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🐴 Someone Rode a Horse Into a Bar?! | White Mountain Trivia & Relationship Advice
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Did someone really ride a horse into a Show Low bar? We hear the story straight from the source!
On today's episode of The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett & Best Friends, Richard Bilbie and Mark Sterling from the White Mountain Sheriff's Posse stop by the studio for a fun morning of local stories, laughs, and friendly competition. We tackle Relationship Advice Thursday, see who knows the White Mountains best in a local trivia showdown, give away Diamondbacks tickets and Sheriff's Posse BBQ tickets, test a listener's 4-H knowledge, and help spread the word about this weekend's White Mountain Sheriff's Posse BBQ fundraiser.
Whether you're a longtime local or just love great small-town stories, this episode has a little bit of everything.
Horseback Bar Story Teaser
SPEAKER_00I actually rode my horse in there and uh one time rode my horse down the back stairs of Bill's bar. Oh, really? I would never do that sober.
SPEAKER_01Well, if someone once told you they rode a horse into a bar, would you believe them? That happened to my guest today, and I believe them. Hello, best friends. It is me, Chris Bennett, and we are hanging out with White Mountain Sheriff Posse members Richard Bilby and Mark Sterling today. We tackled relationship advice Thursday. Find out who knows the White Mountains better in a local trivia showdown. Gave away some diamondback tickets and heard some incredible stories that can only happen right here in the White Mountains. Let's get the show started.
Relationship Advice Setup
SPEAKER_01Chris Bennett and the Morning Brew. It is now time for relationship advice on this relationship advice Thursday. And our two uh relationship advice experts are Richard Bilby and Mark Sterling from the White Mountain Sheriff's Posse. And uh you guys are cowboys, and you've been both been with uh your significant others for a while. Do you feel qualified to give relationship advice?
SPEAKER_02I do.
SPEAKER_01Awesome, yeah. And we were talking about it off air. We listen to a lot of uh country music, and country music has some of the best relationship advice in it. So if you listen to country music, then you're just destined to give good relationship advice. All right. Nuggets of wisdom. There we go. All right, here is the story. When we come back, we'll get your advice.
Germany Dream Versus Ultimatum
SPEAKER_01All right. Uh I'm 27 years old. My girlfriend is 26. And after almost a year of planning, I finally got accepted into a master's program in Germany. I've already been approved for my loan, paid tuition, applied for my visa, and everything is going as planned. I'll leave in October. This has been my dream for a long time because I want to build a better future and work on meaningful engineering projects. The problem is, my girlfriend. We talked about getting married someday, but she recently gave me an ultimatum. She said if I move to Germany, we're done because she doesn't believe a long-distance relationship will work. I understand why she's worried and I love her, but I also know I'll probably regret giving up this opportunity after working so hard for it. Should I follow my dream or stay and choose the relationship? Woohoo! What is your advice to this young man?
SPEAKER_00You're gonna miss me when I'm gone.
SPEAKER_01Ooh, great quoting a great country song, given his relationship advice with some country music. I love it. Uh so he's out of here. What is your advice, Richard?
SPEAKER_02Uh, pretty much the same. Ultimatums never work, and uh, if she's not gonna leave you or leave with you for a job, she's probably gonna leave with a cowboy anyway.
SPEAKER_01So, okay. So you guys are you're getting on your horse and you guys head an app.
SPEAKER_02Go find a fraline.
SPEAKER_01Go by uh, but he should definitely go pursue his dream and don't put his dream off for for someone who throws an ultimatum at you.
SPEAKER_02She doesn't dream with him.
SPEAKER_01Oh, dude. I wish that sounds like a country song that hasn't been written yet. If she doesn't dream with him, he's gone.
SPEAKER_00There's a lot of fral lines in Germany. There's a bunch of them.
SPEAKER_01That's Bobby Helms. Well, uh, that was our relationship advice today.
Posse BBQ Fundraiser Details
SPEAKER_01You're gonna miss me when I'm gone. We are hanging out this morning with our friends Mark Sterling and Richard Bilby with the White Mountain Sheriff's Posse. We're promoting their annual fundraiser, their barbecue this Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the orchard at Charlie Clark's. They have live music, live auction, and great food. What's the food that's on the menu this year?
