2017 Baker County Fair Premium Book 2017 BC Fair Book | Page 71

2017 BAKER COUNTY FAIR OFFICIAL PREMIUM BOOK PAGE 71 SPECIAL CONTESTS Unless otherwise specified All Special Contests are judged during Open Class Judging on Tues. August 8th 1:00pm – 6:00pm Fair Premium Book Cover Contest We invite 7th - 12th grade students to help design our Fair book cover and get their creative talents exposed to the public. This contest has an early deadline due to printing of the Premium Book. Please plan ahead or talk to your Art teachers for our 2018 contest, new entry forms will be available on our website by March 1st. Entry deadline: Friday, May 11th 2018, 4:00pm. Judging takes place at the next Fair Board meeting. We ask stu- dents to design our Fair Premium Book ‘Cover’ incorporating the current Fair logo, theme & colors. This year’s contest was cancelled due to the lack of adequate entries. If you are really interested & serious about competing next year, please call the fair office before March 1st and we will consider trying 1 more year. Coloring Contest Garden Contest Sponsored by Thatcher’s Ace Hardware Saturday, July 29th 9:00am We are looking for the best gardening skills in Baker City! Start planting and creating in your very own gardens/yards at home or place of business. Don’t have a garden of your own, nominate a friend or neighbor. Gardens will be judged & pho- tographed for the best garden in Baker County. Get creative - incorporate the fair theme “100 Years – Celebrating Traditions” and/or our fair colors (Gold, Blue, & Silver). Photographs of winner’s gardens will be displayed during fair. Get More De- tails & Entry Form on Page 69 Entry Deadline: Friday, July 28th, 4:00pm Judging Date: Saturday, July 29th 9:00am Coloring Sheets are located at back of this Premium Book (page 94 & 95). Winners in each age division will get a ribbon and a special prize. The Spirit of Baker County - “Home Brew” Sponsored by the Friends of the Fair, Baker City & Good Libations Homebrew Club Entry Form on Page 91 How To Enter: Calling all home beer brewers!!! This special contest is de- One entry per person. Write your First & Last Name, Your Age, signed for you. Each entrant should bring (2) 12 oz. bottles and Phone Number on the back of your coloring page. Submit of beer per entry. The 2nd bottle will be for the Best of Show entry to the Baker County Fair Office or during Home Arts competition. Bottles need to be free of all labels or identifying Open Class. characteristics, e.g. labels, marks on caps, etc. This competition Age Divisions: is sanctioned by the American Home Brewer’s Association and Pee-Wee.................................................................. 5yrs & under will follow their rules. For rules and guidelines go to Juniors........................................................................... 6 – 12yrs www.homebrewersassociation.org Baker Entry Deadline: Thursday, July 13th by 5:00pm Portland Entry Deadline: Friday, July 7th by 5:00 pm Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest Thursday, August 10th, 3:00pm Sponsored by Val’s Veggies Spit your way to fame by entering the Watermelon Growers’ Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest! Try out your best seed spittin’ form with a seed from a plump, sweet, and juicy watermelon. Let’s see if you can do the Watermelon Crawl! How To Enter: Meet in the KIDZ FUN ZONE at 3pm. Each contestant will select 3 competition spitting seeds for entry. The longest dis- tance of any one seed spit will be judged as the final score. Seed spitting contestants will be divided into 4 flights for scoring: Men’s, Women’s, Youth (8-15 years) and children (7 years and under). Seed Athletes may run towards the spit-off line, hold a firm position, stand, or sit. No extraordinary elevations will be allowed. All competition seeds must fall within the designated playing field. Awards are given to the first place of each age division. Age Divisions: Youth....................................................................7yrs and under Juniors...........................................................................8 - 15yrs Adult...............................................................................16 & up FREE WATERMELON TO THE AUDIENCE AFTER THE CONTEST!! Drop Off at the following sites: FH Steinbarts - 234 SE 12th Ave, Portland, OR. 97214 Baker County Fair Office - 2600 East St. Baker City, OR 97814 Judging: Tuesday, July 18th, 7:00pm at Ted’s House: 975 Quail Ridge Lane Premiums: Best of Show.....................................................................$50.00 First Runner up.................................................................$25.00 Second Runner Up............................................................$15.00