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It’s a family affair in arts and crafts
- PHOTOGALLERY:
The 2008 Canfield Fair - So far, fair assistance
faring well - 3 religious services
available to fairgoers - Bidding for quality and
the 4-H - Dragons, turtles, degus!
Oh my! - Royal court
- A trip to the
fair doesn't come cheap,
fairgoers say - VIDEO:
Jane Renkenberger - VIDEO:
Fair Mom - VIDEO:
Leroy's Sausage - 50 years at fair
bring honors for 2 - Wet rides, cow
kisses and tradition - Produce makes for
fair display - 2008 Outstanding Youth
Mahoning County
Junior Fair - Canfield Fair continues
long tradition - Admission and Ride
Prices - Health officials prepare
for fair
It’s a family affair in arts and crafts
CANFIELD — Brenda Metts, 51, has been entering her arts and crafts into Canfield Fair competitions for 15 years. This year she urged her mother, daughter and granddaughter to make it a friendly family competition.
“I told my mom just to enter so we could all be here,” said Metts of wanting all four generations to participate.
Metts’ mother, Mazie Stout, 73, entered two quilts and won her first Canfield Fair ribbon.
Sharon Rowbotham, 34, who is Metts’ daughter, didn’t win any ribbons but entered a memory box and scrapbooking projects. The youngest of the bunch, Cheyenne Rowbotham, 11, earned a blue ribbon for her knitting and also entered an outfit she sewed and a scrapbooking project.
Metts said the arts and crafts section of the fair is a great method of family bonding, plus she enjoys entering baked goods and needlework.
Pavlik will make an appearance at ceremony
CANFIELD — The official opening of The 162nd Canfield Fair and ribbon-cutting ceremony will be at 10 a.m. today in front of the grandstand and administration building.
Middleweight boxing champion of the world Kelly Pavlik will be on hand to cut the ribbon.
Last year, Gov. Ted Strickland did the honors.
OSU Extension sponsors senior day on Friday
CANFIELD — The Ohio State University Extension, along with the Canfield Fair, will sponsor a Senior Day seminar at 9 a.m. Friday in the fairground’s building No. 25, Austintown Drive.
A series of sessions will be presented concerning the various services offered in Mahoning County to senior citizens.
Topics include senior awareness in Mahoning County, senior safety, services available in the county and senior safety on the road.
Barbershop music will be by Harmony Bridge and The Heritage Lace Guild will provide demonstrations throughout the day.
For more information, call (330) 533-5538.
Record-breaking pumpkins
CANFIELD — The first-place ribbon for the largest pumpkin at the fair’s 44th year of pumpkin competition went to Jerry Rose of Huntsburg.
His pumpkin, weighing in at 1,074.5 pounds, was the first to break the 1,000-pound mark.
Rose has won several ribbons in past years. He took first place in 1993, 594 pounds; 1994, 719 pounds; 2003, 831 pounds; and 2004, 870.5 pounds. In 1998 and 2005 he took home second-place ribbons with weights of 615 pounds and 890 pounds, respectively.
Alan Gibson, of Salem, took second place with another record weight of 1,038.5 pounds.
SEE ALSO:162nd Canfield fair Schedule and Wet rides, cow kisses and tradition.