Popcorn is like a blank canvas and Daniel Bradshaw’s having fun being an artist with his new gourmet popcorn company, Punchline. With a variety of uniquely-named flavors like Are You Nuts (peanut butter), Let’s Taco ‘Bout It (taco), and LoL (lavender with a hint of lemon), Punchline is all about keeping things fun and different. […]
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Laipply’s Celebrates 50 Years in Marion
For 50 years, Laipply’s Printing and Marketing Solutions, Inc. has been serving the needs of the Marion community. Ron and Effie Laipply started the company and now a second generation of the family serves the community. “Marion has been good to us – and they still are today!” Ron Laipply exclaims. The Family’s Beginning Effie […]
Memories of the Isaly Shoppe and Dairy
One family with an entrepreneurial spirit created thousands of local jobs, invented the Klondike bar and served up meals and memories to many residents. The Isaly family evolved with the changing times by providing fresh milk during World War I, steady employment during the Great Depression, affordable meals at lunch counters in the 1950s and […]
Volunteers Fill Trunks and Bellies with Tons of Produce
For about a decade, dozens of volunteers come to Waldo on the first Friday morning of each month to help local people in need fill up a trunk with free, fresh produce from the Mid-Ohio Food Collective. “Every month, we get between 8,000 and 12,000 pounds of produce,” said volunteer Jim Wellhausen of Cardington. While […]
Sweet Memories of Crum’s Strawberry Farm
Generations of Marion residents have fond memories of annual trips to Crum’s Farm to pick fresh, red, ripe strawberries. “I remember going there with my mom to pick strawberries. [It was the] best time ever and the strawberries tasted so good!” said Sheila Thomas. “Our annual St. Mary kindergarten field trip to Crum’s was a […]
Recycled Wood Brings New Products to reMARCAble Store
Randy Boldman of Caledonia and his colleagues turn trash into treasure – sometimes literally. “We find furniture on the side of the road. We sometimes follow the trash man around to save pieces. We are regulars at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore! We also use old wooden skids,” said Boldman. Boldman and several others paint, […]
