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Enjoy a fresh meal on the verandah Jackson Center cafe serves up local food in a unique atmosphere BY LINDY JURACK iN75 Editor JACKSON CENTER — Just as you pull into the west side of Jackson Center on Ohio 274, you’ll pass a large brick home with a wrap-around porch and black awning. But it’s not a home at all. Inside is a charming restaurant with a warm ambiance, friendly staff and fresh food, much of which is grown locally — some even in its own backyard. Cafe Verandah, 205 W. Pike St., is often called a hidden gem in the community and it’s easy to see why. Owner Lori Huffer opened the restaurant in 2006. The building was built in 1888 as the first schoolhouse in town. It was later owned by Clara Rogers, who turned it into a boarding house after her husband died. In honor of Clara, some of Cafe Verandah’s menu items are named after her, such as Clara’s Spinach Salad and Clara’s Croissant Sandwich.
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the Columbus area and brings a lot of culinary experience with him, Huffer said.
Sweet tooth The desserts, though, are homemade by Huffer. Coconut cream pie, raspberry white chocolate bread pudding, cheesecake, tiramsu and carrot cake are some of the sweets served at Cafe Verandah. The dessert menu varies each day. “I love to bake. I’ve had a lot of people in my life who were great bakers,” she said, naming her greatgrandmother, who coincidentally lived just two lots over from where the restaurant is. “She was very well known in town for her baking. She inspired me.” Because Huffer likes to buy as much of her ingredients locally, the menu changes with the seasons. Right now, fresh local asparagus is a big hit. The cafe even grows its own herbs and veggies in a garden on the property. “I like to support local, and I like the freshness,” she said.
The menu includes appetizers, soup, fresh salads, entrees and homemade desserts. Huffer said popular items are the pecan encrusted Frenched pork chops and crab cakes. Chef Kyle makes fresh marinara to serve with veal, eggplant and chicken Parmesan, which also are commonly ordered. Salads are another hit at the cafe, Hawaiian fish and all the dressings also Not all cuisines are are made in house. Chef Kyle has been with available locally, such as the fresh Hawaiian fish Cafe Verandah for more than a year. He hails from Cafe Verandah often
serves. The chef is able to get a variety of different fish from a supplier in Honolulu, who overnights it on ice, so it’s fresh and never frozen.
On the verandah With the early warm weather, Cafe Verandah diners have already been enjoying the restaurant’s namesake. A large verandah wraps around the building and seats approximately 26 people at tables that can accommodate parties of various sizes. New this season at Cafe
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The dining room at Cafe Verandah has a warm feel to it with the building’s original hardwood floors and unique mix of chairs. The verandah (left photo) is popular with guests and was opened early this year with all the warm weather. get a vision in her mind of what she wanted for her own cafe. When this building became available, she knew if was right. “Kreg always supported me. He said, ‘If it’s a dream, you need to fulfill it,’” she said. She turned the home, which also has housed an insurance office and a beauty salon, into apartments before taking the Verandah is a Sunday brunch, offered from 9 a.m. Fulfilling a dream leap to make it a cafe. Decorating the space was one to 1 p.m. through this sumHuffer, who was born of her favorite parts. mer. Diners order off a Cafe Verandah has a and raised in Jackson Cenmenu of breakfast and French, Tuscan charm and ter, always had a dream of lunch items, instead of viswarm feel to it, and there’s owning her own restauiting a buffet. Also coming up at the something interesting to rant. She and her husrestaurant is the annual look at everywhere you band, Kreg, would always Mother’s Day Brunch, turn. Because Huffer loves seek out privately owned which has been a popular restaurants when they va- flowers, diners will always event since Cafe Verandah cationed, and she began to find fresh-cut flowers or opened, Huffer said. Three settings will be offered — 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. The buffet will include carved beef, a chicken dish, french toast bake, potatoes, salad, homemade desserts and more.
arrangements around the cafe. The front door opens into a foyer with the main dining space to the left, bathrooms down the hallway in the center and the stairs on the right.
