Salt Magazine: September/October 2016

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3 cabins,
1 trip back in time
Rolling by history
Bob Evans Farm is
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Hill Cabins in Adams
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of notable people in
our communities
By Lora
Abernathy
What is the last picture
you took?
Our family.
Have you ever driven
across the country?
My wife completed
her PT clinical in
Lincoln City, Oregon,
in 2007. We had a
great trip we still talk
about to this day.
Would you rather
it be too hot or too
cold outside?
Too hot.
What’s the funniest thing a
kid has ever said to you?
When I substitute
taught for a kindergarten
class in Kansas City, a
little boy called me the
“Kindergarten Cop.”
What do you love most
about your community?
My wife and I moved
back home in 2002
because of our love for
family, friends and the
fellowship of the people
of Meigs County.
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Meigs County Commissioner
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CONTENTS
features
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3 cabins,1 trip back in time:
Cave Hill Cabins
Beer, brats & brotherhood:
Minster Oktoberfest
The easy way to tour:
Scioto Segway & Portsmouth murals
Down on the farm:
Bob Evans Farm Festival
Reader
Recipes
Out and
About
columns
6
Publisher’s note
By Pamela Stricker
Recipe Index
Ever-So-Easy But Oh-So-Good Cobbler .........................................17
German Oatmeal Cake .....................................................................11
German Sauerbraten.........................................................................11
German-Styled Green Beans ...........................................................11
No-Crust Pumpkin Pie .......................................................................17
Potato Dumplings ...............................................................................11
Triple Apple Pie .................................................................................16
Wainachsrollen ...................................................................................11
Staff
PAMELA STRICKER
Pamela is the publisher of Salt magazine, which she launched in southern
Ohio in 2009. She also holds the title of
publisher, Niche Product Division for Civitas Media. She and her husband, Jerry,
reside in Lima, Ohio.
LORA ABERNATHY
Lora is the editor of Salt magazine and
the director of editorial digital strategies
for Civitas Media. Originally from West
Virginia and a proud Marshall University
alumna, she lives in southern Ohio with
her husband, Gary. Reach her at labernathy@civitasmedia.com.
ANDREA CHAFFIN
Andrea is the food editor of Salt
magazine and the editor of The Madison
Press. She can be reached at 740-8521616, ext. 1619 or via Twitter @AndeeWrites.
JAYLA WALLINGFORD
Jayla is the designer of Salt magazine
and is the manager of the special sections team for Civitas Media. She lives
in Harveysburg with two cats (and offers
free handouts to a slew of feline drifters).
Contributors
FRANK LEWIS
Frank is a reporter for the Daily Times
in Portsmouth. Reach him at 740-3533101, ext. 1928, or on Twitter @franklewis.
AMY EDDINGS
Amy writes for The Lima News. She’s
a former New Yorker and public radio
host. When she’s not writing, she’s canning, cooking, quilting and gardening.
Reach her at aedddings@civitasmedia.
com or on Twitter @lima_eddings.
SARAH ALLEN
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By Pamela Stricker
“I cried because I had no shoes until
I met a man who had no feet.”
— Helen Keller
I was aggravated at the amount of my time
that was tied up in travel to attend a meeting
at our company’s corporate office in North
Carolina. Little did I know how much the impact of that meeting would have on my life.
It didn’t take long to put my aggravation
aside after spending only a brief amount of
time with Courtney Rogers. It was the first
time I had seen her since her accident that
happened on a Saturday evening, March 26.
You see, Courtney’s right arm was
crushed when the ATV she was riding with
friends took a turn too fast and flipped, pinning her underneath. The 31-year-old recalls
the frantic scene: girlfriends screaming,
EMTs shouting instructions.
But in the midst of all that chaos, something
miraculous was happening.
