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Flavor for Everyday Life |November/December 2019 South Ohio

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Holiday Lights on

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New state

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Clinton County Welcomes You This Holiday Season!

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Something for everyone. Handcrafted & homemade items. Many unique and one of a kind! Primitives, furniture, shelves, Angels, Santas, snowmen, centerpieces, jewelry. Farmhouse décor, wooden crafts, clothing, homespun articles, baked items & candy and much more! Get your pictures taken with Santa and have them printed and framed while you wait!

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She spends her free time painting, playing video games, and being with family and friends.

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John Hamilton

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Kay Frances

Kay is a motivational humorist and author from Wilmington, giving humorous keynote presentations and stress management workshops all over the United States. She is the author of “The Funny Thing about Stress; A Seriously Humorous Guide to a Happier Life.” Visit kayfrances.com.

Sarah Allen

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When she’s not writing, she can be found scrapbooking, reading or cooking.

Tom Barr

Tom is the editor of the Wilmington News Journal, regional editor for AIM Media Midwest and former editor of several weekly publications across Warren and Butler counties.

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.

Martin Graham

Martin writes for the Record-Herald in Washington Court House. Though his days are mostly full of reporting for the paper, he enjoys playing competitive video games with friends in his spare time.

McKenzie Caldwell

McKenzie is a reporter for the Times-Gazette. In her spare time, she likes to research American folklore and stargaze with her cat, Baby.

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Contents

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14-15 16 17 18

Features

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Wilmington shops offer local holiday shopping options......................... 7 Explore the new Eagle Creek State Wildlife Area..................... 10 Throwback Reader Recipes............. 14 Reader Recipes................................. 15 Reader memories............................. 16 Home sweet home........................... 17 Holiday Lights on the Hill a tradition in Hamilton............... 18

Recipes Avocado and Hearts

of Palm Salad.............................. 15

Cherry Fancy Cookies...................... 15

On the Cover This photo at Alma’s Attic is by Tom Barr.

Cinnamon Honey Butter.................. 14 Herbal Vinegars................................ 14 Hot Cranberry Wassail....................... 6

Ultimate Fudge Sauce...................... 14 November/December 2019 | South Ohio | Salt | 5

- From the Editor -

Sometimes an idea is so simple it should have been obvious.

Holiday party coming? Take a hint from a charcuterie board — but put a sweet spin on it. Desserts and cookies, even store-bought ones, can be arranged into a seasonally appropriate display that is a lot more appealing than opening a Tupperware.

Sentimental or vintage items can be incorporated into that display for an even more special touch. (The board in the photo was my late grandmother’s. She’d be so tickled. And now I need a hankie.)

This issue has plenty to offer, from readers reminiscing about Salt’s decade of helping you flavor your life, foodie gifts you can make, a holiday light show that has the unique twist of being at a sculpture park, a new state wildlife area, ideas for doing your Christmas shopping locally and more.

Here’s to 10, and may your holidays be happy!

Calories don’t count at Christmas. Or something like that.

Here’s a recipe my mom made often, thanks to its inclusion in one of those old-timey church cookbooks in her collection.

Is it trendy? Nope. Is it good? Goodness, yes. That being said, you might find it a bit sweet and prefer to reduce the sugar. It’d be easy enough to add sugar a quarter cup at a time and taste after each addition until you find a good ratio for you.

In case you’re having a “where’s the Tylenol?” moment when your family gets overly … festive … this also makes a great mixer for a splash of spiced rum.

Hot Cranberry Wassail 48 ounces cranberry juice (6 cups) 5 cups water 23 ounces pineapple juice (3 cups) 3/4 cups sugar, to taste 1 tablespoon instant tea 1 teaspoon cinnamon, to taste 1/2 teaspoon cloves, to taste

Heat in a large saucepan, dutch oven or coffee pot.

Serve hot.

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Wilmington shops offer

local holiday shopping options

Story and photos

by Tom Barr and John Hamilton ‘Tis the season to be thinking outside the (big) box.

