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December 2018 Magazine

Volume 4 Issue 3

Clifton Mill: Christmas Connecting with History

A Zoar Christmas Saint Rhoda from Cadiz?

Hygge: A Healthy Outlook for Winter and Holidays

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Clifton Mill

Hygge

A Zoar Christmas

Saint Rhoda from Cadiz?

Just a bit south of Springfield, Ohio is the small town of Clifton and its historically important grist mill. Clifton Mill provides visitors with a tour of one of the few intact mills left in the country, and also puts on quite a light show at Christmas! You’ll want to consider visiting.

With the holidays coming, many of us are starting to feel the stress that comes from the pressure we put on ourselves to do it all – have fancy dinners, buy the perfect presents, have the cleanest house, etc. Take a tip from the Scandinavians: in a word, Hygge!

Many of our Christmas traditions, such as the Christmas tree, are German in origin. Historic Zoar, Ohio celebrates German Christmas traditions during a special event the first weekend in Dec. If you go, you’ll experience an oldfashioned Christmas and maybe a gift from Kristkind, but only if you’ve been good!

Cadiz, the county seat of Harrison Co., has produced quite a few famous people who had an effect that was proportionately much larger than the small town of their birth. Now we wait to see if Rhoda Greer Wise, born in Cadiz, becomes the fourth U.S. born Catholic saint. If history is any guide, Cadiz will be able to claim a very famous daughter!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Well, it has been since just after Halloween, but I like it! I'm like a kid at Christmas. Go on and haul out that holly November 1. One of my favorite days is the day after Thanksgiving, when the local radio station begins to play all Christmas music all the time, right up until December 26. I never get tired of it. Never. One of my favorite family traditions is the annual cutting of the Christmas tree, also the day after Thanksgiving. We eat a turkey sandwich, and then all available family members and many friends troop out to the local tree farm, and the hunt is on for the perfect tree. It has to be big. It has to be full. It has to be just right. Then, before we cut it, we join hands and circle the tree, singing that joyful song from The Grinch -- you know, something about "Ahoodoray, Ahoodoray . . . " Anyway, it's our tradition. I hope you have your own cherished holiday traditions. If not, why not dream one up this year, and next year you can call it your annual whatever. Have a wonderful holiday season, whatever your traditions. And we'll see you at the crossroads!

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Contents LIFE’S DELIGHTS The One That Got Away........................................ 03 Photo Participants/Crafty Cat......................... 04

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The Charlie Brown Tree.......................................... 06 Cook’s Humor ................................................................ 08

A web version of The Crossroads Magazine can be found at www.journal-leader.com/crossroads

Puzzle Palace.................................................................... 46

ON THE ROAD The Liars’ Bench........................................................... 05 Clifton Mill ....................................................................... 10 A Zoar Christmas......................................................... 22 Saint Rhoda from Cadiz?........................................ 28 Famous Ohioans in Sports ..................................... 34 C&M Railroad Report............................................ 38

HEALTH & HEALING Hygge................................................................................... 17

COMMUNITY End of the Year To-Do List.................................... 36 Transportation Systems............................................ 40 Senior Activities .......................................................... 44 Chamber News ............................................................ 45

Salutations from “The Crossroads” Magazine, a free publication designed for a broad range of readers in the southeast Ohio region. The magazine can be found in various locations around southeast Ohio. Get Crossroads by mail for a subscription of only $40 a year! For more information, suggestions or questions, you may call 740-732-2341. We look forward to hearing from you.

The Crossroads Magazine Collaborating Staff Jack Cartner .................................................................................................................................................Publisher Anne Chlovechok...........................................................................................................Publication Editor Stacy Hrinko ...............................................................................................................................Office Manager Marcia Hartman..............................................................................................................Publication Writer Christy Penland-McMillan ........................................................... Marketing Director/Sales Jamie Hoover .................................................................................Graphic Designer/Art Director Contributing Writers: Carol Branz Wahler, Kay Flowers, Roger Pickenpaugh and Ed Brickeen.

Also Emens & Wolper Law Firm and Gwynn Stewart, MS from the OSU Extension - Noble Co. Every attempt has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information in this publication.

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*Ever Changing Inventory

By Paul Koval

Abby is beautiful. A little older for me, but still good looking. Great personality. Could have been the one.

She is no longer in my life. She is with someone else.

We had a short, almost meaningless, relationship.

And I am pretty sure she tried to kill me.

It was probably the thirteenth day. She followed me into the room. I went to put something away on the shelf.

I turned to leave, but she stood in the doorway. I could tell she was perturbed, even though she was silent. I was a little disquieted and wanted to climb out through the window. But it was barred. So I got closer to the door, where she was. She left me a sliver of room so that I could sidle out while she pretended not to be looking.

I managed to escape after a few moments and I didn’t have to bolt out of there. But she turned to follow me.

Now Abby is big. Big big. “I was more than just timid around her” big. She could crush me if she got a hold of me.

Then she dropped her head and took after me. That’s when I had to bolt.

I jumped over my poorly-constructed, unfinished fence to get away from this dairy cow. She could have weaved her large body through the fence like 400 pound wrestler Yokozuna awkwardly entering the ring. But she didn’t.

She only meant to terrify me. No biggie.

I grew up in town so I never had the pleasure of milking a cow. I had had several cats during those years, but I never had to milk any of them. The first time was entertaining. I shot the milk everywhere but the bucket.

It was a good laugh for my in-laws. I eventually became somewhat efficient at the milking. But that efficiency directly correlated with frustration. I simply became tired of doing it. As did my dainty hands.

I don’t know what gave this townie the false confidence that he could take care of a full size dairy cow; a time consuming chore that competed with many others for my attention. I suspect that it was my refusal to exercise any rational cognitive functioning whatsoever. Immediately before the opportunity came about, I was fantasizing about a prospective minimalistic lifestyle to my wife. So the cow came accompanied by much time and money.

I felt like a slave to her udder. An indentured servant that would commit to a seven year prison sentence only to be rewarded with a land of milk and honey. Minus the

land. And the honey.

Abby was causing problems in my marriage. I didn’t spend time with my wife, was short with her when I did, and for some unknown reason, I became prone to leaving the toilet seat up. No wait, I think I did that anyways.

Since I had an ill-advised fantasy about having a dairy cow only months prior, I sincerely believed God was giving me a gift. Oh, I had a cow all right. But I realize now, that, if anything, God was giving me a lesson. A ‘be careful what you wish for’ kind of thing.

This was confirmed the night after she ran me out of the pen. Because for the second evening in a row, she dropped her head and charged me. Again, I managed to escape. But so did she.

The following morning I awoke to a quiet, still cow pen. Patties lined the perimeter. Some sopping fresh. A search party, (probably the least desired kind of party ever thrown), was called to action. The search came up short but she was eventually found at a neighboring cow farm. She was safe. She was even milked thanks to some altruistic calves. I was relieved (on many fronts) and I am guessing she was as well.

There are things to be learned from this experience.

Contentment is one. Thinking through things is another.

Baby steps aren’t always so scary. Shoveling manure every day actually does get old. Living on an old farm doesn’t qualify you to be a farmer. There are different types of moos. Milk can still be bought in the cooler section; ice cream in the freezer. I can get bales of straw for six-fifty. And I wish I had a truck.

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3. Roll out the dough to about 1/2 cm thickness. The thinner the ornaments, the better they will bake and dry.

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6. Place ornaments on a cookie sheet. At this point add the pony beads for the Sun Catcher Stars if desired.

7. Bake for 1-2 hours. If your ornaments are not completely dried put them back in for another hour. The baking time will vary depending on the size and thickness. Larger ornaments will take longer whereas smaller ones will take less time. You can also let them air dry for a day before baking to cut down on baking time.

If you notice puffing, it is likely because the ornaments are too thick. In this case, let them air dry for a few days before baking.

8. Once cool and completely dried, paint and decorate!

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The question is: What do you plan on doing to re-charge after the holidays?

I plan to go on vacation for Valentines Day. I already have it planned to go to Blackwater Falls in West Virginia. I also sit back and relax and quilt baby quilts so I will be doing that during the cold weather.

I make homemade wine.

So I will use the time after the holidays to stock up again.

I am going to go to Disneyland. I will take some time to plan the trip and explore all of my options.

I am flying to Costa Rica.

I am already looking forward to the sunshine and relaxation.

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~Jackie Huntsman, Barnesville

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~Tammy House, Batesville

I just try to keep my schedule light and enjoy my family and do some relaxing after my hectic holiday schedule. ~Barb Ballint, Martins Ferry

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The Charlie Brown Tree

By Kay Flowers

The year my dad was laid off from his job at Goodyear Aerospace was a trial for all of us. Although we had never lived extravagantly, even a simple life was often difficult to pull off with five kids to feed. As I recall, we ate lots of popcorn and fried bologna.

