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Sassy • Spirited • Successful

May 2017

INSIDE The Boat Life: Living Small to Live Large

Get Growing with Houseplants • Journey to the Birthplace of Rock Fangboner Farms Delivers the Unexpected • Meet Virginia

Sassy • Spirited • Successful

Co-editors Jennifer Ruple and Mary Helen Darah

Life doesn’t come with a manual. It comes with a mother.

Happy Mother’s Day! Get growing with helpful tips on keeping houseplants healthy and thriving (pg. 4). Meet the creators of Fangboner Farms, an all-natural herb farm where you can expect the unexpected (pg. 8). Our roving rocker, Robert Alexander, takes us on a journey to the birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll (pg. 10). Meet two couples who take ‘downsizing’ to a whole new level by living year-round on their boats at Bay View Yacht Club in Toledo (pg. 6).

May is National Hamburger Month. Sue Schafer shares a few good reads to brush up on your outdoor grilling skills (pg.15). Spring has indeed sprung. Check out the back page for some fabulous fun in the month of May. Happy spring! As always, thanks for reading.

sas•sy

spir•it•ed

suc•cess•ful

adjective very stylish; confident and energetic

adjective full of courage or energy; very lively or determined

adjective having the correct or desired result; ending in success having achieved wealth, respect, or fame

BOOMERS Inside & Beyond Editors Mary Helen Darah Jennifer Ruple Boomer Consultant Sharon Lange Contributing Writers Robert Alexander, Jeff Bucher, Mary Helen Darah, Jennifer Ruple, Sue Schafer Distribution Donald Frazier, Nancy Jomantas and Paul Jomantas Layout and Design Elissa Cary Boom Your Business with Advertising boomersandbeyond2014@gmail.com 419-824-0100 On The Web sylvaniaadvantage.com/boomers-beyond facebook.com/ Boomers Hangout 5657 N. Main St. #1, Sylvania, Ohio 43560

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• Revisit your financial goals

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• Easy care houseplants

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• The boat life

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• Get the unexpected • Rock matters • Crossword fun • Meet Virginia • Books for boomers • It’s a date

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L-R: Chris and Diane Sackett and Lori and Steve Suffety relax on the water at Bay View Yacht Club.

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Take a Fresh Look at Your Goals

Revisit your fiscal and financial priorities each day By Jeff Bucher Help Boost Your Retirement Savings with These Simple Tips: No matter where you are in your life, saving for retirement is likely one of your most important financial goals. But, Jeff Bucher even if you have professional guidance and a clear strategy for your desired future, you could still be missing some straightforward ways to maximize your savings.

We are always here to help you address major life events and financial changes, but we also want to share some simple ways to increase your savings now.

Reevaluate Small Budget Items Changing major aspects of your budget — such as your housing or healthcare costs — can significantly impact your savings potential, but may also take time to implement. To start saving more today, look at the little places where you spend money and see where you can trim your expenses. For example, do you eat lunch out every day or buy a specialty coffee most mornings? Do you have entertainment packages you aren’t really using, such as cable TV or online memberships?

Saving a few dollars each day can add up to thousands of dollars over a year, which is money you can put toward your retirement.

Remember to Imagine the Retirement You Desire Effective retirement strategies often focus on building a clear vision of how you would like to spend life after your career. As you go about your daily life and make financial decisions, how often do you reflect on this vision? Rather than only thinking about your retirement goals during financial reviews or major choices, start incorporating this picture into your regular decision-making process. For example, each time you make a purchase, ask yourself if you’d rather have this item or put the money toward the retirement you desire. You may discover that by grounding each purchase in this way, you spend less on items you don’t really care about — and have more money to put toward the retirement you’ve dreamed about.

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Invest Additional Funds When you receive a raise, bonus, tax refund, inheritance, or other financial windfall, spending the funds can be very tempting. Instead, if you choose to invest this money into your retirement, you can boost your savings without affecting your current bottom line.

Saving for retirement is a big responsibility, but it does not have to be a burden. With these simple changes — and support from professionals who care about your future — you can focus on creating a lifestyle that matches your dreams.

Jeff Bucher is the President and co- founder of Citizen Advisory Group, a comprehensive financial planning company in Perrysburg. You can contact him at 419-8720204; email at jeff@citizenadvisory.com; visit at 770 Commerce Dr., Perrysburg; or visit the website at citizenadvisory.com.