“I don’t consider myself to be very religious. I don’t attend church regularly, but I
am a believer. I believe God is the reason I
am here,” she said. “As I lay there bleeding
to death, aware of the mayhem around me, I
heard a voice that said, ‘Be still, be still.’ ”
That brought a great sense of calm to her.
The amputation was done the next day in
order to save her life. She also ended up with
11 staples in her head. She lost a lot of blood,
but no transfusion was necessary. Initially, the
EMTs did not think they could save her life.
Amazingly, Courtney was released from
the hospital on March 30 — only four days
later!
She credits the great outpouring of love
and support for her continued recovery.
Friends organized meals. Flowers were continually getting delivered to her door.
“I have the best family and friends,” she
said.
“I have a passion for cooking and thought
I would not be able to ever prepare a meal
again. My boyfriend, Jason, and I have some
of our best talks during that time,” she said.
She recalls one really bad day when Jason
had to return to work. She spent a lot of that
day in tears. But after that day, she determined she was not going to go back into that
funk. She decided being thankful for what
she has is more important than focusing on
what she no longer has.
“I don’t know why, but I remember when
I used to ask why,” she said. “Mom and Dad
would often answer,
‘Just because.’ I know
there is a greater purpose.”
Courtney is faced
with a lot of challenges. She had approval
from the insurance
company to go
through the procedures to be fitted for a
prosthetic arm. When
she submitted for approval to get the arm
the prosthetic clinic
recommended, it
was denied. According to the insurance
company, it exceeds
her basic needs.
Unbelievable!
She got hit with a
bill for $37,000 that the insurance company
refuses to pay. The doctors that performed
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Besides the administrative position she
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“It’s the craziest little things that I can’t do.
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type 70 wpm. Now I can barely type. I can’t
put my hair in a ponytail,” she said.
How does she get through it?
“I’ve always been grateful and optimistic,
but this has intensified my perspective,”
Courtney said. “When life has sent you a
curve ball, it could have been curvier.”
What does she want others to know?
“I know it sounds cliché, but don’t sweat
the small stuff. And it’s all small stuff. I want
to help someone else. I want to help change
someone else’s life,” she said.
You already have, Courtney. You changed
mine.
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3 cabins,
1 trip back in time
By Sarah Allen
George and Patty Carr
ing a migration and found a total of
53 species.
But Cave Hill Cabins is about
more than its setting. While the
overlook of about 15 miles is
breathtaking and the surrounding woods offer a chance to find a
simple, blissful peace, Carr said
that, above all, “A lot of people like
to come out here for the family …
and to be together.”
She added that the cabins are
located near other points of interest as well, such as Amish Country
and the Serpent Mound.
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Address: Near Winchester, off state Route 32
Website: cavehillcabins.com
Photos courtesy of
Cave Hill Cabins
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Nestled among woods and the
rolling foothills of the Appalachian
Mountains is a little getaway back
in time known as the Cave Hill
Cabins.
The cabins began “about 22
years ago,” said Patty Carr, who
owns the spot with her husband, George. At that time, the
Carrs bought 35 acres in Adams
County, Ohio, and then began to
acquire and refurbish a total of
three unique cabins.
According to the Cave Hill
Cabins website, the first, simply known as The Log Cabin, is
described as “a hewn log cabin
in (a) storybook setting.” It was
built before the Civil War and
“painstakingly restored by local
Adams County craftsmen,” the
website adds.
The Round House is “handbuilt, from the cedar shake
exterior to the pine and cedar
interior,” and is “totally secluded,”
at the end of a half-mile private
road, the website states.
Finally, the website describes
the Dodge Cabin as featuring
“a massive stone fireplace and
a spacious deck overlooking
woods and a pond.” It is also secluded, located on a “private and
quiet 20 acre farm, out of sight of
any other building,” the website
adds.
Carr also said that each cabin
is fully equipped, with TVs and
Wi-Fi, and dogs are allowed on
the premises, with many open
fields for them to run through and
enjoy.
