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Deb Baumgarter enjoys coffee on her shed’s front porch in the morning. Photo courtesy of Tiffany Conn.
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Front Porch Profile offers a personal glimpse into the lives of notable people in our communities
By Adrienne McGee Sterrett
Executive Director Guiding Light Ministries, Lima Would you rather ride a loopy roller coaster or watch someone ride it? I am definitely an adventurous person that likes my share of risktaking (for the right reasons), but at this stage in my life I would rather watch my kids enjoy the loopy roller coaster. The more I think about this question, I value my peace these days! Favorite cook-out food? Why? Nice big juicy steak! I love to grill out, but you can’t get a good steak unless it is grilled! Tent camping or posh hotel? Or something in between? In my 20s and under, for me, camping would be something I wouldn’t mind but now-a-days I would enjoy a posh hotel for sure. Wine and dine me after a long week of work!
What is your favorite Bible verse? Why? Proverbs 3:5,6 “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not on thy own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths.” I have recognized the importance of trusting God throughout life’s ups and downs. There’s no other way to handle life best. I know that everything in my life goes back to how He has given me life, my abilities, blessings, favor and direction for my life of purpose. Without Him I am nothing. With Him I can do anything. Life is already confusing and hard enough. I prefer that God the Creator lead my life, and all I have to do is trust Him and acknowledge Him first. What do you love most about your community? I love the fact that Lima wants to always strive for better, and successful people come out of this small town. I love that there are so many people who do have a heart to make a difference in their own way. Lima definitely has a heart to give. Giving is a key element for success. (Luke 6:38)
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Experience the drive-in Fresh finds: Downtown Lima Farmers Market Road trip: Seeking elusive Ohio waterfalls Beautiful once again: West Breakwater Lighthouse A little piece of heaven: Sheds show owners’ personalities
Barbecue Ribs ........................................................4 Calico Beans ...........................................................5 Cherry Applesauce Jell-O ....................................5 Fresh Strawberry Pie .............................................4 Poppyseed Blueberry Salad .................................4 Sourdough Bread Pudding..................................11 Strawberry Pound Cake......................................11
LORA ABERNATHY Lora is the editor in chief of Salt magazine. She lives in Hillsboro with her husband, Gary. When she’s not sidelined by injuries, she competes in triathlons. Reach her at 937-382-2574 or labernathy@aimmediamidwest. com. ADRIENNE MCGEE STERRETT Adrienne is the editor of Salt magazine and lifestyle/special sections editor for The Lima News. She believes everyone has a life story worth sharing. Reach her at 567-242-0510 or amcgeesterrett@aimmedia midwest.com. JAYLA WALLINGFORD Jayla is the designer of Salt magazine. She lives in Harveysburg with two cats, and offers free handouts to a slew of feline drifters. Reach her at 937-3822574.
MICHELLE STEIN Michelle is a freelance writer for The Lima News. When she’s not training for marathons, writing for various publications or running around her three young children, she’s probably drinking coffee … or sleeping.
LIZ YOUNG Liz is a freelance writer for The Lima News. She is a special education teacher for the Allen County Board of Developmental Disabilities. In her free time, she enjoys reading, movies and spending time with family.
JANE BEATHARD Jane is a writer for Salt magazine. She is a retired staff writer for The Madison Press in London, Ohio, and is also the retired media relations manager of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
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Recipe Index
Staff & Contributors
Reader recipes
— From Julie Miars Golden, of Wapakoneta POPPYSEED BLUEBERRY SALAD Salad ingredients: 1 cup fresh blueberries Mixed greens — bibb lettuce, romaine, iceberg, to taste 1 cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded Chopped pecans, lightly toasted Sunflower seeds, to taste Dressing ingredients: 1 tablespoon poppyseeds 1 cup vegetable oil 1/3 cup white wine vinegar 3/4 cup sugar 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon dry mustard Directions: For dressing, combine all dressing ingredients in a jar with lid and shake well, or use a blender to mix. Yields more dressing than needed for one salad; store in refrigerator. Toast pecans in a dry pan on the stove
over medium heat. Stir, watching carefully so they don’t burn. For salad, wash greens and place in large bowl. Toss dressing with greens, blueberries and cheese. Sprinkle with pecans and sunflower seeds; toss gently, and serve.
