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10 A Sweet Valentine's Story! Candy and Valentine’s Day go together. But maybe you should think about finding a special candy – close to your sweetheart’s heart. What candy did he or she like best as a child? Most likely, you can purchase that candy today and bring a special memory to that someone you love.
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Southeast Ohio has been home to many, many talented musicians that bring joy to the rest of us. Some of these musicians find their voice from the influence and mentorship from musical families.
February is American Heart Month, the month when the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute reminds us a little more strongly than normal to pay attention to how we all can reduce our risk factors for developing cardiovascular disease. The Institute has lots of suggestions for how to honor American Heart Month.
Preserving Memories
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All veterans who fought in the country’s wars deserve gratitude and recognition. Here’s the story of one Revolutionary War Veteran from our area whose descendents couldn’t be prouder!
Look for 2 follow-ups on past stories from the Crossrods 2018 archives! pg 32 & 33
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Contents LIFE’S DELIGHTS
Photo Participants/Crafty Cat......................... 04 Catalogue Your Plants ............................................ 06 Cook’s Humor ................................................................ 08 Poem ...................................................................................... 43 Puzzle Palace.................................................................... 46
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The Liars’ Bench........................................................... 05 A Sweet Valentine's Story! .................................... 10 4 Cousins: Preserving Memories........................ 16 Basil Norman: Fought for our Freedom........ 24 2 Follow-Ups................................................................... 32 Hoskinsville Rebellion Prt 1.................................. 38 You Auto Know............................................................ 41
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Ah! February! My favorite month, because in February comes hope in the form of a medium sized rodent that foretells the coming of spring. Groundhog Day on February 2 is my favorite holiday, because whether the little guy sees his shadow or not, I know spring is just around the corner. In the warmer months, I forget that spring is my favorite season. I find myself distracted by the lovely summer sun, the fall colors, even the crisp, early winter air and the first, sparkling snow . . . and I forget how much I loathe extended winter. But February arrives, and the groundhog promises me that spring will arrive soon, too. You can have Valentine’s Day – well, I’ll take the box of chocolates. Happy Last Month of Winter! Thanks for joining us here at The Crossroads. And don’t forget to share your chocolates!
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My favorite kind was any kind of candy that we could get. Carmel Creams were my favorite but we didn't get candy very often so we loved any kind mom brought home to us. ~Ester Tatman Stillwater, Ohio
I liked the black licorice candy cigarettes. There was a little store right by the school were we would get them. It has long since closed up and gone. ~Jack Neiswonger Dennison, Ohio
We were lucky to get candy of any kind but my favorite was any kind of chocolate. ~Junior Burdette Dennison, Ohio
Every Sunday we got a piece of candy of some kind. Chocolate was my favorite though. ~Jay Devaul Dennison, Ohio
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Catalogue Your Plants
The seed catalogs that cram my mailbox are a prime example of false advertising. The pictures always highlight pristine flowers with no evidence of bug-chewed leaves. Photos of the many varieties of perfect ears of corn tend to draw me toward the fridge for some butter. The plump strawberries look so ripe I nearly salivate on the pages. It’s totally unfair. Author Roger Pond has the same opinion of these glossy catalog scams. As he notes, “Few books permit a more complete escape from reality than the seed catalog.” Raised on an Ohio dairy farm, Pond is a syndicated columnist for The Back Forty. His book “It’s Hard to Look Cool When Your Car’s Full of Sheep” consists mostly of farm info, but it does plow into the garden area occasionally. His version of an honest seed catalog describes Big, Long Carrots as a favorite vegetable for moles and rabbits. Super-Burp Cucumbers will grow “in even the most difficult soils, or in the seed packet if shipped in warm weather.” Now, that’s telling it like it is! Granted, the seed companies spend a lot of their money making sure they get a lot of your money. Under those colorful photos of annoyingly flawless fruits and vegetables is often a boatload of info on how to grow them. Catalog writers painstakingly choose tantalizing words to lure the hapless reader into believing that, yes, you too can have a garden that looks JUST LIKE THIS! Included in each glowing bio is how deep to plant the seeds, when to expect the little darlings to emerge from their snug seed8
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beds, when to transplant the seedlings, how many days before time to harvest, what bugs or diseases to watch out for, and often a recipe starring the adult version of the seeds. Tomato and herb descriptions are notorious for this. So why is it that when the seed packets arrive, little to none of that info is included on the packets? Whoa. Wait a minute. What’s the germination date? How deep do I plant these? Sometimes I can’t even remember the color of flower I’ve ordered. It just doesn’t seem right to entrap gardeners with data that is later withheld when it’s really needed. One year I ordered flower seeds for yellow daisy-like blooms that would contrast perfectly with my rustyred gaillardias. Usually I have pretty good success with starting plants from seed, but none of these seeds germinated. None! I couldn’t believe it. I had followed the directions on the packet. After checking the catalog, I noticed the description mentioned stratifying the seeds by putting them in the fridge for two weeks, something the packet smugly omitted without even an apology. Never again will I waste my time on seeds that hold germination secrets hostage! No longer will I have to guess at what the mature plant will look like! I got a flip-photo album and now I clip catalog descriptions to slip inside the plastic sleeves. I even include those recipes I’ll probably never make. It takes only a few minutes and I’m good for the entire growing season. Next year, it will be simple to replace the old catalog descrip-
tions with new ones, if I decide to try a different kind plants you want but can’t afford right now or don’t of melon or pepper seed. All the growing data I need know where to put yet. Add charts and garden tips. is available for every seed packet ordered. The catalog Be creative! writers would be proud to know the deceptive text they Of course, those of you with smartphones may scoff labored over has been preserved for at this but, trust me, this method is posterity—or at least for a year or two. better than using a cellphone because Finally, there’s a good use for all you never have to re-charge it or swipe those lonely photo albums gathering through dozens of pictures of puppies dust on the shelves of thrift stores! and grandchildren to find your garden Scrapbook the pages, if you wish. Your data. Plus, you’re recycling, so give album can become a wish book for yourself a pat on the back.
