SHELBY COUNTY FAIR
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Sidney Daily News
Fair guidelines Flower Show deadline is today The 2012 Shelby County Fair Flower Show (Floriculture) will be July 23 to July 28 in the lower level of the Community Foundation Grange Hall at the fairgrounds. The theme for this year’s show is “Down on the Farm.” Residents of Shelby County and those who have children in Shelby County school districts are eligible to enter. To do so, fill out an entry blank available at the Fair Board office on Fair Road and in the 2012 Fair Premium Book
on page 82. Turn in the completed entry form with a $25 exhibitor’s fee at the Fair Board Office. All exhibitors must have an exhibitor ticket except youths 12 and under who may exhibit on a parent’s season ticket. An exhibitor’s ticket permits entries in other contests including fine arts, jam/jelly/canned fruit, culinary, horticulture, grain and seeds, and farm and garden. The exhibitor’s ticket permits access to the fair daily.
Flower show entry blanks must be received no later than today at 9 p.m. No additional entries will be accepted the day of the flower show. General rules for horticultural and rose classes, as well as artistic design classes, can be found on page 88 and 89 of the 2012 Fair Premium Book. All entries with exhibitor tags will be accepted July 23 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. No entries will be accepted after 10:30 a.m. Staging will be 10:30-11:30 a.m. with judging to begin at noon.
Judging will be by Ohio Association of Garden Clubs-sanctioned judges. All Shelby County garden and flower enthusiasts are invited to watch the judging. The show will be open for public viewing at 3 p.m. Entries will be released July 29 from noon to 2 p.m. The Rainbow Gardeners’ webpage includes tips on selecting the best flowers from the garden, making hanging baskets look better, and designing an arrangement: www.ShelbySites.com/R ainbowGardeners.
AWARDS for more than 30 years. The award is dedicated to his family toward the goal of inspiring others to strive for high levels of achievement through participation in activities such as the Shelby County Junior Fair Board. Selection will be made by a vote of the entire membership of the current Junior Fair Board. Junior Fair Board “Rookie of the Year” Award This award honors one firstyear member of the Shelby County Junior Fair Board who displays
From Page 22 dedication, determination, hard work, teamwork, leadership and spirit. The award is dedicated by former Junior Fair Board member and president, Trena Hershberger, who is still active today volunteering to support the development of the Junior Fair Board members. The award is designed to challenge new members to excel and contribute as much as they can while learning the ropes of a new board member. It also intended to encourage increased participation
by the first-year members. Selection criteria include: 1. first-year member; 2. must attend 95 percent of all nonfair meetings; 3. must attend 100 percent of required work sessions; 4. displays the desire to accept challenges and challenging people; 5. volunteers to make announcements during contests. The selection will be made through a voting process of all Junior Fair Board members with more then one year of service on the board.
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SDN photo policy outlined The Sidney Daily News will take photographs of all Shelby County Junior Fair exhibitors who are the top winners in their categories. Junior Fair participants to be photographed will receive photo cards from judges. They should bring the project and photo card to the newspaper’s photo area, which is located in front of the dairy barn. Those who do not receive a card but are on the eligibility list available at the fair office during the fair should contact the photographer for clarification. Photographs are taken of overall contest winners. If there is no such award, then winners of contests with 10 or more pre-fair registered entrants will be photographed. In some cases, judges will select photo card recipients. The newspaper also will use photographs of overall winners of Senior Fair (open class) contests with at least 10 entrants registered. These will be the overall winners for whole shows when available. A list of eligible winners will be in the secretary’s office during fair week and also with the newspaper photographer on duty. For all winners, it will be the responsibility of the eligible winners to bring his or her project to the newspaper’s photo tent. If the project cannot be brought to the tent, contact the photographer to arrange a time for a photograph. No trophies or ribbons will be photographed. The Sidney Daily News photographer will be at the photo area Monday through Friday from noon to 1 p.m. and 5 to 6 p.m. On Saturday the photo area will be manned from 6 to 7 p.m.
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