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PAGE 6 - MADISON MESSENGER - July 28, 2019 West Jefferson Farmers Market West Jefferson’s Farmers Market takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays at Pat’s Pizza, 55 E. Main St. Vendors are welcome; space rental is $5 per week. Call (740) 837-0131 for more information. Movie by Moonlight The city of London’s free outdoor movie series wraps up on Aug. 9 with “Wonder Park.” It will take place at Cowling Park on North Main Street. Festivities begin at 8 p.m. The movie starts at dusk. www.madisonmessengernews.com Full steam ahead 36th Annual St. James Lutheran Church 5660 Trabue Rd. (Corner Rome Hilliard Rd. & I-70) Brats & Crafts Festival Friday, August 2 - 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm Saturday, August 3 - 11:30 am – 9:00 pm Sunday, August 4 - 11:30 am – 4:00 pm FREE Entertainment FREE Admission FREE Parking All proceeds go to local charities (Bring this ad for $1 off any food item or non-alcoholic beverage) HOST AN EXCHANGE STUDENT TODAY! (for 3, 5 or 10 months) Pablo from Spain, 17 yrs. Loves soccer and would like to learn to play baseball. Pablo is a boy scout and enjoys the outdoors. Make this year the most exciting, enriching year ever for you and your family. Welcome a high school student, 15-18 years old, from Italy, France, Norway, Denmark, Spain, Germany, Brazil, Thailand or China as part of your family for a school year (or less) and make an overseas friend for life. For more information or to select your own exchange student please call: Amanda at (330) 360-6144 or Julie from Denmark, 16 yrs. Enjoys gymnastics, swimming and photography. She’s positive, fun loving and easy to get along with. Marcy at 1-800-888-9040 (Toll Free) or e-mail us at info@world-heritage.org For privacy reasons, photos above are not photos of actual students www.whhosts.com World Heritage is a public benefit, non-profit organization based in Laguna Beach, CA. Messenger photo by Theresa Hennis Wally Biernacki and his partner, Lis Balson, both from Orono (Ontario-Canada) enjoy sharing the history of steam engines and threshing machines. They travel throughout Canada and the U.S. educating the public about Biernacki’s quarter-scale Case traction steam engine and threshing machine. By Theresa Hennis Staff Writer Preserving the past for the education of the future is the new motto adopted by the Miami Valley Steam Threshers Association (MVSTA). Exhibitors at the 70th annual show and reunion held July 18 - 21 at Pastime Park in Plain City enjoyed educating the public about everything steam. MVSTA President, Gary Gallimore, shared some history about the show. “On a farm north of Troy, Ohio, half a dozen guys got their equipment out and played around with it, and that’s how it all began,” he said. Having fun with farm equipment is what brings Unionville Center resident and exhibitor Toni Ankrom to the show every year. “I’ve been coming to the steam threshers show since I was 12, when it was at the Madison County Fairgrounds,” said Ankrom. “Now I’m bringing my daughter, Baleigh.” The family’s 1940 John Deere H tractor turned heads. “When we bought the tractor, we asked Baleigh what color she wanted it painted, and she picked bright pink.” Baleigh likes pink, but she also picked the color in honor of the grandmother she lost to breast cancer. Orono (Ontario-Canada) resident Wally Biernacki has attended the show for 20 years. He exhibits his Case traction steam engine and hand-fed threshing machine in Canada and the U.S., hoping that more young people like Baleigh will want to learn about steam threshers’ historic role in the farming of yesteryear. “I love to play with steam,” he said. “We had a steam traction engine growing up on our farm. I burned my fingers a lot, but you learn. It’s a fascinating thing, because you can run this engine, sit in a room with it, and hear yourself think. That’s the beauty of steam - it’s very quiet running.” Lis Balson, Biernacki’s partner, said, “Traction engines were the original farm tractors. Then they developed gas engines. During World War II there was a lack of gasoline. Diesel had to go to the war effort, so traction engines came back into service and fed the army through WWII.” Vintage steam equipment paved the way to today, and the 10-ton Buffalo-Springfield steam roller owned by Jack Seitz of Stoutsville drew a crowd. His son, Nate Seitz, also of Stoutsville, exhibited the roller. “I bought this for my dad,” he said. “He has wanted a steam anything for forever. This is our first piece of steam equipment.” Seitz is looking up the history on the roller. He was told it paved Highway 23 from Chillicothe to Waverly. More recently, he put it to work when he rolled out a section of the dirt road near his exhibit spot. Asa Schreck, MVSTA vice president, appreciated the smooth road as he drove his golf cart around the park, assisting exhibitors and show-goers. “Do you see how smooth this road is after they rolled it?” he asked. And that appreciation for what steam equipment has done and can do is what keeps steam aficionados coming back to the annual show and reunion.
