Ok I skipped going to the church for clean up, just over slept.

So , okay I missed going to our Wards meeting house to do a days worth of cleaning, thing is at 09:00 my body was just about finding some point of comfort.

Seems as though the food , although good going down that I bought at the Best Western here was okay, but no suds soda, and all made it food that should not be served. Seems everyone here in the culinary industry here is skipping corners, to save money. Something that will have to change if any of them want to compete with the Reaper Club. Yes the green light has been gave by the club to proceed on that. So lets add up really quick my heavy stress level. First I’m attempting to relaunch Highway Hooker Toewing here in 4 months. Relaunch HazzardAyre Radio, publish a new biweekly newspaper, and now put the pieces to the puzzle of the Reaper Club. An none alcohol social establishment for young and old, where one can enjoy all the trappings of a traditional bar, without the brew, and booze. Food, dance, music, just you get to stay sober.

Oh and no off track betting, betting or spending money for something that is a long shot maybe, by people that should not spend their household money on a big maybe is against our Heavenly Fathers commandments, and the Reaper Club, which is owned by the Knytes-of-Anarchy, Truck Club, being an LDS based organization will not allow that.

So with my schedule, if I forget a church building cleaning day, I should ought to be forgiven, even I sometime forget.

Then as I watched AllWest cable TV I saw that the digital signal, coming from both microwave link and satellite downlink, keeps getting disrupted. The signal is like something keeps passing by the dish, and signal cohesion gets lost. This is why the Knytes through the Hazzard County Syndicate, amongst others is sniffing around AllWest inquiring if those in Kamas at AllWest HQ, would sell the system here to someone that has the expertise to run the system like it should be and improve the system to meet the needs here and not overcharge its customers.

Now if I can find, some none club member assistants and helpers, so I can get some rest, I’ll have it made. There’s three at church that I’d like to inquire as to their interest, I’m already training one who flat quit Suds Brothers, Friday, due to improper treatment. As I close, I’ll throw this in and it goes with my blog last night.

It would seem, that more people support a cafe or culinary establishment, as well as a intoxicating beverage distribution facility aka a bar, than would be the radio station that’s scalping everyone with a poorly ran operation little being LIVE and all to high ad rates. HazzardAyre Radio wont be that way. But finding qualified on air people here is like digging for gold, one has to dig deep and long, just to find a small nugget.

The Hazzard County Nationals/DukesFest West coming to Evanston Wyoming in 2016, details in my next entry.

TTYLY

 

You sure see things clearer when you go away

Just got back here to the freeze box of Evanston after spending two days recuing gear or attempting to rescue the radio gear. I4 took the $500.00 alright, but would not part with serious equipment. Glad they haven’t moved anything. Everything is right where it was when I left. The studio art has been taken down but everything else is where I left it just as I left it.

Did get my medicines, my rebel flag and the mail, the recharger for my portable squawk box, but everything else is there until I pay the next two payments of $500.00 each. Means May or June I go get it. Trouble is where am I going to put it all? Need to get busy on the office up in the Wells Fargo building here.

So I got home the other yesterday, and today, needed really needed a hair cut. But alas no simple barber shop in Evanston.

The one down on the main next to City Drug? CLOSED. So had to truck all the way down to Layton, Utah a 90 mile haul or 180 round trip.

Evanston is like a dying horse, you don’t want to shoot it, but damn its suffering. Trouble is the town don’t want to admit its sick, so doesn’t open its arms or minds to something new. The only thing this town has shown support for is the Reaper Club. Sure get drunk, go home with some woman you don’t know. Eat a poorly cooked meal, but hey don’t support a new radio station, that is the cornerstone of building on something that could begin to bring in serious money, one can’t even directly email the Mayor. Go figure.

But even simple things that should be here, like a simple barber shop where a male corpuscle can feel comfortable going in and getting a hair cut, isn’t here.

Then there is Southern Eagle Xpress. Mentioned to Ricky about it, he’s willing to roll over and make a deal, on some trucks and such, being sold to avoid bankruptcy of a company, but you can’t get the people involved to come to point. A small hot shot ltl company on the side of Highway Hooker Toewing would be nifty. Trouble is again its like the alcoholic that knows it needs treatment, but doesn’t want to admit its sick.

Any mile need to get to sleep to get awake by 08:30 to go help clean the church. So gotta go, but its sure makes one think. But too maybe its gotta be the Knytes that steps in, Like the old LDS PSA used to say, if we don’t do it, who will?

