Amish Heartland, July 2012

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First Friday Celebration

Where: Main Street in Downtown Coshocton Contact the Chamber of Commerce at 740-622-5411; more information available at www.visitcoshocton.com or www. CoshoctonFirstFriday.com This free event uses historic Main Street as the backdrop for musical entertainment, kids’ activities an art show and sale, wonderful food, sidewalk sales and so much more. These diverse activities are planned to appeal to people of all ages. Free.

7 Cookbook Extravaganza and Tasting at Gospel Book Store

Where: Gospel Book Store; 4900 Oak St., Berlin For more information call 330-893-2523 or visit www.mygospelbookstore.com.

Every Woman’s House Garden Tour

When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; rain date is July 8, 1-5 p.m. Where: Holmes County Friends & Neighbors of Every Woman’s House; Millersburg area. Featured Holmes County Gardens: Tammy and Vic Weaver; Cora and David Coblentz; Charlene Miller; Blessing Acres Produce. A Garden Breakfast will take place at Faith Bible Church in Millersburg at 9 a.m., prior to the garden viewings. The featured speaker for the Garden Breakfast will be local naturalist, Marilyn Rehm. Her topic is Backyard Birdhouses. The Garden Breakfast has limited seating available and can be attended with the advance purchase of a patron’s ticket at $25/person, which includes the garden tour. Special pricing for groups

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of five or more is $20/person. To purchase patron’s ticket, call Kim Brown at 330-2310231 or Eleanor Runyan at 330-231-1165. Tickets for the Garden Tour go on sale June 1 at a cost of $10/person. They are available at: Commercial and Savings Bank offices in Millersburg, Berlin, Charm, Shreve, Walnut Creek, Winesburg and Wooster; Rodhe’s Marketplace in Millersburg; Country Gatherings in Berlin; Buehler’s in Wooster. Tickets will also be available at all of the gardens on the day of the tour. Proceeds from this event will go directly to Every Woman’s House, a non-profit organization dedicated to the treatment of victims of domestic violence and the prevention of such violence in our community.

11 Mt. Hope Weekly Livestock Auction

When: 11:30 a.m. Where: Mt. Hope Auction Barn; 8076 SR 241, Mt. Hope Amish and non-Amish bring their animals to market every Wednesday year round. Observers will see very old-fashioned carts and wagons and horses and buggies coming and going from the market. During fair weather flea market vendors sell their wares on the outside. A large building also provides shelter for flea market vendors and shoppers. Flea market opens at 7 a.m., Hay Auction and Produce Auction begin at 10 a.m., Livestock Sale begins at 11:30 a.m. and the Poultry Sale begins at 1 p.m. During the summer, small animals such as ducks, chickens, geese, turkeys, rabbits, etc. are sold. For more information call 330-674-6188 or visit www.mthopeauction.com. AMISH HEARTLAND

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