Birthdays were interesting. Mom baked us our favorite kind of layer cake, lopsided but made with love. Dad gave us five dollars toward a birthday present. If what we wanted cost more than that, we paid for the remainder ourselves from our babysitting money or from doing odd jobs.

Christmas was also interesting. We used to have a family tradition of driving to the local tree farm where Dad would pick out the perfect blue spruce to grace our living room. After he and my older brother, Steve, set up the tree, we hooked candy canes over the branches, hiding them close to the trunk. You could rub that resin gunk off your hands for hours and still inhale the fragrant pine aroma! Dad would place the blue lights and the silver tinsel just so. Only then were we allowed to decorate the spruce with bulbs from the Christmas storage boxes. The final touch was the placing of the sparkling icicle strands, saved from the year before. Dad showed us how to drape the icicles one at a time for the best effect, but we usually tossed

the last handful on the back branches to be done with it.

So with no extra money for a tree that year, the old family tradition was also discarded. But it just wouldn’t seem like Christmas without a tree. Now, a few years earlier, Dad had taken us all out to the back acreage where we had helped him plant approximately 10,000 pine tree seedlings to be harvested later as pulpwood.

Well, it was more like Dad and Steve stabbed the shovels into the soil, I tucked the seedlings into the slits, my sister tamped down the soil with her foot, and my two youngest brothers chased each other around the rocks. By now the seedlings had grown into shapes recognizable as trees, so that’s where Dad headed.

He did the best he could. The little tree was too short to cut and so, in hopes that this would increase its height, Dad dug it up with the roots and bagged it to be replanted later,. It wasn’t a blue spruce. It wasn’t full and lofty. In fact, it didn’t look like any Christmas tree we’d ever had in the past. What it did look like was the scrawny little tree from the Charlie Brown Christmas special we watched every year. So we started calling it Charlie Brown.

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resemblance ended. No matter how many decorations we placed on Charlie Brown, the tree never got any better. The ancient bulbs with their flaking paint no longer looked nostalgic; they just looked sad. The shimmery icicles weren’t able to camouflage all the bare spots. There was plenty of sparkle but little substance.

Even the tumble of gaily wrapped homemade gifts and thrift store treasures on the tree skirt couldn’t quite create the Christmas magic my sister needed. She began crying for a “real” tree, but Mom told her we would have to be thankful for this one.

It took a while, but we began to see the humor in calling a tree Charlie. Thankfulness grew as we realized the true essence of Christmas wasn’t a beautiful tree or lots of presents. It was the amazing love of God in sending us a Savior.

After Christmas, Dad planted Charlie Brown beside the garage. No one really expected the sparse little tree to live, but it surprised us all. Over the years Charlie Brown became Big Chuck, towering thirty feet high,

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Big Chuck taught us something. Never let others demean or belittle you. God may have another plan up His sleeve.

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Cook’s Humor

By Carol Branz Wahler

Autumn has arrived in Florida. At 8 O’clock this morning, the outdoor thermometer proudly displayed a cool 64 degrees.

Finally, time for rejoicing after a long, hot summer!

The pool water won’t be the warm, bathtub temperature of 90 degrees this time of year, but I’ve enjoyed that all summer, so no complaints there. I guess 80 degrees is warm enough even for cold-blooded souls like me. And now’s the time to enjoy other outdoor amenities the southern climate has to offer, like bike riding, farmers’ markets, street fairs and although not my cup of tea, for those who care to chase around a little ball with a stick for hours at a time, golf.

That’s all on the plus side. On the other hand, there’s that nasty word – snowbirds. Crowded roads, slow drivers, no turn signals, and long lines at your favorite restaurants.

OK, it’s a resort area and that’s the price you pay for living in a tropical paradise – stifling hot, muggy summers and crowded, congested winters. It goes with the territory, and I’m here to say it beats the cold, snowy winters, so in all fairness, we grin and bear it. So, as I once read on a post card, “Come on down, the weather’s here, wish you beautiful.”

One of the great things I enjoy about Florida in the cooler season is the good old winter-type comfort foods I miss all during the hot weather. It’s time for all those great leftover turkey recipes to come to life hot out of the microwave, starting with a second day of warmed up Thanksgiving turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy. Then, after the last bite of stuffing and mashed potatoes has been gratefully devoured, we move on to Turkey Casserole or Turkey Tetrazzini. And

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maybe, finally, just enough of the old bird might remain to squeeze in a Turkey Club sandwich if you’re lucky.

Yes, I know a Turkey Club isn’t really warm, comfort food, but it’s mighty good eatin’.

So, what do we do now, with all that extra room in the frig?

Well, as luck would have it, Christmas is just around the corner! And I have to admit, I do miss having all that extra refrigerated space I had in Ohio for all my Christmas goodies. No, I didn’t have an extras refrigerator – just the entire “Summer House” third of our 1-1/2-car garage.

That’s where I stored all holiday eats and treats. Why not? It was certainly cold enough. Besides, we never did find a half of a car to fill the space.

One of the good old comfort foods that did fill the space every Christmas season was a big roaster full of cabbage rolls ala Grandpa Hoffer. In my mind’s eye, I can still envision his dinner table on Christmas Day. Ham, cabbage rolls with lots of extra cabbage swimming in the sauce to pour over the mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, a big tossed salad, and a bakery-fresh loaf of the best rye bread north of the Mason-Dixon Line. And true to his Hungarian heritage, a pre-dinner toast from his famous bottle of Plum Brandy that burned your innards all the way down to your stomach. I imbibed the first time he served it, but from then on, my toasting goblet contained a shot of Diet Coke!

Those wonderful cabbage rolls will grace my Christmas dinner table later this month, along with all the trimmings except the for the good-old-warm-your-innards Plum. I’m not even

a Diet Coke aficionado anymore, so I’ll be toasting the season with a tall Crystal Light peach tea.

Anyway, if you want some good, authentic Hungarian cabbage rolls for Christmas – or maybe even New Years, here’s

how I remember Grandpa making them while trying to memorize all the ingredients and amounts.

So Merry Christmas and good luck!

GRANDPA HOFFER’S HUNGARIAN CABBAGE ROLLS 2 or 3 heads of cabbage 1 large can sauerkraut 1 large can tomatoes undrained

1 lb. ground beef 1 large onion, chopped Garlic powder (a little) Paprika (lots of it)

1 lb. ground Pork 3/4 cup uncooked rice -not instant Salt & pepper

Cut out the heart of the cabbage and place the whole head in a large pot of boiling water.

Turn frequently to cook evenly. When leaves become pliable, remove them and set aside.

When leaves are too small to roll, remove and save for later. Repeat with second cabbage.

Thoroughly mix beef, pork, rice, onions and seasonings together in a large bowl. Add garlic salt sparingly – maybe 2 teaspoons or less. Place enough meat mixture on a cabbage leaf so you have enough room to roll and tuck in the edges. Roll up from the stem end half way, then overlap one side of the leaf. Continue rolling until all rolled up, then overlap the other side of the leaf and tuck the top in with your finger so that it’s tight and stays together. (No toothpicks, please!)

When all cabbage rolls are made (you should have 30 to 35, depending on the size of the leaves, coarsely chop all the leftover cabbage and place half of it, along with some of the sauerkraut on the bottom of a large oven roaster pan. Place cabbage rolls snuggly on top of sauerkraut and cover with the rest of the cabbage and sauerkraut. Cut up tomatoes if using whole ones and spread over all. Add water to barely cover top of cabbage rolls then sprinkle with more paprika.

Cover and place in a preheated 350° oven for about 3 hours. Check once in a while to see if more water is needed if it looks too dry during cooking. Serve with mashed potatoes covered with the extra cabbage and sauce and a big dollop of sour cream over the cabbage rolls if desired.

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Clifton Mill

Christmas Connecting with History

By Marcia Hartman

THE HISTORY

In 1802, Owen Davis, a Revolutionary War soldier, frontiersman and miller, and his son-in-law General Benjamin Whiteman, built the first of seven mills that were erected along the Little Miami River. Whiteman and Davis had found a great place to build a mill – right where the river funneled into a gorge increasing its power.

The six other mills were all within a mile: a woolen mill, saw mills, a paper mill, a barrel mill and another grist mill. (The only other mill still standing today is the Grinnell Grist Mill – now a bed and breakfast.) The village of Davis Mills sprang up around Davis’s mill. Associated businesses started nearby.