And even outside the Amazon and the eBay. Small shops in Ohio communities offer a wealth of unique items that you can actually pick up and look at to ensure that your Christmas gift is unique as well as fitting for your gift recipient.

“For me, shopping at a small shop vs. going to Walmart or Amazon or whatever, it’s the uniqueness of items that we carry,” said Joni Palmer, who with husband Brad owns Alma’s Attic

in Wilmington.

“I always think it’s neat for people to be able to support local businesses,” she said. “We order from different suppliers than the large retailers do, so it’s a different line of goods that we carry.

And also we can do personalization more than the large retailers can.

“I carry quilts and curtains; I only carry a small sampling but I can special order if you are looking for something else. I can put together gift baskets — it’s a more personal shopping experience.”

Alma’s Attic offers a wealth of antiques and vintage items to new items and home decor, and makes the shopping experience an easy one.

“We’re not an antique

mall, so we don’t have separate booths set up for vendors; it’s all ours,” said Joni. “So instead of having little booths where you find the same item scattered throughout the store, we’re able to categorize, so I have a section of advertising at the front, I have toys all grouped together on one wall, I have glassware grouped together on another wall … so just a little bit different shopping experience than you find at most antique stores.”

Alma’s Attic — which is larger than it may appear from the outside — also features a permanent Christmas room.

“We carry Christmas year-round and we have a room that’s a combination of

vintage and new Christmas items,” she said, “and as we get closer to the holidays we expand into the main part of the store and carry even more items.

Ironically, it’s the “big box” corporate world that led the Palmers to starting Alma’s Attic less than two year ago.

“It’s a classic case of one door closing and another opening,” said Joni. “When corporate restructuring brought my retail management career of over 20 years to a close, Brad and I began to discuss which direction I should take for the future.

“We both have an interest in antiques, and for several years had rented booth space in antique stores as a hobby,

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so making that a full-time pursuit became a possibility. As we gravitated to that option, we began discussing locations, and it struck me that Clinton County had a shortage of antique stores.

“Many people prefer to dedicate an entire day when they go ‘antiquing,’ so we felt that the lack of shops in the area was contributing to people traveling to Lebanon, Waynesville, Springfield and other locations instead of shopping locally,” she said.

She said that just in the first year since Alma’s Attic opened, “at least two additional antique shops have opened in Wilmington, and I hope to see even

“Many people prefer to dedicate an entire day when they go ‘antiquing,’ so we felt that the lack of shops in the area was contributing to people traveling to Lebanon, Waynesville, Springfield and other locations instead of shopping locally.”

— Joni Palmer, Alma’s Attic, Wilmington

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At Sugartree Mill (formerly Shops at the Old Mill), Owner Diane Dell and General Manager Isaac Dell believe the rich history of the building is one factor in pulling in shoppers.

“This was a big spot for all the farmers,” said Isaac.

“Having been built in the late 1800s, there’s a lot of history in the grain industry.”

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ownership in the past year, the location had mostly been an antique shop and shared its location with For a Song and a Story at one point.

Now the facility offers both the old and the new.

“Whether it’s antiques that have a lot of history to them or newer goods, the store provides a good variety,” said Isaac.

It’s the combination of old and new that Diane thinks makes the spot so unique.

“It’s a combination of antiques your grandma would have, but we also have newer items,” said Diane.

An outing in the store could include browsing lamps, old toys, books, old

glass pop bottles, grandfather clocks, John Wayne memorabilia, books about Quakerism, kitchen appliances, old tools, candles, home decor, plate sets and music albums from movie soundtracks to John Denver and Beverly Sills to Harry Belafonte.

But even if a visitor doesn’t find the exact item they were looking for, the Dells hope the inviting atmosphere and the fun of looking around will make it a worthwhile visit — and Christmas shoppers may just find a unique hidden gem.

Which to them makes shopping at local spots all the more enjoyable.

