HOLDERS OF MEMBERSHIP PASSES • You can, for any day you attend the fair, go in and out at your pleasure - only one punch of your pass is required per day per person. • You can enter articles free in the Agricultural, Horticultural, Culinary Arts, Arts & Crafts, Ceramics, Flowers, Hobbies & Collectibles, Paintings & Drawings, and Photography Departments (Departments 8-10). • You become a member of the Lorain County Agricultural Society and are entitled to vote for the Directors at the Annual Election held on Monday of fair week. We also invite you to attend the Annual Meeting the second Tuesday of November at 8:00 pm, where you can vote for any proposed constitutional amendments. DIRECTIONS TO EXHIBITORS 1. Persons wishing to enter articles for premiums should access the Society’s premium book at loraincountyfair.com under “Entries” or pick one up at the Secretary’s Office. Exhibitors should ascertain, before making an entry, which class the animal or article is named, so the Secretary will not be delayed in making entries and to avoid confusion and mistakes. Many mistakes will be avoided if exhibitors are careful. Exhibitors must determine for themselves in which class they will make their entry. Unless the entry is made in the class in which the article is named, no premium will be awarded. The Lorain County Agricultural Society will not be responsible for any errors that may appear in this book. You must check our website and/or Facebook page for updates and changes to information in this book. 2. Entries will be accepted beginning July 1. All exhibitors must have entries for competition made and entered on the books of the Secretary. Entries close on August 5 @ 5:00 pm at the Secretary’s Office, by mail (must be received by entry deadline date), or online. Entries can be submitted online or entry forms are available to download at loraincountyfair.com. 3. a. Each exhibitor must purchase a Membership or Season Pass; b. 10% of the first premium will be charged for all entries in Open Class competition in Departments 2 and 11. See individual Departments for entry fees for Departments 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. Departments 8, 9, and 10 require Membership or Season Pass only. 4. All mailed entries must include a $5.00 fee or will not be processed. 5. Youth must enter the Youth classes or buy a Season Pass to enter Adult classes. 6. Entries CANNOT be made in farm name if a check cannot be cashed in that name. Checks will not be reissued. 7. Entry mistakes made by the exhibitor will not be changed after July 31. If a correction needs to be made because of a clerical error, you must notify us within 7 days or August 12 (whichever is earlier). ABSOLUTELY NO CORRECTIONS WILL BE MADE AFTER AUGUST 12. NO ADD-ONS are permitted once entries have been submitted. 8. If there is a problem with the Membership/Season Pass sent with your entries, you must notify us by August 12. No passes will be replaced after August 12. 9. Online entries must check their confirmation email for errors and notify us of any mistakes within two business days. Your entries cannot be processed if you did not buy a Membership or Season Pass or indicate that the entrant is a “Youth,” or if you enter a child in two different age categories. 10. Entries submitted online in the last 48 hours of entry deadline should receive tags by August 12. If you do not, you must let us know on August 13. 11. All articles entered or exhibited for premiums must be owned by the exhibitor. 12. No person will be allowed to discuss, or in any way interfere, with the Awarding Committee during their deliberations. Any person who, by agent letter or otherwise, shall so interfere may be excluded from competition and, if the Committee on investigation is satisfied that a premium has been secured by irregularities or fraud, then such premiums shall be withheld. 13. No animal or articles can compete for more than one premium in one class and all exhibitors must have entry tag with exhibitor’s number thereon for each 18