Ultimately, Carr said the cabins
are “refined, rustic retreats.”
The cabins represent a means
of not only relaxation, but also of
reconnecting with nature.
“It’s just a beautiful, park-like
setting,” she said.
Carr added that, once, some
birders came to the cabins dur-
BEER, BRATS & BROTHERHOOD
Minster celebrates German heritage with annual Oktoberfest
By Amy Eddings
Minster, Ohio’s annual Oktoberfest is a tourist attraction for
many, with visitors traveling from
across Ohio and from neighboring Indiana and Michigan for
the beer, the bratwursts and
the traditional oom-pah music.
For Minsterites, it’s a big, public
reunion.
“It’s a homecoming for
families,” said Mary Oldiges,
who runs the Minster Historical
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Society and whose husband,
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1975.
Oldiges, 69, was sitting at her
desk at the historical society
at 112 W. Fourth St. Above her,
resting on top of a wooden card
catalog, were framed photos of
the Woehrmyers, her father’s
clan. She’s also related to the
Ritters, the Bergmans and the
Kovermans. The Mass cards
from many of these relatives’
funerals in this deeply Roman
Catholic community are among
the 25,000 that fill the catalog.
“Today, including our
grandchildren, who reside in
Minster, and our sons, we are
seventh generation Minsterites,”
she said. This little rural town
of 2,829, she said, “feels like
home.”
Minster was originally known
as Stallostown, the brainchild
of Franz Joseph Stallo, a native
of Damme, a village in Lower
Saxony in the northwest of
Germany. Stallo was smitten
with America. A schoolteacher,
bookbinder and printer, he
circulated a poem extolling
the new country’s freedoms
From left, Daryn Straley, of Athens, Ryan Loyd, of Lafayette, Indiana, and Kathy Straley
drink beer and take a break from the chilly weather during a recent Oktoberfest.
and beauties throughout the
provinces of Oldenburg and
Hannover.
He followed his own advice,
immigrating with his family to
America in 1830. He settled in
Cincinnati and began scouting
for farmland along the MiamiErie Canal, a waterway that was
finished in 1845 and unlocked
Photos by Amanda Wilson
and Luke Gronneberg
Ohio’s northwestern interior from Cincinnati to Toledo.
Pooling resources with other
immigrants, he formed a stock
company and bought 1,200
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acres of former swampland that
had been ceded to the United
States by Native Americans
nearly 40 years earlier under
the Treaty of Greenville.
His enthusiasm did not wane
with the realities of what was
then frontier life. He continued
his public relations campaign
for Ohio and America.
“He sent letters telling them,
‘Come! It’s the land of milk and
honey!’” said Oldiges. “And
they came!”
She said it was one of the
largest chain migrations in U.S.
history, with families who had
immigrated helping, in turn,
their siblings, cousins, parents,
grandparents and neighbors
make the journey and find their
footing.
“By the time it was done, in
the 1860s-70s, a lot of these little
communities in Germany, half of
them were gone, they had immigrated,” said Oldiges. “They
brought their neighbors, their
brothers, their sisters, their nieces, their nephews. And wasn’t
that a great idea because, with
all of that, perhaps they weren’t
as homesick.”
She praised that community
spirit of kinship and mutual
support that brought not only
Minster into being, but raised
up, out of the Ohio wilderness,
the German-American towns
of New Bremen, New Knoxville
and Maria Stein.
“I firmly believe that’s why
these little communities were
so successful,” she said. “You
bring enough people with you
who know you and love you and
share your interests and likes
and similarities. That’s how they
survived. They all knew each
other, they were all willing to
help.”
They brought their language,
Low German, a combination
of German and Dutch. They
brought their customs, which
Oldiges said included a strong
work ethic and an emphasis on
order and neatness.
“We get a lotta visitors from
out of town, they say, ‘My God,
what a clean little town!’” she
said.
They brought their culture.
