Whenever someone went out of their way to tell Sam Dardick he couldn't do something, that just became a challenge he was quick to overcome.A paraplegic at 13 after contracting polio, he learned to ride a wheelchair well enough to become an All-American wheelchair basketball star. After being told that no one in Nevada County cared about disability rights, he founded FREED, the first independent living center in Northern California. And as a Nevada County Supervisor, he helped preserve the rural aspect of the area he loved with his work on the 1995 General Plan.Dardick, who died Tuesday at the …