SMITHVILLE, Mo. (MCT) - When Andy Sturdivan guided disabled hunters during a special deer hunt years ago, he never considered that one day his role would be reversed.
But that's what happened when he participated in an event put on by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Smithville Lake recently.
Beset by a long list of health problems - everything from Parkinson's to congestive heart failure to arthritis - Sturdivan was viewing the deer woods from a different vantage point.
"Back in my healthier days, I was one of the volunteers who took some of the disabled hunters out," said Sturdivan, 66. "I always thought of what a great program it was...