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Archer County Advocate
Wichita Falls Area CattleWomen to
Award Scholarships
Thursday, June 26, 2008
COACHES CORNER
Athletics and Empowering Our Youth
Applications are being
taken for a $750 scholarship to
be awarded by the Wichita Falls
Area CattleWomen for the fall
semester to area students with
Agriculture related majors. Ap-
plicants must meet the following
qualifications:
College level sophomore
or above with a GPA of at least
2.5.
I. Applicants must be a
resident of Texas arid a graduate
of a high school in one of the fol-
lowing counties: Archer,
Baylor, Clay, Knox, Montague,
Wichita, or Young.
II. Previous one-time
winners may apply, but second
time winners are ineligible.
III. No eligible applicant
will be denied the scholarship
because of race, sex, color, na-
tional or ethnic origin.
IV. Complete application
must include a copy of most re-
cent transcript with GPA.
V. Winners will be pre-
sented scholarships by the WF
Area CattleWomen and be paid
at the beginning of the fall se-
mester.
VI. Applications must be
received by a member of the WF
Area CattleWomen no later than
July 31. 2008. Applications re-
ceived after the date will NOT
be considered. Winners will be
announced by August 15, 2008.
VII. Interested applicants
may call Jane Ridenour at 940-
5 86-0251, or Nell Tucker at 940-
888-3650 for application forms
and/or information.
It is that time of year, when
the passions of a school and com-
munity are on the rise. The cul-
mination of expectations for the
students that play sports and their
coaches, families and fans are
about to have an outlet. It is an
amazing thing to see the passion
that sport brings about in every-
one involved. It is an amazing
time for a community. It brings
people together for a common
good, to cheer and support not
only the game but the values that
are being taught to our young men
and women. As a father of four
young boys, it is my most fervent
desire to do everything I can to
help mold them into tough, hard
working, earnest men of charac-
ter, strength, and integrity. I am
talking about the strength of the
pioneers who settled our country,
I am talking about the toughness
of oil field workers, ranchers, and
soldiers. I am talking about the
values and ideals that molded this
nation into the greatest on the
planet.
Often times our youth is
taught that it is okay to quit. They
are taught that you don’t have to
be tough either physically or men-
tally. They are allowed to be lazy,
they are not pushed and have little
expectation put on them. Parents
would rather “get along” with their
kids, than cause a little friction and
character building. They get the
ideas that they deserve and are
entitled to be given everything they
need. 1 feel very sorry for those
kids, and the future that awaits
them. No passion, no loyalty, and
not tools to handle the adversity
of life is not they way I want our
kids to grow up.
They learn to respect them-
selves and their opponents through
competition and the preparation.
They are proud to represent their
community, school, and them-
selves; and they understand the
importance and their responsibil-
ity to these institutions. It is their
spirit and heart and willingness to
risk failure and put in hours of ef-
fort toward the betterment of them-
selves and their school that I ad-
mire most. The tradition and suc-
cess depends on this pride and the
passions it invokes. There or
those who let their kids quit at the
first sign of adversity. Where is the
loyalty and the community pride
in wanting to quit, or move to an-
other school? There are those who
think their kids are entitled to po-
sitions and playing time. There are
those do not see this and gripe
about superficial differences and
downgrade others spirit and new
ideas. They do not want to be
apart of building young men and
women of character and integrity,
they just want to satisfy their own
selfish agendas. It is a common
lesson in today’s political climate
and social pressures. I just hope
that if it is not through athletics that
students learn the important les-
sons of life, that they find it some-
where.
I find it more important than
ever to try and get every boy I can
to play football for no other rea-
son than the fact that more and
more, athletics and football in par-
ticular is a place where young men
can learn about life and about be-
coming the type of leaders and
men that this country needs. It is
often in direct conflict with the
messages of today’s pop culture
and mass media. Athletics teaches
how to be apart of something big-
ger than the individual and ones
own selfish desires. How to be a
part of a team, how to fill a role,
how to persist when things get
hard, how to ignore discomfort,
pain, and fatigue and to fight for
the good of the whole are things I
want our young men and women
to learn. It is a place to learn re-
spect for others and to appreciate
when the effort and the intentions
are positive, and not to criticize
and complain when someone has
a petty difference of opinion. In-
stead, there are those who’s only
support seams to be how much
they can criticize the school, or the
teachers and coaches. Loyalty it
seems these days is a one way
street. Unwavering support, and
by Coach Steve Smith
true fans who back their own and
not sit around griping and ques-
tioning, but support the impor-
tance, of athletics, the importance
of loyalty, and the character it takes
to see tough times through, and
make good times great is what
defines a true winning program.
Remember as we start a
new school year. Those coaches
and teachers up at school believe
in the greater good and through
education and athletics want to
pass it on to the students. If we
see this big picture, and if we are
effective in keeping that in mind,
we can be effective in changing the
world for the good. Those student
athletes out their can go out and
focus on the “greater good” and
focus less on me, I, and mine, and
work for their families, church,
neighborhood, community, rela-
tionships, and perhaps the nation.
Every parent, fan, and supporter
can help build confidence in our
youth, by being positive and build-
ing up the individual, team and
leadership. Critics are a cancer
and they spread doubt and insecu-
rity. If you must question, do it
away from the young men and
women who need the confidence
and belief that they can achieve
great things. Keep your doubts off
public forums. Be a true fan. The
kind of supporter that builds con-
fidence and pride in our programs
and teams. Be the kind of person
who can go out and impact others
with the passion to change the
world. To encourage, inspire, and
motivate beyond themselves and
reach others. That is the power to
turn dreams into reality. That is
the power I seek to instill in our
students, my sons, and my school.
That is the “Wildcat Spirit” I de-
sire for the families, the commu-
nity, and the school to share and
enjoy.
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