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From ranch work to Capitol Hill: MHS graduate earns D.C. internship

MEEKER | For Meeker High School Class of 2021 graduate Justin Henderson, the path from fixing fences and working cattle to the halls of the nation’s capital has been anything but typical.

A Meeker native who grew up immersed in agriculture, Henderson will spend his summer in Washington, D.C., interning for Jeff Hurd — an opportunity he says is both exciting and daunting.

“I’m going from fixing fences and herding cows to office work,” Henderson…