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By MICHELLE STEINStaff Writer

WAPAKONETA — Junior and senior fair par-ticipants displayed what one year of hard work and dedication looks like — in hog form.

The junior and senior fair market hog shows kicked off Wednesday morning, July 31, at the Auglaize County Fair, showing off the build and

general structure of the hogs. Earlier in the week, on Monday, the show-manship competition dis-played how well owners handled the hogs in the ring.

“I’ve been doing it for four years now,” said Reed Aller of St. Marys, who will be entering the eighth grade. “It just keeps you busy, and I like to show hogs. They’re fun to hang

out with. You get to walk them, feed them, name them.”

Both of Aller’s hogs were barrows, or males — a white one named Peter and a black one named Stewie.

When Aller first start-ing caring for the two hogs, they weighed only about 10 pounds each, he said. At fair time, Peter tipped the scales at nearly

300 pounds and Stewie was roughly 280 pounds. Aller also noted that he spends about four hours each day caring for his hogs.

Through the years, Aller said he has won a number of ribbons; already, he had a ribbon displayed on his pen for having an out-standing interview.

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WAPAKONETA — The junior fair horse roping competition showcased the talents of young lasso artists in ac-tion Friday morning, Aug. 2, at the Auglaize County Fair.

Divided into two separate events, the contest featured both ground rop-ing and moving dummy roping. For ground roping, competitors had to stand behind a line and attempt to rope a fake bull’s head attached to a bale of straw. For moving dummy roping, competitors rode on a horse while the target was dragged around the ring.

Kaylee Traszer of Wapakoneta, who will be a sophomore this fall, partici-pated in the ground roping portion (ages 14-18) of the competition.

“It’s been five years that I’ve been doing it,” she said. “It’s fun, and he (the

judge) helps a lot. Like, if you get frus-trated or something, then he’ll stop and help you do it and calm you down. He’s been our judge since I’ve been here; he’s a really good judge.”

“When you show horses, it’s just an-other event that you can do,” she said. “So I sign up for all of the events.”

“The down side is getting frustrated because once you get mad at it, there’s no like, un-getting mad at it. You can’t just tell it to stop; you have to figure it out yourself.”

Competitors had several attempts to rope their target in the ground roping portion, with the judge making notes and scoring them on various aspects of their technique in the process. When all of the competitors in the ages 9-13 division had finished, the judge noted

Horse roping competition fierce at Auglaize Co. fair

By DEAN EVERSOLEStaff Writer

MINSTER — There are some people who are dis-turbed by a specific action or issue, but when the rat race of life prevents them from taking action, they often move on.

Then there are those who spring to action and actively

seek a solution. A group of those individuals converged on Minster July 31.

Riding for life, a group of bicyclists arrived in Minster after leaving University of Dayton that morning. Their ul-timate destination was Notre Dame University and their

Ride for Life stops in Minster

Staff photo/Michelle SteinA competitor in the junior fair horse roping contest successfully ropes the moving dummy Aug. 2 at the Auglaize County Fair.

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Photo providedPictured above are the first riders in the UD-ND Ride for Life to arrive at Minster High School July 31. A group of about 30 cyclists rode from the University of Dayton to Minster that morning and stayed the night.


WAPAKONETA — The old saying goes that dog is man’s best friend. What’s left out is they are not always the best-behaved friend.

On July 3, kids from around the county showed off what it takes to complete the saying at the Auglaize County Fair. The competition took place in the junior fair building and was one of the junior fair’s last shows.

Judge Caryn Schill looked over 26 different exhibits, testing for obe-dience, showmanship and rally (spoken com-mands).

Each handler and dog was put through a stan-dard test, starting with basic lead and walking.

After one trip around the arena, the lead was removed and Schill watched closely as han-dler and dog demon-strated their hand com-mands.

The last step was the voice command as the handler, placed one of

the end of the arena, commanded the dog to come and sit.

Training a dog to react properly in each situation is no easy task. Novice Class B winner Madison Key and her border col-lie Suey have spent many hours together, perfect-ing their skills.

“The key has been lots and lots of time — she loves doing things so long as it is with me,” said the New Bremen resident.

The border collie is well known for their obe-dience and willingness to follow commands, but this competition saw all shapes and sizes. It is this variety of dogs which makes the show so spe-cial, according veteran handler Carole Ryles.

“The dogs come in all shapes and sizes and it certainly isn’t limited to just pure breeds. The only requirement is they are not aggressive. When they first start, the dogs will bark at each other, but like people, they ad-just to each other,” said

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Staff photo/Michelle SteinA junior fair participant shows his hog in the ring during the hog market show competition July 31 at the fair.

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goal was to raise money for the Right to Life and other causes supporting disabled children. As they arrived in Minster, the Minster-New Bremen Right to Life orga-nized a pep rally, welcom-ing the visitors and show-ing support for the cause.

Although the riders trickled in starting around noon, the last group ped-aled into Minster High School parking lot at 3 p.m., finishing up stage one of a 273-mile, four-day trip.

“What a beautiful town,” proclaimed Art Jagielski, who led the final group into the parking lot. “Fort Loramie was won-derful, too, this is just so wonderful.”

That seemed to be the consensus view as the riders chatted about the sights, focusing on the towering church steeples. But during the this ride, the purpose was not sight-

seeing, it was fund raising. “We are raising money

for the Dayton Right to Life. They protect the right to life for the unborn, the terminally ill and the hand-icapped. The different right to life organizations in the towns are supporting us,” said Dayton resident Rosie Miller. “This is one of the many fundraisers we do during the year.”

For many of the riders, this marked their first-ever overnight trip.

“I have done a lot of one-day rides, but this is first time I have done anything longer then one day,” noted Miller. “This is something new for me and most of the riders.”

Minster was the first stop in three planned lay-overs.

“We’re stopping in De-catur, Indiana, on Thurs-day and Winona Lake on Friday and then Notre Dame on Saturday, where they will be having a special Mass for us,” said Miller.

As the riders settled in and picked up snacks

and Gatorade, the Min-ster High School band performed a set of songs from their upcoming fall program. Dan and Laura Klosterman continued the music theme with a set of songs, which was followed by prayer and brief words by Deacon Roger Kloster-man.

The rally concluded with signing of “God Bless America.” That evening, the riders were provided a meal, and a pool party was held where community members were able to sit and chat with the riders. The riders spent the eve-ning in the gymnasium and following a breakfast at 6:30 a.m., embarked on the second leg of the trip Thursday morning.

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Participants in the ju-nior fair hog market show

also kept a book as they were raising their hogs.

This book logged what the hogs were being fed, how

many pounds they gained over time and more.

In the ring, judges took note of the general struc-ture of the hogs, along with the muscular and skeletal structure, posture and more. On the other hand, the showmanship portion of judging fo-cused on how well own-ers handle the hogs in the ring.

