Fair entry forms due soon

By Rex Dolby

Believe it or not, the deadline for submitting your fair photo exhibit entry form is noon on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Fair Board’s office.  Before that can be completed, however, you need to make some decisions about your entries.  First obtain a fair book and entry form from the fair board office or go on line, search Van Wert County Fair, and click on it to go to the fair’s website.

Once on the site, scroll down and click on the Open Class and Jr. Fair picture.  Scroll down and click on department_q-1600_photography.pdf  to read the rules for entering pictures in the fair’s photography exhibit. You will see that Division 1601 is the Senior Division for Color, and 1602 is Black/White for seniors.  Division 1603 is Color for Juniors under the age of 18 before August 1, and Division 1604 is for the Junior B/W photos.

Each Division has 5 Classes having the same themes for color and b/w.  Those classes are: 01, At the Fair; 02, Transportation; 03, People; 04, On the Farm; and 05 is a Land, Sea, or City Scape.

New this year is rule 5’s statement that you may enter two pictures in every class.   This means you can enter as many as 10 pictures in each division for a total of 20 pictures for the exhibit.

Now you are ready to fill out your entry form.  Going back to the home page of the fair’s website, click on Fair Events in the top strip. This opens a menu. Click on Pricing.  This will open a picture of the fair book. Scroll down and click on the circle having 159th Program Book 2015.  An enlarged view will appear.

Scroll down watching either the numbers on the right to (49 bold) or the numbers to (55 of 84). Right click on the page to select print.

That’s a lot to get done by Sunday, Aug. 30, from 1-5 p.m. when the Van Wert Area Photography Club will be receiving the pictures for the Fair Board’s Photography Exhibit.  The club’s next scheduled meeting will be on Thursday, Aug. 13, at 7 p.m .at 114 S. Race St.