2 ♦ <strong>2017</strong> MERCER COUNTY FAIR ♦ CELINA, OHIO
<strong>2017</strong> MERCER COUNTY FAIR ♦ CELINA, OHIO ♦ 3 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ TABLE OF CONTENTS ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ BROTHERS OSBORNE & GRANGER SMITH / EARL DIBBLES JR. 2 FAIR CAMPING RULES AND RATES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ENTIRE SENIOR FAIR SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 EACH DAY’S FAIR SCHEDULES: THURSDAY PG 14 • FRIDAY PG 15 SATURDAY PG 21 • SUNDAY PG 29 • MONDAY PG 37 TUESDAY PG 41 • WEDNESDAY PG 49 • THURSDAY - LAST DAY PG 53 BOARD OF DIRECTORS & COMMITTEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 BEARS OF BEARADISE ..................................11 LITTLE MISS/ MR CONTEST ..............................12 BUCKET OF JUNK ......................................14 HORSESHOE PITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 BEAR HOLLOW WOOD CARVERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 BABY CONTEST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 BEER GARDEN ........................................24 TUG-A-TRUCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 TOUGH TRUCK ........................................27 OWHA HORSE SHOW ...................................28 “DAY OF PRAISE”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 NEW OUTLOOK ........................................34 ANIMAL CALLING CONTEST ..............................39 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ CAMPING RULES ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Site size is approximately 18 x 40. Because of the size of your camper you may not be able to park your car beside it. Please stay within your lot size. 1. A Camping Permit must be obtained prior to occupying a camping lot. All lots are nontransferable with a waiting list provided at the secretary’s office. Person or persons responsible for said permit must be 18 years of age at the time of purchase and is responsible/liable for the behavior and welfare of all members residing in the unit. An adult camper must accompany any camper under 18 years of age. All those residing at the camper must be registered on the permit. Any person found in the unit after curfew, not registered, is cause for removal of the entire unit. Failure to use assigned campsite or transfer site without written approval will result in loss of camping privileges up to and including forfeiture of your site. 2. A Camping Permit Display Pass, along with one Camping Vehicle Pass, will be provided upon return and completion of the Fair Camping Permit. The Camping Permit Display Pass will need to be displayed on your unit in a prominent location visible from the roadway side. Your vehicle permit will need to hang from rearview mirrors, if possible, or visible in a prominent location. Two vehicle permits per site are given, but room for 2 vehicles is not guaranteed. 3. Trailers, campers, trucks or any other vehicles used for living purposes or otherwise during the fair, must be parked in designated areas only. All camping units, along with one vehicle, must stay within the lot size and marked lines that have been provided. Every attempt will be made to accommodate campers and one driving vehicle at the site. However, due to limited site size based on accommodations, lot placement, location of site with electric poles and electric boxes, tree locations, size of campers and size of vehicle parked at the site, etc., not all sites can accommodate both units. It is the camper’s responsibility to see that only your vehicle is parked in your restricted site area. Non-compliance can be reported to the secretary’s office or any Fairboard Director and can result in forfeiture of all reserved parking privileges. Camping units may not protrude into the driveway. Any camper that has outgrown their width and length provided site accommodations, will need to be reviewed by the Camping Committee for relocation. 4. All properly tagged vehicles approved to accompany the campsite will have designated reserved parking for overflow that can be used if necessary, but it will not be provided at your site. All camping unit vehicles must park in these designated areas only! Questions can be addressed with a Parking and Camping Committee Directors. 5. The fairboard reserves the right to take from or add too any area that they might need to use in order to make improvements to existing conditions. If this occurs, campers will be notified 30 days in advance of the improvements. 6. Horseshoe or square groups of campers will not be permitted under any circumstances. 7. Electric hookups are to be with proper receptacles only, with only ONE HOOKUP PER CAMPING UNIT! Cords must be UL approved HEAVY DUTY GROUND 3 WIRE CORDS. 8. Picnic tables are provided on a limited first come, first served basis at the time of site 1. Trailers must be parked in designated parking spots. No other vehicles are permitted to park in this area for any reason. 2. Registration is available at the MCAS Secretary’s Office. 3. There will not be a charge for trailers used solely for storage of tack, feed, or as a dressing room. 4. Any trailer used for camping will be charged a $50 camping fee. Electric and vehicle parking will not be available in this area. Any trailer needing electric TOILET DECORATING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 LIVESTOCK SCRAMBLE .................................42 LAKE AREA ARTS GROUP DEMONSTRATIONS ..............45 W.A.R. WRESTLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 STRAW STACKING / MULE RACES .................... 