Sisters Amanda and Rebecca Lehmkuhl of Minster, also shared their experiences with raising

and showing hogs at the fair.

“We’ve been in pewee showmanship, and so that would probably be since we were 5 or 6,” said Amanda, who will be a sophomore this year. “And then we started showing hogs right around third grade for 4-H.”

Bringing two hogs each — Patches, Speckles, Nil-la and Oreo — the sisters each described their fa-vorite part of showing the animals at the fair.

“I like having fun and going out there,” Amanda said. “And I like taking care of hogs.”

“I like showing my

friends and having fun with them,” said Rebecca, who will be entering the eighth grade this year.

The pair also shared their least favorite part of raising hogs.

“Getting up every morning,” Amanda said, noting she spends about two hours each day caring for the hogs. “But it’s all worth it in the end.”

“Cleaning the pens,” Rebecca said.

In the end, when the Auglaize County Fair is said and done, the hardest part for many of the han-dlers is saying goodbye, as the hogs were sold to mar-ket on Saturday.

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Ryles, who is the advisor for the Tail Waggers 4-H club.

Ryles helps her mem-bers prepare for the show with a weekly meeting and mapping out what

they must do. She im-presses on the kids that getting to show ready is no easy task.

“I tell the kids to work the dogs 15 minutes each day. We meet weekly be-cause I know kids are busy and if they miss a meeting they can make it up the next week,” noted

Ryles. The key is knowing

what the judge will be looking for and pre-paring both handler and dog for the big moment.

“The judge is look-ing to see how the dog walks with the handler and when it is told to

sit and how it sits. Also, one of the biggest things is to watch how the dog comes to the handler with commands,” said Ryles.

The obedience of the dogs went beyond the arena. Most of the partic-ipants laid around watch-ing as people and other

dogs strolled around the building.

There was little bark-ing and no anxiety as strangers walked by and gave them a pat on the head. This is the true goal for the handlers, molding a well-behaved dog for everyday life.

“All the dogs here are

so calm. We even have two pit bulls and they are just the sweetest dogs,” said Ryles.

There is little doubt that each one of the com-petitors have fulfilled the old saying, dog can be both man and ladies best and well-behaved friend.

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that this was the first time in 12 years that he did not have to step in to help a single par-ticipant.

Coy Stauffer of Wapakon-eta, who will be entering the eighth grade, also shared his experience with ground rop-ing (ages 8-13). Coy said he has been roping for the past three years.

“It’s fun,” he said. “It’s edu-cational. And if something gets

loose, you can try to rope it.”For moving dummy rop-

ing, competitors also had several opportunities to rope their moving target, which was pulled around the ring by another mounted horse. Al-though rain probably didn’t make their goal any easier, rop-ers persevered in their efforts.

Brenna Shonk of Minster was among the competitors who participated in both the ground roping (ages 8-13) and moving dummy roping por-tions of the contest. Although she placed first this year in her

age division for ground rop-ing, out of ground roping and dummy roping, Brenna said she enjoys dummy roping on her horse, Bart, the best. She also showed her horses at the fair.

Brenna, who will be entering the fifth grade at Minster El-ementary School, also shared why she enjoys roping.

“I’ve done it for a couple of years,” she said.

“It’s just fun to do it on a horse. Once you keep on do-ing it, as you get older, you get to do more things.”

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Photos providedAbove, right: Members of the Minster High School marching band play at a pep rally held for riders.

Right: Paul Coudron, ex-ecutive director for the Life Resource Centre, based in Dayton, speaks at Minster High School July 31.

Staff photo/Michelle SteinBrenna Shonk competes in ground roping Aug. 2 at the fair.

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ObituariesAustin Thomas Luebke, 20, of Grandview Drive,

Fort Loramie, passed away of natural causes Wednes-day evening, July 31, 2013, at the Ohio State Univer-sity Medical Center in Columbus. He had been seri-ously ill for four weeks.

He was born on July 7, 1993, at St. Marys, the son of Dale and Nancy (Behr) Luebke, who sur-vive in Fort Loramie.

Also surviving are two sisters, Tara and Kaitlyn Luebke, both at home; grandparents, Roger and Marcella Behr of Fort Loramie and Joann Luebke of Fort Lora-mie; aunts and uncles, Brenda

and Ed Luthman of Fort Loramie, Janet Osterholt of Fort Loramie and fiance Tim Fickert of Fort Loramie, Don and Theresa Luebke of Minster, Ken and Sharon Luebke of Fort Loramie.

He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Greg-ory Luebke and one uncle, Fred Luebke.

Austin was a 2012 graduate of Fort Loramie High School.

He had also been studying business at Wright State University in Dayton.

He was employed part time at Honda Manufactur-ing of Troy.

Austin was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church and he played intramural basketball with the Wright State Raiders.

He was a 10-year member of 4-H and specialized in wood-working.

During high school, he had been a member of stu-dent council and served as vice president.

He also played basketball, ran with cross country and had been active in youth ministry.

Austin enjoyed the company of his friends and liv-ing life to its fullest.

A Mass of Christian burial was held Aug. 5 at St. Michael Church in Fort Loramie, with Rev. Steven Shoup officiating. Interment followed at St. Michael’s Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the charity of donor’s choice. Condolences may be expressed at www.geh-retfuneralhome.com.

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The annual Osgood Fire and Rescue meeting will be held on Monday, Aug. 26 at 8 p.m. All are welcome to attend.

The Day in the Park for residents both in town and the outskirts of town are welcome to attend on Saturday, Aug. 24 begin-ning at 3 p.m..

Hamburgers and hot-dogs will be provided. Barbecue chicken will also be available, but they must know by Aug. 19 to gat an accurate count.

Call Tonia at 419-582-5018 or Nadine at 419-582-4502 to order. You

are asked to bring your lawn chairs and drinks. Come on out and have fun at the park with fam-ily and friends.

Those who held win-ning tickets in the Os-good Legion Youth Raffle for July were Ma-Donna Grieshop, Eric Mescher, Betsy Thobe, Fred Winner and Ray Simon.

The Osgood Legion will sponsor a dance on Saturday,, Aug. 17 from 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Music by Melvin will be provided and the will be square dances.

The Community Post welcomes letters to the editor and submissions on relevant topics that concern our communi-ties.

All submissions must be submitted no later than noon on Monday the week of publication. Any submissions received after that deadline will not be printed until the subsequent issue. Submissions may be edited for content, grammar and length.

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Mathilda Fortman, 94, formerly of 65 N. Main St. Minster, died at 4:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 5, 2013, at Heri-tage Manor Nursing Center.

