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2016 BAGELFEST SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ‌All events are being held at Mattoon’s Peterson Park unless otherwise stated

TUESDAY‌ 6 p.m., Bagel Baby Contest, day one, Cross County Mall 6  p.m., Little Miss Bagelfest Contest, Williams Elementary School 7:15 p.m., Book of Golden Deeds presented, Williams Elementary School 7:30 p.m. Miss Bagelfest Contest, Williams Elementary School

WEDNESDAY‌ 6 p.m., Bagel Baby Contest, day two, Cross County Mall 6-10 p.m., carnival opens 6-10 p.m., armband day at carnival

THURSDAY‌ 5 p.m., food and vendors open 6-10 p.m., carnival open 6-11 p.m., vendors open 6-9 p.m., bingo in the DeMars Center 8-10 p.m., contemporary Christian music Citizen Way, main stage; please bring lawn chairs Mattoon Pride Tourney, Roundhouse Complex

FRIDAY‌ 1-11 p.m., carnival open 1-5 p.m., armbands for carnival 1 p.m., vendors open 6-9 p.m., bingo in the DeMars Center 5-11:45 p.m., beer tent open 7-11:30 p.m., live music with band Squealer, beer tent 8-10 p.m., Rachel Holder and Jason Pritchett, main stage; gates open at 6 p.m. Mattoon Pride Tourney, Roundhouse Complex

SATURDAY‌ 5:30-6 a.m. registration, Run for the Bagel, Mattoon Area Family YMCA 6:30 a.m., start, Run for the Bagel, KC Summers 8-10 a.m., free bagel breakfast, DeMars Center 8 a.m., vendors open 8:30 a.m. and 9 a.m., “Dragonflies” live entertainment, Rotary Band Shell 10:30 a.m., Bagelfest parade, downtown Mattoon Noon-11 p.m., carnival open Noon-4 p.m., armband at carnival 1-5 p.m., bingo in the DeMars Center 1:30 p.m., registration for Bagel Bow Wow contest, Rotary Band Shell 2 p.m., Bagel Bow Wow contest, Rotary Band Shell 5-11:45 p.m., beer tent open 7-11:30 p.m., X-Krush plays, beer tent 8-10 p.m., Chase Bryant, main stage; gates open at 6 p.m. Mattoon Pride Tourney, Roundhouse Complex

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‘Take Me Out to the Bagelfest’ is theme for 2016 festivities ROB STROUD rob.stroud@lee.net‌

‌MATTOON — The crowds at Bagelfest are typically dotted with uniformed girls’ softball players watching the parade, eating corn dogs, and checking out the concerts. City Tourism and Arts Director Angelia Burgett said softball players from communities near and far in Illinois take part in Mattoon Pride’s annual Bagelfest softball tournament at the Roundhouse Complex, which is located within walking distance of the festival at Peterson Park. “The softball tournament is such a large generator of visitors for the festival,” Burgett said, noting that approximately 90 teams are slated to take part in the Thursday-Saturday tournament this year. “It is by far the largest week for softball in Mattoon.” Burgett said “Take Me Out to the Bagelfest” has been selected as the theme of the 31st annual festival to pay tribute to the Mattoon Pride tourney and to the long, rich history of baseball and softball in Mattoon. In addition, Burgett said the Grimes Field baseball diamond at Peterson Park plays a central role in Bagelfest every year by hosting the main stage concerts at 8 p.m. daily. This year’s concert lineup features Citizen Way on Thursday, Rachel Holder and Jason Pritchett on Friday, and Chase Bryant on Saturday. The “Take Me Out to the Bagelfest” theme will be incorporated into the annual Bagelfest parade at 10:30 a.m. Saturday on Broadway Avenue from downtown Mattoon to Peterson Park, Burgett said. Participants are encouraged to use baseball and softball decorations on their floats. “Take Me Out to the Bagelfest” also will be part of the official 2016 festival T-shirts that will be on sale at a souvenir stand near the main stage entrance at Grimes Field during the week’s activities. Burgett said the festival will offer many returning favorite activities, including an American Banner Amusements carnival Wednesday through Saturday at Peterson Park. She said a third

armband day was added last year and will be offered again this year. She said armbands can be purchased in advance for a $3 discount through the tourism office. The festival’s signature free bagel breakfast is scheduled for 8-10 a.m. Saturday at the DeMars Center in Peterson Park. Participants can dine on bagels provided by the Lender’s Bagels

plant in Mattoon. The breakfast and festival were founded as a way to celebrate the opening of this bagel factory in the community. Burgett said one of the new additions to this year’s festival will be the local Bartels Petting Zoo, which will showcase a variety of exotic animals. She said the petting zoo will be open Thursday, Friday and Saturday on the south side

Chase Bryant to finish out Bagelfest main stage music JARAD JARMON jarad.jarmon@lee.net‌

