Hot off the press—San Juan County Fair ‘Premium Book’

Find it at the public libraries on Lopez, Orcas, Shaw and San Juan islands, and it's available at various local merchants.

Back by popular demand for the second year in a row, a printed version of the San Juan County Fair Exhibit Guide & Premium Book is hot of the press and out on the streets.

Actually, you will find it available at the public libraries on Lopez, Orcas, Shaw and San Juan islands, and at stores and shops of various local merchants.

Published by the San Juan Island Garden Club, the Premium Book provides a comprehensive list of rules and regulations for most fair exhibits, information for exhibitors and insights about how various exhibits are judged.

The Premium Book also offers information about exhibiting in nearly all categories of the 2012 San Juan County Fair, from Livestock to Island Writers, Food Preservation to Horses, Photography to Vegetables, Textile Arts to Trash-to-Treasure, and more.

You’ll find an exhibitor entry form, page 38.

Information provided in the Premium Book can also be found online at the county Fair website, www.sanjuancountyfair.org.

Now in its 106th year, the county Fair is Aug. 15-18, at the fairground in Friday Harbor.