She was born on Feb. 11, 1919, the daughter of the late Joseph and Katherine (Hoehne) Meyer, in Egypt,

Ohio.She was married to Anthony

A. Fortman on Oct. 20, 1943, in Egypt, and he preceded her in death on June 4, 1998.

She is survived by a son, Ronald Fortman of Columbus; a daugh-ter, Margie Fortman of Minster; three grandchildren, Peter and Radha Fortman, Laura and Paul

Jones, Elaine and Luis Alicea; two great-grandchildren, Dominic Alicea and Lydia Fortman Jones.

She was preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Mar-garet Fortman; brothers and sisters, Rose Meyer, Law-rence and Elsie Meyer, Justina and Edward Schmitmey-er, Edward Meyer, Alvina and Ray Thieman, Emma and Julius Baumer.

She was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church in Minster and a former member of St. Monica Ladies Sodality.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 8 at St. Augustine Catholic Church, with Rev. Rick Nieberding officiating. Friends may call at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Minster from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7, and from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 8.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the Heri-tage Manor Activity Fund. Burial will take place in St. Augustine Cemetery.

Condolences may be made at www.hogenkampfh.com.

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Advances in technology and anesthesia are making it possible to offer less inva-sive surgical procedures in the local community. Less invasive techniques can re-sult in shortened hospital stays as well as decreased recovery time for patients. As a result, Miami County Surgeons can offer more procedures locally, giving patients the option of sur-gery in a familiar setting close to home.

The Miami County Sur-geons can perform a vari-ety of surgical procedures such as abdominal surgery, including gallbladder, ap-pendix and colon cancer; anti-reflux surgery; breast biopsies and cancer sur-gery; thyroid, parathy-roid and vascular surgery; colonoscopies; and upper endoscopies.

“We can do the same colon cancer surgeries and breast cancer surgeries that they can do any place else, so many times patients can stay here at home,” said sur-geon Chris Grove, M.D., who is a Piqua native.

Other surgeons in the group include L. Stewart Lowry, M.D.; Patrick Lar-reategui, D.O.; and Daniel Taylor, M.D. Dr. Rowan Nickol recently retired from the practice, and Zachary Simmons, M.D., will join the practice later this summer.

Laparoscopic surgery, when suitable, helps pro-mote recovery because it involves a few small in-cisions as opposed to a traditional open surgical procedure, Dr. Grove said. In addition, the less inva-sive surgery usually means people can resume activi-ties more rapidly following discharge.

The Miami County Sur-geons also utilize advances in pain management which allows select patients to control pain without the use of a narcotic after sur-gery.

“When you are not tak-ing a narcotic, you don’t get the dizziness, the nau-sea and the gut doesn’t slow down in reaction to the narcotic. That is what allows us to get patients out of the hospital quick-er,” Dr. Grove explained.

Another step forward in patient comfort due to technology is use of car-bon dioxide versus air in colonoscopies. “Using the air makes the patient feel bloated the rest of the day. They have to pass the air out where in using carbon dioxide the body absorbs it, and then it is breathed out. This gets them out of recovery quicker, home quicker, and without the bloated feeling,” Dr. Grove said.

The physicians at Mi-ami County Surgeons an-ticipate they will pursue robotic surgery training with the focus on learning now for use in the future, Dr. Grove said. While proven benefits have been seen with robotic surgeries for urology and gynecol-ogy, the use in general sur-gery is an evolving field, he noted.

“We want to be at the front end, be prepared, and also want to evaluate safety and cost-effectiveness,” he said.

Dr. Grove said the prac-tice wants people to know it is local, works with local physicians, is available to provide many types of sur-geries and is close if there is a problem following sur-gery.

“Everything I do here, I would feel comfortable having done here myself, and to my family,” Dr. Grove said.

For more advanced procedures that require a tertiary hospital setting, seamless referral to one of the larger Premier Health providers in Dayton is one of the advantages of being part of a system of provid-ers. Because the Miami County Surgeons practice at Upper Valley Medical Center, which is a part of Premier Health, access to tertiary care is always avail-able when needed.

Now located in Piqua at the UVMC Outpatient Care Center/North in Pi-qua, Miami County Sur-geons will be moving to a new home in the Physi-cian Office Building under construction at Upper Val-ley Medical Center some-time near the end of the year.

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By JOYCE ALIGPresident, Mercer County

Historical Society

It’s that time of year again to gather your team and join us at the Mercer County Elks for our an-nual best ball golf scram-ble, better known as the GIBBOC (Gibbons In-vitational Best Ball of Celina.)

The scramble will be held Saturday, Aug. 31 at 1 p.m. (players arrive by 12:15 p.m.) The cost is $200 per team or $50 per player.

This includes greens fees, carts, dinner im-mediately following, giveaways and lots of fun.

Additional dinners are available for $5 per per-son for people not play-ing, but wishing to join us after golf.

For additional in-formation, please visit the GIBBOC Facebook page at https://face-book .com/pages/Gib-boc/584777734866456 or contact Kellie Dwyer at 419-305-5456 or Re-becca Frey at 419-305-0835.

The first Annual Gibbons Invitational Open was held at the Mercer County Elks in 1959.

At that time, it was a two man best ball scram-ble hosted by John C. Gibbons.

The entry fee was $3 per member and includ-ed a buffet dinner.

The tournament was a success and they continued playing an-nually anytime be-tween September and January.

Women were able to join in the fun and started playing in the 6th Annual GIBBOC outing as, Rita Gibbons joined John in hosting.

The women played nine holes, while the men played 18.

As the tourna-ment grew, John and Rita had a committee of great friends that helped out (Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Schritz, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Strohl, Mr. and Mrs. James Meyers, Mr. and Mrs. Lew Whitmer, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKirnan).

The tournament continued for 18 consecutive years.On Oct. 17, 1976, John and Rita hosted their last GIBBOC Scramble.

Entry fees were now $3.50 for course mem-bers and $7.50 for non-members.

For the 18 years the GIBBOC was held, all of the profits were returned as prize money.

Even though the scramble ended, the love of golf remained in the Gibbons family.

John and Rita taught many of their children and grandchildren how to play. In 2008, John passed away.

On Sept. 4, 2010 the Gibbons family members resurrected the GIBBOC golf tournament.

Every year following, the family hosts the tour-nament in honor of John on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend.

As John always did, we feel blessed to celebrate this day with family, but certainly extend a warm invitation to anyone will-ing to play.

The family feels a little of John’s success each year as the tourna-ment size continues to grow.

The support of the

GIBBOC has allowed the family to support dif-ferent charities and orga-nizations.

Each year, the family donates a portion of the tournament proceeds. In the past they have do-nated to: The American Cancer Society, Susan G. Komen, Wounded Warriors, Otterbein Senior Living Facility, etc.

In November of 2012, the Gibbons Hospital was demolished and sev-eral pieces of the hospital memorabilia were donat-ed to the Mercer County Historical Museum at Celina.

As a thank-you for displaying a piece of our family’s history, the Gib-bons family would like to donate this year’s por-tion of the proceeds to the museum.

