Miller reflects on final year of 4-H fair participation

Hampton grad has been showing animals at the fair since the age of 5

  • Macy Miller smiles at the judge as she shows her grand champion Hamilton County-raised market steer, Naveen, at last week’s county fair. Just moments earlier Miller’s younger brother, Noah, who was participating in the same event, had lost his shoe in the arena and the judge handed it back to him.
    Macy Miller smiles at the judge as she shows her grand champion Hamilton County-raised market steer, Naveen, at last week’s county fair. Just moments earlier Miller’s younger brother, Noah, who was participating in the same event, had lost his shoe in the arena and the judge handed it back to him.
  • Macy Miller shares a joke with young Carter and Creed Nisley while sitting ringside at Saturday’s 4-H and FFA Swine Show at the Hamilton County Fair. Earlier she had helped the brothers participate in their first peewee swine showmanship event.
    Macy Miller shares a joke with young Carter and Creed Nisley while sitting ringside at Saturday’s 4-H and FFA Swine Show at the Hamilton County Fair. Earlier she had helped the brothers participate in their first peewee swine showmanship event.
    The Hamilton County Fair has been a big part of Macy Miller’s summer for about a long as she can remember. Since both her parents are high school ag educators (Dad, Joel is the ag teacher at Hampton High School) and other family members have been intimately involved with various aspects of the fair, she started early with 4-H exhibits and animal shows and her involvement has grown throughout ...

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