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Show r 1 . . . " - i , ... fc ." ... i . - '; . i ' . . r : --P- .;' ' . - m . . ,-, :. ' ... ; K '.; r,, V " t .... . - ' ' .' ' ' ' t ' , ' ' : : ' - y - RODEO CLOWN, Rich Reinhart, bottom, decides not toe' Butch Lehmkulher, top, as he walks away so that he can sen his leg. j 1 Close calls ore parv ov vhe job The clowns at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo were Rich Reinert and Butch Lehmkuhler of North Platte, Nebraska. Reinert is a math instructor and gymanstics coach at North Platte High School and Lehmkuhler teaches industrial in-dustrial arts and coaches swimming. Reinert and Lehmkuhler have been clowning as a team for five years. "Clowning is exciting. There are always close calls. You get hooked and bumped around, and five years ago I broke three ribs," stated Rich Reinert. "We 1 Reinert and Lehmkuhler) are a team and we work well together. You get paid every time whereas the cowboy has to take his chances. He has to make an eight second ride or rope a calf inten seconds." t he other part of the clowning and bullfighting team is Butch Lehmkuhler, "I started clowning because it helped me pay saddle bronc (e educated guess as to deci: move and not to move," Lehmkuhler. "Everyone hii or they won't be in the bj; because it is your job to calls. Everyone has injuries." Clowns are kept busy rodeo season. "We are bo;K 65 performances fros .-. September. This is the L-sl:1 been in Utah." stated LeirJ"-- Lehmkunler aactl,-'""--- beat up more in saddle ! I'm healthier being a cio'- j doing a better job as a clown Reinert and Lehmkuhler-battles Lehmkuhler-battles with fierce bulls i horses, but the group alsc specialty antics on a mir.-: and on a large round tramp, the Dinosaur Roundup Roo. Thursday. Friday and Satur |