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Horse who touched lives of the grieving earns special adieu Percheron carried caskets of soldiers, others in Colorado
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It was a bit of a rocky start.
The first time Lorraine "Rainy" Melgosa walked Mike by herself,
the 2,300-pound draft horse took off running in circles. Melgosa held
on, her feet touching the ground every 10 steps or so, until the
Percheron finally came to a stop.
Another morning at a boarding stable near Colorado Springs,
someone threw a bale of hay over the fence just as Melgosa was
putting Mike's halter on. Mike left Melgosa in his dust.
Then came the phone call. Someone...
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A Man's Job; If you think of the groom as the guy who checks out during wedding preparations, meet Mike Minteer
The Washington Post
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Sweetheart homecoming; A war separated the newlyweds, and now Nikki and Mike Pickel have been reunited
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; WHILE HE WAS AWAY, Mike Pickel missed his new wife, his family, his favorite foods -- and nice, soft rolls of toilet paper. Mike, a Marine Corps lance corporal, came home from Iraq in June. After four months apart, he and his wife Nikki are settling in to their new home near Camp Lejeune, N.C. "We
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911 Mike can't sink much lower.(Sports)
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