Letter to the editor: A sheep called 'Stormy'

Editor,

Years and years ago when I was a kid showing sheep at the Carbon County Fair, if I had “five market-WEATHER”  lambs they would be named “Stormy, Wind, Rain, Snow and Hail”.

However, if I was showing a market-WETHER sheep it would have been called “Lamb Chop” as opposed to “Rambo”. It’s tough to decide WHETHER that would be the right call or not.

Congratulations to Corson Kerbs for weathering another fair by scoring a double grand champion slam with “Fluffy” the steer and “Stormy” the wether—described in the dictionary as “a male sheep castrated while immature.”

Dick Perue,

a former 4-H and FFA member who weathered several Carbon County Fairs by showing market-wether sheep as well as reporting on lots of fairs while editor, publisher and proof-reader for “The Saratoga Sun” in bygone days.