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Cook’s Humor By Carol Branz Wahler
Welcome to February! The bad news is, it’s one of the coldest months of the year. Ah, but the good news is, it’s the last month of winter. Hard to believe that’s true when the old freezing March wind almost blows you off your feet into a foot of snow that forgot to melt away on the last day of February. It all depends on whether or not the groundhog sees his shadow on February 2. If he does, you’re in for another six weeks of the nasty stuff; if not, spring is just around the corner. I do have to admit from my vantage point, the expectancy is warm, 74-degree, sunshiny days. Not trying to rub it in – after all, I served my share of time suffering through many a cold Ohio winter. So now I don’t feel guilty about spending my golden years under the Florida sun. (Although, I will say I was happy to escape to Ohio a couple summers ago to escape Hurricane Erma!) On the plus side for all of us, February has plenty of holidays to keep our minds off the weather, like National Dark Chocolate Day on February 1, National Carrot Cake Day on the 3, World Nutella Day on the 5, National Frozen Yogurt on the 6, National Fettuccine Alfredo Day on the 7, National Pizza Day on the 9, National....whoa! Pizza? Stop right there. Now that’s a day I really enjoy celebrating. Ever since I left Dayton, I’ve missed Marion’s Pizza – nothing like it in Florida. Thin, crispy crust smothered with a tasty Italian sauce, gobs of Mozzarella, and wall-to-wall pepperoni, cut in easy to handle 1-1/2-inch squares. Their supreme version has sauce, cheese, pepperoni, finely chopped sausage, onions, mushrooms, and green pepper, also cut in small squares. Either one, heaven in a box! So you can imagine my delight when I saw Little Caesar’s ad on TV for their new, large, thin crust, edge-to-edge pepperoni pizza for a mere six-bucks! (Marion’s large pepperoni is $14.50.) And the best 10
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part (except for the unbelievably low price) was that Little Caesar’s is right around the corner from us. Naturally, I sent my Dearly Beloved scurrying, with six-bucks-plus-tax in hand (Florida charges tax on take-out), for one of those Marion’s emulated pizzas. How was it? Love at first bite! Hardly a difference between the two. My cup now runeths over! (According to my spell-check, there is no plural form of runneth, but since it didn’t even recognize the singular form, I feel justified. Wow! I really got off track there, didn’t I? Sorry, but some foods just affect me that way. Now, where was I? Oh yeah, we’re talking about February holidays that help to keep our minds off the cold weather. Well, how about this? February 4, in addition to being National Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day, is also National Homemade Soup Day. OK, so you’d rather have a big dip of Butter-pecan in a waffle cone, but just think how a nice steaming bowl of homemade soup would fill your innards on a cold winter’s day! And just by chance, I happen to have the remains of what was once a beautiful Christmas ham in the fridge, just begging to be magically transformed into a big pot of soothing, hot comfort soup simmering on the stove top. My choice for this transformation is an Italian version of comfort soup my Grandma Branz called Minestra. In addition to the ham bone (with an ample amount of the ham), this soup calls for barley, potatoes, onion, celery, and hopefully, if you were wise enough to save it, the flavorful juices left in the pan when the ham was baked. Otherwise, a few spoonfuls of ham base will have to suffice. My saved juices are also sweetened with the run-off of brown sugar from the top of the ham, so if you just use ham base, it’s best to add a bit of brown sugar to capture that flavor. This is basically how it’s made:
Nonna Branz’s Minestra
In a large soup pot, place a meaty ham bone, drippings, a large onion cut into chunks, and some leafy celery tops. Add enough water to cover and bring to a boil. Skim off top, then turn heat to low and simmer, covered, for about an hour, until the meat is falling off the bone and a nice broth has formed. (Test for taste; may need to add some ham base if your drippings don’t do the job.) Add enough barley for the amount of liquid you have (I used Quaker’s Quick Barley, which called for 3/4 cups barley to 48 to 50 ounces of liquid), and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes. This partially cooks the barley.* Then peel and chunk 3 or 4 potatoes, and about six celery stalks cut into one-inch slices, and add to the pot along with salt and pepper to season. Cover and cook over low heat until barley and vegetables are done, about 20 to 30 minutes. (Taste for doneness.) Serve with Crusty Italian or cornbread. *If you use Pearl Barley, it should have a similar ratio on the package, but will take longer to cook, so check the package for cooking time also.
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Well, as they say, do you want the good news first or the bad news first? Let’s get the bad news over with. Remember those little candy hearts called Sweethearts? Some referred to them as Conversation Hearts. They were pastel colors and printed with messages such as Be Mine, Kiss Me, True Love, All Mine, etc. Most recently, they were made by the New England Confectionary Company (Necco), which had a slew of other well-known candies in its stable: Necco Wafers, Mary Janes, Clark Bars, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Sky Bars – and more; those are just the ones that are my favorites! The Sweethearts, an essential part of Valentine’s Day, stem from candy inventions starting in 1847 when Oliver Chase invented a machine that could cut candy lozenges – like what Necco Wafers came to be. He created the Necco Candy Factory with assistance from his brother Daniel, who invented a machine that would press a message onto the wafers. That breakthrough happened in 1866 and created quite a stir. The printed wafers were popular for weddings and had sayings like “Married in pink; he will take a drink.” Or “Married in white; you have chosen right.” Then there was “Married in satin; Love will not be lasting,” --which is hard to imagine actually being passed out at a wedding. Sweethearts were invented in 1901. Necco purchased
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rights to produce the other candies mentioned above and was the oldest continually operated U.S. candy company. In 1990, they updated the sayings on the hearts to add phrases like Email Me, Fax Me, LOL, High Five and other nerdy things. They took a wrong turn in 2010 and began making softer and more vividly colored candies with more intense and sour flavors. These didn’t go over well, so they went back to the familiar. Each year, Necco began ramping up the Sweethearts production in September making 100,000 pounds a day to reach their production goal of 8 billion hearts a year – satisfying everyone’s Valentine’s Day requirements. So now we come to the bad news: the company began to decline around 2003 after building a $130 million, 825,000 square foot plant in Revere, Massachusetts – a facility which proved to be too big. As the plant came on line, Americans were shifting away from sugar – because it is pretty bad for us. The resulting financial setbacks led to the family selling the business in 2007 to American Capital, an investment firm. However, business did not immediately improve. Then we all know what happened to the country near the end of 2008. American Capital finally sold itself and Necco to Ares Management, which sold the real estate off to a company that then charged Necco $2.5 million a year to
rent its real estate back! Necco went into bankruptcy quickly and ended up in the hands of Round Hill Investments – which had revived brands such as Hostess Twinkies, Chef Boyardee, Pabst Blue Ribbon, etc. So hope was there, but the 230 workers making our Sweethearts and Necco Wafers were stunned this past July 24, when Round Hill announced it was ceasing operations. Round Hill claimed it had no choice after an FDA inspection found widespread rodent activity at the plant. People began hoarding their favorite Necco candies – but wait! Here’s the good news!! Round Hill has sold off the most beloved brands, and the Spangler Candy Company plans to relaunch Necco Wafers in 2019 and will have plenty of Sweethearts for the 2020 valentine season. Another company should be making Clark bars by now. Whew! This got the staff members here at Crossroads reminiscing about the candies we loved as kids. Tootsie Rolls were among the favorites listed by our Editor Anne and Graphic Designer Jamie. Tootsie Rolls also have a very long history – but according to candyprofessor.com, the company
