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Friends and Neighbors: Joy of running led to O'Brien starting annual Farmers Day Fun Run

The 1970s and 1980s bring several things to mind - disco, big hair and running. Wait? Running?

Running was a popular activity during the time, according to local retired teacher Patrick O'Brien, for whom running has been a major part of life.

"I was a runner before I moved back to Kimball and I had ran in a few fun runs," he said. "BJ (Peters) was a runner here, and so he and I worked out together and we would go around the panhandle and run in some of the fun runs."

The inspiration to spearhead a fun run in Kimball came from participating in those area events. In addition to running recreatio...

 
 
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