The Minster Historical Society’s glass cases are filled with
hand-carved wooden shoes and
images of the humble farmer’s
Adults and children alike enjoy dancing to the German polka band Sorgenbrecher at the gazebo during a recent
Oktoberfest.
footwear dot the interior of The
Wooden Shoe Inn, the 83-yearold restaurant at the center of
town at Fourth and Main streets.
Floats in the Oktoberfest’s annual Sunday parade carry windmills and celebrants dressed in
traditional dirndls, lacy aprons,
knee-length bundhosen slacks
and felt hats.
Those early Minsterites
brought their food, of course,
including pretzels, cabbage
rolls, wursts, spatzel, kuchen and
strudel. Many of these traditional foods are sold at the Oktoberfest by the three dozen community groups that participate
in, and benefit from, the festival.
The 40th annual Oktoberfest in
2014 netted nearly $1 million,
said Oldiges.
And they brought beer, the
beverage that has defined
Oktoberfest since the first one
in 1810 in the southern German city of Munich to celebrate
the marriage of Prince Ludwig
of Bavaria to Princess Therese
of Saxony-Hildberghausen.
Two small breweries were in
operation by 1869, and one of
them, the Star Brewing Co., later
known as the Wooden Shoe
Brewing Co., lasted until 1953.
A recent attempt to relaunch the
Wooden Shoe brewery failed
in 2012.
No matter. There will be plenty of beer on tap at the Oktoberfest, including major brands like
Jay
Roellgen,
of Tupelo,
Mississippi,
sat in a
chair four
hours to
have his
beard dyed
the colors
of the German flag
during a
recent Oktoberfest.
Roellgen
brought
his mom,
Dorothy
Roellgen,
with him so
she could
visit with
family that
still lives in
the Minster
area.
Budweiser and Samuel Adams,
as well as smaller craft brews.
But the food, the floats, the
beer tray relay race and the
mug hoisting contest, the tuba
and accordion-flavored oompah music, is not what makes
Oktoberfest a special time for
lifelong Minsterite Oldiges. It’s
the way the community pools
its talents and resources to host
it, year after year. It’s the way
families reconvene around it.
“If you don’t know where you
came from, how are you going
to know where you’re going?”
she said. “It’s so important to go
back and reflect and say, ‘Hey,
they figured it out. They did it
and they worked together and
they succeeded.’ In today’s society, you still have to basically
do it the same way, if you want to
get it accomplished.”
Recipes from ‘Minster’s Heart & Heritage Cookbook’
POTATO DUMPLINGS
Start to finish: 4 hours (2 hours active)
Servings: 10
Ingredients:
3 pounds russet potatoes
2 eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour, divided
1/2 cup dry bread crumbs
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Dash pepper
Minced fresh parsley for garnish
Directions:
Place the potatoes in a saucepan and
cover with water; bring to a boil. Reduce
heat; cover and simmer for 30 to 35 minutes
or until tender. Drain well. Refrigerate for 2
hours or overnight.
Peel and grate the cooked and cooled
potatoes. In a bowl, combine the eggs, 3/4
cup flour, bread crumbs, salt, nutmeg and
pepper. Add grated potatoes; mix with
hands until well-blended. Shape into 1 1/2inch balls; roll in remaining 1/4 cup flour.
In large kettle, bring salted water to a
boil. Add the dumplings, a few at a time, to
boiling water. Simmer, uncovered, until the
dumplings rise to the top; cook 2 minutes
longer. Remove dumplings with a slotted
spoon to a serving bowl. Sprinkle with
parsley, if desired.
[Adapted from a recipe from Ronnie
(Brennan) Raible.]
GERMAN-STYLED GREEN BEANS
Start to finish: 1 hour
Serves: 3-4
Ingredients:
1 pound fresh green beans, cut into 2-inch
pieces
3 bacon strips, diced
1 medium onion, quartered and sliced
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground mustard
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
Directions:
Place beans in saucepan and cover with
water; bring to a boil. Cook, uncovered, for
8-10 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain
and set aside.
