2019 DRIVE GUIDE - Stark County Fall...

September 21–22, 2019

FOOD • ANTIQUES • CRAFTS • SCENIC VIEWS • AND MORE!

If you’re looking to enjoy scenic views, hearty food, unique shopping or fun old-fashioned family activities — all served up with a heaping helping of “fresh from the country” hospitality, you’re in the right place: Stark County! We have everything from antiques, crafts

and flea market bargains to demonstrations, local entertainment, great food, and of course, beautiful scenery!WELCOME!

2019 DRIVE GUIDE

TABLE OF CONTENTSFront Cover Welcome to Stark County!Page 3 Toulon HistoryPage 8–9 Wyoming Schedule & ActivitiesPage 13 Stark County HistoryPage 14 Orwig Event Ctr. (Toulon) Schedule & ActivitiesPage 15 West Jersey Schedule, LaFayette/Bradford HistoriesBack Cover Stark County Fall Festival Driving Map

Note: All activities, vendors and events are subject to change or cancellation at the last minute! Check our Facebook page for the latest updates.

Please also take a moment to peruse the advertisements from the numerous Stark County businesses that help make the Fall Festival Drive a reality each year! And don’t forget to Like and Share us with your friends – they’ll love Stark County, too!

WELCOME TO STARK COUNTYStark County is named after New Hampshire native Gen. John Stark, who fought in the Battles of Bunker Hill, Trenton, Princeton and Bennington during the American Revolutionary War. Due to poor health (at age 81), he was unable to travel in 1809 to be with a group of Bennington veterans who had gathered to commemorate the battle. He instead sent a letter to his friends, which closed with the words “Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils,” the first part of which became the New Hampshire State Motto in 1945.

When Illinois became a state in 1818, this area was virtually a wilderness. Stark County was formed in 1839 out of Knox and Putnam counties. Eleven years prior, Isaac B. Essex had made a claim, and in the fall of 1828 cut logs and split the clap-boards for his house. Along with several friends, he hauled them to the proposed building site in 1829. They all camped in the woods the first night, but towards sundown of the second day, the cabin was raised, the roof on, and as Mr. Essex graphically said “we cut a log out and moved in.” This was the first home of non-Native American settlers within Stark County.

CHANGIN’ IT UP IN 2019!The Orwig Auction & Event Center is our new location for Toulon this year! Hartz Li’l Red Barn is back with lots of old-fashioned ‘down on the farm’ experiences and activities for kids and adults, and West Jersey on Rt. 78 is a great place to start or finish the Drive with delicious baked goods and a jum-ble sale at the Methodist Church as well as a Flea Market in the township pavilion. As usual, Thomas Park in Wyoming will be chock full of crafts, food, competitions, activities and more. We welcome you to Stark County and hope you enjoy the weekend!

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TOULONLess than a decade after Isaac B. Essex settled in Section 15, Township 12, Range 6, Stark County had added the towns of Wyoming, Moulton, LaFay-ette and Massillom. On Feb. 27th 1841, the legislature of the State of Illinois passed an act to locate the county seat. On May 17, 1841, at the home of Colonel William H. Henderson, they decided to locate the county seat on land owned and afterwards deeded to the county by John and Charlotte Miller. The name of the town was also decided at this time, no doubt through the influence of Colonel Henderson, who fought in the War of 1812 and had lived near Toulon, TN – itself named after Toulon, France – prior to relocating to Illinois in 1836.

Both Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas passed through Toulon during their 1858 senatorial campaign. The Lincoln and Douglas debates are a well known part of American Political history. While no actual debate took place in Toulon, both men did speak there before the 1860 election.

An electric light plant was constructed in 1892, bringing electricity to the town for the first time. A deep well was sunk in 1911 and over four miles of pipe were laid, bringing reliable water to town residents. Natural gas lines were laid in 1964.

Toulon has never been a big manufacturing town, but over the years has been home to a flour and wool mill, a brick maker, and makers of carriages, cigars, harnesses and sorghum molasses. A cheese-making concern started in 1875, but closed in 1885 when the building was converted to an ice skating rink. In 1932, Axel Madsen came to Toulon from Wisconsin and built up a healthy milk, cheese and butter business under the Triple T brand name. He would sell the concern to Kraft Foods in the early 1940s.