For example, behind Davis’s mill, John Funk built a distillery.

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(John was the father of Isaac Funk – of Funk and Wagnall’s Dictionary fame.) Around 1810, Davis sold the mill to Robert Patterson, who is an ancestor of one of the founders of National Cash Register – a company with a rather checkered connection to our area. Patterson renamed the village Cliff Town, which was later shortened to Clifton. He platted it and sold lots, creating a bustling little community that at its peak had three times the population of 152 counted in Clifton during the 2010 census. Patterson was a Quartermaster in the Army during the War of 1812 and gave himself contracts to supply corn meal and flour to the troops. The nearby woolen mill provided the material for uniforms. Clifton was an active

little burg because it was on a stagecoach trail, the Accommodation Line, which ran from Springfield to Cincinnati from 1827 to 1840. There was a general store and blacksmith shop.

The large brick house still standing on the corner of Water St. and SR 72 was the former stagecoach inn.

The dust kicked up during the grinding of grain is dangerously flammable, and the mill burned down during the 1840s. Patterson rebuilt and supplied cornmeal and flour to Union troops during the Civil War. In the late 1860s, there was another fire. A family by the name of Armstrong bought the site and rebuilt the mill in 1869, which is the current building. They eventually sold to the Preston family who operated the mill until 1948. Another connection to our area is the fact that Woody Hayes was born in Clifton in 1913 when his father was Superintendent of the Clifton Union School. Newcomerstown became Woody’s home when his father served as school superintendent there from 1920 to 1939. The Clifton Mill was inactive and vacant from 1948 until 1963 when Robert Heller took a hike through Clifton. Heller was an engineer and was intrigued with the possibility of getting the old mill back into operation. He succeeded!

The Clifton Mill is seven stories high and one of the largest remaining water-powered grist mills in the country.

There were more than 100,000 mills in the U.S. around 1900, but fewer than 50 remain today. A James Leffel water turbine operates the Clifton Mill – which is not in the business of grinding grain any more although the turbine installed in 1869 is operational today. The mill wheel, which still continuously turns, is beautiful but no longer functional. The Leffel turbine was made by a Springfield, Ohio company, but the plans and processes for the turbine have since been sold to a Swedish company. The turbine creates almost 300 HP at 900 RPM. Water from the turbine passes through valves and paddles attached to a main shaft. The shaft turns and runs pulleys and belts that power machinery such as the pancake mixer, elevator, corn and wheat grinders, sifters and more. In 1908, a generator was installed that allowed the mill to produce electricity for parts of Clifton, Cedarville and Yellow Springs. Residences paid

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$1.00 a month for electricity while businesses were charged $2.00 a month. The machinery is kept in a good rhythm and at a constant speed by a Rube Goldberg-looking contraption called a Woodward Governor. The original millstones are available to see. They are four feet wide, weigh two tons each, are made of granite from Europe and called “French burr� stones. During the era of Prohibition, a little bootlegging took place at the mill. Natural springs running through the basement and the access to grain provided the materials needed for that operation.

Anthony (“Mr. S.�) Satariano always had a fascination with history and old mills according to his son Anthony Jr. “We lived in Boston, Massachusetts,� said Satariano. “Mom’s parents lived in Centerville, Ohio though, and Dad liked to drive around this area – and one year he found Clifton and loved it. Dad sold men’s and women’s fragrances for companies like Elizabeth Arden, Ralph Lauren and others, and he could live anywhere and still do his job. So we moved to Clifton in 1976 when I was 13. It was quite a culture shock for me coming from such a large urban area. We eventually purchased the mill in 1987 and made our home in the old stagecoach inn.�

From April through August, Jordan Shackelford and others conduct tours of the old mill. If you come between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, you can take a tour for $3.00 a person. Shackelford demonstrated for us how the machinery still works and explained the various pieces of equipment still around – such as the corn grinder with the original stones still inside. There is a sewing machine that made the bags that held the flour, and the rooms with the machinery are decorated with a collection of over 300 old flour bags – some dating back 100 years – that were collected by Patricia and Anthony Satariano Sr., who were avid antique hunters. Flour sacks were early vehicles for advertising and, especially during the Depression, provided fabric for homemade clothes and patterns for making dolls inexpensively. Next door to the mill, there is a 1940s Gas Station Museum with original products and a sign collection.

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HOW HISTORY CONNECTS WITH CHRISTMAS “Our family was always into the holidays,” said Satariano Jr. “We usually had three or four Christmas trees. My parents just liked to do it up big. So when we bought the mill close to Christmas, we put lights on it -- just for our family to enjoy. We found people pulling into the parking lot to admire the lights. They told us how beautiful it was, so we got the idea of creating a display for the public. At the time, we knew absolutely nothing about electricity. We purchased 100,000 lights

for the 1988 decorations and thought that would last forever. But things took off.”

Shackleford, Satariano and at least 6 other helpers begin decorating the mill and the riverbank right after Labor Day each year – although it is really a year-round job to maintain. They have FIVE MILLION lights now and know a lot more about electricity thanks to help from friends and neighbors. They have a dozen electric panels, and Satariano continually wonders why the electric company doesn’t send him a Christmas card.

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bridge crosses the river to connect the parking lot to the mill and gives arriving visitors a breathtaking view of the back of the mill and mill wheel above the river gorge. The family and their helpers also built a miniature, animated village that looks a lot like Clifton. A g-gauge train powers through it on nearly 800 feet of track. “I think of the guys who helped with building and animating the village as being comparable to Disney engineers,” said Satariano.

“My folks loved collecting stuff for the display,” said Satariano. “One time some guys stopped in the restaurant. They got to talking to my dad about their new business which was making deer decoys to catch poachers.

They told my dad how the decoys looked so real and had parts that moved – an ear twitching or a leg lifting. They were floored when my dad said, ‘I’ll take eight.’” Now the Gas Station Museum boasts a sleigh on the roof with those eight reindeer and Santa climbing up out of the chimney every 15 minutes to check his list.

Other Satariano collections are brought out at Christmas. There’s a Santa’s Workshop with a historical toy collection and Patricia Satariano’s collection of close to 4000 Santa Claus figures – with the oldest dating back to Civil War times. “We also have people donate things to our collections once they see them,” said Satariano. “My favorite story is when two elderly ladies came into the mill carrying a large department store box. They were 16

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both crying when they told me ‘This is perfect.’ They said their father had been a department store Santa for 30 years and loved the job. They were bringing us his suit, which they couldn’t bear to throw out. So now they and others who have donated to us bring family to see those items in the displays here. The biggest thrill for us is how we are now part of so many family traditions. We have visitors coming up and shaking our hands and saying, ‘We’ve been coming here for 10 years, 12 years….

Whatever – and thanking us. That’s the thrill for us.”

If you want to start your own family tradition, Clifton is just south of Springfield and no more than a two to three hour drive for most of us. The light display – along with synchronized music – starts the day after Thanksgiving and is presented each day through New Year’s Day. Gates open at 5:00 p.m., and make sure you are there by 6:00 p.m. “We have just one switch that turns it all on,” said Satariano. “We pick someone out of the crowd each night to flick the switch and then listen for the Ooooo’s and Ahhhh’s as we pop from pitch black to 5 million lights – all to the music of the Hallelujah Chorus. That moment always sends a shiver up my spine no matter how many times I experience it.” If you get there later than six, the lights are programmed to go out every hour on the hour and then the music and lights slowly reappear – changing colors and creating swirling effects that will leave you shaking your

head and wondering how that can be done.

The mill has a great country-style restaurant that serves breakfast all day as well as lunch and dinner in a window-lined, rustic room with views of the river.

However, during the light shows, the restaurant does not serve dinner. Except for Christmas and New Year’s Days, the mill does sell sandwiches and snacks such as hot dogs, BBQ pork sandwiches, soup, cornbread, cookies, pie, popcorn, hot chocolate and soft drinks.

The country-store gift shop sells lots of country themed items and old fashioned candy along with the pancake mixes and flours made from the mill’s original recipes. The pancake mixes include apple-cinnamon, buckwheat, buttermilk, blueberry, cornmeal and a gluten-free sorghum. You can make your own pancake recipe or other baked goods from the stone ground white and yellow corn meals and various flours.

“Tell everyone they are best off to come see the lights on a week night,” said Satariano. “It gets pretty crowded on the weekends.” The Mill also might cancel the light show during a Level 2 or 3 snow emergency. You can keep up with developments and learn more about Clifton Mill at their Facebook page or website: www.cliftonmill.com. Their phone is 937-767-5501.

