Over 3,000 people flooded into downtown Cardington for its annual street fair this past weekend.

Events and activities began on Friday, June 28, with the Birds Eye View Circus and a roller skating rink with inflatables lined Park Avenue, while A Hard Day’s Night, a Beatles tribute band, took the main stage in the American Legion Park later that evening.

The Columbus Zoo appeared on Friday with a handful of animals. The American Legion Post #97 sponsored bingo in the park’s shelter house on both Friday and Saturday with the Cardington-Lincoln Alumni Association assisting Friday and the Tomorrow Center on Saturday.

Saturday, June 29, was kicked off with two more animal acts: Falconry Experience and Precious Pearl Dog Training. The Morrow County Chamber of Commerce sponsored the cornhole tournament for the afternoon. The Cardington-Lincoln Public Library held a scavenger hunt in the former skate park. The Cardington American Legion hosted the Marionaires Barbershop Chorus, and the band Parental Guidance performed during the day. The Cardington-Lincoln FFA Chapter sponsored putt-putt golf on Park Avenue and held its annual pie auction on the main stage. Street vendors lined Park Avenue and Second Street both days.

To close out the event, 7 Bridges, an Eagles tribute band, took the stage before fireworks were let off.

A special thanks to Friends of Cardington for coordinating the event and the following as sponsors: FC Bank, Open Road Renewables, Morrow County Hospital, Cardington CIC, Cardington Yutaka Technologies, WP Carpentry, Adalet, Consolidated Cooperative, Cardington Community Methodist Church, Judge Rob and Sharon Hickson Family, Edward Jones – Andy Bower, Don Wick Law Office, Grimm Farms, Suz-e-q’s, Creekside Farms, Lincoln Center Manufacturing, Lois Weaston – Deputy Registrar, First Federal Bank of Ohio, Cardington Chiropractic, Mathews Marathon, Todd Etgen Farms, Lubrication Specialties Incorporated, Pillar Credit Union, Hoffman Meats, Wigton Real Estate & Auction, Cardington Subway, Garverick Surveying, Cardington Home & Auto, Bunker’s Mill Winery, Dave Roush Heating & Cooling, Cardington Cafè, Maceyko Tax, Mid-Ohio Sanitation & Recycling, Tidy Tim’s Portable Restrooms, LeAnne Gompf – 21st Century Excellence Realty, Showplace Rent-to-Own, Cardington-Lincoln Public Library, Gompf Funeral Service, Pirates Cove Pizza & Subs, Audrey Jane’s Place and Morrow County Chamber of Commerce.

Quinn Maceyko is a correspondent for the Morrow County Sentinel.