Again, supporting the GIBBOC helps support others.

The family invites you to play this Labor Day weekend.

The Mercer County His-torical Society President Joyce Alig , may be contact-ed at 3054 Burk-St. Henry Road, Saint Henry, OH 45883, or [email protected] or 419-678-2614.

Our Old Book CaseBy GARY OLDIGES

Minster Historical Society

Note: This column is created from the archives of the Minster Community Post by Minster Historical Society volunteers for your enjoyment. Larry Prenger edits and translates the 100 Years Ago.

100 years agoIn the past week Isaac

Adams, 21, and Vernon Crocker, 18, both of Ver-sailles, were a distance from their home town. When they wanted to return home, they jumped on a west mov-ing Big Four freight train.

Since it didn’t stop at Versailles, they had to travel on it up to Union City. They climbed the next freight train there and went back.

However this train was going too fast to dis-mount in Versailles so they stayed on until the next town.

As they were descend-ing, the train went for-ward again and Adams got his one foot under the wheels.

The foot was in-jured so badly that amputation was the consequence.

This again gives a les-son to the young people to stay away from freight trains because of the great danger that always exists.

The L.E.& W Railway Co. has employed a num-ber of foreigners, mostly Irish, to repair the Ft. Re-covery bridge and make other necessary repairs to the track between St. Marys, Ohio, and Mun-cie, Ind.

The workers have not resumed work because no wage increases have been approved for them. They have been receiv-ing $1.55, but now re-quire $1.70 for a day’s work.

The town council met in regular session on Monday evening. All members were present with the exception of Au-gust Schunck.

A committee from the Cataract and Citizens Fire Companies came forward and stated that several small implements which are commonly used in fire extinguish-ing work should be pur-chased. After a short de-liberation the question was asked and all agreed to purchase the items. Adjournment followed until Wednesday.

75 years agoMinor repairs were

made on the automobile of Frank Herkenhoff of Minster at a Wapakoneta garage Saturday night, following a mishap in which the local man’s auto struck a cow which wandered onto the Dixie highway two miles north of the county seat.

Three young men of Minster, members of the Future Farmers of Amer-ica here, took part Tues-day in the judging feature of the 100th anniversary celebration of the found-ing of the Poland-China breed of hogs, held at Brookside farms at New Knoxville. Henry Horst-man took the role of leader insofar as the trip to New Knoxville was concerned, since Daryl Sharp, agriculture in-structor at Minster high school and leader of the group, was on his vaca-tion.

After the judging, in which Julian Meyer, Robert Lehmkuhl and Robert Roettgerman of Minster participated, a photo of the judging teams and their lead-ers, about 25 in all, was taken.

A mass concert featur-ing the Minster and New Bremen bands, a parade in the business district and an outing in the park is being planned by mem-bers of the fire company here to celebrate the ar-rival of the new fire truck and equipment.

Proceeds of the outing in the park, which will see stands and conces-sions in operation, will be turned into coffers of the fire department.

Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Hoying and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sommer and sons Kenneth and Eu-gene, of Dayton, spent several days last week fishing at Sturgeon Lake and on the St. Joe river near Colon Mich.

50 years agoLester Prenger, a June

graduate of the Ohio State University College of Agriculture, has been employed by the People’s Savings Bank Company at Delta.

Three young men of the Minster area will be in a class making their first profession into the Society of the Pre-cious Blood Thursday, Aug. 15. They are Larry Wyen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Wyen of Minster; John Wolf, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wolf, Minster; and Ken-neth Pleiman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albin Pleiman, Anna.

Dorothy Frierott and Elizabeth Froning re-turned Saturday after having spent two weeks at Camp Whip-Poor-Will-Hill Girl Scout Camp near Morrow.

Announcement of the engagement and wed-ding date of Mary Jane Beckman and Layton Ritter is made by her par-ents, Mr. and Mr. Wilbert Beckman of Minster. The prospective bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Ritter of Russia. They plan to be married in a 10am ceremony in St. Augustine Church in Minster Saturday, Nov. 9.

Mr. and Mrs. Leo O’Reilly and Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Prenger left Sunday for a week’s vacation in Michigan.

Current newsThe MHS is currently

searching for photos and history concerning Lake Loramie for a future ex-hibit.

Please allow us to borrow your pho-tos, scan them and re-turn the originals to you.

From Out of Our Past

Photo providedJohn C. Gibbons hosted the An-nual Gibbons Invitational Open at the Mercer County Elks in 1959.

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Lake Loramie State Park’s Annual Fall Harvest Festival and Campout dates have been set for Sept. 13-15.

This annual event, which is co-spon-sored by the Lake Loramie Improve-ment Association, is a family event that will feature a wide variety of activities for all ages.

Some of the features include an an-tique power show demonstrating vari-ous old gas powered engines and equip-ment, arts and crafts exhibitors, kid’s games and activities, a farmers market, concessions, mountain men encamp-ment and more.

Live musical entertainment will in-clude Top Shelf on Friday night, Ren-egade on Saturday evening, Shelby

County Line on Sunday afternoon and more. The weekend begins on Sept. 13 at 4 p.m. and concludes at 4 p.m. Sept. 15.

Camping will be available at regu-lar rates either by reservations or a first come first served basis.

The Park will also have several over-flow camp areas open. For day use visi-tors, admission is free.

Anyone interested in being an exhibi-tor with Arts and Crafts or in the Farm-ers Market should call the Grand Lake St. Marys State Park at 419-394 - 3611 for further information.

Anyone wishing to participate in the Power Show may contact Ed Gigandet at 937-295-3404.

Dates set for harvest festival

PUBLIC NOTICEThe Minster Local School Board of Education will make available to nonprofit or-

ganizations the unneeded, obsoleteor unfit-for-use district property being housed in the Hanover Street School. Items include student desks, teacher desks, and chairs. All items donated become the responsibility of the nonprofit organization to move.

In order to be eligible to receive donations, an organization must submit to Super-intendent Brenda Boeke a written notice of its interest in being considered for such donations. The notice must include:

a) evidence that the organization is a nonprofit organization that is located in the State of Ohio and exempt from federal income tax pursuant to sections 501(a) and 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;

b) a description of organizations primary purposesc) a description of the type of property the organization’s needs; andd) the name, address and telephone number of a person designated by the organi-

zation to receive donated property as its agentPlease send notice of your interest to obtain donated property to: [email protected] orSuperintendent Brenda BoekeMinster Local Schools50 E. Seventh St.Minster, OH 45865

The Mercer Health Lake Festival 5K was held on Saturday, July 27 at 8 a.m. on a beautiful morning of low 70 degrees.

The out-and-back course along Grand Lake was won in the men’s division by Aaren Hemmelgarn with a time of 16:38, followed by Riley Kuess, and third was the veteran runner Kyle Minnich.