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Explore the new

Eagle Creek State Wildlife Area

Story by Jane Beathard It’s full of big whitetails, raccoon, mink, coyote and a host of important (and in some cases endangered) wildlife.

The new Eagle Creek State Wildlife Area in southern Brown County is an outdoor enthusiast’s paradise.

“It’s a really cool prop-

erty,” said Brett Beatty, the Ohio Division of Wildlife’s management supervisor for southwest Ohio.

And in order to preserve its diverse and abundant wild creatures, the state is limiting hunting and trapping there — at least for this year.

Under a new rule approved by the Ohio Wildlife Council in early October, hunters and trappers will be required to obtain permits for the

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upcoming season through periodic drawings.

Anglers, wildlife watchers and hikers will not need permits to access the property.

In addition to its population of wildlife, the area has a colorful history, dating from pioneer times.

Native Americans once hunted and fished the four miles of Eagle Creek that meander through the property.

Picturesque stone walls shore up steep roadsides — evidence of the late 1800s when southern Ohio was de-forested and wood for fencing and embankments was unavailable.

A covered bridge, currently under reconstruction, shelters a remote access road.

More recently, tobacco fields

“We saved that money for years to buy this. It is a dream property.”

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thrived in the creek bottoms.

Remnant tobacco barns from that time still stand in some places.

By the 1970s, dense woodlands again thrived on the rugged hillsides of Brown County, leading a man named Charles Perin to begin acquiring property in the neighborhood for recreation and conservation. In time, he owned about 3,000 acres.

“He aimed at eventually turning it over to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources,” Beatty said.

That opportunity eventually came to Perin’s family.

ODNR paid $4.1 million for 1,850 acres last year and plans to buy an additional 450 acres by the end of 2019, Beatty added.

Much of that money came from the state Wildlife Diversity ($2.4 million) and federal Land & Water Conservation funds ($700.000).

Sales of specialty conservation license plates, tax checkoff contributions and legacy stamps create the state’s diversity fund.

“Wildlife diversity money is for high-quality property like this,” said Kendra Wecker, state wildlife chief.

“We saved that money for years to buy this. It is a dream property.”

The Ohio Department of

Transportation added another $1 million to the purchase pot as remediation for Indiana and long-eared bat habitat destruction elsewhere.

Both species are federally endangered. Eagle Creek is home to colonies of maternal bats, Beatty explained.

Wecker said ODNR began purchase negotiations about eight years ago.

Although portions were once leased to private hunting clubs, over the years only a few hunters and trappers actually roamed Perin’s land.

That led to bigger and better deer, as well as healthy populations of wild turkey, squirrel and other small game.

“It’s a good area to grow deer,” Beatty said. “And that presents unique opportunities for hunters.”

Raccoon, mink and coyote flourish along Eagle Creek.

And quality smallmouth bass and panfish swim in its fastflowing waters.

“There’s no other stream with public access like it in the area,” Beatty noted.

Beatty said the new permit rule is designed to encourage novice outdoor enthusiasts, with extra consideration given to mentor hunters and trappers who are afield with their students.

“We want to leverage (mentor-mentee) activity,” he added.

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back w o r h Reader Recipes

Enjoy these recipes from a story on making food gifts by Sheryl Sollars in the Holiday 2011 issue of Salt magazine:

Cinnamon Honey Butter

1 pound butter, 4 sticks, no substitutions

Ultimate Fudge Sauce

2 cups white sugar

1 1/2 cups cocoa

1 1/4 cups honey

1 cup water or hot coffee

1 tablespoon cinnamon

1 can condensed milk

In a large mixing bowl, beat butter until fluffy. Add honey and beat until well blended.

Add cinnamon and start mixer slowly and mix until well blended. Once incorporated, increase speed to high and beat until light and fluffy, about 5-8 minutes. Place in jars with lids. Decorate as desired.

Makes 2 pints.

1/2 teaspoon salt

Herbal Vinegars Combine all ingredients in a double boiler. Cook 15 minutes.