Warm decor Original hardwood floors and exposed ceiling beams set the tone in the dining room, creating a warm, inviting space. The dark tablecloths allow the eye to pick up on fact that all the chairs are different and unique. Soft music plays in the background, anything from the Beatles to Dave Matthews Band. The hallway leads to • See Verandah on page 3
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Tour to visit local Civil War sites
Piqua seminar focuses on beer
PIQUA — “Beer … Be- were brewers. Burkhardt will lead the yond the Basics,” featuring SIDNEY — The Shelby House, believed to be an beer aficionado Dr. James audience through the late Underground Railroad County Historical Society 1800s, through ProhibiBurkhardt, is the second will be part of a Civil War house, followed by a visit tion, through life after in this season’s Library to Springfield’s Ferncliff bus tour of Logan, Clark World War II and on to the Lounge Series at the Cemetery. and Shelby counties May present day, which is a Piqua Public Library FriThe final stop will be in day at 6 p.m. 11 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. renaissance of craft brewSidney to visit the MonuThe day will celebrate According to Benjamin ing. mental Building. This local Civil War history as At the most recent Franklin, “Beer is proof guests visit museums and building is a monument to that God loves us and Great American Beer Fest Civil War veterans. Now landmarks that highlight there were more than 80 wants us to be happy.” the area’s Civil War contri- used as the county’s Mudifferent styles of beer Burkhardt plans to exnicipal Court and home of pand on Franklin’s statebutions. The tour will that were sampled and begin at the Logan County the county’s Veteran’s rated. Burkhardt will disment through a brief Museum with a tour of the Services Offices, this three- history of beer and how it cuss some of those differstory building was funded is responsible for civiliza- ences in styles of beer. new exhibit, “Logan by local taxpayers and County and the War of “I am not really a beer tion as we know it. His donors of the late 19th cen- viewpoint is that the 1812 & Civil War.” expert. I like beer, I read tury to honor the county’s United States of America It will then go to about beer, and I enjoy fallen soldiers and triSpringfield to visit the tasting and trying new was founded on beer — umphant veterans. Clark County Heritage beers and flavors. I reGeorge Washington, Make reservations Center, host of the Ohio cently sampled a Russian Thomas Jefferson and, of Historical Society’s travel- today. Cost is $25 per per- course, Samuel Adams all Imperial Stout that was son and includes the meal ing exhibit “Ohio and the and admission fees. Checks Civil War: 150 Years may be made payable to Later,” as well as its own the Logan County HistoriCivil War exhibit. Lunch cal Society and mailed to will be served at the Heris proud to announce 521 E. Columbus Ave., itage Center with a Bellefontaine, OH 43311. speaker on the Gammon
aged in whiskey casks … delicious,” he said. During the program, the audience will have the opportunity to taste five beers from the great brewing nations of the world — a wheat beer from Germany, a pale ale from Great Britain, an American India pale ale, a Belgian Trappist ale and a chocolate stout from Great Britain. The beers will be paired with small amounts of food to complement them. “Beer … Beyond the Basics” is open to anyone
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21 and older, and admission is free. The Library Lounge Series is sponsored by the Friends of the Piqua Public Library. The Friends of the Piqua Public Library invites anyone with ideas for Library Lounge events to contact the Jill Casto at the library at (937) 7736753. Suggestions also may be emailed to Robinson at rrobinson123@woh.rr.com. The group hopes to eventually offer more than one event each month.