— From Jon Inniger, of Bluffton
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BARBECUE RIBS Ingredients: 3 pounds pork baby back ribs 1 tablespoon light brown sugar 1 tablespoon paprika 2 teaspoons garlic powder 1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper 1/2 cup water 1 1/2 cups barbecue sauce (Jon prefers Sweet Baby Rays Hickory and Brown Sugar) 2 pieces 18-by-24-inch heavy-duty aluminum foil
— From Gladys Reese, of Elida FRESH STRAWBERRY PIE Ingredients: 1 quart fresh strawberries 4 tablespoons dry strawberry gelatin 3 tablespoons cornstarch 1 cup sugar 1 cup boiling water Red food coloring 9-inch pie crust of your choice Whipped cream Directions: Boil water in saucepan. In a bowl, mix dry ingredients; add to boiling water and stir until thickened. Remove from heat. Add a drop of red food coloring. Cool. When cooled, pour into a pie crust. Add whipped cream and serve.
Directions: Combine sugar and seasonings to make a dry rub. Place half of the ribs on 1 piece of foil and the other half on the next piece of foil. Place on a cookie sheet with sides or a jelly roll pan. Divide the rub mixture evenly on the ribs and rub to coat. Bring up the sides of the foil and double fold down the top and one end to seal. Pour in 1/4 cup of water into the open end of each foil packet. Fold the open end up to seal the water in the packet. Your packet should look like a tent with the top higher above the meat so the moisture can move freely throughout the packet. Bake at 225 degrees F for 6 hours. Carefully remove the ribs from the packets onto a plate that you can transport to your grill. Place the ribs on the hot grill, basting with barbecue sauce and turning every 2 minutes or until sauce begins to brown. Remove from heat and serve.
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You can make this a day ahead, and it tastes even better on the second day! — From Julie Miars Golden, of Wapakoneta CALICO BEANS Ingredients: 1 pound hamburger 1/2 pound bacon 1 cup chopped onion 1 can kidney beans, rinsed and drained 1 can lima beans, rinsed and drained 1 can pork & beans (do not drain) 1 cup catsup 3/4 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons vinegar 1 teaspoon dry mustard 1/2 cup white sugar
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Directions: Brown the hamburger, drain the grease and set aside. Fry the bacon, drain the grease (reserving a few teaspoons, to taste), crumble and set aside. Saute the onion in the reserved bacon grease. Combine all ingredients and put into a casserole dish. Bake at 350 degrees F for 40-45 minutes.
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Theaters continue to offer family fun & nostalgia
The sun begins to set behind the Hi-Road Drive In’s box office near Kenton.
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By Liz Young Children hope the sprinkles are short lived at the Van-Del Drive-In near Middle Point earlier this summer.
