Football Drop Raises Funds For AW Spirit Of Giving
BY KAREN BERGER — MIRROR REPORTER
Purchasing a small football for $5.00 at Anthony Wayne home football games will give one lucky winner $500 in spending money – and benefit the Anthony Wayne Spirit of Giving.
During the September 25, October 2 and October 16 games, volunteers will sell the footballs, each of which will have a number, said Jen Naujock, high school teacher and Spirit of Giving supporter.
Then, during halftime of the October 16 game, all of the footballs will be raised up above the field with a truck ladder and dropped onto a target.
The closest to the target wins $500. The second prize is a $350 Whitehouse Chamber of Commerce prize pack that includes gift cards and merchandise from area businesses. Third place is a family sports pass (two adults and two children) to all Anthony Wayne athletic events for the remainder of this year or starting next year.
Anthony Wayne Spirit of Giving helps area families who are suffering from a catastrophic medical event. Each year the organization adopts at least one family to provide services to help them through difficult times.
For information, visit www.awspiritofgiving.com.

Music, Games, Businesses And Parade Part Of Roche de Boeuf Lineup
BY KAREN BERGER — MIRROR REPORTER
Thousands of ducks, hundreds of cars, dozens of parade entries and three stages filled with music, dancing and entertainment will fill the streets of Waterville on Saturday during the 36th annual Roche de Boeuf Festival.
Festivities begin Friday at 6:00 p.m. for a street party on North Third Street, sponsored by Waterville Rotary. Beer, pop, margaritas and food will be available, and the band Common Creed will perform until midnight.
Proceeds fund the $2,000 in scholarships that Waterville Rotary distributes to area high school seniors each year, said president Tim Oser.
The Rotary will also have a booth at the festival on Saturday, selling ducks for $1.00 to participate in the duck float in the Maumee River at 4:00 p.m. The owner of the first duck to cross the line wins $500. Second- and third-place winners will receive $250 and $100, respectively.
The Rotary will also collect canned and boxed foods for the Whitehouse food pantry at its booth and during the parade.
The parade begins at 10:00 a.m. from the corner of North Street and River Road, heading south on River Road to Waterworks Park.
Third Street on both sides will be lined with vendors – including a special juried art section – from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Three stages will be jammed with entertainment. At stage one, located at Farnsworth and Third, Elvis impersonator Robert Rosencrantz, Kerry Patric Clark and Common Creed will perform. Stage two, at the corner of Farnsworth and Second, will feature performing arts. And at stage three, at the corner of Third and South, DJ George Offenburg will crank out the oldies.
Cars, trucks and monster trucks will fill the parking lot at South and Third streets for car show. Across the street, a beer garden for adults only will offer a place to rest and relax.
Kids’ activities include midway games, a carnival, inflatables and free activities from Zion Lutheran Church members in the church parking lot.
In the old Waterville school, Bountiful Arts Studio will offer tours of its drawing, painting and pottery studios.
The Waterville Historical Society has several activities at the Robbins and Sargent House Museums on South River Road. Children can participate in a taffy pull and make their own taffy-covered apples. Other activities include rope making, corn shelling, corn cob jelly making, storytelling and demonstrations by a tinsmith and folk artists. A raffle and silent auction will also be held.
Brad Kepler, the Great Lakes Minstrel, will perform historical music and sell limbertoys. Artists will demonstrate and sell their wares around the two museums and the society will hold an “attic treasures” sale.
Proceeds from activities will help in maintaining the Waterville Historical Society’s three museums as well as providing educational programs throughout the year. Parking will be available at Wakeman Hall, 401 Farnsworth Rd., for a small fee.
Parking is also available at Something Special Learning Center and LifePointe Community Church on SR 64 just west of Waterville. Shuttles will arrive beginning at 9:00 a.m. to pick up festival-goers for delivery to the BP Station on Farnsworth. Shuttles will stop running at 4:30 p.m. Handicap-accessible parking is available in the village and First Federal of Delta parking lots.