After a 12-day run that included lower attendance and a , the is over. There was some good news in the annual closing day event, the Sale of Champions.
by Junior Fair exhibitors raised $284,000 and the price of the reserve grand champion market barrow broke a four-year-old record. says individual exhibitor earnings from the sale are capped, with the excess going into a shared fund.
鈥淲e鈥檝e helped over 300,000 kids and youth through the sale by kind of spreading that prize money around a little bit.鈥�
This year鈥檚 sale brought in $196,000 to that fund for scholarships, the Ohio State Fair band and choir and other programs.
