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www.madisonmessengernews.com <strong>June</strong> 14, <strong>2020</strong> - MADISON MESSENGER - Page 9<br />
No Steam reshers Show & Reunion this year<br />
By Kristy Zurbrick<br />
<strong>Madison</strong> Editor<br />
For four days in July, Pastime Park in<br />
Plain City is filled with the sounds of oldfashioned<br />
engines chug-chug-chugging and<br />
pop-pop-popping. That won’t be the case this<br />
July.<br />
The Miami Valley Steam Threshers Association<br />
opted to cancel its <strong>2020</strong> Show and<br />
Reunion, originally set for July 16-19. This<br />
would have marked the event’s 71st year.<br />
The organization issued a letter on May<br />
18 to visitors, sponsors and vendors. In it,<br />
they explain that concerns related to the<br />
coronavirus (COVID-19) were the reason for<br />
the cancellation. At the time, state leaders<br />
had not set guidelines for holding such<br />
events, and organizers were wary about<br />
moving forward due to the uncertainty of<br />
what the coming months might hold.<br />
“We understand that many families and<br />
businesses plan so much around the show,<br />
and this wasn’t a decision any of us wanted<br />
to make, but we wanted the safety and<br />
health of everyone to be our number one priority,”<br />
Amber Martinez, secretary, stated in<br />
the letter.<br />
The show features displays of steam engines,<br />
antique tractors, gas engines and<br />
model engines. Shingle mill, sawmill, veneer<br />
mill, drag saw, threshing and baling<br />
demonstrations take place daily. Steam engine<br />
and lawn mower pulls, parades, and a<br />
calendar<br />
Fish Fry<br />
American Legion Post 201, 9701 W.<br />
Broad St., West Jefferson, will hold a limited-item<br />
fish fry from 4 to 7 p.m. <strong>June</strong> 19.<br />
The menu includes: fish and fries, $6; fish<br />
sandwich only, $5; fries only, $1.50; and<br />
drinks, $1. Carryout only. Any donations<br />
will be appreciated to help the post during<br />
the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The<br />
post thanks those who participated in the<br />
first fish fry held on <strong>June</strong> 5.<br />
Developmental Disabilities<br />
The <strong>Madison</strong> County Board of Developmental<br />
Disabilities will meet virtually at 4<br />
p.m. <strong>June</strong> 18. If the meeting must be<br />
rescheduled, the new date will be <strong>June</strong> 25.<br />
Health District Board<br />
The <strong>Madison</strong> County/London City Health<br />
District board meeting is set for 5 p.m. <strong>June</strong><br />
15. To join the teleconference, call (937) 249-<br />
6810. When asked for the conference ID,<br />
enter 29080461 followed by the # symbol.<br />
Blood Drive<br />
The American Red Cross is holding a<br />
blood drive on <strong>June</strong> 19, 2:30-7:30 p.m., in<br />
the gym at Fairhaven School, 510 Elm St.,<br />
London. Rocking Horse Community Health<br />
Center is the drive’s sponsor. To schedule an<br />
appointment, call 1-800-RED CROSS or<br />
visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter the sponsor<br />
code for the drive (“<strong>Madison</strong>”).<br />
Wally Biernacki and Lis Balson, both from<br />
Orono (Ontario, Canada), travel throughout<br />
Canada and the United States educating<br />
the public about Biernacki’s<br />
quarter-scale Case traction steam engine<br />
and threshing machine. One of their stops<br />
last year was the Miami Valley Steam<br />
Threshers Association’s annual show and<br />
reunion at Pastime Park in Plain City. This<br />
year’s show has been cancelled.<br />
swap meet also are part of the fun. Each<br />
year, the association chooses a different<br />
make of equipment to spotlight; this year’s<br />
was to have been International Harvester.<br />
The event attracts an older crowd, something<br />
organizers kept in mind when decid-<br />
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ing to cancel this year’s event. Older adults<br />
are considered to be in a high-risk category<br />
when it comes to COVID-19.<br />
“We really cater more to older people<br />
than the young. Older people want to come<br />
out and see what they ran as kids or even<br />
as adults,” said Asa Schreck, vice president.<br />
“We thought it would be better to hold off for<br />
a year.”<br />
Schreck said he will miss socializing with<br />
people he has come to think of as family. In<br />
his 15 years with the organization and involvement<br />
in the show, he has come to know<br />
many regular visitors, exhibitors and vendors<br />
from around Ohio and beyond.<br />
“It’s like being a part of a family, even<br />
though you only see them for the week that<br />
we’re here,” he said. “Hopefully, next year<br />
everything will be all done, and it will be<br />
like a normal show.”<br />
The 2021 Miami Valley Steam Threshers<br />
Association Show and Reunion will take<br />
place July 15-18 at Pastime Park. The featured<br />
make of equipment will be Allis<br />
Chalmers. For more about the organization<br />
and the event, go to www.mvsteam.com.