‌MATTOON — Country artist Chase Bryant will be finishing out the list of main stage music performances at Bagelfest. Bryant will take the stage from 8 until 10 p.m. Saturday. While relatively new in the game, signing on with Red Bow Records in 2013, Bryant said country music, specifically playing it, has been a staple of his entire life. Originating from Orange Grove, Texas, with a population of approximately 1,200 people, the 23-yearold said he has been playing technically since he was 3 years old. “I have always been playing,” he said. “For me, music was always the right thing.” Inspired watching his grandfather, Jimmy Bryant, who performed with Roy Orbison and Waylon Jennings, Bryant said it became inevitable for him to be involved in music, according to his biography. “I am just a guy from a small town that just wanted to play music,” Bryant said. A year after signing, Bryant would drop his first single “Take It On Back,” a subtle pop-flavored country tune, coming off of his EP, “Chase Bryant.” His next single from his EP, “Little Bit of You,” gained him more acclaim. This would also be the song, Bryant said, that elicits the most excitement out of the crowd, which is especially fun for him. “(‘Little Bit of You’) was the one that got the party kickin’ after ‘Taking It On Back,’” he said. For him, the song’s popularity has gotten to the point

where the crowd will start singing it back to him. “It’s a rush,” he said. “To hear a crowd sing those back at you off hand. That is always fun.” The song depicting a long-distance relationship and the longing that festers as a result spawned his famous single. “It came from me dating a girl in California at the time,” Bryant said. “We were always talking about when the next time was going to be when we would see each other. I was so far away from her. I just ended up sitting around one night thinking about it and then the next day that is where that song came from.” Most recently, Bryant released his new single, “Room to Breathe,” a fairly evident departure from his previous work. Bryant said with this single, which takes listeners on a more sexy ride with funky undertones in the back of the country hit, he wanted to explore a song with more sex appeal. “I just wanted to write some different than anything I had done in the past,” he said. These songs and others will ring out from the main stage that night. “I like to go out and start hard and finish hard,” he said. Tickets for the show are $15 for reserved seating and $10 for lawn seating. People can also get reserved seating for both Friday and Saturday night concerts for $20 as an option. Rachel Holder and Jason Pritchett will be Chase Bryant performing Friday. Those interested can call 800-500-6286, go online at Eventbrite or stop by the Mattoon tourism office in the train depot downtown to purchase tickets in person.

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of the park. More information about Bagelfest is available by going online to http:// www.mattoonbagelfest.com or calling the Mattoon tourism office at 1-800500-6286. The tourism office, which is housed in the Mattoon train depot, will operate out of the Peterson House at the southwest entrance to the park from July 18 to 23.

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Holder, Pritchett to bring country vibes to main stage JARAD JARMON jarad.jarmon@lee.net‌

‌MATTOON — Rachel Holder and Jason Pritchett, music artists, will bring their country flair to Bagelfest this year as one of several acts for the week. Both will be taking the stage to belt out their country tunes in a two-hour concert starting at 8 p.m. Friday on the main stage on Grimes Field in Peterson Park, with doors opening at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 for reserved seats or $5 for lawn seating. Those interested also can purchase tickets for both Friday and Saturday nights for $20. Tickets can be purchased over the phone by calling 800-500-6286, online at the Eventbrite website, or in person at the Mattoon train depot. Holder offers a sweet but powerful country voice, according to her biography information, which lends well to the ballads as well as some upbeat tunes she cranks out. Based in Nashville, Tenn., Holder built a name for herself in her teens with her first single, “Chocolate,” an upbeat and quick song about a woman leaving a man for chocolate. A little later, Holder struck chord with audiences in a single that came out after, “In Your Arms,” a contemporary country love ballad with singer/songwriter vibes throughout. Now at 23 years old, the country singer has been in the business for a while developing along the way as she infuses different elements into her music and lyrics. In her most recent EP, “Shining Now,” Christian influences gave way to songs like “Lord Help Me” and “Say a Prayer.” According to her biography, her musical career started long before “Choc-

olate.” Since she was a young teen, Horner split time between attending school in her hometown of Chattanooga, Tenn., and performing theater shows in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., aspiring to be like musical influences such as Dolly Parton, according to the biography. “I worked in Pigeon Forge at a theater at 13 and 14 for two consecutive years and did about 800 shows,” Horner said in the biography. “I basically grew up around where Dolly Parton was from. She’s the real deal, and that’s what I aspire to be.” Pritchett gained national attention with his hit single, “Good Show,” a cowboy ballad with metaphors to his previous career from his EP “Independence Cowboy,” a title likely taken from history as a cowboy hailing from Independence, Mo. According to his biography, when he was younger, the western country artist rode Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association-ranked bulls for several years until he found his passion of country music. Originally starting out small, singing on cruise ships, he would later go on to be a top five finalist in the show, “America’s Got Talent,” auditioning with his cover of “Live Like You Were Dying” by Tim McGraw. Aside from his hit ballad, the cowboy singer’s EP features other popular songs with more fast and fun themes like “Independence Cowboy” and “Already a Deadman.” According to his biography, he said he hopes to bring the “western back into Jason Pritchett country” with his music.

