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COLUMBUS – Officials from Columbus are hosting a Columbus Day celebration on Saturday, Oct. 12, and said this year's event will include an antique tractor pull, the sounds of cigar-box guitars in the Train Depot, and an exhibit of fiber arts: spinning, dyeing, weaving and knitting.

The annual country fair will take place in Norton Park, an 80-acre tract of field and woods on Bell Road in Columbus, where vintage tractors will be rolling in early and the pavilion will being selling breakfast sandwiches and coffee by 9 a.m.

With colors at near peak, and no doubt, a nip in the air, the annual holiday features Johnson Farms’ (LLC) Tractor Pull, a contest of finely-restored vintage tractors and their dedicated drivers, owners, and fans. By mid-morning, when the Deeres outnumber the deer in the park, the tractors will be ready to thunder.

Event organizers said this year, thanks to a grant from the Chenango County Council of the Arts and assistance from Golden Artist Colors, two artists will join the fall celebration.