Bethel Besties Team Up for Cattle Show Success

Taycie Baker placed first for her Division 5 Cow/Calf Pair of Ruby and Bubba during the 13th Annual Ron Wayland Memorial Oklahoma Limousin Field Day earlier this month. Her friend Callie Loman, both of Bethel, helped by showing the two-month-old calf. Shown, from left, are Annie Jo Gilbert, Grace Loman, Suzanne Gilbert, Randy Gilbert, Baker, Loman, Morley Griffith, Twana Griffith and Matt Griffith. Photo provided by Suzanne Gilbert
Taycie Baker placed first for her Division 5 Cow/Calf Pair of Ruby and Bubba during the 13th Annual Ron Wayland Memorial Oklahoma Limousin Field Day earlier this month. Her friend Callie Loman, both of Bethel, helped by showing the two-month-old calf. Shown, from left, are Annie Jo Gilbert, Grace Loman, Suzanne Gilbert, Randy Gilbert, Baker, Loman, Morley Griffith, Twana Griffith and Matt Griffith. Photo provided by Suzanne Gilbert

Taycie Baker and Callie Loman, both incoming sixth-graders at Bethel, have been friends since preschool. So, when Baker’s brother Bryar had baseball on the week of the 13th Annual Ron Wayland Memorial Limousin Field Day and OK Junior Cattlemans Association Preview Show in Stillwater, June 5-7, Baker thought of her best friend to help her out.

Baker needed Loman to help her show a twomonth-old calf …