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Get Growing

Enhance your environment with easy to care for houseplants By Jennifer Ruple

Trendy succulents are planted in a hanging wire basket.

The popularity of houseplants waxes and wanes through the years, but this year they are a hot decorating trend in full bloom. Houseplants are so popular these days that the Pantone Color Institute deemed “Greenery” its color of the year for 2017. According to the institute, the color is “a fresh and zesty yellow-green shade that evokes the first days of spring when nature’s greens revive, restore and renew.”

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Audrey Ackerman, owner of Floral Pursuit, located at 48 South St. Clair St. in downtown Toledo, has created a space that will make any plant lover swoon. Her shop is a full-service florist that carries a plethora of interesting houseplants. “My goal is to make this space a hands-on environment. I want people to feel free to bring in their pots and use the potting station or make their own floral arrangements,” said Ackerman.

To help you get growing, Ackerman’s shop carries all the latest trends in houseplants.

“Trending right now are snake plants, peace lilies, pothos and schefflera, which all purify the air,” she explained. “Cactus, succulents and air plants are also highly requested because they are low maintenance plants that don’t need to be watered as often and are more drought tolerant.”

For those who are new to houseplants, Ackerman offers the following tips: • “The biggest mistake people make is overwatering. It’s much less risky to underwater than overwater,” she offered. “Wait until the soil is completely dry. You’ll know when it needs to be watered when the soil starts to come away from the sides of the pot.” Ackerman suggested to poke some holes into the plant’s soil, so the water doesn’t go straight through it, then give it a nice slow pour.

• “Plants need good drainage, and make sure they don’t sit in water. If they haven’t soaked up the water after about two hours, discard the water.”

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is warming up, you may want to transition some of your houseplants outdoors. “When moving plants outside, be mindful of how much sun the plants are getting. Plant them in containers that are easily portable, so you can move them inside during bad weather,” Ackerman suggested.

“Remember, just moving a plant from where you purchased it to your home is shocking for the plant, so take baby steps when finding the right place for it.”

A variety of decorative items are available at Floral Pursuit in downtown Toledo.

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To help provide her customers with the know-how, Ackerman holds workshops on potting plants, basic care tips, and bridal showers.

“Some people want direction from me, but Air purifiers include snake plants, peace lilies, pothos and schefflera.

I also like putting it into their hands so they can personalize as much as possible. I love seeing what people put together.”

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Living Small to Live Large

Boomers Embrace Life on the Water By Mary Helen Darah

Chris and Diane Sackett and Steve and Lori Looking back, I think the house was keeping us Suffety have taken “downsizing” to a whole new apart. It was the perfect time for a major lifestyle level. The couples left their lives in suburbia to change. The kids were getting older and we can live full time on their boats, docked side-by-side now retire earlier while we’re still young,” she at Bay View Yacht Club on Summit Street. “It all stated. started when we joined Indian Hill Yacht Club,” Some major changes and obstacles accompanied stated Diane. “When we were at home, we the couples’ new boating life. “I really miss wanted to go to the Club, and we didn’t want to having an attached garage and closet space—and go home once we that’s coming were there. We from a guy,” were having stated Chris. Both cocktails with couples had to friends and they condense their told us they have belongings to fit boats in the water their new spaces, year-round at Bay or lack of them.

View. I told them “We had an to take us there.” enormous estate Upon arrival, the sale and gave couple met Steve L-R: Chris and Diane Sackett and Steve and Lori Suffety live on away oodles of and his wife Lori, their boats, docked at Bay View Yacht Club, year-round. stuff,” recalled who live full-time Lori. “It’s a bit daunting to see your possessions on their boat. “We began to pick their brains go out the door,” said Chris. “The first wave of about their lifestyle,” recalled Chris. “We filled purging, we got rid of everything we didn’t want out an application for Bay View, decided to sell or use. Later we got rid of what was least the house and buy a bigger boat. The rest is important of what we had left. A third purge is history.” still to come.” Steve and Lori tackled things a bit Steve and Lori have lived on their boat through differently. “We filled up four storage units,” two (thankfully mild) Ohio winters. Steve grew recalled Steve. “Six months later, we got rid of up on the water and loved it. “When Lori and I those things as well. It would have been a lot less got married 20 years ago we got out of boating,” costly to get rid of things right away. Lesson recalled Steve. “There came a point when I had learned.” to get back on the water. At first, it was just me The weather also plays a key role in their new and the kids. I asked Lori to spend time on the lifestyle. “We had to take my daughter, who was boat, and in 2015 we started spending our visiting us over her winter holiday, to the airport weekends on the water. In jest she said, ‘We last year,” said Lori. “The water was over the ought to chuck the house thing and live on the dock. People don’t realize that there is no boat.’ I felt like the luckiest guy in the world.” stepping out onto dry land to get to the car. The Lori feels their new life has made their cold water was brutal. There have also been relationship stronger. “I stayed home and took times the wind has blown the water out of the care of the house while my family was boating. lagoon and we are sitting in mud. Steve failed to

