SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa., Nov. 3 -- Slippery Rock University issued the following news release:
By Eddie Trizzino, Butler Eagle Community Editor
Noel Mitchell was always into horses as a child, and now he rides one about every week and has been on this routine for the better part of a year.
Spending an hour riding a horse through the ring at Storm Harbor Equestrian Center at Slippery Rock University takes some of the stress away, the Army veteran said, and he gets to ride for free thanks to a grant the university receives from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The calming feeling is not an illusion - the staff of the equestrian center said horses are animals uniquely fitted to people. They are herd animals that like to socialize just like p...