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Christian trio Citizen Way to perform at 2016 Bagelfest JARAD JARMON jarad.jarmon@lee.net‌

‌MATTOON — Citizen Way, a Christian contemporary rock group originating Elgin, will be heading down to perform in Bagelfest’s Christian Music Night. The first musical performance in this year’s Bagelfest, Citizen Way will take to the main stage at 8 p.m. Thursday at Grimes Field in Peterson Park. The concert is free and attendees are advised to bring lawn chairs. Pets, coolers and alcohol are not allowed. The trio made up of brothers Ben and Josh Calhoun, and David Blascoe, broke out with hits like “Should’ve Been Me” and “How Sweet the Sound” in their album, “Love is the Evidence.” According to their biography, the three, once four with Blascoe’s brother Ben Blascoe on bass before leaving, formed at Judson University in 2004. Years after their formation, 2016 marked the release of their second album, “2.0,” a seeming revitalization or re-ignition of faith of the band members featuring some songs that were built from tough moments in their lives. The album’s first single, “When I’m With You,” a slower ballad-style song, was built from Ben Calhoun’s wife’s miscarriage of their son, Jeremiah, according to their biography. “I wrote that after we lost Jeremiah,” he said in the biography. “So many things are wrapped up in this song. How death brought me closer to life. How losing a son made me love my little girls more when I didn’t know I could.” The biography further states Ben wanted to make the album show a more personal and intimate side of himself. The band repertoire features upbeat songs of faith and the many facets that go along with it. SUBMITTED PHOTO‌

Citizen Way, a Christian rock trio made up of Josh Calhoun (right), David Blascoe (center) and Ben Calhoun (left), will perform at Bagelfest on Thursday.

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Band X-Krush to bring ‘party’ to Bagelfest JARAD JARMON jarad.jarmon@lee.net‌

MATTOON — Immediate ‌ reactions from the audience as X-Krush hits the stage have become commonplace for its members. Walking on stage, Randy Pearman (bass), Steve Wills (vocals), Jon Clarkson (guitar), and Jeff Markland (drums) are often met with familiar shocked, possibly even scared, feedback from some in the audience expecting a particular brand of music. Markland recalled many past concerts where people let out loud audible gasps in the crowd. They formed quick impressions of the band decked out in tattoos and piercings and sporting crazy punk rock hair taking the stage assuredly about to play hard rock music judging from their appearance. This impression swiftly fades and is replaced with surprise when the almost 20-year-old cover band picks up their instruments and start kicking out a Katy Perry tune. X-Krush, a Champaign-based band, has tried to tackle any and every kind of music with the only rule being that it has to

illicit a reaction from the audience. Specifically, it has to keep the party going, Clarkson said. “Our main thing is, as far as our music goes, is we are not even really so worried about a particular music genre as ‘does it make people party?,” Clarkson said. “We focus on the party.” Clarkson and the rest of X-Krush plan to make good on that goal of a party from 7 until 11:30 p.m. Saturday in the beer tent for Bagelfest. Clarkson said the band has been adding more songs to its repertoire since its inception 19 years ago in Champaign. X-Krush takes on hundreds of songs. He originally counted to keep track, but the list grew well beyond a reason to count in his mind. “There is no song that is off-limits,” Clarkson said. Markland said the audience drives the music they play, which is the reason why they avoid having a set list. Instead, they merely go on stage and play

whatever feels right for the moment. “We’ve made being lazy a part of the show,” Markland said. “We’re a garage band that has gotten good at it.” A later member joining about 10 years ago, Clarkson said, like the other band members, he grew to love their highly dynamic style. Clarkson said this style allows each night to remain fresh, not only for the audience but the band as well. “If we are not having fun then it is really hard to make the au-

dience have fun too,” Clarkson said. “That’s why we might go from an Ed Sheeran song to Pantera.” This style of performance leads to interesting moments for the band members. Markland said sometimes when one song fades out, one of them quickly starts a song. Clarkson said it makes it interesting when it’s a song the band has not played in a long time. Clarkson continued there is a method to the madness, though. “It is almost like a weird

ESP thing we have (together),” Clarkson said. This will be the band’s fifth show at Bagelfest. Clarkson said he is excited for the upcoming gig. Last year’s performance proved to be a particular highlight for the band when they met Frankie Ballard, a country artist.

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“He was having a beer in the tent, and he got up and jammed with us on stage,” Clarkson said. “We just happened to know one of his songs. The diversity (in music) pays off. A band with a bunch of mohawks, and we are up there playing ‘Sunshine and Whiskey’, his big hit, with him.”

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The late Murray Lender signs autographs at Bagelfest several years ago.

Lender led way for tradition ‌EDITOR’S NOTE: This story originally appeared in the Bagel Gazette in 2014. (JG-TC) — Murray Lender never met a bagel eater he didn’t like. And there’s a good chance he shook almost every bagel lover’s hand when he was in Mattoon, too, during the early Bagelfest celebrations in this town. The smiling bagel promoter died March 21, 2012, in a Miami hospital, 10 days after a fall that led to medical complications. Lender, part of the Lender’s Bagels family that first opened an American bakery in 1927, was 81. “He loved people and loved bagels in that order,” said Bill Hamel, who helped organize the first Bagelfest when he was publisher of the Mattoon Journal Gazette/Charleston Times-Courier. “I remember him smiling all the time as he kept meeting more and more people.” Bagel makers and Mattoon owe a lot to Murray Lender. He and his brother, Sam, turned a Hartford, Conn., bagel factory into a national food brand, popularizing the ethnic food with chutzpah and humor. One of the advertising jingles for the company, now owned by Pinnacle Food Group, was “If you don’t love Lender’s Bagels, you have a hole in your head,” and several years ago Lender joined in the baking of the world’s largest bagel in a special brick oven at the Mattoon plant. Bagelfest started in Mattoon as a way to introduce what the new Lender’s factory was making in Mattoon on its northwest side. Lender helped promote the first free bagel breakfast along Broadway Avenue in Mattoon with