Coal strip mining came to Stark County in the 1950s, which led to additional homes being built in town. Toulon’s population held fairly steady at around 1,200 from the 1910s through the 1980s, peaking at around 1,400 in the year 2000. The town population is around 1,250 today. Be sure to stop and see our 1863 Civil War cannon (rifle) on the courthouse lawn (where both Abraham Lincoln & Stephen A. Douglas spoke in 1858), as well as the historic home and office of Dr. Hall, pioneer surgeon, on Franklin Street, where it is rumored that Lincoln stopped in to have a tooth pulled.

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WYOMINGTHOMAS PARK – A BEAUTIFUL SPOT TO HAVE A FALL FESTIVAL!It’s hard to believe this is my 20th year for the Stark County Fall Festival – what a blessing it’s been!I’m also thinking that’s a long time to volunteer! “Why do I still do this,” I asked myself? Well, I have it down to a science, the com-mittee and vendors are like my family, and they’re all so dependable! It’s a lot of work, though, among other things. This year’s Fall Festival was organized by a handful of giving and caring people that always go the extra mile – and all this just for a two day event for our community and home towns! I can’t say “thank you” enough for all the support they’ve given me.What’s the purpose for all this work? Simple: “Our kids, our future!” Our aim is to give them something to look forward to once a year with a free day in the park and tons of fun activities including Diaper Dozers, the Doggie Pageant, Talent and Baking Con-tests, a Petting Zoo, Train Rides, Kiddie Tractor Pulls, Inflatables, ‘Old School’ Kid Games, Chalk Art, Pancakes, Church Service, Eagles Team Teddy Bear Trot and so much more! There’s something for everyone, and what a blessing to see kids from twenty years ago now bringing their own kids to take part in all the fun!We are a small community, with BIG hearts and we’ve worked hard to ensure you get a real blessing – a ‘walk back in time’ you won’t want to miss, with down-home fun, fellowship, food, pumpkins, arts & crafts – and it’s all happening right here, right in our own small towns and communities!So come one, come all! Big ones, little ones, I love you all! May we share in what God has blessed and made possible for us.I’m honored and blessed to serve and couldn’t do it without “my” family, friends and YOU!Peggy GraySCFF Wyoming Chairperson

VENDORS & ACTIVITIES*Saturday Only **Sunday OnlyALL OTHERS HERE ON BOTH DAYS

*Wyoming 1st Congregational UCC: Baked goods and gift items: cookies, pies, candy, rolls, caramel corn, fudge, brownies & more

*Nazarene Church VBS Fundraiser: Walking tacos, drinks, and baked goods

*Tammy and Peg’s Pies: Pies sold whole and by the slice **Wyoming Lions Club: Pancakes and sausage breakfast

(East side of the park, screened in pavilion, handicap accessible) *Clip Clop Creations: Tori Joos – horse shoe yard art & more

FOOD C&C Kettle Corn – Crystal & Edgar McGee D&M Concessions – Dave and Maryann Ball: Corn dogs,

tenderloins, curly fries, and lemon shake-ups, grilled chick-en, mozzarella sticks & drinks

Peking Food – Huy & Huong Kieu: Oriental food: Egg rolls, fried rice, wontons, crab Rangoon, sweet & sour chicken, & drinks

Ruth’s Chops – Ruth Tracy: Butterfly pork chops, pork patties, boneless ribs, brats, hot dogs, and drinks

C&S Catering – Steve and Carol Lou Reiff: Italian beef, sandwiches, and drinks

ARTS, CRAFTS & MORE… Relay For Life – Eagles Team: Hats, t-shirts & more Nature’s Creations – Ryan Werkheiser: Painted pumpkins,

gourds, bird houses, Indian corn, and broom corn Sandy Turpin: Jeweled scarves, doll clothes and beds Cheryl Hurst: Avon Products (Cash and carry or place order) Mary Brazel: Produce, pumpkins, gourds, barn wood crafts Sandy Hartman: Crochet hats for all ages: monkey hats, headbands,

purses, scarves, cell phone cases, dish towels, toy animals and more Wade Wilkinson: Hand tooled wooden items Candi Anderson: Candi-Licious Lips – Lipsense/Senegence Perfectly Posh – Amanda Decker: Pampering products, hand

creams, facial creams, bath bomb, chunk bars, etc. 100% Soy Candles – Jackie Cenovich Home Made by Becca: Rebecca Woith – Colorstreet nails & more! Doterra Essential Oils: Julie Bogner Sewphisticated Diane – Diane Cherrington: Crochet dish towels

Tupperware – Marilyn Shork Robin Starks: Celebrity pictures, flags, knives, poly-resin

figurines, candles, jewelry and more Blue Velvet Jewelry Designs – Linda Getter: Religious,

novelty and seasonal Paw Prints in the Park by Yer Kiln Me: Nicole Largent –

Bring your pet to the park (both days) and get its name and paw print immortalized on a tile for only $5.00. Finished tiles will be available in one week from Yer Kiln Me in Wyoming. Please make sure your pet is friendly and doesn’t mind people touching its feet!

