A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

The old saying that people resemble their dogs couldn’t be truer than with this adorable picture of Chris Cagle with his dogs Capone and Homie, found in the latest issue of Country Weekly Magazine. If that doesn’t lighten your Monday, how about some blurbs from the weekend news:

Ice skater Tonya Harding, notorious for her role in an attack on fellow Olympic competitor Nancy Kerrigan in 1994, is apparently taking a whack at country music.
Harding was reportedly seen in Nashville last week recording a country song at Gene Breeden Studios.

Clay Walker and his wife Jessica are expecting a boy next month. Clay has two daughters from a previous marriage.

Dwight Yoakam received a gold certification for The Very Best of Dwight Yoakam. The plaque was presented at a Los Angeles concert stop, where Councilman Dennis Zine declared July 27th Dwight Yoakam Day in the City of Los Angeles.

Carrie Underwood and Tim McGraw are among the group of celebrities who have supplied guitar strings to create RelixBand bracelets for the Wear Your Music project. Proceeds from the sales of the bracelets will benefit the celebrity’s charity of choice.

Get well wishes to a couple of country music’s legends. Hank Cochran is recovering well after undergoing surgery to remove cancerous tumors in his pancreas and lymph node. Hank’s representatives report that his doctors are confident all of the cancer was successfully removed and they have hopes of releasing him from the hospital very soon. He will celebrate his 73rd birthday on Saturday. Little Jimmy Dickens should be returning to the Opry soon. His recent absence has been attributed to health concerns as he receives care at the Mayo Clinic. Spokespeople report that the 88-year old looks forward to returning to the Opry stage.