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When David Shaum moved to the Roann area more than two decades ago, he felt the area could use a store like Squirrel Creek Bulk Foods. He followed through with his idea, and this year will mark the 22nd year that the endeavor has been in operation.

Throughout its successful years serving the community, the building has undergone several additions as the business has grown.

“We have a cousin that has a little store like this up in Michigan,” says Shaum’s son, Delynn Shaum. “That’s what gave my father the idea. When my father moved here, he built the store building. It has done well and TownePost.com / JULY 2022 / KOKOMO MAGAZINE / 7

we have regular customers, but we get new customers every day. Over the years we have built on three or four times when we needed extra storage or retail space.”

The Shaum family feels that the deli within the store is a big factor in making the business successful. Meat and cheese products are sourced from Walnut Creek brand, which is based in Ohio. Besides the usual meats offered, products such as hardto-find Lebanon bologna, both savory and sweet, are offered.

“The deli products are high quality, sold at affordable prices,” Shaum says. “If you are

from Pennsylvania, you will know about Lebanon bologna. We make sandwiches to order. Our most popular is the Squirrel Creek Sub. It’s on a homemade sub bun with ham, turkey, salami and provolone cheese. Customers can pick whatever condiment they like, but most pick mayonnaise.”

Squirrel Creek Bulk Foods has options that make entertaining easier. Customers can order meat, cheese and sandwich trays for special celebrations such as graduation parties. All the baked goods are homemade and there are plenty of pies, cakes, breads and cookies to choose from. Crystal Springs 8 / KOKOMO MAGAZINE / JULY 2022 / TownePost.com

Creamery milk, which comes regular and in flavors like mint, root beer and orange cream, is the perfect beverage to drink with the sweet treats.

“Out of all the cookies we carry, our buttermilk cookie is our top seller,” Shaum says. “Although there is not a place to eat inside, there are a few tables outside. We have seven different homemade breads including honey wheat. Our packaging is totally different from usual stores. Because we get things in bulk, we repackage everything. There are many varieties of products people can choose from. For instance, we have many different flours

including choices like buckwheat.”

Flour is only the beginning of all the goods in the store. More than 90 types of spices, along with popcorn seasoning in flavors like buffalo and red-hot cinnamon, are available. Large assortments of pasta, candy, popcorn, grains, candies, and supplies for cake decoration are found on the store’s shelves. Customers eagerly await seasonal produce such as locally harvested peaches, muskmelons and watermelons.

Patrons can purchase an amazing diversity of products. For those who buy fruits and vegetables by the bushel, canning equipment is for sale. If a present is needed, local handmade items, utensil sets and even puzzles make great gifts.

David Shaum’s idea turned out to be a good one. The store draws people from the surrounding area and beyond. The Shaum family looks forward to serving its customers for many years to come.

Squirrel Creek Bulk Foods is located at 13653 North 500 East in Roann. For more info, call 574-893-1942 or visit squirrelcreekfoods.com.

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hen Troy Hintz found out that the previous owner of MO Joe Coffee House was selling the business, it seemed like the type of opportunity his family was looking for. Located on North Main Street, the cafe has proved to be a true family business. It’s also committed to supporting and helping the community.

“We’ve always been interested in finding a business,” Hintz says. “It’s been a desire to do something like this in our family. We heard that it was a turnkey business. After talking and praying about it, we decided to go forward. We took over on January 1 and opened on January 7 to participate in First Friday. The whole family worked 16- to 17-hour days preparing to reopen.

We took everything off the walls, and everyone was on their knees scraping and preparing for painting. We wanted a fresh, clean slate to make it our own.”

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Hintz, a police officer, along with his wife Jill, daughter Emma and daughter-inlaw Brittany, all work at the shop. Their son Ryan is also part of the business and helps out from time to time. The family changed the decor to make it their own style and reflect their values by taking down several objects that had been hanging on the walls.

“We added a light lunch daily and breakfast as well on Fridays,” Hintz says.

“We got a blending machine to make smoothies, frappés and milkshakes.

A fruit-based product is used that has no high-fructose corn syrup, and is non-GMO. We’ve also added Red Bull refreshers for people that don’t like coffee.

They can be made to be any flavor such as orange creamsicle or blueberry. Everyone loves the bubble drinks and our frozen Ghirardelli hot chocolate.”

To ensure that each espresso drink tastes the same no matter which employee makes it, Hintz brought in an expert barista. During several training sessions, he instructed everyone on best practices for steaming milk and pulling perfect espresso shots.

