June 2022

Valley cowboys take third place at CNFR

CASPER, Wyo. — The Missouri Valley College men’s and women’s rodeo teams finished competition at the 2022 College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo., Saturday. The teams produced one NIRA champion, one reserve national champion and four All-Americans. The men’s team finished third overall, and the women’s team placed ninth.

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Wait and see

I just got in from watering the fruit trees and the crops contained in Laura’s “container garden” — tomatoes, peppers, potato plants, some herbs, strawberry plants, blueberry bushes, and squash. The oppressive heat and what is becoming a lengthy dry spell means the garden hose will get more and more use as spring turns into summer here in the holler.

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