills Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 344 seconds Meet a man with a passion for the spinning windmills of West Texas. Kees Verhuel and the Aermotor Windmill Co. www.aermotorwindmill .com Related: aermotor, antique, bob, country, mill, phillips, reporter, texas, west, wind, windmill |
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Bottle Cap Family Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 349 seconds Sam Raper and his family scour Dimmitt, TX for old bottle caps. They make models out of the discarded "Coke lids." (#213, 11/30/91) Related: bob, bottle, cap, collection, country, dimmitt, family, model, phillips, raper, recycle, reporter, sam, sculpture, texas |
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Funeral Museum Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 204 seconds "Any day above ground is a good one" at the National Museum of Funeral History. (#907, 1/15/05) Related: bob, casket, coffin, country, dead, death, die, funeral, museum, phillips, reporter, texas |
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Guitar Maker Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 421 seconds At age 86 Everett makes rare four string tenor guitars by hand. Bob Phillips has the story in New Braunfels, TX. Related: bob, country, craftsmen, guitar, instrument, maker, music, phillips, reporter, string, tenor, texas, woodworking |
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Santa Painter Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 401 seconds Meet Santa Claus through the imagination of one inspired Kris Kringle look-a-like. Bill Keen, www.billykeenart.com (#851, 12/20/03) Related: art, artisit, bill, bob, christmas, claus, country, keen, kringle, kris, paint, painter, phillips, portrait, reporter, santa, texas, xmas |
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Finley Pots Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 230 seconds See what happens when a potter throws new light into an ancient art form. Bill and Maggie Finley of Finley Pottery make luminaries - pots full of holes to display light patterns. Related: art, bob, candle, clay, country, craft, light, luminarie, phillips, pot, potter, pottery, reporter, sculpt, spinning, texas, throwing |
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The Pie Man Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 210 seconds Round Top, TX is the last place you'd expect to find a gourmet cafe, so that's exactly where Bud Royer opened his roadside stop. Now folks from all over come to see "The Pie Man." Related: austin, bob, bud, cafe, cooking, country, diner, food, gourmet, houston, phillips, pie, reporter, round, royer, texas, top, travel |
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Homemade Science Museum Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 349 seconds Inside Robert Little's backyard workshop, you'll find the wonder-world of science on display. Seriously. (#900, 11/27/04) Related: backyard, bob, country, education, electricity, experiment, home, phillips, reporter, science, simple, texas, workshop |
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Waring Thimble Club Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 411 seconds Every month for more than 60 years, the women of Waring have met to make quilts, pillows, & toys for the needy. (Show #818, 5/3/2003) Related: blankets, bob, charity, country, donate, giving, needy, phillips, pillows, quilt, reporter, sew, texas, thimble, toys, waring |
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Holy Smoke BBQ Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 303 seconds You'll find some of the best BBQ in Texas at a little stand run by Annie Ward and members of the New Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Huntsville, TX (#650, 2/12/00) Related: baptist, barbecue, bbq, bob, brisket, cafe, church, country, food, phillips, reporter, restaurant, ribs, texas |
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Chicken Fried Bacon Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 244 seconds Healthy it ain't! Chicken Fried Bacon is the newest fad in fatty foods, courtesy of Frank Sodolak at Sodolak's Original Country Inn in Snook, TX. Texas Country Reporter Bob Phillips stops by for a taste. Related: bacon, chicken, country, eat, fat, food, fried, reporter, southern, texas |
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Antique Auto Supply Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 381 seconds Find parts for your old car at a gigantic, Texas warehouse. No computers here, just the photographic memory of one classic car lover. Antique Auto Supply, Arlington, TX. (817) 275-2381 (#986, 7/22/06) Related: antique, auto, bob, car, chevy, chrysler, classic, collect, country, dealer, ford, parts, phillips, repair, reporter, restore, texas |
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Toaster Collector Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 176 seconds Why would anyone want to collect toasters? Visit Chuck Eissler, a man who says he has the largest toaster collection in Texas, and find out why. (#1045, 9/8/2007) Related: antique, bob, bread, collect, collection, country, heirloom, phillips, reporter, texas, toast, toaster, weird |
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Garlic Man Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 388 seconds Farmer & gardener Bob Anderson grows a little crop with a big flavor. His "Gourmet Garlic Gardens" boast more varieties than you've ever heard of. Related: bangs, bob, country, farmer, gardening, garlic, phillips, reporter, texas |
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Auction Man Posted by: texascountryreporter
Video duration: 394 seconds At the age of 73 Ike Elcher went and got his auctioneer license. TCR #818, 5/3/2003 Related: auction, auctioneer, bob, country, elcher, ike, midland, odessa, phillips, reporter, texas, west |
