Self-checking and positive attitude

COLFAX - It was 3 a.m. on a Sunday morning in late June. Carrie Lyle was awake to make coffee for her husband, Larry. She crossed her arms and felt a small, pea-sized lump in her breast.

She had a clean mammogram in January, but cancer can grow quickly.

Fortunately, this barrel-rounding cowgirl was faster than the cancer. She has taken this bull by the horns and tossed it to the ground, all while wearing a smile.

"It's been such an inspiration for others going through something similar," said Kay Riebold, Palouse Empire Rodeo Foundation treasurer.

Lyle called her doctor the Tuesday after findi...