the stars,” says Jim Boyd, owner of the Van-Del Drive-In, located on Lincoln Highway in Middle Point. “It’s a family experience — a communal experience.” It’s very human, isn’t it, this craving for the communal? Humans have always congregated. Early humans assembled under the stars, telling stories together for warmth, safety, community. Fast forward a few millennia to the dawn of the drive-in. The
earliest ones started cropping up in the 1930s and drive-ins really started to hit a cultural stride by the 1950s, with Van-Del being built in the late 1940s. Drive-ins are communal — under the stars, with stories, together. “I remember going to the drive-in from when I was little,” says Leigh Taylor, of Lima. She grew up in the 1980s and the drive-in was a regular event for
her family. “We got to sit in the back of the station wagon, or sit on top of our van with blankets and pajamas,” she says. “Now I take my daughter, but I don’t let her sit on my roof.” She likes getting out of the house and “away from the electronics,” adding that their phones are either off or at home while at the drive-in. The Taylors trek to Van-Del throughout the
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You can now, thanks to technology, watch a full-length movie on your phone. But would you want to? The answer for many seems to be no, with evidence pointing to packed drive-in movie theaters each weekend once the weather clears. We gather with cars and kids in pajamas and Frisbees in the grass and trips to the concession stand. We smile and nod at each other while our little ones play and then snuggle close to family as dusk rolls in and the screens come to bright life. It’s an Experience. Yes, with a capital “E,” it’s an Experience that can’t be found on a phone. Breathe in the night air and look up at the stars from your blankets and lawn chairs positioned just past the bumpers. Tune into the show on your car radio and settle in. Stretch and put your arm around your husband, wife, child or date for the evening. Have the Experience together. Phones don’t create togetherness. We know that. Maybe that’s why we crave Experiences like the drive-in. “There’s really nothing quite like watching a movie under
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Where to go summer months. Her daughter Paige, now 14, saw her first drive-in movie strapped in a car seat and she still enjoys them. “It’s good family time,” Taylor says. Hi-Road Drive In, on state Route 68 in Kenton, also sees its share of families and multi-generational drive-in fans, says owner Rodney Miller. Hi-Road was built in 1950 and Miller has owned it for the past 17 years. “Not only are there parents who came as kids now bringing their kids, we’ve got grandparents coming in with grandchildren,” Miller says. “I’ve seen cars where the parents are zonked out and the kids are still awake and watching the movie. It’s good for families with little kids. They can be a little noisy or fussy without really bothering anyone.” Drive-ins, however, are not — nor were they ever — solely delegated to families. Sue Savinsky, of Lima, went to area drive-ins as a teenager in the 1970s. The drive-in was the place to be. “It was the freedom as a teen, of being out at night. You were out past dark, but you were at the movies so you were ‘some place,’ which made it OK,” she says. “It was something you did with your friends.” And from the 1970s to a little closer to present day, Rhodes State College student Eliza Laing, of Lafayette, also calls the drive-in “something to do” as a teen. “I thought it was cool that we sat in the back of a truck with an air mattress and blankets,” Laing says. “It’s something different to do.” Crystal Boroff lives in Ohio City and grew up going to Van Wert’s Ridgeway Drive-In as both a child and a teenager in the 1990s. Ridgeway, which was also owned by Boyd, was destroyed by a tornado in 2002. “We would go at least twice a month,” she says. “I remember being able to swing during the movies, and I thought that was the greatest. I liked the big screens and being outside in the fresh air.” Like Taylor and her daughter, Boroff now brings her kids to the drive-in. They’re regulars at Van-Del. “The kids like it. They like sitting outside, and we’re all together,” she says. Her 8-year-old daughter, Cylee Boroff, is now the one enjoying the swings and being outside. And that, says Boyd, is the future of the drive-in. “The kids enjoy it, and then bring their own kids one day,” he says. “Parents want them to have the same experience as they did.” No, wait. Make that Experience with a capital “E.”
There are quite a few driveins to choose from in the area. Most open about an hour before dark and operate throughout the summer months depending on weather. Call or look online for details on specific hours and days of operation for individual drive-ins. Van-Del Drive-In: 19986 Lincoln Highway, Middle Point. 419-968-2178; van-del.com Hi-Road Drive In: 8059 St. Route 68, Kenton. 419-675-0922; hiroaddrivein.com South Drive-In Theatre: 3050 S. High St., Columbus. 614-491-
6771; drive-inmovies.com Starlight Drive-In: 1889 U.S. Route 127, Maria Stein. 419925-4944 Sidney Auto Vue Drive-In: 1409 Fourth Ave., Sidney. 937492-5909; sidneyautovue.com Tiffin Field of Dreams Drive-In: 4041 North Route 53, Tiffin. 877-343-5334; fieldofdreamsdrivein.com Dixie Twin Drive-In: 6201 North Dixie Dr., Vandalia. 937890-5513; dixietwin.com For more information on drive-ins across Ohio, visit driveinmovie.com/OH.