50 / 51 JUNIOR FAIR LIVESTOCK AUCTION .......................54 SENIOR FAIR DEPARTMENT: AGRICULTURAL .................59 SENIOR FAIR DEPARTMENT: FLORAL .......................62 SENIOR FAIR DEPARTMENT: HOME, ART & DOMESTIC .........64 SENIOR FAIR DEPARTMENT: HOUSEHOLD .................66 SENIOR FAIR DEPARTMENT: BEEF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 SENIOR FAIR DEPARTMENT: DAIRY .......................69 SENIOR FAIR DEPARTMENT: GOAT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 SENIOR FAIR DEPARTMENT: POULTRY ....................71 SPEED PROGRAM ......................................72 SENIOR FAIR DEPARTMENT: SHEEP/LAMB .................74 SENIOR FAIR DEPARTMENT: SWINE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 ENTIRE JUNIOR FAIR SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 JUNIOR FAIR BOARD MEMBERS & INFO ...................81 RULES, REGULATIONS & LEGALITIES ....................113 Camping is available at the <strong>Mercer</strong> <strong>County</strong> Fair for a charge of $150 PER UNIT. In addition, fair pass rates will also apply for all individuals’ admittance in and out of the fair residing in the camper. Reservations may be paid to the <strong>Mercer</strong> <strong>County</strong> Agriculture Society/<strong>Mercer</strong> <strong>County</strong> Fairgrounds, 1001 West Market Street, P.O. Box 301, Celina, OH 45822, beginning the first day of the fair for the following fair year. Please indicate “Fair Camping” on your check. Payment in full of $150 is your reservation for the week of the fair. ANY CAMPER NOT PAID IN FULL BY DECEMBER 15, WILL FORFEIT THEIR RESERVATION. NO EXCEPTIONS. Campers wishing to be placed on the waiting list can notify the <strong>Mercer</strong> <strong>County</strong> Fairgrounds through the secretary’s office located on the grounds at the above address or may phone 419-586-3239. You can also visit us at our website: www.mercercountyohiofair.com or see us on Facebook.com/<strong>Mercer</strong> <strong>County</strong> Fairgrounds ~ Celina, Ohio. occupancy. Tables are not reserved and not to be chained prior to fair. Due to limited supply, one per lot. Tables that are out in designated areas to be used for fair purposes may NOT be taken for camping. 9. There will be a 12 a.m. (midnight) curfew for all people on the fairgrounds, unless engaged in essential work sanctioned by the <strong>Mercer</strong> <strong>County</strong> Agriculture Society/<strong>Mercer</strong> <strong>County</strong> Fairboard or <strong>Mercer</strong> <strong>County</strong> Sheriff’s Office. All music, loud noise, abusive language, large parties, hazardous activities or any other disturbances and annoyances will not be tolerated and must stop at the curfew time. All violators will be dealt with on an individual bases and subject to removal. 10. Firearms, potentially dangerous or hazardous equipment and hazardous substances will not be allowed on the grounds. 11. Trash must be put in proper containers located on the grounds and DEBRIS REMOVED FROM YOUR CAMPSITE following the fair. If the site is not clean, you will be charged for trash removal and forfeit your site for the following year. 12. Open fires are prohibited at all times. There will be no cooking out of the camping unit except in containers designed for such use. 13. Water and sewage will not be allowed to be discharged on the ground and is subject to $100 fine. A Dump Station is located north of Camping Lot “C,” on the northwest corner of the fairgrounds. The Dump Station is to be used AFTER FAIR IS OVER. Campers cannot be moved during fair to use the Dump Station. If tanks need emptied during fair, you must call secretary’s office and arrangements will be made for the tank to be emptied at owner’s expense. Portable dump station removal is available upon request at the secretary’s office at fees established by the provider. Removal is by request only at times designated by the supplier. 14. No animals are permitted in the camping area. 15. Absolutely NO Auxiliary Motorized Vehicles, ATV’s, Golf Carts, Roller blades, Skateboards, Bicycles, Scooters, etc., except those designated by the <strong>Mercer</strong> <strong>County</strong> Fairboard, are allowed on the grounds at any time during the fair. Exclusions for handicapped wheeled apparatuses and fair business only by permission from the secretary’s office/<strong>Mercer</strong> <strong>County</strong> Fairboard. 16. Alcohol is permitted in designated areas only sanctioned by the <strong>Mercer</strong> <strong>County</strong> Agriculture Society/<strong>Mercer</strong> <strong>County</strong> Fairboard. No alcoholic beverages in areas outside of camping units. In agreement with the Ohio State Law, alcoholic consumption will not be permitted under the age of 21. 17. Any disturbances requiring the intervention of the <strong>Mercer</strong> <strong>County</strong> Sheriff’s Office will, AFTER ONE WARNING, constitute reason for dismissal from the grounds and loss of camping privileges. 18. All the same rules apply for primitive camping with exception to the use of generators. Generators will be allowed on primitive campsites only. However, quiet time will be from 12 a.m. to 7 a.m. Please be conscientious of your neighbors. 19. ALL WATER HOSES USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION in this campground MUST BE RATED FOR POTABLE WATER use only. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ HORSE TRAILER PARKING RULES ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ and parking passes must have a spot in one of the regular camping lots. 5. Any trailer used as a camper must comply with the camping rules. 6. Anyone violating the rules will be notified by the <strong>Mercer</strong> <strong>County</strong> Agricultural Society. If the violator fails to comply with the rules, the violator will be fined $50 Fines must be paid prior to entry of the next years fair in order to participate during the fair. C O N T E N T S
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