By Beverly Drapalik Looking for the perfect gift? Something you would want, your friends would want and even your dog would covet? Put dryer balls on your list. Julie Carter began working on dryer balls in 2010. She was figuring out how to incorporate fiber from the alpacas on her parents’ farm in Ballground, Georgia, […]
Meigs County couple, neighbors live 21st-century self-sufficient lifestyle By Gary Brock Maple syrup and eggs from the Bullington farm. Debbie Bullington stood in the kitchen of her Meigs County farm home preparing a breakfast of French toast, sausage, honey and fresh fruit. Most of the ingredients came from her farm. She talked while cooking, explaining […]
Entrepreneur turns love of hard cider into new business By John Hamilton Jason Vaughn with a pint of his home-brewed blackberry cider at his self-made bar at home. At his home on West Truesdell Street in Wilmington, Jason Vaughan has been crafting and perfecting his homemade hard ciders — which he hopes to share with […]
Family business offers fresh drinks, doughnuts By Erin Thompson Stacy Trimmer, right, smiles with husband Rich and daughter Sierra in their recently opened West Jefferson coffee shop, The Daily Buzz. Those who prefer the more caffeinated things in life have a new option for their coffee needs. The Daily Buzz, at 62 E. Main St. […]
By Jeff Gilliland Ben Sexton holds a pair of 1960s era paintings of McCoppin’s Mill and the Rocky Fork dam by late Hillsboro artist Truby Abbott. Sexton said he found both paintings at different yard sales on the same day in the lake area about 30 minutes apart. Because he treasures most all things […]
NYC couple opens B&B in rural Ohio By Amy Eddings I’ve read that real estate agents know they’ve made a sale when the woman of the household connects emotionally with a property. The agent who showed us through the big, rambling “painted lady” Victorian on Main Street in Ada must have seen dollar signs flash […]
Window Creations does restorations, looks to future By Adrienne McGee Sterrett Cat’s paw. Cathedral. Seedy. These are but three types of textures and colors of glass — out of the near-infinite variation — and Reggie Buehrer is still inspired by them all. Buehrer owns Window Creations LCC just west of Ottoville, a stained glass company […]
By Amy Eddings KitchenAid offers products in a rainbow of colors. KitchenAid plant lead Ken Hossler shows off the company’s newest stand mixer, the Artisan Mini, painted in one of KitchenAid’s new colors, Hot Sauce. KitchenAid Experience, KitchenAid’s retail store, is located in downtown Greenville, about a 10-minute drive from the factory. Women used to […]
By Adrienne McGee Sterrett Alex and Stacey Benavidez stand outside their storefront located at 944 E. Fifth St. in Delphos. You know the idea: If the pastry looks beautiful, it probably won’t taste very good. Baked to Perfection thoroughly stomps that adage into pieces — and the whole area knows it’s the place to go […]
By Amy Eddings Alice Essinger, founder and owner of Fresh Modern Fabrics, at her shop in Bluffton. Alice Essinger has her hands full. Right now, it’s full of fabric. She stands at the cutting table of her shop, Fresh Modern Fabric in Bluffton, and rolls out a yard of brown fabric, cutting it deftly […]