that makes Tootsie Rolls today has exaggerated the story of the candy’s past just a bit – probably to create a little nostalgia to spur sales. The company's website, tootsieroll.com, recounts their official story: In 1896, Leo Hirschfield, a poor Austrian immigrant with some family candy recipes, began selling chewy chocolatey, hand-wrapped candies in his little shop in Brooklyn. His daughter’s nickname was Tootsie, so you can see where this was going. However, candyprofessor.com researched Leo’s past and found he was living in Manhattan by 1891, not Brooklyn. Turns out he was an inventor – being awarded patents in 1894 and 1895 for machines that would deposit candy into molds and dip bonbons. He appears to have gone to work for The Stern and Saalberg Candy Company located just a few blocks from his Manhattan home. He assigned a half interest in each of his patents to the company. Around 1900, the hot item at The Stern and Saalberg Company was Bromangelon Jelly Powder. Jellied deserts were the rage, and Bromangelon was one of several available powders. It was pink,
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and when hot water was added, it transformed into a sweet, fruity jelly. This product was awarded a Bronze Medal at the 1895 Exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. The company promoted all sorts of wonderful desert creations using the Bromangelon powder – even a “Shredded Wheat Biscuit Jellied Apple Sandwich,” which was an interesting use for Shredded Wheat cereal. Hirschfeld worked his way up in the company and was listed as a vice-president in 1913. However, it doesn’t appear anyone was thinking about Tootsie Rolls until Stern and Saalberg applied for a patent in November 1908. The company already had a cute little “Tattling Tootsie” girl in the gelatin ads. The ads may have been inspired by Leo’s daughter Clara, who did have Tootsie as a nickname, so it looks like she may have put in her time as a spokeschild for Bromangelon before making her mark with the Tootsie Roll name. Leo Hirschfeld became quite wealthy helping make candy. Stern and Saalberg went on to become the Sweets Company of America, which became the billion dollar Tootsie Roll Industries of today. One can’t blame Tootsie Roll Industries for attempting to create a little extra nostalgia. Candy is one of those things we love as children and think back on
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longingly when we get too old to metabolize it without adding circumference to our waistlines and Type 2 Diabetes medications to our pharmacy lists. Some other fond memories Crossroads staff had were Red Hots. That was Anne. Jamie recalls Red Vine Twizzlers as being better than the new Twizzlers. Christy, our Advertising Director, liked “Puppy Dog Eyes.” Turns out she was referring to Goetze’s Caramel Creams. She invented
a different name because, as a child, the cream-centered caramels looked to her like the eyes of sad, droopy bloodhounds. Jamie, rebel that she was, also liked candy cigarettes. I did too and was relieved, I guess, to learn that while many countries have banned them, the U.S. has not. I bet you won’t find them in too many candy shops, but they are easily found online. Don’t know that I want to recommend purchasing. I was a serious
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oldtimecandy.com, candywarehouse.com, and bulkcandy.com are just a few that I can’t particularly vouch for one way or another. But between these and other sites, you can find all of our staff ’s favorite childhood candies ready to order. There are even sites where the argument about which is better, Red Vine Twizzlers or today’s Twizzlers, still plays out. And by searching the sites, I was reminded of many of my old favorites: Sugar Daddys, BB Bats, Black Jack taffy – guess I liked chewy. And you can still impress the other kids by sucking on an Atomic Fireball without flinching
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– until it is all gone. If you aren’t crazy about online ordering, you can find a good display of old time candy in several local places. I stopped by McKenna’s Market in downtown Cambridge. They had an old-fashioned candy display that had many of the already mentioned candies plus Good & Plenty, Smarties, Root Beer Barrels, Black Cows, Slow Pokes, and Ribbon Candies, which I remember as a Christmas favorite. I know some of the Roscoe Village stores carry these candies and am told Cracker Barrel Restaurants have a good assortment in their gift shops.
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One of the best sources for nostalgic candy in our area is Koch’s Caramels. This is really homemade candy – with the kitchen right inside Bob and Donna Koch’s home in Freeport, Ohio. The Kochs use a 100 year-old family recipe and cook and wrap each piece of caramel by hand. Stop in at 232 Muskingum St where the candy display lines the living room. As Bob says, “If we’re home, we’re open!” (But if you want to check before you go or have them ship caramels, give them a call at 740-658-3428 or email them at deejkoch@frontier.com.)
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Since I semi-retired, I have made it a point to try and attend as many musical events as I have time for, and it is not hard to find great music in Southeast Ohio. All types of music are popular – played by musicians who grew up in musical families or found caring, local mentors, or simply were born with that spark inside that creates a great musician. Four Cousins is a band that obviously has a great deal to do with family. Tim Fields, Larry Gibson, and Judy and Trudy Fountain all were raised in or near Zanesville and share a grandmother, Mae Fountain Gibson. The spark behind this family band was Tim’s father Jake Fields. “Jake gave us all guitar lessons,” said Judy and Trudy. “My dad was originally from Wayne County, West Virginia and, when he wasn’t driving truck, played in country bands in area bars for many years,” said Tim. “I started singing with him when I was eight years old. When I was about 14, he taught me to play the guitar, and I began performing with him when I was 15.” By the 1970s, Larry Gibson had also learned to play from Jake. In the 1970s both Tim and Larry were playing in bands on a regular basis. “I quit playing in bars in 1984,” said Tim. “I met my wife in 1981 and started going to church in 1984. I switched to playing gospel and cut three gospel albums – spending time in Nashville. Not too many years back, I ran into Louie Bowers at CA House Music, and he invited me to jams they were having every Wednesday at the Senior Center that was on West Main. His band, Lou and Friends, plays country music and also for square dances. I’m still part of that and we play each month at the new Senior Center. I also play with the Pleasant Valley Boys.” Judy and Trudy Fountain hadn’t been in close contact with Tim until several years back and decided to reconnect by going to square dances at the West Main Center. “We were raised on country music. We always listened to the Grand Old Opry at home and sang around the house. We went all the time to Frontier
Ranch in Columbus where we met people like Marty Robbins, Bill Anderson, and Faron Young. We have old photos of ourselves with some of them. We knew the good singers from having actually seen them.” “I also went to Hillbilly Park over by Newark all the time,” said Larry. “When our dad died in 1984, Jake took us under his wing,” said Trudy. “He began teaching us to play and gave us one of his best guitars to use.” “We were afraid to touch it!” said Judy. “When we started going to hear Tim and Larry in square dance bands, they wanted us to get up and sing,” said Trudy. “We had never sung with a band before and were scared to do that.” “We knew they’d be good if they tried,” said Larry, “so we kept telling them to get up there, and finally they did.” Judy and Trudy were singing with Frank Caw and Rocky Lane, a group providing entertainment in long-term care facilities. Larry hadn’t been playing during the years he drove truck. “After my wife Joy died, Judy and Trudy got me back into music by joining the band with Frank and Rocky,” said Larry. Then two years ago, Frank and Rocky stopped playing, and the three cousins persuaded Tim to join them and named the new group The Four Cousins. “It was the biggest honor when Tim said he’d join us,” said Judy. “He’s such a great singer and guitar player.” Now the Four Cousins have about nine long-term care facilities they perform at monthly and are happy to be hired for parties or other events. Together they figure they have over 80 years of experience performing. None of the band members reads music. They have that spark that allows them to play by ear. They belong to The Ohio Country Western Music Association and the Muskingum Country Music Hall of Fame. “Our goal is to make sure the old songs don’t die. We remember the original singers and think that the 1970s and 1980s was the best time for Country Music,” said Trudy. “We like playing in the nursing homes,” said Larry.