Pour into hot jars and seal immediately with hot lids. Should be kept in refrigerator no longer than 3 weeks.

When ready to use, heat amount needed in microwave for a few seconds.

Makes 1 quart but best placed in half-pint or 1-pint jars for gifting. Add ribbon for sparkle.

Decorative bottles, any type or shape, resealable Apple cider or rice wine vinegar Fresh herbs Food-safe extracts

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This recipe is pretty straight forward and can be varied by the size of the bottle.

The preferred bottle will be tall, clear or colored with a resealable cap. Wash and rinse bottle in very hot water.

Place fresh herbs and/or extracts in the bottle. Fill bottle with vinegar.

Seal and let set for at least 1 week.

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Reader Recipes

Avocado and Hearts of Palm Salad

Cherry Fancy Cookies

— From Joann Chamberlin, of Midland

— From Mary Ann Vantress, of Xenia

Note: This is from Darren McGrady’s cookbook, “Eating Royally: Recipes & Remembrances from a Palace Kitchen.” Mr. McGrady was Private Chef to Princess Diana. This is a wonderful cookbook as well as an insight into the Life of Princess Diana and the royal family. I had the unique experience of attending a cooking demonstration by Mr. McGrady that was presented by Dorothy Lane Market, Dayton. Mr. McGrady came to the United States after the death of Princess Diana. He and his wife live in Arizona.

Salad:

1 head Bibb or butterhead lettuce 16-ouncejar hearts of palm rings, drained (I use the hearts of palm and cut them into rings or small pieces.)

1 ripe avocado, diced

2 navel oranges, peeled and segmented

1 small red bell pepper, finely diced 1/2 small red onion, finely diced

Dressing:

1/4 cup raspberry vinegar

2 teaspoons sugar

1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

2 teaspoons lemon juice

1 tablespoon walnut oil

1/4 cup water

Salt and freshly ground pepper

2 tablespoons chopped fresh tarragon

Tear lettuce into bite-size pieces, removing the center rib of the outer leaves. Place lettuce in a large bowl. Add hearts of palm, avocado, orange segments, bell pepper and red onion.

Blend raspberry vinegar, sugar, mustard, lemon juice, walnut oil and water. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Fold in tarragon. Drizzle 2 tablespoons dressing over the salad and divide the salad among four plates. Drizzle each plate with more dressing.

Serve immediately. Serves 4.

3/4 cup brown sugar

3 tablespoons margarine, soft

1/2 cup flour

1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

1/4 teaspoon soda 1 egg

1 cup walnuts, chopped

1/3 cup white sugar

1/4 cup maraschino cherries, chopped

2 tablespoons grated orange peel

Cream brown sugar with margarine in mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add flour, pumpkin pie spice or substitute listed below, soda and egg; blend well. Stir in walnuts.

Spread in greased 9-inch-square pan. Combine sugar, cherries and orange peel; mix well.

Sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 18 to 22 minutes. Cool, cut into 24 finger bars.

Pumpkin Pie Spice Substitute Yield: 3 teaspoons

1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon cloves

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger (scant) Stir or shake ingredients together. Store in a closed small container.

Salt Scoop

Send us your favorite recipe. We may feature it in an upcoming issue.

Visit our website, thesaltmagazine.com, and click on the Recipe Submission link at the top to be entered. Include a photo of your dish, too, if you’ve got one. All entries must be received by Dec. 1.

Every submitted recipe will be entered in a drawing for a $25 grocery card.

Congratulations to Mary Ann Vantress, of Xenia, who won for her Cherry Fancy Cookies recipe submitted for this issue of Salt.

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Reader memories

We asked Salt magazine readers to share their memories and give feedback, to help celebrate the 10th anniversary:

Sharon Flatter, of Fairborn

Kendra Conrad-Thompson, via Facebook

I loved reading Salt magazine when I subscribed to the Xenia Daily Gazette. I particularly enjoyed an article published in the Spring 2014, regarding a recipe taken from a cookbook compiled (early 1970s) by the Ladies Aid of the Satterfield Chapel, West Union, Ohio. I believe the recipes had been submitted by Ruth Trefz for the cookbook. My grandparents were long-time active members of this church and I remember going to church services with them when I was young. My grandmother, Mae Moore, was also a member of the Ladies Aid and submitted recipes for the cookbook. Please run more recipes from this very sought after cookbook. I would love to have a copy of it!