Special events happen at MO Joe. Besides participating in First Fridays, the cafe has sponsored “Friends” trivia and some live music nights. Special promotions such as a National Superhero Day celebration and Thursday soft-drink specials make it a lively place.

One important aspect of the cafe is that it provides the Hintz family a way to do outreach in the community. So far, three different addict recovery facilities in Cass and Howard counties have benefitted.

People have donated products and gift cards to these organizations that the cafe supports.

“I’m tired of seeing what drugs can do and how they steal members from families,” Hintz says. “We want to be a positive in the war to fight addiction. I have a heart for seeing people get better when they go through recovery. To be a little bit of blessing - that’s what’s in our heart at MO Joe Coffee House.”

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ooper’s Pub on East Sycamore Street provides a welcoming atmosphere along with great food. Open since the end of January and housed in a unique building, the establishment has already attracted a following of regulars who come for the burgers, tenderloins, catfish and fun happenings. Owners and business partners Richard Knight, Rob Cooper and Tammy Cooper took their time finding the right site and refurbishing the inside.

Knight is currently an owner of two other area restaurants, The Dock in Burlington and Rossville Water Pub in Rossville. For the last 22 years he has been involved with a vast range of restaurants from fast food to fine dining. He got his start in the food service industry when he was a teenager.

“My mom was a manager at the Arnie’s Market Square restaurant in Lafayette,” Knight says. “When owner Arnie Cohen heard I was turning 15, he told her to bring me in. He said, ‘A man’s got to have a job.’ I ended up working there for seven years and learned a lot.”

“Our landlord is a friend that kept trying to get me to open a place in Kokomo,” Knight continues. “On and off for a couple of years, he would show me places but nothing seemed right until I saw this building. We are still learning about its history, but you can see the date, 1904, at the top. We do know it was a sort of general store that sold many different things including saddles and horse feed. At one time it was a brothel.”

Today the inside looks very different than it did one year ago. Gone are the unattractive blond wood planks that hid exposed brick.

Tammy Cooper stained the remaining paneling a darker color, which complements hand-built tables. In the main room is a real showstopper - a wood and metal bar repurposed from an establishment once owned by friends of Knight.

“This place is a bar that happens to have really good food,” Knight says. “We make all our own dressings and sauces. The catfish is very lightly breaded and incredibly flaky. The tenderloins are popular, and the flavor combinations of the hamburgers are variations of things I’ve seen during the years I’ve been in the business.”

The menu boasts 18 different burgers including a build-your-own option with just about any topping one can think of.

According to Knight, a lot of people have been ordering the Peanut Butter Burger, which includes bacon and cheddar cheese, slathered with house-made chipotle honey peanut butter sauce. Another favorite is the Coleslaw Crunch Burger, featuring pepper jack cheese, sautéed jalapeños and chipotle ketchup, with house-made coleslaw. Besides the usual french fries, sides include several salads and tater tots, as well as hand-breaded mushrooms and banana pepper slices.

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The back room as well as the alley that Giving back to the community is important borders the side of the restaurant are the to Knight. Both he and the Coopers are very places where activities happen. Tuesday night features all-you-can-eat tacos, and the experienced in fundraising. They are willing to partner with nonprofits and causes to same happens for wings on Wednesdays raise awareness for a need, and involve and catfish on Thursdays. Cornhole volunteers in the process. competitions are held on Tuesday nights, and Mondays and Wednesdays are for “I love it when people eat our burgers and dart competitions. On the last Saturday of they get messy,” Knight says. “We want this every month, dart tournaments are held. to be a place that has a congenial, friendly Cooper’s Pub throws in $500 and each atmosphere where people feel comfortable. contestant pays a $20 fee to enter. Two of We are so grateful for our great staff and the the establishment’s six dart machines are support we have gotten from the people of set up for international competition, and Kokomo.” people from all over arrive for matchups in order to accumulate points for contests in Cooper’s Pub is located at 113 East places such as Las Vegas.

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CENTER STAGE DANNY WIMMER PRESENTS CONTINUES TO GROW ITS LOUISVILLE FESTIVAL EVENTS and a location that is a stone’s throw from the bourbon capital of the world - Bardstown.

More than 10 years ago, music industry veteran and concert promoter extraordinaire Danny Wimmer discovered for himself what made Louisville special. With his staff at Danny Wimmer Presents, he has spent the years since creating several destination music festivals to help people outside the city’s boundaries explore what makes Louisville so special, and remind locals what the city has to offer guests who visit.