Heartland ‘Criations’ Alpacas: Raw & Finished Alpaca Products Karen Genda: Quilts, towels & crocheted items Kristi Lemanski: Pampered Chef (cooking supplies) and

Origami Owl Jewelry Lilla Rose Hair: Camilla Russell – Accessories, hand-made from piano wire Dave McGarvey: Wooden Fall & patriotic decorations, barn

quilts and squares, flags, wood crafts Mindy Waggoner: Paparrazzi Accessories Tastefully Simple – Robyn Resch: Spices, mixes, soups, etc.

(cash and carry, hosting opportunities) John Paul: LeafFilter North of Illinois, LLC – LeafFilter

Gutter Protection Scentsy – Carolyn Herreweyers & Tina Schiffbauer:

Wickless candles & warmers Sherry Nees: All kinds of woodcrafts for fall, pumpkins,

cornstalks, yard art, snowmen shutters, dolls & more Seventh & Williams Iron Works – Blake Quart: Welded yard

art, all hand-made ornaments. Stark County Pregnancy Resource Center, see ad on page 3 Fairbrother Produce – Matt & Hillary Fairbrother: Produce

– apples, peaches, greenbeans, potatoes (in-season produce)


Saturday, September 21You DO NOT have to be from Stark County to enter any of our contests – all are welcome!. All events subject to change.

7:30 am Register for Teddy Bear Trot 5K Fun Run @ basketball

court. Walk, Run or Ride (golf carts, bicycles, strollers, skateboards, unicycles, pogo sticks - bring it!). Sponsored by Quality Cable. Hosted by Eagles Relay for Life Team, for those who we’ve lost to cancer, and those who are fighting!

8:30 am Teddy Bear Trot 5K Fun Run starts at the Basketball court.

9:00 am { PARK OPENS } Crafts ~ Food ~ Entertainment ~ Exhibits ~ Fun for everyone! Welcome! Share your vocal, musical or other talents on our

Open Mic at the Bandstand – special requests welcome! Bring your pet to Paw Prints at the Park by Yer Kiln Me

10:00 am – 5:00 pm { FREE for All Kids } Inflatables by Westphal Enterprise – Adult supervision required. Wyoming Library – Christine Best: Something fun for

every kid at the playground gym! Face Painting by the talented Katie Gibler: Playground gym A.B.A.T.E. – Register for the “Rumble in the Park Bike

Show,” North side of Basketball Court.

10:30 am Don’t miss ventriloquist Karstyn & Trixie, at the Bandstand!

11:00 am Register @ bandstand for Diaper Derby (baby crawling

race): 12 months age limit.

11:30 am Kids games (FREE, PRIZES!), look for the “Queens!” Be

sure to bring a partner, or we’ll find you one.

12:00 pm Register for Kiddie Pedal Tractor Pull – Kids Age Classes:

3–4, 5–6, 7–8, 9–10, 11–12 years. South of Basketball Court.

12:30 pm Diaper Derby Contest at the Bandstand (baby crawling race,

sponsored by Melinda Edwards): 12 month age limit.

1:00 pm A.B.A.T.E. – “Rumble in the Park Bike Show,” North side of

Basketball Court. Make sure to register at 10:00 am, signed waiver required. Nominations for: People’s Choice, Best in Show, Best Paint, Highest Mileage, Dirtiest.

Register for Cooking Contest: The theme is “Anything Apples!” (as main ingredient). Be creative! Open to all!

1:30 pmRegister for “Anything Apple!” Baking & Cooking Contest @ Bandstand. Be creative! Judges decisions are final!

2:00 pm A.B.A.T.E. – Judging and AWARDS for People’s Choice, Best

in Show, Best Paint, Highest Mileage, Dirtiest. Cooking Contest: “Anything Apples!” Apples must be main

ingredient. Open to all, be creative! Judges decisions are final! Furry Friends – Deb Moreland: petting zoo. West side of park. Register for Doggie Pageant with Gina @ Bandstand. Pet

must be people-friendly and leashed. Prizes and free to enter!

