Annual Holmes County Home Benefit Auction planned
This years annual Holmes County Home Benefit Auction promises to be another packed-full day of quality items up for auction along with plenty of food and fun. Auction-goers will be helping to raise money for the elderly at the Holmes County Home. It all kicks off on Saturday, Sept. 17 with breakfast starting at 7 a.m. Even before Saturday morning, the event will be raising money with a...
Wayne County schools show their artistic side
The School Building at the Wayne County Fairgrounds was filled with thousands of works of art produced by students in Wayne Countys 10 public school districts. The pieces, which were carefully crafted by students from kindergarten through 12th grade during the 2010-2011 school year, were selected and displayed by district art teachers from throughout the county. Taking Best in Show honors in...
Solemn flag raising ceremony marks opening of fair
Before the rides, game and food vendors opened for business and the competitions and contests got underway, the Wayne County Fair Board marked the opening of the 162nd Wayne County Fair with a solemn flag raising ceremony and a moment of silence in memory of the lives lost in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. As members of the 555th Honors Detachment raised the American flag and a 9/11...
Community commemorates 10th anniversary of 9/11
The haunting sound of a lone piper playing Amazing Grace on the bagpipes. The sight of the young daughters of firefighters placing white roses on a memorial. The sound of a bell ringing 5,5,5,5 – the New York City Fire Departments bell code for a line of duty death. The stillness of a moment of silence. Those were some of the symbols that were part of a community commemoration of the 10th...
Special author event taking place at Dover Public Library
Sharon Davies, professor of law at The Ohio State University and author of Rising Road: A True Tale of Love, Race, and Religion, will be the special guest Sept. 22, at 7 p.m., at the Dover Public Library. Her book recounts the 1921 murder trial of a Methodist minister named Edwin R. Stevenson who shot and killed a Catholic priest, James Doyle, in broad daylight and in front of numerous...
A collection that tells a story
Don Wemple, a lifelong New Philadelphia resident, has been collecting interesting items for 37 years. While some collectors have coins or stamps, Wemple has accumulated numerous pieces that are unique, organized, and tell a story. My mother, said Wemple, Erma Lesjak, had a collection of at least 200 wind chimes hanging from her patio rafters. When she passed away in 2002, I decided to...
High school marching bands featured at fair
The star studded acts that normally grace the main stage at the grandstands of the Wayne County Fairgrounds stepped aside on the Monday morning of fair week to make way for the annual performance by Wayne Countys high school marching bands. Bands from the 10 high schools located within Wayne County - Chippewa, Dalton, Smithville, Norwayne, Northwestern, Rittman, Waynedale, Triway, Orrville and...
Pulling their own weight
As the 162nd Wayne County Fair opened on Sept. 10, horse pulling teams from throughout the Midwest converged on the track at the Wayne County Fairgrounds to compete in one of the most popular events at the fair. The teams, which were comprised of a pair of horses, were divided into weight classes to determine which team could successfully pull the most weight. Each contestant had three...
Wayne County Fair showcases creative talent
Artistry can take a wide variety of forms. Nowhere is that more evident than in the wide variety of displays in the Buss Hall at the Wayne County Fair. The building, which is shared by the art, flower and home economics departments, shows that whether their tools of choice are a paint brush, a garden trowel, a kitchen spatula or a needle and thread, creativity is in abundance in Wayne...