In a skillet, cook bacon over medium
heat until crisp. Remove to paper towels to
drain, reserving 1 tablespoon of drippings
in the skillet. In the same skillet, sauté
onion in drippings about 5 minutes until
tender.
In a small saucepan, combine the cornstarch, salt, ground mustard and water until
smooth. Stir into onion mixture. Bring to a
boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until
thickened. Stir in brown sugar and vinegar.
Add the beans; heat through. Sprinkle with
bacon bits.
[Adapted from a recipe from Mary
(Woehrmyer) Oldiges.]
GERMAN OATMEAL CAKE
Start to finish: 1 1/2 hours
(40 minutes active)
Serves: 12
Cake Ingredients:
1 cup quick oats
1 cup boiling water
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
1 stick (8 tablespoons) butter
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 eggs
1 cup raisins
Topping Ingredients:
3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon brown sugar
4 tablespoons heavy cream
6 tablespoons melted butter
1 cup sweetened coconut or chopped
walnuts
Cake Directions:
Preheat over to 350 F.
Grease and flour a 9-by-13-inch glass
baking dish.
In a bowl, combine the oats and boiling
water; set aside for 10 minutes.
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour,
salt, baking soda and cinnamon; set
aside.
In a standing mixer, cream together
brown sugar, granulated sugar and butter
until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add
the dry ingredients and mix together until
incorporated. Add soaked oats. Beat in
eggs and raisins. Pour mixture into prepared baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes. Let
cool completely before adding the topping.
Topping Directions:
For the topping, in a small bowl, stir the
brown sugar, cream, butter and coconut or
nuts until combined. Spread on the cooled
cake; place under broiler for 5 minutes or
until brown sugar begins to bubble and
coconut or nuts are evenly browned.
[Adapted from a recipe from Dorothy
(Boerger) Wolf.]
WAINACHSROLLEN
Start to finish: 24 hours (30 minutes active)
Makes: 24 cookies
Ingredients:
4 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 sticks butter (1 cup), melted
1 cup lard, melted
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
3 eggs
8 ounces sliced almonds
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 F.
In a small bowl, whisk together flour,
soda, salt and cinnamon; set aside.
In a large bowl, stir together butter, lard,
brown sugar, granulated sugar and eggs;
blend well. Stir in dry ingredients and almonds. Divide the dough in half. Roll each
portion of dough into 2 logs, about 2 1/2
inches in diameter; wrap in plastic wrap or
waxed paper and refrigerate overnight.
Slice chilled dough into 1/4-inch-thick
rounds. You may also use a cookie stamp,
mold or press on the chilled dough. Bake
for 8-10 minutes. Remove and place on
cookie racks until cool.
[Adapted from a recipe from Ronnie
(Brennan) Raible.]
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GERMAN SAUERBRATEN
(PICKLED BEEF POT ROAST)
Start to finish: 53 hours (1 1/2 hours active)
Servings: 14
Ingredients:
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground ginger
One 4-pound top round roast
2 1/2 cups water
2 cups apple cider vinegar
2 medium onions, sliced
1/3 cup sugar
2 tablespoons pickling spice
1 teaspoon whole peppercorns
8 whole cloves
2 bay leaves
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
14 gingersnap cookies, crushed
Directions:
Combine salt and ginger; rub over roast.
Place the roast in a deep glass bowl. In a
saucepan, combine water, vinegar, onions,
sugar, pickling spices, peppercorns, cloves
and bay leaves; bring to a boil. Pour over
roast; turn to coat. Cover and refrigerate for
2 days, turning twice a day.
Remove roast, reserving marinade. Pat
roast dry.
