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N O V E M B ER 2 0 0 4
was commissioned by Washing-
ton's close ally and friend, the
Marquis de Chastellux, an officer
in the French army.
"We are very pleased and excit-
ed to have the opportunity to unveil
this long-hidden, yet very signifi-
cant painting," says Amon Carter
Museum Director Rick Stewart.
The portrait is part of the exhi-
bition, "Compatriots: George
Washington, Charles Willson Peale,
and the Marquis de Chastellux,"
on view in the museum's second-
floor galleries through Jan. 9.
SPORTS AND
TOURISM
" MARILLO is expecting an
influx of guests soon as
cowboys and cowgirls
from across the nation converge
in the city to show their skills for
the 9th World Championship
Ranch Rodeo, set for Nov.
11-14.
The event, sponsored by the
Working Ranch Cowboys
Association, features ranching
qualifying teams from Texas,
Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas,
Nebraska, New Mexico, South
Dakota, Indiana, Arizona,
Alabama, Nevada and Wyoming.
"These men and women are the
real deal, still patrolling the wide
open spaces on horseback at all
hours of the day and in all kinds of
weather," says Eric Miller, director
of communications for the Amarillo
Convention and Visitor Council.
"THESE MEN and women
are the real deal, still
patrolling the wide open
spaces on horseback at
all hours of the day and
in all kinds of weather."
-Eric Miller
The city expects benefits from
the influx of guests.
"A team of 5-6 hands usually
competes on behalf of their ranch,
but frequently the entire ranch
brings family and friends with
them to the event," Miller says.All the rodeo events, as well as
a cowboy art show and sale, an au-
thentic bit and spur show, cowboy
poetry and music performances, a
junior ranch rodeo and a ranch
exposition trade show will be in the
Amarillo Civic Center.
For tickets (ranging from $12
to $21) or more information, call
Panhandle Tickets at (806) 378-
3096 or visit Panhandle Tickets at
www.panhandletickets.com.
ORPUS CHRISTI and Round
Rock baseball fans are the
big winners with a recent
team shuffle for the 2005
season - Round Rock Express
upgrades from a Double-A to
a Triple-A baseball team, and
Corpus Christi gets its own team.
The Round Rock Express name
and Dell Stadium home base
remains the same, but the team
stepping into that role is a Triple-
A Pacific Coast League team
from Edmonton, Alberta in
Canada. The Double-A Texas
League team from Round Rock
moves to Corpus Christi toT ITS ANNUAL Travel Summit, held
September in South Padre Island, the
Texas Travel Industry Association
awarded its highest honors - the Tall in
Texas and Lifetime Achievement awards -
to two longtime advocates for tourism in the
state - Joe Leising and Marion Szurek,
respectively.
Leising, vice president of Business
Development for the DePalma Hotel
Corporation-NHM Group, received the Tall
in Texas award for his more than 35 years
promoting tourism in Texas. He was the first
to partner with the state and travel to
Europe and Mexico to promote the Rio Grande
Valley. He also assisted in bringing
Southwest Airlines service to the area.
Leising was also instrumental in the forma-
tion of TTIA, where he serves on the Board
of Directors."Joe's accomplishments and efforts in the
Rio Grande Valley and Texas, as a whole, have
made, and will continue to make, a signifi-
cant difference in this industry," said Paul
Serff, President and CEO of TTIA.
Szurek, recently retired vice president of
the San Angelo Convention and Visitors
Bureau, was presented the Lifetime
Achievement Award for making lasting and
important contributions to the industry. TTIA
describes her as "one of the most consistent
and loudest voices promoting tourism in
Texas." Her list of leadership positions is
extensive and she has served on numerous
boards and committees in the state and
country.
Mark of Distinction awards were given to
Nanci Liles of the Abilene CVB, Frank Smith
of the Sulphur Springs CVB and Linda Sweatt
of the Odessa CVB.become the Hooks. Both are Hous-
ton Astros affiliates.
With this change, Corpus Christi
also gets a new Class AA baseball
stadium - Whatabuger Field. The
stadium, about 50 percent com-
plete, is expected to draw in more
than 300,000 fans a year once it
opens in April 2005.
"Baseball in Corpus ... it's
going to be huge," says Ronald
Kitchens, president and CEO of
the Corpus Christi Regional
Economic Development
Corporation. Kitchens, who was
instrumental in bringing in the
minor league team, says anticipa-
tion is high, and season passes have
sold faster than that of any other
team in the nation. The skyboxes
are sold two and three times over,
he said, with companies resorting
to sharing the high-demand spots.
"We're ready," Kitchens says.
And home team benefits?
"When it's Corpus Christi versus
any other team, it becomes about
us and them. It becomes a unifying
force for the community." He adds,
"From a national standpoint, it willraise our profile, especially with
Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens and
the 30-plus professional athletes
associated with the team. It brings
star power to the community."
IN THE NEWS
LEAR FORK of the Trinity
River in Fort Worth took a
travel page spotlight in The
New York Times as a flowing ex-
ample of convenient whitewater.
The whitewater course - pebbly
concrete chutes and slabs of lime-
stone - was built into the once-
placid river while the city rehabili-
tated worn-out flood-control dams.
"Being able to get off work and
drive 20 minutes and paddle is a
tremendous convenience," Steve
Isenburg, a Fort Worth suburbanite
and former alternate for the United
States Olympic whitewater slalom
team, told the Times. "Everybody's
first preference would be to have a
beautiful, natural whitewater river
running through the middle of
their town, but where that does not
exist, this is the next best thing."SUMMIT UP: THE BEST OF THE BEST
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