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| OUR MINI AUSSIES AT WORK |
| RICK LEARNED THE CATTLE BUSINESS FROM HIS GRANDFATHER WHO WAS A DAIRYMAN AND PASTURED BEEF CATTLE IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. RICK HAD HIS OWN GATHERING CREW IN HIS TEENS AND WAS A CATTLE BUYER FOR THE FIRESTONE FAMILY CROSSING THOUSANDS OF CATTLE FROM MEXICO. LATER HE PURCHASED AND STARTED RANCHING ON HIS OWN. HE PASTURES CATTLE FOR OTHER CATTLEMEN WHEN CONDITIONS ALLOW ALONG WITH RUNNING HIS OWN SET OF COWS. RICK WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE ARIZONA CATTLE GROWERS AND THE ARIZONA NATIONAL LIVESTOCK SHOW. HE PAID FOR A COLORING BOOK TO BE MADE TO GIVE TO KIDS AND FOR BUSES TO BRING THEM TO THE SHOW. EXPOSING CHILDREN WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN AROUND LIVESTOCK AND ALLOWING THEM TO PET THE ANIMALS AND HOPEFULLY GIVING THEM SOMETHING TO REMEMBER AS THEY GROW OLDER. FARMING HAS ALSO BEEN A LARGE PART OF HIS BACKGROUND, RAISING HAY, COTTON, CORN AND OTHER CROPS OVER THE YEARS. HE STILL FARMS ALONG WITH RANCHING AND ALSO STARTED RIO GILA FROM WHICH HE DOES HABITAT ENHANCEMENT. THIS INCLUDES BUILDING AND CLEANING WATER HOLES, PUTTING IN PIPELINES, AND HE DOES SOME WORK MAKING PADS FOR DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. ALTHOUGH RANCHING IS GETTING HARDER TO MAKE A LIVING FROM, IT IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE WHAT HE LOVES TO DO. |
| KIM GREW UP WITH HER GREAT GRANDMOTHER BEING IN THE DAIRY BUSINESS. SHE HAD HORSES ALL HER LIFE AND ENJOYED GYMKHANAS AND JR RODEOS AS A KID. WORKING IN THE FAMILY JEWELRY BUSINESS GAVE HER PLENTY OF TIME OFF TO CONTINUE RIDING. SHE STARTED BARREL RACING IN THE LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS IN 1990. WINNING HER FIRST SADDLE ON RICKS GELDING, SHE STARTED RUNNING HER STALLION IMPULSIVE COWBOY "IMP" AS A 4 YR OLD AND MISSED WINNING THE GREEN SADDLE BY 1 POINT. HE MADE UP FOR IT BY WINNING HER SEVERAL SADDLES AND CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE COMING YEARS AND TODAY IS STILL GOING STRONG. SHE STARTED RIDING HIS COLTS AND THEY HAVE ALSO WON BOTH FOR HER AND OTHERS PROVING HIS ABILITY PASSES ON. SHE ALSO RODE WITH QUADRILLE DEL SOL FOR 10 YEARS USING HER RANCH/BARREL HORSES. THE DRILL TEAM PARTICIPATED IN MANY CELEBRITY EVENTS AND SHE MET SOME WONDERFUL PEOPLE. KIM AND IMP WERE THE TEAM PENNING CHAMPIONS AT THE BEN JOHNSON CELEBRITY BENEFIT WITH ROBERT MITCHUM JR AS ONE OF HER TEAM MEMBERS. HER LATEST ADVENTURE IS MOUNTED SHOOTING AND AGAIN IMP IS PROVING HIMSELF TO BE VERY VERSATILE. SHE WAS ACMSA RES CHAMPION AT THE STATE FINALS AND HAD JUST STARTED THIS SPORT. SHE WON HER FIRST COMPETITION OF THE 2004 YEAR ON IMPS DUST DEVIL SHOWING HE ALSO IS FOLLOWING IN HIS DADS HOOF PRINTS. KIM HELPS ON THE RANCH, RAISES SEVERAL COLTS EACH YEAR AND RAISING MINIATURE AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERDS FOR THE RANCH. SHE ALWAYS HAS SEVERAL NICE YOUNG HORSES FOR SALE AND IS ALWAYS PROUD TO SHOW OFF "IMPS" BABIES. SHE SOMETIMES HAS MINI AUSSIES FOR SALE THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE USED ON THE RANCH. |
