{"id":194823,"date":"2025-07-14T20:36:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T01:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=194823"},"modified":"2025-07-14T20:36:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T01:36:20","slug":"fair-to-offer-wood-carving-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/07\/14\/fair-to-offer-wood-carving-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair to offer wood carving auction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During the final four days of the upcoming Van Wert County Fair, Friday through Monday, fairgoers will have the unique opportunity to witness a talented wood carver bring raw wood to life. Watch as incredible one-of-a-kind sculptures are created live on-site, showcasing the beauty and craftsmanship of wood carving in real time.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/LOGO-FAIR-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-185229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/LOGO-FAIR-copy.png 250w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/LOGO-FAIR-copy-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At 5 p.m. Monday, September 1 (Labor Day), head over to the Wallace Plumbing beer and entertainment tent for a special wood carver auction. The live auction will feature the wood carvings created throughout the week, and it&#8217;s all for a great cause. In the spirit of community, the Van Wert County Agricultural Society will give back by supporting local non-profit organizations. Four specially designated wood carvings will be auctioned off to benefit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Van Wert County Council on Aging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Van Wert County Humane Society<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CHP Grief Camp (Rays of Hope)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Veterans Food Pantry of Northwest Ohio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Each organization will receive 50 percent of the proceeds from their designated wood carving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s Van Wert County Fair runs from August 26 through September 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the final four days of the upcoming Van Wert County Fair, Friday through Monday, fairgoers will have the unique opportunity to witness a talented wood carver bring raw wood to life. Watch as incredible one-of-a-kind sculptures are created live on-site, showcasing the beauty and craftsmanship of wood carving in real time. At 5 p.m. [&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-194823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 21:21:02","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\/194823","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=194823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194824,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194823\/revisions\/194824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}