the help of the city’s Chamber of Commerce. “When Lender’s was opening here people would ask ‘What’s the deal with bagels?’ People just weren’t familiar with them back then in Mattoon,” Hamel recalled. Lender’s met the Corn Belt and fell in love at first bite, leading to the annual Bagelfest, a celebration now featuring a Beautiful Bagel Baby contest, a Bagel Bow-Wow competition, a parade with some entries festooned with bagels, and dozens of other activities. Joan Record, who helped with many Bagelfests through the years, remembered how Lender enjoyed coming to Mattoon during the early Bagelfests and meeting the friendly people in town. “He never saw a stranger. He shook all the hands he could when he was here. And he was parade marshal, too. He really loved having the bagel breakfast on a street named Broadway,” Record said. Bagelfest now provides Mattoon with a unique annual festival even though out-of-towners might wonder how bagels have a connection with a small city in the Midwest. Hamel said health problems prevented Lender from attending Bagelfests in later years in his life. His children and a granddaughter rekindled the family tradition by coming to Mattoon during a recent Bagelfest. “We all hoped he could come back again. We’re going to miss him,” Hamel said. “Maybe they’ll crank up production of the cinnamon or blueberry bagels for Murray in Mattoon,” Record said of the sweet aroma coming from the food plant on certain days.

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Bryan Scroggins, with his son, Evan, watch as their dog, Fonzi, jumps through a hoop during the Bagel Bow Wow at Bagelfest at Peterson Park in Mattoon in this 2010 file photo.

Bagel Bow Wow set for Saturday afternoon ‌MATTOON (JG-TC) — Organizers would like to see more pooches and pooch owners in the annual Bagel Bow Wow contest. Dogs and owners can take part in events that include a lookalike contest and a trick contest, as well as one just to find a good dog. Organizer Bernie DeBuhr said

more entries than in past years would be welcome as the contest can certainly take more. The contest is scheduled for 1:30  p.m. Saturday near the bandshell at Peterson Park. No advance registration or fee to enter are required. The contest’s categories include Best Bagel Dog, which

prizes, which DeBuhr said the Mars Pet Care plant of Mattoon is providing. The contest’s judges will be representatives of local veterinarian clinics and other pet care businesses. DeBuhr said dogs should be on leashes and owners should provide proof of vaccinations.

Earlier start time set for this year’s Run for the Bagel DAVE FOPAY dave.fopay@lee.net‌

MATTOON — There’s a ‌ chance to help beat the heat for runners willing to go for an earlier start time for this year’s Run for the Bagel. The race kickoff has been moved to 6:30 a.m. Saturday instead of 7 a.m. for better running conditions as well as to give runners time to take part in other Bagelfest activities, race organizer Sarah Dowell said. The Mattoon Area Family YMCA sponsors the Run for

the Bagel in conjunction with the city’s Bagelfest celebration. Saturday’s version marks the 29th time the run has been part of the festivities, Dowell said. Participants can choose from 10k and 5k runs plus a one-mile “fun run.” Medals will go to the top three finishers in each age and gender category in the 10k and 5k events. Advance registration fees are $25 for the 10k and 5k and $10 for the “fun run,” and Dowell said the fees increase by $5 on the day of the race.

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Participants can register in advance at the YMCA, located at 221 N 16th St., Mattoon, or online at www.getmeregistered.com/runforthebagel. Dowell said runners’ information packets will be available at the YMCA from noon-6 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday. Race day registration will be 5-6 a.m. at the YMCA. There’s also a new start location for this year’s event, which Dowell said will be at the KC Summers auto dealership at the corner of 19th Street

and Broadway Avenue. In past year, the race started at the bus station formerly located in the same area. Dowell said KC Summers is also providing a “bag check” service that will allow runners to check some personal items at the start location and have them ready for pickup at the YMCA when the race concludes. The bag check is for a limited variety of items and valuables should not be included, she said.

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‘Golden Deeds’ recipient to be announced during Bagelfest ROB STROUD rob.stroud@lee.net‌

‌MATTOON — During Bagelfest, the Mattoon Exchange Club plans once again to announce the recipient of its Book of Golden Deeds recognition for community service. The Book of Golden Deeds announcement is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. today prior to the Miss Bagelfest Contest at 7:30 p.m. in Williams Elementary School, located along South Ninth Street. Exchange Club member Bill Hollada, who co-chairs the recognition program with Dennis Gathmann, said the club started presenting this annual honor in 1984. “We are trying to honor someone in the Coles County area who has performed excellent volunteer service,” Hollada said. He added that the Book of Golden Deeds also can recognize financial sup-

