Local/Region Wednesday, July 31, 2013
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Deadline nears for canal trip PIQUA — The Johnston Farm and Indian Agency, 9845 N. Hardin Road, has announced An Evening of Feasting and Canawling at the Johnston Farm. Attendees will look back to a time when the world moved at four miles an hour at the end of a towrope. The evening will being with a hearty meal served in the comfort of the Historic Woodland Indian & Canal Museum. From there, visitors will board the General Harrison of Piqua for a twilight ride over the entire stretch of the restored section of the Miami and Erie Canal. Period music will be performed during the ride. Reservations are required by calling 937773-2522, by Aug. 10. Tickets cost $35 for adults, $30 for children 6-12; $30 and $25 for Johnston Farm Friends Council and Ohio Historical Society members.
FareFest tickets available VERSAILLES — Tickets are now available for the fifth annual Versailles FareFest, which will be on Main Street Fountain Square, Aug. 17, from 2 to 5 p.m. Attendees receive complimentary wine glasses while enjoying three hours of unlimited food, beer, and wine from restaurants and beverage distributors from the Miami valley. There will be live musical entertainment provided by Almost Empty with Zach Rosenbeck, Phil Niekamp, and Tyler DeMange , of Versailles High School class of 2007 and Hat Trick featuring VHS alumna Lisa Huelskamp. Advance sale tickets are available at the Inn at Versailles, W. Main St. or by phone at 526-3020. People must be 21 or older to attend. The $40 presale price will increase to $45 on the day of the event. There is also a $20 foodonly ticket available. Limited seating is available for Friday night at Michael Anthony’s at the Inn at Versailles. Premium beers, premium wines, and appetizers can be enjoyed while attendees listen to live entertainment provided by Danny Schneible. This event will last from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tickets are available by advance sale only and cost $75, which also includes Saturday’s activities at FareFest.
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Walking in the 2012 Shelby County Relay for Life event at the Shelby County Fairgrounds are (l-r) Matt Wiley his daughter Averi Wiley, 6, and Rita Miller, all of Sidney. They were part of the A-Team sponsored by American Trim. Averi is the daughter of Erica Anderson.
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Rhonda Pence, of Sidney, announces the fundraising results of various teams during the 2012 Relay for Life event held at the Shelby County Fairgrounds.
Relay for Life at fairgrounds Friday and Saturday Patricia Ann Speelman pspeelman@civitasmedia.com
As cancer survivors set off on the first lap of the 2013 Shelby County Relay for Life at the fairgrounds Friday, Janet Langley will be among them. The Sidney resident battled breast cancer in 2006 and won by having a mastectomy, chemo and radiation treatments at Upper Valley Medical Center. “Once my hair grew back, so far, everything’s been great,” Langley said. The annual fundraiser for the American Cancer Society will begin at 6 p.m. with opening ceremonies and the annual survivor’s lap. Thereafter, survivors, families and friends will continuously walk around the track until noon Saturday. Co-chairpersons Rhonda Pence and Amy Breinich, both of Sidney, and Bob Romanowski, of Anna, have planned many events to keep people awake, involved and having fun throughout the night. The goal is to raise $220,000. At press time, fundraising teams had already accepted donations totalling $98,775. Langley has participated in the walk every year since her diagnosis. She also walks in the annual Susan G. Koman Race for the Cure in Columbus, which supports breast cancer research. “That’s 45,000 people getting together,” she said. “I like the relay. It’s smaller, more personal. You see so many people out there that you know. Everybody knows somebody who’s been touched by cancer.” Pence expects 4,0005,000 people to attend the relay, which is open to the public to watch at no charge. Some
