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Chesapeake Residents Revel In Annual Octoberfest Celebration

CHESAPEAKE, Ohio -- Chesapeake is an area is small enough for everyone to know everybody but big enough to have a variety of sources of fun.

The town of about 842 people has fairly new school buildings throughout the district. The district continues to receive awards, and the community is involved in school events such as Honoring America Day and various reading programs.

Octoberfest, which is usually held the second weekend in the month, is held at Chesapeake Triangle Park. The festival is a promising event for the area that brings residents and former residents to the area to socialize, play games and casually dine together. The event also includes a bike race, parade, live music, and arts and crafts.

Chesapeake Triangle Park, which is expected to receive a shelter soon, is a common meeting place that is also the location of the annual Christmas lighting while a choir sings seasonal music.

Getting out and swinging the golf club is possible during any season and every day of the week at the Chesapeake Golf Range along County Road 1. The golf range features and 18-hole course, champion miniature golf course driving range, Bermuda Grass Tee and covered-heated tees to keep the course functional throughout the year.

SkyLake, located along County Road 32, can also draw families outdoors. The area includes two lakes, one 4 acres and the other about 11/2 acre, is also a year-round outing. SkyLake is open 24-hours a day, 7-days a week for fishing, camping and an open kitchen.

To fish at the site is $10 per rod, which has a good chance of hooking a slithering catfish. Catfish weighing 13 ounces to 86 pounds have been caught there.

By Crystal Quarles - The Herald Dispatch

Photo provided by Cabell County Schools