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Tuesday, August 27 Midway opens every day at 10:00 am Commercial Building opens every day at 11:00 am Gospel Tent 7:00 PM-Tribute Quartet Midway Tent 7:00 PM-Indiana Wild Landing @ Gate 2 1:00 – 8:00 PM-Hawk Haven Good Dog Training On the Grounds: Jungle Island Petting Zoo Tactical Force Laser Tag The Grandstand 6:00 PM-Grand Opening Ceremonies 6:30 PM-Harness Racing Farm Focus Arena 7:00 PM-FFA Barnyard Challenge / 4-H games Department Judging 9:00 AM-Farm Products, Horticulture, & Canned Goods 11:30 AM-Cut Flower & Potted Plants First Show 5:00 PM-Baked Goods Wednesday, August 28 Gospel Tent 12:00 PM – 2:00 PMEntertainment by Noah Back Sponsored by Van Wert Manor 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM-FREE BINGO for Seniors Sponsored by Van Wert County Council on Aging and Hearth & Home Landing @ Gate 2 6:00 PM-Pig Races Midway Entertainment Tent 8:45 AM-Free Coffee & Donuts for Seniors 9:00 AM – 11:00 AMSenior Program Presented by CHP Home Care & Hospice Blood Pressure Checks 7:00 PM-Van Wert Area Community Concert Band On the Grounds: Jungle Island Petting Zoo Tactical Force Laser Tag Advanced Insurance Group Outdoor Entertainment Stage 6:00 PM-Bluegrass Grandstand 6:00 PM-Cheerleading Competition Livestock Shows 6:00 PM-Jr Fair: Swine Showmanship & Breeding Gilt Show Thursday, August 29 Midway Tent 5:00 PM & 7:00 PM-Indiana Wild Landing @ Gate 2 7:00 PM-Kiddie Tractor Pull On the Grounds: Family Fun Circus Show 00, 5:00, 8:00 PM Throughout Day: Jungle Island Petting Zoo, First Bite Fishing, Tinsmith, Tactical Force Laser Tag Paddock Area 11:00 AM-Veterans Day Program Midway opens at 10:00 am Commercial Building opens at 11:00 am Wallace Plumbing Beer & Entertainment Tent 7:30 PM-Trivia Grandstand 12:00 PM-Harness Racing 7:30 PM-Confederate Railroad Concert Livestock Shows 9:00 AM-Jr Fair: Turkey Show 6:00 PM-Jr Fair: Sheep Show Friday, August 30 Landing @ Gate 2 6:00 PM-2-the-Extreme Power Wheel Drags Midway Entertainment Tent Whiz Bang 00, 5:00, 7:00 PM Gospel Tent 7:00 PM-Divinity Trio On The Grounds: Family Fun Circus Show 00, 5:00, 8:00 PM Throughout day-Jungle Island Petting Zoo, First Bite Fishing, Tinsmith, Bear, Hollow Wood Carver Horseshoe Tournament 1:00 PM-Singles 100 Shoe Tournament Wallace Plumbing Beer & Entertainment Tent 8:30 PM-Wastin Neon Grandstand 6:30 PM-OSTPA Pulls Livestock Shows 9:00 AM-Senior Fair: Open Horse Show, Jr Fair: Horse Pleasure Show, Jr Fair: Poultry Show 11:00 AM-Jr Fair: Dairy Show 2:00 PM-Jr Fair: Goat Show 4:00 PM-Jr Fair: Rabbit Show (Meat Pen, Doe & Litter, Single Fryer, Roaster) 7:30 PM-Jr Fair: Area Invitational Showman of Showmen Contest Saturday, August 31 Gospel Tent 6:00 PM-St. Mary’s Catholic Church Mass Advanced Insurance Group Outdoor Stage 7:00 PM-Trinity and Ronnie & Kim Booth Landing @ Gate 2 2:00 PM-Jeep Show Midway Entertainment Tent Whiz Bang 00, 3:00, 5:00 PM On The Grounds Performance Dogs of Ohio 00, 4:00, 7:00 PM, Family Fun Circus Show @ 2:00, 5:00, 8:00 PM, Science Central 3:00-7:00 PM, high school Marching Bands 3 PM Throughout day-Jungle Island Petting Zoo First Bite Fishing, Tinsmit, Bear Hollow Wood Carvers Horseshoe Tournament 10:00 AM-Double Elimination, Single Horseshoe Handicap Tournament Wallace Plumbing Beer/Entertainment Tent TBA-Cornhole Tournament TBA-OSU Football Bash Grandstand 7:00 PM-Jess Kellie Adams, Kaitlyn Schmit & Friends Livestock Shows 8:30 AM-Jr Fair: Beef Show 9:00 AM-Senior & Junior Ponies & Draft Horses 10:00 AM-Senior Fair / Open Rabbit Show 11:00 AM-Jr Fair: Dairy Feeder Show 12:00 PM-Senior Fair / Open Goat Show 3:00 PM-Jr.

VAN WERT—Thursday was the first day back for Vantage Career Center students. Enrollment at the school is 576 students.

BY JIM LANGHAM Times Bulletin Correspondent bhess@cherryroad.com Cheryl Burk and Kim Mason, remaining members of one of the longest standing Gospel singing groups in the area, Trinity, are busy these days firming up this year’s schedule and singers for the Gospel tent at the Van Wert County Fair.

VANWERT—Confederate Railroad first rolled onto the national country music scene in the early ‘90s with its unique style and sound. Headed by founder and frontman Danny Shirley, the former backup band for both David Allan Coe and Johnny Paycheck got their big break by signing with Atlantic Records.

Ryan Renner, second from right, graduate of Lincolnview High School and Vantage Career Center; and Ella Davis of Lincolnview High School, second from left, were crowned Jr. Fair King and Queen at the Celebration Sunday Event on Sunday at the Marsh Foundation. Their court, which consists of Steven Smith and Briann Scudder, as their runner- up King and Queen, will reign over the Van Wert County Fair set for Aug. 27-Sept. 2. Species and Project Prince and Princesses were also crowned during the event. They include: Beef Princess Breanna Pohlman,Dairy Princess Eliza Leiendecker Dairy Feeder Princess Gracie Schaadt, Equine Princess Alexis Hoaglin, Goat Princess Delana Rank, Poultry Princess Hailey Logan, Poultry Prince Korbyn Huse, Project Princess Grace Spieles, Rabbit Princess Cassidy Rank, Sheep Princess Alli Thatcher, Swine Princess Ellie Mueller and Swine Prince Aiden Kroeger. (Photo submitted)

VAN WERT—The Van Wert Area Community Concert Band will perform at the 2024 Van Wert County Fair in the entertainment tent at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, August 28th. The program will open with the playing of the National Anthem.