Cumberland News

Upcoming Events

•A Red Cross Blood Drive will be from 2 to 7 p.m. Sept. 1 at the Buffalo Presbyterian Church.

•Vallege Grange 1586 will meet at 1 p.m. Monday at Theo’s Restaurant in Cambridge.

••The 25th annual Freeland Valley Antique Power Show will be July 29 to 31 at Delmare Warne Field. There will be various displays of antique tractors, gas engines and farm machinery along with flea markets and food.

A kids pedal pull will be at 4 p.m. Friday and a garden tractor pull will be at 6 p.m. The kids pedal pull will be at 4 p.m. again Saturday and Up 2 No Good will play at 7 p.m. A church service with the Rev. Keith Taylor and music by the Green Valley Pickers will be at 9 a.m. Sunday with a kids pedal pull at 2 p.m. and an auction of club owned items at 4 p.m.

••Ark Spring Baptist Church will not have services July 31 so members may attend the 9 a.m. church service at the Freeland Valley Antique Power Club Show and Aug. 7 so the congregation may go to the 10 a.m. Chandlersville Homecoming worship service.

•Cumberland Village Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 1 in the village building.

•The Southeastern Ohio Joint Solid Waste Management District recycling trailer will be available Aug. 2 and 3 at the Spencer Township Building on Mill Street. The trailer is for recyclable materials only and availability is subject to change.

•Euchre games are 7 to 9 p.m. every Thursday at the Chandlersville Community Building on Ohio 146.

•A Heritage Day picnic will be at 4 p.m. Aug. 21 at High Hill Presbyterian Church. There will be a church service with area choirs and music, homemade ice cream, games for all ages and other activities.

••The annual Chandlersville Homecoming will be Aug. 5 to 7. Double Cut will play at 6 p.m. that Friday with remembrance lanterns lit at dark. Saturday events are a 5K run, pedal tractor pull, parade at 5 p.m., square dance with Up 2 No Good playing, a chicken barbecue and frozen T-shirt contest. Sunday will have a 10 a.m. church service and baked steak dinner.

Cumberland correspondent John E. LePage Jr. can be contacted at 740-638-4772 or jelepagejr@windstream.net.