I love to read Salt magazine! It’s down to earth, it has lovely recipes and well-written articles.

Vicki Schaublin, via Facebook

I have made several recipes from Salt magazine. Love it.

Joann Chamberlin, of Midland

On the tenth anniversary of Salt Magazine, I would like to say how much I have enjoyed reading it since its inception — and yes, I keep all the issues! They are definitely a keeper.

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sweet Column by Kay Frances This old, OLD house.

I’m in a long-term committed relationship. With my house. But I have to admit, sometimes I develop crushes on other houses. Currently, I’m obsessing over a newer home that is for sale. I go online and gaze longingly at its garden tub and open floor plan. I feel like I’m cheating on my house, but I just can’t help myself. I have even physically stalked that newer house by driving slowly past it, hoping that the current occupants don’t see me and alert the authorities.

Parts of my house are over 150 years old. With at least two add-ons, there are two other “ages” to my house. (I know how it

feels. Sometimes I “feel” like I’m 21, but then my knees remind me that I’m actually 154.) A real estate listing would describe it as a “charming older home.”

Translated: “This house has ISSUES!” I just live with its many quirks and don’t even notice them until I have a visitor and I have to go through the litany of “watchits.”

“That door sticks, so you have to pull it up, over and down.”

“To turn that light on, you have to make sure that both switches on either side of the room are pointing skyward.”

“Before you flush, jiggle the handle for exactly four times, then jump up and down until it finishes the cycle.”

Yes, my house practically oozes “charm.”

Over the years, I have replaced every surface of my house; walls, flooring, ceilings on the inside and siding and roofing on the outside.

So, I have had a parade of handymen of various stripes parade through my house, offering up their counsel and wisdom. I’ve learned that sometimes people will overstate their abilities. The phrase I’ve come to dread is, “Well, I’ve never actually done that before, but how hard could it be?”

My dad used to have an expression, “Don’t put a 100-dollar saddle on a 50-dollar horse.” So, I’ve always endeavored to have the work done as cheaply as possible. But I like things done “right” so it’s been an exhausting dance that I’ve done over the years, balancing quality with price.

Sometimes, my stubbornness will kick in and I’ll buy into the notion of “How hard could it be?” and search the internet for how-to videos.

One time, I decided to mud and sand my own drywall.

BIG. MISTAKE. The guy on the video made it look soooo easy, as professionals often do. I didn’t have the “knack” of putting the mud on in a smooth way like the video guy did and when I went to sand it, there was so much excess that my whole house looked like the Oklahoma Dust Bowl of the 1930s.

With all of the work, money and sweat equity that I’ve put into my house, I guess I’ll stay awhile. Maybe I will go online and learn to knock out a few walls and open up the floor plan. I mean, how hard could it be?

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he said, adding that visitors’ favorite part is the “overall spectacle.”

Holiday Lights on the Hill began when Harry T. Wilks first opened the park to the public, said FitzGibbons.

And, since the lights are set up in a sculpture park, he added, guests can see dazzling, holiday lights in a

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curated layout.

Over millions of lights create the wondrous displays through the twomile round trip drive. FitzGibbons said people are often surprised by how “expansive” the Holiday Lights trail is.

In addition, FitzGibbons said, the event provides “a new way to explore Pyramid Hill for the season.” “[Guests can] see the park in, pardon the pun, ‘a new light,’” he added.

FitzGibbons also said that he’s looking forward to Brave Berlin’s projection map sculpture. Brave Berlin

worked with the park last year, and they are also known for other projects, such as BLINK Cincinnati.