TTYLY

 

The origin of HazzardAyre Radio and why

Before I get to my rant here, need to look at some new issues.

First , got the noise from Rickey our Charter President in Twin Falls, that KnyteGuard Security in Boise is having some difficulties. Mostly financial, as we might loose a contract due to malfegence that resulted from an employee doing booty duty rather than his assigned duty. More on that as I get it.

Called on my cable bill, seems I’m under the gun there, AllWest is hitting me up for near $400.00 .  Can you believe that, they never explained you have to pay two months out, plus the deposit. Add to that slow internet speeds, and the package I ordered, I don’t even get most if any of the channels I ordered or that comes with the package. Noticed though, AllWest does not plumb in any Viacom channels, from CMT to VH1 . But I need what they offer , so will have to submit that along with my gas , power bill and all that to my Bishop, praying he’ll take care of that. Although, now that I have my cell phone, going again, I’ll drop the phone service from AllWest.

Okay then:

Next, the reason that I have to pay for the recovery of the radio gear from Woods Cross, Utah. Is that the whole situation was my blunder. Had I not moved to Evanston, nothing at Woods Cross would have changed. In short my blunder so I have to fix it. Which too, I’m hoping I can get real Money help from my Bishop through the Priesthood. I have decided though that if something doesn’t break, soon. I’ll have to move back to Burley or that immediate area, because, it’s getting to where although diminished in services or suppliers, among many things, Evanston is a place , I just can’t afford to live in. Estimated date of departure, 07/01/2015.

Okay then.

The reason the radio station was created was in our early days , club wise. The regular media even in Twin Falls/Hazzard Idaho area gave little if any at all to none at all coverage, or attention to the club. So we took matters in our own hands. What started as and continues to run at least in Buhl, as an LPFM or Low Power FM, and built on a radio station dedicated to delivering information, and entertainment to long haul over the road truckers. Over time several area stations started TRYING to copy us, but failed to duplicate us, we moved into unchartered territory. That of being the only show or station in the nation dedicated to those of us who tow(toe) so in the beginning we created KTOW(TOE)  

over the long haul of years KTOW FM 105.7 pioneered radio unheard of in the Mountain West.

That’s where and why the radio station was created. We created the only mountain west regional OTR radio network, we put MSN (Motor-sports-network) and NASCAR into the cabs of truckers, and tractor cabs of the western area of Idaho. Plus the only radio show overnight show for us who do the big tow work, Heavy Hooker Radio, over the years that was whittled down to Highway Hooker Radio, and yes named after my company, Highway Hooker Toewing.

HazzardAyre Radio went on area stations in 2010, and nationally online in 2013.

It’s essential that those who haul, and tow for this nation are kept informed and entertained. Everything you have, your house, your bed, your food, and your car at one time was hauled and delivered by truck. To phrase it correctly, if you got it, a trucker brought it, if slid off the road, or your car or truck became disabled, it was a tow truck operator who recovered and rescued it. To these unsung heroes, it is HazzardAyre Radio.

More Later

Another trip down historical roads

Every once in awhile I have to venture down the historic road of the creation of this organization and why it was created.

Although there are many people who know the history, and all , either they don’t read these postings, or they just pass over them, in fact if anything concerns any kind of a fund raiser. Without further adieux I’ll get into this.

The year was 1976 with one movie to his credit Gy Waldron had made the film based on the writings and tales of an old moonshiner Jerry Rushing, the film the MoonRunners. A movie that would become the pilot film to our beloved Dukes-of-Hazzard, but while I saw the film during its first running, I thought it was just a great film.

In 1978 after I had bought with Marine pay in part and money from my Mom, I bought LexiBelle my beloved tow truck.

> With that I needed a shop, so I opened along with a dear friend James Stuart Macdonald a place we called, Pat & Jim’s Speed Shop in downtown Hagerman Idaho. In March of 1979 I was to go on a recon run to that years Salt Lake Autorama. However a snow storm prevented me to go down there, and was too bad to return to Hagerman I stayed over in Burley. Although by this time I had been watching the Dukes, to me at that point it was just another TV show. The night I stayed over , on going out for dinner, a albeit poorly done, a duplicate General Lee, 1970 Dodge Charger was parked next to my mini Kenworth. Some time I’ll tell ya’ll about that, not now.

So I sought out the kid who built it. I met with the kid, and made the agreement with him that should he ever want to sell the old General to call me.