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mention these potential issues before we moved The couples feel that it is vital to have a boat on the boat. club that is another source of entertainment and activities.

They feel they have found such a place The four boat dwellers have also cut back on at Bay View Yacht Club. “I think a few members their TV viewing. “Our first year here we didn’t wondered how long we would last but everyone have a TV, and frankly we didn’t miss it,” stated has been extremely encouraging,” stated Chris.

Chris. “We have a TV now and watch Netflix “It’s been helpful having a couple live next door, and YouTube, but I find myself looking out the or next ‘dock’ full time,” stated Chris. “We are window at the water when the TV is on.” living large, just in a much smaller place.”

Support Systems For the most part, friends and family have been very supportive of their decision. “My two girls were understanding when Diane and I sold our home in Perrysburg,” stated Chris. “My son thought it was pretty cool. He pops in quite a bit,” said Diane. “We get visited a lot. It’s not hard to get people to come for the weekend,” stated Chris.

The Good Life The side-by-side water dwellers are thankful they took the plunge to boat living. “The best part is not having to pay real estate taxes,” stated Diane and Chris Sackett survived an Ohio winter on Steve. “It’s great not having to pull weeds, plant their boat and are ready for summer. flowers or mulch before you can enjoy the day.

You live life in the present.” His wife, Lori also feels the experience has brought them closer together. “I’m with my husband more than I have ever been,” she said. “Raising our children was wonderful, but I love this time with him more than taking care of a house.” Chris believes that Full passport services are if you have a strong relationship, you will available at Main Library become even closer—emotionally and physically—in a small space. “You need to be 325 Michigan St. your significant other’s best friend or this isn’t Toledo, OH 43604 going to work,” he stated. “Someday we may need a space for our grandchildren but there are hotels for that!”

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Plates and Places

Get the unexpected at Fangboner Farms By Jennifer Ruple

They say that opposites attract which seems to hold true when you meet the creators of Fangboner Farms Jan Aguilar and Roland Richardson. She’s a midwestern gal; he’s a southern boy. She’s urban; he’s rural. She’s Jennifer Ruple spicy, and he’s sweet. Although, I think they are both pretty sweet.

The all-natural herb farm, located at 1179 S. Crissey Rd. in Holland, Ohio, was planted in 2009.

It’s the perfect blend of the couple’s passions – Aguilar’s love of cooking and growing culinary herbs and Richardson’s love of landscaping and farming. Their desire to meld the two created a truly unique and unexpected business.

“We’re not really sure how we came up with the idea, but we think it was over a bottle of wine,” laughed Aguilar. “We try to set ourselves apart from everyone else.

Our personalities are very different too, and we take a different approach to our business,” she added.

At Fangboner, you will find dried herbs, spice blends, tea blends, soy candles, natural care products Cynthia and Jim Nowak check out the and unique

candles at the Fangboner Farms open house.

Jan Aguilar and Roland Richardson with their 1944 Farmall tractor at the entrance of Fangboner Farms.

Soy candles are available in seasonal fragrances such as eucalyptus and lavender; sweet orange with hot chili pepper; and rosemary, mint and lavender.

gifts, as well as herbs and perennials for sale. “We have close to 40 varieties of perennials and everything is grown in our organic compost,” explained Aguilar. “We call it our Cosmic Compost because it makes everything grow out of this world,” added Richardson.

Fangboner Farms is open one weekend a month.

Each month features a different theme and delicious food and tea samples. Upcoming dates are May 1314 and June 10-11. Hours are Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sunday noon – 5 p.m.

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Lemon Rosemary Loaf “I love the contrast of sweet and savory. And I love lemons. And sweet loaf breads. Add it all together and you get a yummy sweet and savory lemon loaf,” said Aguilar.

