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Beacon The Coshocton County
Volume 1, Number 11
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September 24 to October 14, 2008
Fond Fair Memories
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Look to the Lord and His strength; seek his face always. Psalm 105:4
157th Annual County Fair Preview Section Inside! Okay, I know that the 157th annual Coshocton County Fair hasn’t even started yet and I’m writing in the pasttense. Please bear with me. The county fair brings a flood of special memories to mind, from my youth when we took Black Angus steers and mom packed a picnic lunch that we ate out of the car, to much more recent memories of our own kids taking sheep. I look back fondly on the fair as a glorious time of year when a youngster of 14 or 15 was granted the freedom of roaming the fairgrounds with impunity, taking in all the sights and sounds that were normal for a
teenager of the 1970’s. Ahhh, the arcade. I know that I wore a path that still exists between the barns and the arcade. I remember checking all of the coin return trays for those “unclaimed” quarters that almost always existed somewhere in the arcade. I had my favorites of course, just like any other kid. If I close my eyes and concentrate, I can still hear the various sounds emanating from the arcade. (Or is that those little horns from the kiddy ride area?) I wasn’t much on the racing games, rather enjoying the “shoot ‘em up” games more. That is what mom called them, I recall. As I got older, my job was to train
my younger brothers on the finer points of arcading. I think that I did a good job in that category. They both seem to be doing okay! Of course, now the games are that much more sophisticated, with everything from bashing those frogs silly to - prediction here on this year’s favorite – Guitar Hero. Now you know one of my teenage arcade secrets. Besides listening to Steppenwolf and Deep Purple, there isn’t much more. I never had to resort to sneaking through the fence (over) since our 4-H passes got us in. Next on the list has to be the food! French Fries, candy apples, hamburgers at the school eat stands, of course,
I had to eat at what is now my alma mater, River View, but a youth soon learns what food stand has the “best of the best”. Of course, I can’t reveal that here – you need to eat at Coshocton, Ridgewood and River View or one of the many other “specialty” food stands to find out for yourself! The fair rarely goes by that I don’t think of my Grandma Bernice Doughty and her passion for the fair. Whether it was a rock garden complete with moss, flowers or vegetables, it was a special time going to the fair with Grandma and spending time in
Sam Clow
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