Life went on, and in 1980 we built a counter car to the General Lee, a 1969 Chevy Caprice that we called the General Jackson. Fast forward to 1981, we had every intention of taking the Gen Jackson, to that years Salt Lake City AutoRama, the at the time premier premium hot rod show in the region, before it went so commercialized. Everything was on target when in June 1981 on a prop finding mission for our diorama or display for the General Jackson, a pair of white go-go boots that we felt would be hot on a manikin as a car hop, I spied the General Lee across the street from a Junior High where we were obtaining the boots from.

The sign said FOR SALE $1,500.00 You can bet the quickness of the trip back to Hagerman.

A long conversation with my Mom and some farm money, off her and I went to Paul Idaho, to buy the General Lee.

Some up front meetings with AutoRama producer Mickey Ellis and we had the General entered. Two months of serious work, engine, a 440 magnum power plant with a 13.5 to 1 Comp ratio, a B&M reprogrammed A727 Auto tranny, a Ford 9 inch rear, making our General the fastest and most reviled hot rod in two states by all that wore a badge. None of them could catch it. NONE OF THEM.

Off to the show in November 1981, ours took two awards, most authentic, and best of show for conservative street custom.

Over the three nights of the show about the second night, I considered, that neither myself nor my side kick, looked anything like Bo or Luke Duke, but I did resemble very much Ben Jones- aka Cooter. While the General was hot I thought, why not build the ultimate Hazzard County Garage tow truck. Call the shop the Hazzard County Garage, and take it from there.

With the blessings of producers of the Dukes, Warner Brothers and CBS, we opened the Hazzard County Garage in the spring of 1982. Jimmy and I wondered even with the popularity of the General and the name of the shop, how are we going to bring people to Hagerman ? I said let the General do it. Unite the grassroots gearheads, on the shirt tails of an official Dukes-of-Hazzard fan club.

At this period of time there was a hit movie running, called the Hollywood Knights. Which featured a orange 56 Nomad wagon called Newbaums Pie Wagon. After several ideas of what to call the club, with a sit down at then the Polish Palace, now the Snake River Inn, the Hazzard County Knytes was formed.

We started with 15 members, even two now law enforcement officers who became members, we went to Boise to register the club, with the state registrar, and two members of the Idaho state Legislature and through a short fast tracked process, Hagerman Idaho was officially assigned the second town name of Hazzard. But it was in 1983, that the most treasured part of the dedication to fans and all from the Dukes happened to me as an individual. In March 1983, my Mom past away due to COPD. When the cast of the Dukes heard this , Gy and the full cast of the Dukes attended my Moms funeral in Hazzard, as I will always call my home town, and the rest is as they say, is history.

It would take all too many pages of a blog to tell the many firsts and all the work that the club has done for charitable causes, or the fact that the Hazzard County Garage wrote the book on what a kountry hot rod shop should be, the fact that Hazzard’s only radio station was created by the Hazzard Knytes. The list as I say is too long.

In mid 2008 things would however change, that in my next blog.

But know this, there is no more dedicated to the legacy of Hazzard County, not just the Dukes, but all of Hazzard County, than the Hazzard County Knytes.

We must be doing something right however. At the last club census, the Hazzard County Knytes(aka Knytes of Anarchy) has 50,000 members that is 1,000 members in 50 states, with an additional 10,000 members in Canada and another 10,000 members in Australia.

This is the magic of Hazzard County.

The story of the Knytes-of-Anarchy Wednesday, here on HazzardAyre Gazzette.

TTYLY

Thank Goodness I know how to fix things even my Thermostat

Thank goodness I know how to fix stuff. For weeks I’ve been dogging my property manager to have the ah maintenance person here at the Wentworth>  to fix my thermostat here at the Wolf’s Den, to which nothing if anything was done. So I went to a local hardware store here, bought a fix it kit. Installed it and now its working as it should, even have steady hot water , see the Wolf’s Den here at the Wentworth> is hot water heated. But all is fine.

Had one of the High Priests of our Ward stop by, he got me a TV, which under these snow covered roads and as such can’t do anything except lounge around, will be appreciated. Now just need the Bishop to do his magic on the radio gear rescue.

Had the Hershey squirts most of the morning. Guess its not good to eat breakfast on a near empty belly. Not that I don’t have funds for food which I do and haven’t heard much from the local DFS office, but I got my card in the mail, just need to activate it.

Sometimes, one just needs to take things in ones own hands to git-r-done.

TTYLY

Its Monday

It’s Monday, got word yesterday that things on the radio gear rescue scene are being taken care of.

So I’m a bit more relaxed. Put some things up , online, but still need someone smarter than I to developed the website for Highway Hooker Toewing(www.highwayhookertoewing.info) I’m not as well versed in such things, but at least have the company name registered so we are on point.