New schedule set for contests ROB STROUD rob.stroud@lee.net‌

‌MATTOON — The schedule for the annual Bagelfest pageants has been changed this year to create an earlier time slot focused on the Little Miss contestants. The Little Miss (ages 5-8) contest is now scheduled for 6 p.m. today followed by the Junior Miss (ages 9-12) and Miss Teen Bagelfest (ages 13-17) pageants at 7:30 p.m. at Williams Elementary School, located along South Ninth Street. Pageant Director Heather Fitt said starting the Little Miss contest, directed by Caitlin Couch, at an earlier time will ensure that the youngest contestants are highlighted during the busy evening. Fitt said having the contests at separate times also will help help spread out the crowd of audience members throughout the evening in the school cafeteria and gym. The Little Miss contestants will perform a song together at tonight’s event, the Junior Miss contestants will perform a dance that they choreographed, and the Miss Teen Bagelfest contestants will give speeches that they have prepared. Fitt said she has been involved with this Bagelfest event for 16 years now — first as a Miss Teen Bagelfest contestant, then as an assistant, and for three years now as director. The pageant director said she enjoys getting to know the contestants, who often return for the different age categories, and seeing these girls develop lasting friendships with each other. Fitt said they strive to have a low pressure, fun atmosphere at the contest. “We have a really good time,” Fitt said. “It’s so much fun for me also.” Fitt said the contestants become more confident as they work on dance choreography at the Junior Miss level, and as they practice their speeches and field questions from the judges at the Miss Teen Bagelfest level. She said they carry their public speaking and interviewing skills with them to other pageants, school and work. “They learn a lot,” Fitt said. “It prepares them for so many things later.”

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port for community efforts. The 2015 recipient was the Rev. Robert Clark. The Exchange Club takes nominations for the recognition and then presents them to judges who are not part of the club, Hollada said. The judges consider each nominee’s hours donated, financial support or funds raised, and direct impact on community efforts, as well as comments regarding the contributions of the nominee. Nominees who are not selected by the judges for the Books of Golden Deeds are automatically nominated for the following year’s recognition, Hollada added. The club receives many good nominations each year and always welcomes additional ones for the many unsung people who are active in the community, he said. Hollada said the Exchange Club has always presented the

recognition during the summer. He said they started partnering with Bagelfest about 15 years ago to host the announcement, first prior to concerts and now before the Miss Bagelfest Contest. He said this partnership has provided a bigger audience for celebrating the honorees. “It really catches them (the honorees) by surprise and they are very humbled to get the award,” Hollada said. He added that the Books of Golden Deeds recipients also get to ride in the annual Bagelfest parade, which is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday this year. In addition, Hollada said the names of the recipients are engraved on a Book of Golden Deeds plaque that is on display at Pagliacci’s. He said the Exchange Club, KEVIN KILHOFFER, JOURNAL GAZETTE & TIMES-COURIER‌ which has 70 members, meets at 7 a.m. every Wednesday at Pagli- Bob Clark, left, recipient of the Golden Deeds Award, and Laura Seils, right, with the Mattoon Exchange Club, are pictured before the beginning of the 2015 Miss Bagelfest Pageant at Williams Elementary School. acci’s, 319 N. Logan St.

Beautiful Baby Bagel Contest set for today and Wednesday

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Two-year-old Rylan Spencer of Mattoon competes in the annual Bagel Baby Contest in 2014 at the Cross County Mall in Mattoon.

‌MATTOON (JG-TC) — The annual Beautiful Baby Bagel Contest is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. today and Wednesday at the Cross County Mall. Participation is open to children ages newborn to 4, as of July 20, who live within the listening area of radio stations 101.3 WMCI, 92.1 the Axe or 104.3 the

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Cleveland’s Ohio City area: West Side Market, craft beer ‌CLEVELAND (AP) — Growing up in the 1980s, Sam McNulty often visited the food vendors at the West Side Market, located in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood. “I kind of fell in love with the neighborhood back then, even though it was considered sketchy,” said McNulty. By the 1990s, when McNulty interned with a community development organization, “the neighborhood was still largely boarded up — not a place you wanted to be after dark,” he recalled. “But you were starting to see little glimmers of hope.” Today Ohio City offers visitors a very different impression. There’s a booming craft beer and dining scene with some 40 eateries, many concentrated around West 25th Street. McNulty opened his first restaurant, Bier Markt, at 1948 W. 25th St., over 10 years ago; today he co-owns five restaurants in the area, including two of the brewpubs Ohio City is now known for. Meanwhile, the West Side Market, more than a century old, isn’t just some vestige of a bygone era. It’s a vibrant, bustling retail food center with more than 100 vendors and a million annual visitors. And for anybody who loves historic architecture, Ohio City offers lots of eye candy: quiet residential streets lined with beautifully restored Victorian homes. The neighborhood expects to be busier than usual with Cleveland hosting the Republican National Convention July 18-21. McNulty says he fielded requests to book his restaurants solid with GOP events, but decided to book up just one venue each night so the other four would be open to the public. “We’re excited to show off all the good things happening here,” he said. “It’s going to be a good time.” Here are some details on visiting Ohio City.

