The Coshocton County Beacon October 11, 2017 - Page 4

4 THE BEACON
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OCTOBER 11, 2017
|  OPINION
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t’s a wrap. Th e 166th
game against Penn State
annual Coshocton
now looms largest on the
County Fair is in the
horizon for the Buckeyes
books and all that is
on Oct. 28. Remember, the
left are the memories of an-
Buckeyes take on Nebraska
other great county fair and
this week with the 21st of
a few scraps of paper blow-
October off . You can rake
ing across the fairgrounds. MARK’S MUSINGS leaves, take a drive to see
Th at might not even be
some fall foliage and enjoy
happening due to the diligence of the
the fall weather.
folks that perform these tasks. I am sure
Actually, that Saturday works out
that most of us - including me - take all
ideally for Coshocton County folks with
that for granted. Th ese folks deserve our the Apple Butter Stirrin’, Fall Farm and
thanks and appreciation so thank you!
Foliage Tour and several other events
Supporters turned out in strong fash-
that are wrapped around that weekend.
ion for the junior fair livestock auction
Let’s hope the weather is fall fantastic!
on Th ursday evening, Oct. 5. Th is event
It seems quite the season for hurri-
is always one of the highlights of the
canes as Hurricane Nate made landfall
county fair and allows our youth to reap over the weekend and battered some
some of the rewards from their hard
of the Gulf coast before heading into
work and expenses of raising an animal. the Appalachian region spreading rain
Th e Beacon will be publishing a special throughout the area.
commemorative edition on Wednesday,
Speaking of rain, let’s be thankful
Oct. 18 on the Sale of Champions with
that we received a nice amount over the
the buyers list.
weekend and late last week. We certain-
Th e Major League Baseball Division
ly needed it. Several folks said that the
Series is in full swing - pun intend-
river is about the lowest that they have
ed with the Indians up one game on
ever seen it. Agreed. I