The snack bar always beckons to those at the drive-in, offering classic goodies like these soft pretzels at the Hi-Road Drive In near Kenton.
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Seeking elusive By Jane Beathard To scientists, they are a way to study the many layers of rock that tell Ohio’s geologic history. To Native Americans, they were sacred places to gather for ceremonies and connect with the spirit world. To outdoor enthusiasts, they offer retreat, reflection and elusive natural beauty. Whatever the draw, Ohio’s waterfalls continue to attract and fascinate visitors — just as they have for hundreds of years. They also dispute the widespread assumption that Ohio is flat and without natural features. Some Ohio waterfalls rise as high as 90 feet, according to assistant state geologist Mike Angle.
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East versus west
Although a few notable waterfalls are found in southwestern Ohio, the most dramatic occur in the east, Angle said. The reason is geologic and dates back millions of years to when the Buckeye State was covered by a shallow sea. Sea waters retreated, leaving layers of hard sandstone over softer shale rock in what is now the eastern portion of the state. “The western half is mostly (thick) limestone,” Angle said. “These rocks are more uniform and there’s less difference in hardness there.” Water from melting northern glaciers created rivers that cut through the hard and soft rock layers in the east, causing them to erode at different paces, he added. The result were places where water fell over a “lip” of hard rock and chewed away the soft rock below. Today, that is most visible where bedrock from Ohio’s different geologic eras overlap. In the northeast, overlap is most noticeable in southern Cuyahoga and northern Summit counties, as well as portions of Lorain, Huron, Richland and Ashland counties. There, Berea and Sharon Sandstone form the hard upper lip or ledge of waterfalls. In the southeast, Black Hand Sandstone is the lip and occurs most noticeably in Muskingum, Perry, Hocking and Vinton counties. To a lesser extent, an overlap of different and older rock layers also occurs in Greene and Miami counties in the southwest, Angle added. Today’s geologists love to study waterfalls across the state.
Hocking Hills is home to several waterfalls, including this one called Cedar Falls. Photos courtesy of ODNR
“The more mysterious and hidden the waterfall, the bigger the draw.” — Tom Arbour, researcher with Ohio State Parks & Watercraft
Ohio waterfalls “They can see the different rock levels and degrees of hardness,” Angle said.
Wild Hocking Hills
Ohio’s Black Hand Delta is a narrow finger of sandstone that extends northward from the Ohio River to about Wayne County and totally encompasses Hocking County. The Hocking Hills are home to some of Ohio’s most spectacular waterfalls, said Pat Quackenbush, chief naturalist at Hocking Hills State Park. He attributes unusual contortions of water over rock for the unique visual appeal of the falls at Old Man’s Cave, Ash Cave and Cedar Falls in the park. Native Americans were the first to visit these falls, starting about 6,000 years ago. And like visitors of today, they often came for spiritual renewal. “They didn’t live here, but came to hunt and hold ceremonies,” Quackenbush said. One legend says the Ash Cave falls, that plunge 90 feet from rim to pool, came from the tears of a native woman widowed when her warrior husband was killed in battle. It’s the lore and wildness that continue to lure more than 2 million visitors to the park annually.
Upper Falls in Hocking Hills
Something ‘magic’
Horseshoe Falls, Caesar Creek State Park
danger to both the viewer and the delicate plants that thrive around these natural features. Three years ago, a woman died after falling into Greenville Falls in Miami County, Arbour noted. “We’re seeing more people go ‘off trail’ to view and photograph waterfalls,” he said.
Arbour pointed to photographs posted on the Ohio waterfalls Facebook page as evidence. Some required the photographers to be in places that are clearly off limits and hazardous to foot traffic. His message to future visitors is enjoy the state’s waterfalls, but stick to the marked trails for safety.
