{"id":52,"date":"2019-05-10T15:39:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T15:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/having-a-barrel-of-fun\/"},"modified":"2019-05-11T00:05:36","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T00:05:36","slug":"having-a-barrel-of-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/having-a-barrel-of-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Having a Barrel of Fun!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">The next contestant in the barrel race positions her horse at an open gate on the far end of the rodeo arena. She pauses momentarily, focuses and then spurs her horse into a gallop. If that rider looks familiar to some NPC students, it\u2019s because her name is <span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Gail Campbell<\/span> and the day before she was directing the <span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Education, College &amp; Career Preparation<\/span> division at NPC\u2019s Holbrook campus. She serves as associate dean of the program that helps adults prepare for college-level classes by brushing up on math and read-ing and writing skills or by earning a GED.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_55\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55\" class=\"wp-image-55 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/npc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2019-volume-5-issue-1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Gsmith_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"240\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-55\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 10pt;\">Gail Campbell<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Campbell has been competing in equine events since the tender age of four. Her mother, Betty Campbell, is still<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">barrel racing at age 84, and Gail plans to keep on racing<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">as long as she can, too! An exciting sport, barrel racing is an event included in rodeos or as a stand-alone compe<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">tition. Contestants ride their horses into an arena and<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">circle three barrels placed in a triangle as fast as they can,<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">racing against the times of their opponents. The tighter <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">the turns around the barrels, the better the time. Camp<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">bell, a Greeley, Colo., native with a career best of 17.8<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">seconds, says, \u201cAdrenaline is there when you enter the<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">arena, and I always hope muscle memory kicks in quickly!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Along with her husband, <span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">Steve Mills<\/span>, Campbell moved to Snowflake in 2013, when both began teaching at NPC. They strategically selected Snowflake because of its proximity to barrel racing competitions. \u201cMost weekends I can run barrels at an event that is within an<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">hour\u2019s driving distance,\u201d Gail says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Growing up on a Colorado cattle and horse ranch, Campbell has competed and trained horses and riders throughout her life. For the past 15 years, she has primarily focused on barrel racing. She most enjoys the competitiveness and camaraderie of the sport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Campbell earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in animal science<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">at Colorado State University and says horses \u201chave, and always will be an important part of who I am. Barrel racing is mainly about horsemanship, and each horse is different, with its own individual style. What is most important in starting to work with each horse is to have<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">them well trained before you begin to work them on<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">barrels. This can take years! Your skill as a horseman<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">is what makes the individual and the horse a successful team. It isn\u2019t easy, but it is rewarding.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">Campbell says, \u201cNPC is a great resource for our area<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">and I really enjoy the opportunity to be a part of that.\u201d She credits her mother and her husband Steve, who teaches construction at NPC, for inspiring her in educa-tion. \u201cAs I was growing up, Mom was always at my school. My parents valued education, and Mom devoted her career to educating students at the state college level. My husband has shown me what it means to be an<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">effective educator, to make the connection with students.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans';\">He has helped me broaden my view of what an educator is, realizing there is more to education than just what happens in the classroom. I am very lucky to be able to do two things I love: barrel race and educate students.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npc.edu\/college-prep\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans Bold';\">www.npc.edu\/college-prep<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next contestant in the barrel race positions her horse at an open gate on the far end of the rodeo arena. She pauses momentarily, focuses and then spurs her horse into a gallop. 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