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Life is Simple
Life is Simple
The Midwest Cattleman · October 5, 2023 · P5

Copyright 2023,
Jerry Crownover bered when my string of luck but for whatever reason, some foot races and other
started. After thinking long there was a fill-in and, un- feats of skill. In retrospect,
and hard, I finally pinpoint- surprisingly, students tried I’m sure she wanted us to
ed an event that happened to get away with things that burn up as much energy as
in the fourth grade, that may would never have been at- we had, to make her class-
have set the tone for the rest tempted with the real deal in room projects more sedate.
of my life. place. The first contest was a foot
It was an unusual day at For the afternoon recess, race up the steep hill next to
the rural, one-room school- the substitute teacher (prob- the schoolhouse, around the
house that I attended, in that ably frustrated to no end by big oak tree at the top, and
we had a substitute teacher our lack of attention to her), back down to the schoolhouse
for that day. Rarely did the decided to make it an ex- porch. Being no more athlet-
regular teacher miss a day, tra-long recess and conduct continued on page 12

My wife thinks I’m the
luckiest man in the world—
and not just because I mar-
ried her. She often lists the
dozens of examples in my
life, that are not a result of
my being overly smart, ir-
resistibly charming, or even
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