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‌ ORMAL — From her dad’s N shoulders, 3-year-old Evie Sparrow had a bird’s-eye view of the immense crowd in uptown Normal at the 33rd Sugar Creek Arts Festival on July 9. Thadd and Nicole Sparrow of Normal brought their daughter and son, Elijah, 7, to the festival with the goal of exposing them to unique forms of art. “There’s not a lot of communities our size that have events this successful,” said Thadd Sparrow. “It’s great that we can connect and enjoy time as a family while experiencing art and culture.” “And lemon shake-ups,” added Nicole Sparrow. Organizers praised the brilliant sunshine and slight breeze for the record-breaking crowd. “This is the finest weather we’ve ever had for both Saturday and Sunday,” said Doug Johnson, executive director of McLean County Arts Center, which sponsors the festival.

“On a bad weekend, we’ll see 20,000 people come through, but I’ve already talked to people who came from Champaign, Peoria, Danville and even Chicago. I think we’ll have more because of the promotional video we did.” North Carolina artist Debi Dwyer said good advertising, attentive staff and a positive track record are key components for a successful art festival. Dwyer has attended more than 40 festivals in 13 years selling her three-dimensional stained glass art. “Years ago, these festivals weren’t as competitive, but the art market has grown,” she said. “People love coming to these shows. It’s a good atmosphere.” Local and long-distance artists set up 131 booths to sell their creations including paintings, pottery, photography, jewelry, home decor and clothing. The festival included food trucks and live music with War Painted Horses, Sunday Afternoon, Joe

Zaklan, Leah Marlene and Wildermore performing Sunday. Jordan Fritts of Normal shadowed his son, Owen, 3, as he splashed in the water feature in the roundabout. “We come up here for just about any event, but the circle is a great place to come any time,” said Fritts. “My wife does crafting so she likes to come to the festival to get inspiration.” Dawn Middleton of Greenville, Ind., returned for a second year to sell organically inspired jewelry made from metal and semi-precious stones. “I’m a nature lover and gardener so I try to bring my personality into my jewelry,” said Middleton. “People love handcrafted pieces, especially when they can get to know the artists at these sort of events.” Kitty Ash of Bloomington

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Festival winners This year’s judges for the Sugar Creek Arts Festival, which continues Sunday in uptown Normal, were artists Tim Kowalczyk and Nancy Fewkes. The winners are: Best of Sshow: Leah Richter, Clinton, Iowa, painting, Beaufort Street, Booth 54 First place, fine art: Kathrin Schmidt, Iowa City, Iowa, jewelry, Roundabout, Booth 5 Second place, fine art: Kara Kirchner, Bloomington, fiber felting, Beaufort Street, Booth 32 First place, fine craft: Lois Gress Neal, Squires, Mo., jewelry, North Street, Booth 29 Second place, fine craft: Tom Reed, Sandborn, Ind., woodworking, Beaufort Street, Booth 53 D. Bill Memorial prize for best use of recycled material: Angela Pierce, Bloomington, found object painting, North Street, Booth 18

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‌Mid-summer is shirt-sleeve weather, an enjoyable time of year to be out and about with family and friends. But it also is the heart of mosquito season, so beware the escalating health risks caused by their bites. The No. 1 prevention practice is eliminating any standing water that could serve as a mosquito-breeding site. “Still water is a great environment” for the insects, said Scott Zide, founder of Mosquito Squad, a mosquito and tick control service with 200 locations around the nation. “One-hundred-plus mosquitoes can be hatched from a single bottle cap full of water.” Things like tire swings, buckets, fire pits, rain barrels, plant saucers, empty pots, clogged downspouts, ornamental fountains, birdbaths, wheelbarrows, animal dishes and kids’ toys, including wading pools and upside-down Frisbees, can collect enough water for mosquitoes to breed. “These are the kinds of things you have to turn over,” Zide said.

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This May 3 photo shows a fountain in a yard near Langley, Wash., which harbored mosquito larvae until it was emptied, cleaned and then powered up, where it became a popular site for bird life. Some mosquitoes drop eggs that cling like glue to the sides of water-filled containers, he said. “These you have to sanitize, making sure they’re cleaned and scraped off and with no water left behind.”

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SUMMER TRAVEL

Folk art show opens at Crystal Bridges Museum ‌BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Since its debut five years ago, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has showcased works by well-known American artists like Georgia O’Keeffe and Andy Warhol. Now the Arkansas museum founded by a Wal-Mart heiress is turning its attention to ordinary objects made by unsung craftsmen, quilters and painters. The new show, “American Made: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum,” features a collection that includes weathervanes, shop signs and spinning toys called whirligigs. The show opened during the Independence Day weekend and remains on view through Sept. 19. The exhibition draws from the collection of the American Folk Art Museum in New York, billed by a curator there as America’s “alternative art history.” While an occasional folk art piece may have been included in previous special exhibits, the new show is the museum’s first dedicated entirely to the genre. “These are truly their treasures which they entrusted us with,” said Mindy Besaw, Crystal Bridges’ curator. “What you will get to see is the best of their collection.” Items range from 4-inch paper figurines depicting horses and soldiers in the post-Revolutionary War era to an 8-foot, hollow copper weathervane featuring a Delaware Indian leader named Tammany. “There are a few icons in the collection that I wanted to be on the checklist — pieces that haven’t traveled or haven’t traveled in a very long time: the Tammany weathervane, the man on a bicycle trade sign, pieces that are monumental in scale, or are so unique that you want them to be a part of the show,” said Stacy Hollander, chief curator and director of exhibitions at the American Folk Art Museum. Though many of the objects are decorative or aesthetically appealing, their original purpose was mostly functional: decoys to attract ducks, amusements for children or advertising from a period when images were needed because literacy rates were lower. “A weathervane is a practical form or sculpture, but it has to work. If it doesn’t work, it is not successful,” Hollander said. For its size, “it is surprisingly light.” The decoys, on the other hand, are just as functional if they aren’t painted, she said. “They just need to appear fowl-like to other birds,” Hollander said. “The silhouette is significant. The painted embellishment, that is an individual’s creativity coming into play.” Crystal Bridges opened in 2011, founded by Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton as a showcase for American masters. The museum is located in Bentonville, the same town as Wal-Mart corporate headquarters. Regular adM mission to the museum is free, 1 with the cost covered by Wal-

