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FAIR
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
GRANT COUNTY FAIR LIVESTOCK AUCTION
GRAND CHAMPIONS
Abbie Justice was the Grand
Champion for Market Turkey
winner at the Grant County
Fair on Aug. 16.
Payton Whitmore was the
Grand Champion for Market
Fryers/Broilers at the Grant
County Fair on Aug. 16.
Erika Dickens was the Grand
Champion for Market Lamb
winner at the Grant County
Fair on Aug. 16. With her is
buyer Ty Holly.
Laken McKay was the Grand
Champion for Market Hog
winner at the Grant County
Fair on Aug. 16. With her is
buyer Bob Cowen-Thompson
for Chester’s Thriftway.
Trey Brown was the Grand
Champion for Market Goat
winner at the Grant County
Fair on Aug. 16. With him
is buyer Debbie Brown of
Bend.
Raney Anderson was the
Grand Champion for Market
Steer winner at the Grant
County Fair on Aug. 16. With
her is buyer Russ Young for
Iron Triangle.
Cinch
Anderson,
right,
was the Reserve Grand
Champion for Market Steer
winner at the Grant County
Fair on Aug. 16. With him is
buyer Bob Cowen-Thompson
for Chester’s Thriftway.
Sydnie Brandon was the
Reserve Grand Champion
for Market Turkey winner
at the Grant County Fair on
Aug. 16.
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPIONS
Lilly Rockhill, right, was the
Reserve Grand Champion
for Market Hog winner at the
Grant County Fair on Aug.
16. With her is buyer Tammy
Clark representing Timbers
Bistro.
Sierra Jenks was the Reserve
Grand Champion for Market
Goat winner at the Grant
County Fair on Aug. 16. With
her is buyer Dustin Oates for
Ed Staub and Sons.
Preston Fretwell, right,
was the Reserve Grand
Champion for Market Lamb
winner at the Grant County
Fair on Aug. 16. With him is
buyer Brooke Taynton for
Pioneer Feed & Farm Supply.
Max Cantrell was the
Reserve Grand Champion
for Market Fryers/Broilers
winner at the Grant County
Fair on Aug. 16.
Eagle photos /Richard Hanners
Taylor Parsons’ donation pauses livestock auction
By Richard Hanners
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Grant County Fair livestock auc-
tion paused for several emotional min-
utes Aug. 16 while auctioneer Trent
Stewart read a letter by Taylor Parsons
as the young man guided his market hog
around in the arena.
Parsons, 11, a member of the Beaver
Believers 4-H club, said he would donate
proceeds from the sale of his market hog
to the Sons of Drew Knowles memorial
fund.
Knowles, who was Parsons’ coach
for wrestling, baseball and rodeo, died
July 26 in a single-vehicle wreck on
Highway 26 east of Mitchell. Parsons
was also close friends with Knowles’
three boys.
Stewart said word around the fair
was that bidding for Parsons’ hog would
start at $20 per pound. Most market
hogs sold for $5 to $10 per pound. Iron
Triangle had the winning bid at $29.
The Delley Officer Memorial Award
for Courtesy and Sportsmanship was
awarded to Erika Dickens.
Bred and Fed Awards went to Mark
Thomas for swine, Raney Anderson for
beef and Erika Dickens for market lamb.
Contributed photo/Tanni Wenger Photography
Grant County
Chamber of Commerce
Taylor Parsons, 11, donated the proceeds from the sale of his market hog during the Grant County Fair to the Sons of Drew
Knowles memorial fund.
We would like to
recognize all the
Grant County Fair
participants for
their hard work
and dedication in
making the 110th
County Fair a
Great Success.
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Hand Picked from Walla Walla, Washington will be
presenting a Blue Grass Gospel Concert at the Ritter
Hot Springs on Sunday, August 25th at 4:00 pm.
Everyone is Welcome. This group has lost three of their
former members in the last three years. Two were from
an untimely death, and one retired. But they are still
performing, and added another member. Owner Mike
Tillay is offering this free of charge for you to enjoy.
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