Author: Shelley Goldbeck

Shelley Goldbeck is a Thinker, Writer, Speaker and Serial Entrepreneur with broad interests. She reads two books each week, writes books, and gives speeches about anything that matters to her. Shelley works as a Funeral Celebrant and as a coach for professionals with English as a Second Language. www.AccentReductionCompany.com She is the founder of www.WholeRealFood.com, a site dedicated to food education. Her blog is www.OneWomansOpinion.com. She is the author of children's book, Verne the Worm.
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Happy New Year from Medicine Hat Cowboy Poetry Foundation

We at the Medicine Hat Cowboy Poetry Foundation hope you had a wonderful holiday season, staying warm with friends and family. We have been busy over the holidays, planning for 2021. Here is our latest news.

  1. See Story #8 in Harry Forbes Remembers series, Balky Horse Stories here
  2. See Story #4 in our I-Alice Series, Gutsy Chicken Pluckers here
  3. See the latest videos in our Country Stories Video series here
  4. If you missed our December newsletter you can see it here
  5. Our annual general meeting is January 20, 2022 via Zoom. Contact our president, Jen Zollner for more information here
  6. Learn how to support MHCP by joining our Foundation here
  7. In December we applied for a grant from the New Horizons Seniors Program for our proposed project Poems and Paws, about veterans and their service dogs. We will know in spring whether or not we were successful.
  8. The board adopted a new signature picture, (courtesy of Cheryl Dust of Duster Video) which we will gradually work into all our media.

Thank you for signing up to receive our blog posts.

We wish our members and friends all the best in 2022. Hopefully our paths will cross again soon.

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Merry Christmas 2021

Merry Christmas from Medicine Hat Cowboy Poetry Foundation

Wishing you all the joys this season brings: family, friends, feasts, fun.

For unusual, informative, local viewing we suggest you view our website at MHCowboyLife.com. You will find:

  1. New videos in the Country Stories Series. See recently posted interviews with Jim Wilson, Frances Sanderson, and Henry Cavan’s great-grandsons. See also Vi Riegers’ Christmas memory, Amy Brusky’s To Ginger with Love, Meet Harry Forbes and The Lone Wolf of Bindloss with Harold Fieldberg. Learn about local historical events. Beats reruns of old Christmas movies!
  2. Read Runaway Horses: #7 in the Harry Forbes series. https://mhcowboylife.com/harry-forbes-remembers/
  3. Read Tale of a Special Brother, # 3 in the I-Alice series by Alice Kanewischer https://mhcowboylife.com/cowboy-stories/i-alice/
  4. Everything you wanted to know about the history of Redcliff in one convenient place: https://mhcowboylife.com/cowboy-stories/round-medicine-hat/
  5. Read the December 2021 issue of Medicine Hat Cowboy Life, our newsletter: https://mhcowboylife.com/newsletter-medicine-hat-cowboy-life/ Be sure to sign up to receive our quarterly newsletter automatically. https://mhcowboylife.com/contact/subscribe/
  6. Consider joining the Medicine Hat Cowboy Poetry Foundation. Only $20. Get your souvenir coaster. https://mhcowboylife.com/contact/membership-application.

The weatherman predicts a cold Christmas week. Stay in and stay warm, if you can; if you can’t stay in, stay safe. Hope to see you next year.

Happy Trails.

Medicine Hat Cowboy Poetry Foundation Board:

Jen Zollner, President; Shelley Goldbeck, Vice President; Cheryl Dust, Secretary; Carol Eisenbarth, Treasurer and Donna Moore, Board Member.

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New Story Series: I-Alice; New Video: Harry Forbes and other Medicine Hat Cowboy Poetry News

Alice Kanewischer

Medicine Hat Cowboy Poetry Foundation is pleased to announce that we will be publishing the stories of Alice Kanewischer, a local nonagenarian.

Alice helps us experience her growing up years in the 1930’s using conversation, intimate details and intense emotions. Through a child’s eye we can’t help but feel what life was like for her. Through her remarkable story-telling she also gives insight into the lives of her parents and grandparents.

Read her touching first story, Silver Sandals.

Harry Forbes

The Country Story for November 2021 features Harry Forbes. Harry’s stories are published monthly on our web site. Watch the amazing 103-year-old, who has written several books on local history, share his stories. Find Harry’s stories at http://www.MHCowboyLife.com, under Stories. See Harry Forbes Remembers.

Be Part of our Country Stories series: If you or any seniors you know from the Bindloss/Buffalo area have rural stories to share contact Jen Zollner.

Thanks to our Partners and Sponsors for supporting the Medicine Hat Cowboy Poetry Foundation. See who they are here. Please support them if you can.

Our quarterly newsletter, Medicine Hat Cowboy Life will be in your inbox in December. Our feature horse will be the Shetland pony, which has a surprising connection to Medicine Hat. Our featured community is Redcliff. Sign up to receive your copy here.

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First Country Stories Video Posted

The first video in our Country Stories monthly series is now available for viewing. The amazing Harold Fieldberg tells the stories of his mother’s lifetime encounters with wolves. It wraps up with Jen Zollner’s presentation of her poem, The Lone Wolf of Bindloss.

If you know a senior in the Bindloss area with a good story or two about country living, the Medicine Hat Cowboy Poetry Foundation would like to know about it. Please connect them with Jen Zollner. 403.529.6384.

Our 2021 Medicine Hat Cowboy Poetry and Western Music Show was cancelled due to rain and sudden changes in COVID restrictions. Thank you to all our partners, sponsors and supporters. Please support them whenever you can. We hope to hold a show in 2022.

Empty Saddles:

Sadly, Yodel Girl, Miriam Dreher recently passed away. Shelley Goldbeck, DTM had an interview with her for the September 2019 Alberta Cowboy Poetry Association’s newsletter, Barbwire Disptach.

