{"id":9249,"date":"2016-11-07T23:08:14","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T23:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idsunmedia.com\/?p=9249"},"modified":"2016-11-07T23:08:14","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T23:08:14","slug":"garrett-lovell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/07\/garrett-lovell\/","title":{"rendered":"Garrett Lovell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Enjoys hunting, fishing & the great outdoors<\/h2>\n
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Garrett Lovell. Photo courtesy of Garrett Lovell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wood River High School junior Garrett Lovell, carrying a 3.7 grade point average and a member of National Honor Society, loves the outdoors, whether it is ranching with his dad or hunting and fishing.<\/p>\n

Born in the Wood River Valley, Lovell\u2019s family is in the process of moving to a 25-acre ranch south of Bellevue. It will be home to their 25 head of black Angus cattle and assorted animals.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been awesome growing up here in a small town,\u201d Lovell said. \u201cThere\u2019s just so many activities for you, like hunting and fishing, riding horses and participating in 4-H.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also fills out his schedule by working at The Pioneer Saloon in Ketchum.<\/p>\n

Besides ranching, Lovell\u2019s father works in the construction business, which led to a job for Garrett framing houses last summer. He is also in the Construction Academy at WRHS.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really learned a lot last summer,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is my second year at the Academy, where we build structures in the shop. This year I\u2019m building a shed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lovell hopes to continue framing houses through college and then possibly pursue a career in engineering while ranching with his family on the side.<\/p>\n

\u201cMath is my strong point and I work well with numbers in my head,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Lovell started working on the ranch with his dad when he was 14.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a fun hobby and we all enjoy it and hopefully we\u2019ll make some money. I\u2019m really interested in it and learning more about cattle.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he does a little bit of everything on the ranch.<\/p>\n

\u201cI move irrigation wheel lines in the summer and work the cattle by branding them and doing pregnancy tests,\u201d he said. \u201cMy favorite part is working with the calves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lovell said he loves working with cattle and horses.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been around horses my whole life and really enjoy riding and working with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

For his personal project at school, Lovell studied the gestation process in cattle and documented it. This included why animals receive specific vaccinations, the purpose of branding and why ranchers do pregnancy checks to monitor the calves\u2019 progress.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy presentation consisted of photos and video covering the whole process,\u201d Lovell said \u201cIt went really well and it was great to learn in deeper detail and to be more involved.\u201d<\/p>\n

For fun and recreation, Lovell enjoys hunting and fishing.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy earliest memory hunting was going with my father when he got a cow elk,\u201d Lovell said. \u201cI rode along on a four-wheeler and helped with gutting and cleaning the animal and learned a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

At age 12, he took a hunter education course and then drew a cow elk tag.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hiked all day and when I got her, she was pretty big. I felt so proud and fortunate to get one because sometimes you are not that lucky.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love everything about it\u2013\u2013going out and enjoying the outdoors while harvesting an animal to feed my family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s Note<\/i><\/b>: Anyone who would like to recommend a Blaine County School District student for The Weekly Sun\u2019s \u201cStudent Spotlight\u201d feature should contact Jonathan Kane at jkjonkane@gmail.com.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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