Miss Lake Festival contestant Jill Kanney won the women’s division with a time of 18:53, with Ashley Lefeld five

seconds behind. Courtney Albers came in third.

For all results visit the Mercer Health 5K Challenge website at www.mercer-health5kchallenge.com.

A special thanks from Mercer Health to the sponsors of the Lake Festival 5K, who were: Mercer Health, Celina Li-ons Club, McKirnan Brothers the and Celina Mercer County Chamber of Commerce.

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Thursday, August 8, 2013 Page 5AThe Community Post

Health

Skin cancer can affect anyone, and overexpo-sure to the sun, a key risk factor for skin cancer, can occur at any time of year.

Whether it is a hot, sultry day spent by the pool or a chilly day skiing the slopes, any exposure to the sun can result in skin damage that can in-crease a person's risk for skin cancer.

Plus, certain areas of the body are more sus-ceptible than others.

How does skin cancer form?

When DNA, the ma-terial that encodes ge-netic information in all cells of the body, is dam-aged and the body can-not repair that damage, a person's risk for cancer increases.

Damaged cells begin to grow and divide un-controllably. Damaged skin cells that divide and spread can cause skin cancer.

Because skin cancer tumors generally form in the outer-most layer of the skin known as the

epidermis, skin cancer may be more readily ap-parent and detectable than many other cancers in the early stages.

The American Acad-emy of Dermatology says that 1 in 5 Americans will develop some form of skin cancer in their lifetime, while the Cana-dian Skin Cancer Foun-dation says that basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer, affects 50,000 to 60,000 Canadians each year.

Where is skin cancer most likely to appear?

Skin cancer is most likely to appear on the areas of the body most exposed to the sun. These include the head, face, neck, arms and legs.

Those who are bald or balding can also have skin cancer appear on their scalp. But skin cancer can develop anywhere on the body where there is skin, which makes it impor-tant to routinely check all areas of the body for indicators of the disease.

A recent study by The Mayo Clinic found that, while skin cancer can af-fect anyone, young wom-en are more likely to re-ceive a diagnosis.

The study indicated that melanoma, the most serious type of skin can-cer, has increased by eight times for women under the age of 40 since 1970.

Even children can get skin cancer. A study in the journal Pediatrics found that the number of cases of skin cancer among children and ado-lescents has been increas-ing each year by about 2 percent.

Types of skin cancerThere are three main

types of skin cancer. They include basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma.

• Basal cell carcinoma occurs in the basal cells, which are the lowest lev-el of the epidermis. It can appear as a shiny trans-lucent or pearly nodule, a sore that continuously heals and then reopens, a pink slightly elevated growth, reddish irritated patches of skin or a waxy scar.

• Squamous cell car-cinoma occurs in the upper layer of the epi-dermis. It often looks like a crusty, red patch of skin.

• Melanoma begins in the melanocytes,

the cells in the epider-mis that give the skin its color. Melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer because it can quickly spread into the lymph system of the body and organs. Mela-noma can form in a pre-existing mole or form a new mole.

Causes of skin cancerExposure to sunlight

is the leading cause of skin cancer, according

to the American Cancer Society.

While the rays of the sun may be more intense during the summertime, any exposure to the sun can lead to skin cancer.

The sun can reflect off of snow and become concentrated. No matter how many layers a per-son wears during cooler weather, the head and neck area tends to re-main exposed to the sun's damaging UV radiation year-round.

Skin cancer is most likely to occur in people with pale skin who have a tendency to burn or

freckle when exposed to the sun.

But everyone should be diligent and cover up when spending time out-doors.

No one is immune to skin cancer, and the change of seasons does not lower a per-son's risk of getting the disease.

Anytime a person is in the sun he or she runs the risk of UV exposure that can lead to skin can-cer, which highlights the importance of taking preventive measures to safeguard yourself from skin cancer.

Skin cancer a concern no matter the season

Adults and even children are susceptible to skin cancer when spending time out-doors.

August is breastfeeding awareness monthBy MICHELLE STEIN

Staff Writer

WAPAKONETA — As a part of Breastfeeding Awareness Month, agencies around the nation are edu-cating the public about the benefits of breastfeeding during the month of August.

In Auglaize County, the WIC Pro-gram has been reaching out to the com-munity in a number of ways, said Jenny Boroff, RN, CLC, director and breast-feeding coordinator at the Auglaize County WIC Program

"We hang up banners in front of the health department," she said.

"And then we also go around the area physicians and give them a packet of breastfeeding materials, updated WIC income guidelines. And then also, our peer helper, Alicia Lensch, she went to a chamber of commerce event and she ac-tually demonstrating at a booth there."

A push for businesses in Auglaize County to be opening welcoming to

breastfeeding mothers has also come from Auglaize County WIC, Boroff noted.

"She (Lensch) also went around to the different agencies in the county," Boroff said.

"We're encouraging everyone in the businesses to put a decal in the window that just shows breastfeed-ing mothers are welcome here and it's OK to breastfeed, and giving that mother that support that she needs to continue."

The Ohio WIC Mobile Unit was also placed at the Auglaize County Fair July 28-31.

"We were there Sunday, Monday Tuesday and Wednesday," she said.

"The RV from Cuyahoga County has been there and allowed mommies to go in and breastfeed in there. And it's really a clinical on wheels."

In addition to helping with bonding, breastfeeding offers a number of ben-efits to both mother and child, Boroff said.

“Breastfed infants are less likely to develop a broad range of chronic and acute diseases," she said.

Research also shows that human milk protects babies from ear infec-tions, respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses, Sudden Infant Death Syn-drome (SIDS), diabetes, asthma and more.

"When it comes to mothers, their benefits are a decrease in cancer — from breast, specifically, and ovarian cancers."

Breastfeeding is also linked to a de-crease in type 2 diabetes and postpar-tum depression in mothers, Boroff noted.

Boroff cited a couple of reasons why many mothers choose to stop breast-feeding early.

"Milk supply, and if they don't feel comfortable nursing in front of people or if there's somewhere they need to nurse, it decreases the amount of time the baby comes to breast, therefore decreasing the milk supply, and then

eventually it can dry up that way — by slowly introducing a bottle of formula here and there."

"It's important to support our moth-ers so they know that it's OK socially to breastfeed," Boroff said.

Auglaize County WIC offers an array of breastfeeding support information, Boroff said.

"We do have a resource referral sheet of a list of all of the area experts in breastfeeding, which are the IBCLC, CLC," she said.

"We just encourage mommies to reach out for help if you can't get that from your own immediate family and friends, to reach out to these experts and they can help."

"Our breastfeeding peer helper, Ali-cia, she works with all of our breastfeed-ing mothers and our pregnant mothers, encouraging them to breastfeed here, in the WIC office," Boroff added.

For more information on the ben-efits of breastfeeding, visit http://www.womenshealth.gov/breastfeeding/.