Yield: 1 loaf (12 slices) ½ cup butter, softened 1 cup sugar 2 large eggs 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder

⅛ teaspoon salt ¾ teaspoon ground rosemary ½ cup 2% milk

Glaze ½ cup confectioners’ sugar 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Heat oven to 350 F. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, lemon juice and peel.

Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and rosemary; gradually stir into creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition.

Pour into a greased 8x4-in. loaf pan. Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.

Combine glaze ingredients. Remove bread from pan; immediately drizzle with glaze. Cool on a wire rack. Serve warm.

Snickerdoodle Cookies These warm sugar cookies with cinnamon remind Aguilar of her grandmother. “I decided to change them up just a bit Fangboner style. Lavender gives them just an extra special touch - perfect with a cup of tea.”

Spice blends and dried herbs such as basil and chives line the shelves at the farm.

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1 cup butter, softened 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 ½ cups sugar ½ teaspoon ground lavender 2 eggs ¼ teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 tablespoons sugar 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons cream of tartar Preheat oven to 400 F. Cream together butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Blend in flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, lavender and salt. Shape dough by rounded spoonfuls into balls.

Mix the 2 tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon. Roll balls of dough in mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.

Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until set but not too hard. Remove immediately from baking sheets.

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Rock Matters

Journey to the birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll By Robert Alexander

Inspired by my 50s and 60s was new assignment a segregated to write a series society. Rarely of articles on did blacks and rock ‘n’ roll for whites mix, date Boomers & or marry, but at Beyond Stax Studio in magazine and to Memphis, black live the music, and white Stephanie and I musicians came decided to pack together to up the RV. With create and our traveling record great companion music. Rock Chico, a 100music matters Sun Studio in downtown, Memphis, Tenn. pound black lab, because it helped we hit the road to Memphis, Tenn., the birthplace break the color barrier. of rock ‘n’ roll.

Less than a mile from Soulsville is Beale Street Paul Simon said it: “For reasons I cannot explain where a visit to B.B. King’s Blues Club is a there’s some part of me that wants to see must. I can tell you that the thrill is not gone.

Graceland. Graceland… Memphis, Tennessee.

Like Marc Cohn’s song, “Then I’m walking in I’m going to Graceland.”

Memphis, walking with my feet ten feet off of Not wind, nor rain or hail could keep us from our Beale.” destination: Sun Studio, the forever home of the Million Dollar Quartet: Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins. This corner in downtown Memphis is hallowed ground for rock ‘n’ roll fans.

Next, we visited Graceland followed by a short drive downtown to Soulsville USA, home of Stax Studios where Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers and Booker T. and the MG’s all recorded national hits. America in the Blue Lakes Charters & Tours Escorted Motorcoach Tours 2017

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The next day, we headed south on famous U.S. Route 61 to Clarksdale, Miss., home of the Blues, where Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and Sam Cooke were born. Legend has it that Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil to learn to play the Blues at the crossroads of U.S. 61 and U.S. 49. After a visit to the Delta Blues Museum, we crossed the alley and had a cold brew at Ground Zero Blues Club, partially owned by actor Morgan Freeman.

After three weeks and nearly 3,000 miles on the road, we were excited to get back home and put some good old rock ‘n’ roll records on our stereo.

Here is my southern music adventure playlist.

Have a listen, or better yet, take a trip down south and live the music.

• “Graceland” - Paul Simon • “Blue Moon of Kentucky” - Elvis Presley • “Great Balls of Fire” - Jerry Lee Lewis • “Matchbox” - Carl Perkins (covered by the Beatles) • “Tupelo Honey” - Van Morrison ...Tupelo birthplace of Elvis Jackson, Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash •”Walking in Memphis” - Marc Cohn • “The Thrill is Gone” - B.B. King • “Try a Little Tenderness” - Otis Redding • “Soul Man” - Sam and Dave (covered by the Blues Brothers) • “Shaft” - Isaac Hayes, “Can you dig it?”

• “A Change is Gonna Come” - Sam Cooke • “I’ll Take You There” - The Staple Singers • “Southern Man” - Neil Young • “Sweet Home Alabama” - Lynyrd Skynyrd • “Boom Boom” - John Lee Hooker • “Baby, Please Don’t Go” - Muddy Waters (covered by Them, lead singer Van Morrison) • “Cross Road Blues” - Robert Johnson • “Crossroads” - Cream • “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again” - Bob Dylan

Robert Alexander and Chico relax outside of Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, Miss.

Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Miss.

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Crossword fun: Outdoor Fun ACROSS 1. Big Ben’s face 6. “C’____ la vie!”

9. Hefty competitor 13. Water-resistant wool cloth 14. William F. Cody, ____ Buffalo Bill 15. Domenikos Theotokopoulos, a.k.a. El _____ 16. Food-borne bacteria 17. Bro to sis or sis to bro 18. Bat dwelling?

19. *It lights up the sky 21. *S’more cooker 23. Turkish title of respect 24. Sensational promotion 25. *Take a first aid one on a camping trip 28. Lover of Aeneas 30. *____ and field 34. Singular of #26 Down 36. Lagerlof’s “The Wonderful Adventures of ___” 38. Where there’s trouble?

40. Ripped 41. Labored breaths 43. 43,560 square feet 44. *Done to get in a race 46. Stash in the hold 47. Multicolored horse 48. Type of car 50. Greek Hs 52. *Picnic invader 53. Make like a cat 55. Nuke 57. *High ride 61. *Requires luring 65. Roundish 66. Variable, abbr.

68. “Roots” author 69. Shoe binders 70. Shoshonean 71. Discrimination against seniors 72. Soon, to a bard 73. The day before 74. “The Second Coming” poet

4. “The Late Show” guest 5. Stabbed 6. No problem 7. *Used on powder and water 8. Brindled kitty 9. Tennis great Steffi 10. First name in jeans 11. Maple, to a botanist 12. Doctor’s order 15. Genus in plural 20. What Pinocchio was doing?

22. Make a choice 24. Gun sleeve 25. *On a string 26. Paintings in an Orthodox church 27. Layered cake 29. “Days” in Havana 31. At a great distance 32. Served hot in winter

33. God’s revelation to Muhammad 35. Financial aid criterion 37. Dick and Jane’s pet 39. *Camping abode 42. Mbabane native 45. *Shoot this?

49. Teresa of Calcutta, e.g.

51. Move sideways 54. A variety show 56. Bacteriophage, informally 57. French novelist …mile 58. Popular Russian name 59. Little bit, in Mexico 60. Right to a property 61. “Born ____,” movie 62. Pelvic parts 63. Home on a limb 64. Fitness centers 67. *For any terrain

DOWN 1. Staff leader 2. Places 3. Carbon monoxide lacks this

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Meet Virginia

A powerhouse of positive thinking By Mary Helen Darah

It’s early spring and I spot her. The other which might explain my unwillingness to part remnants of anything pertaining to with her. Her name is Virginia the holidays are safely tucked Mason. She is an “in your face” away in their concrete reminder of the power of holding cell, known as the positive thinking. A friend basement. The last “hold of mine sent her my way out” is a wooden angel thinking, actually on my coffee table by a knowing, that she local folk artist. Her would help me through outreached arms never my breast cancer tire of holding a small journey. sign that states with She showed up on my hopeful determination, doorstep one afternoon “peace on earth.” I love and announced that we her chronic optimism and were going wig shopping every effort to replace her with a before the effects of chemo more appropriate spring genre would rob me of my thick Breast cancer survivor Virgina Mason, is futile. blond tresses. As we with Mary Helen Darah, is a living, I have the living breathing proceeded through the door of breathing angel on earth. version of my folk art treasure a beauty supplier in the south

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end, I saw an assortment of dark haired selections, an abundance having the “fro” style.

I gently told Virginia that I just didn’t see anything that was sparking my interest. She stared at me and seemed to have an instantaneous epiphany that I was not a woman of color.

We headed to another local shop where a creamy white woman coaxed a foreign object

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on my head that made me resemble June Cleaver on a bad hair day. As she attempted to fluff me into submissiveness, she rattled off the latest statistical data on the disease that Virginia and I share. As the woman continued to slap percentages on my mortality, I felt as if my hope was being pureed in a blender and liquefied into a thick fear. Virginia locked eyes with me and repetitively declared like a gregorian chant, “Girl, you will be FINE. You will get through this. Keep the faith.”

Miraculously, an odd sense of calm was slowly squeezing out the anxiety that took up residence in every inch of my being. I would love to tell you that I maintained that peaceful state in the months ahead. Who are we kidding, it lasted roughly seven minutes. Through the trials of being injected, stuck in tubes, scanned, drained, and stitched, the panic would once again resurface. When it did, Virginia, just like my wooden angel, would stretch out her arms and remind me that there will be peace.

