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Visit Zanesville’s inaugural Y-Bridge Irish Dash event

held downtown BY LYNETTE DOTSON | THE BUZZ

Runners cross the start line in the first-ever Y-Bridge Irish Dash held by Visit Zanesville-Muskingum County. Harley Dalton,III, Dennis Matheny, Karee Stemm, and Steven Greene are among
those leading the pack at the in the first seconds of the race. Lynette Dotson
The much-anticipated Y-Bridge pete with three top ten placements Sponsors for the event included
Irish Dash debuted on March 14, overall. The top three finishers for Advanced Heating and Cooling Ser-
2026, in front of Muddy Miser’s with the women were Paige Long (29) vices Inc., Genesis Healthcare Sys-
a strong turnout of around 300 par- of Zanesville, who put up a time of tem, Advanced Electric Services,
ticipants who signed up for either 21:31.7 (6th place overall); Kirstyn Dutro Downtown Zanesville, APG
run/walk. The event brought two time of 21:44.7 (7th place overall); North Valley Bank, and Valerie Ann’s New Puzzles
the timed 5K run or the 1-mile fun Moyers (30) of Lockbourne, with her Architects, CarNation Auto Sales,

out-of-state visitors and over 100 and Callie Hansgen (29) of Zanes- Boutique.
from outside the county. Visit Zanes- ville, who crossed the finish line with Go to VisitZanesville.com for up- EVERY ISSUE!
ville-Muskingum County hosted the a time of 22:28.0 (10th place over- coming event information.
event, which was timed by Musking- all).
um Multisports. Although the 29-year-olds nearly
The St. Patrick’s Day-themed event dominated in both groups, some im-
brought runners through downtown pressive times were also earned by
Zanesville, introducing the famous runners Marshall Flynn (25 – Colum-
Y-Bridge to all who came from out bus – 4th place overall), Coen Fink
of town. Green beer was available (20 – Zanesville – 5th place overall),
after the race for those 21 and old- Ryan Long (28 – Zanesville – 8th
er. Awards were presented to the top place overall), and Steven Greene
three overall male and female finish- (24 – Columbus – 9th place overall).
ers in the 5K race. The youngest 5K participant was
For the men, the top three finish- 5-year-old T. Morris from Cambridge,
ers were Scott Davies (54) of Logan, and the oldest was 78-year-old Joe
with a finish time of 19:40.9; Josh Schaumleffel.
Martin (29) of Columbus, with his Proceeds from the event go to-
time of 20:11.1; and Matthew Stur- wards the betterment of seasonal
gill (29) of Zanesville, who clocked in events in Muskingum County, includ-
at 20:50.9. ing those that support local busi-
The women showed up to com- nesses and downtown Zanesville.

Families enjoyed dashing across the start line in the fun run. Lynette Dotson

January 2026 Grants

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• Frazeysburg Volunteer Fire • Roseville Volunteer Fire Department;
Department; $41,091.15; $45,500.00; firefighting equipment
firefighting equipment; • Scouting America; $61,268.00;
• Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland; camp upgrades
$20,000.00; lighting upgrade • Tri-Valley Bowling Boosters;
• Harrison Township Fire Department; $22,254.89; concession stand
$62,000.00; firefighting equipment upgrade
• Muskingum County Specialty • Tri-Valley Youth League Softball;
Dockets Court; $25,000.00; $75,000.00; fencing;
emergency funds • TruLight Ministries; $73,300.00;
• Muskingum Valley Family YMCA; second floor renovation
$30,000.00; teen space • Village of South Zanesville;
• NAMI 6 County; $17,000.00; $43,300.00; pickle ball courts
programming needs Accredited educational institu-
• Ohio State Parks Foundation; tions, governmental entities, or 501-
$45,000.00; equine area upgrade c-3 nonprofit organizations inter-
• PAWS of Muskingum County;
$40,000.00; spay and neuter ested in applying for Straker grants
services should consult the website (www.
• Perry Township Fire Department; strakefoundation.org) for updates.
$58,267.79; firefighting equipment