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April 12, 2013
Greenhouse greets a reluctant spring
Goodwill store relocates to Glenbrook Commons
By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcnews.net
By Garth Snow gsnow@kpcnews.net
K.B. Young can only guess how many zinnias he has planted at Young’s Greenhouse and Flower Shop. “I lost count about 40 years ago,” said Young, the fourth-generation operator of the greenhouse that opened in 1873. Young worked in other fields, too, but returned to the greenhouse to stay in 1975. His sons Blake and Brian represent the fifth generation of Youngs in the plant business. Both say the family business is healthy, and they plan to stay. “We’re pretty sure it’s a genetic problem,” K.B. said. K.B. said Young’s will grow about 25 varieties of zinnias this year. “This one here is Zahara Starlight Rose,” he said. Using tweezers to manage individual seeds, he said he would plant 600 to 800 plants of that variety. “We don’t do tons of any one
electric shaver to sift seed into the cells. Those modern advancements went unused, as K.B. picked up any fallen zinnia seeds and placed them, uniformly, in the centers of waiting cells. “Sometimes it’s just
Goodwill has completed the move from Coliseum Corners to the former Fashion Bug location in Glenbrook Commons. City, chamber of commerce and Goodwill leaders shared in the ribbon-cutting ceremony April 4. Bill Warriner, the president of Goodwill Industries of Northeast Indiana, said the move had been three months in the planning. He said a 200-foot line of shoppers awaited the grand opening. Extra staff was called in for the opening, said Ruth Koontz, Goodwill’s public relations specialist. “We brought some over from other stores to help out,” Koontz said. “They are experienced individuals who had done this, so they helped with setting up the store and then helping to run it.” The extra staff would be on hand at least through the weekend, Warriner said. “Then we’ll determine our level of business,” he said. “We may have to add some more people into the mix.” All employees from the Coliseum Boulevard location were retained for the Glenbrook store, Warriner said. The new store has 12,855 square feet of floor space. The rush of shoppers continued well into the day, after the ceremony, tours and refreshments. Kevin Thomas, who said he is a Goodwill janitor and has been on staff for 21 years, tidied clothing racks instead of cleaning late Thursday afternoon. He said the crowds had been heavy all day. Bev Beal, who marked her two-year employment anniversary that same day, agreed that the aisles had
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Blake Young waters tables of plants at Young’s Greenhouse & Flower Shop. Family members grow plants from seed or transplant plugs. Customers include home gardeners and landscapers. thing,” he said. Across the desk, his wife, Sandy, designed and printed plastic labels for the trays of plants. Sorting seeds can be tedious work, said Blake, who showed about a half of a thimbleful of seeds in a small glass vial. “There are about a thousand
begonia seeds in here,” he said. Much of today’s seed is pelletized for easier planting, Blake said. Lights can be set up to make it easier to detect seeds falling into cells. K.B. came up with his own innovation, a short metal scoop attached to an
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Bill Thomas and Joan Bryant help to set up the Faith Baptist Church chil dinner. This year’s dinner was delayed one week by a snowstorm. The crew cooked enough chili for about 150 people.
Faith Baptist chili dinner is just a rest before further service to community When the Faith Baptist Church comes together for hot chili and home-baked pie on a snowy March day, the members look ahead to months of local and national outreach. “We do this once a year, usually the first Wednesday of March every year, when there’s not 10 inches of snow,” said church secretary Deborah Wight. A storm
bumped this year’s dinner back one week. “With the chili dinner, our women’s group raises money for their missions projects,” Wight said. “And then we have a pie auction and that money goes to our youth mission trip.” Volunteers make it all possible, Wight said. “It’s wonderful. It’s just a fun time,” she said. “And it’s a time when everyone in the church is together. And it’s a weekSee CHILI, Page A2
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