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Oktoberfest Plans Are Underway For 2013
Planning is well under way for this year’s Maysville Oktoberfest Aug 9 and 10, 2013. For those of you that may ask, ” Why does Maysville have their Oktoberfest in Aug?”
Maysville Kentucky and the greater Cincinnati Ohio area have a very large German population. Cincinnati’s Oktoberfest is the world’s 2nd largest Oktoberfest. It is 2nd to Munich, Germany! With that in mind, our committee sought advice from our friends at the Germania Club in Ohio. They strongly adviced not to compete with the established Oktoberfest season in the greater Cincinnati area in the month of Sept. This has proven to add to the success of our festival due to the fact that Maysville kicks off the Oktoberfest season in August. We can then enjoy the entire festival season by visting other Oktoberfest’s as they have visted our’s by the bus load!!!!
This is our 3rd annual Oktoberfest. We have a great line-up of activities starting Fri evening. Food, beverage and vendor booths open from 5pm-10pm. The Chardon Polka Band will perform from 6pm-10pm. They are a must see! Saturday proves to be very entertaining with food, beverage and vendor booths opening at 12pm. Please join us for lunch and the spend the day participating with Log Sawing, Tug of War and watching the fabulous Enzian Dancers. We also have a weiner dog race, a puppet show, kiddie rides and a parade. We can’t forget the ceremonial keg tapping from our very own Burgermeister! The Schnapps Band performs from 1pm-5pm. Dinner is sure to be delicious with a great selection of food vendors to choose from. Or you can become an official sponsor of the Oktoberfest and have reserved seating all week-end for you and your guests. Included in the Grandios sponsorship is a delicious catered German meal by Caproni’s Restaurant on Sat. evening. Thank you to all of our sponsors who make this wonderful event possible. Check out our web-site to get more information on becoming a sponsor or how to participate as a vendor! www.maysvilleoktoberfest.org
Send Us Your Photos
We all have photos of each other having fun in Maysville. We would like you to share some of them with us. It doesn’t matter if it was dinner with the girls, drinks with the boy’s or a weekend getaway to Maysville.
Our staff will view the photos, and post some of the best ones that highlight having fun in Maysville.
Email your photos to info@maysvilleky.net
Rules:
- Photo’s have to be taken in Maysville
- More than one person in the photo
- Clean family friendly content
- The name of people and location in the photo
- Photos sent in JPEG only
Tough Mudder Back Again for 2013
Tough Mudder, “Probably the Toughest Event on the Planet”, Will Return to Maysville-Mason County
Photo taken by Terry Prather “The Ledger Independent”
Duke Ford, owner of Big Rock Off-Road Park—Kentucky’s premier privately owned off-road facility—has signed a contract with Tough Mudder finalizing plans to host the 2013 Kentucky challenge. Tough Mudder, the foremost endurance series in the world, will come to Big Rock Off-Road Park for the second year in a row on October 19th and 20th.
Dubbed “Probably the Toughest Event on the Planet,” Tough Mudder challenges consist of 10 – to 12-mile obstacle courses designed by British Special Forces to test all around strength, stamina, mental grit, and camaraderie. This year, Mudders℠ can expect an intense course containing new and improved obstacles, treacherous terrain including ravines and swamps and an excess of mud.
Duff Giffen, Director of Maysville-Mason County Tourism, is elated with the news.
“This event was huge for us last year. The economic impact during the weekend event was greater than anything we have had happen in Maysville. All hotels were booked. Fast food restaurants and retailers had their biggest weekend ever.”
Last year, Maysville hosted more than 8,400 participants with an additional 3,000 spectators.
The City of Maysville and Mason County Fiscal Court were major contributors to the success of the 2012 event—meetings were held with Tough Mudder officials to see that all logistics and anticipated problems were addressed prior to the event, and as a result, it went off without a hitch.
The city of Maysville showed its appreciation for Tough Mudder last year by declaring October 19, 2012, “Tough Mudder Day.” On Saturday, October 19, 2013, the city will celebrate the first annual “Tough Mudder Day.” Giffen states, “This is wonderful exposure for our community and is good for our local economy. We are looking forward to their return.”
Tough Mudder is a proud supporter of Wounded Warrior Project. To date, Mudders have raised more than $5 million to support thousands of troops returning from the battlefield.
