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Ten Years Ago

May 8, 2003

As one of the youngest Days of Real Sport Queens in recent memory, 13-year-old Courtney Gritman leads the life of a very busy eighth grader at Waitsburg's Preston Hall Middle School. Gritman, the daughter of Carla Gritman of Waitsburg and Fred Gritman of Dixie, keeps so busy with her school, athletics, chores, social life and now pressing commitments as DRS Queen, that when she has a few free hours she grabs forty winks. Queen Courtney excels in academics, participates in 4-H, FFA and two horse groups, is a member of the Salt and Light Music Ministry and is involve...