Cattle judge and Warden-area rancher Myles Tellefson talks with Wilson Creek High School graduate and Future Farmers of America member Rylee Wilson as she holds her steer Buttercup during a Thursday morning competition at the Grant County Fair. Wilson won grand champion for her round, one of four awards she won at this year’s fair with her steers Buttercup and Honeybun.
August 21, 2022
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Beef well done
Wilson Creek FFA student participates in her last Grant Co. fair
MOSES LAKE — It was a hot day at the Grant County Fair on Thursday, with temperatures reaching 100 degrees and the National Weather Service issuing an excessive heat warning for much of Central and Eastern Washington. “Keep hydrated!” emanated from the loudspeakers across the fairgrounds. There was a sheen of sweat on Rylee Wilson's face as she stood in the Ardell Pavillion of the Grant County Fairgrounds late Thursday morning. She didn’t mind all that much, she said. The Wilson Creek High School graduate and FFA member had a pretty good fair this year, winning a grand champion ribbon and belt buckle Thursday morning in a competition with her steer Buttercup. “I actually won market yesterday with Buttercup and Honeybun,” she said, pointing to her two tan steers standing in a stall of one of the fairground cow barns. “And then I won showmanship with Honeybun (this morning) too. So I’m coming out with four buckles.” ...