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Summer moviegoers more discerning Quality is vital currency in age of social media ‌NEW YORK (AP) — As Hollywood watches its summer season dip 15 percent below last year’s, an even more worrisome trend has taken shape: Moviegoers are growing pickier. Business has never been better for big, crowd-pleasing movies. Disney’s acclaimed sequel “Finding Dory” passed $300 million domestically after just 12 days of release — a pace that could make it the highest grossing animated film of all time. But for films that aren’t “the movie to see,” moviegoers are increasingly staying home. With word-of-mouth traveling at the speed of Twitter, quality has become a more vital currency. Will Smith (who knows something about box-office success) told attendees recently at Cannes Lions, the annual advertising festival, that the movie business has shifted. “Smoke and mirrors in marketing is over,” Smith said. “Back in the ‘80s and ‘90s you had a piece of crap movie you put a trailer with a lot of explosions and it was Wednesday before people knew your movie was (expletive),” said Smith. “But now what happens is 10 minutes into the movie, people are tweeting, ‘This is (expletive), go see Vin Diesel.’” Smith was notably absent from “Independence Day: Resurgence,” the sequel to his 1996 blockbuster. The Fox release, which cost $165 million to make, debuted with just $41.6 million in North America. It was the latest in a season-long series of underperforming sequels, including “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows,” ‘’Alice Through the Looking Glass,” ‘’X-Men: Apocalypse,” and “The Divergent Series: Allegiant.” Some of these films, boosted by international box-office, will one day turn a profit for their studios. But they all, despite following lucrative installments, couldn’t shake the stink of being, well, bad. Dismal reviews and disappointed fans have often — though certainly not always — meant trouble at the box office. But social media has made those reactions swifter, cutting into even opening weekend grosses. Though few ever went to “Independence Day” expecting the next “Citizen Kane,” Fox took the unusual step of largely hiding “Resurgence” from the press and critics prior to release. “We wanted the movie to stand on its own,” said Chris Aronson, head of distribution for Fox. “Look, we’re in the 30s on Rotten Tomatoes which unfortunately is one of the barometers that moviegoers use to decide whether to go or not. We would rather them discover it on their own and let the moviegoer decide whether they like the movie or not, not have somebody else tell them.” Yet moviegoers and critics are often not so far apart these days. Though some fans reacted with fury to the atrocious reviews for “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” once theaters were letting out, even die-hards came away with the grim realization: the critics were right. The film fell off a cliff at the box office, eventually making a relatively disappointing $873 million. “There used to be this disconnect between critics and audiences,” says Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for comScore. “Well, now we’re seeing that they’re pretty much in lockstep on most of these movies. If you look at ‘Zoolander 2,’ ‘Ride Along 2,’ ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass,’ you could name probably five others — by and large, the movies that didn’t perform also did not get good reviews.” It would be an overstatement to say critics and moviegoers, after decades of on- and offagain tussles, have finally joined forces. If that were so, the documentary “Weiner” would have made more money than “Now You See Me 2.” But moviegoers are showing signs of being more discerning — of not automatically turning up for a big-budget sequel the way they might have years before. The top five films last year — among them “Star Wars: The

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This undated image released by Disney shows the character Dory, voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, in a scene from ‘Finding Dory.’ Force Awakens” and “Jurassic World” — all had at least a 70 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Going to the movies is also, for many, a more considered night out. Not only have the alternatives on television grown more enticing, higher ticket prices have put more pressure on movie choice. Ticket are 50 percent higher now than they were when the first “Independence Day” came out. And if you’re paying for premium formats, seating and other amenities that can push a night at the movies past $50, you might not want to throw your money away on “Warcraft.” But for the films that are roundly considered “good” — like the spring hit “Zootopia” — the payoff can be huge. The summer’s No. 1 film, “Captain America: Civil War,” owns exactly a 90 percent rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes and a 90 percent rating from audiences. “A movie cannot hide from anyone once it’s opened because of social media,” says Dergarabedian. “That’s a double-edged sword. It’s great if you have a great movie. Then that can help your box office. If you don’t and you can’t deliver the goods, the audience will bust you on it immediately.”