SPEAKER_02Get pork or chicken, get beans, coleslaw, corn, a dinner roll, a drink, and a cold drink.
SPEAKER_01And a cold drink and uh some of the best coleslaw in the world. I'm going to I can't wait. I love coleslaw, so we're gonna try that out. And also ice cream for one dollar, and uh the ice cream proceeds benefits the 4H. Now, our friends Mark and Richard have uh been longtime locals to the White Mountains. Uh, how long have you been up here, Richard?
SPEAKER_02Technically 49 years.
SPEAKER_01And how about you? 55. And Mark 55, okay. We are gonna find out who knows more about the White Mountains.
White Mountains Trivia Showdown
SPEAKER_01Multiple choice. If you need it, if you don't need it, but say your name, that's your buzzer. Which famous show bar was known for stories of horses going in the bar and even maybe a mountain lion being brought inside. Richard. Richard.
SPEAKER_02That would be uh what we commonly call Williams Pub, but known as Bill's Bar.
SPEAKER_01Bill's Bar. Have you both been in that bar before? Plenty.
SPEAKER_02I was raised in that. By the way, when you when you introduced us, I don't want to make Mark feel old, but I was three when he moved to the mountains.
SPEAKER_01Oh, really? Think about that.
SPEAKER_02There you go, Mark.
SPEAKER_01Think about that.
SPEAKER_00I actually rode my horse in there and uh one time rode my horse down the back stairs of Bill's bar. Oh, really? I would never do that sober.
SPEAKER_02Especially if you ever spent any time under Bill's bar and looked up at the hand floor.
SPEAKER_00I have when I sold beer up here. I went underneath to put the neon lights in, and uh I never rode my horse in Bill's bar again. That was the scariest floor ever. That's why the sawdust was on there.
SPEAKER_01The front side was all concrete. And I think I hear about the uh the Bill's uh bar sign. I think you have the sign now, right?
SPEAKER_02We just got it mounted up in my bar at home in my shop, and we're uh gonna have a little celebration sometime soon.
SPEAKER_01Awesome. A great piece of uh White Mountain history. Uh next question: which White Mountain high school team has won the most Arizona State Football Championships? Is it Snowflake, Blue Ridge, Solo, or Round Valley? It'd be Blue Ridge. It is Blue Ridge, all right. We are tied at one apiece, right? And last question: this will determine who the winner is. What famous Western outlaw spent time around Holebrook? Was it Billy the Kid? Butch Cassidy, Doc Holliday, or Wyatt Earp?
SPEAKER_02Uh, I'm gonna go with Billy the Kid.
SPEAKER_01Billy the Kid. It is not Billy the Kid. It is not Billy the Kid.
SPEAKER_00Butch Cassidy.
SPEAKER_01Is it Butch Cassidy? It is Butch Cassidy. Did you hang out with them, Mark? Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Well, yeah, we were they used to have beers at the bucket of blood saloon back in the day.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, we yeah, we did a few swills together.
SPEAKER_01Well, the winner of our Who Knows the Most About the White Mounds, congratulations, Mark Sterling.
Caller Wins Tickets And 4-H
SPEAKER_01Good morning. It's the morning brew with Chris. You are sixth caller. Who's this? This is Denise. Denise, where are you from?
SPEAKER_03Well, part of the year I'm from uh Pine Top.
SPEAKER_01Ooh, nice. All right. Denise from Pine Top. Uh, you are calling to win two tickets to the White Mountain Sheriff's Posse annual barbecue Saturday from 11 a.m. to six p.m. and four tickets to the Arizona Diamondbacks game Sunday against the Dodgers. Uh part of the uh fundraiser for the White Mountain Sheriff's Posse is uh they have ice cream for sale, and the proceeds from that benefit the 4-H department here in the White Mountains. So, to win these tickets, all you have to do is tell us what are the 4H's in 4-H.
SPEAKER_03The four clover H's are head, heart, hands, and health.
