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Preacher Larry sharing the Good News at The Cowboy Way. Riders and ropers loosen up before a “He paid your way” rodeo at The Cowboy Way arena.

more conducive for us older guys who can’t otherwise compete. We ride our own horses, three on a team. You go in on one end of the arena. There’s 30 cattle on the other end, all numbered. They draw the numbers of three head and then the three of you have a minute and 15 seconds to sort out those three head and get them into the pen. An adrenaline rush doesn’t come around very often when you’re 74 years old. But, I tell you what, when you bring those cattle around the corner and stick them in that pen, you get an adrenaline rush then!” He and his teammates are in competition for the enjoyment of it. “There’s a few younger guys who are in it for the money. But us guys are just happy we can still get on a horse, still chase a cow and still go to someplace to have these events and compete. And, once in a while, you win a few bucks, and you get to the finals.” After competing in a rodeo in October, Covid knocked Larry out of the saddle. He was sick at home before ending up in the hospital on Nov. 15th.

“When I got the Covid, my body did what it was supposed to do and attacked the Covid. But for some reason, it turned on me and hit my nerves. When the brain sent the signal from my brain to my feet to move, they wouldn’t move.” However, by Dec. 10th he walked out of the hospital using a walker and started physical therapy. “About the 20th of January, I got on my horse and started chasing cows again. I was not about to let this garbage keep me down.”

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