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“There’s something magic about a waterfall,” observed Tom Arbour, a researcher with Ohio State Parks & Watercraft. Waterfalls draw thousands of visitors each year to state parks and nature preserves. Arbour believes that popularity stems from the ephemeral nature of Ohio’s cascades. Most run high following spring rains, but dwindle to a trickle and nearly disappear in the fall. “They are not there all the time,” Arbour said. Elusiveness is not the only attraction. “The more mysterious and hidden the waterfall, the bigger the draw,” he added. Evidence of that theory is newly acquired Robinson Falls at Boch Hollow State Nature Preserve in the northern Hocking Hills. “It’s currently showing the biggest interest among photographers,” Arbour said. Access to Boch Hollow is by permit only. But that deters few who are intent on capturing images of the falls. “It opened our minds to how popular waterfalls are,” Arbour said. That interest can come with an element of
n i a g a e c n o l Beautifu By Jane Beathard For 100 years it has been a Lake Erie icon. The historic West Breakwater Lighthouse in Lorain is celebrating its centennial anniversary this year, beckoning visitors for summertime tours and sunset dinners. Affectionately nicknamed “Jewel of the Port,” Lorain’s harbor light is one of only 10 Lake Erie lighthouses that remain open to the public, according to the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association. For nearly a half-century, it stood sentinel at the tip of a rocky breakwater, sounding its signature fog horn and flashing its Fresnel lens at regular intervals to help passing mariners determine their locations, according to a history of the port.
Built in 1917 and put into service two years later, the lighthouse was staffed around the clock, seven days a week by members of the U.S. Coast Guard. Shifts ran six days, with two guardsmen on duty at all times — eating and sleeping in the secondfloor ward room and berthing compartment. Coal, fuel oil and propane powered operations in early days. An electric beacon was installed in 1932. A system of pulleys, similar to those of a grandfather clock, raised and lowered the light to a third-floor “lantern room.” Advancing technology made manned lighthouses obsolete by the mid 1900s. Lorain’s stately harbor light was decommissioned and abandoned in 1965. Twenty-six years of disrepair followed. Only birds, bats and bugs visited the site, which is accessible only by water. A Canadian freighter struck the lighthouse in 1969, damaging the concrete base. That incident, combined with prop wash from passing ships, caused the light-
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At one point, it was slated for demolition, but Mother Nature intervened in the form of a severe storm that stopped the federal contractor’s work, Sipkovsky said. Concerned local citizens lobbied against destruction, and the Lorain County Historical Society acquired the lighthouse from the federal government in 1977 for $1. “No one thought it could be restored,” Sipkovsky said. But enterprising locals wanted to preserve this important part of Ohio’s North Coast history. They formed the nonprofit Port of Lorain Foundation in 1989, determined to return the lighthouse to its former glory. During the last 20 years, the foundation solicited donations, grants and other sources of private funding. Volunteers painted and re-roofed the lighthouse, replaced its windows and shutters, and refinished its African mahogany woodwork and maple flooring. Former lighthouse keepers still living in the area kept the work authentic. “They could recount what (the lighthouse) looked like in the 1950s,” Sipkovsky said. The Fresnel lens that once beamed a signal to ships 15 miles away is now polished and on display at the Lorain Port Author-
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The West Breakwater Lighthouse was built in 1917 and has been recently restored.
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Donna Faulder enjoys tending her flowers and raised vegetable garden. Her garden shed, which has a long history, is a big help for storage for all the supplies she needs. Photos by Adrienne McGee Sterrett
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Sheds show owners’ personalities By Adrienne McGee Sterrett “Backyard” used to mean a swath of grass, a tree or two and a cement patio for aluminum lawn chairs. Modern history has given us landscaping and outdoor rooms and gardens. “Backyard” has become a sanctuary from the usual life stresses, a way to get your hands in the dirt and make something out of nothing in the garden. And that central hub of activity is the humble potting shed — a structure that now has transcended its workaday beginnings and can become a beautiful retreat in its own right.
