Holmes County 4-H shooting sports club prepares fair booth for county fair
The shooting sports club is building a booth that will greet fairgoers at Harvest Ridge, putting gun safety and archery front and center.
The Holmes County 4-H Shooting Sports club is preparing its fair booth for the Holmes County Fair, where booth judging has become part of opening-day activity and one of the first things families see at Harvest Ridge in Millersburg.
That booth matters in a county fair built around youth. The Holmes County Fair is one of the few remaining fairs without open exhibition livestock shows, and its 101st edition ran Aug. 5-10, 2024, at Harvest Ridge, 8880 State Route 39, where local 4-H and FFA members take center stage instead of a broader open-class lineup. Booths help make that role visible, turning club identity, volunteer work and project learning into something fairgoers can walk past, read and judge.
For the shooting sports club, the display is a public face for a program that starts with basics. Ohio 4-H shooting sports is part of the state’s Natural Resources offerings and includes beginning-level projects that introduce gun safety and archery. The booth gives visitors a way to see that work in a setting tied directly to the fair, rather than only hearing about it in club meetings or project lists.
Holmes County 4-H itself reaches youth from age 5 in kindergarten through age 19, and children can join as project members when they are 8 and in third grade. In 2024, the county’s enrollment deadline was April 1, a reminder that the fair’s showcase rests on months of preparation before the gates open at Harvest Ridge.
The club’s booth effort also fits a local tradition of recognition. Holmes County 4-H Shooting Sports was named one of the county’s Honor Clubs in 2022, alongside Buckeye, Doughty Valley, Green Acres, Nashville Jolly Farmers, Prairie Partners and Western Holmes County 4-H. That standing puts the club among the groups expected to represent the county’s youth work with the same care that fairgoers bring to the midway and livestock barns.
At the fair, that preparation becomes visible all at once. Booth judging on Monday opening day places the clubs’ work in public view, giving families a chance to see which groups built the strongest presentation before the week of shows, rides and awards moves forward.
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