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Zanesville Special Olympics Tigers triumphed 2026 Secrest

against ZFD in annual matchup BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ Summer

Concert

Series

announced

BY LYNETTE DOTSON | THE BUZZ
This year’s Secrest Summer Concert
Series headlining bands include Use
Your Illusion (Guns n’ Roses Tribute)
on June 11, Battery (Metallica Tribute)
on June 18, Kiss Army (Kiss Tribute)
on June 25, Madman’s Diary (Ozzy
Osbourne Tribute) on July 9, North to
Nashville (Ohio Based Country Music
Band) on July 16, and Thunderstruck
(AC/DC Tribute) on July 23.
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OCTOBER 20 - NOVEMBER 3, 2023 Opening bands will be Big Bad
Stache, June 11; Art Motel, June 18;
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Tongo Rad, June 25; Falling Under, July
9; Up to No Good, July 16; and Appala-
chian Outlaws, July 23.
All concerts are free and will be
held at Zane’s Landing Park Thursday
nights during the months of June and
Visit Our
Visit Our
July. Everyone is asked to bring a lawn
chair. Moving the concerts to Zane’s
Landing Park is a temporary reloca-
Campus!
Campus!
tion while renovations at Secrest Audi-
torium are ongoing.
DJ Adonis will kick off each evening
of music at 5:00 p.m. before the open-
ing act hits the stage at 6:00 p.m., and
zanestate.edu/visit
the headlining bands perform at 7:30
p.m.
A shuttle service will be provided
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from downtown. Food trucks and a
beer garden will be on site.
TVHS Athletic Hall of Fame Class of Presenting sponsors for the event
Country
Mikey Hayes for the Tigers made a jump pass to avoid the ZFD defender. Matthew Dotson
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2023 inducted ARTICLE ON A3 Crossroads
Bookmobile reintroduced to make library Education of
materials more accessible to Muskingum Yesterday hosts

communities BY LYNETTE DOTSON | THE BUZZ 19th annual Farm

Show by Lynette Dotson
After an over 40-year hiatus, the
Muskingum County Library System It’s that time of the year again! The
bookmobile is back! The Outreach Country Crossroads Education of Yester-
Department for the MCLS will be day Farm Show has been educating lo-
able to better serve smaller commu- cal youth and families about how farm-
nities that don’t have a permanent ing was done in the past for nearly two
library building nearby, giving access decades. This year’s show will be held
to the library’s expansive selection on Saturday, October 21st from 10 a.m.
of materials to an even broader au- to 5 p.m., and Sunday, October 22nd
dience. from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 3685 Cass
Irish Ridge Road, Dresden (intersections
“We found once again that our of SR 16 & 60).
community is having a hard time The Moore family including siblings
making it to the library. And we’re Kendra Moore-Hindel and Jeff Moore
seeing that there’s a need for our have continued the event that was their
resources throughout the communi- father, the late Kenny Moore Jr.’s vi-
ty. So, the most obvious solution to sion. He had a passion for teaching area
us was to start bringing the library youth about farming and loved tractors,
back out to the community again,” trains, and old equipment.
explained Outreach Manager Joshua “The community amazes me on
McPeek. their continued support and we are
Marketing & Community Relations Director Sean Fennell and Outreach Manager Joshua
Tri-Valley Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2023 pictured from left to right: Collin Prouty, Jade Hawkins Hilliard, Marcus Dempsey, Kim Waaland. blessed to continue our father’s dream
The bookmobile will make its of-
Dan Vincent McPeek stand with the brand new MCLS Bookmobile. Lynette Dotson and visions. 19 years strong. Next year
ficial debut on April 13th, when it
by Gregg Meadows will be our 20th annual farm show
will be used for a visit to the James events throughout the year, like the of materials to smaller communities
Singer Center for an outreach stop. Summer Reading Kick Off events at for a long time in a regular van that and hopefully my nieces and nephews
Since its inception 57 years ago in
have been exceptional. These Tri-Valley pus – the 15th class of the Tri-Valley
will continue on in their grandfather’s
the fall of 1966 – when three school all of the branches, the Muskingum was not outfitted for the task, but
From there, the plan is to have the graduates are the ones who have helped High School Athletic Hall of Fame was dream,” explained Hindel.
systems came together as one to form County Fair, the Reading Festival in still made a huge impact on those
mobile library in use at least four form Tri-Valley’s rich athletic tradition recognized, inducted, and celebrated, There is so much fun to be had at
and written its storied past.
the Tri-Valley school district – there have the fall, and others. who used it. the Education of Yesterday Farm Show.
prior to the kickoff of the scheduled TV
days a week, Monday through Thurs-
been hundreds of Scottie student-ath- On Friday night, Oct. 6 – in front of vs Philo football game, bringing the to- The Captain Bryant Grist Mill will be
day. In addition, the bookmobile will The Outreach Services Department “We have seen, year after year,
letes compete in interscholastic com- a jam-packed house at Jack Anderson tal number of inductees of Scottie ath- open with a large farm toy display on the
be stopping in at several community has been bringing a small selection outreach going into these neighbor-
petition whose sustained performances Stadium in Dresden on the TVHS cam- letic giants to 60. second and third floors, live equipment
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