Some terrific lamb: ML student's Charlotte's Web-like story draws unexpected generosity

By CARA LORELLO

Staff Reporter

Like the engine that could, Derrick Turner knew in his mind when he claimed Secret, a Hampshire-Suffolk cross lamb, as a project for his FFA class that this ewe wasn't destined for the stockyard.

To the Medical Lake High School sophomore, 17, Secret was the ideal pet despite being a little rough around the edges at first, and a not-so-spectacular scent.

That's where she got her name—after a popular brand of women's deodorant.

“I thought she really needed some,” Turner said of his now-congenial lamb, who at first didn't lead, and wasn't used being around wheelchai...

 

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