Big, blue ribbons are nice, to be sure. But for some exhibitors of animals at the fair, a winning entry also can bring some big, green cash.
How much cash? Check these prices out:
—the Grand Champion Turkey, exhibited by Garrett See, was bought for $6,600.
—the Grand Champion Lamb, exhibited by Alyson Moore, was purchased for $7,000.
—the Grand Champion Steer, exhibited by Taylor Ridling, was bought for a whopping $24,000.
All of these pricey winning animals can be seen in the Exposition Center.
And the buyer in each case? Harris Teeter.
Thad Ogburn is The N&O's Metro Editor, overseeing most local news reporting. His previous jobs have included editor of North Raleigh News and Features Editor, during which he learned that comics attract more reader response than just about anything else we do. His guilty pleasure is reality TV, which he finds not very real at all. That's assuming, of course, there is room on his DVR amid his daughter's "iCarly" episodes and his wife's daily installments of "One Life To Live."
