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      Jesse and his roping partner, Kelly Lacey of 
      Mount Vernon, will compete in team roping on July 22. 
      
      Jesse will also be showing in an all-mule 
      show in Columbia, Mo., in August. 
      
      He graduated from Mount Zion High School in 
      May and was awarded a scholarship from the High School Rodeo Association. 
      
      He won his first trophy at 18 months and 
      started roping at age 2½. He has been showing, breaking, training and 
      shoeing horses all his life. He has been roping off his mule, Tex, for 
      three years. 
      His grandparents 
      are Janice Stoltzenburg of Decatur and Bill Stoltzenburg of Oreana, both 
      formerly of Lincoln, and Carl Merriman of Decatur. 
      [Provided by Janice 
      Stoltzenburg]       |