Ron Smith

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="096d4c00dduajq.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Ron Smith </div> <div> Pharr/Hubbard Lake, MI</div> <bR> <div> <I>Valley Morning Star</I><I><B> </B></I></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Best of Texas Nature Writing . . . </B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Best of Texas Nature Writing . . . "><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U>About Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Featured Column"><U>Featured Column</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Burr Williams"><U>Burr Williams</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Carol Cullar"><U>Carol Cullar</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ro Wauer"><U>Ro Wauer</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dr. Terry Maxwell"><U>Dr. Terry Maxwell</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gail Morris"><U>Gail Morris</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ruth Beasley"><U>Ruth Beasley</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Christina Mild"><U>Christina Mild</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gary Clark"><U>Gary Clark</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id65.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Carol Mitchell"><U>Carol Mitchell</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id93.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Claire Curry"><U>Claire Curry</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id152.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wyman Meinzer"><U>Wyman Meinzer</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bill Lindemann"><U>Bill Lindemann</U></A>   |   <B>Ron Smith</B>   |   <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Susan Sander"><U>Susan Sander</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id160.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jessie Gunn Stephens"><U>Jessie Gunn Stephens</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id174.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="David Taylor"><U>David Taylor</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id73.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tony Gallucci"><U>Tony Gallucci</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id77.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fr. Tom Pincelli"><U>Fr. Tom Pincelli</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id148.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Keith Hackland"><U>Keith Hackland</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id69.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jim Stevenson"><U>Jim Stevenson</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id97.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="June Osborne"><U>June Osborne</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Phyllis Yochem"><U>Phyllis Yochem</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id156.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jan Wrede"><U>Jan Wrede</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id143.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shannon Tompkins"><U>Shannon Tompkins</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id85.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Richard Moore"><U>Richard Moore</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id168.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Julius Knebel"><U>Julius Knebel</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id105.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="How to Contact Us"><U>How to Contact Us</U></A></div> <div> Ron Smith</div> <div> <A HREF="id166.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Current Column"><U><B>Current Column</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id167.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Archives"><U><B>Archives</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Ron Smith</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div>      Ron Smith is a nationally known bird carver with collectors in 40 states. In 33 years he has carved over 1000 birds in the realistic style using the media of basswood and oils. He is also one of the contributing writers for the Valley Morning Star's nature column and has edited Valley Land Fund Photo Contest Books III and IV. For two years he has been chairman of the McAllen Texas Tropics Nature Festival. Smith and his wife Sharron spend the winters in Pharr and the summers in their 70-acre woods on a branch of the Thunder Bay River in northern Michigan. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>