www.madisonmessengernews.com July 28, 2019 - MADISON MESSENGER - Page 7 Madison-Plains at FFA convention The Madison-Plains High School FFA chapter traveled to the Ohio FFA Center for the 91st annual FFA State FFA Convention on May 3. Once arriving in Columbus, chapter members toured the Anthony Thomas Chocolate Factory where they learned about the different equipment and ways to make various kinds of chocolates and candies. The students also learned that the company does contract work, producing brand name chocolate bars for other companies. At the end of the tour, the students received free samples and looked through their gift shop. The group toured the Ohio State University Dairy Farm, where they learned how the farm manages, feeds an milks its cows. They also had time to spend with the farm’s calves. At the convention, four Madison-Plains students received their State FFA Degrees: Haylee Henry, Cole Henry, Lauren Holbert and Mackenzie Wilson. This year, the Ohio FFA awarded 935 State FFA Degrees to its members. Madison-Plains’ 2018-19 treasurer, Alyson Petee, and secretary, Morgan Rowe, earned gold ratings on their respective officer books. Chapter members listened to several motivational speakers and heard the retiring addresses from several officers. They also witnessed the installation of the 2019-20 state FFA officer team. –Submitted by Hayden Howard, Madison-Plains FFA reporter Ohio’s Hospice Loving Care fund raiser Ohio’s Hospice Loving Care raised more than $18,000 at its Spring Fling Dinner and Auction on May 31. More than 150 people attended the event, which was catered by Der Dutchman. The event featured a cake walk, lemonade stand and special raffles. The event also included a spring hat contest. Sponsors included WEEC 100.7 FM and WFCJ 93.7 FM radio stations. Proceeds will benefit patients and families at Ohio’s Hospice Loving Care by providing superior care and services to anyone in the community facing end-of-life illness, regardless of ability to pay. “We appreciate all who attended our Spring Fling Dinner and Auction event,” said Wendy Starr, president and CEO of Ohio’s Hospice Loving Care. “Because of their generosity, we will be able to provide exceptional support services to patients and their families in our community.” Ohio’s Hospice Loving Care is an affiliate of Ohio’s Hospice. Based in London and Marysville, Ohio’s Hospice Loving Care began in 1993 as a grassroots organization to provide hospice services to patients and their families in Union and Madison counties. It also provides home health care services in Madison County. The not-for-profit hospice helps patients to live with dignity, comfort and control by establishing goals for a better quality of life. Full Moon Bike Rides Choose from a 14-mile route or a 25-mile route and bike in the light of a full moon: Aug. 15, 8 p.m.; Sept. 14, 7:30 p.m.; and Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m. Rides start at Phat Daddy’s Pizza, 15 E. First St., London. The rides are free and hosted by Friends of Madison County Parks and Trails. For details, go to https://fmcpt.com for details. Lung Cancer? Asbestos exposure in industrial, construction, manufacturing jobs, or the military may be the cause. Family in the home were also exposed. Call 1-866-795-3684 or email cancer@breakinginjurynews.com. $30 billion is set aside for asbestos victims with cancer. Valuable settlement monies may not require filing a lawsuit. Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma, and Leukemia may result from RoundUp exposure. A recent was awarded in a RoundUp injury case. Call 1-619-493-4791 or email RoundUp@breakinginjurynews.com and let us begin work on your RoundUp case today. Kids love fire trucks Messenger photo by Pat Donahue Here, 6-year-old Donavan Gilpen of Mount Sterling enjoyed an inside look at a piece of fire equipment on display with the help of Pleasant Township Firefighter Kyle Helfer. The fire truck was on display at the Harrisburg First Responder and Veterans Celebration on July 20. The event featured not only equipment used by emergency personnel, but also military vehicles and displays.
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