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else who owns a business. There are
some hardships in managing your
own business. Also managing the
sole employee,” he continued.
Johnson likes to travel, but doesn’t
have the chance to do it often. He
also likes to cook, replicating dishes
and recipes that he enjoyed at restau-
rants. He even admitted to doing
some recipe research on Pinterest.
“I like to cook a bit. I like to try
things I’ve never tried before. I like
to grill. I find something I like in a
restaurant and try it myself,” he said.
He said that he likes to stay busy
and isn’t a sit-around-and-watch-
movies kind of guy. “Part of what I
do as well as horseshoeing is I do
custom leather work. I like to build
things and I like to be busy,” he said.
His perfect day would be one
that wasn’t super-hot outside and he
could shoe six or seven horses and
still have time to grill and play with
his dogs.
“Relaxing and watching the sun
go down, that would be a pretty good
day. If I can fit in some golf too, that
would be even better,” Johnson said.
He only plays two or three times
a year, and describes his skills as
not really playing golf, but playing
around at golf.
He’s looking forward to getting
out into the community as one
of Parker County Today’s bachelors.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve
been able to get in front of people
and sometimes it’s hard for me to
break loose from my own focus and
priorities. I’m forcing myself out of
my own bubble and getting back to
what I enjoy, interacting with and
meeting people,” he said. “I really
hadn’t heard of this event going
on. I have a friend that volunteers
for Careity and I learned about the
organization from him. It’s a group
of people that reach out to others in
need. Any amount of money we can
raise that can benefit others is the
ultimate goal. I think there are some
people who don’t know about them,
but once they learn about it they
would want to support it,” he contin-
ued. “It’s always good to meet new
people and network. I hopefully just
want to establish a better relationship
with the community and with my
team,” Johnson said.
Bachelor :
Rick Crosley
Charity – Children’s
Advocacy Center
Chef – Chef Aaron Austin
of Vintage Grill
When it comes to having a sense
of duty, Rick Crosley certainly has
the dedication it takes to serve as a
member of law enforcement. Having
served in the Navy, he currently is
a patrol sergeant, and started on the
SWAT team in April of 2005, moving
to the Parker County Sheriff’s Office
from Springtown Police Department
the following November.
Originally from Colorado, Crosley
wasn’t quite sure what to do with his
life.
“When I got out of high school,
I played baseball, and when I got
out of college, I didn’t know what I
was going to do or anything. We had
some relatives that are drug addicts
and family violence, and that kind of
pointed me in the direction of want-
ing to he lp people,” he said.
He moved to Parker County in
2001.
Crosley’s charity is the Children’s
Advocacy Center of Parker County,
a non-profit organization which
provides support services for child
victims of crime. It’s very important
to Crosley. “They paired me with the
CAC, but I’m glad they did,” he said.
An investigator for six years,
Crosley spent two of those years
working specifically investigating
crimes against children. “Working
those cases was always more impor-
tant to me than any of the cases that I
worked. I did property crimes, which
is just burglary and stuff, but when
I got to the crimes against children
cases, those were always … I liked
working those more because you felt
like you were making way more of a
difference,” he said.
What is he looking forward to the
most about being a Bachelor?
“Raising a lot of money for the
CAC and getting it more well-known,
because I think … the building is
new, and more people are just now
becoming more aware that Parker
County is involved in that, so getting
more people to know what it’s for
and that’s what they do. It’s one of
the most important things we do.
When people think of law enforce-
ment, they think of traffic tickets
and stuff like that, they don’t think
about some of the stuff we do behind
closed doors, helping people,”
Crosley said.
Bachelor:
Austin Livingston
Charity – Weatherford/
Parker County Animal
Shelter
Chef –Ruth Hooker of
Hooker’s Grill
Not only is he a Parker County
native, Austin Livingston seems to
embody everything it takes to be a
good ol’ boy. He grew up in Parker
County, with the exception of a
brief interlude in Maypearl in grade
school. He graduated in 2012, and
is currently attending Weatherford
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