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A Healthy Outlook for Winter and Holidays

By Marcia Hartman Hygge (pronounced hue-guh) is a Danish word for which there really is no English translation. According to hyggehouse.com, it is a feeling that embodies consciousness, a certain slowness, enjoying the present, simplicity, coziness, charm, kinship and conviviality. As we look forward to the longest day of the year and the cold of winter, think about those in the Nordic countries such as Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. They face many more hours of dark and cold now than we do, and yet – when surveys are conducted about the best places in the world to live, these countries are consistently near the top. Well, these countries do take good care of their citizens and have high standards of living – but the concept of Hygge is more individualistic, and involves a mindset we could all think about striving towards.

Over the past decade, books have been written about Hygge and websites started and blogs created. I picked up a book I saw in our local library: “Hygge: the Nordic Secrets to a Happy Life” by Signe Johansen – and here is a quick summary of some of the book’s main points, points that might be food for thought as we head into the holidays.

Hygge involves an emphasis on nature and seasons.

• It’s a love of friluftsliv (what?); that translates to “free air life.” Get away from it all and find calm and peace in nature. Studies show that rates of mental illness are higher in cities, so head into wilderness areas with no wi-fi or phone. If in a city, support bringing nature into urban life: plant trees, create parks and gardens, and plan wide bike lanes and walking paths. Patients in the hospital do better when they have a tree outside their window rather than looking out on a brick wall.

• Never let bad weather get in the way of going outdoors --with the exception of tornados and hurricanes and events like that! Invest in good clothing to protect you from rain

and cold. Value fresh air over the gym as a place to exercise. Don’t stress about achieving 10,000 steps or winning the triathlon. A brisk walk, dressed for the weather, is most valuable. Have fun! Go sledding; make angels in the snow.

Finland has wife carrying races where husbands compete carrying their wives over an obstacle course. Laughing is good for your health!

• Bring nature indoors. Invest in houseplants to purify the air. Succulents are good because they are so easy to care for. Buy or cut fresh flowers. Open the window blinds and let in what light there is. Scandinavians tend to decorate using colors like viridian (blue-green), grey, blue, blond – all soothing colors.

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• Keep traditions of hunting and fishing. These activities, done responsibly, lead to a respect for nature and an appreciation for its bounty. Try yoga postures if you are sitting in a blind for hours!

• Ski, run, swim, hike, bike, whatever! Don’t worry if you are a klutz. Inactivity is worse than being overweight (up to a point).

Hygge encourages a spirit of self-sufficiency.

• The “greatest of all wealth” is what you can do to take care of yourself. Can you find foods in the wild or grow your own, chop wood and make a fire, paint a room, fix the plumbing, knit a scarf, bake bread? Many skills are possible to acquire.

• Five essential skills are managing money and budgeting; reading a map; communicating well (perhaps learn another language); taking care of your body through good diet, exercise and other preventative activities; and learning simple tasks at home.

• Improve your mental health through the spirit of Fika – which means coffee break. It’s a moment of everyday indulgence. Have coffee, a slice of something sweet and a conversation with friends. Slow down and recalibrate.

Cooking is caring for others.

• Meals are a vehicle for kinship and solidarity.

• Keep meals simple but emphasize natural ingredients such as berries, whole grains, lean meats, veggies.

• Eat breakfast. On March 25, Swedes celebrate Waffle Day! Their waffles are traditionally made using heart-shaped waffle irons.

• Some typical Nordic foods you may want to try are fish dishes – perhaps make your own gravlax to be served on crispbreads. Pickles are common too, and fermented foods are good for you.

Practice health hedonism.

• A little alcohol is enjoyable: “a tipple.” No getting drunk.

It’s about flavor, conviviality and good times. Try a spiced Christmas drink or a bit of a nip in your hot chocolate.

Keep it Simple: Design and Home.

• If you have a roof over your head, a table to gather around with friends and loved ones, food and beverages, and time in nature – then you have it made!

• Don’t fritter time away worrying about detail or keeping up with the Joneses.

• Nordic design is based on simplicity and warmth. These designs have been imported to us through IKEA. You don’t have to shop there, just look at the idea: use of natural materials, clean lines, contemporary feeling. Focus on quality craftsmanship. Look for a lack of pretension.

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• Don’t let outdoor shoes in – have socks and slippers for visitors and family. (A lot of Scandinavian homes have under floor heating) • Let there be light. You can never have too many candles.

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• Come together in hospitality. Simple gatherings – consider a buffet rather than a sit-down meal. Include the children so they can learn. Enjoy free-wheeling discussions.

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Step 1: Soak ½ cup of raisins in one cup of aquavit (a Norwegian spirit made with potatoes); Brandy or Vodka can be used instead.

Soak for 30 minutes before step 2.

Step 2: Put a large pot on the stove over high heat. Add one cup of water and ½ cup sugar to the pot and stir with a wooden spoon until the sugar is completely dissolved.

Step 3: Lower the heat to medium and add your spices – two sticks of cinnamon (each broken in half); four whole cloves; six whole cardamom seeds, crushed by hand; a thinly shaved orange peel; and one small piece of ginger, peeled and cut in half. Stir again with a wooden spoon. Do not allow the mix to come to a boil from this point on.

When I was young, our neighborhood used to have a progressive party in December when we would visit each house for appetizers and, perhaps a drink. Our next door neighbor made Glogg each year for us. Very Hygge! He threw the liquor soaked raisins in the yard and claimed the birds ate them and got tipsy! Here is a Scandinavian Glogg recipe I found on the National Public Radio Website. It was presented on “All Things Considered” in 2011:

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By Marcia Hartman

A Zoar Christmas Last June, Crossroads made a visit to Zoar, Ohio, a restored historic community founded in 1817 by German Separatists. Just a recap: the Separatists were from southwest Germany, a kingdom at the time. The king required all of his subjects to be Lutherans, and the future residents of Zoar disagreed with various aspects of Lutheran doctrine.

The Separatists refused to serve in the king’s army because they were pacifists and also refused to send their children to Lutheran schools. The king responded by arresting them and sending their children to orphanages, confiscating their land and other assets, and subjecting them to physical torture. We won’t revisit all the details, but the Separatists were eventually able to leave Germany and seek religious freedom in the United States – specifically in Tuscarawas County where they founded the settlement they called Zoar.

The Separatists did their best to retain their German culture in their new home. They spoke German, prepared foods as they had in Germany and kept many other cultural traditions. Since many United States Christmas traditions are German in origin, the staff of today’s Historic Zoar Village have created their own traditional Christmas event, and you are invited to join in the festivities, which will take place on December 1 and 2 this year.

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of a Christmas celebration, particularly in the early days of the settlement. Life was a struggle for many years. The settlers arrived with almost no money and had gone into debt to buy their land. They formed a communal arrangement with no private property; all would work for the good of the whole. In fact, for eight years, the community stayed celibate as they could not afford the women to be distracted from their work in order to bear and raise children. Without our children to consider, we too might not be as interested in a big Christmas celebration, so perhaps that contributed to the lack of fuss early on. In addition, the Separatists were from a religious tradition that believed in simple living. Like the Quakers, who helped them when they arrived in the United States, the settlers in Zoar dressed simply, had simple homes and furnishings and simple religious services. They did not believe in ceremony or celebrating the sacraments such as communion or baptism. Their church services largely consisted of silent prayer and discourses by their leader Joseph Bimeler. Easter, Christmas, Advent and other religious holidays did not change the normal order of their basic worship activities. However, the Separatists did enjoy music and sang hymns in church.

Once the community got on its feet, they established a band, a choir and, in 1873, purchased a pipe organ, which is still there, so we can imagine some caroling.

But in the earliest days of the settlement, Christmas was just another work day, and there is an interesting story reported by the historian Henry Howe about how that practice changed. Every morning the people of Zoar were called to work by the sounding of a ceramic horn that woke them and told them to get going. However, Howe reported on Christmas morning one year, the horn cracked during that morning wake up call. Now, you can still see that horn, and it looks like the damage to it was just on the edge of the bell, so it probably would still make its sound. But Howe reported the Separatists took the incident as a sign and did not work on Christmas day after that. They replaced the wake-up horn with a large metal bell rung from the top of the Assembly House (now a private residence).

