Keeping cool
Jack Gilbert aims a stream of water at a pig in the swine barn at the Grant County Fair Wednesday. Triple-digit temperatures require exhibitors to watch their animals closely.
Cheryl Schweizer/Columbia Basin Herald
Cooper Vasquez uses the mister to cool down a pig in the swine barn at the Grant County Fair. Hot weather requires exhibitors to take extra precautions.
MOSES LAKE — The swine barn at the Grant County Fair is shady and relatively cool compared to outside, and the pigs were dozing in a pile of wood shavings. Nevertheless, the pig was starting to huff and puff.
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