Official remembers event from 70 years ago

Official remembers event from 70 years ago

David Myers, a former longtime fair official, reminisced about the 100th fair at a board meeting Thursday.

“When I was a teenager in 4-H, 70 years ago, my buddies and I ... talked to the head of cattle here, and he had some empty stalls, so we slept in the stalls,” he said, noting that the centennial fair was celebrated with a special 10-day run.

“We behaved. We didn’t do things we shouldn’t do,” Myers said. “We were here 10 days and we enjoyed every bit of it.”

Myers served on the fair board for 27 years, and now his son, Craig, is a fair director.

“They talk about it being a family affair, and it is a family affair,” Myers said.

Receives lifetime pass

Lee Kohler, who recently retired after serving more than 35 years on the fair board, on Thursday received a lifetime fair pass to honor his contributions.

The fair board gave him the pass during its daily fair meeting.

There, Kohler said he hopes the initiatives he worked on over the years will continue in the future.

School bands perform

Day two of the fair on Thursday featured performances from a number of local schools during the High School Band Show at the grandstand.

Performing schools were Western Reserve, Canfield, Lowellville, Columbiana, Campbell, Austintown, Jackson-Milton, South Range, Struthers, Sebring, Springfield and West Branch.

Twins take top prizes

Twin brothers Kieran and Aidan Pellin, 13, both were the recipients of top honors for the chickens they exhibited at the fair Wednesday.

Kieran won the grand champion broilers prize, and Aidan brought home the reserve champion prize.

Their grandmother, Vanessa Pellin, expressed pride, saying the prizes were well deserved.

“They worked very hard,” she said, noting that this is the boys’ second year showing at the fair.

The boys also show pigs, participate in the swine auction, and Aidan cheers on Kieran, who plays in the Western Reserve band.