In later years, it is thought the community borrowed from German traditions and had a visit for the town’s children from Kristkind, a Christmas angel that would provide each child with a small gift of candy, an orange, or maybe a knitted item. Historic Zoar Village recreates this Kristkind visit annually, and Tammi Mackey-Shrum, Site Director, reported they have a more traditional German costume for this year’s angel – something more golden! Kristkind will be in the town bakery supplying treats to visiting children accompanied by another German figure, Belsnickel. Traditionally, Belsnick-

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“We have a Belsnickel who is pleasant, but he does teach our young visitors a German word to repeat back to him before Kristkind gives them a gift. We also have a traditional redcoated Santa, but it seemed the children were more interested in Belsnickel last year, maybe because he was new. I think they liked his fur coat also!” There’s a third traditional central European mythical Christmas character: Krampus. Krampus is a horned, hairy demonic figure that, according to folklore, appeared on December 5 to punish the children who have been naughty rather than nice. “We don’t do Krampus,” said Mackey-Shrum reassuringly.

Another of our Christmas traditions that came from Germany is the Christmas tree. “We don’t know for sure whether the Separatists had Christmas trees,” said Mackey-Shrum.

“They probably did not in the early years under Joseph Bimeler, but perhaps they did later when they were more affluent and the German tradition was popularized by Queen Victoria honoring her German Prince Albert by decorating a tree to replicate what he would have known as a child.” The citizens of Zoar might even have made broomstick trees as was a German tradition for some. The trunk of the tree was made from a broomstick with drilled holes scattered along its length. Each year fresh evergreen branches were cut and inserted into the holes on the broomstick. “If the community had any Christmas decorations, they would have been homemade and natural,” said Mackey-Shrum. “We try to keep our decorations in that vein and get into the spirit of the holiday with primitive-style decorations in our buildings.

The townspeople who own private homes in Zoar are always good about decorating as well – with garlands of greens and lights. There is a community wreath decorating contest the townspeople host and judge. Additionally, The Pine Cone Gift Shop from Canton will be decorating the restored Joseph Bimeler house in a more modern style – to give people ideas for decorations. They do a beautiful job.”

Zoar hosts a German-style Christmas market-place during their December event. “This is a juried crafts show,” said Mackey-Shrum. “We only have hand-crafted items following the Zoar tradition of making everything they owned for themselves. We’ve had craftspeople who make wooden toys, sleigh bells, hand painted ornaments, hand painted yard decorations, and the like. Last year we had a candle maker who inserted a seed into each candle so when the candle burned down, there was a seed left to plant.” In fact, each year, the Zoar Historical Site commissions a special collectible ornament and Christmas card. “Those are for sale by the end of summer because people look forward to getting those,” said Mackey-Shrum. “Our tin shop also created some special icicle ornaments from both tin and copper.”

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In addition to the events mentioned, there will be horse drawn wagon rides with carolers from local high schools who will encourage riders to join in, and who knows? – last year there was a live camel in the town’s central garden.

The Christmas celebration will take place from 10 am to 6:00 pm on December 1 and from noon to 5:00 p.m. on December 2. If you can’t come that weekend, you can arrange tours by appointment during December. The

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The Separatists were well known for their cooking skills and had many traditional Christmas recipes. Here’s their Weihnachten Kuchen (Zoar Christmas cakes) recipe. In the later years of the community, the bakery had cookie cutters made in the tin shop and cut out these cookies in the shapes of hearts, bells, star and tulips:

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Weihnachten Kuchen (Zoar Christmas Cakes) 2 pt molasses 1 pt butter 2 pts sour milk 3 tsp cinnamon 2 level tsp soda 1 tsp potash or baker’s ammonia (can substitute baking powder)

Enough flour to make a stiff dough.

Roll out. Cut into shapes and bake until done.

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Saint Rhoda from Cadiz?

By Marcia Hartman

This past July 7, St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Canton, Ohio celebrated a special Mass. The Mass was planned originally to mark and acknowledge the 70th anniversary of the death of Rhoda Greer Wise. However, those attending were especially joyful because of a unusual ceremony that occurred coincidentally with the anniversary: the closing of the Diocesan Investigation for the Cause of Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God, Rhoda Wise. In other words, the local Diocese has been investigating whether Rhoda Greer Wise should be elevated to Sainthood, and that investigation was just successfully concluded. St. Peter’s has seating for over 1000 worshipers, and the church was filled on July 7. Those worshippers witnessed the closing and sealing of The Acts of the Case, the investigative documents, prior to their transfer to Rome where the local investigation will be reviewed and extended. If Rhoda Wise is eventually declared to be a saint, she will be only the fourth U.S. born saint. And, along with many other important U.S. citizens, Greer was born in Cadiz, Ohio.

Rhoda Greer was born on February 22, 1888 to Eli and Anna Greer, one of their eight children. Eli was a bricklayer associated with the Greer Brick Company. The family moved to Wheeling when Rhoda, whose name means rose, was two.

The Greers were staunch Protestants who had a poor opinion of Catholics and forbade their children from having Catholic friends, although a friend gave Rhoda a Catholic medal when she was about 16. Rhoda kept the medal and hid it from her parents. In 1915, Rhoda married Ernest Wissmar. The couple lived in Canton, but sadly, Wissmar died suddenly six months later from a stroke. In 1917, Rhoda married George Wise. The couple adopted two girls. Ruth, the older, died in the Spanish 30

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flu pandemic. Anna Mae was the younger child. She thrived and was a help and support to her parents. George Wise was an alcoholic. He was a day laborer who held a number of different jobs, so the family struggled financially. They originally had a house on 22nd St. NE in Canton, but lost it in the Depression and moved to a three-room shack with no plumbing or electricity on 25th St. NE. Wise was 44 years old in 1932 and suffered because of a large ovarian tumor that, upon removal, weighed 39 pounds. Initially, she had trouble finding a surgeon willing to operate on such a large tumor, but returned to Wheeling and found a doctor who successfully performed the surgery. She recovered nicely, but in December 1936, she injured her ankle by stepping into an open water drain in the street. The injury wouldn’t heal.

Her foot bent inwards, and Wise couldn’t stand without pain.

Doctors applied casts, one after another, to support the foot and ankle in hopes they would heal but eventually declared the problem permanent.

In June, 1938, Wise was at Mercy Hospital in Canton having another cast applied when a nurse noticed an abscess in the old abdominal incision resulting in Wise undergoing surgery to remove bowel adhesions that had formed underneath. She had two surgeries in 1938 and one in January 1939, but the wound wouldn’t heal. Eventually, her bowel protruded through the incision and perforated. This occurred before antibiotics were widely available, so Wise’s situation was quite grave.

Because she was poor, Wise was hospitalized on a large ward and was in constant contact with the Sisters who cared for the patients and the priests who visited regularly. Wise became interested in the Rosary and had one of the Sisters

teach it to her. She also learned about St. Therese, who is also called the Little Flower of Jesus, and felt a special attraction to her. Perhaps her affection for St. Therese, a Carmelite nun who passed away in 1897, was connected to the saint’s love of nature. St. Therese often compared herself to a “simple wild flower, not demanding of attention but giving glory to God.” St. Therese’s favorite flower was the rose, and the name Rhoda means rose.

Wise was also drawn to Monsignor Habig of St. Peter’s Church and spoke to him about her interest in Catholicism.

He provided her with a catechism and was pleased when she knew it by heart on his next visit. Wise was received into the church by the Monsignor on January 1, 1939. However, in February, she was told there was no hope for a cure for her infection, and she was discharged on May 8 to go home to die.

She was also told she had cancer.

Wise was confined to bed but was awake at 2:45 a.m. on May 28 when her dark bedroom became infused with light, and “Our Blessed Lord appeared to me.” She reported Jesus sat in a chair next to her bed. He was wearing a gold garment that somehow reflected every color. Marks from the crown of thorns were visible on his forehead. Wise thought her death

must be imminent and asked Jesus if he had come for her. He told her that it was not her time and that he would come back in 31 days – and disappeared. So Wise expected to die on June 28 when Jesus again came to visit at 2:45 a.m. This time, he was clothed in white and was accompanied by St. Therese. Wise reported that St. Therese placed a hand on her abdomen and said, “You have been tried in the fire and not found wanting.

Faith cures all things.” Jesus told her he would return. Wise fell asleep and awoke at 5:00 a.m. to find her wound entirely closed and covered with healthy skin.

So Wise’s stomach ailments were cured, but she still suffered from the old ankle injury. On August 10, a new heavy cast was applied which caused her a great deal of pain. On August 15, again at 2:45 a.m., her bedroom lit up and Little Flower appeared and reportedly said, “That is a very little thing. Stand up and walk.” Wise put her feet on the floor, and the cast split open. Little Flower told her, “Go to church now.”

Wise’s foot was straight and sound, and she went to Mass for the first time at Mercy Hospital. Jesus appeared to her again in her bedroom on December 29, 1939 and again on April 3, 1940. He told her then, “Cures more wonderful than yours will take place on this spot.”

