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Article: The Roanoke Times, Va., Joe Kennedy's A Cuppa Joe column: Living a dream in a new location.
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- The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)
- Article date:
- August 6, 2007
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Byline: Joe Kennedy
Aug. 6--Last September, Hurley Ward reluctantly moved her riding stable from Crystal Creek Drive in Southwest Roanoke County to her Just the Spirit farm on Martins Creek Road.
She went from 28 acres to 8 acres, from low rent on county land to no rent on her own place and from county maintenance to mowing her place herself.
She lost some riders and gained some others, but Ward, a long-haired, sun-burnished horse aficionado, has not lost her gratitude.
She still lives her dream. For 14 years, she has independently taught riding, broken and trained horses, and tolerated the flies, the manure and the complications such ...