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Art Vault Gallery to open on Troy square cutting will be held May 18, and the grand opening will be May 19. Developer Patty Rose, TROY — The arts have who also owns and opernever been absent from ates the Leaf & Vine and Troy, but a historic buildPatty Rose & Associatesing is being turned into a Allstate Insurance, is place to see and buy high adding gallery owner to quality artwork in a way that hasn’t existed in Troy her resume. Rose acquired the building, which most before. The Art Vault Gallery will open its doors recently housed Knapke Cabinets, in October, and May 1 on the southeast quadrant of the downtown has been cleaning and clearing it out since then. square on East Main With her original plan Street. to bring in a national franThe gallery has 37 spaces for artists to exhibit chise taking too long, and and sell their work, and al- her desire to fill the space by this summer, Rose demost all of them will be cided to make it into an art filled by opening day. It gallery about a month ago. will be a mix of local “In just one month, artists, including Annette we’ve come around from an Cargill, a former Troy art idea to a reality,” she said. teacher, and nationally The vignettes left beknown and collected hind by the cabinet store artists, including Harry make the perfect gallery Ally, Mark Perlman and walls, but the building still John Hartley. All mediums of art can needed a lot of work. Rose had to repair walls, add be seen at the Art Vault trim, paint and fix and Gallery, such as oil and acrylics, watercolor, multi- clean the carpet. “The building is going to media, photography and sculpture. The gallery will have a whole new look for 2012 while embracing its be open Tuesday through history,” she said. Saturday from noon to 8 That history is deeply p.m., and closed Sundays rooted in the community. and Mondays. A ribbon BY LINDY JURACK iN75 Editor
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Residents have been utilizing the building since it was First National Bank in 1908. In the 1940s, and for several more decades, it was M&R Drugs. Coincidentally, the daughter of Robert C. Russell, the “R” in M&R Drugs, has rented space in the gallery. Annette Cargill will show her contemporary abstract paintings in the same space where she used to ring up customers at the drug store. When she was 11, her dad started bringing her into the store on Sunday evenings. He’d work the pharmacy counter while she manned the front register. Being too short to see the buttons on the cash register, she had to stand on a stool to ring up purchases, but jump down quickly before the cash drawer sprung out. “That was very entertaining to people who came in to buy things,” Cargill said, standing in the same spot by the front window in the building today, which will now display her artwork. “It’s really kind of goosebumpy to think of all the time I’ve spent in this building and on the square.” Cargill also knows some of the other artists who will exhibit their work next to hers at the Art Vault Gallery. Some of them were her students when she taught art at Troy High School for more than 30 years. Cargill first got interested in art when she had it in school in fifth grade. It was very uncommon for elementary schools to have art at the time, she said. “Troy has always been an arts community. There’s just always been a lot of interest in the arts,” she said.
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Artist Annette Cargill (right) shows Patty Rose pictures of her father’s drug store that used to occupy the downtown building Rose is turning into an art gallery. Annette used to work in her dad’s store as a kid, and now she will show her own artwork in the new gallery. For her, the opening of this gallery is about more than having a place to exhibit her work. “My dad would be so tickled to see the building used for something this viable,” she said. Rose said many of the artists who have contacted her are pleasantly surprised an art gallery is opening in Troy. The Art Vault Gallery will not be a craft or retail store, but a fine arts gallery. Artists fill out applications to be accepted to exhibit. If an artist’s work isn’t selling, they’ll have the opportunity to be relieved of their six-month contract. “We want to raise the bar. We really are trying to be a high quality place,” Rose said. “We want buyers. We want to sell art.” Rose, who also is the president of Troy Main
Street, wants Troy to become a destination, and believes the Art Vault Gallery, along with the other downtown businesses and restaurants, will help do that. “With all these cuisines to choose from, Asian, Italian, Cajun and American, this will give diners a place to stop,” she said. Just creating the gallery itself has helped the local economy, as Rose has hired carpet cleaners, signage and awning companies, window washers and more. Picture It Framed, another downtown business, also has gotten a boost since the artists need to have their work framed. Rose believes in investing money in art. “I don’t think it’s as expensive as people think. People spend $250 a
month on cable TV. In two months of TV, you could have a beautiful painting,” she said. “I’ve spent money buying art, and I challenge all the people out there to. The supporters of the arts need to become patrons of the arts.” Patrons of the Art Vault Gallery will have the added bonus of getting to meet and talk with some of the artists. All the artists who exhibit there sign up to volunteer four hours per month at the gallery. During weekdays until 6 p.m., the gallery will be staffed by Bill Smith, who also created the website www.theartvaultgallery.co m. From 6 to 8 p.m. during the week and during all weekend hours, the artists themselves will run the gallery, make sales and be available to talk about their work with buyers.