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As word of Wise’s cure got out, people came to the door of the little house seeking their own miracles, and many felt they were helped. Wise always told people that she could not cure them – only Jesus had that power, and if they believed in Jesus as much as they did in her, they would become well. Wise felt the biggest miracle occurred when her husband stopped drinking in response to her cure and remained sober. Then beginning in 1942, Wise experienced visible stigmata or bleeding from her forehead, hands, and feet – replicating the wounds Jesus experienced during his crucifixion. The stigmata appeared every first Friday from noon to 3:00 p.m. for 2 ½ years.

Not only did Wise suffer from the pain of these wounds, but she withstood scorn, gossip and ridicule from people who visited to see this strange happening. Some stuck pencils in the holes on her hands – testing her veracity. However, others who came claimed to experience cures for their maladies.

An important cure took place when Rita Rizzo’s mother brought the 19 year-old to Rhoda Wise. Rizzo and her mother were poor and struggling, and Rizzo had developed a stomach ailment that caused her great pain whenever she ate. Wise told her to pray a novena, a prayer lasting nine days, and on the ninth day, Rizzo awoke with no pain. Rizzo then devoted her life to Jesus by becoming a nun and moving to Alabama to establish a religious community there and eventually a monastery and a shrine.

On June 28, 1945, fifteen friends of Wise’s were at her home and saw a heavenly light illuminate the house. The next year over 4,000 people came to the home to pray, and that pilgrimage continued for years on each June 28. George had to reinforce the floors of the home due to all the visitors. Eventually, 32

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Wise no longer experienced visible stigmata but then began to suffer from a pain in her heart – which her daughter thought meant the stigmata were now internal. Wise died on July 7, 1948 at age 60 from severe hypertension. Over 14,000 people attended her viewing and funeral. She is buried in St. Peter’s Cemetery.

A stream of visitors has continued to come to the Wise home. George was unable to handle the crowds, so Anna Mae moved back home to help and remained there until her death in 1995. She maintained displays in the home of items and relics connected with her mother. Wise’s former bedroom still contains the altar George built for her. Displayed prominently on the altar is a picture of Christ that Wise said Jesus asked her to obtain and display. Bandages and clothing stained with the blood from her stigmata are on exhibit. Anna Mae applied gold paint to the old kitchen chair that Jesus appeared in, and visitors are invited to sit in the chair, “as if in the lap of Jesus,” according to the home’s current caretaker Karen Sigler.

A statue of St. Therese that reportedly was seen to cry tears still has a position on the altar in Wise’s former bedroom. The home also has a jug of water that Jesus once blessed during an appearance. Samples of this holy water are given to visitors.

Fifty-eight years ago, what looks like a host or communion wafer, suddenly appeared in the jug and is still there – never having deteriorated. While Wise was alive, visitors sometimes brought her flowers – especially roses – and she would share the rose petals with others. Often after Jesus or St. Therese visited, holy images would appear on the petals. Occasionally, some notice the fragrance of roses in the home.

The Rhoda Wise Home is located at 2337 25th St. NE in

Canton. The website is www.rhodawise.com. The home is open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Mondays through Fridays, however Karen Sigler asks that visitors call ahead (330-4530322) or email to rhodawisehome@gmail.com to make sure not to come at the same time as a tour bus. An addition was added to the small house (with care taken to preserve the window through which crowds experienced heavenly light shining on past June 28 anniversaries), but even so, the home can become quite crowded when a bus arrives.

No advance notice is required to visit the grotto that was built across the parking lot from the house. “Anna Mae knew the Lord wanted something constructed on this site,” said Sigler. “She thought it was a Basilica. However, the Bishop gave us access to their file on Rhoda and it appeared that she and the Lord had the idea of a grotto. So we thought, ‘Oh, we could do that now,’ and found willing volunteers to donate labor and money and materials.” The grotto opened in 2003

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Because the Diocesan investigation found merit to Wise’s application for sainthood, she is now known as a Servant of God. If the Congregation of Saints at the Vatican substantiates these findings, the Pope may decide to pronounce her Venerable, meaning heroic of virtue. If one miracle is proven to be associated with her, she will be termed Blessed, and with two miracles, Wise may be elevated to sainthood. According to Sigler, “Even though miracles of healing that occurred here were not claimed by Rhoda to have been her doing, I personally think her prayers were strong, and the Lord heard her.”

If you would like to read more about Rhoda Wise, Sigler wrote a biography titled Her Name Means Rose: The Rhoda Wise Story. It’s available through the home’s website.

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W e e to nd tuff n ou Do you know where to find the important stuff in your vehicle? I’m not talking about where you left your favorite CD or your laminated registration – though it would be good if you could find those in your vehicle on demand.

When I say you ought to know where to find stuff in your vehicle, I’m talking about essential things, such as your spare tire or your battery.

How could you lose those, you wonder? Well, when it comes to the tire, the first thing you need to do is find out whether your vehicle even comes standard with a spare. Many don’t these days. If it does, and you can’t locate it, for heaven’s sake, check the manual before you get a flat so you aren’t fruitlessly searching your vehicle on the side of the interstate at midnight, on a rainy, foggy, zombie-ridden January night.

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One tire salesman suggested that I not worry about the fact that my car came without a spare. He said I’d just be calling my roadside assistance to change the tire anyway, so why bother having a spare? There are a couple of reasons I want one. First, I don’t want anyone spraying that instant fix-it gunk into my tire. They say it’s murder to get it out, and may result in an otherwise reparable flat becoming a total loss.

Next, my car tire size is not standard, so most shops have to order a tire, which takes at least one business day. Let’s say my flat happens on a Saturday night. That leaves me without a tire until Tuesday. Not optimal.

Finally, what if I have my flat out of town? Now I’m spending those days in a motel. It’s cheaper to purchase a wheel and a tire, and stow it in my car. Don’t forget a jack! If your car doesn’t come with a spare, it probably doesn’t come with a jack, either.

Now, the question of the battery. You’d think all batteries would be located conveniently and logically under the hood. Not so! My car’s battery is hidden under a layer of carpet and insulation under the front passenger floor boards. I can’t explain why this is so. You need to be a contortionist to access it.

Some such arrangements apparently include a port somewhere on the car into which you can charge your oddly placed battery. But mine doesn’t seem to be one of those. The nice man at the car shop who changed out my battery recently did mention that it’s good for the battery to be inside, because the heat of the engine doesn’t shorten its life. However, be careful when changing your battery if it is located inside your car.

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Famous Ohioans in sports:

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Let me take you back to March of 1987. The WWF is heading into the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit, Michigan.

“The Irresistible Force” (Hulk Hogan) is facing “The Immovable Object” (Andre the Giant) in the main event of WrestleMania III. While that match was the one everyone remembers the show for, with the iconic slam of the massive Andre the Giant going down as one of the most iconic moments in wrestling history, the best match on the card was Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat defeating a kid from Columbus, Ohio for the Intercontinental Championship.

Randy Poffo was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1952. His father was a well-known wrestler in the 1950s and 1960s. Poffo attended Grover Cleveland High School in Zanesville, Ohio before moving around the country and eventually graduating in Illinois.

He was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals and bounced around the minor leagues for four seasons before an injury to his shoulder ended his baseball career. Before his final season in 1974, Poffo broke into the wrestling industry as a character called “The Spider,” which bared a striking resemblance to Spiderman. In the first Spiderman movie starring Tobey McGuire, Peter Parker had a cage match against none other than Poffo, playing the character “Bonesaw” McGraw.

Poffo began to wrestle with his father and brother in the mid and late 1970s, mostly east of the Mississippi. He continued to hone his craft in Minnesota, the Carolinas, and Georgia, before catching fire with Jerry “The King” Lawler’s territory in Memphis, Tennessee in the early 1980s.

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abeth Hulette), often called “The First Lady of Wrestling,” as his manager. Almost immediately upon his entrance into the World Wrestling Federation, Poffo challenged Tito Santana for the Intercontinental Championship. He captured the belt on February 8, in an episode that would air February 24, at the Boston Garden.

He held the title for a record-breaking 14 months, until he was defeated by Steamboat. Several wrestling and media outlets named this the “Match of the Year” for 1987. It is often the case that matches 25 years old or more do not withstand the test of time when compared to now. This epic battle does.

Randy Poffo saved his best performances for the biggest of stages. He won the WWF Championship in a 14-man tournament at WrestleMania IV, as he defeated “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase. He held that title for 371 days, until dropping it to his former tag team partner, and the only man who eclipsed him in popularity during that era, Hulk Hogan.

Poffo eventually left the WWF in 1994, as he moved to the up-and-coming rival of Vince McMahon, World Championship Wrestling. Poffo stayed with WCW until May of 2000. He retired to pursue a rap career, including releasing an album.