events charge a participation fee. One of them, new this year, will be a frozen T-shirt contest, Pence said. “It costs $3 per person to get into the contest,” she said. “The T-shirts were wet. Now they’re frozen. The first person to thaw the shirt and get a head and arm into the shirt wins.” The competition will begin at 7:30 p.m. when 100 T-shirts, now in Pence’s freezer at home, will arrive at the fairgrounds in coolers. Also new this year is a cornhole tournament, which will take place in the 4-H barn between midnight at 2:30 a.m. Other additions to the festivities are line dancing at 12:15 a.m., Zumba at 2 a.m. and a Look Good Feel Better race at 5 a.m. For the latter, “contestants dress themselves up in newspapers before someone else does,” Pence said. Traditional activities will be included, too: A dinner, provided by Wilson Hospital for survivors, follows the survivor lap. An auction of donated baked goods will begin at 7 p.m. The moving luminaria ceremony will take place at 9 p.m. Luminaria are for sale at $10 now and can be purchased by emailing shelbycountyrelayforlife@ gmail.com or calling Rosalinda Hull at 4891017. They will also be for sale at the fairgrounds until 8 p.m. The Saturday morning auction, at 8 a.m., will feature an acoustic guitar that has been autographed by country music star Blake Shelton. It was donated by Country Concert ‘13. Also on the auction block will be a glider swing, among other items. A pancake breakfast will be available from 7
to 9 p.m. Some of the 52 teams already registered to participate will sell food items throughout the event. Hungry walkers and onlookers can choose pulled pork sandwiches, cookies, pink lemonade, popcorn, doughnuts, coffee, nachos, s’mores, chicken dinners, tenderloin sandwiches, freeze pops, walking tacos, baked goods, hamburgers, hot dogs, snow cones, cotton candy, sausage and peppers, chicken wings, sugar cookies, funnel cakes, pretzels, pizza, corn on the cob, caramel corn, brownies or ice cream to keep their stomachs from rumbling. It’s not too late for teams to register to participate. They can do so online at www. cancer.org and searching for “Relay events in our area.” Popular activities include the MiSSter Relay at 11 p.m., tug of war among eight-man teams at 2:45 a.m., pop pong at 4 a.m., the sunrise service at 7 a.m., minute to win it at 9 a.m. personal testimonies at 11 a.m. and closing ceremonies at 11:30 a.m. Teams will have booths erected and will stage their own sales and contests, as well. Raffles of gift baskets, a quilt, bicycles, a generator and a KitchenAid mixer will be available. Teams also plan to sell cornhole boards, wreaths, bracelets, flameless candles, magets and Duct tape hair bows. A blood drive will take place Friday night and Saturday morning. Langley said her sister suffered from — and survived — breast cancer before Langley did. But their niece wasn’t so lucky. She died from the disease. Langley’s father died from cancer, too. “I’ve always tried to
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Cami Frey displays a guitar autographed by Blake Shelton, which will be auctioned Saturday at 8 a.m. in the Blue Building at the Shelby County Fairgrounds during the 2013 Relay for Life.
Lorrayne Chambers, of Sidney, walks in 2012 as part of the Relay for Life Girl Scouts group called the Pink Daisy’s during the Relay for Life event held at the Shelby County Fairgrounds.
be a positive person,” she said. But as a survivor, “I don’t take anything for granted.” A Walmart employee, Langley used to participate on the store’s Relay for Life team. “They haven’t done it (fielded a team) in the last couple years. I go out and walk with Rhonda,” she said. She has never spent the entire night at the event.
“I applaud the people who stay all night. It takes a lot of effort to do that,” she noted. Langley usually stays until about midnight and then returns the following morning. Her favorite part of the event is walking around the track. “It’s a good feeling to be out there with everybody for the same cause,” she said.
This week’s question:
Do you think it’s a good idea that the U.S. has resumed IsraeliPalestinian talks after years of stalemate?
Results of last week’s poll:
What two countries besides the U.S. celebrate July 4 as a national holiday? A. Paraguay and Malaysia……..........……11% B. Lichtenstein and Trinidad……................23% C. Philippines and Rwanda……............….54% D. Saudi Arabia and Poland……..............…11% The correct answer is C.
Displaying prints depicting local scenes during the 2012 Relay for Life auction at the Shelby County Fairgrounds are (l-r) Bob Schroerlucke and Baylee Watercutter, 16, both of Sidney, daughter of Penny and Eric Watercutter, and Bob Romanowski. Gay Smith of Sidney, was the winning bidder on the art.