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Bands to take the stage for BNC’s Tunes in Trees TROY — The eighth annual Tunes in the Trees music celebration will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Brukner Nature Center, 5995 Horseshoe Bend Road. The bluegrass, folk and acoustic music concert benefits the nature center. The event boasts two stages, six hours of music and more than 40 wildlife ambassadors. Guests can visit wildlife PROVIDED PHOTO exhibits, take a hike or lisGirls and their dads dance the night away at a previous Princess Ball. The Gate- ten to music. Lawn chairs way Arts Council is hosting this year’s dance May 11 at Lehman High School. are encouraged. Bands slated to play at the concert are Rum River Blend, Absolute Breakdown, Ann and Phil Case, Berachah Valley, Tar Heel Boys, Rock Island Plow SIDNEY — Little girls young princesses will be organizations; presenting Co., Storm’s Creek, C & M who watch their older sis- able to take part in sevfree concerts; providing Bluegrass, North & South, ters get ready for the eral princess-themed acmusical instruments to prom don’t have to feel en- tivities. A raffle will school music students; vious this year. They will feature special items, inmounting a major fine art have their own dance to go cluding the two grand exhibit featuring area to with the best date of all, prize American Girl dolls artists each year; and protheir fathers or father fig- donated by Lisa Alveto Or- viding free art activities ures. thodontics. for children at area festiGateway Arts Council The Princess Ball is vals and events. presents the Princess Ball, sponsored by Walt and For more information a father-daughter dance, Carol Bennett and Tom on this or any Gateway May 11 at Lehman and Judy Westerheide. Arts Council event, visit Call for an Catholic High School, Proceeds from the event www.gatewayartscouncil.o appointment 2400 St. Marys Ave., from help Gateway Arts Coun- rg or call (937) 498-2787. 7 to 9 p.m. Tickets cost cil carry out its mission in $10 for a father with one Shelby County to “make daughter or $15 for a faart available everywhere, ther with more than one at every time and for daughter. Tickets are for everyone.” sale at Ron & Nita’s, GateGateway fulfills this way Arts Council office mission by providing arts and at the door. and cultural programming at Miami Co. Fairgrounds Disc jockeys Tony and to schools; presenting perSaturday, April 28 Tambra Brown will proformances and concerts 410 W. Russell Rd., Sidney 10 am - 6 pm vide music, while Sidney for children, families and Sunday, April 29 Foodtown will help proadults throughout the 10 am - 4 pm Hours: M-Th 9-9; Fri. 9-6; Sat. 8-2 vide the refreshments. year; providing a yearI-75 N to Exit 78 turn right This year, in addition to round art gallery; making to Fairgrounds 2273494 the photos for $5, the grants to other area arts
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Celebrate Taste of Wine and Jazz Friday in Greenville GREENVILLE — Darke County Center for the Arts will present A Taste of Wine and Jazz XXIII on Friday at Montage Cafe in downtown Greenville. The wine tasting party, a fundraiser for the local arts organization, will feature food and music in addition to a selection of fine wines. “Our most recent Taste last January sold out quickly, leaving many potential party-goers out in the cold. We hope that all those who want to celebrate spring at a sensationally fun party will make their reservations now to ensure their participation in this popular event,” said DCCA Executive Director Julie Strait. Music will be provided by Deron Bell and the Jazz For You band, a group which has earned a large local following. “Deron Bell can do it all. He sings, plays a variety of instruments and covers a broad spectrum of music,” said Keith Rawlins, DCCA artistic director. “The quality of the musicianship achieved by Deron and his band is equalled by the group’s joy in playing, making for a memorably good time for all concerned.” The band’s performance is made possible through the sponsorship of Cox Insurance, Zechar Bailey Funeral Home and Kent and Melinda Myers. A Taste of Wine and Jazz provides a casual social setting where attendees can
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TROY — More than 110 companies will be at the Troy Area Chamber of Commerce Business Expo Thursday to talk with consumers about their business and answer any questions visitors might have. The Business Expo will be held Thursday from 3 to 7 p.m. at Hobart PROVIDED PHOTO Arena. The event is open to Deron Bell and the Jazz For You band the public, and admission will perform for A Taste of Wine and is free. Jazz Friday evening. The booths will showcase the best companies in enjoy the music or visit with friends while discovering the differing attributes the Troy area business of a variety of wines. Montage proprietors community. Many companies will have free giveAaron and Michelle Cox will prepare an array of hors d’oeuvres to complement the wine selections. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The event closes with the awarding of door prizes at 8:30 p.m. Tickets to the event are $35 each, and are available at Montage and at DCCA’s office inside Greenville Public Library, or by contacting DCCA at (937) 547-0908 or dcca@centerforarts.net.
aways and food samples. Guests will have the chance to enter a drawing to win $1,000. Heater, the Dayton Dragons mascot, also will make an appearance. Participating companies cover just about every industry, including automotive, health care, banks and credit unions, gardening and landscaping, education, HVAC, country clubs, veterinarians, funeral homes, banquet halls, jewelry stores, metal fabricators, communications, computers and technology, accountants, electric,
insurance, hotels, real estate, beauty products, attorneys, marketing and more. Several restaurants will be present to give visitors a true taste of Troy. Participating restaurants include Panera Bread, Le Doux’s, La Piazza, Culver’s, Oink A Doodle Moo and The Duck Wagon, as well as students and staff from the Upper Valley Career Center’s chef training program. For more information on the Troy Area Chamber of Commerce Business Expo, call (937) 339-8769 or visit TroyOhioChamber.com.
