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Page 6 Section A rankfort Kentucky September 12 2000 Missouri songs a under Wagoner By PAULETTE LOWERS Pep talk encourages teen to find victory Chat with devoted soap fan HeriageHa warmth and caring it probably will 502839 7246 24 hour care at Assisted Living Prices Now he has of a dotcom Nancy Reichandt Soap Opera Columnist Advice Columnist Abigail Van Buren Send your questions about soap operas to Nancy Reichardt "Tune in Tomorrow in care of this newspaper Questions cannot be answered personally but those of general interest will be answered in future columns Good advice for everyone teens to seniors is in "The Angel in All of Us and How to Deal With It To order send a business size self addressed envelope plus check or money order for $395 ($450 in Canada) to: Dear Abby Anger Booklet PO Box 447 Mount Mor ris IL 61054 0447 (Postage is included) presents a mas ter class on how it sounds when done right rom Diamond Rio's Jimmy Olander to Boomer Castle man (Tammy Wynette Earl Scrug gs Johnny Paycheck) to Mark Castevens (Garth Brooks Alan Jackson) these pickers are the best of the best Rough Cuts Quote of the Week: ve actually had women in the crowd hold up a Love You poster They have a clue not Shenandoah lead singer Brent Lamb who replaced Marty Raybon more than a year ago and it is At age 72 Porter reminds us all that a lot more than the cutup in the rhinestone suit who teases his fans at an air by whipping out a sign that reads naked from the waist just before they snap a photo not just that guy who sang with Dolly Parton (or as he rightly puts it sang with the guy who has had more than 81 chart hits including County and Green Grass of the guy who used astounding new harmonies on his first No 1 hit and added sands of folks showed up from all over the country to grab up boxes of false eyelashes unopened of videos dolls furniture hats and shoes shoes shoes at rock bot tom prices Wynonna who stayed in the house would occasionally change her mind and radio down to take something off the sale tables Most of the stuff was gone by the end of the first day Wynonna only regret? That she also set up a lemonade stand for all the thirsty shoppers Nashville Cats Dept: If you or someone you know wants to be a first class guitar player the new CD So this farmer from Missouri named Damon Black sells a chunk of his farm to Wal Mart for $3 mil lion or so Then he tells his wife going to do what I want to do and what I want to do is write an album for Porter And he does Porter was skeptical when he got the tape of 22 songs in the mail Like most artists had plenty of people tell him wrote this song especially for you sell 3 mil lion Usually those songs are absolutely terrible But not Porter started listening to the tape one night at 8 pm and 4 the next morning I was still listening to the tape I know if because I heard any great songs in a long time but the songs just absolutely built a fire under He started recording the songs whenever the mood struck him and soon he realized he had an worth So for the first time in 20 years (Porter figures his last was 1 duet album with Dolly Parton) you can get a brand new Porter Wagoner album called Best Ever DEAR ABBY: I read with dis tress the letter from Teen in the the 14 year old who lost a martial arts tournament As a youth coach for many years I am convinced there is entirely too much emphasis placed on winning as a measure of success in sports today True success is overcoming adversity and performing to the best of your ability There will always be someone who is better than you Buck electric banjo to the Wagonmasters the guy who started a TV show in 1960 that ran for more than 20 years introducing 3 million regular viewers not only to Dolly Parton but to like the Osborne And the guy been the Grand Ole best ambassador since he joined in 1957 Now with wonderful cuts like Hearts Beat and iddle and the Porter proves he really is bet ter than ever Porter says he was chosen to do the TV show all those That mean you win but most likely you win every match In sports success should be measured in progress and effort may have come up short on the scoreboard but he is not a failure A failure is someone who gives up or gives less than his or her best effort COACH IN WASHINGTON DEAR COACH: I hope the young person who wrote takes your letter to heart Adults recog nize that success is a process a road that is constantly under con struction Young adults often are hard on themselves when they succeed right away Read on: DEAR ABBY: Please remind that Babe Ruth who held the record for home runs also held the record for striking out Also at one time both Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan were considered not good enough to play on their teams Abraham Lincoln one of our greatest presi dents lost more elections than he won The one consistent factor with all of these guys is that they kept trying Nobody considers them NEW YORK You may not know the name Gary Warner but if you are a fan of the ABC soaps you know his work He is the creative force behind those huge coffee table books on My eral Life to and his most recent creation on favorite weddings But his route to writing these books was not a straight line Warn er does remember watching