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DEPARTMENT 012 OPEN CLASS
61 2026 BUTLER COUNTY
Department 012– Grange • Ribbons, or anything won by the grange, may
-Member In Charge- Gary Gerber be displayed.
Phil & Bev Foutz County Deputies in Charge • Achievements must be for the past year and
For Best Grange Display of Butler County Goals must be for the coming year.
• Achievements and Goals will not be judged
on the basis of what they were, but that each
Rules Governing This Department: grange had Goals and Achievements and may
Please Read All Rules Carefully be displayed anywhere in the booth.
• Permitted to change fl owers - or water deteri-
A. Entries for Art Hall are open July 8th - 18th orating products,
online and in offi ce. Entries close and must • Replace as needed.
be into the Senior Fair Board Offi ce by 3pm. 2026 Score Card for Fair Display: Total 100
On Saturday July 18th 2026. If entries are PTS.
mailed, you may check with the fair board of- **Label Only State and National Contest
fi ce at 513.892.1423 to see if they have been
received before the deadline. We are not Entries**
responsible for delay or loss of mailed entries. • BUTLER COUNTY GRANGES THEME (use
B. All exhibits must be in place by 6:00 P.M., any theme)
Saturday, July 25th 2026. • Theme should tell grange story 30pts
C. ALL Exhibitors will be charged a one time • GRANGE ACHIEVEMENTS (Past year: July
$2.00 exhibitor fee each year, regardless of 2025-July 2026) 10 pts.
online or in person entries. • GRANGE GOALS (Coming year: July 2026-
D. Displays are limited to subordinate granges of July 2027) 10pts.
Butler County. • GENERAL APPEARANCE 30 pts.
E. No materials attached to ceiling. • MATERIAL USED (To be judged on quality
instead of quantity) 20 pts.
* Grain-threshed or sheaf
Division 1– Best Grange Display * Corn-3 varieties-ears & shelled or stalks
NOTICE: * Grass seed-3 varieties of grass
• Exhibits will be released Sunday, August 2nd * Baked goods- 3 varieties
@ 10:00am-12:30pm. * Fresh fruits and vegetables
• The purchase of any products is forbidden. * State Baking Contest
These must be grown by grangers. * Flowers- fresh cut or potted
• Floor covering may be of natural materials, * Needlework- Sewing contests plus addi-
such as alfalfa, etc. Or can be made of man tional needlework and crafts to make nice
made materials. display
• Bible must be displayed closed. * Plants- all home grown
• Flag is to be displayed in all booths and to be
to the left of the booth as you face it.
2026 Sponsors of GRANGE In Butler County
Woodland Country Manor, LLC The Blakley Family-
In Memory of Juanita & Gene Blakley
Darrell E. Stone Company
Dr. James Thomson, Camden Medical
Norma Barnes Family-
In Memory of Robert & Mary Blakley Michael & Douglas Bolton Family-
In Memory of Tom Bolton
Pine Ridge Partners
Beeler Farms
