HARD LESSON: Ventura County Municipal Judge Barry...

HARD LESSON: Ventura County Municipal Judge Barry B. Klopfer, born without an arm and a leg, has learned to accept his disabilities (B1). But growing up, he wanted to do what the other kids did, like roller skate. So he attached a skate to his wooden leg. “It was one of those times in my life when I ran into the hard edge of reality,” the judge said, “which in this case was the sidewalk.”