Hocking Hills Messenger

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10th edition
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MARCH 2015

Betty Shaw, Sales & Marketing blshockinghillsmessenger@yahoo.com 740-380-3744

7th Annual

AG DAYS

Cabin Fever? Join us April 11th - 12th, 2015 Hocking County Fairgrounds 150 N. Homer Ave. Logan, OH. Free Admission For the Largest Agriculture
Show in Hocking County. Featuring Events for all ages.

Visit the Displays & Vendors in the Extension Bldg, and

information on times for all events and seminars.

Opening Ceremony, Saturday at 9AM at the Flag Pole.

Flag Raising by The Boy Scouts

Special presentation to the families in memory of Neil Shaw.
You can smell the aroma of Kettle Corn, Soup Beans over the fire, Homemade Cracklings, Homemade Ice Cream made with a running Hit & Miss Engine and more. Food available by 4-H and
Junior Leaders. Learn how to spin wool, learn how honey is made to visiting the Blacksmiths and go back in time of farming with Antique Tractors, Threshing Machine & Hit Miss Engines
Tractor Parade Saturday at 4:00pm. line up at 3:30pm., Sunday at 3:00pm. line up at 2:30pm.
Displays and Vendors visit in the Extension Building.
Saw Mill sawing logs ran by Steam Engines, you might just see Smokey The Bear on Sunday afternoon. Rope making, shelling corn the old fashion
way, Broom Making to Demostrating cutting out Rolling Pins.
Garden Tractor Pull to Horseshoe Tournaments, Childrens Area featuring COSI, Pony Rides to Train Rides and a Livestock area with small to large
animals. 4-H Food Booth with FFA at Work in the different areas. Childrens Coin Toss Find will be Saturday & Sunday at 1:00 PM.
Hocking Valley Blue Grass Boys band will perform Saturday & Sunday at 12:00pm. Saturday At 3:00pm Persuaded Awaken will peform in the Shelter
House.
Sunday morning April 12th Sunday Worship Service with Iris Conrad in the Soil & Water Conservation Building.
We will be having baby pigs, calves, sheep, llamas, and milk goats and many more.

Be sure to check out our list of Sponsors & Times of events at the BIG WHITE TENT.

Daniel VanWormer Agency

Come see us
at AG Days in the
Big White Tent!

Great price
Low Down Payment Option
Affordable Payment plans
Friendly & Professional Staff

Daniel T VanWormer

vanword1@nationwide.com

(740) 385-3036
NEW LOCATION:

78 West Main St., Logan, OH 43138

Same Staff & Servie You have
trusted for years!

HILLSIDE

Bulk food store in

Laurelville, OH. Over 100
spices in stock, featuring
Holmes County meats,
cheeses, and candies.

Check out
our new arrivals:

Whole Green House Specials,

Hanging Baskets, Flowers,
Late April Through Summer

Country Store
10244 St. Rt. 180 Laurelville, OH

740.655.3600

26th Annual Spring Farm

Consignment Auction
Saturday April 18th Sale Time: 10 AM

Please go to our website www.foltzag.com to see

our full line of equipment and services available.
New & Used Tractors & Equipment
Parts for most brands of Tractors, Combines
& Equipment

740-569-7351

8290 Bremen Road SE Just West of Bremen

12930 State Route 664 Logan, OH 43138

(740) 385-1878
SUN-SAT 6-10

Since 1978,
serving the finest
in German and
American cuisine.
Reservations Recommended

123 W. Main St Somerset, OH 43783

(740) 743-1326 www.clayhaus.com
Recommended by Ohio Magazine & Columbus Dispatch

Easter
Buffet:

Ham, Fried Chicken, with all the trimmings

11:00 AM. - 3:00 PM. Reservations Suggested.

The Hocking Hills

Messenger Gift Shop
4 East Hunter Street Logan, OH

Fine China
Portraits By Bud
Schrader photography
Cards & Stationary
Oil Paintings By Nancy
Huntsberger
Fair Trade Item Gifts

Fine Hand Crafted Jewelry

Unique Leather Jewelry
Blue Diamond Glassworks
Jewelry
Wind Chimes
Candies
Other Fine Items & Gifts

Wind Chime Shop, Christmas Treasures,

& Hocking Hills Candle Works

740-380-3744

29205 ILESBORO RD
Logan, Ohio 43138

Now taking orders for Easter Candy.

Opening April 1st, 2015

Monday - Saturday 10am to 5pm
Sunday 12pm to 4pm

Phone: 740-385-9537

Working Together ...