He returned to professional wrestling in 2004 in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, another challenger to Vince McMahon’s WWE. Health concerns made his comeback last less than three months before he transitioned into permanent retirement.

Poffo would suffer from an undiagnosed enlarged heart and coronary artery disease. These cost him his life as a sudden heart attack stopped his heart on May 20, 2011.

Poffo held the Intercontinental Championship just one time, albeit

with the longest reign in history. He was a two-time WWF World Champion, the 1987 King of the Ring, a member of the 2015 WWE Hall of Fame Class, a winner of World War 3 in 1995 (a match type in World Championship Wrestling), and a four-time WCW World’s Heavyweight Champion. In his 32-year career, he held 29 championships.

Poffo was known for three things outside of the ring.

His entrance, the popular graduation song “Pomp and Circumstance” signaled he was headed to apply his trade. His catchphrase, “OOOOH Yeah,” is one of the most imitated catchphrases in history. Additionally, you could not turn on a television from the mid-1990s until the mid-2000s without seeing a Slim Jim commercial starring Poffo.

Poffo is considered to be in the conversation as one of the best ever, by both the fans and his peers.

His matches have a staying power that is rare and his combination of strength, speed, charisma, speaking skills, and expression cement Poffo in a league of his own.

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End of the Year TO-DO List: Shopping, Decorating, Parties & Gift Taxes?

By: Emens & Wolper Law Firm Beatrice Wolper, Kelly Jasin, and Heidi Kemp As we approach the end of another year, families are gearing up for the busy holiday season. With all the holiday parties, school events, decorating, and shopping, it’s not unusual to forget about your finances or any legal matters. However, the end of the year is always an excellent time to analyze your gifting situation.

There are four types of taxes: income tax, gift tax, generation skipping transfer tax, and estate tax. The 2018 estate tax exemption is over $11 million dollars per person! This means that as the law stands right now, you can give away over $11 million dollars during life and/or at death without

paying any gift or estate tax. This high exemption amount provides an excellent opportunity to get assets that are likely to appreciate over time out of your estate without having any gift or estate tax consequences. That goes for assets that are producing a lot of income, such as oil and gas royalties. It’s possible to gift the royalties in a way that passes the income tax down to your children so that perhaps the overall income tax burden is less since presumably your children are in a lower tax bracket.

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children. The 2018 annual exclusion is $15,000 per person per year. This means that you can give up to $15,000 to anyone this year and you don’t even have to report it to the IRS. There’s no tax on the giver or the receiver. If you are married, that means you can gift $30,000 per person this year. Most people make these types of gifts to family members but there are no restrictions on whom you may give gifts. The recipients do not have to be family members.

There are a couple of “unlimited” exclusions that often don’t get discussed. You should always consult your tax advisor when in these situations to be sure that you are complying with the IRS rules. However, generally, if you pay tuition directly or pay for medical bills directly for someone else, those amounts are not included in the $15,000 annual exclusion. These unlimited exclusions allow you to pass on much more than the $15,000 per person per year limitation if done correctly.

So, what if you gift your child $50,000 in one year?

There’s still no gift tax on the giver or the receiver. But, since it is over the $15,000 annual exclusion, you must notify the IRS that you have made a gift. This is done through a Form 709 gift tax return that is filed with the IRS along with your personal income tax return. The gift tax return in this case is an informational return to notify the IRS that you have used up $35,000 of your approximately $11 million dollar exemption. This is how the IRS tracks how much you have gifted

during your life to know how much you are able to pass at death without estate taxes. The $35,000 is because you gave $50,000 but you may subtract the $15,000 for the annual exclusion. Please remember that the annual exclusion includes ALL gifts made in that year. So, if you buy your children birthday and Christmas presents, those need to be taken into consideration when determining how much of the annual exclusion amount you have left.

So far, we’ve been talking mostly about cash. Annul exclusion gifting may include gifts of family businesses. Many people who are in the process of transitioning ownership of a family business to the next generation develop annual gifting plans to slowly transfer portions of ownership. This process works very well but is somewhat complicated because you have to determine the value of the interest in the family business that is being gifted. However, an experienced estate planning attorney and tax advisor can help you with this process.

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C&M Railroad Report

By Roger Pickenpaugh In 1885 the Cleveland & Marietta Railroad, which ran from Marietta to Dover via Noble County, found itself in receivership. On March 30 the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of Ohio issued a report on the struggling line.

The report was mind numbing in its detail, listing the number of lanterns and monkey wrenches at various stations. This detail, however, provides interested parties today with a clear snapshot of the C&M at the time.

The report began optimistically, observing that the tracks passed through “one of the best valleys in the state, rich in iron ore, oil, and coal.” Iron had been in production for some time, while oil was an infant industry.

Coal furnished “the freight from which the greater part of the road’s revenue is derived.” Tuscarawas County produced a large share of this product. Its Goshen Township had “two of the largest mines (in) the state,” turning out a high quality coal.

Guernsey County also was mining “one of the finest coals in the state.” Although the extent was not yet known, early indications suggested that the field would be extensive.

The receiver reported that the C&M’s passenger business was increasing. Better connections with intersecting lines would add to this, he continued.

The road had eleven locomotives, nine manufactured by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, the others by Mason Machine Works. Their total value was placed at $56,000.

Six were listed as being in “Good” condition, two being only one year old. Two were listed as “Fair.”

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There were eight passenger, baggage, and mail cars, and eight cabooses. The overwhelming majority of freight cars were coal cars. Three hundred were “Good,” 60 “Fair,” and 25 “Bad.” Despite the development of the oil fields, the line had only two tank cars. There were four stock cars, but two were listed as “Worn out.” Thirty-five flat cars were on hand.

The track included some 20 miles that had been down between five and nine years, “all badly worn.”

Another 40 miles of track had been down from 12 to 15 years. This was “worn out.” An eight-miles section was “considerably worn.”

This left 30 ½ miles, laid within the previous two years, that was “good yet.”

Most of the ties, some 204,000, had been put down since 1880. However, over half of them were either “inferior” or “very poor” when laid.

The report covered all freight stations, but this column will only quote from those in Noble County.

Dexter City’s reported, “Adam Shriver, agent; salary, $30 per month. Business, live stock, tobacco, butter and eggs, dried apples, and some grain. Building belongs to Shriver; rent paid, $4.15 per month.”

South Olive: “O.J. Wood, agent; salary, $25 per month. Business, lumber and some grain. Platform of building in bad condition.”

Dudley: “W. S. Pryor, agent; salary, $5 per month.

No business of any consequence. Building owned by Mr. Dudley; rent paid, $3 per month.”

Caldwell: “Joseph Caldwell, agent. Salary, $35 per month. Business, tobacco, produce, and livestock. Depot yet in old building belonging to Caldwell. It is very poor. A new building is ready to be accepted, costing $900.”

Belle Valley: “W.F. Jordan, agent; salary, $15.50 per month. Good point for stock, 3 pens. Building owned

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Hiramsburg: “Miss S. L. Burlingame, agent; salary, $5 per month. No business; station should be done away with, except as a flag station. Building built by the people.”

Ava: “P.D. Jordan, agent; salary, $20 per month.

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Glenwood: “No agent. Simply a flag station. No property.”

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Communities with no or limited access to public transportation still exist across rural Appalachian Ohio. Nationally, only 11 percent of rural residents report having access to transportation near their home, compared to 83 percent of central cities in metropolitan statistical areas.1 Whether it is access to transportation for Medicaid medical appointments, the need for senior citizens to get to the grocery store or other needs, limited resources can impact quality of life in a community.

Seeing the success of other regional transportation partnerships, The Ohio State University Extension Noble County Office researched and shared the need for more structured access to public transportation to the Noble County Board of Commissioners. While limited access to transportation exists in the greater Noble County community through eligibilityspecific programs such as Veterans Services, Senior Services or the Medicaid program, no general public transportation is available.

Identified by The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) as one of only 27 counties in the state without public transportation services, and also identified by the ODOT Regional Transportation Planning Organization’s (RTPO) needs analysis and transportation opinion survey reports as lacking a coordinated transit plan or services, Noble County offered great opportunity for partnership.

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As a social determinant of health, access to high-quality, affordable transportation is fundamental to mental, physical and emotional well-being.2 The partnership window initially opened with a contract between SEAT and the Noble County Job and Family Services program for Medicaid non-emergency medical transportation. Previously providing only gas vouchers for transport, the JFS Director saw a greater need.