For more information on Tough Mudder, or to find out how to register, visit http://toughmudder.com/
Facebook: facebook.com/toughmudder
Kentucky Gateway Museum Center is hosting monthly seminars on how to research various topics
The next Saturday Seminar will be Find A Grave by Debra Jacks
Saturday, April 27 at 10:30 AM
at the Kentucky Gateway Museum Research Library (215 Sutton St, Maysville)
She will be explaining the Find A Grave website program and how to use it.
Debra Jacks is a genealogist and has been a member of Find A Grave for 6 years. While adding photographs of family members to Ancestry.com, she stumbled upon the findagrave.com website. Photographing tombstones in local cemeteries to document her family history, she also began taking photos for others upon request. This developed into a love for her, so she extended her photographing area. Debbie and her husband love road trips, so they have travel to many counties in Kentucky and Ohio documenting cemetery information. Debbie is very familiar with the cemeteries in our area and her current project is photographing all of the public cemeteries in Adams County, OH. No Cemetery is too far off the beaten path, too small or too large for her to visit.
The event is free of charge: including all day use of the Research Library and entry to the museum galleries: Miniature Gallery, Changing Gallery and Historical Gallery. Refreshments will be served. Pre-registration is not necessary, but appreciated.
For more information contact the Kentucky Gate Museum Center Research Library: 606-564-5865 or email: cay@kygmc.org
2013 KGMC SATURDAY SEMINARS
“How To” research various topics of interest
10:30 AM
- March 16 DAR: How to get started with Dena Green
- April 27 Find-A-Grave with Debra Jacks
- May TBA How to Make a Family Tree Book with Nellie Mullekin (Wedding or Baby Present)
- June 8 African American Research with John Clark
- July TBA How to do a Deed Search with Orloff Miller
- August TBA How to conduct an Oral History with Lynn David
- September 21 How to find information on Internet with Tom Duke
- October TBA How to research and publish a book with Danny Weddle & Randy Harrison
- November 16 How to research history of a house or business with Elisabeth Miller
- December TBA Keeping family records TBA
Saturday Seminars are free and open to the public (Participants will be on their own for lunch, but are invited to stay all day to research or tour the Miniature Gallery, Changing Gallery and the Historical Gallery free of charge.
Coffee, tea and coffee cake will be served.
Request for Demolition Bids
Request for Bids
The City of Maysville is requesting bids for the demolition of the following properties:
562 West Second Street
628 Germantown Road
Prior to bid submittal, all contractors must pick up specifications for work at the Codes Enforcement Office, 216 Bridge Street, Maysville, KY 41056 or by calling 606-564-2504. Contractors must have a City of Maysville occupational license and must be insured prior to the bid opening. Contractors are responsible for landfill fees and MUST re-seed the lot after demolition. Payment will be released upon a final inspection by the Codes Enforcement Officer.
Bids will be opened to all in attendance on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 1pm in the City Commission chambers. Bids must be submitted by this date and time. For more information, please contact Nicole Jones at the Codes Enforcement office at 606-564-2504.
Maysville TourBook
Check out the Maysville TourBook at the bottom of the page!
The Maysville TourBook offers you a selection of videos highlighting different aspects of Maysville, Kentucky.
The New City of Maysville Website
We have a new website!
Yes we knew it was time when technology was getting the better of us.
Wells Creek Golf Course and Putt-Putt– Open May 1st
Wells Creek Golf Course and putt-putt at the Maysville/Mason County Recreation Park will open starting Wednesday, May 1st.
Beautification of Downtown Maysville is Underway!
The City of Maysville, along with the help of the Mason County Master Gardener Association hung the first hanging basket on Market Street.2013 KGMC SATURDAY SEMINARS
2013 KGMC SATURDAY SEMINARS
“How To” research various topics of interest
Starts: 10:30 AM
March 16 – DAR: How to get started with Dena Green
April 27 – Find-A-Grave with Debra Jacks
May TBA – How to Make a Family Tree Book with Nellie Mullekin
(Wedding or Baby Present)
June 8 - African American Research with John Clark
July TBA – How to do a Deed Search with Orloff Miller
August TBA – How to conduct an Oral History with Lynn David
September 21 – How to find information on Internet with Tom Duke
October TBA – How to research and publish a book with Danny Weddle & Randy Harrison
November 16 – How to research history of a house or business wih Elisabeth Miller
December TBA – Keeping family records with TBA
Saturday Seminars are free and open to the public (Participants will be on their own for lunch, but are invited to stay all day to research or tour the Miniature Gallery, Changing Gallery and the Historical Gallery free of charge.
for more information contact: 606-564-5865