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Rylie's Ride honors loved one, funds scholarship

By P.J. GLISSON

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SAXON - On June 16, 2014, Rylie Jo Ludtke had finished her driver's education lesson. She then used her 4-wheeler to go and feed her beloved horses, Husker and Blu (she playfully preferred the spelling without an "e").

Jayme Tamble, Rylie's mom, said nobody knows what happened that day: Maybe an unexpected deer ran by. Maybe Rylie turned her head at an inopportune time. Whatever it was took her life in a flash.

Rylie, of Kimball, was barely 15 years old when she died more than 3 years ago, and her passing broke a lot of hearts.

"She loved everybody, a...