eral at age six and wanti ng to comfort Jessie Brewer who was always crying on the show He remained a fan as he grew up but he was actually working for a sports department at a radio station when soaps found him He heard about a company called that brought the soap actors to the public mainly at malls around the country and Canada He became the emcee he says would work all night at the radio station and on Saturday I would be in the years ago because the network thought he sounded sincere when he held up a product and said this Well here to hold up Porter Wagoner and Best Ever and tell you folks this truly (And if you have any trouble finding this or any other album in your local stores just call Ernest Tubb Record Shop at 1 800 229 4288) QUIBBLES BITS Among My Souvenirs Dept: A lot of folks picked up some one of a kind Wynonna stuff when she had a huge yard sale recently Thou JOHNSON HANORD CALI DEAR succinct and astute Read on: air flying off to one city or another with actors in tow Sometimes I did eight shows a month Over the next 10 years the company did over 1000 shows sometimes 30 a month It was huge just a celebra tion of the Once in Canada he was hoping for a respectable showing but it was Canada after all and he was not sure of their devotion to our shows 16000 people showed up at the mall He admits to forming alle giances with many of the actors but it was Taylor Miller who played the beloved Nina Cortland on My who set the stage for his association with ABC He recalls the mid 1980s Taylor and I bonded (during a glitch filled airport disaster on a trip from Kentucky to Texas) We are still in touch to this day But she put me in touch with Maxine Levin son who did promos and marketing at ABC We worked on various pro jects so much so that I found myself working more and more for ABC and less for Warner is quick to admit that life on the road albeit adventure filled can also wear you down and he eventually bid tire traveling adieu His first project for ABC had been At age 14 body come close to the peak of what he will be able to do if he give up now The fact that he even made it to the tournament puts him way ahead of most spectators A loser? No sir no way! Please give him this message TJ THE TEACHER DEAR TJ: Well said! Read on: DEAR ABBY: 15 and also a martial artist I have been training for more than three years and have my black belt After every class we recite the of the Martial The first is perseverance Perseverance is vital the key to achieving If I believe that I DEAR ABBY: Please ask to consider this Chuck Norris failed his first black belt test (Read about it and his suc cessful second attempt in his auto biography Secret of Inner In the long run do you think that experience held him back or pushed him forward? TOM NORDLIE GAINESVILLE LA DEAR TOM: Good question bet few people know that Chuck Norris ever failed Thanks for the interesting tidbit And thank you to all the caring people who made the effort to offer encouragement to a young athlete who clearly had a bad day It ran daily on ABC owned radio stations from 1987 to 1997 Then came Soap which also ran 10 years The list goes on and on And Warner saved all the interviews that he did during those times Then came the videos Remem ber the one on Greatest Wed dings? It was baby Then in the midst of the videos he was approached about writing the first coffee table book he did (on My Although Warner never doubted it would succeed it made publishing history He swells with pride as he notes spent four months on New York Bestsellers List It even reached No 7 So many people thought it would not sell but instead it helped to legitimize daytime I have to say Agnes Nixon (who created My made it easy to create a family album of her Warner took her wealth of infor mation and sculpted first the My book and then the others Currently Warner is taking a break from his soaps all the career He went to rance to debrief He has done a freelance piece on digital photography for of all things magazine Warner has always had a huge inter est in computers even teaching courses on computers to ABC staffers and actors become something entrepreneur But his hands always remain in soaps to some degree When we suggested that his most successful book might be on his encounters with the actors who have traveled through his life he laughs he says it The Road With The Soap Good idea but I told you there were some wild times If I did that I would 1 have to enter the witness protection Residential living combined with professional personal ized caregiving Services amenities to maximize quality of life in an environment of would have given up long ago Everybody fails before they ever win (I know I have) should be proud he made it to the state championships (what an honor!) Although he lost he must get back up and keep trying the only way to succeed I hope this martial artist sacrifice his talents because of one loss PERSEVERANCE ALWAYS WINS DEAR sure will be grateful for your pep talk very wise Read on: DEAR ABBY: May I offer a comment to Teen in the At age 14 there are many more martial arts tournaments ahead of you Remember that Thomas Edison tried many times to create the electric light His last attempt is the one people remem ber! 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