In a large kettle or Dutch oven, brown
roast on all sides in oil over medium-high
heat. Strain marinade, reserving half of
the onions and seasonings and discarding
the rest. Pour 1 cup of the marinade and
reserved onions and seasonings over roast
(cover and refrigerate remaining marinade
liquid). Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce
heat; cover and simmer for 3 hours or until
meat is tender.
Strain cooking liquid, discarding the
onions and seasonings. Measure liquid; if
necessary, add enough reserved marinade
to equal 3 cups. Pour into a saucepan; bring
to a rolling boil. Add gingersnaps; simmer
until gravy is thickened. Slice roast and
serve with gravy.
[Adapted from a recipe from Ronnie
(Brennan) Raible.]
Rolling by history
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2,000 Feet of Art:
The Portsmouth Murals
According to portsmouthohiomurals.com, after the flood of
1937, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed a floodwall.
In 1992, the city of Portsmouth
placed stars on the river side
of the floodwall, known as the
Portsmouth Wall of Fame, to
honor the accomplishments of
its residents.
That same year, Dr. Louis R.
Chaboudy formed a nonprofit
group to look into the possibility
of having murals painted on the
wall. The first mural was painted
in the spring of 1993 by Robert
Dafford, with Herb Roe as his
assistant. There are 60 murals
reaching 20 feet tall and stretching more than 2,000 feet wide.
“Subjects covered by the
murals span the history of the
area, from the ancient moundbuilding Adena and Hopewell
cultures to modern sporting
events and notable natives,” the
website states.
Photo by Lora Abernathy
By Frank Lewis
If you want to see the Portsmouth murals
in comfort and not have to rub your sore
feet afterwards, or wish you could back
your car up and look at one of them again,
the only way is Segway.
Justin Ridout this summer opened Scioto
Segway in Portsmouth, and you can’t miss
it — literally.
“If you come across the Second Street
bridge from the west side, you’ll run right
into us. We’re right by the Bridge Carryout,”
said Gene Ridout, a familiar face at Scioto
Segway.
In today’s world, lifestyle is everything.
Segway’s line of personal mobility products
allows people to travel conveniently, quickly,
greenly and, most importantly, fashionably.
It’s that two-wheel thing you simply stand on
and let it get you where you want to go.
“We have eight Segway machines and
we rent those out for $30 for the grand tour,”
Ridout said. “Our grand tour consists of
the Ohio River, and you can stop and take
pictures anywhere you want. We run part
of the (Shawnee State University) campus,
so visitors can see what kind of campus we
have. We come back and we tour all the
murals and then we go to Alexandria Park
and tour it.”
Ridout said the tour of the murals by
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themselves, known as the mini tour, is $20.
He said the advantage of using a Segway
for the tour is that tourists can see all of the
murals and not exhaust themselves in the
process.
In addition to comfort, he said, riding a
Segway is fun.
Ridout cautioned the Segway is not a toy.
The price of each machine was $7,500.
He said the Segway “has a mind of its
own.” That’s why renters are required to
watch a short video and put on a helmet,
which they supply, and an orange nylon
vest, before they leave the premises.
“We had the (Portsmouth) Police Department here to look at our safety program and
there was not a problem at all,” Ridout said.
“We want this thing to be safe for everybody. At the same time, we want them to
have fun. That’s what it’s all about.”
People have come from cities such as
Akron, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Ironton and, of
course, Portsmouth.
Scioto Segway is open from noon until
8 or 9 p.m. It’s closed on Monday and
Tuesday.
Photo by Frank Lewis
Gene Ridout of Scioto Segway demonstrates the
fun of touring on a Segway.
“As long as people want to tour this,
we’re going to stay here for them,” Ridout
said. “Normally, if it’s 5 or 6 o’clock (p.m.)
and we don’t have any calls coming in, we’ll
lock it up and go home.”
He said early evening is a good time to
tour the murals on a Segway.
