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WEST POINT -- The West Point Lions Club, which serves Madison Township, will be hosting its first community day event at the Columbiana County Airport Sept. 30.
The event, which is free to attend, will feature Tim Brookes who will speak on Morgan's Raid, Johnny Appleseed who will speak about Appleseed History, a singing performance from The Keller Children from Lisbon, a cornhole tournament, a car/truck/tractor/motorcycle show with awards, food and craft vendors, fire trucks, ambulances, rescue vehicles, cotton candy, popcorn, antique planes with speakers to discuss the planes, community information tables, a raffle for a Blackstone table top grill and a raffle for a $300 gift card for Pondi's Restaurant, a 50/50 drawing, a Chinese auction kid's games with prizes and visits from Lilac and Leo Lions.
The kid's games include ring toss, spoon and egg race, duck pond, limbo, pin the tail on the lion and a three-legged race.
There is no need to pre-register for the car show or the corn hole tournament.
The Lions Club is seeking crafters who are interested in setting up at the event. There is a $30 fee for vendors. The fees will go back into the community. While there is no deadline to register, vendors will need to pre-register to set up for the event.
Donations for the Chinese Auction are being sought as well.
Violet Mellon, Lions Club secretary and event organizer, said the decision to hold the event at the airport was due to the Lions Club donating time to the airport which is located in the area they serve. Lions Club members have helped paint offices at the airport and assisted with the Wings and Wheels fundraiser.
"Jim Pusateri (airport board of directors president) said he would be glad for us to have an event there," Mellon said. "We wanted something that is open to the public. Anybody can come but it's basically for Columbiana County."
Mellon said if the event goes well, she would like to see it become a yearly event that they could add onto each year.
"The big thing is getting the community out, that is our big goal," Mellon said. "It's not really a profit thing, it's more of an event to get the community out because we are in West Point and it's so small. I thought this would be a nice time to get Lisbon, West Point, East Liverpool, Calcutta and communities from all over the county to just be able to come in and come to an event together."
Crafters interested in setting up for the event and anyone wishing to contribute an item for the Chinese auction should contact Mellon at 330-424-9220.
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