What An Amazing Ox Roast!

We'd like to thank everyone who came out to the 56th Ox Roast Fair. Mother Nature gave us a steamy one with a few showers thrown in! Once again it’s amazing to see all who come & volunteer for our wonderful community event. Many positive comments are received about our Fair that should make everyone proud to be a part of it. The support of the local community is also a big part of the Ox Roast. We wholeheartedly appreciate those who were sponsors, donated items or services, purchased tradebooth space, or helped in any way.

ALL CHAIRPEOPLE are reminded to attend the
2019 Ox Roast Fair Wrap-up Meeting
Sunday, August 11th  ~  9:30 a.m. Hughes Hall
We will discuss how things went this year
& any suggestions/changes for 2020!!!!
If you are unable to attend, please email Cindy Olesh
your notes on how things went in your booth.
We need your feedback!

Appreciation
Although this list may not include each & every person's name, please rest assured that ALL efforts are recognized & greatly appreciated.

• ALL Chairpeople & Volunteers
• Cake Booth Bakers
• Raffle Ticket Sellers & Buyers
• Refrigerator & Stuffed Animal Donators
• Ken Zander (T-Shirt & mug designs & coloring book)
• Lakeside Sand & Gravel (EMS sponsorship, paving potholes)
• Oscar Brugmann Sand & Gravel (Main Stage sponsor)
• Scouts BSA Troop #575, Troop #7575& Cub Scout Pack #3575
• Crestwood Area Girl Scouts (4C’s Collection)
• K of C #3766 
• Sisterhood of St. Joseph & Men of St. Joseph
• Crestwood Youth Wrestling (Parking)
• OLPH’s Knights (Kettle Corn)
• Hermann’s Pickles (product donation)
• Master Builders (benches)
• Cambria (use of high top tables)
• Mantua Station Drug and Sisterhood of St. Joseph (Tri-Fold Printing Sponsors)
• Mug Sponsors (Oscar Brugmann Sand & Gravel,  Lakeside Sand & Gravel, Jake's Eats, Quality Car Care/Fishnet Motorsports, TL Service Center, Inc., Charles Auto Family, Thomas J. Pesarchick, DDS, Denny Herr & Sons Well Drilling, Carlton Harley-Davidson, Perfect Choice Auto Collision)
• Bike Blessing Sponsor (Mantua Corners Bar & Grille)
• Pull Sponsors (Fall & Stebbins Automotive, Inc., Ellerhorst Russell Insurance Agency, LLC, Skala Insurance Agency, LLC/Nationwide, Auburn Pipe & Plumbers Supply, Charles Auto Family, Penney's Auto Body, Ferrara Electric Corp., University Dental (Dr. Thomas Pesarchick), Central Petroleum Co., TL Service Center, Inc., AWL Transport DBA TLX, Patricia J. Smith, Attorney at Law, Cortland Banks, Kodash Excavating, Lakeside Sand & Gravel, Inc., Mantua Corner's Bar & Grille, Oscar Brugmann Sand & Gravel, Inc., Haylett's Corner Store, Breakaway Excursions, The Weekly Villager, Impressions Styling Studio, Aflac - Agent Lyle Tayerle, Backup Power Solutions, Geauga Excavating, Mike Ink Tattoo Studio)
• Entertainment Groups (Disco Inferno, Jungle Bob's Educational Traveling Zoo, Tyrone's Blues Sinsation, Vicious Cycle, Who's Charlie, 2 Guys, 12 Strings, Steve Howell, Matt & Melissa Minnick, Jayme)
• Tradebooth Vendors (Cutco Cutlery, Bath Fitter, Marshall Power Equipment, Erin's Home Decor & More, JR Luxury Bath, Soldier Solutions LLC, Nectar of the Vine, Ohio State Waterproofing, Breakaway Excursions LLC, Universal Windows Direct, Renewal by Andersen, Backup Power Solutions, Unique Home Solutions, Great Day Home Improvements, Buckeye Boilers, Wicks, LLC, The Dancing Puppets, Shelf Genie, WSTB - Sunday Oldies Jukebox, For Rednecks By Rednecks, Surprize Novelty, St. Joseph Church Info. (+ St. Joseph Cares, Pro-Life)

Winners All Around In 2019!

Main Raffle Winners
We thank all those who purchase & sold tickets & congratulate our Main Raffle winners!

