Tuscarawas County roundup: News from the Dover-New Philadelphia region

Fort Laurens to present Revolutionary War reenactment

BOLIVAR – Ohio’s only Revolutionary War-era fort, Fort Laurens, will host its 48th annual Revolutionary War Reenactment from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 16.

The event includes a variety of demonstrations on 18th-century cooking, medicine, skirmish and artillery, as well as interactions with those portraying Colonial and British soldiers of the era. Food, merchandise vendors, musical entertainment and kids activities also are featured.

Admission is $10 for adults and free for children 12 and younger, with all proceeds going to the preservation and educational efforts of Fort Laurens. Museum access is included in the ticket price.

For more information, visit www.fortlaurensmuseum.org or by calling 330-874-2059.

Dover Farmers Market begins Thursday

DOVER – The city’s farmers market begins Thursday and ends Sept. 28. The hours are from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. every Thursday at Dover City Park near Field No. 1. Local gardeners are encouraged to bring home-grown produce, flowers, plants, fruits and berries, honey, home-made jams and jellies (properly label with name, address, and phone number of person who made the product).

Items are not permitted to be sold at the market include cream-filled pies, custard pies, pumpkin pies, processed fresh or frozen meats, home-canned food items, craft items, and live animals. City personnel who monitor the market will ask the vendor to remove items listed above from their display.

Vendors and shoppers will have access to the park restrooms, drinking fountains and grass.

Display tables and electricity are not provided. There is no set-up charge at the market and registration is not required. For more information, contact the mayor’s office at 330-343-6726.

Program planned about fracking

DOVER – Retired research chemist and teacher Randi Pokladnik will present a program called "How Fracking will harm Ohio's Parks and Forests" in the Dover Public Library’s community room, 525 N. Walnut St., at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. She will talk about all the ways that fracking in or near Ohio’s state parks and forests will harm these ecosystems. According to her research, fracking will have negative effects on many aspects of the area: the surface water, trees and plants, wildlife, fish and the daily functioning of surrounding communities.

On Jan. 6, Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 507, which requires state agencies in Ohio to lease agency-owned or controlled oil and gas resources for development. This bill allows oil and gas companies to nominate land parcels within citizen-owned state parks and forests to obtain fracking leases.

Pokladnik has an associate degree in environmental engineering, a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and a master’s degree and Ph.D. in environmental studies. Register at www.doverlibrary.org/events or call the library at 330-343-6123.

Kids Day at farmers market Wednesday

DOVER – The Tuscarawas Valley Farmers Market in partnership with the Commercial & Savings Bank will host a Kids Day from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Tuscarawas County Fairgrounds. The producers-only market is made up of local vendors from within 50 miles of the Dover/New Philadelphia area offering a variety of products.

Staff members from the Commercial & Savings Bank will offer various kids activities at their table, including a scavenger hunt with prizes, a Find the Pig game, where kids will try to find one of five piggy banks filled with goodies hidden somewhere at the market, and free caricatures by Greg Scott.

The Three Lil Piggies BBQ food truck will be on-site, a pickling and fermentation demonstration will be held at 5 p.m. inside the Clover Café, and the band Potluck will perform from 5 to 7 p.m.

'Stories on the Steps' presented on Friday

DOVER – The Dover Public Library and the Reeves Victorian Home and Carriage House Museum will present “Stories on the Steps” on Friday on the Reeves Museum lawn, 325 E. Iron Ave. The event will feature Sheriff Orvis Campbell and renowned mystery author Linda Castillo. Campbell will speak at 5 p.m. about his life as sheriff of Tuscarawas County. At 6 p.m. local radio celebrity Bob Scanlon will interview Castillo about her new book, “An Evil Heart,” the latest in the Kate Burkholder series.

Bring lawn chairs or blankets. Register at www.doverlibrary.org/events or call the library at 330-343-6123.

Minerva Chamber Rodeo is Saturday

MINERVA − The sixth annual Minerva Chamber Rodeo will be Saturday at Municipal Park.

Children’s activities will begin at 3 p.m. Kids’ rodeo events will begin in the arena, with stick-horse races and preliminaries for mutton busting, in which children weighing 50 pounds or less compete to see who can stay on the back of a sheep the longest. Helmets and vests will be provided.

The rodeo, presented by Buckeye Rodeo Company, begins at 7 p.m. In addition to bull riding, bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc riding, calf roping, team roping, steer wrestling, barrel racing, and breakaway roping, the mutton busting finals and the calf scramble for kids will take place.Tony Rio and Relentless will perform at 9 p.m. and a beer garden will be available throughout the day.

Buy presale tickets through Friday at Kishman’s IGA in Minerva and Malvern, Loudon Motors Ford, Gionino’s Pizzeria in Minerva, the Minerva Area YMCA, Consumers National Bank Minerva Branch, Huebner Chevrolet/Subaru, and the Minerva Area Chamber of Commerce, or on minervarodeo23.eventbrite.com. Presale tickets are $12 for 12 and older, $7 for ages 6-11, and free for 5 and younger. At the gate, tickets will be $15 and $10.

For more information, contact the Minerva Chamber office at 330-868-7979 or denise.freeland@minervachamber.org.

Animal encounters at library

NEW PHILADELPHIA – The Tuscarawas County Public Library System’s animal encounters series continues this month in Sugarcreek and at the main library.

July 14, 2 p.m.: A representative from Ohio Bird Sanctuary will share a presentation about birds of prey at the Sugarcreek Fire Department Pavilion, 152 N. Broadway.

July 21, 1 to 2 p.m.: Meet Ohio Wildlife Center animal ambassadors at the Main Library, 121 Fair Ave. NW, for a presentation on native Ohio animals.

This article originally appeared on The Times-Reporter: Tuscarawas County roundup: News from the Dover-New Philadelphia region