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Butler County Junior Fair Section
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              Junior Fair Skillathon                          ing said awards will be given notice by email to
                                                              attend the ceremony to pick up their awards.
                                                              Awards not picked up at the Fair Award Ceremo-
                           Contest
                                                              ny will be available from the OSU Extension Of-
         2025 SKILLATHON DATES & LOCATIONS:                   fice after the fair.
         For all livestock departments (Beef, Goat, Swine,  J) Skillathon kits may be used at educational
         Sheep, Poultry, Rabbit, Dairy & Horse) Skillathon  meetings and workshops and may be checked
         will be July 17, 2025 from 9am-noon & 1pm-5pm  out from the OSU Extension Office.
         in the Event Center at the Fairgrounds. Nutrition
         department Skillathon will be July 22nd. Shooting
         Sports, FCS, and Special Interest contest July
         15th.  Check for updated information at
         www.butler.osu.edu.

         A) Members need not be enrolled in a project
         in the Skillathon Contest category in order to
         participate. Those participating in any of the con-
         tests are asked to go to the registration table   Agri Pet Veterinary Services
         at the location of the contest to get entered.
                                                          Alcantara-Natvig Family
         B) Participants needing reading assistance
         will be provided service if it is requested at   L&G Contracting
         contest check-in.
                                                          Union Busy Fingers 4-H Club
         C) Age levels: The age levels for the contest
         are as follows for all Skillathon Contests:      Watson Gravel, INC.

                Juniors-3rd Grade and 8 years old
                thru 13 years old

                Seniors-14 to 19 years old.

         D) The Skillathon Contests will have questions
         from the skillathon kits, current project manuals,
         OSU Extension website, Ohio State University
         Extension Skillathon materials sources online
         from website or a combination of all.
         F) Each contest will have a series of 25 ques-
         tions used for scoring the contestant. Contest-
         ants with tie scores will be asked to return to the
         contest test area to answer tiebreaker questions
         until the tie is broken.

         G) No contestants will be allowed to use cell
         phones or other communication devices in the
         testing area. All cell phones must be on silent or
         vibrate only.
         I) Top scorers will receive a special recognition at
         the Fair’s Award Ceremony. Contestants receiv-
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