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Wind Soloists of New York to their first series appearance on Saturday. The Wind Soloists of New York bring together the leading wind players of that city to perform major works for winds from Mozart and Beethoven to Samuel Barber and Paul Hindemith. The members are among the most esteemed wind players in the United States. They have collectively performed with toprank ensembles including the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera, Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Symphony and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. They have played at the Ravinia, Spoleto, Lucerne, Tanglewood and Marlboro Music Festivals, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. For the Vanguard performance, Bosnian pianist Pedja Muzsijevic joins the soloists’ flute, oboe, bassoon and clarinet voices. 456 Belmonte Park North ◆ Saturday 8 p.m. ◆ $20 for adults, $15 for students ◆ www.daytonartinstitute.org ◆ (937) 223-5277 ‘Rach of Ages’ CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra presents its concert “Rach of Ages” Friday and Saturday at Music Hall. French pianist Lise de la Salle makes her CSO debut with Shostakovich’s First Concerto, a vibrant
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Shen Yun Performing Arts will perform classical Chinese dance at the Schuster Center Tuesday. work of uncommon lyricism and delicacy, while CSO principal trumpet Robert Sullivan plays the virtuoso solo that appears throughout the concerto and steals the show at its closing bars. Slovakian conductor Juraj Val uha completes this colorful program with Rachmaninoff’s Third Symphony, whose luminous themes move brilliantly from brash and energetic to sweet and lyrical and back again. 1241 Elm St. ◆
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Eye candy Nature gallery TROY — Brukner Nature Center’s art gallery is featuring photographer Nina Harfmann, a photographer, writer and naturalist from southwest Ohio. Her work is featured in Brukner’s own newly renovated exhibit space, as well as the 2012 Ohio Wildlife Legacy Stamp. Harfmann’s “Beside Little Pond” is a presentation of images strung together like beads on a cord with a line of simple, original text. Taken over a three-year period as she repeatedly made visits to a small area on the bank of a vernal pool in her own backyard, the se-
quence of photographs captures the change of season and the quiet beauty of the pool’s changing life. Those who know a vernal pool, know well of its transformative power. For those who yet may not know one, the images held within this exhibit will engage and inspire further exploration. 5995 Horseshoe Bend Road ◆ Now through June 17 ◆ www.bruknernaturecenter.com ◆ (937) 698-6493 ‘Changing Landscapes’ DAYTON — Two visually stunning exhibitions are on display at the Dayton Art Institute — “Changing Landscapes: Contemporary Chinese Fiber Art” and “Maya Lin: Flow” — both on view now through June 17. “Changing Landscapes” is the first exhibition of contemporary Chinese fiber art to travel to the United States and features 45 works by 48 artists. This is the last opportunity to see this visionary show before it returns to China. 456 Belmonte Park North ◆ Now through June 17 during museum hours ◆ Adults $12, seniors, students and active military $9, youth 7-17 $6, children 6 and younger admitted free ◆ www.daytonartinstitute.or g ◆ (937) 223-5277
Family fun Card party SIDNEY — The Senior Center of Sidney-Shelby County is hosting a card party at the center this afternoon. There will be door prizes and table prizes. Snacks will be served. Raffle tickets and tickets for a 50/50 drawing will be available for purchase. 304 S. West Ave. ◆ Today 1 to 4 p.m. ◆ Admission is $6 ◆ (937) 492-5266 Sidney gun show SIDNEY — The River Valley Hunter’s Association hosts a gun and knife show at the Shelby County Fairgrounds Saturday morning and afternoon. The group has the event on the last Saturday of every month, excluding July. 655 S. Highland Ave. ◆ Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. ◆ rwhoops8@gmail.com ◆ (937) 418-2179 Circus FAIRBORN — Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey present the circus “Fully Charged” this weekend at the Wright State University’ Nutter Center. 3640 Col. Glenn Highway ◆ Thursday and Friday 7 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m., 3 and 7 p.m.; Sunday noon and 4 p.m. ◆ Tickets from $15 ◆ www.ticketmaster.com ◆ (800) 745-3000