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Myth #1: All fats are bad fats.
It is a common misconception that all fats are bad fats and should be avoided at all costs. However, fats are just as critical in the diet as protein and carbohydrates. Some of the benefits of fats include protecting organs in the body, helping to develop and nourish cells, aiding in absorbing other nutrients in the body, and producing necessary hormones. While fat is a crucial part of the diet, it is important to fill the body with healthy fats in order to help reduce the risk of developing cardiovascular disease such as heart attack and stroke. So, what exactly are healthy fats? Healthy fats can be categorized as either polyunsaturated or monounsaturated. These can be liquid at room temperature such as olive oil, canola oil, soybean oil, or safflower oil. Healthy fats can also be found in solid food such as avocado, fish, nuts, and seeds. Both mono and polyunsaturated fats can play a huge role in helping one’s lipid profile. A lipid profile can help determine a patient’s risk for developing heart disease. Monounsaturated fats can help to lower LDL cholesterol and maintain or raise HDL cholesterol. Polyunsaturated fats can aid in lowering both total cholesterol and LDL levels. Now that we have discussed healthy fats, let’s talk about limiting unhealthy fats. Saturated and trans fats are those which can increase your total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol. In addition, trans fats can lower your good HDL cholesterol. All of these factors can increase your risk for developing cardiovascular disease. Saturated fats can be found in animal products like butter, meat, cheese, cream, lard, etc. as well as coconut oil or palm oil. Trans fats can be found in processed or prepackaged foods, baked goods, or fried foods.
No fat vs. low fat Myth #2: No fat or low fat products are good alternatives. Low fat or fat free products can occasionally be a healthier option, but the majority of the time fat is taken out of a product, it is replaced with more sugar to make up the difference. A common misconception is that fat free also means calorie free - this is not the case. Many times the calorie counts will be very similar when comparing fat free products to the full fat version. If you are questioning buying a fat free or low fat product, the best way to determine if it is going to be better than the original product is to compare the nutrition labels on both products. This will not only tell you the nutrient content but the ingredients in both products as well. Feb. Crossroads
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Myth #3: If you don’t eat fish, you need to supplement Omega 3 fatty acids. Omega 3 fatty acids are one of the essential fatty acids which the body needs in order to function properly. Omega 3s have many health benefits. Some of these benefits can include reducing the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, aiding in brain development, and lowering the chances of plaque build-up in arteries. Unfortunately, the body cannot make Omega 3 fatty acids on its own, and they need to be consumed through the food that we eat or in supplement form. Unless otherwise specified by your doctor, the recommended levels of Omega 3 fatty acids can be achieved fully through the diet. While fish and seafood-- such as salmon, trout, and mussels-- are excellent sources of Omega 3s, they are not the only way to get the recommended amount. Vegetable oils, such as canola or soybean oil, flax seeds, chia seeds, and walnuts are great plant based alternatives for those who do not eat fish or seafood.
Myth #4: Coconut oil is a superfood. As mentioned previously, coconut oil is considered a saturated fat and should be limited in the diet. High intake could lead to an increase in LDL cholesterol which in turn will increase one’s risk of developing cardiovascular disease. If you are currently using coconut oil for cooking, a better alternative would be olive oil or canola oil since these options would give you healthier monounsaturated fats.
Myth #5: Diet alone will combat cardiovascular disease. False! While diet is a very large aspect of reducing cardiovascular risk, it alone will not do the trick. In addition to eating a heart healthy diet, quitting any tobacco use and maintaining a healthy weight are huge factors which play into cardiovascular disease risk. Having regular appointments with your doctor is extremely important as well. These checkups help with monitoring your blood pressure, lipid levels, blood sugar and weight to track any changes which may occur. Last, but certainly not least, is the physical activity component. Current exercise recommendations are that adults should get at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity activity on a weekly basis.
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What diet is best for me? With all of the fad diets out there nowadays, it may be difficult for people to determine what is healthy, what works, and what should be avoided. Clients often ask which diet they can follow in order to lose weight, improve their lab values, or even just improve their overall health. My go-to suggestions are the DASH diet, Mediterranean diet, or MyPlate for these patients. The DASH diet stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension; this diet focuses on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and healthy fats while limiting salt, added sugars, and unhealthy fats. The Mediterranean diet follows the same concepts as the DASH diet but includes eating fish and poultry at least twice per week and limiting red meat intake to a few times per month. Lastly, MyPlate is a great resource which allows you to personalize a meal plan based on height, weight, and other factors. This meal plan will focus on 5 categories including fruits, vegetables, grains, protein, and dairy. A general calorie range will be provided for weight loss and weight maintenance as well. For more information on these diets and other helpful tips, visit the links listed below or contact your local Registered Dietitian.
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Basil Norman:
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Black History Month grew from a 1926 initiative by historian Carter G. Woodson. Woodson was bothered by the fact that textbooks and other historical materials routinely ignored the contributions of African-Americans. He promoted the second week in February as “Negro History Week” because that week contained the birthdays of Frederick Douglass (February 14) and Abraham Lincoln (February 12). In 1976, President Gerald Ford officially designated February as Black History Month, and each American President since then has followed suit. A theme for the month is chosen each year. In 2018, in remembrance of the 100th Anniversary of the end of WWI, the theme honored African-Americans’ role in warfare – from the American Revolution to the present. This year, the theme concerns Black migrations. Basil Norman and his descendents can claim an important role in both of these themes. Basil Norman’s history is largely known through the sketchy entries in court and military records in colonial America that have been collected and shared by his descendents. One of the family historians is Denver Norman, who was raised near Malta, Ohio and graduated from Morgan Local Schools. He’s currently living in Zanesville. “I’ve heard about this history all of my life,” said Denver. “I grew up before we had many nursing homes. Old folks used to stay with family – maybe making the rounds. They would talk and tell stories. We never had a TV and lived in the 26
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country – so that was what people did. I didn’t always pay close attention when I was a child or particularly remember the stories, but now that I am more interested and read about someone or some event concerning the family, I think, ‘Oh yeah, Grandma used to talk about that!’” Another family historian who provided a lot of information to Denver was his uncle Wilbur Norman. Wilbur was employed with Citizens National Bank for many years. However, older music lovers in Zanesville will remember Web Norman, jazz guitarist and piano musician who not only performed in Zanesville but all over the United States. “My uncle was a musician and also a great family man,” said Denver. “When his agent called he would pick up if he could and go on tour. He once toured with a side band of Benny Goodman’s directed by Leroy ‘Slam’ Stewart.” Wilbur passed away in 2016 – his obituary reflecting his pride in family history by mentioning he was the “sixth generation grandson of Revolutionary War Veteran and early Ohio settler Bazil Norman.” Basil Norman was born July 12, 1750 in Prince George’s County, Maryland. His first name is documented differently in various records. His given name appears to have been Bazabeel (variations are Basaleel, Bazil, Bazel, Bazzell, Baslo or Bazael). Bazabeel wasn’t a common name. It was English in origin and used mostly during the 18th century. “Basil” has roots to the word “royal” in Greek, and “beele”
