FACES OF NORTH RIDGEVILLE
Greatness of a Community Meet residents who are dedicated to making a difference. By Linda Feagler
Wayne Fox
Owner, Fox’s Fired-Up Flags & Furniture ther’s and father-in-law’s military service. After he posted photos of them on Facebook, word spread and requests for orders poured in. The craftsman, who’s also a bus driver for North Ridgeville City Schools, decided the time had come to launch Fox’s Fired-Up Flags & Furniture. He prides himself on making each of his wooden wonders unique. Some flags are shaped like the state of Ohio. Others feature monikers of Cleveland sports teams or are emblazoned with military details. Fox also crafts home decor items that includes coffee tables, signs and farmhouse computer desks, as well as benches his customers order to memorialize beloved family members, friends and pets. ”Everyone has a story to tell,” Fox says. “There’s nothing I love more than telling them in special ways through the pieces I am making for them.”
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DURING THE FALL OF 2018, while searching the web for a Christmas present for his dad, Wayne Fox discovered a site that sold wooden flags. Instead of buying one, Fox wondered if he could fashion one himself. “The last time I made anything was in my sixth-grade shop class,” he says, adding that to get his wife, Paula, on board with the idea, he promised to make one for her dad, too. Fox made room in his cluttered garage to cut the wood. He stained and did the necessary blowtorch work in the kitchen. “The day came when I had 26 stripes — enough for two flags — drying on the kitchen and dining room tables. Paula looked at them, paused, and asked, ‘Can you make one for my mom, too?” Fox made three flags that year, adding personal touches to honor his fa-
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