3rd prize - Paddle & Dine Experience for 4 provided—Brian Perkins
2nd prize - $1,500.00—Steve Check
1st prize - $11,682.00 (raffle converted to 50/50 cash prize since ticket sales did not meet quota for 2019 Ford EcoSport)—Lakeside Sand & Gravel. Larry Kotkowski turns in hundreds of tickets, matching all the ticket sales from their employees & says that the prize money will be shared among all his employees. Thank you to Kepich Ford & Breakaway Excursions for our prizes.

$100.00 hourly prizes:  Camille Bichsel (Shalersville), Trey Graves (Mantua)-twice, Ray Stone (Shalersville), Diane Ruehr (Shalersville).

50-50 Raffle:  Fri.—Joe Postlethwaite (Rootstown) $559.50; Sat.—Derek Lowell (Hiram) $515.50; Sun.—Dale VanVoorhis (Hiram) $556.50.

T-Shirt Booth Raffle:  Strawberry Shortcake Doll—Ray Padeli & Toy Tractor—Terry Hart 

Booth/Area Decorating Contest
Congrats to the winner—the Hamburg/Hotdog Booth. New chairs Bob & Jessica Globokar and past chairs Lonn & Deb Safko (& family) embraced the hot weather with their tropical Tiki Bar theme. They received three main raffle tickets as a prize.Thank you to everyone for getting in the creative mood for the 56th!

St. Joseph's Ox Roast Fair Coloring Contest 2019
Thank you to all the contestants who entered this year's coloring contest held to introduce our third Ox Roast Fair coloring book, "Strange Tales of the Ox Roast Fair". We thank those who participated in the judging process. Congratulations to the following top finishers!

2-4 years > Matthew Kalman (4) Ox Roast Fair T-Shirt plus a free coloring book	4-6 years > Presley Sindelar (6) Ox Roast Fair T-Shirt plus a free coloring book
7-9 years > Izabel Szoka (9) Ox Roast Fair T-Shirt plus a free coloring book	10-12 years & Grand Prize: Kendall Clark (10) two all day ride bracelets, Ox Roast Fair T-Shirt plus two free coloring books

2019 Kiddie Tractor Pull Results
Participants peddled their hearts out!
(participation ribbons & trophies were awarded)
Thank you to members of the Mantua K of C Council #3766
& their helpers for putting on this fun event.
Congratulations to the winners:

Age 4 & 5
1st - Michael Sardich (5), Canfield
2nd - Nate Wright (5), Shalersville
3rd - Tristan Guzowski (5), Broadview Heights

 




Age 6 & 7
1st - Sam Sardich (7), Canfield
2nd - Franke Telbis (7), Pittsburgh
3rd - William Rose (6), Canton
 

Age 8 & 9
1st - Kamden Silvis (9), Streetsboro
2nd - T.J. Logan (9), Amherst
3rd - Alexander Valdez (8), Avon Lake
 

Frog Jumping Contest - Cancelled in 2019
Do to the extreme heat conditions, the Frog Jumping Contest was cancelled. We didn't want any of God's creations suffering so everyone was asked to please keep their frogs at home.

Good Stewards
Members of several Girl Scout Troops of the Crestwood School District & other volunteers collected a vehicle full of canned goods to help stock the shelves of the 4C's, Mantua's food cupboard. Thanks to these young ladies, a very valuable community service project continues.

Our leftover food products that could not be returned to suppliers is donated each year. This year these items included beef, pierogies, shredded/sliced cheese, apples, spring/iceberg lettuce, shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, lemons, cantaloupe, watermelon, cucumbers, carrots, hot dog buns, Kaiser buns, hamburger buns, sausage rolls, Texas toast, sour cream, potato & macaroni salad. We also froze some beef & other items to be used for upcoming Free Community Meals. It’s wonderful to be able to reach out to those in need.

Did You Know?
The Sisterhood of St. Joseph made orange & pink ribbons to support Loretta Brugmann in her cancer battle. Her daughters helped fill the announcing void in her absence. Her granddaughters ran in the Run of the Ox 5K supporting her with special shirts.
Radio station WSTB 88.9 was here helping with announcing when Lori Duriak & Debbie Bailey were busy doing other things. This is the Streetsboro High School radio station that students man during the week & other DJ volunteers handle on Sunday with a Sunday Oldies Jukebox format (listen for our own Guy Zumpetta, aka “Guy Z”). Thank you for your support!