So yesterday for an experiment went to the Pentecostal worship session. Some of the music is good, most of the babes there hot, but its mostly Mexican’s there, and while I’m not saying I dislike Mexican’s which I don’t, if you can’t understand the sermon, why go?

Why? Because there are some misguided souls and minds there that need redirection to the only living church, on Earth the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. So I’ll attempt to bring those minds and souls to our church.

Much to do so will close.

TTYLY

Been There, Done That and doing it again

As I get ready to turn in , so I can catch some zz’s to go to church at 13:00 , wondering how to approach the Bishop once again on rescuing the radio gear and all, I have to comment on something he related to me earlier. Something to do with going to plan B. Which , when your hauling by the seat of your pants, nothing sounds more official than plan B.

Except , I have been working on plan B. The radio station thing being plan A, was to support plan B.

The night before, I left Woods Cross last November to come up here to do a recon mission as to whether it all was possible, I had many reservations. But the people at I4 who we rented space from to house HazzardAyre was getting a bit put off of me there round the clock doing radio. Sure for a month I had been snoozing there, but I don’t think neither the P&Z or that really cared. As the big deal, was that some whipper snappers in the cubby hole next to me was getting pissed about the smells of a coffee pot that was burning out. That and the sweaty smells from my body that I hadn’t showered for a spell.

So November 28th 2014 I got in LiL Wolf and trucked up here. Coming up wasn’t bad, great weather, and all except a mild dew all was good. But Mother Nature or Heavenly Father thought I might need to stay here. So he snowed on me quite heavy. I saw lots of potential here in Evanston then, a shop out front of the Motel 6, for a Hazzard County Choppers, and of course maybe the radio gig. At that point , I had no intention of moving that from Woods Cross. At the time I figured live out at that trailer, build bikes and tow here during the week, run down on weekends and do radio there in Woods Cross. But then came December. December 15th 2014 , Cousin Bud my and the clubs main bean counter dies. So it took most of December to get that fixed, Social Security and all, getting things to where I could write my own checks and that of the club.

Then came Miss snippet over at NGL, getting her butt out of joint because I told her she was pretty and she ought to be on a magazine, the account with them was killed. So I was just at the threshold of getting out of Evanston then. But then came the 2nd of January. Ice formed in my radiator, so LiL Wolf had all the signs of a busted head, or head gasket. Add to that, I slipped and sprained my hip and fractured my knee, and twisted the other one, which is why I can’t stand very long and need to sit down more, I was stuck. So approached one Bishop to help me get into another place. He through the church paid for that, but that put me into another Ward. No problem I thought. Had every intention of getting gone February 1st, this past month, but everybody said they wanted a better and more informative radio station here. So with the help of a Utah Senator who just happens to be a member of both the Knytes, as well as the Wolf-Pack of the AyreWolvez, fast tracked the FCC app, and we got a conditional yellow light to go ahead with putting KDXC on the air, both AM & FM. Problem was all the equipment was in Woods Cross. Thing is all too many thought we were going to refire KEVA here back up. No way, KDXC was our station, its just that KEVA going dark opened up an FCC allocation, that we could file on, which we did.

Now the fellers at I4 wrote me an email saying, they considered that I had abandoned the office there in Woods Cross, why would I leave 30,000 of radio gear? Granted I owed rent, and believe me, I hated getting hurt out at the trailer, and had to pay med bills as yet, Medicaid here, hadn’t kicked in , but I didn’t abandon anything, just got behind in rent which I had every intention of making up. So trying to rescue the radio gear is going to take a bit longer, and I’ll be on the phone if I’m snowed in, or there at I4 on Wednesday.

I’m also looking into attorney help here, since there were unusual circumstances, mainly me busting my butt and knees, and the fact my cell phone was in the office down there, me stuck here, and no internet yet, couldn’t communicate, but it was just a matter of getting behind in rent.

However plan B really is the radio gig, plan A, is Hazzard County Choppers/Highway Hooker Toewing(mis spelled on purpose). However saying that having real second thoughts of dropping anchor here in Evanston, more thought is heading home to my spot in Idaho.

But it looks like just what I did, in 2006. Loose the radio station project here, even then. Move to Idaho. Let’s just hope that if I do loose the gear I got, there in Woods Cross that I can rebuild it again.

Move out date is between July 1st and August 1st.

Until then its tow and build custom big bikes.

Lets hope that it doesn’t take as long as it did in 2006.

TTYLY