MONDAY AUGUST 17, 2020 Page 12 THE PADUCAH POST PADUCAH, Twenty years ago, produced by legendary athletes Lari D. Guy, Joe Beaver and Cody Ohl. brett Kirby Berry could “We’ve always been taught to work hard for what we want and we’ve always spur a rampaging put in a hard day’s work every day and do what we need to do for ourselves to Hoffman bronc in dramatic win,” she said. “That’s something that my dad has taught us from the begin - fashion on the Pro - ning.” fessional Lawton rodeo highlights Cowboys Associa - Three-time world champion Will Lowe, who lives in the Amarillo area, fin - Rodeo tion circuit. ished second in the bareback riding title race with a score of 87 at the Aug. 5- The 47-year-old 8 Lawton Rangers Rodeo, a PRCA show in Lawton, , according to Poolville business - prorodeo.com. . Three-time world champion Tim O'Connell clinched the bare - man was a top 25 bareback rider in the PRCA’s world standings. back riding title at the Lawton Rodeo with a 90 point effort aboard Killer Bee, Today, his two sons, Leighton and Kade, are walking in his boot steps. the 2019 Bareback Horse of the Year that's owned by the Beutler & Son Rodeo Leighton Berry, 21, is ranked No. 8 in the PRCA’s 2020 bareback riding world Co, according to prorodeo.com. standings and is on pace to earn his first trip to the Wrangler National Finals The other winners at the $178,963 rodeo were steer wrestlers Cade Good - Rodeo in Las Vegas. Kade Berry, 17, finished fourth in the bareback riding title man and Reed Kraeger (3.8 seconds); team ropers Bubba Buckaloo and Cole race at last month’s National High School Finals Rodeo near Oklahoma City. Davison (4.0 seconds); saddle bronc rider Jacobs Crawley (86 points on Beut - If that’s not enough, his 19-year-old daughter, Maci, has been a top break- ler & Son Rodeo's Nutrena's Rage); barrel racer Hailey Kinsel (16.90 seconds); away roping competitor on both the high school and pro circuits. bull rider Trevor Kastner (88 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo's Muley Mad - Kirby Berry’s two sons have had the advantages learning bareback riding ness); and tie-down roper Marty Yates and Timber Moore (8.6 seconds). from their father and from access to other accomplished bareback riders such In the money as former National Finals qualifier Pete Hawkins. Berry also is in the con - Five-time NFR qualifier Adam Gray--who is from Seymour and lives in the struction building business and he has put up rodeo practice facilities for his Weatherford area--clinched the tie-down roping title at the Aug. 7-8 Auto family over the years. Plaza Group PRCA Reginal Rodeo in Farmington, Mo., with an 8.9. He's Leighton and Kade began riding bareback broncs as teenagers. Last year, ranked in the top 15 in the PRCA's tie-down roping world standings. Leighton competed at the College in Casper, Wyoming, Trevor Brazile, a 25-time PRCA world champion from Decatur, clinched for Weatherford College and finished fifth in the National Intercollegiate the title at the Aug. 6 Yuma/Sterling Stand Alone in Yuma, Col - Rodeo Association’s bareback riding title race. He also qualified for the College orado. Brazile tied for fourth in the first round with a time of 12.6 seconds, National Finals this year while competing for Tarleton State, but the 2020 won the second round with a 9.6, and finished No. 1 in the average/aggregate championships were canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic race with a three-run time of 34.0 seconds. He's ranked in the top 5 in the But while he was competing on the collegiate circuit this past school year, PRCA's 2020 steer roping world standings his pro career exploded during the early season on the PRCA circuit. He had a strong finish at the San Antonio Stock Show Rodeo in February and recently Brett Hoffman, a Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame member, has reported on tied for first in bareback riding at the Parker County rodeo. and horse shows for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for more than 35 Kirby Berry said Leighton thrives because of hard work and extensive years. Email him at [email protected]. preparation. “He loves the competition of it and he loves being in those pressure situa - City of Paducah tions because he’s a pretty cool, calm, collected character,” Kirby said. “You can’t hardly rattle him up. He’s real methodical when he does it, he doesn’t PO Box 759 get overly nervous. He’s prepared. He also goes to the gym a lot. He’s in tip Paducah, Texas 79248 top shape. It really shows in his riding.” In addition to having a physical fitness regimen, Leighton, who is from Weatherford, said mental preparation has made a big difference. “I have a big white board in my room at home that I Iook at every morning,” NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON Leighton Berry said. “It’s got all of my goals and my steps on how to make PROPOSED 2020-2021 CITY OF those goals become a reality. I like to write down stuff a lot and keep my mem - ory charged on what I’m focused on the most and when the opportunity PADUCAH BUDGET comes, I’m ready to win instead of having to make a game plan on the spot. “When I win, it’s not so much of a surprise or a huge exciting feeling. It’s more that this was supposed to happen, I had this written down, I had worked for it and I put in what is necessary to accomplish the goal.” Notice is hereby given that the City Council Leighton began riding bareback broncs at 15. But Kade started riding will hold a public hearing regarding the pro - broncs about a year ago. A high point for Kade, who is from Poolville and is home schooled, was posed 2020-2021 City Budget during their turning in the highest score in bareback riding during the July 23 final round regular meeting on Tuesday September 1, at the National High School Finals Rodeo at the Lazy E Arena near Guthrie, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. at the City Hall Council Oklahoma. He turned in an 83 aboard a pro rodeo bronc named Square Bell, which is owned by Hi Lo Rodeo, to catapult from 16th to a fourth-place finish Chambers. overall. Kirby said one reason Kade wins is because he naturally takes to aggres - sively spurring a bronc. This budget will raise more total property “He leaves the chute to be 90,” Kirby Berry said. “He wants to spur bucking taxes than last year's budget by $3,643 or horses. Most kids are scared they will get bucked off so they don’t want to spur. 2.41%, and of that amount $1,063 is tax rev - But this kid’s not afraid to get bucked off. He leaves there spurring. We have to go about things differently than normal because he’s already spurring them enue to be raised from new property added to and now we have to kind of control it. the tax roll this year. “He kind of lets it all hang out right out of the gate and you can see it in his videos and his pictures. We are having to go about it in a different way to make sure he stays with that horse and it doesn’t get too much behind on that horse The proposed budget in detail is available for while he’s trying to make that spur ride that he’s wanting to make.” inspection at the City Secretary’s office. A de - Kade Berry said riding a bronc correctly is physically demanding. “It’s like lightning striking in the same spot over and over,” he said. “It’s cision on the adoption of the proposed budget fast and you can’t really see much. But whenever you’re rolling those feet up, is anticipated immediately following the public you can feel it. That horse is sending them, and he’s right in your lap and he’s pulling on you. It’s using every single muscle you can and just putting together hearing. a great spur ride.” Like her two brothers, Maci Berry thrived on the high school rodeo circuits. Rodger Brannen She was the 2018 Texas High School Rodeo Association champion break-away roper. As a pro, she’s also clinched break-away roping titles at events that were Mayor