refers to the stock for a tree graft, so it is thought the meaning of Bazabeel is “of royal stock.” Military records spelled Norman’s name “Basil,” and more importantly, Basil’s mother called him “Basil.” The family lineage is known back to an Irish woman, Elizabeth Norman, who was born around 1695 and was an indentured servant of Benjamin Belt. Elizabeth had a relationship with an African American man and, in 1715, gave birth to a “mallatoe” child she named Jane. She later gave birth to other “mullato” children: Edward (1720) and Bridget (1752). Court records contain the information that Edward was an “illegitimate” child by a “Mullato man belonging to William Digge.” It’s not known if Elizabeth had a stable relationship with the father of Edward and if he fathered any of her other children. She probably would not have been allowed to marry, which would have been advantageous to her masters, Benjamin Belt and Richard Keene, to whom she was later sold. And it would not have been legal for her to marry an African American man. At the time, it was against the law for a white woman to even have a child with an African-American man. After Jane’s birth, Elizabeth was convicted of “Mulatto Bastardy,” and she and Jane were sold to Richard Keene, the County Constable, for 3600 pounds of tobacco. She was convicted again after Edward’s birth and re-sold to her master for an additional seven years. Edward was taken from
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her and sold to William Maccoy until he reached age 31. When she gave birth to Bridget, Jane was sold once again to Richard Keene for seven years, and Bridget was sold to William Harris until age 31. The court cases against Elizabeth kept her indentured until she was around 55 years old when she said she could no longer work and was granted a pension by the court. It was customary, despite allowing children in this situation to be sold, that the court would also order the child to receive some schooling and a decent suit of clothing at the end of their indenture, which happened for at least one of Elizabeth’s children. It’s also not clear that Elizabeth lost all contact with her children. In these situations, children were often sold to people living nearby and could have some contact with their mothers. Jane Norman found herself in the same situation as her mother in 1737 – living as a servant of Richard Keene’s and experiencing difficulties with the court similar to her mother’s. On August 23 1737, she confessed she had an illegitimate child by a “free Mallato.” She received 20 lashes and was ordered to serve her master an additional year and a half. Her two-month old son James was taken and sold to a man named Edward Swann. She had two other children in 1737 and 1745 and received similar penalties and her children sold. In November 1750, after Basil’s birth, she confessed to having another illegitimate child, and Basil was bound to her master until he was 21. 28
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The name of Basil’s father is not known other than he was a “free Mulatto person.” At the outset of the Revolutionary War, General George Washington ordered that any slave who fought for the Revolutionary Army would be declared free at the end of the war. Basil was over 21 when he joined the army and already presumably free from his indentured servitude. He was one of at least 5000 Blacks who fought for the colonists. According to Denver, the historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. believes that number is actually closer to 10,000. However, as the tide of the war seemed to shift in favor of the colonists, slave holders worried that too many of their slaves would join the army to win their freedom. Their concerns were heeded, and the number allowed to enlist was curtailed towards the end of the war. Basil enlisted in the Revolutionary Army in 1777 as a private and served four years with the Seventh Maryland Regiment under Colonel John Gunby. Basil was assigned to the artillery in a company of light infantry under the command of Captain Beatty. He fought in many battles from Monmouth, New Jersey to the Battle of Cowpens in South Carolina. He received a safer assignment in March 1781 when he transferred to be a waiter to Captain Anderson, Commander of the 12th Company. Records include one notation on December 11, 1781 that he received “one suit of cloaths, one pair of shoes, and one pair of stockings [sic].” Basil Norman was discharged in 1781 and returned to Maryland. He married Fortune Stevens in 1782 and worked on a tobacco farm and eventually owned and farmed 40 acres of land in Frederick County. In 1787, the Northwest Territory was organized, covering the land west of Pennsylvania and north of the Ohio River. The Ordinance of 1787 creating the territory offered land grants to veterans of the Revolutionary War, and Basil was among the first to take advantage of the opportunity. Around 1800, he and his family moved to land granted to him in the third ward of Marietta. “That land was about where Marietta Memorial Hospital is now,” said Denver. “And even though the Black soldiers had risked their lives for their country and were free men north of the river – and Basil was always free- they were subject to special “Black Laws” in the Ohio Territory. Black veterans had to either put up a bond or get someone to vouch for them. Basil had two Caucasian men he knew confirm he was of good character before he could claim his land.” “It was uncomfortable for Blacks to live close to the Ohio River, because there was slavery just on the other side,” said Denver. “Slave catchers made raids across the river to take people, so we figure this is why Basil sold his land and moved further north in Roxbury Twp., which at the time was in Washington County but now is in Morgan County. He lived along Wolf Creek.” Feb. Crossroads 29
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Others settled along the creek. Micajah “Cajoe” Phillips established a farm a mile or so west of Basil Norman’s. Phillips had been a slave in Virginia and accompanied his master during the Revolutionary War. He eventually became the slave of Herman Blennerhassett and was living on Blennerhasset Island in the Ohio River at the time Blennerhasset and Aaron Burr allegedly plotted treason against the U.S. in 1798. When Blennerhasset was deposed, Phillips was able to get away from the island to Ohio where he worked for a Mr. Taylor, who had been a gardener for the Blennerhassetts. It is believed both Phillips and Basil Norman provided shelter to Freedom Seekers as stations on the Underground Railroad. Reportedly, Phillips lived to the amazing age of 125 and is buried in a family cemetery near Waterford that was restored and rededicated in 2012. Some of Phillips’ and Basil Norman’s descendents married, so Denver Norman is a descendent of both men. “Basil was from my father’s father’s side, and Cajoe was my father’s mother’s side,” said Denver.
Basil Norman died in on July 24, 1830. He had gone to “watch a deer lick,” and was returning after dark when he apparently fell off of a narrow path on which he was walking and over a 12 foot tall precipice. He is probably buried on his former farm. The Daughters of the American Revolution included a marker for him among fellow Revolutionary War veterans in Mound Cemetery in Marietta. Basil and Fortune Norman had six sons and a daughter resulting in many descendents who settled all over southeast Ohio; an especially large number lived in Hocking County. “Another branch of the family moved to Michigan,” said Denver. “This occurred in the early 1860s. They went to take advantage of land available for homesteading and settled in central Michigan near the town of Remus in Mecosta County. “We have huge reunions each year with the many cousins in Michigan. Usually from 400 to 500 people attend.” The family maintains a website: www.oldsettlersreunion.com to share family information including stories about Basil Norman and other ancestors.
