Country bars turn up fewcountry boys * Real cowboys difficult to find By Anne Steyer Staff Reporter Monday night on Cornhusker Highway. Feels like main street in a ghost town. One car in immediate sight in front of the bar. Little bit of wind, a slight chill in the air. The bar doesn’t look like much from the outside, but the inside has some character to call its own. Knotholes scattered on pine planks, enormous wagon wheels outlining the outside of the dance floor, scalier ugnis anu some cnasers ici ting people know where to dance. Gentlemanjim’s, 56th andCorn husker Highway. Looking for cowboys. Tall, square stools are the only barricades to the bar and the bearded man behind it. Genuine Draft and Miller Lite on tap. Sparse crowd, three couples, heterosexual: Would it be inappro priate to say “of course heterosex ual?” Two of the men have on cow boy hats, but they don’t really look like cowboys, just like little boys in Pittsburgh Pirates baseball caps don’t look like professional ball players. One man wears a sports cap. The country music isn’t soft, doesn’t resemble background music by any means, but it isn’t loud, overbearing or uncomfortable. Could it be uncomfortable . . . ? There’s a Dakota Beer sign. Is that still made today? Unfamiliar to any Joe off the street, does it hold special significance for the man named Jim? Is he a gentleman? Where are the cowboys? Ceiling beams and walls are covered with hats, but not the kind Stetson makes. Instead they are the types of hats on which grain seed or beer are advertised. Blinking, colored scatter lights running counterclockwise to the spinning globe directly over the center of the dance floor. High lighting people that aren’t there. Where are the cowboys? Mounted horns on the walls, stuffed jack rabbit loo, trying to 1 r\r\l/ \ Next bar, off deserted 27th Street, two police cars drive by, no sirens but their lights were flashing. Hmm, strange. Not what I’d expect near a cowboy bar, but this isn’t the ranch and there are no cowboys in sight. Dodge City, 27th and Holdrege streets. Wonder if the atmosphere and adventure inside can live up to its namesake. A big, old, covered wagon with out the covering at the entrance. Tack covers the wall... that would be stirrups, reins and bits to those who don’t know the cowboy lingo. Nobody inside but some pool players. They look like regulars, but they don’t resemble cowboys. Where are the cowboys? There is a couple dancing. It’s the bartender, wearing a blue muscle shirt and Reebok high-top athletic See COWBOY on 10 jW.C.'s WTC.'s j TAKE A STUDY BREAK! 11 /h $2.80 Pitchers /h ^ |l $1.15 WeU Drinks S* I 4* W.C.'S Downtown 4* / I 1228 ’F Street L\v£ Goupon^ot^Good With ^^Dther Offer Quality Assurance ConAgra Grain Processing Company, a division of ConAgra, Inc., is expanding our rapidly growing Quality Assurance Department. We are looking for professionals to conduct lab tests on our grain products. Positions open include: Quality Control Chemists with a 4 year college degree in Chemistry, Biology or Agronomy. Quality Control Technicians with a 2 year degree in a science related area. Applicants tor both positions must be wining to relocate. We can offer an excellent salary and benefits package. For immediate consideration, please send your resume to: CONAGRA, INC. Box PH/QC One ConAgra Drive Omaha, NE 68102-5001 Although we greatly appreciate your interest in ConAgra, Inc., only the most qualified will receive a response. An Equal Opportunity Employer Mike Deweesf socializes with friends at Dodge City, 27th and Holdrege streets, Friday njghi ^ftcra professional bull-riding competition at State Fair Park’s Coliseum. The country tunes of the Sandy Creek Band filled the bar. UF6 (M Heuu ©W2 8*7 MAIf (S^ofUiMG R^nNflr^CUV^Cc? fUAPTPfi. TX: LOVE SECRET *13 6«umto«ui l O jl II K ll .X Z> ] ,->) iA. ft R6UAtloU5mp CAST t»-TO Kt%f> UP ; z^UVJNJLho cl/ c-/ _ aoaaoe M'jjTta'j ftaour i»ouftsfti.r »s>@ .™£OF rL^wr? — Joy9 0 * Uzi^iilVLiD LOVELESStfESS J bCMOtObtcAU l»lSWSrtTS 5 *- 300a i*J*4CA. AftfiatT j y OO CTOM'T H Av/fc TO 300 OOri’T HAVE. TO HOC*? UOuo 3ooe fTOMACH ia). yooe KCath lOmuE 3ou \ \ I I__ CMtCK youfi. AuSu)Caf»G \ Z^L (*«*«* ) MACM»M£. , Io#ei -H)*«^0 i v/ j 'vs&tr |yOu) iJOO Cft*J 9&KF*. Nlofcfc j ficaufte »►> -me PQwac* "Ti^g. to jjoo«. cats a Of ^ooe OOO APAKTMWr. |— ’ © •* • u 1 I Moo CAW CATCH UP OiO Moo CAW V\ftW6 OUT UnH £ Moo* fttAo«w6. I Pftitwcs op-mt opposn-fc r^S \ UHOHA\lt W0C«NA**nc **- c i»wTtftfeST iw 300. Mo 0^^ \ Ww**0'5>-r,Y-^ \ cCii 7 nufT^/ A \ Vs%'l'tVfcCp\ \ TAjV (v*»«M { P|#c=i you cao Become a you ca»o cau. up lo*>6 COUUOtSUyR of Po*»>Ofa*Ahl¥.| U)VC Pttii(t GAloCE UiiH AlMOOOf'