• Drug Use Notification Forms (DUNF) must be completed for each market steer (beef and dairy), market hog, market lamb, market goat, market rabbit, market poultry, lactating dairy cow and lactating dairy goat project.  These forms are required by the Ohio Department of Agriculture.  Forms are available from our office, and will also be available during the livestock skillathons, on July 14.  Forms should be turned in at weigh in during the fair.
• In regards to alcohol on the fairgrounds: according to the fairbook, “State law prohibits the use or possession of alcoholic beverages upon the grounds during a fair.  Failure to comply is grounds for being prosecuted, forfeiture of premiums and removal from the grounds immediately.”  In addition, the Jr. Fairboard has the following rule: “Any Jr. Fair exhibitor consuming alcohol or using illegal drugs on the fairgrounds will forfeit Junior Fair premiums, all awards and the right to sell in the Jr. Fair Livestock Sales; and will not be permitted to stay on the grounds  overnight.”
• Only projects exhibited at the fair are eligible for premiums.
• A gate pass will be mailed to each organizational advisor of clubs or youth organizations that exhibit in the Youth Building.  Jr. Fair livestock exhibitors, not exhibiting in open class, should contact the open class secretary of their department for parking pass information.  The Extension Office does not distribute gate passes for livestock exhibitors.  Failure to display the proper parking pass during the fair may result in the towing of your vehicle.  Parking passes are limited to one per family.

August 1st is the deadline for submitting the following entry forms to the Extension Office:
 

• Livestock Entries (except horse which, are due July 15th) 
• Bake-A-Rama Entries
• Jr. Fairboard Applications 

Double check to verify that ALL exhibitors entering market animals, lactating dairy and goats have completed their quality assurance (QA) and skillathon requirements for 2007.

Failure to complete QA and skillathon requirements will result in the inability to exhibit/sell in the 2007 Junior Fair.

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Beginning August 14, booth and barn cards, advisor badges and other fair related items will be available at the Jr. Fairboard Office on the fairgrounds.  Office hours for Jr. Fair set-up are 9:00am-9:00pm, Tuesday, August 14, through Thursday, August 16. 

Please note that no booths may be set-up prior to 9:00am, Tuesday, August 14.  All booths MUST be completed by 9:00pm, Thursday, 
August 16.

Project ribbons may be picked up at the Jr. Fairboard Office during the times listed earlier.

No ribbons will be available from the Extension Office.

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As you may have read in the paper, the Senior Fairboard has made a change in Jr. Fair passes for exhibitors and advisors this year. 

We will be issuing passes with photo ID to all Jr. Fair exhibitors and advisors, not just 4-H members and advisors.  Details are still being worked out as I write this newsletter, but here are some options to get your ID. 
 

• Saturday, July 14 - 9:00am-1:00pm - Fairgrounds Coliseum (during open class entry day)
• Saturday, July 21 - 9:00am-11:00am, Youth Building, Fairgrounds (during Skillathon)
• August 14-16 - 9:00am-9:00pm, JFB Office, Fairgrounds

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• Jr. Fair Lamb Scholarship application is due to our office by August 1, 2007.
• Jr Fair Rabbit Scholarship application is due to our office by August 1, 2007.
• Jr. Fair Goat Scholarship application is due to our office by August 1, 2007.

No late applications will be accepted.

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The Ohio Cheviot Breeders Association (OCBA) is seeking applicants for the Jim Cluff Memorial Starter Flock Award.

The OCBA started the contest in 1994 to award a bred ewe to an Ohio youth up to seventeen years of age. The purpose of the award is to introduce the youth to the enjoyment of raising and owning a purebred Cheviot sheep, as well as encouraging the growth of new Cheviot breeders in Ohio.

The contest winner will receive the following: a one-year membership in the Ohio Junior Cheviot Breeders Association, one bred ewe the first year, one ram the second year, and in the third year the youth will donate a lamb to continue the award.

The application deadline is September 30th. For an application and contest rules please contact Bob Hunter at (614)834-3948. 

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If you have not already done so, please pick up your fair packets as soon as possible.  Several items had July 1 deadlines, and no late applications will be accepted.

In these packets are livestock entry forms, JFB Applications, Parade and Booth forms, etc.

This information is also available on our web site.

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• Exhibitors are responsible for keeping their pens/cages clean and making sure that their animals have food and fresh water.  Both the exhibitor and their animals are on display during the fair.  How well your animals are taken care of is a reflection on both you and the Jr. Fair program.  Members with dirty pens/cages or neglected animals will be given one warning and the opportunity to correct the situation.  Failure to comply may result in the inability to show/sell or the forfeit of premiums/awards.

 
• All exhibitors, parents and advisors are expected to behave responsibly and exhibit good sportsmanship while they are at the fair.  Just like the exhibits, you are on display to the community.  Your behavior is a direct reflection on your family and our Jr. Fair program.  Let’s be sure that the community leaves the fair with a positive image of our Jr. Fair program.

 
• Fair week is not the time to break or train an animal.  Any animal posing a threat to other animals, exhibitors, fair-goers, etc. will be dismissed from the fairgrounds.