2:30 pm Doggie Pageant “Walk About the Park” at the Bandstand! Free

to enter. Prizes for: Best Dressed, Best Personality, Best Dog/Owner Look-alikes, Best Mannered. Judges decisions are final! All participants receive a free Paw Print from Yer Kiln Me.

3:30 pm Kiddie Pedal Tractor Pull by Bryon Edwards at The Realm:

Make sure to register for your age class at 12:00 pm. South side of basketball court. Pulls provided by Scott Schaffer.

4:00 pm Welcome back ventriloquist Karstyn & Trixie! @ Bandstand. Share your vocal, musical or other talents on our Open Mic

at the Bandstand – special requests welcome!

5:00 pm { PARK CLOSES }

Sunday, September 228:00 am – NOON WYOMING LIONS Pancakes & Sausage Breakfast, East side

of the park at screened in pavilion – handicap accessible.

9:00 am { PARK OPENS } Crafts ~ Food ~ Exhibits ~ Entertainment ~ Fun for everyone! Bring your pet to Paw Prints at the Park by Yer Kiln Me

10:00 am Chalk Art @ basketball court, sponsored by Loncka Graphic.

See more of his artwork @ New View Furniture Store in Kewanee, IL along with other artists’ work.

10:30 am Pastor Tim Huckens (Nazarene Church) and a special guest

from Ohio present God’s Word at the Bandstand - Join us for a day the Lord has made! Limited seating, lawn chairs are welcome. Free will offering will be taken, undesignated gifts will go to Stark County Community Services.

11:00 am The A.R.K. (adopt a pet), West side of park.

11:30 am Register for Lip Sync & Dress Contest, back of Bandstand Open Mic with Bryan Edwards @ Bandstand – Let’s hear

your talent, special requests are welcome!

12:30 pm Lip Sync & Dress Contest, at Bandstand. CASH PRIZES!

Come in costume with your CD and wow us! Open to any-one, any age; you don’t have to be from Stark County! Judges decisions are final.

1:00 – 3:00 pm Banjovi Hawkins & Anne @ Bandstand – a variety of country, blue-

grass and ‘70s pop/rock for your afternoon enjoyment! Free train rides for the kids, West Side of Park. Sponsored

by United Way – thanks! Ventriloquist Karstyn & Trixie are back at the Bandstand!

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm (be there by 2:15pm, starts promptly!) Nature walk @ Wyoming Depot of Rock Island Trail. Refresh-

ments by “The Snazzy Events,” Church of the Nazarene.

3:00 pm Battle of the Sexes – Guys vs. Gals! Battle of endurance and

wits to see which team can beat the other! Sponsored by State Banks of Speer, Toulon and Wyoming Better Banks.

4:00 pm WINNERS of Battle of Sexes announced at the Bandstand.

{PARK CLOSES} – clean up!

A very special “thank you” to everyone who helps bring this event together, whether up front or behind the scenes – from

start to finish, couldn’t do it without you all!

~Peggy Gray, Wyoming Chairperson

“Stark county possesses a natural wealth that, developed, must make an important town of its capital. The topography of the county is that pe-culiar to prairie, slightly undulating, here and there traversed by small streams – Indian Creek, Spoon River and Walnut Creek being the most important – with small belts of timber scattered throughout the county and especially along the margin of water courses. The soil is a rich loam, made richer by the decaying vegetation of centuries, and yielding large returns of corn, oats and rye in return for comparatively little labor. From Toulon go which way you will and the same picture presents itself, and at this season of the year framed in the rich golden tints of Autumn, it is very beautiful.

“Orchards abound on every hand, fields of corn stretch away far as the eye can see, until the beholder would almost believe this the granary and store house of the world. Neat cottages and fair outbuildings adorn the landscape, and the view taken all in all is a pleasing one.

From A Pen and Ink Sketch of the Town and Surroundings – THE UNDEVELOPED WEALTH OF STARK COUNTY, FACTS AND FANCIES RELA-TIVE TO TOULON AND ITS BUSINESS MEN. Transcribed by Karen Seeman.

