What's Happening in Tigard, OR…

For Amanda LeBrun, preparing for the Washington County Fair has her thinking in a very different way to most high school seniors, as she will be presenting her unusual pet at the event next month.

Romeo, her boer cross goat, will be shown at the fair this year, and LeBrun hopes he does well. Aged 17, LeBrun is a senior at Forest Grove High School, and is vice president of the FFA Club there. Though she lives in the city now, she has spent the past three years working with goats, and says that living on a farm would be possible in her future.

Speaking to OregonLive, LeBrun says she has learned a lot, working with Romeo. This is not just from the daily chores of feeding, watering, cleaning, walking, and talking that are required when caring for a goat, but also from learning responsibility and that hard work pays off.

Those who want Romeo for their very own will have a chance to bid on him at the end of the Fair, as he will be part of the closing auction. LeBrun hopes he fetches a good price, and plans to use the money to pay back her dad for all of his help, save some towards college, and possibly put something towards a newer car.

She will find out if her plans are successful when the fair takes place from July 24 – 27, and no doubt poster printing is already underway to advertise it in Oregon areas like Tigard and Hillsboro.