<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4E6VS8_0vkEGtmN00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4E6VS8_0vkEGtmN00" width="729" height="486" >MEDINA — As the leaves begin to change and the air gets a little cooler, Main Street Medina is welcoming fall with its annual Fall Festival at Medina’s square on Saturday. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., attendees can take part in a range of fall activities like painting pumpkins, interacting with local farm animals at the petting zoo and finding their way through a hay maze, sponsored by Lamphear’s Lawn Service and Rogers Concrete. There will be a face-painting booth, Danimal the Balloon Artist and Boyert’s Greenhouse &amp; Farm will have a photo op area set up with a fall theme. There will be live music throughout the event in the gazebo. The Marshalls will perform from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and Mary Ann Roth will perform from noon to 2 p.m. At 10 a.m., there will be a pet and puppy parade, sponsored by Chris Winkelmann State Farm.All dog participants and their owners should meet outside the Medina County Courthouse entrance to the square at Washington Street. There will be three prizes awarded to participating dogs, for best-dressed, "waggiest" tail and the pet the judges would most like to take home. At noon, there will be a chili cook-off with a judges' choice award and a fan favorite award. To vote, people must make a donation, which will go to Cups Cafe. To learn more about the Medina Fall Festival, mainstreetmedina.com/medina-fall-festival. While the Fall Festival is going on, the weekly Medina Square farmers market will also be underway and full of fall treats like pumpkin and apple bakery, apples, apple cider, fall decor and everything pumpkin spice. There will be additional vendors with fall-themed products scattered around Medina’s square. In preparation for the Fall Festival, Main Street Medina and the city of Medina worked together to present the annual Fall Flowerpot Decorating Contest. Each applicant is given one of the 75 flower pots within Medina’s Historic District and South Town to decorate it with fall-themed decorations. The pots must be decorated by the end of the week. The Main Street Medina Design Committee will judge the entries, choosing its first-, second- and third-place winners by Saturday. The People’s Choice Award will be selected by the public and announced at the Fall Festival on Saturday.The first-place winner will receive a $75 Boyert’s gift certificate. The second-place winner and the People’s Choice Award winner will receive a $50 Boyert’s gift certificate. Finally, the third-place winner will receive a $25 Boyert’s gift certificate. To view previous winners, visit www.mainstreetmedina.com/fall-flowerpot-contest. The flowerpots will remain on display until Nov. 1.Contact reporter Sara Crawford at (330) 721-4063 or scrawford@medina-gazette.com. </div></body>

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Medina Fall Festival planned for Saturday, square decorated for the season

MEDINA — As the leaves begin to change and the air gets a little cooler, Main Street Medina is welcoming fall with its annual Fall Festival at Medina’s square on Saturday. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., attendees can take part in a range of fall activities like painting pumpkins, interacting with local farm animals at the petting zoo and finding their way through a hay maze, sponsored by Lamphear’s Lawn Service and Rogers Concrete.