CCHS Intern of the Week – Garrett Payne

This week’s Intern of the Week is Garrett Payne, a senior at Churchill County High School, who hails from a fourth-generation Nevada livestock-producing family. Raised in Fallon, Garrett has become an integral part of his family’s operations, working alongside his mother Rachel, father Jack, and sister Emily on their ranches and in the livestock business.

Garrett has aspirations of becoming a certified welder, a skill he plans to use to stay busy on the family ranches. He will take his CDL exam on June 2 at the Western Nevada College campus and will continue his education in the fall, attending a welding certification program in Missouri at the same school his mother attended.

“He does everything on the ranch including working cattle and helping at the sale yard,” his dad, Jack said. “Garrett knows cattle, and he is really good at sorting and classing cattle for the livestock auction and he does a great job working the ring, sorting cattle as they sell for the buyers.”

In his spare time (which is rare, as anyone who knows the Paynes can attest), Garrett enjoys snowboarding. He was also selected as an All-State Offensive Lineman of the Year during his time playing football at CCHS.