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tion of traditional Chinese culture as it once was — a study in grace, wisdom and the virtues distilled from the five millennia of Chinese civilization. 1 W. 2nd St. ◆ Tuesday 7:30 p.m. ◆ Tickets from $51 ◆ www.victoriatheatre.com ◆ (937) 228-3630 ‘The Two Man Group’ DAYTON — Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood, stars of the Emmynominated “Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” have teamed up to present an evening of extraordinary improvisational comedy. Their show, “The Two Man Group,” will be on stage at Victoria Theatre Saturday evening. Using their quick wit, the guys take contributions from the audience to create hilarious and original scenes. Their high-profile presentations have played to sold-out venues all over the country. 138 N. Main St. ◆ Saturday 7:30 and 10 p.m. ◆ Tickets from $44 ◆ www.victoriatheatre.com ◆ (937) 228-3630
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Honor Wrestling comes to Hara Arena on Sunday. Ring of Honor wrestling is synonymous with the best-in-ring action in the sport and is known for its athleticism and hard hitting style. ROH is a new style developed by fresh, young stars that incorporates wrestling, mixed martial arts and high-flying. ROH has brought back the meaning of the word “wrestling” in prowrestling and provides the dedicated fan-base with an exciting and electric show, full of athleticism, intensity and passion. 1001 Shiloh Springs Road ◆ Sunday, show at 5 p.m., doors open at 4 p.m. ◆ Tickets for reserved seats are $25 and $35, general admission
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Edgar Allen Poe joins forces with a young Baltimore detective to hunt down a mad serial killer who’s using Poe’s own works as the basis in a string of brutal murders. When a mother and daughter are found brutally murdered in 19th century Baltimore, Detective Emmett Fields makes a startling discovery: the crime resembles a fictional murder described in gory detail in the local newspaper — part of a collection of stories penned by struggling writer and social pariah Edgar Allan Poe. But even as Poe is questioned by police, another grisly murder occurs, also inspired by a popular Poe story. Realizing a serial killer is on the loose using Poe’s writings as the backdrop for his bloody rampage, Fields enlists the author’s help in stopping the attacks. But when it appears someone close to Poe may become the murderer’s next victim, the stakes become even higher and the inventor of the detective story calls on his own powers of deduction to try to solve the case before it’s too late. Starring: John Cusack, Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson Genre, rating: Crime/thriller, R
‘Safe’ A second-rate cage fighter on the mixed martial arts circuit, Luke Wright lives a numbing life of routine beatings and chump change … until the day he blows a rigged fight. Wanting to make an example of him, the Russian Mafia murders his family and banishes him from his life forever, leaving Luke to wander the streets of New York destitute, haunted by guilt, and tormented by the knowledge that he will always be watched, and anyone he develops a relationship with will also be killed. But when he witnesses a frightened 12-year-old Chinese girl being pursued by the same gangsters who killed his wife, Luke impulsively jumps to action and straight into the heart of a deadly high-stakes war. Starring: Jason Statham, Chris Sarandon, Anson Mount Genre, rating: Action/thriller, R
‘The Five-Year Engagement’ Beginning where most romantic comedies end, this film looks at what happens when an engaged couple keeps getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle. Starring: Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Kevin Hart Genre, rating: Comedy/romance, R
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With a rag-tag crew at his side, and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked in “The Five-Year Engagement” against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz to the much coveted Pirate of the Year Award. It’s a quest that takes our heroes from the shores of exotic Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. Along the way they battle a diabolical queen and team up with a haplessly smitten young scientist but never lose sight of what a pirate loves best — adventure. Starring: Voices of Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, Salma Hayek • “Contraband” Genre, rating: Animated/comedy, not rated • “Dark Tide” • “Pariah” • “Return” • “Let the Bullets Fly” In the tiny, rural town of Carthage, Texas, assistant • “Young Goethe In Love” funeral director Bernie Tiede was one of the town’s most • “The Innkeepers” beloved residents. Everyone loved and appreciated Bernie, • “The Wicker Tree” so it came as no surprise when he befriended Marjorie Nu• “The Organizer” gent, an affluent widow who was as well known for her sour • “Pearls Of The Czech New attitude as her fortune. Marjorie quickly became fully depenWave (Eclipse Series 32)” dant on Bernie and his generosity and Bernie struggled to • “Badge 373” meet her increasing demands. The people of Carthage were • “The Buccaneer (1938)” shocked when it was reported that Marjorie Nugent had been • “Cinema Verite” dead for some time, and Bernie was being charged with the mur• “Camelot” Shirley MacLaine and Jack Black der. • “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy star in “Bernie” Starring: Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey (1979)” Genre, rating: Comedy/crime, PG-13
