{"id":16834,"date":"2011-11-23T01:09:29","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T06:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=16834"},"modified":"2011-11-23T01:09:29","modified_gmt":"2011-11-23T06:09:29","slug":"group-trying-to-bring-back-hot-air-affair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/11\/23\/group-trying-to-bring-back-hot-air-affair\/","title":{"rendered":"Group trying to bring back Hot Air Affair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Van Wert independent\/<\/strong><em>contributor information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A group of interested area residents are hoping the Van Wert community will be full of hot air by next September.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16835\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16835\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16835 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Hot-air-balloons-new-11-2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"228\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16835\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hot air balloons such as these may be a fixture in Van Wert next September if a group succeeds in bringing back the once-popular Hot Air Affair.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Plans are underway to bring back the once-popular Hot Air Affair hot air balloon event formerly sponsored by the Van Wert Area Jaycees. Dates set for the event are Friday and Saturday, September 7-8, 2012, with the event to be located at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary plans have already been made for a number of activities and events, including kids\u2019 rides, a car show, a chili cook-off, motorcycle thrill show, Otto the Helicopter performances, vendor\/craft booths, Country and Rock bands, a spaghetti supper on Friday night and a chicken barbecue hosted by the Van Wert Professional Firefighters Association on Saturday, and the Dan Buchanan Flying Colors Air Show.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, organizers also plan to have a number of hot air balloons on hand, with the hope of also offering balloon rides, if possible.<\/p>\n<p>The committee organizing the event is also open to new suggestions or ideas and welcomes local residents\u2019 attendance at organizational meetings held the third Thursday of each month, starting at 7 p.m., in the fair board office.<\/p>\n<p>The next meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, December 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert independent\/contributor information A group of interested area residents are hoping the Van Wert community will be full of hot air by next September. Plans are underway to bring back the once-popular Hot Air Affair hot air balloon event formerly sponsored by the Van Wert Area Jaycees. Dates set for the event are Friday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 05:21:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16834\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}