{"id":54243,"date":"2014-08-05T06:45:11","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T11:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=54243"},"modified":"2014-08-06T07:51:24","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T12:51:24","slug":"ywca-pig-races-also-coming-with-van-wert-rib-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2014\/08\/05\/ywca-pig-races-also-coming-with-van-wert-rib-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"YWCA Pig Races coming to VW Rib Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"

YWCA of VW County information<\/i><\/p>\n

The countdown to the YWCA pig races has begun. Those looking for an event the whole family can enjoy can come on down to the 2014 Van Wert Rib Fest and \u201cham\u201d it up with the YWCA during its third annual Pig Races.<\/p>\n

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The YWCA Pig Races are part of the upcoming Van Wert Rib Fest event coming this weekend. (VW independent file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During the event, which will be held Saturday, August 9, at 4:30 p.m. in the covered show arena at Van Wert County Fairgrounds, six races will be held, showcasing some of the area\u2019s most vivacious, and intensely adorable, pigs.\u00a0 Each group of pigs will battle it out for first place in their heat and for bragging rights of fastest \u201cpiglet porker.\u201d This is sure to be a fun family event, or a fun guys or girls night out!<\/p>\n

Each race is comprised of 10 pigs, all of which have \u201cdesigner\u201d names and sponsors. Participants will have the opportunity to place a $2 wager on the pig — or pigs — of their choice; payouts will be made at the close of each race.<\/p>\n

Those who would like to try their luck even further can find one of the YWCA volunteers at the event and purchase 50\/50 tickets. All proceeds of this \u201cpig-tacular\u201d event will support the YWCA Transitional Living Program for the homeless, as well as the YWCA\u2019s domestic violence services.<\/p>\n

For more information, call 419.238.6639.<\/p>\n

Sponsors for the YWCA pig races include the following: Ace Hardware, Snack Tuesday, Pizza Hut, Ebel\u2019s Butcher Shop, Van Wert Manor, CNT, Jane Strunkenberg of Paparazzi Jewelry, Don\u2019s Custom Exhaust and Brakes, DeShia, Deb Moser, D&D Armory, Wren Restaurant, Purmort Brothers Insurance, Wetzel Motorcycle Club, Burcham Printing, Elmco Engineering, Shultz, Huber and Associates, and Stacey Baer.<\/p>\n

Also, Hall\u2019s Lumber in Convoy, Northwest Ohio Sporting Goods\/Welch Trophy, Sears, the Kopack family, Therapy Solutions, Van Wert Massotherapy, Amanda Lichtle-Scentsy, the Matthews family, Taylor\u2019s Auto, Dan and Beth Bauer, Shine Premium Auto Detailing, Hall\u2019s Custom Cut Meats, and HSS Property Inspection and Consulting.<\/p>\n

The YWCA is a United Way and Van Wert County Foundation funded agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

YWCA of VW County information The countdown to the YWCA pig races has begun. Those looking for an event the whole family can enjoy can come on down to the 2014 Van Wert Rib Fest and \u201cham\u201d it up with the YWCA during its third annual Pig Races. During the event, which will be held […]<\/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-54243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 20:44:31","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\/54243","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=54243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}