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“The Sons of the American Revolution knew about our family,” said Denver. “They asked Uncle Wilbur to join, but he declined. However, in 2012, I decided to be inducted. The ceremony was held in Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia, and the national genealogist and president of the organization were there, so I was lucky to meet them.” Denver became the first African-American inducted into the Sons of the American Revolution in Ohio. “My three sons went with me to the ceremony,” said Denver. “My daughter’s a teacher. I did this for my kids, so we can say we were one of Ohio’s first families. The Normans were one of maybe 500 African-Americans in Ohio around the time Ohio became a state. We were here paying taxes and owning land and helping our neighbors. We didn’t move to Michigan because of any problems. We weren’t on the run. We moved for a better life and opportunities – just like people always do. We’ve always been ordinary people and good members of the community.” And the Normans and their extended clan provide a chunk of the evidence that Black history is just American history, and Basil Norman is one more American hero to remember, every month of the year! “Denver Norman had Basil Norman’s history preserved in a poster he commissioned from a local artist. It shows the battles Basil fought at Monmouth, N.J.; Camden, S.C.; Guilford Courthouse, S.C.; Cowpens, S.C.; and Eutawville, S.C. and includes a quotation from Basil’s obituary.”
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Famous Ohioans in sports:
Major League By Ed Brickeen
Let me tell you about one of the most improbable stories ever. It involves a professional sports team, a broad spectrum of a cast of characters, and an againstall-odds race for a seemingly unattainable goal. In 1987, a Las Vegas showgirl, Rachel Phelps, married Donald Phelps, the very wealthy, and very old, owner of the Cleveland Indians. A year later, Mr. Phelps passed away, which left his team to his wife. It is no secret the Indians, much like every sports team on the shores of Lake Erie, were a hapless band of losers. Ms. Phelps was hoping to capitalize on that. Due to a loophole in the Indians lease with the city of Cleveland, she was going to drive attendance down below 800,000 fans, voiding the lease, and leaving her free to move Chief Wahoo and his Tribe down to Miami. It was a decent plan, except it didn’t work. She shed as much talent as she could. Only a few remaining holdovers survived the 1988 off-season,
In the Press box with Harry Doyle (Bob Eucker)
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including well-past-his-prime, and high priced, third baseman Roger Dorn and journeyman starting pitcher Eddie Harris. A new coach was found when the Indians poached Lou Brown from the Toledo Mud Hens of the Independent League, who was also working for a mechanic and about to purchase some white-wall tires when he got the job offer. A team of misfits was assembled. Former Indians backstop Jake Taylor was brought from the Mexican League back to Cleveland. A Cuban defector, Pedro Serrano, found asylum in Ohio. Rick Vaughn nicknamed “Wild Thing” for not just his personality and lifestyle, but for his lack of control on 100 mph fastballs, was freed from the California State Penal System to be a part of the club. Perhaps the most improbable of the bunch was the team’s starting center fielder, Willie Mays Hayes. He simply showed up to Spring Training in Arizona and
Willly Mays Hayes (Wesley Snipes) Prepares to Steal Home
Roger Dorn (Corbin Bersen) Jake Taylor (Tom Berenger)
Loyal, diehard Indian fans Welome "Wild Thing"
made the club, even after being put out, literally, during the first night. He led the league in steals in his rookie year. These players, along with a few nobodies and career minor leaguers were supposed to be so dreadful no one would come to a broken-down stadium with rusted plumbing and a terrible stench of failure. However, Lou Brown put forth one of the most genius coaching jobs ever done and turned a 60-61 ball club into a contender for the American League Pennant, back before the modern playoff system existed. On the final day of the year, the Indians tied the New York Yankees, which set up a one game, winner-take-all playoff to determine the American League Champion. Brown made two key moves. With his aging ace on the hill, just one out away from a complete nine inning start, he went to the bullpen. He brought in Vaughn, a starter for much of the year, to get the final out. What is more impressive is that he brought Vaughn in to face the Triple Crown winner, a first baseman only needing to go by his last name, Haywood. Haywood hit a grand slam off Vaughn the last time these two faced one another, and Vaughn had not retired him all season. Brown’s faith paid off. “Wild Thing” struck the Yankees slugger out on three pitches.
In the bottom half of the inning, the Tribe had their first two hitters retired. With the game heading towards extra innings, the speedster Hayes got on with a check swing infield hit. Taylor came to the plate. Hayes was off on the first pitch, after a pick-off move to first, and easily stole second. Taylor swung for the fences and came up dry on the next offering from the Yankees closer, Duke Temple. With an 0-2 count, Taylor calls his shot, a la Babe Ruth. The Duke, nasty as he was, threw right at Taylor’s head. Taylor dusts himself off and does it again. With the count at 1-2, Hayes broke for third. Taylor, who was known to be one of the slowest players on the club, squared to bunt and laid one down the third base line. Hayes never paused at third and was coming home. The play went to first, and by a miracle, Taylor was safe. Haywood turned to argue the obviously correct call for a split second before turning and firing a perfect throw home. Too bad for the Yankees that as Hayes slid into home, he dragged left leg just inches ahead of the swipe tag by the Yankees catcher. A pair of infield hits and a stolen base gave the Indians their first American League Championship since 1954. In case you don’t know, this really didn’t happen. This is the plot of the 1989 film “Major League.” Feb. Crossroads
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Fake Indians (Movie Cast) making their American Express commercial during filming.
Tom Berenger starred as Jake Taylor; Charlie Sheen played Rick Vaughn; Corbin Bernsen was Roger Dorn; Wesley Snipes got the role of Willie Mays Hayes; and Pedro Serrano was played by Dennis Haysbert. Perhaps the best acting job was done by someone who wasn’t an actor. Bob Uecker was a former backup catcher for the Braves, Cardinals and Phillies, who turned play-by-play man for the Milwaukee Brewers. He played Harry Doyle, a drunken announcer for the Indians who found sobriety when the Tribe started winning. Doyle was meant as a supplemental character but stole the show. The film was nominated for exactly one award, the Best Foreign Language Film by the Japanese Film Society. It has a score of 82 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and ranked second in adjusted score among baseball movies on that site, behind only “Field of Dreams.” Hal Hinson of the Washington Post buried the movie in his review, claiming it was “cannibalizing every other baseball movie” and cited it as a rip-off of other films to wit “this is a movie where people even rip themselves off,” in reference to the character Bernsen
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plays on L.A. Law being eerily like Roger Dorn. Almost 30 years later, “Major League” has a cult following, which explains the high number of Vaughn, Taylor, and Hayes jerseys at Progressive Field every summer. To this day, fans still reminisce about the movie and talk of the players as they were real. That is why the fake 1989 Cleveland Indians are this month’s Famous Ohioans in Sports.
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The Cure for Your Cabin Fever...
Batters Up By Ed Brickeen
As the temperatures fluctuate more than the opinions of a candidate stradling both sides of the aisle, baseball season is on the precipise of another season. However, in case your mind needs a little jog back to the smell of freshly cut grass, the howling of a beer vendor, the burning intensity of the sun, and the sweet sounds of lumber striking a leather ball, here is a peek into a mid-season game from Progressive Field in Cleveland. Hopefully, this will warm those frozen winter appendages.
