Parker County Today April 2018 | Page 49

Robin Klesges outside. PCT: What’s the best piece of advice you would give?  RD: I’m not a highly educated man. I’ve had to figure it out, make mistakes, figure it out, peat and repeat over the many years. I would say the one thing that I always fell back on a favorite quote by Albert Einstein, “Imagination Is More impor- tant than knowledge.” Go to school, learn all you can but don’t ever discount the value of instinct or gut feeling. PCT: What is the most interesting thing you have ever done in your life?  RD: I have traveled the world and visited more than 30 countries, I have experienced the different cultures, the wonderful people. Something I most likely would not have had the opportunity if it weren’t for my vari- ous businesses and the industry I’m in. I do wish I would have taken more time in my travels to stay a little longer. Robin is semi-retired from the cutting horse business and “helps out” at Stuart Nursery in the spring and summer. industry, Dave McGregor. He recom- mended me to THE best in the busi- ness, Shorty Freeman. I worked for him 12 years before his deteriorating health led to his death in 1990. PCT: What is your favorite novel? RK: My favorite novel would prob- ably be Presumed Innocent. PCT: What do you do to decompress? RK: To decompress, I love to water and care for my yard. I have LOTS of flowers. Sometimes way too many! PCT: What is something people don’t know about you? RK: What people don’t know about me is that I went to art school after high school on a scholarship. PCT: How did you get into your occupation? RK: I was very fortunate in my early twenties to have met and worked for one of the best in the cutting horse PCT: What would you most like to be remembered for? RK: I’d like to (hope to) be remem- bered for my generosity. Not finan- cially, just overall “help”, physically and emotionally. PCT:  If you could have lunch with orthington ur O e k a M ! y p p a H Pappy 1609 US-380 | Graham, Tx | 940.549.2020 | worthingtoncdjr.net Go see him at Worthington CDJR in Graham Today. Brookes Worthington and grandaughters, Tatum and Lyla 47