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Grand Lake Hospice, in St. Marys, held its 2nd “Putt for the Love of Hospice” event on July 21 at St. Marys Minia-ture Golf Course at KC Geiger Park.

The event, organized by the Grand Lake Hos-pice volunteers, raised awareness about hos-pice and the services offered at Grand Lake Hospice.

Hospice family mem-bers, staff and community individuals enjoyed a fun-filled evening of 18 holes of putter golf, dinner and the opportunity to share memories.

Families were en-couraged to submit the names of their loved ones to be included on memorial recognition signs.

Prizes were award-ed for the three lowest scores, highest score, and designated hole in ones. Door prizes, a hand-made quilt raffle and a 50/50 drawing round-ed out the evenings events.

Grand Lake Hos-

pice offers a huge thank you, also, to all of the Grand Lake Hospice volunteers who helped with the putt-putt golf event.

A huge thank you to all of the local business-es that contributed to the event: Pantry Pride, Family Video, Guarni-eri’s Pizza, Spring Flow-ers, Lee’s Famous Reci-pe, Readmore Hallmark, Waynestock, Burke In-surance Agency, We Can Too, LLC, Tastee Treat (The Chamber’s Fam-ily), Thirty-One Con-sultant-Lynne Morrison, Vogel’s Bakery, Varsity Lanes and Idle Hour

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Grand Lake Hos-pice has a full range of services from nursing, spiritual counseling, home medic al equip-ment, bereavement sup-port, special services (pet therapy, massage therapy, and dietary con-sultation) and volunteer services.

For more information about Grand Lake Hos-pice please call 419-394-7434.

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Health

Few, if any, families can say they have never had an experience with cancer.

Cancer is a potentially deadly dis-ease with no cure.

While cancer can be treated ef-fectively, there is no way for men and women to eliminate their risk of devel-oping cancer.

Though cancer may strike even the healthiest of persons, there are ways men, women and even children can re-duce their risk.

One such way is to consume certain foods that researchers feel can reduce cancer risk.

Though precisely how these foods fight cancer remains a mystery, can-cer researchers feel they can effec-tively lower an individual's cancer risk when combined to form a healthy diet.

• Beans: Beans boast numerous healthy attributes, and their potential to reduce cancer risk is one such attri-bute.

Beans contain many phytochemicals that researchers feel protect the cells from the type of damage that can ul-timately make a person susceptible to cancer.

Beans also have been shown to de-celerate tumor growth and prevent tu-mors from releasing potentially harm-ful substances that can damage nearby cells.

• Colorful fruits and vegetables: It may seem odd that a food's color can have an impact on cancer risk, but colorful fruits and vegetables contain more cancer-fighting nutrients than fruits and vegetables that aren't as flashy.

Consuming such fruits and veg-etables also helps men and women maintain a healthy body weight, an im-portant benefit when considering over-weight and obesity increases a person's risk for multiple cancers.

• Foods with folate: Folate is a B vitamin that can reduce a person's risk of developing several cancers, includ-ing those of the colon, rectum and breast.

Those who are fond of a healthy breakfast to begin their day may already be getting healthy doses of folate, which can be found in eggs, fortified breakfast cereals, orange juice, and strawberries,

among other foods. If toast is your breakfast of choice,

opt for whole wheat toast, as whole wheat products are a good source of folate.

• Grapes: Studies have shown that resveratrol, a key ingredient in grapes, may prevent the type of damage that triggers the production of cancerous cells.

Though scientists are not yet com-fortable saying grapes, or beverages like grape juice and wine, can reduce cancer risk, they believe that the anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory prop-erties of grapes make them a healthy option.

• Tomatoes: Tomatoes are widely beloved, and perhaps that love affair stems from the tomato's role in fighting cancer.

Though the reasons are unknown, tomatoes have been linked to lowering men's risk for prostate cancer.

One such study, a 1995 study from researchers at the Harvard Medical School, found that men who ate 10 or more servings of tomatoes per week reduced their risk of developing ag-gressive prostate tumors by nearly 50 percent.

Later research from the author of the 1995 study found that processed tomatoes, such as those found in toma-to paste and tomato sauce, were even more effective at reducing cancer risk than fresh tomatoes.

Tomatoes have also been linked to lowering a person's risk for lung and stomach cancers.

• Water: Water may not qualify as a food, but it may protect people from bladder cancer.

Potential cancer-causing agents in the bladder are diluted when drink-ing water. In addition, the more water you drink the more frequently you're likely to urinate, which means cancer-causing agents have less time to come into contact with the lining of your bladder.

Many foods can help individuals in the fight against cancer.

Though one food alone may not be potent enough to do the job, when sev-eral cancer-fighting foods are included in a person's diet, the effects may be sig-nificant.

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Tomatoes, whether served fresh or as a paste or sauce, have been linked to reduc-ing a person's risk for various cancers, including cancers of the prostate, lung and stomach.

Many cancers are detected only af-ter a person discovers an anomaly and alerts his or her doctor.

Knowing your body and recogniz-ing any abnormalities could help catch cancer at a very early stage, which can vastly improve your chances of surviv-al.

But what are the different signs of cancer?

Though some cancer may exhibit no symptoms at all, there are some signs that may indicate the presence of cancer.

• Moles: Look for any abnormal moles or marks on the body. If previ-ously apparent moles change shape or appearance, this could be a sign of skin cancer.

• Lumps: Lumps may be benign, such as ingrown hairs or abscesses, or they could be cancerous tumors.

If you notice a lump on an area of the body that is hard and inflexible, bring it to the attention of a doctor who might

want to conduct a biopsy.• Nagging conditions: If a cough is

lingering longer than it should, or you have a specific pain for quite some time, it could be indicative of cancer.

Pain in the abdomen or stomach that does not go away may be indicative of a larger problem.

It is safer to have things checked out ear-ly on than let symptoms go by without any action.

• Unexplained bleeding: Bleed-ing from any bodily orifices could be a sign of a serious condition. Blood in the urine or feces could be cancer and warrants a doctor's checkup.

• Sores: Sores that don't heal could be signs of skin cancer.

Keep a close eye on sores that do not seem to get better with time or begin to hurt even more.

Skin cancer is quite common, but can be treated when caught early on.

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HealthA cancer diagnosis is seldom easy for

the person receiving the news or his or her loved ones. Cancer treatment often involves weeks of intensive medical ther-apy that can include radiation, chemo-therapy and oral medications.

Though such medications can be a key component of successful treatment, extra pills in the home can pose addi-tional hazards to children and even el-derly residents who may inadvertently get into unsecured pills.

Cancer patients may be prescribed a number of prescription medications during the course of their treatments. Antidepressants, opioids, steroids, anti-convulsants, and radiopharmaceuticals may be prescribed to treat pain and other side effects of cancer. When taken in the right doses, these medicines can help patients withstand and ultimately over-come their disease. In the wrong hands, the same drugs can prove poisonous, es-pecially to young children.

