An exhibitor at the Nebraska State Fair says the two-week event is a family affair for her brothers and her sheep. “It’s our vacation for the year.”
Leah Spencer from the south-central town of McCook says she has high expectations when she enters the showring because she makes her animals a priority. “Where I’m from, showing’s not the coolest thing to do,” she says. “I have to take a lot of time out of my day to work with my animals to get the work done because I’m involved in volleyball during the summer and I have a job too, getting those hours in with my sheep is a big deal to me.”
She tells Brownfield she will show five sheep over two weeks with 4-H first, FFA Second.
