Lure of the fair

For nine days each summer, the Bartholomew County 4-H Fair becomes a leading destination for:

  • 4-H exhibitors showing their chickens, ponies or pigs.
  • Friends and families lending their support.
  • Kids attracted to the food, lights, sounds and occasional screams of the midway.
  • Fans of all ages caught up in the excitement of Grandstand shows … and almost any other reason you can imagine.

Each year, up to 100,000 people — more than the entire population of Bartholomew County — head to the fairgrounds. The 61st annual county fair wraps up today at the county fairgrounds, County Road 200S, south of Garden City.