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Anniversaries Jim and Judy Alexander BIG PRAIRIE — Jim and Judy Alexander, 12436 State Route 39, Big Prairie, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday. They were married July 4, 1965 at Zion Lutheran Church in Loudonville by pastor Paul Stengel. The couple are the parents of Jeff Alexander of Nashville, Jill (Chris) Wood of Shreve and Joe (Rhonda) of Ocala, Fla. They have five grandchildren. Mr. Alexander is a painting contractor and Mrs. Alexander is a former teacher, having retired from East Holmes Schools in 2003.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander An open house, hosted by their children, will be held Sunday from 2-4 p.m. in the Nashville Church of Christ Fellowship Hall.
Wayne and Kaye Kinsey WOOSTER — Wayne and Kaye (Grenert) Kinsey, 685 Woodmere Drive, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary June 27. They were married June 27, 1965 in Killbuck United Methodist Church by the Rev. Ernest Murphy. They are the parents of Brian (Kristin) Kinsey of Wadsworth, Brent (Amber) Kinsey of Shirley, Ind. and Michael (Laura) Kinsey of Lebanon, Ohio. They have 12 grandchildren. After living in Massachusetts, Indiana and Pennsylvania throughout Mr. Kinsey’s career with General Electric and Carlisle Companies Inc., the couple returned to the Wayne County area 11 years ago to be closer
Mr. and Mrs. Kinsey to family. They enjoy the school and sports activities of their grandchildren. They celebrated with a family trip to Hawaii in 2014 and plan a family beach vacation at Hilton Head, S.C.
David and Barbara Crider MILLERSBURG — David and Barbara (Oswald) Crider will celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary on July 18. They were married in 1970 at the Millersburg Mennonite Church by the late Rev. Paul Lantz. They are the parents of a daughter, Heather (John) Drumm of East Liverpool. Mr. Crider retired from Owens-Illinois after 37 years of employment and Mrs. Crider retired from Holmes Cheese Co. after Mr. and Mrs. Crider 32 years. They are active members Together they enjoy of the Millersburg United motorcycling, golf and Methodist Church and of bicycling. the Three Rivers District They will celebrate with a trip on Route 66. Volunteers In Mission.
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Thoreau and an 1849’er to be portrayed at Ohio Chautauqua COSHOCTON — Philosopher ‘Henry David Thoreau’ will be in Coshocton July 7-11 as part of the Ohio Chautauqua’s Journey Stories, presented by the Ohio Humanities Council. Thoreau will be portrayed by Kevin Radaker from Noblesville, Indiana. This will be Radaker’s first time to perform in Coshocton. He was on the Ohio Chautauqua tour in 2014 and has performed with the Ashland Chautauqua a couple of times as well. “Since 1991, I have participated in Chautauqua summer tours in Missouri, Illinois, Massachusetts, the Carolinas, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Maryland, and Colorado,” said Radaker. “I’ve been offering my portrayal of Thoreau since 1991 and have performed him over 400 times in over 30 states in the United States.” Henry David Thoreau will take the stage under the Ohio Chautauqua tent located at the Coshocton County Fairgrounds, 707 Kenilworth Avenue on Wednesday, July 8, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Prior to his performance, there will be live musical entertainment from Jerry Weaver beginning at 6:30 p.m. Admission and parking are free. Kevin Radaker will offer a youth workshop titled ‘Picturing Nature’ for youth ages fourth grade and up at the Coshocton Public Library, 655 Main Street, at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 9. His Adult Workshop on ‘Thoreau’s Passion for the Wild and the Wildness’ will take place at 2 p.m. on Friday, July 10, at Central Ohio Technical Col-
lege, 200 N. Whitewoman Street, Coshocton. Radaker says his portrayal of Thoreau grew out of his dissertation research, and is an ongoing process. “Thoreau was my first character choice because he has always been one of my favorite authors,” Radaker said. “I greatly admire the eloquence of his writings and the wisdom of his convictions concerning society and nature.” Radaker feels that those who hear Thoreau’s message will be intrigued and challenged by his critique of certain widely held American values and his prophetic celebration of our wild lands. “My adult workshop explains the ways by which Thoreau’s writings affected and influenced the ideological underpinnings of the preservation movement and contemporary environmentalism,” Radaker said. “My youth workshop allows the children to enjoy drawing and then coloring their own pictures of natural scenes that Thoreau describes in his most famous book, Walden (1854).” J. Goldsborough Bruff, an 1849’er on the California Trail in search of gold, will be in Coshocton July 7-11 as part of the Ohio Chautauqua’s Journey Stories, presented by the Ohio Humanities Council. Bruff will be portrayed by Hank Fincken from Indianapolis, Ind. This will be Fincken’s 13th tour with Ohio Chautauqua. “I have also performed with Chautauquas in Florida, Indiana, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, and have been asked to
Henry David Thoreau will be portrayed by Kevin Radaker in Coshocton as part of the Ohio Chautauqua’s Journey Stories, presented by the Ohio Humanities Council. perform at the New York Chautauqua later this summer,” said Fincken. “I also plan to travel to Guatemala next January to portray Thomas Edison.” Fincken has been studying this character, Bruff, for 20 years. “I’ve studied him in depth,” said Fincken. “I have followed the last third of the California Trail that Bruff would
have traveled. People really love the history of the California Trail and this character Bruff. Of course, this character fits perfectly with the Ohio Chautauqua theme this year of Journey Stories since Bruff actually journeyed across the entire country.” See Pg. 31 — CHAUTAUQUA
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