{"id":54728,"date":"2014-08-20T05:29:01","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T10:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=54728"},"modified":"2014-08-20T05:29:01","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T10:29:01","slug":"new-event-coming-to-2014-county-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2014\/08\/20\/new-event-coming-to-2014-county-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"New event coming to 2014 County Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"

VW County Fair information<\/i><\/p>\n

A Lamb, Pig, and Calf Scramble is a new event at the Van Wert County Fair this year.\u00a0 The event will be held at 7:30 Saturday night as part of the “Triple Play” in the Grandstand.\u00a0 Rounding out the triple play are Emerald Blue, a young country music duo from Nashville, and a hot air balloon glow.<\/p>\n

The scramble is new for Van Wert County, and the Fair Board has had quite a few inquiries as to what it actually is.\u00a0Debuting at the 158th Van Wert County Fair, but very popular at nearby fairs the past couple of years, the scramble is somewhat a revival of the \u201cgreased pig\u201d contests of years\u2019 past.<\/p>\n

\"VW<\/a>As a warm-up, the event actually starts with a “chicken catch” for kids 7 and under.\u00a0 Approximately 12 kids per heat will attempt to catch a chicken as they run around the 32-by-72 foot pen.\u00a0 Prizes will be given to those who can complete the task.\u00a0No registration is required for this round; kids just need to show up at the event that evening.<\/p>\n

The true event kicks off with the Lamb Scramble for kids 7-10 years old.\u00a0 Again, a heat of approximately 12 will try to catch 4-5 lambs that will be let loose in the pen.\u00a0Participants will be given a halter to put on the lamb’s head and then lead the lamb to the center of the ring.\u00a0The kid who catches a lamb in the shortest amount of time wins the grand prize of $25.<\/p>\n

Next, children 11-14 will try to catch a pig.\u00a0To add a level of difficulty, the kids arms will be coated with Crisco.\u00a0Quickest time to catch the pig and bring him to the center circle wins a grand prize of $50.<\/p>\n

Lastly, the main event for the older youths is the Calf Scramble. There will be heats for youngsters 15-18 and also one heat for college age (19-22) young adults.<\/p>\n

Just like the lambs, participants will need to halter a calf and lead it to the center of the ring to complete the catch.\u00a0Grand prize is $75 for the calf scramble.<\/p>\n

Entries are limited to the first 36 entries for each scramble event and entries can be taken from now until the event at the Fair Board office.<\/p>\n

Participants in the Sheep, Pig, and Calf Scramble will be provided a helmet for head protection.\u00a0 All entries require a waiver signed by a parent of each participant.<\/p>\n

Mercer Landmark and Rural King are helping to sponsor the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW County Fair information A Lamb, Pig, and Calf Scramble is a new event at the Van Wert County Fair this year.\u00a0 The event will be held at 7:30 Saturday night as part of the “Triple Play” in the Grandstand.\u00a0 Rounding out the triple play are Emerald Blue, a young country music duo from Nashville, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-04 13:34:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}