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Books for Boomers

Did you know that May is National Hamburger Month? Now is the time to brush up on your barbecuing skills and try some new recipes.

Here are some great books to get you started!

Bobby Flay’s Barbecue Addiction, Clarkson, Potter

By Sue Schafer Publishers, 2013 Manager, Sylvania Branch,

By Bobby Flay Toledo Lucas County Try some of the best grilling recipes from chef-restauranteur and Food Public Library Network star Bobby Flay.

Fresh Grilling: 200 Delicious Good-For-You Seasonal Recipes, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014

By Better Homes and Gardens Celebrate the fresh flavors of summer and the joys of outdoor grilling in a way that is light, healthy and delicious.

Grill This Not That: Backyard Survival Guide, Rodale, 2012

By David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding With a ravenous fan base clamoring for even healthier, affordable options, the authors team up again to redefine America’s favorite pastime: the backyard BBQ. The Grilling Book: the Definitive Guide from Bon Appétit, Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC, 2013 This is the ultimate summertime grilling companion, featuring more than 350 recipes, fullcolor photographs, how-to guides, and tips to simplify your grilling life, from the experts at Bon Appétit.

Feeding the Fire: Recipes and Strategies for Better Barbecue and Grilling, Artisan Books, 2015

By Joe Carroll The author makes stellar barbecue and grilled meats in Brooklyn, New York, at his acclaimed restaurants Fette Sau and St. Anselm. In Feeding the Fire, Carroll gives us his top 20 lessons and more than 75 recipes to make incredible fire-cooked foods at home.

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Framing Fame: 19th- & 20th-century Celebrity Photography Toledo Museum of Art Through June 4, Gallery 18 This exhibition charts the increasing proliferation of celebrity portrait photography and its popularity throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Beginning with the 1860s when photography was invented and a carte-de visite portrait of Abraham Lincoln, up through Andy Warhol’s 1970 Little Red Book polaroid, the exhibition provides an overview of celebrity portrait photography’s expansive reach throughout the 20th century along with its prominent role in shaping today’s attitude towards celebrity. Free admission. toledomuseum.org.

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Stefan Sanderling’s Finale with TSO The Peristyle May 5 and 6, 8 p.m.

Sanderling ends his 15-year tenure as Toledo Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Conductor with two concerts. His last performances, “Sanderling: A Perfect Cadence” will include music of Beethoven, Mozart, and Brahms, and will feature guest pianist Martina Filjak. Tickets available by calling 419-246-8000 or at toledosymphony.com.

plants

Toledo Plant Exchange Main Library, 325 Michigan St. Saturday, May 6 Drive-up plant drop-off 8:30 - 10 a.m. in the underground parking garage.

Enter on Adams between 10th and Michigan streets. Distribution of plants, 10 a.m. The event and parking are free.

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Un Paso Adelante 5K | 1 Mile Fun Walk Walbridge Park Saturday, May 6 Adelante will host the only Latino themed 5k in the Toledo area. All monies raised will support its early literacy and nutrition and health programs. Registration, 8:30 a.m.

Race, 10 a.m. $25 race fee and $15 fun walk fee. Register at imathlete.com. For information, 419-244-8440 or adelantetoledo.org.

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Boomers Resource Network Uncle John’s Restaurant, 3131 Secor Rd., Toledo Thursdays, 11:30 a.m.

Boomers Resource Network, Lake Erie Region welcomes those born from 1946 to 1964 for its weekly event featuring networking, lunch and guest speakers.

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Wine Tasting at the Zoo Toledo Zoo Aquarium Friday, May 19, 7-9 p.m.

Enjoy wine tasting, hors d’oeuvres, and live music on the wild side! Sip wine from around the globe while enjoying the zoo’s dynamic exhibits. Tickets start at $45 for Zoo members and $50 for non-members and must be purchased in advance, toledozoo.org/wine or 419-3855721, ext. 6001

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Outdoor Adventure Expo Side Cut Metropark Saturday, May 20, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Try on adventure activities to see what fits - archery, fishing, kayaking, canoeing, biking and more. Something for all ages, from the seasoned enthusiast to the beginner. Music, food trucks, and outdoor industry exhibitors. metroparkstoledo.com