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Even though music festivals typically last one weekend, they are definitely not an inexpensive endeavor, which is why the Danny Wimmer Presents team took its time in bringing a second festival to fruition.

“When we enter a new market, we go in with one festival and see if that market has the legs to sustain a second, third or fourth festival,” says Chamie McCurry, chief marketing officer at Danny Wimmer Presents. Louder Than Life’s success led to the creation of Bourbon & Beyond Danny Wimmer’s initial visit to Louisville five years ago. “The emphasis of Bourbon wasn’t related to music. He had become enamored with bourbon and was considering & Beyond from day one was always to launching his own brand. “I immediately felt highlight the bourbon as much as the lineup,” McCurry says. at home everywhere I went in Louisville,” he says. “There was a real pride, sense of While Louder Than Life is a very rockcommunity and charm that I just fell in love specific festival, Bourbon & Beyond with. It’s my home away from home.” includes country, classic rock, alt-rock, bluegrass and indie-alt, and is what He decided he wanted to create a music festival that would focus on rock music, but McCurry calls a lifestyle festival. “It has several genres represented,” she says. “It has remain rooted in the local landscape with a little bit of everything for everyone. The bourbon as an integral part. Louder Than 18 / KOKOMO MAGAZINE / JULY 2022 / TownePost.com

bourbon and culinary aspect is elevated at that festival.”

Both festivals are held at the Kentucky Exposition Center, last four days each, and include an opportunity for attendees to camp on-site. Different pass options give concertgoers the ability to pick and choose which days (or all the days) they want to attend. It is possible for attendees to make an entire vacation out of the festivals, since there is so much to do in Louisville and surrounding areas on the days in between.

“The long-term growth of this is that we want people coming in for two weeks and experiencing Louisville on the days when there isn’t an active festival happening,” McCurry says.

The influx of attendees from all over the country provides a financial boon to the city. According to McCurry, a 2019 independent study calculated the economic impact of both festivals at more than $43 million. Of course, COVID-19 affected

many public events and their financial windfalls for communities. While Louder Than Life took a hiatus in 2020 and came back in 2021, Bourbon & Beyond is only just now returning after a two-year break, which in some ways feels like starting over.

“We’re working to reintroduce that brand to the marketplace,” McCurry says.

Through the years some things have changed with the concerts, which is to be expected.

Both festivals began as two-day, two-stage festivals, but their popularity has led to growth.

Both festivals now have four stages of music, and Bourbon & Beyond has two additional stages for workshops and presentations. The lineup has expanded as well. Louder Than Life now showcases 90 musicians and bands, while Bourbon & Beyond sees more than 50 musical acts performing.

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“Fans can arrive on Wednesday, set up their campgrounds and live on-site with us for the festival weekend.”

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We have an entire office and production team that works closely with our local partners in building out the most fanfriendly and safe concert experience.”

The staff members at Danny Wimmer Presents spend all year preparing for these festivals to ensure attendees have the best experience possible. Essentially, McCurry says the company is building a small city.

“We plan all year for it,” she says. “We work very closely with the City of Louisville, the parks department, the Kentucky Expo

The boots-on-the-ground staff in Louisville frequently checks on little things in the months and weeks before the shows, like how the grass is growing and how rainwater drains, so that any problems can be addressed beforehand.

Before, during and after the music festivals,

Danny Wimmer Presents uses social media to assess attendees’ expectations and experiences. “We’re able to make changes and adapt pretty quickly,” McCurry says.

In 2021, when rain prevented grassy areas from draining at Louder Than Life, staff brought in tons of gravel to alleviate standing water. After the event, surveys are sent to attendees to get their feedback. “We know it is a very competitive marketplace for consumers’ entertainment dollars,” McCurry says. “We want them to feel very satisfied.”

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In 2021 Louder Than Life became the biggest rock festival in the country, with 160,000 passes sold. “Now we’re doing everything we can to get 40,000 people a day there,” McCurry says. The headliners for the Louder Than Life festival, which runs from September 22 to 25, include Nine Inch Nails, Kiss, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the festival is also shining a light on up-and-coming bands. The Danny Wimmer Presents talent team spends a lot of time and energy booking artists that are getting airplay and buzz. In 2021 the company introduced its Twitch channel, DWPresents,

which streams original content from unsigned musicians and bands, some of which have gotten signed and made it to the Louder Than Life stage.