STARK COUNTY

TOULON–ORWIG EVENT CENTER TOULON IS BACK!In addition to our town businesses, we invite you to join us at Orwig Auction and Event Center on Rt. 17 just East of town for a variety-filled weekend including activities for both the young and the young at heart. Along with an assortment of vendors, you can support the Stark County After Prom by enjoying their loaded baked potato bar and caramel apples slices, explore the 10 different varieties of brats offered by Orwig Auction and Event Center on both Saturday and Sunday. You won’t want to miss the Burnout Competition, Tug-of-War Competition, Corn Hole Tournament, Kiddie Tractor Pull, Pheasants Forever Instructional sup-porting the Stark County 4H Shooting Sports Spin Club, Stark County Design Floral Display, free kids’ carnival games and other activities to entertain all ages throughout the weekend. We look forward to seeing you all for a fun weekend in Stark County! Joe & Karin Orwig, Toulon Chairpersons

VENDORS & ACTIVITIES*Saturday Only **Sunday OnlyALL OTHERS ON BOTH DAYS

ARTS, CRAFTS & MORE…SaturdayPlease contact Karin Orwig at (309) 264-1819 for early registra-tion information or to register your teams for the contests.9:00 AM Crafts, food, exhibits

10:00 AM Burnout Competition (registration begins at 9:00 am)

$20 entry Fee day of competition (early registration $15 by September 18th )

Winner takes the pot with guarantee of $250.0012:00 PM Tug-Of-War Competition (registration begins at 11:00 am)-

$1000 Winner Take All Prize $100 Entry Fee day of competition (early registration $80

by September 18th) 10-Man Teams Double Elimination 3-Minute Pull No Weight Limit

1:00 PM Corn Hole Tournament (registration begins at 12:00 pm) $20 Entry Fee day of Tournament (early registration $15 by

September 18th) 2-Man Teams Double Elimination Winner take half the pot with guarantee of $250.00

5:00PM – 8:00 PM Mountain Oyster Fry, Blue Gill Dinner, Frog Leg Dinner

or Combo Platter with potato salad, pasta salad, rolls, with choice of tea or lemonade.

Sunday10:00 AM Crafts, food, exhibits

12:00 PM- 4:00 PM Free Kids Carnival Games- Prizes for all Participants “Minute to Win It” Obstacle Course (Adult)- Grand Prize for

Best Time Pheasants Forever Supporting Stark County 4H Shooting

Sports Spin Club: 1 on 1 Personal Instruction for Air Rifle and Archery- All Ages Welcome

1:00 PM Pedal Tractor Pull by Scott Schaffer (registration begins at

11:30 AM)- held inside the Orwig Auction and Event Center Building Age Classes – 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 and ADULTS

FOODStark County After Prom: Serving loaded baked potato bar and caramel apple slices

Orwig Auction and Event Center: Brats – 10 different varieties:

Bacon Cheeseburger Jalapeno Cheddar Beer Mushroom & Swiss Breakfast Brat Philly Cheese Steak Chicken Bacon Ranch Regular Spicy Italian with Peppers & Onions Hawaiian (pineapple & brown sugar)

Brats supplied by Meatheads Meat Market

Variety of Appetizers and Selected Sandwiches


WEST JERSEY

LAFAYETTE

VENDORSWest Jersey Methodist Church always has some of the best baked goods and pies you’ll find in Stark County! You don’t even have to wait ‘til you get home to eat, either – the coffee will be hot and the conversation friendly, so stop on by! (Saturday only from 9am–4pm)

Bake sale, soup by the cup, garden produce “Trash and Treasure” jumble sale

West Jersey Township Pavilion (Saturday only)

Flea Market & Yard Sale

The first settler in the township of West Jersey was Jacob B. Smith, who came from Fulton County, IL in February, 1836, building a log cabin and be-ginning the work of building up a home in the wilderness. By 1838, the area had been populated to the point where Joseph Palmer hosted a “celebration” at his house near Walnut Creek on July 4 at which forty-six persons took dinner. Caleb North delivered an oration, and the affair wound up with a dance, William Mason furnishing the music. George A. Clifford says Mr. Mason lived near the present City of Toulon and that he received nine dollars on this occasion, “the first money he ever took in for music.”

Between 1836 and 1850, several families from New Jersey settled in this part of the county. Among them were the Bodines, Boyds, Hazens, Wileys, Youngs and others. When the township system was introduced in 1853 these people requested that their township be called West Jersey, which request was granted and in that way the township was named.

The first schoolhouse was built in 1837 or 1838. By 1915, there were eight public schoolhouses in the township. As of 1916, West Jersey was one of the two townships of Stark County that had no railroad service. With the exception of a small tract of sandy land called the “Barrens,” the entire township was well adapted to agriculture and produced fine crops of corn, wheat, oats and other farm products suited to this section of the state. Fruit growing received considerable attention and West Jersey boasted some of the best orchards in the county.