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It is, perhaps, the most famous – or infamous – folktale in Noble County’s history. Time and retelling have occasionally magnified the events that occurred in the rural hamlet of Hoskinsville in 1873. And while there was no great “draft riot” and no bullet holes marring the Hoskinsville Church, the story of the “Hoskinsville Rebellion” provides an interesting glimpse at Noble Countians’ mixed views concerning the Civil War. Those views were decidedly mixed. Although eleven states seceded from the Union, their borders with the Northern states were not a hard and fast dividing line of people’s sentiments. West Virginia, for example, split from Virginia to remain in the Union. Residents of eastern Tennessee considered doing the same thing. In southern Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, loyalties were sharply divided, as they were in the border Union states of Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and Missouri. In Noble County sentiments leaned both ways. The Scotch-Irish of Marion Township, long part of the Underground Railroad, were fervently pro-Union. In Sharon and Noble Townships it was a decidedly different story. Many of their pioneer residents came to Ohio from Virginia. They were pro-slavery, and their
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views tilted toward the Confederacy. The war was only a month old when the Noble County Republican reported that there were some fifty “traitors” in Sharon Township and about half as many in Olive. “There treason is not of the quiet kind,” the paper contended, “but breaks forth in secession harangues, and steams out in insults to U. States Volunteers.” In August 1862 the pro-secessionists received the blame, according to the Republican, when the Hoskinsville Wesleyan Church burned to the ground. Later the paper claimed that “the copperheads of Noble County are still persecuting Union men by committing depredations on their property. They are burning hay stacks, throwing down fences, and committing various other depredations.” It was against this background that the “Hoskinsville Rebellion” took place. It all began when one Tertullus W. Brown sent a letter to his nephew John Wesley McFerren, a soldier serving with the 78th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. “Well Wesley,” the letter stated, “my advice to you is this . . . Come home, for to conquer the South is an impossibility, and the only hope for you to reach home is to desert.”
McFerren never received the letter, but a United States district attorney did. Soon Deputy U.S. Marshal Samuel Colby, accompanied by five enlisted men, was on his way to Hoskinsville to arrest both McFerren and Brown. Colby and his party reached Hoskinsville on the evening of March 11. They stopped first at the home of Moses D. Hardy, who would do all he could over the next few days to assist the government men in apprehending his neighbors. The party split up but found neither man at home. After their search they returned to the Hardy home, where they spent the night. The next morning the officials received word from a friend of Hardy’s that “a mob of 70 to 100 men was raised at Hoskinsville to resist us.” Heading to the village, Colby was greeted by “about one hundred men . . . with muskets in their hands.” Members of the group, Colby later related, admitted that Brown and McFerren were in the crowd. “We defy
anybody or any authority getting the prisoner away from here,” one reportedly stated. Then Hardy himself suddenly appeared. His arrival incited the group even further. Samuel McFerren, father of the alleged deserter, suggested that the informer “ought to have a hole bored through him,” adding, “I can and will do it.” John Racey, whose store apparently served as headquarters for the mob, then charged from his establishment. “What have you been keeping these abolition soldiers up there for and running around to point out the neighbors’ boys?” Somehow Hardy managed to leave the scene unharmed. Colby left, too, “because we could not find the defendant (and) what I heard and saw led me to believe that no two or three men could possibly take the defendant away.” Next month: the aftermath.....
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Small Business an Engine for Growth
Gwynn Stewart, MS, OSU Community Development Educator, OSU Extension - Noble County
According to The Ohio Department of Development Services Agency, small businesses are fueling the engines of growth in our state. Small businesses are some of the most important drivers of our economy, making up roughly 98 percent of all Ohio businesses and employing half of our state’s private-sector workforce.1 OSU Extension in Noble County administers a local small business loan program that supports business owners in their endeavors. With funding provided through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Noble County program works with the potential owner, from the planning stages through the business launch. In the small town of Caldwell, Ohio, when you dine at Kathy’s Kitchen or have a specialty coffee or lunch at Local Roots, you can thank a small business development loan program. Both owners relied on the program to kick-start their ownership and operations. With less than $3,000 left on his original loan of $25,000 for Kathy’s Kitchen, owner Michael Smith is excited to pay off the debt and have even more financial freedom in 2019. “Without the help of the business loan program, I couldn’t have achieved my goal at owning my own restaurant,” said Smith. This small-town, family-owned restaurant with a full service menu and homemade daily specials is located right on the square in Caldwell, Ohio. Rusty Moncrief, owner of Local Roots enjoys providing the community a gathering place through his business where he plans to begin a new book club program in 2019. He also partners when possible with local growers to secure farm-totable menu options. Partnering with experts from the region’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) on an on-going basis, they assist with business counseling and assistance to those starting or seeking to grow a business. The Small Business DevelopFeb. Crossroads 42
ment Center is staffed with highly-trained, Certified Business Advisors who help small businesses and entrepreneurs with development and growth to increase sales and create jobs. Whether it’s an evaluation of the business, an analysis of the cash flow, financial projections, strategic business planning or identifying sources of capital, the small business development centers are quite a resource. They even include one-on-one business counseling and assist those interested in export assistance. Learn more at www.ohiosbdc.org. Entrepreneurs can also get resources from the loan funds operated by the regional development districts such as The Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments Association (OMEGA) serving 10 Ohio counties: Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Holmes, Jefferson, Muskingum and Tuscarawas or Buckeye Hills Regional Council serving eight counties: Athens, Hocking, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Perry, and Washington. Loan fund program requirements vary so check each one out individually at omegadistrict.us or buckeyehills.org. Regional support is available through the network of small business incubators, “maker spaces” and training as well. MCBI located at the Zane State College Campus adjacent to the IDEA Lab, is a high-tech maker space where inventors and entrepreneurs build product prototypes. Learn more at www.mcbi. Marietta is also home to the Building Bridges to Careers Epicenter and Makerspace. Learn more at buildingbridgestocareers.org. Fostering a strong climate for small business growth with many local community partners including college and universities, Ohio is working to create an economic climate for small businesses to succeed and when they do they help retain and create jobs, growing the regional economy. (Endnotes) 1 development.ohio.gov
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There I was, already late for work because I hadn’t allowed enough time to defrost my windshield, and when I went to back out of my parking space, Zambo! Stuck in the snow! I gunned the engine, spun the tires until I smelled burning rubber, and made absolutely no progress. My daughter was telling me to quit spinning my wheels, and I don’t mean figuratively. I turned the wheel this way and that, and tried over and over with the same results. Then I straightened my wheel, went as far forward as I could, and gave it one last try. Boom! I was out. I got lucky. In fact, I did everything wrong. Experts say the last thing you should do when stuck in the snow is gun your engine and spin your tires. You just dig deeper into the snow and ice, and you might damage your tires. Whoops! So, experts say calm down, straighten your wheel as much as possible given your parking situation, and if you’re able to go out forward, put your car into a lower gear to get more traction. Then slowly, slowly rock the car a bit, gaining ground by inches, then feet, until you’re free. If you can’t go forward, you can’t drop the gear. But you can still straighten the wheel and move slowly, rocking the vehicle and gaining ground bit by bit. You rock the vehicle by shifting from drive to reverse and gaining momentum – again, patience is the key. The experts also suggest carrying a shovel in your car, because you may need to dig snow away from your drive wheels – front in a front wheel drive car; rear in a rear wheel drive car. You need pavement for traction. Finally, tire condition plays a big role in your success. If you have good snow tires, you’re better off than bald tires, or even all season tires in good shape. The deeper the tread, the better the traction. And for safety’s sake, you should keep good tires on your ride. Now you know!
