It’s finally here.
The Brown County Fair is set to get underway this Monday, September 28 – for some, checking in their animals a day earlier signals the start of the fair – with all the usual festivities on schedule. The annual Brown County Fair parade will take place on Monday evening, there will be two days of demolition derbies, a concert from bluegrass comedy group, The Moron Brothers, and 1990s country music stars Sawyer Brown, the Junior Fair King and Queen contest, animal shows, sales, and more.
“Everything’s pretty much set at this point,” 4-H Educator and Brown County Director of the OSU Extension office Christy Clary said. “The Junior Fair board has been working hard all year.”
For folks attending Junior Fair exhibits, there will be a pair of new species of animals to enjoy. Pigmy goats and dogs have been added this year, as well as a Small animal showmen of showmen event.
Another new addition to the fair this year is a patriotic addition to the fair. American flags have been added and flag poles, benches, and the areas around bathrooms have been repainted by students at Georgetown and Fayetteville High Schools, as well as students at Southern Hills JVS.
Last year the Junior Fair Board received $100 from U.S. Representative Brad Wenstrup for a patriotic project on the fairground for 2015,” Clary said. “They’ve worked with various people in the community to make signs and cutouts, incorporated signs and benches displayed around the barns.”
Kasey Cantor and Tristen Cahall have led the patriotic efforts, according to Clary.
They did a lot of work for it. They’re gotten new flags for the barns and a lot of what they’ve done has been donated as they’ve told people in the community,” Clary said, adding that they’re barely spent the $100 acquired from Wenstrup due to generosity from members of the Brown County community.
One major change heading into this fair is the lack of poultry exhibits. On June 2, the Ohio Department of Agriculture announced their decision to cancel poultry shows at all county and state fairs, as well as at trade shows and exhibitions as a way to combat the spread of the avian flu, which was making its way from Oregon and the West Coast through Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, and the Midwest.
Instead of showing animals, the children raising poultry animals were advised to raise the animals as usual, but make a poster board project for judges to inspect.
“For those who had poultry projects, such as chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys, they had to still meet all the requirements and had to check in at the appropriate tag-ins,” Clary said. “They’ll bring in a poster explaining what they did this summer with their bird. They still had to get birds and raise them. Their poster will have pictures, they’ll check that in on Sunday at the fair and then we’ll have a poultry poster show on Wednesday afternoon.”
Here’s the lineup, in order, of the Brown County Fair parade, which will begin at 5:30 p.m. down Mt. Orab Pike and Main Street, before heading into the fairgrounds. For more information on the Brown County Fair, see the News Democrat’s Fair insert in this week’s edition of the newspaper.
Brown Co. Sheriff
Color Guard and Marine Leatherneck Attachment 393
Brown Co. Fair Grand Marshall
Ohio Highway Patrol
Georgetown Police Department
Br Co Commissioners
Veterans Service of Brown County
Marine Veterans Service of Clermont County
Band Eastern
2014-15 Fair Queen and King
Mt. Orab Ford
Brown Co. Republicans
Brown Co. Animal Shelter
Brown Co. Beekeepers
Ole Car Friends )Bernie Schumacher
Ole Car Friends )Karen Klump
Ole Car Friends )Mark Klump
Ole Car Friends ) Bob Moore
Ole Car Friends ) Wayne Griffith
Ole Car Friends ) Ray Gardner
Ole Car Friends )Ken Day 1931 Model A 2 Door Sudan
Ole Car Friends ) Norville Hardyman
Ole Car Friends ) Ernie Siders
Georgetown Hooves and Halters 4-H
Georgetown FFA
Gideon’s Path
Hamersville Village Council
Band Ripley
Huntington Hotshots 4-H Club
Cataleya’s Cause
Ohio Rural Heritage Festival
Pulling for Jesus
Southern Buckeye Youth Cheerleaders
Southern Buckeye Youth Football JV
Southern Buckeye Youth Football Varsity
Stanley Black and Decker
Canine Amvassador
Russellville Firecrackers 4-H Club
Family and Consumer Sciences Ambassadors
Band Georgetown
Red Oak Ranchers 4-H Club
Canine Ambassador
Small Animal Ambassador
Jackson Jr Farmers 4-H Club
Eastern Brown FFA
Swine Ambassador
Br Co K-9 Renegades
Russellville Ringleaders 4-H Club
Georgetown Happy Hustlers 4-H
Fayetteville FFA
Ripley Ridge Runners 4-H
Western Brown FFA
Agriculture and Exhitits Representatives
Barn Busters 4-H Club
Mt Orab Livewires 4-H Club
Ripley Dayhill Dirt Kickers 4-H Club
Champion Drive 4-H Club
Truth Seekers 4-H Club
First State Bank
Ohio Valley Flag
Band Western Brown
Br Co Job and Family Services
Georgetown CUB Scout Troop 304
Reliable Transportation
Georgetown Boy Scout Troop 304
Home Street Dental
Luthern Church
YWCA of Greater Cinn
New Biginnings Church
Russellville Church of Christ
Fifth Third Bank
Sardinia Buckeyes 4-H Club
Adams Co Regional Medical Center
West Fork Baptist Church
Wee Care
Merchants National Bank
Mt Orab Great Clips
Band Fayetteville
Br Co Singing Convention
DN Equipment Parts
Doss Towing
Techne Title Agency
Moler Raceway
Hospice of Hope
Southern State Community College
Talbert House
Ripley Federal
Girl Scouts of Western Ohio
Northern Brown Co. Large Animal 4-H Club
Classic Federal Credit Union
Georgetown FCCLA
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Southern Hills CTC
Southern Hills Graphics
Southern Hills ECE and Contruction Trades
Southern Hills CTC Cosmetology
Southern Hills Clinical Health Care
Southern Hills Welding
Southern Hills Sports Medicine and Exercise Science
Southern Hills Criminal Justice
Southern Hills Automotive
Southern Hills Culinary Arts
Southern Hills Information Technology
Order of the Eastern Star District 22
Grubbs Custom Surfaces
Russellville Pack 428
Sardinia Church of the Nazarene
Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Assoc
Makayla’s Maniacs
Chatfield College
Stein Hospice
Peoples Bank
Vitas Healthcare
Kibler Lumber
Mattresses RUS
J and B Heating and Cooling
Western Brown Youth Football and Cheerleading
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Br Co Democrate Party
Bethel American Legion Post 406
Tri Health
Ripley Lt Byrd DAR
Hamersville Church
Brown Co Senior Citizens
AT&T
Child Focus
RA Products
Mike Napior
Ring Real Estate
Wallace Seeds and Services
Long (Mike and Vicky)
Smith Finishing LLC
Eastern Warriors Baseball
Shorty the Clown
The Big Zipper
Adams Brown Recycling
