Members of the Labette County Fair promotion committee are trying to encourage more persons to attend and enter exhibits in open class. The 97th Annual Labette County Fair “Generations of Fun” will be held July 28-Aug. 2 at the Oswego fair and campgrounds. There are special new exhibits this year and one of them is the “Scarecrow Competition”. Individuals and groups may enter home-made scarecrows to try to win $70, $50 or $25.
Another way of promoting this competition was by having a coloring contest in all of the second grade classes in the Labette County schools. The coloring sheet has a picture of a scarecrow and some general information about the Fair. One child in each school were judged the winner and received a five dollar bill.
The children colored the pictures at school from April 21 to May 9. The winners of this contest were: Shay Strak from St. Patrick’s Catholic School; Lauren O’Banion and Caitlin Barcus from Garfield in Parsons; Kyle Dicks and Jaellyn Snider from Guthridge in Parsons; Jalen Jones and Kamrynn Ball from Lincoln in Parsons; Logan Meyer and Lancy Baughman, Altamont; Isaac Payne, Bartlett; Gabriel Ramos and Dawson Giager, Meadow View; Troy Keith, Chetopa; Lacy McCray and Kailee Ramsey, Neosho Heights, Oswego; and Davey LaPack, Service Valley, Oswego.
Each district had a different picture. These pictures will be used to promote the Fair at various places.
The Scarecrow premium and promotion sponsors were Family Community Education Council, Labette County Fair Board, Labette County Extension Foundation and Alexander Manufacturing Company, Inc.
The committee for this project were Janie Williams, Susan Bates, Connie Rhodes, and Tammy Alexander.
For more Fair information use www.oznet.ksu.edu/labette. The Fair books come out in June.