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Serving Erath, Hamilton, Somervell, Hood and Comanche Counties
Vol. 2, No. 2
was it? “I was the only boy in he adds with a laugh.
Duncan. That name evokes
country singer, award-winning
assembly. I sang for all 12
was born in Dublin and
though he traveled extensively grades. People saw that there
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uplifting experiences this week at Edwin’s Cash and Carry
Internationally Known
Chef Comes To Hico
week when a rattlesnake came
within about .357 of an inch
from biting my leg off in my
of the other chefs in the area,
because of his... Je ne sais
perform, at various times,
include David Cline, Kim
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By PAULJAKE
Contributing Writer
In the Hico “dining out
department,” there is a new
and what they mean? I could
tell by the loud, shrill, blood
curdling, hysterical scream of
from throughout the
Southwest will gather at
Prairie Creek Battlefield, 10
miles southwest of Granbury,
to reenact battles and portray
poignant snapshots from
history, like young ladies
writing letters to home for
soldiers who can’t read or
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“Some of the kids called me
‘The Alexander Hillbilly’
when I first got there,”
Duncan says, “but then I was
George, a five star chef,
makes steaks, prime rib, baked
salmon, rack of lamb, and
seafood dishes — including
lobster that burst with
freshness and flavor -
seasoned just right. The
presentation is skilled, yet the
was talent there and we began
to move forward — they
dropped the hillbilly thing
pretty quickly.”
Sometime later, with a
music career in high gear, he
got a new nickname — The
Dublin Flash — but that didn’t
come from the kids at school.
“That started about 30
years ago,” Duncan says,
“with a DJ on WBAP, Don
Chef George Lavigne
and restaurant management
college.
Upon graduation, with
honors, the world of fine
cuisine opened up.
Opportunities in restaurants
See CHEF page 6
(and for some years lived in
Tennessee) his roots and
much of his family are still in
Erath County.
On October 14, his family,
friends and fans will have an
opportunity to see him
perform in Dublin, for the first
time ever, as Duncan takes
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a wounded soldier’s ailments
with 19th century home
remedies.
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Dairy Goat Show
A sanctioned Dairy Goat
show will be held in
conjunction with the World
Championship Rodeo Reunion
and Cowboy Rendezvous,
Sat. Oct. 14, at the Dublin
City Park. The show is open
to anyone with registered
dairy goats. Prizes will be
awarded. There will also be a
Children and Goat Costume
Contest (yes, the goats can
wear a costume). For more
information contact Marilyn
Myers at 254-965-2262.
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me wrong. I’ve never had a
bad meal in the original Jersey
Lilly’s Restaurant; it’s always
good. But I’ve had the
opportunity to taste test some
of the items slated for the
upstairs menu and I’m here to
tell you— “Sell my clothes,
I’m going to heaven!”
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entertainer.
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non-profit group of
community residents formed
as a “community response to
domestic violence and families
in crisis,” is now conducting a
capital campaign for the
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on the powerful impact of the
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upstairs addition to open. The prices are surprisingly low
menu will be new and given the quality of the food
( different from the and service.
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path is as interesting and
colorful as the dishes he
prepares. He was born in the
small farming community of
about 700 in Southwest
France called Mont Gaillald.
He moved on to the town of
Tarbes where he completed
high school After spending a
summer working in the
kitchen of a local hotel, he
decided that the accounting
courses that he had planned to
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interesting or fun as becoming
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On his return to Texas, Lubbock. He also worked as and wife had three daughters) voted Songwriter of the Year f
Duncan was briefly employed a disc jockey at KSTV in Duncan did not give up on his by the Nashville Songwriters /
as a blacksmith-apprentice in Stephenville. dream. Association International. He /
Cleburne, by the Santa Fe But through all the moves, “You have to take a risk,” was also voted 1977 Cashbox /
Thompson, and then Don Day Railroad, and then as a disc the job changes and the family Duncan says. “You have to Songwriter ofthe Year, and |
picked it up and it just kind of jockey for Norman Petty in responsibilities (by this time he See DUNCAN page 3 See SONNY page 3 |
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The skirmishes will be
reenacted at a scenic location
in the North Texas Hill
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Granbury. Prairie Creek
Battlefield is located 10 miles
southwest of Granbury off of
Highway 51 South.
The living conditions of
both Union and Confederate
soldiers in the war can be
experienced while touring the
reenactors’ authentic military
write, or local women treating roles of women in aiding * encampments. Field artists
soldiers on both sides ofthe will be sketching battle scenes,
battlefield, and on how the Laundresses will be washing
war affected children. the soldiers’ clothes, while
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biggest success has been as a
songwriter. From 1976-1980,
there were only three weeks
that one of his songs was not
on the charts.. During this w
period, he had as many as •
This Lone Star Gazette column
offers some advice on ranching
to readers — it almost never
reflects the opinions of this papef. •
It’s way too dumb.
Between the “Hillbilly” and
the “Flash” there were many
years — years of hard work
and determination.
“After I graduated from
high school in Dublin I went
to Oregon,” Duncan says. “I
spent the summer there,
picking beans, and the
workers there called me Texas
Hillbilly. There was a place in
Portland where you could go 7
in and sing live and I took my - “
guitar and sang a couple of
songs. When I got back to
the bean fields, they acted like
I was a star,” he laughs.
“Once they’d heard me sing,
they dropped the hillbilly
thing.”
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Kestner, Laura. Lone Star Gazette (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 23, 2000, newspaper, September 23, 2000; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1528131/m1/1/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Erath County Genealogical Society.