Thanks to Governor DeWine’s announcement that festivals and fairs can resume this summer, the Coshocton County Fair Board is making plans for a full fair this fall. The dates for the fair are Oct. 1-7. Mary Knicely, secretary/fiscal officer for the agriculture society, said, “We are very excited that it appears we will be able […]
At least one part of the Coshocton County Fair will be as normal as possible this year: the food. Fourteen food vendors will be at the Coshocton County Fairgrounds Friday, Oct. 2 through Tuesday, Oct. 6 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The vendors will be set up by the grandstand, and there will be […]
“I kept hoping and praying we could have our fair, but July 31, the rug got pulled out from under me,” said Jason Massie, Coshocton County Fair Board President. That was the day Governor Mike DeWine announced that no full county fairs would be allowed. This October, the fairgrounds will be bare, as there will […]
COSHOCTON – With the help of Yellow Bus Sales in Newcomerstown, the Coshocton County Fairboard was able to try a new idea to help promote area schools. The company donated four buses to the fairboard, which then invited Coshocton, Newcomerstown, Ridgewood, and River View high schools to have students decorate them for fundraising efforts. “Newcomerstown […]
COSHOCTON – For more than 30 years, the lamb lead show was a favorite of Nancy Porteus. She was a gifted seamstress and loved to create outfits from wool for the show. Sadly, Porteus passed away recently. The show on Tuesday, Oct. 1 at the Coshocton County Fair was a tribute to her memory. “The […]
COSHOCTON – Judge Brandy Kemmer asked the crowd in Hunter Arena to give everyone who competed for grand champion supreme showmanship a round of applause. “You all did amazing,” she told the competitors. All first and second place winners of showmanship classes of current year only were eligible to enter the contest held on Oct. […]
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COSHOCTON – Emma Anderson has been giving speeches at 4-H public speaking events for several years and her speech on Saturday evening, Sept. 28 at the Coshocton County Fair was number 15 and gave her the right of being a Master Speaker. Anderson, who is a senior at River View, said, “It’s really fitting that […]
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Hellen Elizabeth Brill, 78, of Coshocton, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021, at Grant Hospital after a brief illness. She was born on June 27, 1943, to the late Edward and Edna (Hutchison) Brill. Following her graduation from West Lafayette High School in 1961, Helen was employed by Prim Meats and later Pretty Products […]
Ella E. Yoder 38, of 31331 TR 235, Fresno passed away, surrounded by her family, at her residence on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, from a rare disease known as NBIA. She was born on Oct. 12, 1983 to Eli N. and Emma (Mast) Yoder who survive. Ella enjoyed attending Hopewell Industries in Coshocton for the […]
Francis Heinrich Adams, 73, of Coshocton passed away on Nov. 26, 2021, at Mount Carmel St. Ann’s Hospital in Westerville, Ohio. He was born on Feb. 27, 1948, Zanesville, Ohio to the late Earl and Imragard (Hillgartner) Adams. Francis worked for GE in Coshocton for 31 years, he was a truck driver and also a […]
Dorothy Ellen (Van Voorhis) Hothem
Dorothy Ellen (Van Voorhis) Hothem of Coshocton passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2021 at 101 years of age. Born Aug. 20, 1920 in Fresno, she was the daughter of the late Clark and Rose (Hahn) Van Voorhis. After her mother’s death, Dorothy put her education on hold to help her father care and […]
Alex Franklin Jonard, 86, of West Lafayette, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. He was born in Tiltonsville, Ohio on April 4, 1935, to the late Alex R. and Helen Gertrude (Munnell) Jonard. Alex worked for White Transportation, General Electric, was the owner and operator of Jonard’s Furniture Clinic and A. J.’s Custom Woodcrafts […]
Alley Elizabeth Ann Channels, 28, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, formerly of Coshocton, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. She was born on May 26, 1993, in Coshocton, to Terry Harper and April (Mounts) Ellis. She attended Ridgewood High School and was a member of the Coshocton and Parkersburg Salvation Army along with a Baptist […]
Paul Miller Trottman, age 93, of Madrid, Spain, passed away on November 26, 2021. He was born and raised in Coshocton, Ohio and graduated from Miami University. In 1952, he earned his Ph.D in French from the University of Georgia in Athens Georgia. Paul is survived by brothers, John and Alan Trottman and sisters Mary […]