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Barriers to rural transportation systems include long travel distances, low population density, and lack of basic public transit infrastructure (vehicles, staffing). Access to transportation impacts the well-being of rural residents with issues as varied as accessing food, social support, education, employment, and community and health services.

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More details on what services will be available during the Noble County pilot are still being determined. Passengers are limited to only two bags of groceries at a time. Following the pilot program, partners will consider next steps for expansion of services with the goal to provided safe, reliable, courteous public transportation in a community where there previously was very little offered.

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“Share The Love” With Seniors This Year For the 11th year, the Meals on Wheels network is participating in the Subaru "Share the Love" Event. Over the past 10 yrs, Subaru has helped Meals on Wheels to deliver nearly 2 million meals nationwide to seniors in need.

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Nov. 15, 2018 - Jan. 2, 2019, for every new Subaru purchased or leased, Subaru will donate $250 to the customer’s choice of participating charities.* Meals on Wheels is one of 4 national participating charities and has been since the inception of the event. Our Meals on Wheels Guernsey Co. will receive a share of the donation from Subaru vehicles sold in Ohio. www.facebook.com/Guernsey-County-Senior-Citizens-Center-273456481810.

“In Memorial Angel” Christmas Ornaments As part of Subaru “Share the Love” campaign, we are decorating a special Christmas tree to memorialize loved ones. To have an “Angel Ornament” created in memory you must contribute $10 or more. Benefits Meals on Wheels. Available through Dec. 21st.

“Share the Love” Christmas Dinner & Cambridge Singer Performance Thurs., Dec. 13th Share the spirit of the Christmas holiday season by attending a festive holiday dinner at Guer. Co. Sr. Citizens Center featuring “The Cambridge Singers” on Thurs., Dec. 13th beginning at 5pm. Dinner will be served at 5:30pm Menu: beef tenderloin, baked potato w/butter & sour cream, green beans w/ tomatoes & button mushrooms, cranberry walnut salad, dinner roll & butter and cinnamon pudding cake for dessert. After the meal, sit back & relax and enjoy the beautiful performance of “The Cambridge Singers.” Door prize drawing & 50/50 raffle. Advanced tickets are required. Due to tremendous attendance, we regrettably cannot hold tickets for this event. (more senior events on page 44)

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Senior Activities Dec. 2018 Seniors Alive!

Call the center to reserve your space for these events. 740-439-6681 Gingerbread Houses on Display Available for judging and silent auction bidding through Dec. 7th. Viewing is FREE and open to the public. Winners will be announced at 12pm Fri., Dec. 7th.

Holiday Brunch & Steeple Walk-Sat., Dec. 1st 10am Partnering w/ Cambridge Main Street. Brunch 10am-12pm. Menu: breakfast casserole, hash browns, bacon and fruit. Steeple walk 12:30pm-3pm. Transportation available. Bring a canned food item to help support the churches’ food pantries. Enter into door prize drawing at the final stop. Advanced tickets & reservations required. No charge for the steeple walk. Cost for the brunch is $6 with transportation is $10.

Activities & Events For Seniors On The Go! Guernsey County Senior Citizens Center 1022 Carlisle Ave. • Cambridge, OH 43725

Cookie Decorating & Exchange-Mon., Dec. 17th 12pm Interested in participating, bring (2) dozen baked, un-iced cookies and sprinkles of your choice. Icing provided. Cost to participate will be $1.

Guest Speaker-Wed, Dec. 19th 11am Natalie Duarte de Escalante, from the Chillicothe VA Medical Center will discuss services and equipment that is available for veterans who are blind or visually impaired.

Birthday Party & Luncheon-Wed., Dec. 19th 11:30am Singing “Happy Birthday”. Cake and ice cream will be served along with a delicious lunch. Reservations are required.

Londonderry Christmas Luncheon-Mon., Dec. 3rd 11;30am Freeport Masonic Lodge just outside of Londonderry. Menu: breaded baked chicken breast, mashed potatoes, chicken gravy, buttered corn, noodles, baked cinnamon apples, dinner roll & butter, pies and Drinks. Reservations are required.

Breakfast with Santa-Fri., Dec. 21st 9am Menu: scrambled eggs, French toast sticks, hash browns, bacon, sausage gravy & biscuits, fresh fruit, assorted muffins and drinks. If you would like to see Santa and let him know what you would like for Christmas this year, make reservations.

OSHIIP Medicare Check-up Appointments-Tues., Dec. 4th 10am - 2pm Counselors from OSHIIP will be visiting to help individuals who have questions about their Medicare coverage. Appts. are required.

CLOSED on Mon., Dec. 24th and Tues., Dec. 25th for the Christmas holiday. No lunches or activities at any of our satellite site locations.

Frozen meals are available.

Cumberland Christmas Luncheon-Tues., Dec. 4th 11:30am Cumberland UMC, 437 W. Main St., Cumberland. Menu: ham, mashed potatoes, ham gravy, succotash, dressing, extra wide noodles, grape salad, dinner roll & butter, assorted pies for dessert and drinks. Reservations required .

NO Byesville evening dinner held during the month of December.

New Year’s Eve Party & Luncheon-Mon. Dec. 31st 11:30am In the words of C.S. Lewis, “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” We will be doing a fun “count up” to noon. Reservations are required.

Gratitude Letter Writing Group-Wed., Dec. 5th 12pm Sending letters of thanks inside holiday greeting cards. You do not have to attend the meetings to participate.

CLOSED on Tuesday, January 1st in observance of the New Year holiday. There will also be no lunches or activities at our satellite site locations. Frozen meals are available upon request. If you have any questions or concerns, please call (740) 439-6681.

Pleasant City Christmas Luncheon-Thurs., Dec. 6th 11:30am Pleasant City UMC, 400 Main St., Pleasant City. Menu: baked beef roast, mashed potatoes & gravy, kluski noodles, buttered carrots, dinner roll & butter, Waldorf salad, assorted pies for dessert and drinks. Advanced reservations are required.

Collectors Club Meeting-Fri., Dec. 7th 12pm The theme for Dec. will be Christmas related items.

Due to a private event, GCSCC CLOSING at 2pm on Fri, Dec. 7th.

Red Hat Diva Christmas Party & Gift Exchange-Mon., Dec. 10th 12pm Lunch at Mr. Lee’s will be on your own off of the menu. To participate in the gift exchange, bring a $10 wrapped gift. Reservations are required.

Byesville Christmas Luncheon-Tues., Dec. 11th 11:30am At the Stop Nine senior activity building. Menu: baked steak, mashed potatoes, buttered corn, fresh fruit cup, dressing, fine noodles, dinner roll & butter, assorted pies and drinks.

Holiday Bake Sale-Fri., Dec. 14th 9am until 1pm Plenty of yummy treats available for purchase. We hope to see you then.

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AARP Tax-Aide Tax Preparation Help Needed AARP Tax-Aide starting in Feb. 2019 at Guer. Co. Sr. Citizens Center in Cambridge, the Secrest Sr. Center in Senecaville and the Tuscarawas Sr. Center in Dover. Volunteers are needed to help in the preparation of returns. Volunteer training will be provided in early January on both tax law and the use of tax preparation software resulting in certification as an authorized tax preparer.

Contact Bob Wilhelm, District Coordinator for the Tax-Aide program at (740) 680-7644 or Bob10045Ohio@ yahoo.com

Newcomerstown Senior Center 222 Bridge St. • Newcomerstown, OH 43832 • 740-498-4523 Joyce Murphy, Manager • Call for more activities

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West Chester Senior Center 6451 SR 342 S.E. • Tippecanoe, OH 44699 • 740-229-3464 9 am Breakfast 2nd Fri. Ea. Month

Mon. Dec 3 Christmas party 11am $8-$10 Gift Exchange Fri. Dec. 7 Hillcrest Orchards Trip 9am Mon. Dec. 10 Senior Meeting followed by Bingo 10am w/ snacks Wed. Dec. 12 Christmas Bingo & Cookie Exchange 10am w/ snacks Fri. Dec. 14 Breakfast 9am Bring a friend Sat. Dec. 15 Santa Clause is Coming to the Sr. Center 3pm Mon. Dec. 17 Board Meeting 9:30am Wed. Dec. 19 Away Breakfast at Dennison Depot 9am CLOSED Dec. 24 & 25 Merry Christmas Everyone Thurs. Dec. 27 Trinity Hospital 9am Potluck Mon. Dec. 31 New Years Eve Party 1pm OFFICERS: Pres.: Sue Knight/ Vice Pres.: Doris Donley/ Manager: Fred E. Dickinson/ Sec.: Phyllis Dickey/ Treas.: Janice Overholt Board Members: Sandy Hindman, Eva Peeper & Faye Tharp

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