Page 82 - Speedhorse March 2019

“I’ll call him several tim
him and when it’s cold an
been with him for decade
yc
e
they’ll say he can just smo
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me
nd
es
dr
sa
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ot
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’s
es
th
sa
s a
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ai
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an
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in
ny
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nu
ut
un
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k j
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ha
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t’
e,
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wn
nh
he
er
re
e,
,I
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’l
ll
l
say, ‘Doc, you’re 86 years o
go
and build fence today. Yo
o
ou
ol
oo
e
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ld
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d.
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eg
Do
go
on
n’
’t
tg
ou
ut
tt
th
he
er
re
ot
tp
pe
eo
op
pl
le
et
to
od
do
that,’” adds Gordon. “Mo
op
os
pl
e
st
ta
al
ll
lo
of
ft
th
ho
os
se
av
ve
an
nd
da
ar
re
ep
pe
er
rf
fe
ec
ct
tl
ly
ca
ap
pa
ab
bl
le
of doing it correctly, but I
sk
It
ka
,
th
hi
in
nk
ki
if
fy
yo
ou
ua
as
an
ny
yb
bo
od
dy
y,
rk
ka
an
ny
yb
bo
od
dy
y.
.”
“There’s something in
ke
nt
ee
te
er
rn
na
al
ll
ly
yt
th
ha
at
tk
ep
ps
sh
hi
im
m
going,” adds Jeff Tebow, C
ag
,
CE
EO
Oo
of
fH
where he has worked for t
ar
s
th
he
ep
pa
as
st
t1
15
5y
ye
ea
rs
s.
.“
“H
He
e’
’s
told me that he’s been afra
dt
s
ai
id
do
of
ff
fa
ai
il
li
in
ng
ga
an
nd
th
ha
’s
kept him going, and there
gm
e
nd
de
er
rl
ly
yi
in
ng
me
es
ss
sa
ag
ge
there that drives him: You
on
uc
ny
.
ca
an
n’
’t
tr
re
es
st
to
yo
ou
ur
rl
la
au
ur
re
el
ls
s.
Things change; you just h
”
ha
av
ve
ut
et
td
do
to
ok
oo
or
ke
rs
ee
s a
ep
pg
go
oi
in
ng
t th
g.
he
.”
“There have been pe
wh
eo
op
pl
le
e i
in
n m
my
y l
li
if
fe
e w
ho
ey
y’
o,
’v
,
like Doc, have seemed r
se
d
r ro
ou
ug
gh
h b
b be
ec
ca
au
us
e t
ve
h hi
e l
is
l le
ed
a rough life,” adds Gord
ke
s
do
on
n.
. “
“ “H
He
e’
’s
s w
w wo
or
rk
ed
d h
entire life and it’s been o
.
o ou
a an
nd
d h
h ha
ar
rd
d l
l la
ab
bo
or
r.
But a gentler man, I don
”
Graham, who passed awa
and a daughter into the w
love for agriculture and h
n’
ay
wo
’t
yi
or
h hi
t k
in
rl
is
k kn
n2
ld
s w
no
20
da
w wo
ow
01
an
or
w.
nd
rk
.”
Building a Family
Doc and his late wife, N
Nan
nc
cy
y
E
El
dn
l
l
le
en S
Smi
he
it
e t
th
h
17
7,
,b
br
ro
ou
ug
gh
ht
ta
t tr
D Do
ra
as
ac
oc
so
ct
c’
’s s
on
to
n
no
ow
wh
ha
av
ve
et
th
hr
re
ee
or
e
grandchildren, including T
Ty
yl
le
er
rG
Gr
ra
ah
ha
am
m,
,w
wh
ho
om
mD
Do
oc
r. .
c
has groomed for years to t
ta
ak
ke
eo
ov
ve
er
ro
op
pe
er
ra
at
ti
io
on
ns
sw
wh
he
en n
he’s no longer able, and tw
wo
og
gr
re
ea
at
t-
-g
gr
ra
an
nd
dc
ch
hi
il
ld
dr
re
en
n.
.
“Tyler has done an a
ab
bs
so
ol
lu
ut
te
el
ly
y i
i in
nc
cr
re
Providing Veterinary Care
Dr. Charles Graham is dedicated to high standards in veterinary medicine and helped grow Elgin Veterinary Hospital to be one of the largest in the country.
le e
job,” Doc says of the yo
ou
ed
di
ib
bl
un
ng
g m
m ma
an
n w
w wh
ho
o,
, a
a as
s a
a
toddler, he used to drive
e a
a ar
ro
ou
un
nd
d o
o on
n t
t th
Tyler seems to have i
in
nh
he
er
ri
it
te
ed
d b
bo
ot
th
h D
k e
e et
th
hi
ic
c.
. “
“ “H
He
e’
’s s
interested in all the face
et
ts
s t
“ “H
t th
He
ha
e’
at
’s
t I
s b
b bl
I I’
’v
le
ve
e b
b be
ee
en n
involved in,” Doc says. “
es
ss
se
ed
d w
w wi
it
th
h a
a l
l lo
ot t
of God-given talents and
d h
h he
e h
h ha
as
s c
c co
on
nt
tr
ri
ib
bu
ut
te
ed d
lots and lots of the succe
es
ss
s s
s si
in
nc
ce
e h
h he
e’
’s
s b
b be
ee
en n
here with me. And his w
w wi
if
fe
e,
, N
N Na
ai
ia
a,
, i
i is
s e
e ex
xt
tr
re
em
me
el
ly y
talented. She’s a wonder
rf
fu
ul
l a
a as
ss
se
ke
et
t t
e c
t to
c ca
o m
ar
re
m me
e o
o of
e a
a an
f m
nd
m me
d d
e.
.” ”
d do
oe
es s
everything in the world t
Dr. Graham with his grandson Tyler
t to
o t
t ta
ak
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