Knee, back pain doesn’t stop Brownlee

MEEKER — Alden and Anita Brownlee have been a part of agriculture in northeastern Colorado since 1975. Throughout the years, Alden drove trucks during sugar beet harvest, worked cattle during calving season and ran cattle on his pasture.
As with many farmers and ranchers, the years of hard work have taken a toll on his body. Recently, because of chronic pain in his back and knees, Brownlee noticed that normal chores had become more difficult…