For now, the Bartholomew County 4-H Fair still is slated July 10-18, according to event officials.
This update comes at a time when some other Indiana county fairs, such as the Richmond-based Wayne County 4-H Fair, already have been canceled. Others, such as the Hancock County Fair, have been rescheduled.
And any decision to postpone or cancel the local, annual tradition because of the COVID-19 pandemic will be made as late as possible, said Mark Case, fair board president.
“Unless the authorities such as the governor tell us we can’t have it, then it’s going to be (held),” Case said. “But we want to wait as late as we can to see how all these things are going to shake out.”
The next 21-member fair board meeting is scheduled at 7 p.m. May 11 at the fair office. But that regular, monthly meeting was planned before Gov. Eric Holcomb’s orders against public gatherings of more than 10 people went into effect last month. The April meeting was canceled.
For more on this story, see Friday’s Republic.