Last year, Brave Berlin created an installation that included “wonderful animation” and “light projection mapping,” FitzGibbons said.

He added that this year represents a transition to the park’s Borealis program. FitzGibbons described plans for next year’s season, saying that the park is going to put a call-out to all artists in the world to create special pieces. The idea, he said, will be

“contemporary artists kind of riffing on holiday light themes.”

This year, however, is all about the park “easing into” that Borealis concept, FitzGibbons said. “Pyramid Hill is really excited to be taking that next step toward Borealis 2020. … We have really wonderful plans for this year.”

Above all, however, the ultimate goal is to provide awe for families — as well as special memories. FitzGibbons said, “We want to make the kids in the car ‘lose their mind’ at the spectacle.”

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This includes free coffee and cookies at the bakery and free cheese and candy samples at the bulk foods store.

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Buckeye l ve James Robert Tanner, Lima JRT Works Facebook and Etsy: JRT Works jrtworks@icloud.com 513-658-4840 Ohio state linear illusions print. 5-by-7 inches. $10. Coloring books, art, mural work, custom work available.

Items available at Shop for Good, Lima.

Cassie Menchhofer, Celina Cassie’s Country Cupboard LLC Facebook: Cassies Country Cupboard cassiescountrycupboard.com cassie@cassiescountrycupboard.com 419-852-0839 Sweet Potato and Black Bean Chili Mix. $6.99.

Dried soup mixes, spice blends, baking mixes available online and some items at The Meeting Place on Market, Lima.

Rhonda Bowlby, Celina Labyrinth Path Facebook and Etsy: Labyrinth Path Instagram: mylabyrinthpath rjaye8@gmail.com 419-305-4722 Bronze copper wire sculpted tree wrapped on ocean jasper.

About 7-by-5 inches. $60.

Dreamcatchers, wire wrapped pendants, air plant holders and hangers, suncatchers available. $6 and up.

Charity Storey, Convoy SisterSalts Facebook: Sister Salts 419-910-0265 Epsom salts and oils body scrub/soak. Sizes from 6 to 32 ounces. $5-$25.

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Maria Simone Croft, Lima Maria’s Sewing 419-227-0699 ladywithgin@aol.com Flannel baby blanket sets. Blankets 40-by-40 inches and burp cloths 11-by-19 inches. Sets $14. Burp cloths, potholder sets, knitted dishcloths available. $2 and up. Available at Shop for Good, Lima

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Doug Saunders Front Porch Profile the Transportation needs of Highlan roviding safe & reliable transportation s CEO of Fayette County Family YMCA

Offering a personal glimpse into the lives of notable people in our communities

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What is unique about your job as CEO of the Fayette County Family YMCA? The opportunity to serve the community in so many ways and the doors it opens to partner with other organizations to make an even greater impact on the lives of youth, families and seniors.

Club, Fayette County Chamber and on behalf of the Y at community events like the WCH High School band boosters concession stand. It is a great way to give back and to see many people outside of the Y and to raise funds for many worthy causes.

Working to keep Highland County If you could have a conversation with any person alive or dead, whom would you choose and what would you talk about?

Tony Dungy on leadership.

FRS Transportation, HCCAO, Chris Hopkins Transp Carpenters House of Prayer/Shiloh Recovery Se are providers of various types of transportation in High What are your hobbies?

Running, bicycling, weight training, watching any kind of sport, traveling with my wife.

Of the many events and functions you attend, what is your favorite local event/meeting you take part in?

Volunteering at one of the many events as part of Washington Court House Rotary, Good Hope Lions

What do you love most about your community?

There are so many people that give back to the community in countless ways with their time, talent and treasure. Many of these people do so without letting it be acknowledged publicly.

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All the lives we’ve ever lived and all the lives to be are full of trees and changing leaves.

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Photo by McKenzie Caldwell A dam at Rocky Fork Lake in Highland County, with the former McCoppin’s Mill dam in the foreground. The photo was shot from a bridge over Rocky Fork Creek on McCoppin Mill Road.

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