... Making It Happen!
Enjoy a leisurely ride on an old-time passenger train
traveling along the Hocking River through Southeast Ohio

800-967-7834
For tickets & info
www.hvsry.org

Easter Train Rides :

Saturday April, 4 - 10: AM. - 1: PM.
Children under 3 years old free.
Order Tickets on line or at the Depot.

www.southcentralpower.com
2780 Coonpath Road in Lancaster
(740) 653-4422 or 1-800-282-5064

April 1st, 2015

Ralphs Ice Cream will be moving their
food service to the diner, their $6.50
menu consist of your choice, Hamburger,
All Beef Hot Dog, Beef Bar-B-Q, BLT,
Johnsonville Brats, All Beef Hebrew
Bologna, Includes French Fries, Pickle
Spear & Drink.
Large Menu of of other Sandwiches,
Wraps, Club Sandwiches, & Reuben
Sandwich. Plate Lunches, Homemade
Meat Loaf, Bake Steak, Beef & Noodles,
Homemade Mashed Potatoes, &
Vegetables.
Foot Long Hot Dogs with Special Sauce.
Root Beer Floats, Milk Shakes, & Malts

OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK:

M-F 8:30-4:30
Sat 8:30-12:00

www.michelsiron.com

and

3 Pancakes, choice of
Meat & Coffee
Two Eggs, choice of
Meat, Toast & Coffee

Full Breakfast Menu

Aluminum
Scrap Steel
Copper
And much more...
See website for details

ADIA ACRES High Family Satisfaction Survey

C
R
A nursing
Respite Care

Two $5.00 each

Breakfast Specials:

We accept the following:

rehabilitation center
Skilled Nursing At Its Finest

Hours 6:00 AM - 8:00 PM, 7 Days A Week

26784 US. Highway 33, Rock Bridge, Ohio

For more information,

contact:

Charlotte Deibie
20017 St. Rt 93 South
Logan, Ohio 43138

Term Care
Long
Term Rehab
Short
Hospice
Services

Now Accepting Respiratory

and Ventilator Patients

(740) 385-2461

Health Awareness

Happy
Easter!

Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc.

facebook.com/FairHoPeHospice

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(740) 654-7077

fairhopehospice.org

(800) 994-7077

For those that are non horse people this event is open to all
Friends, Family, Bicyclist & Hikers. You can attend any or all
of the functions, there are cabins in the area at Lake Hope
and also camping if you would like to stay.
This event is a fundraiser to help put the Bridge in across
Raccoon Creek to the Moonville Tunnel, The Bridge will be
dedicated in Neil Shaws Name. This was very dear to him!!
We will be accepting donated items for the Auction, even
Baked Items! We are also selling T-Shirts with Neils picture
in front of the Tunnel, Early Bird Special, $14.00 XX will be
a slight higher. There will be Youth, Small, Medium, Large, &
Extra Large, in colors of Blue & Black.
For orders or Auction Items please call: Betty Shaw, 740-3855306 or Bob Williams, 740-385-1989.
If you would like we can tour the Moonville Tunnel or visit
Hope School with history of the Moonville Town and Tunnel,
please call Betty for Tour, 740-385-5306.
We will be selling Advance Ticket Sales for the Bands, $15.00
or can be purchase at gate, Children 12 & under free,
12 & over $5.00.
Saturday May 14, we will be having a Auction starting at
6PM. Food available for purchase. Two Big Bands starting right after the Auction, The Famous The Band Keesey
& Ben Davis Band Uncle Bucks has a riding Stable if
you would like to book a ride, Please contact Uncle Bucks
you can pull their information up on the web or contact Betty
Shaw for more info, 740-385-5306

We support AG DAYS.

Carroll
Farm Service
Custom Mix Feeds

All types of animal feeds available

16072 Water St,
Laurelville, OH 43135

(740) 332-2251

Vickroys Disposal
Residential
740.385.0504
Commercial

Weekly Pick-Up
Monthly Billing
10, 20, and 30 Yard Roll
Off Containers Available.

Accepting New Customers

in Hocking and Southern
Perry County!

Thank you to all of our customer for

helping our business grow.

Happy Easter!!

FIREWOOD
Split Mixed
Hardwoods 18 Long
Pick-Up or Delivered
(delivery extra
special cuts available)

$65 / TON
LAURELVILLE FIREWOOD
15952 SR 56 E. Laurelville, OH

12790 Grey St.

Logan, OH 43138

740.385.5341

www.millstonebbqq.com

(740) 332-8515

Rushcreek Feed
& Supply Co., Inc

Gates, Feeders, Farm supplies, Livestock

Equipment, Carharts, Farm Boy & Farm
Girl Clothing, Wood Pellet Fuel.

