Senior will put hard lessons, success with cattle operation to work in college

From: The Gazette | Date: April 26, 2006| Author: BILL McKEOWN THE GAZETTE | Copyright information

[CORRECTION: Colin Durham hopes someday to purchase 100,000 acres of ranchland south of Rush. His family owns about 3,000 acres in the area now. Durham has earned money from a cattle operation he started when he was 13 but not enough to fully fund his college education. Correction ran 4/27/2006.]

TO OUR READERS: This is the third in a series of stories about members of The Gazette's Best & Brightest Class of 2006.

Colin Durham doesn't think small.

The 18-year-old senior...

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