According to Safe Kids Worldwide, 500,000 parents and caregivers per year call a poison control center because a child accidentally ingested medicine or was given the wrong dose. In 2011, 67,000 children were treated in an emer-gency room for medicine poisoning. Based on emergency room visits, many children come in contact with these medications in places other than the medicine cabinet. Kids may find spare pills on the ground, in a purse or bag or on a counter or nightstand.

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports a 160 percent increase in poisonings in chil-dren from 1999 to 2009, 91 of which are the result of a drug overdose. The Cin-

cinnati Children's Hospital says that kids ages five and younger are the most likely victims of prescription drug poisoning. In homes where there is an abundance of medications being used to treat cancer or other illnesses, diligence is needed on the part of adults.

Childproof bottles are seldom enough. Very often adults forget to close the lids properly. Tenacious children can some-times figure out how to get lids off of bot-tles even if they are touted as childproof.

Cancer patients taking medication might want to employ some additional safety measures in order to protect young children.

• Do not advertise medication use to your children. Take pills away from curious eyes so that youngsters are not tempted to try Mom or Dad's medicine, which for all intents and purposes, looks like candy to a child.

• Store medications high up, ideally in a locked cabinet. Remain careful when returning pill containers to these locked cabinets after use.

• Use individual-dose cases, many of which can be locked with a key or a com-bination code. This can protect against spills should the case fall on the floor.

• Ask for medications to be prescribed in blister packs that are more difficult to

open.• Dispose of any expired medication

or pills you no longer need so there are no extras lying around the house.

• Dispose of pills in an outside gar-bage receptacle so that children or pets cannot find them and swallow them.

• Never store pills in a container oth-er than the prescription container or a medication dispenser.

When cancer treatment necessitates the taking of additional medications, it becomes even more important to pro-tect children from accidental — and sometimes intentional — ingestion of medications.

Cancer or Alzheimer's disease is sel-dom something to cheer about. But there may be one positive to come from a cancer or Alzheimer's diagnosis. New research indicates older people who have either Alzheimer's or cancer are less likely to get the other disease.

Although in essence it is a no-win-scenario, researchers at the National Re-search Council of Italy in Milan, headed by study author Dr. Massimo Musicco, have found that having cancer seems to protect seniors from Alzheimer's disease.

The reverse also appears to be true. If you receive a diagnosis of Alzheimer's dis-ease, you are at a far lower risk of develop-ing cancer.

Dr. Musicco has said, "understanding the mechanisms behind this relationship may help us better develop new treat-ments for both diseases."

Researchers studied more than one million residents of northern Italy, track-ing them for six years.

They found a 50 percent drop in cancer risk for Alzheimer's patients among the subjects age 60 and over, and a 35 percent

reduction in Alzheimer's risk for those with cancer.

Additional information suggests a similar correlation between Parkinson's disease and cancer.

It is unclear what is behind this link, and there remains the possibility that both diseases can occur concurrently. Re-searchers believe the lowered risk results from opposite biological mechanisms of the two diseases.

Because Alzheimer's results from brain cell death, it may prevent cancer because cancer forms from uncontrolled cell growth.

The study, which was published in the July 10, 2013 issue of the journal Neurol-ogy, did not take into account lifestyle factors, such as smoking, physical activity and diet, which may influence the risk of these diseases.

While receiving a diagnosis of cancer or Alzheimer's disease is never a welcome development, the strange correlation be-tween the diseases could give doctors new clues into treatment options for both conditions.

Silver lining for cancer or Alzheimer's patients?

Practice medication safety, especially around children

Fish oil, made from the tissue of oily fish like tuna, mackerel, salmon, trout, and sardines, has long been used to reduce the risk of heart disease and heart attacks. Also known as an omega-3 fatty acid, fish oil has a range of other benefits, including fight-ing depression and reduc-ing inflammation, which has helped to increase the popularity of fish oil supplements. However,

new research shows a link between fish oil supple-ments and an increased risk of prostate disease.

Research offered in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute reported a 71 percent higher risk for dangerous high-grade prostate cancer among men who ate fatty fish or took fish-oil supplements. While researchers are not quite sure why omega-3s are linked to a greater risk

of prostate cancer, find-ings suggest that they are involved in tumor forma-tion. A large study in Eu-rope also found similar evidence of omega-3 fatty acids and a link to prostate cancer risk.

Consistent findings in-dicate that men may want to be conservative with their intake of fatty fish and fish oil supplements. Increased risk could be seen at the equivalent

blood concentrations of omega-3s from eating salmon just twice a week. According to the research, the risk of prostate cancer was roughly 43 percent higher in men with elevat-ed fatty acid levels. Simi-

larly, supplementation with vitamin E was found to raise prostate cancer risk in a trial known as SE-LECT, the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Preven-tion Trial.

As with any supple-

mentation, individuals should talk about supple-ment plans with their doc-tors and carefully weigh all of the proposed ben-efits and risks associated with supplementing their diets.

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Sights from the Auglaize County Fair 2013


WAPAKONETA — Young bird owners showed off their love and knowl-edge of birds Wednesday morning, July 31, at the

Auglaize County Fair.The junior fair poultry

showmanship competition featured a number of blos-soming poultry experts, who showcased a variety of different bird breeds.

Allie Springer, 9, of St.

Marys, said she has been competing in poultry showmanship since she was 5.

“ I can just go out that and try to have fun,” Allie said, of why she enjoys par-ticipating each year.

Allie also shared some tips on preparing birds for competition.

“It’s kind of hard,” she said. “Before a show, you want to wash them a few days before because if their feathers aren’t dried before the show, they look weird.”

Offering a preview of her poultry knowledge, Allie spread out her bird’s wing and described the dif-ferent types of feathers.

“They have primary feathers, and then there’s an axial feather right there,” she said. “And then these are secondary.”

Allie said she has won a number of ribbons through the years and that someday, she would like to be a vet-erinarian.

Although her love for birds is apparent, Allie shared one part she doesn’t like so much.

“I would have to say it would be when they would flap their wings in your face,” she said.

Alex Martin of St. Marys, who will be entering sixth grade this year, has been participating in the poultry

showmanship competition for the past three years.

Alex, who earned first place in showmanship last year at the fair, shared his favorite part of compet-ing with The Community Post.

“Just talking about the chickens,” he said.

On the other hand, Alex also noted one of his least favorite parts of bird han-dling.

“When they do their business on you,” he said.

Aylissa Latham of Wa-pakoneta, who will be a fifth-grader this fall, was also in the line-up of poul-try showmanship partici-pants.

Aylissa said her favorite part of the showmanship contest was winning tro-

phies. She also shared her least favorite part.

“When you have to get it out (of the cage,)” she said.