The feel of Bourbon & Beyond is a little different. It’s a little more mellow, and could be considered the slow and steady wind-up to Louder Than Life the following weekend.

Of course this doesn’t mean the musicians who perform at Bourbon & Beyond this year, from September 15 to 18, can’t totally rock it out. Jack White, Pearl Jam, Kings of Leon, and Chris Stapleton are some of the

big-name headliners. To be sure, part of the attraction of Bourbon & Beyond is the “beyond” aspect, which includes different bars, workshops and experiences with bourbon experts. Bourbon lovers can get their fill of rare and experimental bourbons at The Silver Dollar Hunter’s Club. And if you don’t like bourbon, don’t worry - there will also be a wine garden and craft beer area.

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I prefer to make a short list, so I feel a sense of accomplishment when I can complete the list. Here are 5 inexpensive ideas to add to your summer bucket list. I guarantee you’ll save money and have some fun this summer.

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I SCREAM, YOU SCREAM …

VISIT AN ICE CREAM SHOP! It doesn’t seem like summer unless I’m standing in front of an ice cream stand. I have many fond memories of visiting ice cream shops when I traveled with my family. I enjoy standing in line and chatting with other customers about what they plan to order. Long lines don’t matter to me when there’s an ice cream treat waiting at the end. My favorite ice cream splurges are a hot fudge sundae and a cherry soda with vanilla ice cream. Go with a group of family or friends and each choose something different. Ask for recommendations and try some fun flavor combinations. Make it a contest and vote on who ordered the best ice cream treat. Award the winner a gift card from the ice cream shop.

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HAPPY HUMMINGBIRDS. SET UP A HUMMINGBIRD FEEDER.

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These tiny birds bring me so much joy. A hummingbird feeder is an inexpensive investment. Most feeders run between $10-$20. You will need a pole or a stand to hang the feeder and they are around $20 or less.

It’s easy to make the hummingbird nectar. It’s one part sugar to four parts water (1 cup of sugar 4 cups of water) and let boil. Let the solution cool and fill the feeder.

Hummingbirds are attracted to red, so be sure you have some red objects near the feeder. You can have red flowers or even a red patio umbrella. Hummingbirds will visit the feeder a handful of times a day. Believe me, they are fun to watch and sometimes I’ll have three or four at the feeder at one time. Delightful!

For more information on hummingbirds, visit the National Audubon Society at audubon.org.

VISIT A FARMERS MARKET Summer is the time to appreciate local produce and other homemade goods.

I enjoy stopping at a local farmers market and thinking of different things to cook. It’s a way for me to jump out of my comfort zone. I set a budget for myself before I go the market. A trip to the market doesn’t have to be expensive. A stop at a farmers market can be one-stop shopping for breads, dairy, produce and meat all in one trip. On a recent trip to my local farmers market, I purchased a loaf of country white bread, a couple of spice packets to make a fantastic meal, and some fresh produce. When I’m finished shopping, I sit on a bench and do some people watching and listen to music.

It’s also a good time to see if I need to get anything else. I usually decide to make a few more stops at the market before I leave.

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GO FOR A SUNSET WALK Some of the best sunsets are during the summer. You can’t beat the mix of amber and violet hues. I take my dog, Louis for long sunset walks, and I always bring my phone. It’s a chance to capture a few photos and send to friends and family. I get some ideas by looking at my neighbors’ yards. As an extra bonus, you’ll be getting in a healthy workout while enjoying a gorgeous sky. Perfection!

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CHILL AND GRILL I can sometimes get into a grilling rut. Summer is the perfect time to shake up your grilling game. I like to make kabobs (veggie, chicken, shrimp, steak), which are inexpensive if you buy the ingredients and assemble them yourself. You can save money by using less meat and more vegetables. Don’t forget to season well with salt and pepper or spice mixes. Serve the kabobs with rice and a feta, tomato and cucumber salad and you’ve got a perfect meal. Grill packets are inexpensive and easy to make. Put veggies and potatoes in aluminum foil and season with salt, pepper and olive oil. Seal them up and cook them on the grill. Fajitas are another fan favorite. Choose your veggies, protein and put them on the grill. Any of these meals can be enjoyed outside. Want to save a little more money? Check the grocery store ads and select your grill meal based on what meat and produce is on sale.

Make your meal fun by taking photos of your grilled feast.

For more information on grilling, visit foodnetwork.com and search for grilling ideas and recipes.

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