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Member
Recognition
The Outstanding Jr. Leader
Award and the I Dare You Leadership
Award will be announced at the
beginning of the Livestock Sale at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 21.
Nomination forms for the I Dare You Leadership
Award are available at the
office. This form is due by September
8. Please encourage your older
members to apply.
Tuscarawas Country Junior
Fair King & Queen Applications are available at the Extension
office. Members should be between the ages of 16 and
19 and have active participation in Junior Fair activities.
Applications are due by September
6. Interviews will be on
September 14.
Fair
Booth Set Up Time
Fair booths may be set up
between the following hours:
Saturday, September 16
9:00 a.m.
- 6:00 p.m.
and
Sunday,
September 17
9:00 a.m.
- 6:00 p.m.
Extension
staff will be on fairgrounds
1:00—6:00
p.m. both days
Please note that booths must
be in place by 6:00 p.m. on Sunday and that all booth decorations must
follow the guidelines that have been established. (Advisors: Please
review Fair Booth Information sheet for important
guidelines/restrictions when planning your booth decorations.) Helpful
hints for putting your booth together are also included on the back of
the evaluation sheet that was included in the Advisor Packet you
received at the beginning of the year. A few tips that past booth
judges have mentioned are to make the required elements of your booth
easy to locate and to be sure the educational exhibits are labeled with
members' names.
Main
purpose for 4-H booths: To
display 4-H non-livestock projects with an educational exhibit or item
made (a project book does not qualify for an educational exhibit). Fair
booths should promote 4-H in a creative, educational way. 4-H livestock
projects can be acknowledged, but should not be the main emphasis of a
booth. Livestock is on display in
the barn area. We would like to
remind everyone that fair booths are to be a cooperative effort of both
advisors and members. People appreciate seeing 4-H’ers putting up their
booths.
The fair booth assignment list and guarding schedule were included with
the mailed version of this newsletter to head advisors. Every club must
participate in guarding to fill all of the time slots. If you did not
specify a time to participate as booth guards, please give us a call.
No
Health Papers Needed
Again this year, NO health
papers will be required for any Junior Fair animal or animals
transported within the state of Ohio for exhibition. This is in
compliance with the ODA recommendation that all livestock be checked
upon arrival to the fairgrounds, after 8:00 a.m. (September 17) by
members of the Tuscarawas County Veterinary Academy. No unloading of
any animal until 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 17
(except hogs on Saturday).
Please note that our goal is
to have healthy animals on the fairgrounds. If you are having any
problems with warts, ringworm, fungus, sore mouth, external parasites
(lice, mange, ticks), etc., please contact your veterinarian and take
care of it immediately. Animals showing evidence of any contagious
disease will be asked to be removed immediately from the fairgrounds.
Fancy
Poultry and Pullets
Fancy poultry, pullets, and
turkeys
need a form indicating that the birds have been secured from a
pullorum/fowl typhoid free flock. Testing for the birds will be held on
Wednesday, September 13 from 7:00
- 8:00 p.m. in the Swine Arena.
Please contact the Extension office by
September 1 if you are unable to secure a form so we
know exactly how many birds we need to test. Broilers
are exempt since they originated from
the Orrville Hatchery.
Parking
on the Fairgrounds
There will be free parking
at the Armco Lot adjacent to the fairgrounds off Wooster Ave. Parking
will be $5 for infield parking. Livestock exhibitors, commercial
exhibitors, and advisors will be given a “P” pass. This pass will allow
those individuals to park in the infield, while space is available.
We recommend that those
individuals who need to bring feed onto the fairgrounds during the week
do so in the morning. There is a greater chance of space in the morning
than later in the day when parking may be full.
Trophies Still Needed
We are still
in need of additional sponsors for livestock trophies for the fair. The
cost is between $18-$25 and sponsors will be billed in October.
Additional trophies needed are in the following specie: horse, dairy,
rabbits, goats, and dogs.
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