Aylissa’s brother, Daw-son Latham of Wapak-oneta — who with be entering sixth grade — said he likes the poultry showmanship competi-tion because he has a lot of fun.

“I’ve been doing it for three years,” he said, also noting he enjoys taking care of his birds.

Dawson also noted one aspect of caring for the birds of which he is not particularly fond.

“When they get wet, and they start flapping, their wings come back and hit you in the face,” he said.

Kids show up bird knowledge at poultry showmanship

Staff photos/Michelle SteinAbove: Coy Stauffer participates in the ground roping portion of horse roping Aug. 2 at the fair.Below: Vendors at the fair offered a variety of food all week long. Staff photos/Michelle Stein

Above: A junior fair hog market show participant readies her hog for the ring July 31.Below: Winners in the ground roping competition pose for a photo Aug. 2.

Staff photos/Michelle SteinLeft and above: The judge for the poultry showmanship contest speaks with junior fair participants July 31 at the Auglaize County fair.

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The band has played a number of local festi-vals around the area and scheduled to play until af-ter 12:30 a.m.

Sunday Shelby County Line opens at 2:30. The group is made up of area teenagers covering coun-try music and mixing in a few of their original songs.

Then at 7 p.m, Danger Brothers hit the stage with their array of cover music. As always the band will take the crowd through time with a mix of 60s,

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On Sunday, the pa-rade is the featured event along with a 5K run. The rides and beverage tent will be in full swing until 10:30 p.m.

The mud volleyball and dodge ball tournaments will also be finishing up on Sunday.

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In front of a huge crowd of Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam fans on hand for the sport’s first weekend of competition ever at Eldora Speedway both 2013 Monster Jam World Champion driv-ers grabbed victories, but not in the categories they won at this year’s Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam World Finals presented by NGK Spark Plus in Las Vegas. Reigning freestyle champ Tom Meents won the Eldora racing bracket in his 10th anniversary Max-D, then the current world racing title holder Adam Anderson filled in for his father, who was feeling under the weather, and turned in an amazing freestyle performance in Grave Digger to earn both a long standing ovation from the roaring crowd and the freestyle triumph Saturday night.

The night started with Dennis Anderson in the cockpit and Grave Digger

winning the wheelie com-petition for the second straight night to start the action at the famous dirt track.

The racing competi-tion on a long J-hook course provided thrilling finishes all night and the crowd was buzzing when the eliminations brought a battle in the semifinals between the two most re-cent World Racing Cham-pions, Adam Anderson in The Legend, this year’s titlist, versus Tom Meents in Max-D who won the previous two world racing crowns in 2011 and 2012 as part of Meents’ record 11 Monster Jam World Finals Championships. The pair showed the huge crowd their championship pedigree and the race was a barn burner with Max-D winning to advance to the Championship Round Race where the opposi-tion would come from Adam’s brother Ryan and Son-uva Digger. That scin-

tillating finale was even closer, an absolute photo finish, and the margin of victory in the range of six inches as Max-D defeated Son-uva Digger.

Getting ready for the Advance Auto Parts Ser-vice is our Best Part Free-style competition Team Grave Digger made driver adjustments to give the fans the best performanc-es with Dennis Anderson feeling ill. Alex Black-well did double duty first opening the competition with a strong freestyle in Captain’s Curse and then later getting behind the wheel of The Legend to let Adam Anderson get strapped into Grave Dig-ger, and the veteran Black-well rocked the house in the silver and blue ride for the Grave Digger team. For the second straight night an awesome perfor-mance from Ryan Ander-son had Son-uva Digger in the lead, but this night he would not hold on for the

win because his big broth-er was up to the challenge. Adam would later tell the appreciative fans that even though his Dad was not feeling well, Dennis told him to get the black and green wrecking machine on the track and thrill the thousands of Grave Dig-ger fans on hand. Adam responded to that pressure big time. His incredible performance, one which many long time observ-ers called the best they’ve ever seen from the 2008 World Freestyle Cham-pion, put Grave Digger in the lead and even though Max-D closed the night with a rocking perfor-mance, Meents’ trucked rolled over just as bonus time started and Adam Anderson ended the night in the stands with the fans celebrating Grave Digger’s freestyle victory at Eldora Speedway.

RACING RESULTS1st Round – Son-uva

Digger def. Monster Mutt

Dalmatian; Captain’s Curse bye run; Max-D def. Lucas Oil Crusader; The Legend def. El Toro Loco

Semifinals – Son-uva Digger def. Captain’s Curse; Max-D def. The Legend

GRAVE DIGGER 30 (26 + 4 bonus points)

Son-uva Digger 26 (22 + 4)

The Legend 23 (20 + 3)

Max-D 22Captain’s Curse 21 (29

+ 2)Monster Mutt Dalma-

tian 20 (17 + 3)El Toro Loco 18 (17 +

1)Lucas Oil Crusader 12WHEELIE RESULTSGRAVE DIGGER 27Son-uva Digger 26The Legend 25Captain’s Curse 22Max-D 19El Toro Loco 18Lucas Oil Crusader 15Monster Mutt Dalma-

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Thursday, August, 8 2013Page 8B The Community Post

Mercer County Fair 2013 Mercer County Fair: August 9-15

2013 Fair Admis-sions:

Gates open and ad-mission charged at 8 a.m. each day.

Admission will be charged for everyone five years of age and up. Children under four are free.

Ages four and young-er must purchase a ride wrist band at ticket

booth on the ground to ride mechanical rides

Membership tickets are $1. This allows one person to vote in fair board election.

Note: Membership ticket must be purchased prior to the fair starting date.

Single admittance to gates, day or night is $6.

No rides with single admission.

Daily ride wrist bands are $8.

Wrist bands can be purchased at ticket booth on the grounds.

We e k l y / E x h i b i t o r ticket is $20.

This admits one all week during the fair, al-lows a person to exhibit. No rides.

Monday, Aug. 12 is Racing Together to End Hunger. Anyone who do-nates a canned good will receive $2 off admission.

Tuesday, Aug. 13 vet-erans and seniors 65 and older are free all day. Any-

one bringing a veteran or senior citizen between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. will re-ceive $2 off admission.

Wednesday, Aug. 14 is McDonald's Day. Anyone bringing a medium fry container between 8 a.m.

and 2 p.m. will receive $2 off admission.

Thursday, Aug. 15 is Stuff the Bus. Anyone bringing in school sup-plies from the suggested list will receive $2 off ad-missions all day.

Admission specials all week

Fair admission and rides

Photo providedT-shirts hang on the railing at the Mercer County race track. These are just one of many items that can be found at the fair.

Photo providedHarness racing is a fair tradition and will return in the 2013.

Photo providedMany creative displays, like this American flag fashioned from fruit, are at the fair.

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Hope to see you at Summerfest!

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Documents

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