May 24, 2011 shop online at www.broadcasteronline.com Page 7 Home Country It’s Cow-a-Dunga Time... I was studying my card when the guys walked in for coffee. “What did you get?” asked Doc. “D-24.” “Just one?” “Yeah. The boys caught me when I was kinda short, so I only got the one this year.” “They hit me for ten,” Doc said. “In E section.” Dud looked at us. “I think E section’s a pretty good bet. Especially later in the afternoon. The sun will be over there then. Nice and warm. She’s liable to go there.” It’s Cow-a-Dunga time again. It was Bill Shaver’s idea. He’s the music teacher for all three of our schools here, and he needed a way the kids could raise some money for band trips. “I hear they’re using one of Simmons’s cows this year,” said Dud. “Doc, is there any kind of laxative you can give a cow?” “How should I know? I’m not a veterinarian. Besides, you know they’ll keep her identity a secret until Saturday. They know there are people out there just like you who’d like to doctor that cow.” We all laughed. No one would think of bothering the cow, of course, but we’ll all spend at least part of Saturday down in the bleachers at the high school football ?eld keeping an eye on that cow. That’s the whole fun of Cow-aDunga, of course. By now, the kids have that acre of grass all crisscrossed with chalk lines, dividing the ?eld up into one-yard squares. Each square sells for a buck. If all the squares sell, that’s ?ve grand for the kids. The winner is determined by a cow. On Saturday, a Coyote Twin/ Vermillion Theatre 624-3331 • 624-3546 • Visit us at www.marchfilmsinc.com Our Summer Movie schedule starts Thu 5/26, 2 showings each night. Nightly 7:00 p.m. and 9:35 p.m. Sat. & Sun. Matinees at 1:00 p.m. and 3:35 p.m. No Passes Please Coyote 2 Nightly 7:00 p.m. and 9:20 p.m. Sat. & Sun. Matinees at 1:00 p.m. and 3:20 p.m. No Passes Please Vermillion Nightly 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 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