If you’ve been watching the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France, you might be surprised to know there’s an unusual connection between Team U.S.A. athletes and Meeker: the wool in their official Opening Ceremony Blazers. The sheep that thwart the sheepdogs every year at the Meeker Classic belong to one of the ranches that are part of Jeanne Carver’s Shaniko Wool Company. Twelve years ago, Jeanne and her late husband Dan, owners of the historic Imperial Stock Ranch in Oregon, began supplying…