103 S. Broad St. Bremen, OH

740-569-4105
Happy Easter!

Visit our

Happy Easter!

Pub

For Burgers, Prime

Rib Sandwiches,
Subs, Steaks,
Seafood & More:
Full Service
Lounge &
Craft Beer

See Our Full Menu at: www.hockinghillsgolfclub.com

14405 Country Club Lane Logan (740) 385-8966

Tell Them Before it is Too Late

by Rick Schneider
I received an invitation to my Aunt Ruths 90th birthday party.
No presents, just your presence, please. It read. The only
thing that my Aunt Ruth wanted for her birthday was for
people to show up and enjoy themselves. She was always
a great conversationalist and all she wanted for her birthday
was to talk to family and friends. She got her wish.
My Aunt, Ruth Loftus, was a very proper woman who
knew how things should be. She never corrected any of her
nieces or nephews directly but would say, I dont know about
that. If we mentioned that we wanted to do something that
she didnt approve of. Of all of my aunts, Aunt Ruth stood
out above the rest. And as I was soon to find out, all of my
cousins felt the same way.
I have to admit that Ive been to a lot of birthday parties.
This one was one of the best and by far the most memorable.
It was held in the Community Center in the Village of
Greenhills. Both the location and the weather were perfect.
In attendance were not only a nice percentage of her
nieces and nephews, but also the people with whom she
worked with many years ago. I was surprised to see so
many people she knew in her working life attending since
by this time Aunt Ruth had been retired for over 25 years.
It was great for me to visit with so many of my cousins at
one time on a happy occasion. So many times I only get to
see them during someones Calling Hours. This was a nice,
unhurried, time to visit with everyone.
After the fellowship and dinner, it was about time to leave.
My Aunt Ruths only child, Patty, stood up and thanked
everyone for coming to wish her mom a happy birthday.
Then she mentioned that since there was such a wide
variety of people present who knew her mom from different
areas of her life that, Why dont we start at my right and
just mention a favorite short story about Mom, a pleasant
memory, or just simply how you knew her.
That simple little request turned into two hours of joy
as people who worked with Aunt Ruth, neighbors from the
old neighborhood and all of us cousins told short stories of
my aunt. One of my cousins mentioned how they werent
allowed in the Living Room because it was for Company.
Aunt Ruth didnt want that room tore up. We all roared with
laughter, because each cousin could relate to that. Another
cousin added how, when they would visit Aunt Ruth, their
dad would pull over about a block away and remind them
to stay out of the Living Room. Past office mates told how
Aunt Ruth, as an accounting firms office manager, was very
strict and didnt let even the slightest error slide by. But she
corrected an employee in such a way that it was almost
like a compliment. The stories kept coming as at least sixty
people told their own stories of Aunt Ruth.
We were so involved in what was going on I dont think
anyone realized that the Community Center staff had cleaned
off the tables, put everything away and many had left for the
evening. We had overextended our welcome by quite a bit. As
we all left the conversation continued in the parking lot. That
event had stirred everyones memories of growing up. It was a
unifying event not only with my family but everyone who knew
Ruth Loftus. And I think it overwhelmed her daughter Patty.
She never expected that everyone would have something to

Hocking County

Shopping & Activity Destination

Weavers Market & Deli

Hours:

Mon - Thurs: 10-5

Fri - Sat: 10-6
Closed Sunday

12803 St. Rt. 664

South, Logan

740-380-6901

Amish Meat, Cheeses, Jams

& Fresh Brown Eggs Meat
and Cheese Tray Available
Colored Melting Chocolates, Candy Oils, Hard Candy & Lollipop Molds.

Happy Easter!!

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One-Way Only

$10 Plus tax & fees

Our New Location, 4 East Main Street Logan, OH

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12791 St. Rt. 664

South, Logan, OH

740-385-1000
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say and that it would have such a positive effect on everyone

present.
One of the nice things about telling someone how much
they mean to you, especially during a birthday party, is that
it is a happy occasion, Someone always remembers a funny
story about the person. I noticed that as everyone shared
stories about my aunt; no one mentioned anything about her
possessions or beautiful house. Well, except for maybe her
Living Room that was saved for Company. For the most part,
the stories were about her and her positive affect on people.
She loved it and so did her daughter.
On the way home I got to thinking why do we wait until
the Calling Hours to reminisce about someones life. Why
dont we do it while they can hear it and enjoy it like we did
for Aunt Ruth? Maybe at the next birthday party you attend
for someone in your family, or a life-long friend, why not ask
everyone to share a short story, a brief memory, or simply
say how they met the person? It will be a joy to all present,
especially the guest of honor and their family.