Agricultural exhibits, rules, announced

The Wells County Agricultural Exhibits for the Bluffton Free Street Fair will again be held at the City Building, it was announced this week by Street Fair officials
Brochures and entry forms are now available at the Street Fair office located at 113 S. Johnson Street, which is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The phone number is 824-4351.
“Exhibits must be grown or made in Wells County and exhibitor must be Wells County resident,” a spokesperson for the fair emphasized.
The entries for Culinary & Needlework and Fine Arts & Crafts are to be delivered between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 20. Judging for these categories is at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21. Entries for Agricultural and Flowers are to be delivered between 8 a.m. and noon on Tuesday. Judging for these categories is Tuesday afternoon with exhibits open for viewing from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday.
Entries are not to be removed before 4 p.m. but must be out of the Exhibit Hall by 8 p.m. on Friday. The Street Fair Association cannot be responsible for any entries not removed by that time, they noted.
The Wells County Democratic Party will be providing the security services during open viewing hours once again. Chairmen for these exhibits are Carol Meeks (Culinary, Needlework, Fine Arts & Crafts), Helen Witte (Flowers) and Bill Horan (Agriculture).
Any exhibitor with a large number of entries may bring their entry forms to the Street Fair office by Thursday, Sept. 16, for the office staff to pre-register them, which will speed up the process of registering at the City Building. Premium checks may be picked up Monday through Wednesday the week following the fair at the Street Fair office.