Charlie Cook of Cook’s Racing Pigs stands at a ticket window during the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo on Wednesday, Aug. 15. Based out of Galt, California Cook started the pig races during the late ’80s. He began taking the show on the road in the ’90s. His son Junior helps out. “I showed pigs in 4-H, FFA, my family had a hog ranch,” Cook said. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

August 16, 2018