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October 17, 2013

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News - Norwood - Not even the Toronto Maple Leafs draw crowds like the Norwood Fair. A record-breaking crowd of 21,145 people streamed through the gates on Saturday alone to kick off a spectacular 145th edition of the fabled three-day Thanksgiving weekend agricultural celebration. That’s a good 2,000 more than the Leafs pull into their tony arena which lacks, by a considerable margin, the down-home, welcoming spirit that infuses the Norwood Fair and its sparkling grounds. It’s that sort of warmth, and the assurance that the Agricultural Society doesn’t stray too far from its founding traditions while leaving room to explore the modern world and the impact it has had on rural Ontario, that draws visitors back year upon year. The fair embraces the modern world while celebrating its pioneer roots and continues to find innovative ways to balance history and tradition with a swiftly changing twenty-first century. This year’s theme “from pioneer days to modern ways” epitomizes that, Agricultural Society president Ed Walsh says. Communication is “very high on [our] list of priorities,” Walsh says. That’s evident in the fair’s successful foray into Facebook, Twitter and the development of its own app and the professional survey and economic impact study commissioned last year. The fair, says Walsh, now has “all kinds of ways” to communicate with the general public and the public likewise has multiple platforms from which they can contact the fair. The survey indicated that 66 per cent of fairgoers have been coming to

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Gracein Sedgwick competes in the Future Dairy Farmers under six division during the 145th Norwood Thanksgiving Weekend Fair. Photo: Bill Freeman

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and Sharpe’s Food Market. From the official weigh-in to the heaviest pumpkin to arranging the entries in their categories, the event attracted quite a crowd on Thanksgiving weekend. “Last year we had really small pumpkins and I guess some seeds grew bigger but we’re not really

quite sure how this happened,” said 11-year-old Jamie Sheridan, who entered a 150-pound pumpkin that won first prize. Her brother Noah entered a pumpkin weighing 132 pounds and it took second place. He also won first prize for “individual scarecrow” and “largest sunflower

head.” “It’s fun to do this kind of stuff,” said Jamie, while her brother said, “It’s good because you win money.” Susanne Osterlee won first prize in the painted pumpkin category, but didn’t want her picture taken. She also took

first in the decorated pumpkin category, that was the penguin, third for her carved pumpkin, second for her scarecrow, all in the age 14 and over category. Jesse Spencer, “almost five years old,” won first prize for his decorated pumpkin, ages three to Continued on page 5

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