The 2010 Elkhart County 4-H Fair President, Ted Sautter, Bristol, has announced the President’s Baked Item this year will be German Chocolate Pie.  The President’s Baked Item is an Open Class contest in which anyone over the age of eight (8) years of age in the Michiana area can enter.  There is no pre-registration or entry fee, however you must pay an admission fee at the gate.  Bring your entry to the 4-H Fairgrounds, Home & Family Arts Department Building, on Thursday, July 22.  Check-in is from 11:00 am to 11:45 am with open judging at noon by Ted Sautter.

Participants may enter only one item.  Your entry must be accompanied by a neatly written, printed or typed recipe on an 8-1/2- by 11-inch sheet of paper on one side only.  Please include your name, address and telephone number in the lower right-hand corner.  Names will be covered during judging.  One winner will be selected from all entries and will receive a prize of $10.00 from the Elkhart County 4-H Fair Board.  All entries must be picked up by 1:00 pm.  Recipes become the property of the Elkhart County Extension Homemakers with the right to use them for fair publicity.

The Purdue Extension Elkhart County office prints the Open Class Home & Family Arts Department booklet each year with details on entering Open Class items.   If you would like to be placed on our mailing list, call the office at 574-533-0554.  You may also obtain a copy by visiting either the Goshen or Elkhart office.  Copies will also be available on the Elkhart County 4-H Fair website at http://www.4hfair.org.  Click on “Fair Information,” “Open Class,” then “Home and Family Arts.”