Ashland Times Gazette
ASHLAND Rotary Club of Ashland and the City of Ashland again played host to this year s Fourth of July fireworks event near Community Stadium, capping off a holiday weekend in the area that also included the Push em Pull em Parade along Ashland s Center Street and the Loudonville Car Show.
The Rotary Club has participated and fostered the firework showcase for over 40 years, along with the city s assistance. All funds for the fireworks were raised by the Rotary Club, sponsors and private donations.
The club raised $15,000 to pay for the fireworks provided by Pyrotecnico Fireworks based in Pennsylvania, marking the second year of partnership with the city.
Ashland Times Gazette
LOUDONVILLE A record turnout estimated at around 700 vehicles packed downtown streets Saturday at the 21st Loudonville Car Show.
“We had well over 400 registered with vehicles still coming in,” Valerie Spreng, executive director of the sponsoring Loudonville-Mohican Chamber of Commerce, said about 10:30 a.m. Saturday, “and our guess is that well over 200 cars are here that did not register.”
Spreng also said that “cars were parked clear to the fire house on North Market Street, down Wood Street to Bustle Street, in the Budd School parking lot, and filling the parking lot at the Snyder Funeral Home, more today than I can remember ever.”