“It’s not hot,” he said. “We provide water
to them. They’ve got their little pouches so
they can take water with them if it’s a hot
day and they get stuck in the heat. Evening
time tours are really nice.”
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Down on the farm
Annual fall festival set for Oct. 14-16
By Sarah Allen
Each October, the Bidwell, Ohio,
community in Gallia County comes
together for an event that brings
new meaning to the phrase “family
farm.”
Bidwell is home to the Bob
Evans Farm and, every year, that
locale plays host to thousands
of people for the annual Farm
Festival.
This year will mark the festival’s 46th year, according to Bob
Evans Senior Farm Manager Clark
Walker. It will be held Oct. 14
through 16.
The three-day event, Walker
added, is designed for families.
“Anything we do here, it’s familyoriented,” he said. “That was very
“Most people
consider this their
farm. They take a
lot of pride in (it).”
— Bob Evans
Senior Farm Manager
Clark Walker
important to Bob Evans.”
The festival will include camping
options, concerts and “all kinds of
fun things for kids,” Walker said,
such as hog races and “pumpkins
galore.”
Last year, festival-goer Rhonda
Gray from Akron, Ohio, told Salt
magazine she brought her grandkids. She had first come to the
festival three years ago. Gray
described the festival as a “fun
day to get out a little before it
gets cold.”
“It’s wide open and there’s
plenty of room to get around,”
she added.
Similarly, Jennifer Thompson,
from Barboursville, West Virginia, said in 2015, “It’s my first
time. I’ve heard a lot of people
at work talk about it.”
Thompson added that her
“favorite thing is looking at the
crafts.” She also said that “there
is so much for younger kids to
do.”
The original purpose of the
annual festival, Walker said, is
best summarized by an old
jingle used by the Bob Evans
company: “‘A place in the
country where people can see
/ Down on the farm how it used
to be.’ ”
As an example, Walker said, a
sorghum mill will be open during the festival.
And while the festival has
deep-set roots, Walker said the
event has also “grown in many
ways and tapped into different
markets through the years.”
But, even as the years pass,
there is one thing that has not
changed: The sense of community surrounding the “family
farm,” Walker said. “That’s what
we have to do, is continue those
traditions.”
Ultimately, Walker said the
festival is a way the Bob Evans
company gives back to that
community that it values so
highly and that is so intricately
woven into its story.
“Most people consider this
their farm,” Walker said. “They
take a lot of pride in (it).”
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Ingredients:
5 1/2 cups tart apples, thinly sliced
1/4 cup apple cider or apple juice
1/3 cup apple jelly, melted
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon tapioca
1/8 teaspoon salt
Pastry for double-crusted pie (9 inch)
2 tablespoons butter
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Preheat oven to 400 F.
Combine apples, cider and jelly. Combine sugar, flour, tapioca
and salt. Add to apple mixture and toss gently to coat. Let stand 15
minutes.
Add to crust; dot with butter.
Bake for 20 minutes. Use crust shield or aluminum foil on edge to
prevent burning.
After 20 minutes, remove shield or foil. Bake 30-35 minutes longer
or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool on wire rack.
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GALLIA COUNTY, OH
MEIGS COUNTY, OH
Oct. 1
Gabe’s Race 5K, 9 a.m. to noon, Holzer Clinic Sycamore Branch, 1051 Fourth Ave., Gallipolis.
Send registration to Gabe’s Race, 2160 Eastern
Ave., Gallipolis, OH 45631. Call Tera Stewart at
740-446-3580.
Sept. 15-17
Sternwheel River Fest. Visit facebook.com/
pomeroysternwheel or meigscountytourism.
com.
Oct. 14-16
Bob Evans Farm Festival, 791 Farmview Road,
Bidwell. Call 800-994-3276 or visit bobevans.
com/aboutus/the-farm/farmfestival.
Sept. 17-18
St. Mary’s International Festival, downtown
Portsmouth. Food featured from around the
world. Call 740-354-4551.
