Most people remember Duane Irving driving his imposing three-quarter-ton Dodge diesel pickup around Nicasio, hay bales stacked 20-high in the bed. Heads turned to see his Australian Shepherd Bergie perched on top of the swaying alfalfa. A cowboy, father and founder of Halleck Creek Riding Club, Duane passed away at the Nicasio ranch he donated to his club for the disabled on July 19. He was 75.

“There wasn’t anything you couldn’t do as far as he was concerned,”…