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PAGE 12 - MADISON MESSENGER - <strong>March</strong> 21, <strong>2021</strong><br />
National Agriculture Week<br />
www.madisonmessengernews.com<br />
FAIR<br />
Continued from page 1<br />
schedule after a year hiatus. The week<br />
will kick off with the rodeo on the first Saturday.<br />
The dirt drag races, always a “crowd<br />
favorite,” Monnin said, are set for Sunday.<br />
Motocross will take place on Thursday,<br />
truck pulls on Friday, and the demolition<br />
derby on the second Saturday. The fair<br />
board is looking into securing entertainment<br />
for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday<br />
nights, as well.<br />
Camping will be permitted with the<br />
same safety regulations the state issued<br />
last May, and more concessionaires are expected.<br />
New health order regarding fairs<br />
The Ohio Department of Health has issued<br />
a state order outlining new rules for<br />
COVID-19 safety at fairs and animal exhibitions.<br />
Highlights are as follows:<br />
• Everyone on the fairgrounds must<br />
wear a mask except when actively eating or<br />
drinking.<br />
• Six-foot social distancing must be<br />
maintained when possible, including when<br />
anyone is standing in line. Where possible,<br />
six-foot distancing should be marked with<br />
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<strong>March</strong> 14 th marks National Ag Day. A time when<br />
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signage, tape or other means.<br />
• Organizers are to discourage large<br />
gatherings of people on the midway, in<br />
buildings or on other parts of the grounds.<br />
Where possible, organizers should arrange<br />
for one-way traffic.<br />
• The maximum number of spectators<br />
permitted at an outdoor grandstand event<br />
must be 30 percent of the grandstand’s capacity.<br />
The maximum number of spectators<br />
at an indoor event must be 25 percent of the<br />
building’s capacity.<br />
• Buildings accessible to the public must<br />
be open as much as possible to allow good<br />
ventilation.<br />
• Sanitation stations must be provided<br />
throughout the grounds, especially near<br />
food concessions and in barns.<br />
• During exhibitions, competitions and<br />
auctions, family members will have priority<br />
seating in the viewing area. Each family<br />
should group together in the viewing area,<br />
with six feet between families.<br />
• In areas designated for food and drink<br />
consumption, tables must be six feet apart<br />
and seat no more than 10 people.<br />
• The fair board must designate an onsite<br />
compliance officer for all hours of operation<br />
to ensure compliance with the state<br />
health order. This person will serve as the<br />
contact for the local health department and<br />
law enforcement agencies.<br />
The order states that if the pandemic situation<br />
continues to improve, more restrictions<br />
will be lifted. If it deteriorates,<br />
additional, targeted restrictions will be<br />
made.<br />
Excelling at meats evaluation<br />
<strong>Madison</strong>-Plains FFA member Molly Barber<br />
placed seventh individually in the<br />
state for Meats Evaluation and Technology<br />
and helped her team earn a secondplace<br />
banner.<br />
<strong>Madison</strong>-Plains FFA member Mackenzie<br />
Dixon placed second individually in the<br />
state for Meats Evaluation and Technology<br />
and helped her team earn a secondplace<br />
banner.<br />
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Left to right:<br />
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Ashley Stokes<br />
Merchants National Bank supports Agriculture, not only<br />
on Ag Day, but as we have done for the past 140 years and<br />
will continue to do in the future! We admire and have a<br />
sincere appreciation for our agricultural community!<br />
We thank you,<br />
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