Conway Springs Star/Argonia Argosy
2018 Sumner County Fair Guide
General Rules 1. The territory is unlimited except as otherwise stated. 2. No admission will be charged to any exhibits. No stall rental on livestock will be charged. However, exhibitors will be expected to furnish their own bedding. Check the livestock department rules for any special consideration and rules. 3. All exhibits must be in places assigned at the times specified by each department. All buildings will be open for the placing of open and junior class exhibits and for 4-H consultative judging Thursday from 4:00—8:00 p.m. and for entering open and junior class exhibits Friday from 8:00—10:30 am. All entries will close at the times designated by each department. See departments for judging times. 4. All entries will be exhibited under cover and none may be removed from the show room before NOON Sunday, unless given permission by the department superintendent. Any entry to be removed before NOON Sunday will forfeit all premium money and any special prize. ALL LIVESTOCK WILL BE RELEASED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT. 5. Exhibits in all classes must be entered in the actual name of the owner. Any person making a false entry or misrepresentation in any way will forfeit all prize money and special prizes and be excluded from competition. 6. Transportation charges on all exhibits to and from the fair must be paid by the exhibitor.
7. All entries must be made on blanks supplied for this purpose. Use separate blanks for each department and each entry, and do not fail to give class number of each entry. 8. While every precaution will be taken to prevent loss or damage to exhibits, the management will not be responsible should any occur. 9. The management reserves the right to reject all undesirable exhibits. Department superintendents may reject any entry for noncompliance with the rules governing exhibitions. 10. Any exhibitor who shall attempt to influence a judge while making his award shall be excluded from the competition. 11. The superintendents will supervise the receipt of all articles or animals in their departments and assign them to their proper places. Superintendents may create new classes when necessary. Superintendents’ decisions are final and override any printed matter. 12. All prize winners will be given one check for their entries in all departments. Checks should be cashed within 30 days. 13. Judging is done on the basis of quality not quantity. 14. No premiums will be awarded for exhibits not classified in the premium list unless a superintendent creates a new class. 15. All property of any character entered for competition, display, or for any other purpose or being anywhere
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on the fairgrounds, or in a fair parade, shall be subject to the control of the secretary. 16. In no case shall the Sumner County Fair Association, its secretary, or any of its management be held responsible for any loss, damages, accidents, injury or death from any cause of people or animals, disease included, of any character, while they or their property are on fair grounds, in or attending a fair parade, or any exhibit at any place or time. 17. In the cattle, horse, swine, and sheep departments, NO GRAND CHAMPION RIBBON will be awarded unless there is competition in that class. 18. Junior exhibitors shall enter in junior division departments except where no class exists for said entry. Junior livestock cannot be shown in the senior division unless there is senior competition in that class. 19. The fair board will not be responsible for any property left after 1:30 p.m. SUNDAY. For 4-Hers selling at the auction, entries will be placed on a table in the fair building for pickup after the auction and barn cleanup. 20. The exhibit buildings may be closed during the parade on Saturday. Commercial buildings will be closed if the exhibitors desire to attend the parade. 21. Commercial booth spaces located inside the commercial building are available for rent during the Sumner County Fair at the following rates and footage: table space $5/day; 8’ x 10’ - $30; 8’ x 15’- $45; 8’ x 20’ - $60; Building will be open from 4:00—8:00 p.m. Thursday for set up; booths must be ready for business by 11:00 a.m.
Friday and must be removed beginning at 10 pm (or close of stage show) Saturday. Commercial booth spaces located outside on the cement slab between the exhibit building and the commercial building are available for rent during the fair at a rate of $50 and may be adjusted by the secretary. Food vendors are charged $50 per trailer. Booth space is reserved by contacting the fair secretary (Toni Wolff at 620863-2466) or by completing and submitting a booth application found on the website: sumnercountyksfair. com. Full payment of booth rent is due with application form. Rent for booths reserved at the close of the preceding fair must be paid by July 15 or the reservation will be canceled. All vendors are responsible for obtaining a sales tax number and remitting their own sales tax to the state of Kansas.
4-H GENERAL RULES 1. All exhibitors in the Sumner County 4-H Fair must be bonafide Sumner County 4-H members. The 4-H members exhibiting at the fair must also comply with the general rules. 2. Clothing construction and style revue judging will be done prior to the county fair. 3. Entering of all 4-H exhibits must be done on Thursday from 4:00—8:00 p.m. Consultative judging will be done during this time also.. 4. Booths and window displays must be ready for judging by 8:00 p.m. Thursday.. Notify the extension office by August 1 to reserve booth space.
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Adv. paid for by Hoffman for State Representative, Stephen Hokanson, Treasurer.