Oct. 15
Rockets over Rio, 9:30-10:30 p.m., University
of Rio Grande, Bob Evans Hall Parking Lot,
Rio Grande. Sponsored by the village of Rio
Grande. Call 740-245-5822.
Sept. 22
Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. with Leonard, Coleman and Blunt, 7:30 p.m., Vern Riffe Center
for the Arts, 940 Second St., Portsmouth. Call
740-351-3600, email info@vrcfa.com or visit
vrcfa.com.
Nov. 5
The Ohio Valley Symphony presents “Oboes
on the Ohio” featuring Dwight Parry, principal
oboist of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra,
7:30 p.m., Ariel-Ann Carson Dater Performing
Arts Centre, 428 Second Ave., Gallipolis. Call
740-446-2787 (ARTS) or visit arieltheatre.org or
ohiovalleysymphony.org.
Nov. 10
The Gallia Soil & Water Conservation District
Annual Banquet, First Church of the Nazarene,
1110 First Ave., Gallipolis. Visit galliaswcd.com.
MASON COUNTY, WV
Sept. 17
Annual Fall Bend Area CARE Catfish Tournament, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mason levy. Contact
Elvis Zerkle at 304-812-6254 or elvis.zerkle@
icl-group.com.
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Sept. 17-18
Mothman Festival, 400 Main St., Point Pleasant.
Visit mothmanfestival.com.
Sept. 24
Dragon Boat Festival, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Krodel
Park, Point Pleasant. Sponsored by the Point
Pleasant River Museum. Call 304-674-0144,
email museum@pprivermuseum.com or visit
pprivermuseum.com.
Oct. 1-2
Country Fall Festival, WV State Farm Museum,
1458 Fairground Road, Point Pleasant. Call 304675-5737, email wvsfm@wvfarmmuseum.org or
visit wvfarmmuseum.org.
Oct. 7-9
Battle Days, Tu-Endie-Wei State Park and Main
Street, Point Pleasant.
Oct. 28-30
Harvest Fest and All Hallows Eve Encampment,
Fort Randolph at Krodel Park, Point Pleasant.
Nov. 5
Antique Tractor Pull, 1 p.m., WV State Farm
Museum, 1458 Fairground Road, Point Pleasant.
Call 304-675-5737, email wvsfm@wvfarmmuseum.org or visit wvfarmmuseum.org.
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Sept. 24-25
Lucasville Trade Days, Scioto County Fairgrounds, 1193 Fairground Road, Lucasville. Call
937-728-6643 or visit lucasvilletradedays.com.
Sept. 30
The 18th annual Scioto Brush Creek Day, 9:30
a.m. to 1 p.m., Otway Covered Bridge.
Sept. 30-Oct.2
The 35th annual old-fashioned Sorghum Makin’,
8721 Pond Creek/Cary’s Run Road, Portsmouth.
Call 740-259-6337.
Oct. 8
Scioto County Habitat for Humanity Fall Ball,
6-11 p.m., Friends Community Center, Portsmouth. Contact Nancy Donini at 740-858-5429
or ndonini1952@gmail.com.
Oct. 9
Portsmouth Wind Symphony concert, 3 p.m.,
Vern Riffe Center for the Arts, 940 Second St.,
Portsmouth. Visit portsmouthwindsymphony.
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Oct. 12
“Once,” 7:30 p.m., Vern Riffe Center for the Arts,
940 Second St., Portsmouth. Call 740-351-3600,
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Oct. 15
SOMC’s Paint It Pink 5K to benefit the Cancer
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Nov. 3
Morehead Percussion Ensemble, 7:30 p.m.,
Vern Riffe Center for the Arts, 940 Second St.,
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Nov. 4
Red Cross Dancing With Our Stars Kick-Off,
5-7 p.m., Friends Community Center. Call the
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Nov. 12
Raven Rock Ash Dash. Help stomp out tobacco
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