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The 103rd annual event was June 10-13 at Municipal Park with entertainment, contests, rides and vendors<\/p>\n
Members of the Shriners maneuver all-terrain vehicles through downtown Minerva during the Minerva Homecoming Parade June 10. The group earned top honors in the marching unit category during the annual community celebration.<\/figcaption>Thomas Clapper<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
The 103rd annual Minerva Homecoming brings four days of community festivities, entertainment, food and family activities to Municipal Park June 10-13.<\/p>\n
The celebration kicked off June 10 with the annual Homecoming Parade through downtown Minerva. Serving as grand marshal was the family of Ryan “Smitty” Smith, who passed away May 5. Smith dedicated 30 years to Minerva Youth Football as a coach and volunteer and recently retired as a captain with the Sandy Creek Joint Fire District after 26 years of service.<\/p>\n\n\n
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The Franklin Township Fire Department tanker travels through downtown Minerva during the Minerva Homecoming Parade June 10. The tanker earned top honors in the antique fire department vehicle category during the annual community celebration.<\/figcaption>Thomas Clapper<\/figcaption><\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\nThis year’s Homecoming featured live entertainment, a cruise-in, comedy show, demolition derby, professional wrestling, a cornhole tournament, the annual Lion Burger eating contest, the Roxy Theatre duck race, amusement rides, food vendors and community organizations.<\/p>\n
Due to the temporary closure of the community building, vendors and organizations were relocated to outdoor spaces throughout the festival grounds, creating a new layout for the event.<\/p>\n
Parade entries were judged by Jim Moore, Willis Cline and Donna Cline.<\/p>\n\n\n
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2025-26 Carroll County Junior Fair Queen Aspen Ujcich, right, and Queen Runner-Up Chloe Frase ride in the Minerva Homecoming Parade June 10. The pair represented the Carroll County Fair and Junior Fair during the annual community celebration.<\/figcaption>Thomas Clapper<\/figcaption><\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\nAward winners included Franklin Township FD Tanker in the antique fire department category; Darren Zwick and his 1947 Farmall A in the tractor category; Augusta Fire Department for brush truck; Misty Karlen\u2019s Dance Studio for float; Minerva First Christian Church for nonprofit; Timeless Floral Designs for business; Shriners for marching unit; Prendergast Towing for wrecker; and the Corvette Club for car.<\/p>\n
The annual Homecoming once again brought together residents, businesses, organizations and visitors to celebrate Minerva’s community spirit and traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Members of the West Township Ruritan Club ride through downtown Minerva during the Minerva Homecoming Parade June 10. The float promoted the club’s upcoming West Township Homecoming coming up in August while celebrating America’s 250th anniversary.<\/figcaption>Thomas Clapper<\/figcaption><\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yourohionews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Want more local news? Get top stories from your area delivered to your inbox. Sign up The 103rd annual event was June 10-13 at Municipal Park with entertainment, contests, rides and vendors Members of the Shriners maneuver all-terrain vehicles through downtown Minerva during the Minerva Homecoming Parade June 10. The group earned top honors in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2457873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2457872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Minerva-Homecoming-2026-brings-parade-entertainment-and-family-events-to.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2457872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2457874,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457872\/revisions\/2457874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2457873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2457872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2457872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2457872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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