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NOVEMBER 29 - DECEMBER 12, 2024 HOLIDAY GUIDE | PAGE 13
Timber Run Gardens holds annual Night of Lights event

by Lynette Dotson
Timber Run Gardens, located at 4350 the way til we shut down
West Pike Zanesville, held their annual in mid January. We open
Night of Lights earlier this month. The back up in the spring,”
event allowed the public to get decorat- said employee Amanda
ing ideas, enjoy some refreshments and Schoop.
browse the latest holiday decor and se- In addition to the pre-
lection of Christmas trees. made items for sale,
“We started doing it as a promotion Timber Run Gardens also
and it was very successful. It brought does custom orders for
the community together and got every- certain items like grave
one into the holiday spirit,” said Steve blankets and mounds.
Carter, the owner of Timber Run Gar- The business also offers
dens. landscaping year-round.
The shop was decorated beautifully Timber Run Gardens
from floor to ceiling and featured a is open Monday through
wide selection of artificial and cut trees, Friday from 8:00 a.m. to
poinsettias, Christmas cacti, amaryllis, 5:00 p.m., Saturday from
cyclamen Norfolk pine trees, rosemary 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
trees, ornaments, wreaths, decor and and Sunday 11:00 a.m.
more. to 4:00 p.m. You can find
“We have artificial trees inside and them on Facebook and at
real trees outside with sizes ranging timberrungardens.com.
from 7 to 9 feet and 9 to 12 feet,” ex- For questions or to place
plained Schoop. a custom order call (740)
“We start putting the trees up after 454-0293.
the fall sale in September and it runs all

Local artist Ron Cole debuts 2024 Zanesville Holiday Painting

by Lynette Dotson
For the past eight years or so artist “This was a classic period for down- permit traversing vessels. The mills, also available. While there you can also
Ron Cole has been creating a Zanesville town Zanesville, after the 1913 flood. power station, and water tower did not browse his extensive collection of art in-
holiday painting and uses his artwork The Y-Bridge had been uncovered and long last into history. The Christmas dec- spired by history.
to create Christmas cards and prints. electrified, but the trollies still shared orations I’ve depicted on the bridge are A specially framed 40 by 60 inch
This year’s design showcases a team of the bridge with motor traffic. The east- actually correct for the City of Zanesville Y-Bridge Zanesville Ohio Budweiser
Budweiser Clydesdales pulling a wagon ern span onto Main Street was broken in 1933,” Cole explains. Clydesdales c. 1933 has been donated
across Zanesville’s Y-Bridge as it would by a vast elevator over the canal that “The Budweiser Clydesdale horses to the Zanesville-Muskingum County
have looked in the 1930s. raised the entire street into the sky to came to the Y-Bridge over the sum- Chamber of Commerce to be auctioned
mer, and my wife said what you should during their Festival of Trees which will
do for your Festival of Trees piece this be held on Friday, December 6th from
year should be the Clydesdales on the 9 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Zanesville-
Y-Bridge and I thought that would be Muskingum County Welcome Center.
fabulous and I like to backdate every- A viewing will take place ahead of the
thing I like to try to show the history auction on Wednesday, December 4th
of downtown Zanesville. They haven’t from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.. The auc-
changed at all, that whole concept was tion will be able to be heard on AM1240.
created in 1933 with the end of the pro- Bidders may call 740-450-1990 during
hibition, what a brilliant marketing con- the auction to place their bid. For more
cept to put a team of horses together information visit zmchamber.com.
and deliver free Budweiser to all of the
American politicians who had supported
the repeal of prohibition starting with
FDR at the White House and they went
all across the country with that team of
horses and what is also amazing is that
the tack, the horses, the setup hasn’t Made with 100%%
changed since 1933.”
A five pack of Christmas cards with
the 2024 design can be purchased at local news.
Ron Cole pictured with his 2024 holiday painting. submitted roncole.net. Prints in larger sizes are

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