Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Beka Adams, of Waitsburg, brings Old Glory into the rodeo arena last Saturday night at the Columbia County Fair.
Danny Alires, from Moxie, held on tight as White Light- ning tried to buck him off last Saturday night at the Colum- bia County Fair Rodeo. He held on well, earning 68 points.
The Columbia County Fair Court, Morgan Fatheree, Emma Philbrook, Sierra Smith and Bryeanna Myrick, rides into the rodeo arena last Saturday night at the fair in Dayton.
Calvin Shaffer tries to stay on a bucking horse during the rodeo at the fair in Dayton last Saturday night. He held on for 6.5 seconds.
DAYTON – The Columbia County Fair last week- end brought out families, farmers, animals for show and cowboys riding bucking horses.
Last Saturday, Phinehas Kerr, age 6, was showing off his 4-H Cloverbuds display in the youth building at the fairgrounds. The Cloverbuds had spent months working on craft projects and he was proud to show off the photos to his mom, Valerie, and allowed her to even take his photo in front of the display.
Kerr said with the Clo- verbuds he had made can- dles and even fire starter baskets. And the best part about being part of the Cloverbuds at the fair?
“Probably the fun,” Kerr replied.
Outside of the Clover- buds, Kerr said he likes to draw pictures and in his wildest dream he would love to make an ice pick or a knife.
“He wants to do black- smithing in the future,” mom Valerie explained.
In the Livestock Barn, Daltin Lambert, a sixth grader from Waitsburg, was sweeping the walkway. Lambert competed at the fair with two hogs as part of the 4-H Corral Wranglers. He was proud to say he sold one of his hogs, the black one, for $3.80 per pound.
And that hog made him quite a bit of cash weighing in at 248 pounds, Lambert said.
Lambert will put some of the money in savings for college, some will pay for and feed next year’s pig, some with pay for 4-H camp and he will take $50 and buy Legos.
He hopes to bring two pigs to the Columbia County Fair again next year to achieve similar results.
Lots of people filled the stands Saturday night at the fairgrounds for the big rodeo. Moms hustled kids into the grand stand while kids tried to balance their hot dogs and shaved ice treats in their hands without tripping up the steps.
The rodeo opened with announcer Lee Daggett pumping up the crowd for 2.5 hours of rodeo to come.
The event opened with an introduction of the Pioneer Posse Court, the Columbia County Fair Court rode in on a speeding pickup truck, and Emily Adams rode into the arena on horseback with the state flag, followed by her sister Beka Adams with Old Glory.
Fans were treated to bucking horses and mut- ton busting that night, watching to see if the cow- boys could stay on for the full 8 seconds.
“It doesn’t get any bet- ter than that,” Daggett said.
As of Tuesday morning, the Columbia County Fair Board had not released any attendance numbers for last weekend’s fair.
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