West Jersey historical info from Stark County, Illinois and Its People: A Record of Settlement Organization, Progress and Achievement (1916)

La Fayette (pronounced Lay-fee-yet locally), is (indirectly*) named after Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (pronounced l-AH-f-ai-EH-t). Lafayette was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War. A close friend of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson, Lafayette was a key figure in the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830. During World War I, a group of American volunteer pilots flew with the French Air Service from 1916 through 1918, when America formal-ly entered the war. They named their squadron the LaFayette Escadrille in honor of LaFayette. *The founder of LaFayette, William (Wild Bill) Dunbar, actually named the town after his son LaFayette, who went by the nickname “Lafe” (pronounced “Layfe”), which is apparently why we to this day say “Lay-fee-yette,” rather than “Lah-fy-ette.”

Note: All activities, vendors and events are subject to change or cancelation at the last minute! Check our Facebook page for the latest updates.

BRADFORD“Bradford, the third largest town in the county, is situated in the northeastern part of the county. It was surveyed on April 27, 1854, by Sylvester F. Ott-man, then county surveyor, for Bradford S. Foster and derived its name from the Christian name of the proprietor. In the fall of 1869, when it became certain that the Dixon, Peoria & Hannibal (now the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy) Railroad was to be built through Bradford, the town experienced its first boom. A number of energetic, progressive men bought lots and established homes and business houses. The town was incorporated on Au-gust 13, 1869, and M. S. Curtiss was elected the first president of the board of trustees. At the general election held on November 4, 1873, the question of incorporating under the general laws of the state was carried by a substantial majority and the present form of municipal government was shortly afterward inaugurated.

“A postoffice was established at Bradford soon after the town was surveyed. On September 7, 1896, the board of trustees passed an ordinance to issue five bonds of $1,000 each, for the purpose of installing a system of waterworks for the village. A deep well was sunk, a puruphouse erected, a large tank mounted upon a tall tower and a reserve tank constructed, mains laid upon the princi-pal streets, and in the summer of 1897 the water was turned on.

“Bradford has two banks, a weekly newspaper, churches of several faiths, a fine public school building, in which eight teachers are employed, well kept streets, good sidewalks, several well stocked stores, two large grain elevators, a num-ber of handsome residences, and the visitor to the town is impressed by the air of prosperity and commercial activity. In 1910 the population of Bradford was 770.

Historical info from Stark County, Illinois and Its People: A Record of Settle-ment Organization, Progress and Achievement (1916).

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Hartz Li’l Red Barn

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Bake Sale + Coffee, Jumble SaleYard Sale + Flea Market

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Tanner’s Orchard

Senachewine Creek Bridge

WEST JERSEY IS A GREAT PLACE TO START!In addition to the West Jersey Methodist Church’s annual Bake Sale, we’re featuring a Flea Market and Yard Sale at the town-ship pavilion this year. Be sure to make West Jersey the start or finish to your Stark County Fall Festival Drive!

HARTZ LI’L RED BARN @ ROUTE 17Make sure to make Hartz Lil Red Barn one of your Fall Festival stops this year! We’ll have all sorts of produce and bake goods available. Hayrack rides both Saturday and Sunday. Sit back for a leisurely tour of a working produce and flower farm, and enjoy the birds and butterflies flitting from flower to flower!

Located off Route 17 between Toulon and Wyoming, look for the sign!

TEDDY BEAR TROT 5K WALK/RUN/RIDEJoin us in Wyoming on Saturday on foot or on golf carts, bi-cycles, strollers, skateboards, unicycles, or pogo sticks! Spon-sored by Quality Cable. Hosted by Eagles Relay for Life Team, for those who we’ve lost to cancer, and those who are fighting!

ORWIG EVENT CENTER @ TOULONWe’re super-thankful to Joe and Karin Orwig of Orwig Auction and Event Center for organizing a great group of vendors and activities in Toulon this year!

They’re located on Route 17, just East of town (look for the signs!), so after you check out the Revolutionary War cannon (rifle) on the Toulon town square (be sure to stop in at our great Toulon businesses), head on over and plan to stay a while. There’ll be lots of family activities, a burnout competition (great way to get rid of those old snow tires!), lots of arts and craft vendors and great food options.

PAW PRINTS IN THE PARK @ WYOMINGBring your pet to the park (both days) and get its name and paw print immortalized on a tile for only $5.00. Finished tiles will be available in one week from Yer Kiln Me in Wyoming. Please make sure your pet is friendly and doesn’t mind people touching its feet!

Orwig Auction & Event Center

Note: All activities, vendors and events are sub-ject to change or cancellation at the last minute! Check our Facebook page for the latest updates.

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