A slice of seclusion
Near Pandora, Deb Baumgartner and her husband, Bob, signed for their house the day before the Blizzard of ‘78. That makes it memorable, for sure. And ever since then, they’ve set to improving their 1860 farmhouse and property in many ways — without stripping its character, like the slate roof. The semi-retired couple has a deep love of history. Family items are being used and
Deb Baumgartner loves the relaxation spot her garden shed offers. The tools incorporated into the design each have a connection to her family’s history. The red pump on the bench was formerly used in the kitchen of Baumgartner’s great-grandmother.
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Edna Steed enjoys painting her garden shed, and adds to it often. This creative Wapak woman is wearing a belt she handcrafted.
reused in interesting ways, from a grinding wheel turned into a fountain to a metal gate installed on a garden path. The garden shed is no exception. While it is only 11 years old, the 8-by-12foot shed is rough-sawn cedar painted sage green. Modeled after a friend’s shed she saw years ago, the Baumgartners and their extended family and friends constructed the shed, added a porch and recently ran electricity to it. “I can use power tools now,” she said, laughing. The shed was placed near a vegetable garden, so it’s useful for gardening items, but its decor also incorporates more family heirlooms. “We built the potting shed to put the tools on the walls,” she said, explaining the origin of each tool and item. It’s certainly more then decoration to her. “I knew I wanted this,” she said. “I love the seclusion. I have my coffee here every morning.”
Renovating the past
Near Westminster, Donna (Thrush) Faulder owns a literal piece of her childhood. The garden shed at the Faulders came from Donna’s family farm in rural Auglaize County, with its first lifetime spent as a brooder house. It was the place baby chicks would start their lives, cared for by the three Thrush girls. Donna is now 80 years old and remembers that time on the
farm — which is still in the family — warmly. “And I still call it my brooder house,” she said with a smile. When she married and had children, their oldest son wanted to be in 4-H. The property isn’t large enough for raising large animals, so her father offered her the old brooder house for rabbits. There was one condition: The boy and his father would have to help Grandpa tear it down and move it. That was in about 1969 or ‘70, she believes. Her three boys all raised rabbits. But time passes. “It sat back there as a catch-all,” Faulder said. “It kept deteriorating, and I kept looking at it. … In fact, it worried me because the years had passed and we were busy raising a family and you just let things like that go.” A neighbor offered help with renovation, and a new project was born. About 10 years ago, they fixed it up and painted the formerly white brooder house red with white trim to match other buildings on the property. “My little garden’s right down from it,” she said, explaining how it’s become a wonderful space in which to store the gardening equipment and supplies — and reminisce.
An artist’s canvas
Near Wapakoneta, you could say Edna Steed has a knack for painting. And not like some people change their living rooms
from taupe to tan. No, she lives life out loud. Edna, 82, was aptly born on the Fourth of July. “I guess I have been drawing ever since I was in Buckland School,” she said. “In the evenings (as a girl), there was no TV or nothing, and I’d just draw.” She has worked several types of jobs, aside from the time at home raising her daughter, drawn to creative pursuits. A job at a framing shop allowed her to be around art. A hobby making leather belts and purses scratched her creative itch. She is the proud winner of fair ribbons earned for her drawings. But it wasn’t until she retired that she took up painting around the house. Well, painting on the house and buildings, actually. One area shows a mountain scene with water in front of it. Wooden cut-out shapes like bears and totem poles decorate the property, and that’s a co-project with her husband, Glenn. Another painted scene brings Arizona deserts to mind. But her garden shed was a canvas for homespun animals like a chicken in this corner or an owl she just added. The old shed was just white, and that just wouldn’t do. The building is just for basic storage, but it was too plain for her taste. “It’s gotta have something on it,” Edna said. “I just like to look in magazines and see something and just add to it. And that keeps me busy. I’m not an idle person. After three or four years, I’ll paint it again. It’s been fun.”