It is republished here to honour Miriam.

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2021 Medicine Hat Cowboy Poetry and Western Music Show Cancelled

With heavy hearts, the executive of the Medicine Hat Cowboy Poetry and Music Foundation has cancelled the September 11 show. The forecast is for rain and cool weather, not nice conditions for listening to music in the park.

New COVID restrictions removed our back-up venue at the Medicine Hat Public Library.

Please stay connected for information on next year’s show.

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Medicine Hat Cowboy Poetry September News

September is an exciting month in Medicine Hat. On Saturday, September 11, we will be presenting our third annual Medicine Hat Cowboy Poetry and Western Music Show, at Kin Coulee park at 1PM. Bring your lawn chair and a blanket in case the weather is cool.

Enjoy entertainment from local band, Mixed Company, local performers Reese and Morgan Klaiber, Jen Zollner and Holly Padfield. Enjoy the stories of Morley Thorpe from Spy Hill, SK, hosted by Emcee and performer, Shelley Goldbeck, from Cayley, AB. There will be door prizes and food trucks. Fun for the whole family!

There is no charge for this show but donations will be gratefully accepted.

See highlights from our 2020 show: https://youtu.be/jicqFpRnRKE

We are also pleased to release the September issue of our newsletter, MH Cowboy Life. In this month’s issue, you will learn about the 76 Ranches, Chief Piapot and the town named after him, and the Hackney horse. Link: https://mhcowboylife.com/newsletter-medicine-hat-cowboy-life/

Be sure to check out our latest Stories from Seniors videos.https://mhcowboylife.com/cowboy-stories/stories-from-seniors/

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June 2021 Newsletter Released

The June 2021 MHCowboyLife newsletter features the town of Dunmore, just outside Medicine Hat.

Dunmore is the site of a famous train wreck that occurred in 1908. Find out why it’s famous.

The horse of the month is the Clydesdale. Dunmore was the first community in Western Canada, before Alberta was a province, to have Clydesdale horses.

Watch our latest Stories from Seniors video of Ila Dillabough. https://mhcowboylife.com/cowboy-stories/stories-from-seniors/

And more!

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May 2021 Update

Photo Courtesy of Judy Fosberry

It’s snowing. We always act so surprised when it snows in May but this is typical Springtime in Alberta weather. Ian Tyson’s song, Springtime in Alberta nails it!:

“Then without a warning, another winter storm comes ragin’ through….Springtime in Alberta, chills me to the bone.”

Our Stories from Seniors series continues with the Medicine Hat Cowboy Poetry Foundation’s treasurer, Carol Eisenbarth’s story about her family’s barn. https://wordpress.com/page/mhcowboylife.com/261

Did you get your copy of our book, Stories from Seniors, a collection of stories and poetry about country living by local seniors? To order your copy, contact Jen at jzollner10@gmail.com or jen@MHCowboyLife.com.

To see all the videos, go to

https://wordpress.com/page/mhcowboylife.com/261

SAVE THE DATE:
We are planning our 2021 Medicine Hat Cowboy Poetry and Western Music show. It is scheduled for September 11 and will be at Kin Coulee Park again this year. We’re hoping that having it two weeks earlier, it will be a bit warmer than last year. More details to come.

Our newsletter, MHCowboy Life is being assembled. Watch for it in early June. Our ‘Round Medicine Hat feature is Dunmore and our featured horse is the Clydesdale.

Did you know Medicine Hat Cowboy Poetry has a Facebook page? Follow us.

https://www.facebook.com/Medicine-Hat-Cowboy-Poetry-635903256928000

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April 2021 Medicine Hat Cowboy Poetry Updates

No Fooling!

Here is the latest news from the Medicine Hat Cowboy Poetry Foundation.

Our first Stories from Seniors book, featuring biographies and poems based on the stories of local seniors is now available. To order your copy, contact Jen Zollner by email: jzollner10@gmail.com or by phone 403-529-6384. Own this important piece of local history for only $15.

Special thanks to our print sponsor, Hale Hearing of Medicine Hat.

The Medicine Hat News did a story on our Stories from Seniors project, where they interviewed our President, Jen Zollner. See the article on our events page or go to the Medicine Hat News link.

Our April 2021 Stories from Seniors video is about George Rissling and his dairy farm. Ayrshire Canada graciously supplied the Ayrshire image used in the video and the book.

To see this story and all previous stories: https://mhcowboylife.com/cowboy-stories/stories-from-seniors/

Did you miss the March Newsletter? Go to https://mhcowboylife.com/newsletter-medicine-hat-cowboy-life/ to see all previous newsletters.

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March 2021 Newsletter Now Available

The Medicine Hat Cowboy Poetry Foundation is pleased to release the March 2021 edition of the newsletter, Medicine Hat Cowboy Life.

This month we celebrate barns. Farm and ranch kids all have stories about playing and working in barns. President, Jen Zollner and our in-house videographer, Cheryl Dust recently toured the Medicine Hat area to take photos of local barns, which inspired us to feature barns in the March issue.

Did you know farmers could order a barn from the Eaton’s catalogue? Read about the history of the “original Amazon”.

Find the link to our latest Stories from Seniors, The Old Barn, featuring 93-year-old cowboy poet, Buddy Gale. Read the interview in the newsletter.

Learn about the legacy of Daniel Massey of Massey-Ferguson, name synonymous with farm equipment.

Our featured horse is the Curly, so named for its curly coat, mane and even eyelashes!

We’ve also added more information to our web site page ‘Round Medicine Hat featuring Chappice Lake.

Hope you enjoy our celebration of barns.

Bonus for our blog readers: link to Little Jimmie Dickens’ song Out Behind the Barn