jennie ross says she's been reading and writing poetry since she was 9. that was more than seven decades ago. and she's finally ready to share it. jennie ross has seen a lot...done a lot and met a lot of people in her lifetime. --"that's will rogers right there in that plane he crashed.---" --"that's a picture of john and i ...uh..." erin:that's air force one....which president? jennie...ronald reagan..." at 81 ...she holds tight to her memories... and she's been writing down her stories through the years. she says it all began reciting poetry at the age of 9. jennie ross: hey your dog's no good.two of em's fat and they have no witt...and i had to lick that poetry led her to writing lyrics for 92 country western songs in austin texas where she grew up. ---country music....------- jenny: the guy i started writing with is the guy willie nelson sent me over to. ha." -----music ---- jennie:"and a bunch of children's songs" ----children's music------ ---we recorded this one in my own studio in austin..ha ha ha." patriotic tributes to her brothers.....and 50 di

jennie ross has been collecting stories for most of her 81 years. she's published a novel....a mystery and a collection of patriotic short stories. and now she's concentrating on a character from years ago...names slicker mcquicker. he has a band of friends andhe teaches values including safety, courtesy and anti bullying. jennie:"the reason i wrote slicker mcquicker is because it tells kids things they need to know...like when you're swimming kids need to know." slicker mcquicker is going through an update on his looks right now but she's already put him through 50 adventures she hopes to see in schools one of these days for kids to learn from. her other books are already available at buy nevada first and through amazon. the truckee meadows water authority has about 90 wells around reno and sparks -- and they're using about 20 of them to put water back into the ground. something they've been doing since 1993. and as paul nelson shows us, it's just one more way to prepare for dry years. river flowing the truckee river is one of the areas biggest sou