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.
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.
Colby is an inspiring young man who's overcoming incredible odds to celebrate Christmas and spread good cheer. (#1008, 12/23/06) Beaumont, Texas.
Learn more about the Shorkey Center - www.shorkey.org
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)
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)
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.
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.
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)
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)
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)
Happy Thanksgiving! Meet a band director who plays classical music on a garden-variety, $5 kitchen utensil - a turkey baster! Ray Sanders, Normangee, TX (#1056, 11/24/07)
Meet a man in Texas who turned his driveway into an exact replica of the most famous room in the White House - the Oval Office! Ron Wade. (#1000, 10/28/06)
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)
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)