SPEAKER_01Holy moly Denise, way to go. Denise, were you in 4-H? I was. Oh, heck yeah, 4-H alum. Awesome. Well, we're looking forward to seeing you at the White Mountain Sheriff's Posse Annual Barbecue. This is their annual fundraiser helping them raise money for uh equipment, for training. They are volunteers helping with search and rescue here in the White Mountains. It's going to be a fun event. Live music, live auction every hour. It's in the orchard at Charlie Clark's. And uh you could get discounted tickets uh this week, right? Or are those gone or those sold out through Friday. Through Friday, through Friday. So they could go to the city of Pine Top. You could get them there and they're $15, or any of the sponsors uh on the flyer. They could go there and they could get them this week for $15 or buy them at the event for $20, and all proceeds go to benefit you guys. And then don't forget about the ice cream benefiting the 4-H. And you also won some diamondback tickets. Denise, what station hooked you up?
SPEAKER_03Yeah, you did.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, yeah. Let's give you multiple choice. Is it A, Q Country 925? Is it B, Magic 1017? Is it C?
SPEAKER_03Q Country. Let's go.
SPEAKER_01Awesome. Let me ask you again. What station hooked you up?
SPEAKER_03Q Country.
SPEAKER_01Yeah!
SPEAKER_03Yeah.
Donations Contacts And Final Pitch
SPEAKER_01We have had so much fun this morning hanging out with Richard Bilby and Mark Sterling with the White Mountain Sheriff's Posse talking about the barbecue this Saturday from 11 to 6 at the Orchard at Charlie Clark's. Before I let uh you and uh Mark go, Richard, is there uh anything else you'd like us to know about the uh White Mountain Sheriff's Posse barbecue or some of the amazing people that uh make this event uh such a success year after year?
SPEAKER_02We have so much support on the mountain and we we love everybody that that helps us out a lot. Um there's a couple of guys that are out still trying to round up some donations. If you have something for our raffle or live auction, you can get a hold of Neil Carr Neil Cromwell, 928-358-0017, or George Wolf, 928-205-1870. Um, and uh that brings to mind one of the one of the guys that just has a huge heart on the mountain, and he's helped us year in and year out with a a large cash donation that um we've been able to go out and buy some of these things for the live auction, and that's Barry Nix. He's got a heart of gold, and uh we we really love him.
SPEAKER_01Another uh another white mountain native that's been here and just uh a huge, a huge part of this community. So awesome. Best friends, I'm gonna be there. I hope to see you all there this uh Saturday. Do you have anything final you'd like to say?
SPEAKER_00Uh just uh get your tickets early at $15 or get them at the gate for $20, and uh you're gonna enjoy yourself, believe me.
SPEAKER_01It's gonna be a lot of fun. Uh for more information, go to their Facebook page, White Mountain Sheriff's Posse. Uh, you'll see the flyer where you could buy all the tickets for $15 before Saturday. You could also get them at uh the City of Pine Tops office as well. And uh let's uh have a great time and raise money for a great cause. It's the White Mountain Sheriff's Posse BBQ, Saturday, August 8th, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the orchard at Charlie Clark's. Best friends, thanks so much for hanging out with me a couple times this week. And uh it's been it's been amazing, and I hope you have a great event.
SPEAKER_00Great. Sure appreciate
Wrap Up And Subscribe Request
SPEAKER_00you.
SPEAKER_01Well, that is gonna do it for another episode of the Morning Brew with Chris Bennett and best friends. Big thanks to Richard Bilby and Mark Sterling from the White Mountain Sheriff's Posse for joining us this morning and sharing some great stories while helping promote this Saturday's barbecue fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the orchard at Charlie Clark's. Uh, thanks to everyone who called in and congratulations to Denise from Pine Top, who won uh two tickets to the White Mountain Sheriff's Posse barbecue and four tickets to the Diamondbacks game this Saturday against the Dodgers. If you enjoyed today's episode, I'd really appreciate it if you'd subscribe, leave a review, and share it with the best friend who you think would love our morning show shenanigans. We'll be back tomorrow for our country climb star of the week. And uh, who knows what other mischief we'll get into. For the morning brew, I've been Chris Bennett reminding you to be nice to yourself, be nice to others, and don't be jerk.