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Downtown Lima Farmers Market By Michelle Stein If you’re on the hunt for fresh, locally grown produce, baked goods and more, you needn’t look further than the Downtown Lima Farmers Market. Located on Main Street by Veterans Memorial Civic Center (between Market and Spring streets,) this fresh food haven has returned to the downtown area for the 2017 season. Area residents can stop by from 3-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Oct. 17. So what types of fresh goodies can area residents expect to find at the Downtown Lima Farmers Market this season? It all depends on the week, said Jennifer Fickel, manager of the market. “A lot of it will depend on what they have,” Fickel said. “I know some goes fast — the strawberries went fast when they came. And if they don’t have a whole lot of something; green tomatoes is a big item. That poor lady, she would bring green tomatoes and they would sell out. And people would come and be like, ‘Do you have green tomatoes?’ and she would be like, ‘Well, I did!’ It’s a Catch 22: You want to provide the green tomatoes, but if you pick all of your green tomatoes, you won’t have any red ones.” Early season produce of-
ferings included asparagus, rhubarb and strawberries. Some of the produce people also sold plants early on in the growing season, for people who were looking to grow their own gardens. As the season continues to progress, things like tomatoes and corn have started popping up — in addition to cucumbers, squash, zucchini, melons, onions and more. And then, of course, pumpkins will be making an appearance in October. “There’s always baked goods,” Fickel said. “They run the gamut on candies and baked goods. The people that do that are just amazing. They have some pies, cookies, breads, jams and jellies.” Sweet Dream Gourmet will again be offering its homemade jams, jellies and biscotti this year, she noted. And you can bet there will be popcorn for sale — at least, when the weather is dry. Customers can also expect to find homemade items, such as soaps and lotions. One new item to the market this season: A vendor from an apple orchard, when apples are ripe for the picking. “There are some very faithful customers that come every week,” Fickel said, advising local residents to come early for the best selection. “They
Recipes courtesy of vendors JK Farms and Live Life Years Younger: STRAWBERRY POUND CAKE Ingredients: 1 1/3 cup sugar 1 cup butter, softened 4 eggs 2 cups flour Pinch salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 2/3 cup fresh strawberries, chopped Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan. Cream together sugar and butter in a large bowl. Add eggs, flour and salt, mixing well. Add strawberries and vanilla and continue mixing until incorporated.
and stop by the farmers market. “It’s really good to get foods that are locally grown without the chemicals,” she said. “And fresh, locally grown things promote small businesses in the area, helps the economy. Hopefully it will bring customers to local businesses downtown that may not realize how expanding downtown is actually becoming. And how there’s so many cute little stores.” With Activate Allen County working with the Downtown Lima Farmers Market, it is sponsored by St. Rita’s Medical Center and the Lima Area Chamber Foundation. To keep up with the latest offerings and news, follow the market on Facebook (search “Lima Farmers Market”) or stop by to check it out in person.
Melissa Adkins, of Wapakoneta, sets up her stand at a past year’s market. The Lima News file photo
Pour batter in loaf pan. Bake for about 1 hour or until toothpick inserted into the center of the cake tests clean. SOURDOUGH BREAD PUDDING Ingredients: Serves 8 5 cups sourdough bread, cut into 1-inch cubes 3 cups milk 4 eggs 2 egg yolks 1 cup organic sugar 1 tablespoon organic vanilla 1 teaspoon LLYY Autumn Blend (available at Live Life Years Younger booth) or use 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg and 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 cup organic raisins
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support it, they love it and they spend a little bit of money at each vendor — which is very kind, very nice. A bunch of them come every week just to see what else is new.” When it comes to access, market-goers have a few different parking options, Fickel said. “Customers can actually park on the other side of Main Street, where they tore down all of those buildings,” she said. “They can park along there and of course, they can park in front of the city buildings across the street. And on the Market side of the Civic Center, I think I saw some parking spots there, too.” Fickel invites area residents to come spend a Tuesday afternoon this summer to walk around downtown Lima, check out local businesses
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