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Brent Wheat The back of the Tiller residence overlooks Rock Creek. Brent Wheat more challenging as he mentioned, "I just bought a Tiller pokes around his barn that could soon be an antique brand new, bigger, John Deere tractor because there's store. a bunch of landscaping stuff I still want to do." "I still want to do," seems to be a common subtext shop and catches up on reading. "The biggest change in my life is the reading I do," weaving through all our conversation. The daily schedule depends on the season. During summer, the outdoor routine actually takes place in two shifts. "I get up, have coffee and watch the television news, something I never had time to do. I work from about 7 a.m. until 10 a.m., then it gets too hot. I have a siesta and go back out around 4 p.m. to finish my chores," Tiller said. He is also a big fan of the Buffalo Bluegrass Festival and loves to visit the Sheridan rodeo, "voted the best small town rodeo in three of the last five years," he says with his button-downed version of wild enthusiasm. Fall is the busiest time. With season tickets to the David Boudia, University of Wyoming, Purdue and alma mater MonOlympic gold medalist tana State, they are on the road constantly. Beside the Convenience wherever football long-weekends in their RV, "it takes a full day to mow the lawn so between packing, travel and unyou splash down. packing, fall is busy," Tiller notes. With the Lafayette Savings Bank mobile There is one thing still on the bucket list: a trip to app, I check balances, transfer funds and pay bills anywhere in the world. New England. "I always seemed to be busy during the fall so I'd like to go back there and see the changing of I'll bank with Lafayette Savings Bank at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Download the the leaves," he quipped. free app today. The dry, bone-snapping cold of winter brings about another change of routine. Tiller still has an eye-opener of coffee, wildlife viewing and TV news but he then goes to the Buffalo YMCA around mid-morning to work out in the weight room. Afterward, he works on various Corporate HQ | 101 Main St. | www.LSBANK.com / 742-1066 indoor projects such as his "maybe, someday" wood GBIprint.com GoldandBlack.com Gold and Black IllustrateD • volume 23, issue 6 • 65