Friday, August 20, 2010

Okmulgee County Free Fair Sept. 9-11

The Okmulgee Daily Times printed the Fair schedules this past week. For your convenience, the HCE booth section is reprinted below.

HCE and Open class exhibits may be entered on Tuesday, Sept. 7, from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm and on Wednesday, Sept. 8, from 8:00-9:00 am (including plants but not livestock!). Judging will be Wednesday 1:00-5:00 pm. The Fair officially opens Thursday, Sept. 9, at 10:00 am.

2010 Okmulgee County Free Fair

Section HH

Home & Community Education Group Exhibit

Exhibits will be arranged by group in a booth. Booth space will be numbered and each group will draw for location of booth space.Each entry will be rated Blue, Red, or White. Points will be awarded for each rating. Blue award: 5 point, Red award: 3 points, White award: 1 point. HCE Group point totals will determine the money prizes for the group in the appropriate scale below. In case of a tie, the categories will be used as tie breakers. 10 points will be added for complete exhibit. Only those items being judged are allowed in booths. All exhibitors must be paid Okmulgee County Home Community Education members as of June 30th of the current year.

Section HH Premium Schedule

1st $55 --- 2nd $50 --- 3rd $45 --- 4th $40 --- 5th $35 --- 6th $30 --- 7th $25 --- 8th $20

1. Each booth shall have either solid white or cream backdrop, table cover, and any stands.

2. The booth will be judged without the club’s name on it. After the judging the club may put their name on the booth. The exception would be if an article that is to be judged has the club’s name on it.

3. Exhibits no longer have to have a personal label on them. The fair tag will be sufficient.

4. The most attractive booths will receive 5 extra points for 1st, 3 for 2nd, and 1 for 3rd.

CLOTHING

1: Children’s Leisure or Sleepwear

2: Adult Leisure or Sleepwear

3: Adult Casual

4: Children’s Casual

5: Adult Dressy

6: Children’s Dressy

7: Hand Embellished Garment or Accessory

8: Machine Embellished Garment or Accessory

9: Adult Miscellaneous (example: costume)

10: Child’s Miscellaneous

HOME IMPROVEMENT

1: Window Treatment

2: Recycled Furniture and/or Refinished Furniture

3: Quilt

4: Afghan

5: Comforter or Throw

6: Tablecloth or Table Runner

7: Placemats and Coasters or Napkins (2 or more)

8: Wall Hanging (ready to hang)

9: Houseplant

10: Flower Arrangement

11: Decorative Pillow

12: Miscellaneous Decorative Item

FOOD

Completed exhibit will consist of 5 items. All canned exhibits must be canned in standard canning jars.

1: Tomatoes or tomato juice

2: Vegetables (peas, corn, soup mixture, green beans, okra, beets, etc.)

3: Fleshy or juicy fruit (apples, pears, peaches, cherries, etc.)

4: Relish

5: Preserves, marmalade, butter or jam

6: Jelly

7: Vegetable or fruit pickles

8: Sauces (catsup, picante, Italian, etc.)

9: Baked item (any type cake, cookie or bread)

10: Dehydrated food

Completed booth will consist of:
1: Clothing – 5 articles
2: Home Improvement – 5 articles
3: Food – 5 articles

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Changes to Blog

Our blogsite host has made some changes in the blog setup. Essentially, you should now be able to leave comments without trouble. If you still cannot leave a comment, please notify Karen. Also, I have added permissions for the following persons to post on this site: Sue, Dona, Terra.

Thanks!

Craft Bazaar set to Dec. 4

The annual Craft Bazaar has been set to Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. The date change (from our usual 2d Saturday in November) is due to the renovation of the Morris Schools gymnasium, where the craft show is held each year. Vendor letters were sent out today after our monthly meeting.