http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/ en-us Copyright 2010 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:48:05 -0700 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:53:24 -0700 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.0D http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss A handful of wagons pulled by mules will head out of a lot across from Terrible's Lakeside Casino Monday morning on the annual ride that will end up at the '49ers encampment in Furnace Creek almost two weeks later. http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/10/mule_train_annu.html http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/10/mule_train_annu.html Shows & Events Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:48:05 -0700 Today a unique funeral service will be held for a local cowboy who left his brand on the community. William Alan Freeland "Wild Bill" will be hauled in a wagon by a pack of mules to his final resting place. http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/10/local_cowboy_ha.html http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/10/local_cowboy_ha.html Stories Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:36:56 -0700 Eric Sheets stood on the side of Colorado Highway 13 north of Craig on a sunny autumn day with a dog, a donkey, a friend and a vision. http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/10/man_dog_donkey.html http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/10/man_dog_donkey.html Stories Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:27:07 -0700 A little donkey, which was born so premature she couldn't even walk, has progressed by leaps and bounds thanks to staff at Sidmouth's Donkey Sanctuary. http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/10/premature_sidmo.html http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/10/premature_sidmo.html Foaling Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:09:19 -0700 A horse dentist whose love of animals extends to treating donkeys when on holiday in Greece is being given an international award for his work. http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/10/award_puts_smil.html http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/10/award_puts_smil.html Care Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:17:59 -0700 The fun and excitement the mule races have to offer was finished in a little less than 40 minutes on Tuesday at the Grandstand. http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/10/mule_races_draw.html http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/10/mule_races_draw.html Shows & Events Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:21:31 -0700 Donkeys who spend the summer working on a Norfolk beach have been looking for a place to spend the winter. http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/10/working_donkeys.html http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/10/working_donkeys.html Stories Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:04:53 -0700 For more than a century, mules have been carrying people into and out of the Grand Canyon. Teddy Roosevelt saddled up wearing a black felt hat and a tie. The Brady Bunch rode down with Alice. And today, another group of tourists will hit the trail. http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/10/grand_canyon_co.html http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/10/grand_canyon_co.html Other Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:58:47 -0700 A free donkey care workshop will be held next week in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, as part of a nationwide tour. http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/07/donkey_care_wor.html http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/07/donkey_care_wor.html Training Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:29:05 -0700 There is something appealing about donkeys. The sad Eeyore in A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh books and the always optimistic Donkey in the movie Shrek reflect the close connections donkeys and people can form. http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/07/donkey_sanctuar.html http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/07/donkey_sanctuar.html Other Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:27:43 -0700 There are definitely no cowboy builders in Wivelsfield: Alun Gedrych would describe himself as preferring donkeys!]]> http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/06/wivelsfield_pan.html http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/06/wivelsfield_pan.html Shows & Events Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:40:35 -0700 Anybody who has hiked into and out of the Grand Canyon can appreciate why mules have a history there.]]> http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/06/no_use_being_st.html http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/06/no_use_being_st.html Other Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:32:31 -0700 Although there were many treasures in early America such as gold and silver, for a period of years from 1823 to 1850, another treasure generated huge profits for those involved. The treasure? Mules!]]> http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/06/americans_moved.html http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/06/americans_moved.html History Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:28:36 -0700 A newborn donkey who will be a regular on the Furness and South Lakes carnival scene in years to come is one-week-old today.]]> http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/06/everythingas_co.html http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/06/everythingas_co.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:26:30 -0700 Gregory Kuehmichel, 49, of Texas entered Centerville in his covered wagon along Highway 2 on Thursday, before turning south onto Highway 5. http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/06/mule_man_passes.html http://longearsmall.com/mt/articles/inthenews/archives/2009/06/mule_man_passes.html Stories Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:24:30 -0700