Barrel racer an inspiration to those with MS

GIFFORD – In 1991, doctors told Laura Kimball to quit her job at a tractor supply store, give up riding horses and prepare for a life in a wheelchair.

Kimball said she was shocked to learn she had multiple sclerosis, a chronic and often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system.

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