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Ohio Supreme Court Interprets the Marketable Title Act By: Emens & Wolper Law Firm's J. Richard Emens & Cody Smith Oil and gas litigation continues in Ohio. Title issues are one of the hot litigation topics. We’ve previously reported on the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act. Another statute that is at issue with title disputes is the Ohio Marketable Title Act and the Ohio Supreme Court recently issued a ruling interpreting provisions of this act in Blackstone v. Moore, Slip Opinion No. 2018-Ohio-4959. In 1915 Nick and Flora Kuhn conveyed 60 acres (the “Property”) to W.D. Brown and his wife while reserving a one-half royalty interest thereunder. Each subsequent conveyance of the Property stated “Excepting the onehalf interest in oil and gas royalty previously excepted by Nick Kuhn, their [sic] heirs and assigns in the above described sixty acres” (the “Exception”). Id. at ¶ 3. In 1969 David Blackstone was conveyed the Property by an instrument which also included the Exception. Nine or ten years later, Blackstone attempted to purchase the reserved royalty interest from the Kuhns’ heirs but was unsuccessful. In 2012, Blackstone and his wife filed a lawsuit against the Kuhn heirs claiming that the reserved royalty interest was abandoned under the Dormant Mineral Act, but later amended their Complaint to also seek a declaration that the reserved royalty interest was extinguished under the Marketable Title Act. The trial court granted summary judgment under both claims to Blackstone, but the appellate court reversed as to both. Blackstone only appealed the decision as to the Marketable Title Act claim, which was accepted by the Supreme Court of Ohio. The Marketable Title Act was enacted by the General Assembly to “simplify[] and facilitat[e] land title transactions by allowing persons to rely on a record chain of title.” Ohio Revised Code § 5301.55. Thus, any person “who has an unbroken chain of title of record to any interest in land for forty years or more, has marketable record title” to the interest claimed according to Ohio Revised Code § 5301.48. The Marketable Title Act apFeb. Crossroads 44
pears to have the effect of extinguishing all interests and claims in property prior to the claimant’s “root of title” which is “that conveyance or other title transaction in the chain of title of a person . . . which was the most recent to be recorded as of a date forty years prior to the time when marketability is being determined.” Ohio Revised Code § 5301.47(E) and 5301.47(A). The Marketable Title Act, however, provides certain enumerated exceptions which will preserve any interest or claim in property. One such exemption is when the record chain of title for the property contains a reference to the interest claimed. The statute states that “provided that a general reference . . . to . . . interests created prior to the root of title shall not be sufficient to preserve them, unless specific identification be made therein of a recorded title transaction which creates such . . . interest.” Ohio Revised Code § 5301.49(A). This exception was the issue in Blackstone (i.e. whether the Exception was a general reference or specific enough to preserve the reserve royalty reservation). While the Marketable Title Act does not define what a “general reference” is, the Supreme Court of Ohio stated that its ordinary meaning is “marked by broad overall character without being limited, modified, or checked by narrow precise considerations: concerned with main elements, major matters rather than limited details, or universals rather than particulars: approximate rather than strictly accurate.” Blackstone at ¶ 13. A “specific reference” is a reference which is not general. In Blackstone the Supreme Court of Ohio held that the Exception was a specific reference because “there is no question which interest is referenced in the 1969 deed” – the reserved royalty interest – and it “specifies by whom the interest was originally reserved.” Id. at ¶ 15. Thus, the Exception (which was included in Blackstone’s root of title) was sufficient to preserve the reserved royalty interest.
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Blanket Valentine's Day February 2010 By Kathleen Seiler from “38 Years in Appalachia”
The power has been off twelve hours already – When it is over, it will be 3 days – We venture out to rescue the trees from the burden of 23 inches of snow, the heaviest on record since 1926, according to my 83 year old mother. Ten-foot tall lilacs lie prostrate in the snow, every branch bent in reverence for a power that can bury anything. Objects are blanketed beyond recognition, like furniture in a vacated manor-house,
Acres of unbroken snow proclaim a new start: purity and trust unbroken, generous love above us and between us, covering those troublesome sins – never quite mastered.
All that remains is whiteness, brightness, newness, forgiving this old farm its rubble.
But we ourselves are surely saved by snow. With every step, my new boots bleed russet in the virgin snow, staining it. We will need more snow tomorrow and tomorrow.
Counting on spring growth, we lopped and nipped down to two buds, two buds, two buds, careful of the surprising moment when the branch would snap back out of reach.
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Birthday Party & Luncheon Friday, February 1st 11:30am Cake and ice cream will be served following a delicious lunch. Reservations are required.
The Sunny Side Singers choir group will not be practicing or performing in the month of Feb. Breakfast Buffet Wed., Feb. 6th 9am Menu: scrambled eggs, sausage patty, hash browns, sausage gravy & biscuits, and fresh fruit. Coffee, water & fruit juices served. Reservations are required.
Guest Speaker Wed., Feb. 6th 11am The Ohio Consumers’ Council is a residential utility consumer advocate that represents the interests of 4.5 million households in proceedings before state and federal regulators and in the courts. The agency also educates consumers about electric, telephone, water and natural gas issues. Our local Council representative, Andrew Tinkham, will speak about how consumers can protect themselves.
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The Red Hat Divas will not be meeting in Feb. Meetings will resume in March. Alzheimer’s Support Group Meeting Tues., Feb. 12th 1:30pm Individuals who are impacted by Alzheimer’s disease often need support and have many questions. The Sr. Center hosts an Alzheimer’s Support Group on the second Tuesday of each month
Valentine’s Day Party & Luncheon Thursday, Feb. 14th 11am The event will begin with fun party games followed by a delicious lunch. Reservations are required to attend this event and can be made by calling (740) 439-6681 or please visit the guest services desk of the Senior Center.
Food Commodity Pick-Up Fri., Feb. 15th 10am-3pm The Guer. Co. Sr. Citizens Center partners with the Mid-Ohio Food Bank in providing a Commodity Supplemental Food Program. You must pick up on this day due to limited storage.
**Important-Please Note Time Change** Feb. Sr. Dinner Thur., Feb. 21st 4:30pm Special entertainment followed by a meal. Menu: marinated Italian chicken breast, buttered Yukon gold potatoes, broccoli florets, dinner roll w/ butter, and cherry tart w/ whipped topping for dessert. Reservations required.
Byesville Senior Dinner Tuesday, February 26th 4pm Located at the Stop Nine Senior Activity Center in Byesville. Begins with welcome and announcements followed by dinner. Menu: hamloaf, au gratin potatoes, mixed vegetables, red apple, dinner roll & butter and red velvet cake w/ cream cheese icing for dessert. Concludes with a fun door prize drawing. Reservations are required.
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