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Home and Away with Dana Wolfe Weekend trip back home proves some things never change This past weekend I had to go to my childhood hometown for a funeral. While there we decided to take a ride and re-visit some memories. It is certain that some things do change in small communities, like new businesses, new streets, bigger signs, but in some respect, some things never change. There is nothing like the kindness you get from southern Ohio folks. They never meet a stranger, and they never forget who you are. As we traveled through a town called New Boston, I yelled, “Pull over. Let’s get a Hickie burger!” Mark complied as he was starving. It is a hometown burger joint that I went to in high school, with the
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most delicious hamburgers you have ever tasted. They are a small hamburger on a steamed bun, and you can get it served with french fries and gravy. (It’s a southern Ohio thing.) Now, I love a good K’s Hamburgers or The Spot in Sidney, but there is just something different about Hickie’s burgers. Maybe it’s just the great memories — after a ballgame or the prom. I told Mark, “You can even get them dipped” (the bun dipped in hamburger grease). He just stared at me again — this I told to the new diabetic eating his one hamburger the size of a half dollar. Moving on … We were halfway done with our meal when I heard this voice say, “Are you lost little girl?” It was a gal, Judy Porter, that I knew growing up in Franklin Furnace, there with her husband enjoying their lunch. Mark, as you remember, is from Chicago, and can’t believe that somebody would still remember me after all these years. He is still amazed by that. We took a ride along the river in Wheelersburg, went to the church I grew up in, and to the high
school where I graduated. A flood of memories came pouring back. Even though it was a different time back then (in the ’70s), it was a wonderful time, just like when you hear a song that takes you back to a time and place. That evening when we checked into our hotel, the customer service gal looked at me and said,” Aren’t you Dana Hyland?” I turned to look at Mark and he just walked off shaking his head laughing. Some things never change! Recipes from family and friends in southern Ohio. Caramel Rolls 1 loaf frozen bread dough, thawed 1 cup brown sugar 1 package regular vanilla pudding 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 cup margarine 1 tablespoon milk 1 cup chopped walnuts (or pecans) Cut bread into 16 pieces. Put into two greased bread pans. In a saucepan, melt remaining ingredients. Pour over bread. Let rise until double the size. Bake in 325 degree oven for 2530 minutes. Sour Cream Potato Salad 12 medium potatoes,
boiled and diced 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup vinegar 1/4 cup Crisco oil Marinate potatoes for one hour in the above mixture. 1/2 cup chopped celery 1/2 cucumber, chopped 2 tablespoons onion, finely chopped 1/2 green pepper, chopped 2 cups sour cream Mix well. Add to potatoes after one hour. Garnish with the rest of the green pepper and cucumber. Divine Meatballs 1 pound ground beef 3/4 cup canned applesauce
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Hoosier photography featured in Art at the Mill GREENVILLE — In celebration of National Historic Preservation Month during the month of May, Bear’s Mill’s Art at the Mill will feature photographs by awardwinning photographer John Bower in an exhibit titled “Capturing the Soul of Our Past.”
A treasured historic site itself, Bear’s Mill, 6450 Arcanum-Bear’s Mill Road, hosts monthly displays of work by regional artists; these art shows open on the final Friday of each month with a reception offering light appetizers and wine from 6 to 9 p.m. Opening
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others, he is “capturing the very soul of Indiana — the essence of who we are as Hoosiers.” Bower said he is
moved by rusted, worn or weathered objects that were crafted by hand, and he hopes to portray the original pride and vitality radiated by the now forlorn and neglected subjects he shoots. Along with his wife, Lynn, the artist was named a Distinguished Hoosier by Gov. Mitch Daniels in 2011. The couple have produced seven books of Indiana photography. These books, a unique blending of fine art and history, also are available at Bear’s Mill. Art at the Mill is on view during regular mill store hours, which are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. For more information, call (937) 548-5112 or visit www.bearsmill.com.
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