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‌The upcoming summer Olympics have me dreaming of a bucket-list trip to Brazil, and because my dreams usually feature food, I’m also hankering for some black beans made in my incredibly heavy stone bean pot a dear friend of mine lugged all the way back from his Brazilian vacation years ago. Note: If you ever have a friend kind enough to bring you a heavy stone pot from Brazil for bean-braising, do it. It may have weighed enough to create all sorts of travel havoc for my friend and his suitcase, but this pot works true miracles on the humble dried bean! Black beans are such an inexpensive, versatile little bundle of protein, fiber and carbs that my stone pot gets used quite often. I love to cook up batches of beans and then divvy them up into small baggies to keep in the freezer, ready for a quick thaw for recipes. And I add black beans to almost anything for a little nutritional boost — try adding a tablespoon of beans to your chocolate smoothies, or a ½ cup of blended beans to your brownies, or just toss some beans in with pasta dishes or soups for some extra protein and filling fiber. This week, I’m adding black beans to an American summer classic: potato salad. And just like America, this version is a true melting pot of cultures coming together in glorious harmony. Black beans are paired with American-grown sweet potatoes

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SULLIVAN — For 59 years, Little Theatre-On the Square has produced Broadway-quality musicals and plays. They hire professional actors, directors and choreographers for each performance as well as create realistic sets and create beautiful music. The building is inviting to their audiences, but sadly, it is only open to the public for half of the year. A side from the shows and the occasional programs from the local high school and dance classes, “for about five or six months, nothing is going on in this place,” said John Stephens, Little Theatre On the Square executive director. As the 60th anniversary approaches, the theater has begun the process of expanding their services and public opportunities with their Capital Campaign. The goal is to create an entertainment facility accessible to the public all year. The $1.2 million project will be broken up into three stages. Over $300,000 has already been raised since the theater announced the campaign two months ago. The first stage, installing a 24-by-16-foot movie screen, will begin after half of the funds have been raised. “That is the biggest screen we could install,” Stephens said. The movies will be a mix of first-run movies, children’s programming and classic movies. The live theater schedule will continue with six summer productions as well as a spring show and a Christmas show. The process of the second stage will be determined when the money is available. The theater’s plan is to establish a costume rental company by renovating the current structure or building a new one for the sets, props and costumes. The current flat roof building has caused many problems for the staff. “The building that we have is very old and it is not efficient,” Stephens said. “We’re tired of dumping money into it. It is becoming more expensive to run than what it used to be.” Because the theater is self-sufficient, the costume and prop building plays a vital part of the theater’s current programs. The set designers build all of the sets with resources available through local businesses. Over 100,000 costume pieces have been stored in the facility from years of productions. The theater reuses many of the pieces as well as renting to local organizations and theaters. “We have a few places we rent to, but we want to be able to expand on that,” Stephens said. “It has such potential.” The third stage of the Capital Campaign will be expanding the Student’s Theater Arts Reach, or STAR, program already in place. The courses allow students to work with professionals in developing dance, acting and singing skills. They currently offer a six-week session in the spring as well as a summer week-long Broadway Boot Camp. The plan will be to restructure the current training program giving more well-rounded classes and year-round opportunities. The students will also have the op-

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The white bracts of a kousa dogwood make the tree a beautiful sight to behold in summer.

Dogwoods’ beauty continues into summer ‌T he last of the “hounds of spring” is in its glory. Dogwood. The flamboyant show began back in late winter when cornelian cherry (Cornus mas), a kind of dogwood, swathed its branches in a veil of small, yellow blossoms. That display was followed by one from the familiar flowering dogwood (C. florida), on whose heels, at ground level, came bunchberry (C. canadensis). Then it was the turn of pagoda dogwood (C. alternifolia), its white blossoms on branches tiered like the roofs of a pagoda. Summer is when white blossoms begin spilling in profusion from among kousa dogwood’s (C. kousa) dark green leaves. These blossoms are especially welcome because they fill the vacuum that follows the burst of color from spring-blooming trees and shrubs.

In fact, what we’ve been admiring from all these “hounds” are not flowers at all. These dogwoods’ true flowers are relatively inconspicuous. The alleged flowers are actually leaves — modified leaves called bracts, which are petal-like in color and in the way they lie in a whorl just behind the true flowers. (Poinsettias also owe their flamboyance to bracts rather than to true petals.) The only oddball, florally speaking, among these dogwoods is cornelian cherry. Its yellow bracts are relatively small, not much larger than the true flowers. The leaves and bracts make up for their small size by appearing in profusion and in clusters.

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Keep an eye on all these dogwoods for the rest of the season, for more good things are still to come. Over the next few weeks, their fruits will begin to turn red — first those of pagoda dogwood,

then those of bunchberry and cornelian cherry, and finally those of kousa dogwood and flowering dogwood. Pagoda dogwood’s fruits pass through a red stage on their way to becoming bluish black, but the fruit stalks remain a pleasing coral pink. Besides good looks, these fruits provide food for wildlife and even, to some extent, humans. The tastiest are cornelian cherry fruits, which, though rarely eaten these days, have been eaten by humans for thousands of years. Remains of these fruits have been found at Neolithic sites in Europe, and the Roman writer Ovid referred to the fruits as part of the Golden Age in his “Metamorphoses.” The plant was common in 18th century English gardens, with the harvested fruit known as cornel plums. Cornelian cherry fruits are still popular in Ukraine. Fresh cornelian cherries are a bit too robust in flavor for my palate, but if they sit for a couple of days the flavor mellows. Just ripe, or af-

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