Knox County Ohio Blog

It's my birthday today and it has been a spectacular day.  My Facebook page, twitter feed and my email have been lit up like a Christmas tree with a tremendous outpouring of Happy Birthday wishes and I sincerely thank you.  Today started off great and has kept getting better and better as the day continue.  Our team arranged a nice birthday lunch for me at the office and we shared pizza, birthday cake and our team knows me so well that they they gave me gift cards to my favorite stores including a stack of Apple "iTunes" cards.   

Thanks for all the Happy Birthdays and I hope you get a kick out of my birthday video wish. Those of you who REALLY know me well know that beyond my family, my love for high performance cars, guitar music...I am constantly thinking about technology and our real estate business so remember that even on my birthday I am thinking about helping buyers buy, sellers sell and real estate promotion.  

Thanks again for helping make today a truly "Super Fantastic" day and here is my birthday wish link.

The Tomato Show in Fredericktown, Ohio has a little something for everyone.  The Tomato Show is a small town street fair with a community parade, fair type amusement rides, food vendors, entertainment, a 5K run and some exciting competitions featuring local residents.  Some of my favorite featured activities are the bathtub races, the tomato toss, the lip sync contest, baby crawl races and the pedal tractor races.  There are arts and crafts and it is a great place to meet up with friends in a relaxed and casual atmostphere.  The Tomato Show is always held the first Wednesday - Saturday after Labor Day.  

Below we have featured a one minute video highlight of the Saturday Fredericktown Tomato Show Parade.

We also created a video highlight of the Tomato Show activities including the bathtub races, tomato toss, fair rides and some other fun activities.  

This community highlight is part of our ongoing series titled 365 Things To Do in Knox County Ohio.  You can also view all of our available Fredericktown Ohio Homes For Sale.

Ziplining through the trees is exciting!!!  Tree Frog Canopy Tours on 21899 Wally Road in Glenmont, Ohio is a fantastic place to experience ziplining and it's just 20 to 25 minutes North of Mount Vernon, Ohio.  Tree Frog's Canopy Tours has over 4,000 feet of combined zipline length that takes you on an adventure through the tree tops by means of zip lines, sky bridges and rappels connected to platforms suspended in the tree tops.  If you love the outdoors and are looking for a little excitement this place should at the top of your list especially if you enjoy extreme thrills because some of these ziplines are FAST.  

This feature article is part of our ongoing series titled "365 Things To Do in Knox County Ohio".  Feel free to view our previously featured community amenties and attractions by visiting 365 Things To Do in Knox County Ohio.    

This series is brought to you by Knox County Ohio REALTOR Sam Miller of REMAX Stars Realty (740) 397-7800.  Knox County Ohio Homes For Sale

August 2011 home sales in the Knox County Ohio MLS were up for the month.  According to our local MLS, there were 52 residential home that sold ranging in price from $19,500 to $360,000.  The average sales price for a Knox County Ohio home that sold in August was $123,858 which is up from July which averaged only 35 homes sales.  52 home sales compared to 35 is a significant increase and a positive sign.  A side benefit for existing sellers who have their homes for sale is that the increased August homes sales removed 52 competing homes from the market.  This creates more opportunity for those who have their home on the market today and increased their changes to sell their home this year.

If you are in the market to purchase a home be sure to check out our amazing selection of available homes by visiting Knox County Ohio Homes For Sale.

The Mohican Bluegrass Festival is a very popular entertainment attraction in Knox County Ohio.  The annual the Mohican Wilderness Campground on 22462 Wally Road in Glenmont, Ohio 44628.  This year the event took place on September 15th - 17th and attracted many from outside of our community.  The Bluegrass event helps to promote high school bluegrass bands and the festival is well attended.  It is a family type festival.  There are food vendors, camping, a huge log stage, gorgeous river-front campsits and lots of fun and recreation.

This feature article is part of our ongoing series titled "365 Things To Do in Knox County Ohio".  If you would like to view our previously featured articles be sure to visit 365 Things To Do in Knox County Ohio.

Those of us who are using the iPhone 4 in your real estate businesses are already experiencing the power of this amazing tech tool.  I personally love the integration of all the spectacular features built into such a small and useful package.  It wasn't all that long ago that we would carry a Palm Pilot, a digital camera, a video camera, a mortgage calculator, a cell phone and today all those features and a lot more are already built into the iPhone 4.  

I picked up what I believe is a must have accessory for the iPhone 4.  The iPhone has an impressive digital camera and video camera that is built in but the iPhone lacks a threaded location to attach a tripod.  THEGLIF.com makes a product that quickly and easily attaches to your iPhone 4. so that you can connect your iPhone 4 to a tripod in both portrait and landscape mode.  This is an amazing product and it is listed at SKU: GLF001BK and retails for about $20.  

Sam Miller of REMAX Stars Realty (740) 397-7800  Knox County Ohio Real Estate.  You can view all of our available homes for sale in Mount Vernon Ohio.

The Knox County Ohio Fair Week is an exciting time for those who live within or near our community because every day at the fair they feature something fun and entertaining rancing from truck pulls, tractor pulls, harness racing, tough trucks, a musical concern and many other exciting event.  Today we are featuring two unique types of racing that you may have never experienced before.  The first is lawn mower racing where racers use their modified garden tractors and these things fly.  The second type of racing is the School Bus Races.  When I first saw these full size school buses on the track I just shook my head because it became immediately obvious that these buses are going to banging into each other and they sure do and the spetactors go wild.  If you have never seen a school bus flip over onto it's side be sure to watch the entire video because the figure 8 race towards the end of the video is flat out crazy. 

This community highlight is part of our ongoing series called 365 Things To Do in Knox County Ohio.  If you would like to view any of our previously featured community amenities be sure to visit 365 Things To Do in Knox County Ohio.  If you are in the market to buy a home you can view all of our available Knox County Ohio homes for sale.  This series is brought to you by Sam Miller of REMAX Stars Realty (740) 397-7800  

As part of our ongoing series titled "365 Things To Do in Knox County Ohio" we are featuring Fredericktown Mill Street Park.  This park is part of the Fredericktown Recreation District Education and Nature Center which is located at 12 Mill Street.  This is my personal favorite outdoor park in the Fredericktown, Ohio area because it has such a wonderful peaceful and country feel.  It is almost impossible to visit the Mill Street Park without seeing wildlife and it is filled with natural beauty.  The Center has approximately 2 miles of walking trails that take you on a journey through 57 acres of woods.  Bird watchers, walking, hiking, enjoying the beautiful natural landscape or you can just sit back and relax at the Fredericktown Mill Street Park. 

If you would like to view all of our previously featured community amenity articles and videos be sure to visit 365 Things To Do in Knox County Ohio.   

Knox County Ohio country acreage located on Armentrout Road near Knox Lake just outside of Fredericktown, Ohio.  This property includes 32.88 acres of gorgeous rolling land with a nice woods.  According to the Knox County Court House records there is 4.8 acres of woods, 6.7 acres of pasture type land and roughly 21 acres of tillable land which is currently planted in corn.  You can view additional listing details by visiting 32.88 Acres on Armentrout Road.   

We have created a short video below that we have featured below that shows some panoramic views from the one of the best building sites on this land.   There are several amazing locations and one of them is ideal for building a home with a walkout / daylight basement.  You will be impressed with the 360 degree panoramic views from this property.  

If you are interested in receiving a detailed map of this property or if you would like for us to meet you at the property and give you a walking tour feel free to call us at (740) 397-7800 or email us at samsells@sammiller.com.  We have also created a special real estate listing link for you that includes all of our available Knox County Ohio Land and Acreage For Sale.