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DRESDEN | FRAZEYSBURG | ZANESVILLE | SOUTH ZANESVILLE | NEW CONCORD | ADAMSVILLE | PHILO | ROSEVILLE
TVHS Athletic Hall of Fame Class of
2023 inducted
Custom Vehicles of Zanesville owner Darryl Mast and his family pictured after a ribbon cutting ceremony held in celebration of the business’s 50th
anniversary. Lynette Dotson
Frazeysburg Presbyterian Church holds
150th anniversary celebration
BY LYNETTE DOTSON | THE BUZZ
The Frazeysburg Presbyterian
Church located at 10905 West Car-
lisle Road in Frazeysburg, celebrated
150 years during a special service
and fellowship on April 12. Musical
guest Pure Heart performed during
the service, and afterward, a lunch
was served in the church’s social
hall, Preston Hall, where pictures
and church memorabilia were on
display recounting the church’s rich
history.
“You know, I, in my intro for today’s
service, I wrote that really the church
was formed by community mem-
bers that wanted another place to
worship. And it was just local fami-
lies, and I feel like that has held the
church together throughout its histo-
Tri-Valley Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2023 pictured from left to right: Collin Prouty, Jade Hawkins Hilliard, Marcus Dempsey, Kim Waaland.
ry because we’re still local families
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that embrace each other, embrace
by Gregg Meadows
the community, embrace our neigh-
Since its inception 57 years ago in
bors, follow God’s word to love him, have been exceptional. These Tri-Valley pus – the 15th class of the Tri-Valley ry. The event will also have an Ameri-
the fall of 1966 – when three school graduates are the ones who have helped High School Athletic Hall of Fame was ca 250 theme this year.
love our neighbors, and love one an-
systems came together as one to form form Tri-Valley’s rich athletic tradition recognized, inducted, and celebrated,
other,” said Kim Lawler, the session
the Tri-Valley school district – there have and written its storied past. prior to the kickoff of the scheduled TV nationalroadandzanegreymuseum.
leader for the church.
On Friday night, Oct. 6 – in front of vs Philo football game, bringing the to- org.
been hundreds of Scottie student-ath- Frazeysburg Presbyterian Church’s Session gathered for a photo on the church steps just minutes
Presbyterian
The
Frazeysburg
a jam-packed house at Jack Anderson tal number of inductees of Scottie ath-
letes compete in interscholastic com- before a special service celebrating 150 years as a church. Session members are Kim Lawler, Donna
Church was established in 1876, Fulton, Mike Wisecarver, Sue Lawler, Fred Bennett, and David McCann.
Stadium in Dresden on the TVHS cam-
petition whose sustained performances
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Becky Vansickle
looking forward
BY LYNETTE DOTSON | THE BUZZ to retirement
after 44 years in
banking
BY LYNETTE DOTSON | THE BUZZ
Becky Vansickle announced her re-
tirement from The Community Bank
in March. She has been serving as the
office manager for the Frazeysburg
Community Bank, working there since
they opened an office in Frazeysburg
17 years ago.
She has had a long career in bank-
ing that started in 1982 with a differ-
ent bank. A friend of hers knew she
was looking for work, and that friend
told her dad, who worked at the bank,
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about Vansickle needing a job. He sug-
gested she apply where he worked.
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After initially turning her down, they
reconsidered and called her in for an
interview. She eventually found her
way to The Community Bank.
“When The Community Bank bought
this office, some of the previous
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co-workers that I had worked with be-
fore had already moved over to Com-
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munity Bank, and they contacted me
and said, ‘Hey, the community’s buy-
ing the Frazeysburg office, why don’t
you apply for that?’ So I did, and here I
am,” Vansickle said.
Over the years, Vansickle has been
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very involved in both the Dresden and
Frazeysburg communities as an active
member of the Dresden Community
Association, a Leo Club advisor for the
Lions Club in Frazeysburg, a member
of the Frazeysburg Revitalization Asso-
Country
ciation, and previously she served two
Crossroads
terms on the board for Muskingum’s
Soil and Water Conservation District.
Education of
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Yesterday hosts
19th annual Farm
Zane Grey
Show by Lynette Dotson
Family Day
It’s that time of the year again! The
to be held
Country Crossroads Education of Yester-
day Farm Show has been educating lo-
cal youth and families about how farm-
April 25
ing was done in the past for nearly two
decades. This year’s show will be held
BY LYNETTE DOTSON | THE BUZZ
on Saturday, October 21st from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m., and Sunday, October 22nd
Zane Grey Family Day will be held at
from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 3685 Cass
the National Road/Zane Grey Museum
Irish Ridge Road, Dresden (intersections
located at 8850 East Pike, Norwich on
of SR 16 & 60).
Saturday, April 25 from 10:00 a.m. un-
The Moore family including siblings
til 4:00 p.m.
Kendra Moore-Hindel and Jeff Moore
have continued the event that was their
Get ready for a day of fun for the en-
father, the late Kenny Moore Jr.’s vi-
tire family! Admission to the museum
sion. He had a passion for teaching area
is free. The Ohio Village Muffins will
youth about farming and loved tractors,
play a vintage baseball game at 2:00
trains, and old equipment.
p.m. on the front lawn. Additionally,
“The community amazes me on
there will be classic cars, food trucks,
their continued support and we are
vendors, and America 250 kids’ crafts
blessed to continue our father’s dream
planned for the day.
and visions. 19 years strong. Next year
Wear your red, white, and blue in cel-
will be our 20th annual farm show
ebration of America’s 250 anniversa-
and hopefully my nieces and nephews
will continue on in their grandfather’s
dream,” explained Hindel.
For more information, visit
There is so much fun to be had at
the Education of Yesterday Farm Show.
The Captain Bryant Grist Mill will be
Lynette Dotson open with a large farm toy display on the
letic giants to 60.
second and third floors, live equipment
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