Wrangling goats and winning ribbons
Future Farmers of America students wait for the judge to analyze their goats.
NANCE BESTON/COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD
Harlie Torgeson, 17, competed for her second time in the Grant County Fair and won Market Goats Grand Champion.
Juan Cuevas, a first-time competitor, won a champion reserve ribbon after competing for the first time in the Grant County Fair with his goat, Texas Ranger. He rubbed the ribbon on Texas Ranger for good luck.
MOSES LAKE — The young people line up outside of the pen, wrangling the goats they have been raising all season and waiting for the judge to call them into the ring. Goat heads buck, feet fly into the air and one by one they trot into the enclosure, often pulling the goat by its leash and sometimes its tail to get them inside. The young agriculture enthusiasts wait for the judge to walk by and examine their goats.
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