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We always need to be prepared and work hard in practice so we can be just like the farmer who has put that fourth cutting of hay in the barn. After he does that, he can feel good about what is going to happen the rest of the winter.
Don Meyer
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Don Meyer
Age: 69 †
Born: 1944
Born: December 16
Died: 2014
Died: May 18
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Donald Wayne Meyer
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