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EXHIBIT DEADLINE
APPROACHING FOR STANISLAUS COUNTY FAIR
Turlock – If you plan to show off
your hobby or craft at the Stanislaus County Fair
get moving as the deadline to enter is just around
the corner!
 The exhibit deadline for Stanislaus
County Fair open division and remaining 4-H & FFA
entry forms is Thursday, June 16 by 5 p.m.
“There were more than 25,500 individual
entries exhibited at the 2004 Stanislaus County
Fair,” said Tony Leo, chief executive officer for
the Stanislaus County Fair. “Our outstanding
exhibit program is the heart of the Stanislaus
County Fair and is what sets this fair apart from a
traditional amusement park. Exhibiting at the fair
is a family tradition for hundreds of families in
our community – it’s something for the young and the
young-at-heart.”
Specific entry forms are due no later
than Thursday, June 16 by 5 p.m. for the following
divisions:
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4-H & FFA
Agriculture Horticulture (fruits and
vegetables), 4-H and FFA Ornamental Horticulture
(gardens, flowers, etc.) and FFA Ag Mechanics
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Junior & Senior
Departments: Home Arts including preserved
foods, baked foods (periods 1 & 2),
tablesettings (periods 1 & 2) and
clothing-textiles, Fine Arts and Crafts,
Photography
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Junior Department:
Industrial Arts
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Senior Department:
Open Livestock, Scarecrow and Open Poultry
Exhibitor handbooks
and entry forms are also available at the following
locations: Turlock, Cloth & Quilts,
Stanislaus County Fair, Turlock Library, Valley
Distributors, Jaureguy’s Paint & Decorating, Turlock
Livestock Auction, Western Valley Insurance;
Ceres, Suszanne’s Ceramics, Ceres Library;
Crows Landing, Mt. View Feed & Seed; Hilmar,
Hilmar Cheese; Oakdale, Oakdale Feed, Oakdale
Library; Riverbank, Morris Nursery;
Waterford, City of Waterford, Feed & Seed,
Waterford Library; Patterson, Patterson
Library. Exhibitor handbooks and entry forms are
also available at the following Modesto
locations Hischier Nursery, Nasco West, Scenic
Nursery, Stanislaus County Free Library, Edwards
Cake & Candy and JS West Milling.
The Stanislaus County
Fair is now in its 94th year. The
2005 fair opens Friday, July 29 for a 10-day run.
The theme of this year’s fair is “Tropical Nights
and Midway Lights.” Last year more than 225,000
people enjoyed the fair. In 2002 and again in 2003,
Modesto Bee readers voted the Stanislaus
County Fair their “Favorite All-Around Event” in the
Bee’s Reader’s Choice Awards.
The mission of the Stanislaus County
Fair is to provide a family and community oriented
experience promoting agriculture, entertainment and
technology. For more information about the
Stanislaus County Fair log onto www.stancofair.com.
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