TPW TV -- CHANGING OF THE GUARD: Training a new 
generation to take over the family business ... we 
explain ... ahead on Passport to Texas

This is Passport to Texas (Feb. 1)

The Wexford Ranches have been in the same family for 136 
years. This month the TPW TV series, examines how the 
next generation prepares take this large family ranch into 
the future. Producer Ron Kabele: 

55 -- The grandmother, Mrs. O'Connor, her main goal is to keep 
what's left of the ranch intact. What she's done is she's gotten 
Kye, the ranch foreman ... so now they're teaching the grandkids 
what they need to do to take over the business, to keep it as a 
whole. I'm lucky enough to have worked for four generations. 
So now my bosses are much younger than I, but that's cool, 
too, because I put lots of responsibility on them. It's a very 
daunting task. Kye has done this all his life. The grandkids - 
they've grown up in the city. So, what Kye does is he teaches as 
much as he can, himself, and then he brings outside people in. 
He's getting older, and at some point he's going to retire. And 
what's going to happen to that ranch? It's been in their family for 
over 130 years, and they want to keep it in the family. It's going 
to take everything they have to keep that ranch going. To keep 
that ranch in the family.

Thanks, Ron.

This show airs the week of February 3.

The WL Restoration program supports our series and 
provides funding for diverse conservation project in Texas.
 
For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti.










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