The Coshocton County Beacon September 17, 2020 | Page 2

2 • The Beacon September 17, 2020 Livestock auction group looking for donations The Friends of the Coshocton County Jr. Fair Livestock Auction fund group is back to once again support 4-H and FFA members who show and sell their animals at the fair. The group formed last year with the purpose of establishing a pool of 226 Main Street Coshocton, Ohio 43812 Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] OFFICE HOURS Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM NEWS/EDITORIAL DEADLINE FRIDAY AT NOON PROOF/AUCTION AD DEADLINE FRIDAY AT NOON DISPLAY AD DEADLINE MONDAY AT NOON Call 220-201-9679 CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE MONDAY AT 11 AM Call 740-622-4237 All deadlines subject to change for holidays. PUBLISHER’S STATEMENT THE COSHOCTON COUNTY BEACON is published weekly by AloNovus Corp., 226 Main Street, Coshocton, OH 43812. All rights reserved by AloNovus Corp. AloNovus Corp. does not necessarily support the opinion of writers. Mailed at Periodicals Postage Pricing Permit No. 25408 at Coshocton, OH, 43812. Postmaster, send address changes to The Coshocton County Beacon, 226 Main Street, Coshocton, OH 43812. Address changes may be sent via email to addresschange@ coshoctoncountybeacon.com. To request free in-county delivery of The Coshocton County Beacon, visit our office at 226 Main Street in Towne Centre, Coshocton to fill out a requestor card. You can also request free in-county delivery of The Beacon online at www.iwantmybeacon.com. MARK FORTUNE PUBLISHER [email protected] JOSIE SELLERS EDITOR [email protected] NANCY FORTUNE CIRCULATION [email protected] Follow us on Facebook The Beacon is published by AloNovus Corp. © Copyright 2020 BF-00490828 funds that will increase the overall sales at the junior fair livestock auction. Nineteen donations were received, and the group was able to help increase the prices of animals for five different junior fair participants. “We aren’t going to buy specific animals,” said Sally Ellis, a member of the group. “We bump up the kids in lowest of each specifies.” Last year 253 young people sold animal projects at the fair. Typically, the money the kids receive from the sale is used for helping to fund next year’s project and/or saved for future educational needs after their graduation. This fund gives an opportunity to individuals who haven’t been involved as auction buyers in recent years, folks who are unfamiliar with the online auction format being used this year and folks who participated in the junior fair events in the past to “pay back” to the current group of youth with a contribution to this buyer’s pool. There will be no live auction this year. Animal Malachi Cahill is pictured with his reserve grand champion market steer at the junior fair sale of champions held Oct. 3, 2019, in Hunter Arena at the Coshocton County Fairgrounds. A live auction will not be held this year, but an online one will. Share Your Opinion! The Coshocton County Beacon believes in our right of free speech. The Beacon will publish a letter to the editor or an opinion as space permits. There is a 1,000-word limit. A letter to the editor also must contain your name and city or village of your postal zip code. Example: John Smith, Fresno. To maintain accuracy the preferred method of delivery is email in Microsoft Word format. Please email your letter to [email protected]. Printed or mailed letters to the editor will have to be retyped and The Beacon does not guarantee accuracy. Letters to the editor will be published as space permits and must have a suggested headline. The Beacon reserves the right to refuse, edit, or otherwise reject any letter that is deemed inappropriate, offensive or slanderous. Letters need to be factual and the Beacon can request proof of fact checking. Letters to The Editor are due by noon on Thursday. Letters expressing an opinion on a levy, issue or candidate placed on the primary, general or special election ballot that affects anyone in Coshocton County must be published two weeks or more prior to the election in consideration of early voting. CoshoctonBeaconToday.com BF-00490824 judging will take place, but exhibitors must maintain social distancing, and the animals will leave the fairgrounds immediately after the judging concludes. A photo of the exhibitor with his or her animals will be To reach the Beacon Staff directly... Please Call Michaela 740-622-0244 ext. 7701 BF-00490312 shown during the online virtual auction on Thursday, Oct. 8, where live auctioneers will sell via bids received from buyers participating through computer connections on the internet. Buyers will be able to place online bids beginning Tuesday, Oct. 6, and add-on bids will be accepted for each project until Thursday, Oct. 15. It is estimated 250 projects will be sold at this year’s auction. All money contributed to the Friends of the Coshocton County Jr. Fair Livestock Auction fund will be used to bid or add Shelby Theatres 460 Downtowner Plaza • Coshocton • 740-622-6855 File on to bids for livestock projects. Animals that look to be sold at lowerthan-average price for the sale will be the focus. Contributors to this fund will be listed after the fair in local media outlets. Contributions may be sent to Friends of the Coshocton County Jr. Fair Livestock Auction, c/o Peoples Bank, 200 Main St., Coshocton, OH 43812. For more information call Ellis at 740-545-6002 or 740-202-3429 or Carol Hadrosky at 740-623- 0672. Call for Show Times! 740-622-3456 (film) Tenet (PG 13) & Unhinged (R) TUESDAY IS “MATINEE ALL DAY!” BF-00491987