Our Generation's Magazine - September

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Magazine West Central Ohio’s magazine for the mature reader our our Generation’s Generation’s FREE FREE September 2011 Volume 9, Issue 9 BEST OF THE BEST Farmers market offer more than just fresh vegetables HIS LOVE STORY Alzheimer's can't stop Harold Beckett CARVED IN STONE A Valentine that kept on giving

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Our Generation's Magazine, September 2011

Transcript of Our Generation's Magazine - September

Page 1: Our Generation's Magazine - September

MagazineWest Central Ohiorsquos magazine for the mature reader

ourourGenerationrsquosGenerationrsquos

FREEFREE

September 2011Volume 9 Issue 9

BEST OF THE BESTFarmers market offer more than just fresh vegetables

HIS LOVE STORY Alzheimers cant stop Harold Beckett

CARVED IN STONEA Valentine that kept on giving

Our Generationrsquos MagazineEditorial

LifestyleSpecial Sections EditorAdrienne McGee419-993-2072amcgeelimanewscombull Contact Adrienne McGee if you have a story idea

or if you see an error of fact

advErtisingFor information on advertising in this publication

contactLocal DisplayAdvertising ManagerNatalie BuzzardnbuzzardlimanewscomorRegional DisplayClassified Advertising ManagerSteve Becksbecklimanewscom

Our Generationrsquos Magazine is published monthly by The Lima News by the first of every month Address correspon-dence to The Lima News 3515 Elida Road Lima OH 45807 Attn Our Generationrsquos Magazine

Our Generationrsquos Magazine is available free at libraries supermarkets retail stores assisted living center hospitals and other outlets

Our Generationrsquos Magazine all rights reserved No portion of Our Generationrsquos Magazine may be reproduced without the written consent of the publisher of The Lima News

Volume 8 Issue 9

On The CoverRick and Joanne Kabara sell a multitude of fresh vegetables

every Wednesday at the farmers market at St Ritas Medical

Center in Lima

mdash Photo by Jay SowersThe Lima News

Generationrsquosour FEaturEs

Fresh from the farm 12By Kim Kincaid

His love story 16By Christina Ryan Claypool

Carved in stone 20By Jeanne Porreca

dEpartmEntsYour Money 4Seasonings 6Sports Spot 8At Our Age QampA 10Day Tripping 18Events calendar 22

CommEntaryOn My Mind 3By Adrienne McGee

Portrait 14By Jill Campbell

For FunCrossword 5

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How many tomatoes have you

been offered at work Enough to supply your churchrsquos upcom-ing spaghetti sup-per

At my work these days there is always a nice collection of veggies in the breakroom And by the mailboxes And by the other mailboxes You get the picture

And they keep coming tucked under the arms of workers or toted in via plastic shopping bags People bring them to share eager to help others enjoy fresh produce

Therersquos a sense of pride involved and rightly so These veg-etable growers have done something momentous They have cre-ated food where before there was no food Before you giggle consider what needs to be done here First you need to plan What vegetables will you attempt What gear do you need Will you buy starts or start your own from seed

And thatrsquos just the beginning Vegetable growers mdash really growers of anything mdash need to make a commitment These folks need to commit to that plant to tend it through the season watering as needed weeding as needed protecting from vermin as needed Mid May to mid August does not simply go by in the wink of an eye Every day that plant needs something from you to be truly productive

And letrsquos face it Not everyone has such a maternalistic nature I am always terribly excited about spring when it comes eager

to get to the garden center and plant some annuals I especially enjoy containers mdash I have two large pots and several other smaller ones scattered around the house This year I tried my luck with a tomato plant a bell pepper plant and some Greek oregano in addition to the usual flowers

The tomato Toast The pepper The fruits are so tiny theyrsquore about worthless The Greek oregano is the only thing that really made it and at one particularly hot stretch this summer I thought it was a goner for sure I love the process but it seems like something always goes wrong (That usually involves me doing something dumb like skipping the watering can when they really need a drink My mother who has the greenest of green thumbs shakes her head in dismay)

Growing vegetables does not come easy to me so I look for-ward to opportunities to buy fresh locally grown goods The many farmers markets in the area fit my needs perfectly mdash and the needs of many others See this monthrsquos cover story to read more about farmers markets how they work and where theyrsquore located if yoursquove never made a visit

And you can sleep at night knowing that zucchini rode but a few miles from field to plate instead of something grown good-ness knows where That makes that zucchini bread you made taste just that much better

On my mind

Adrienne McGee

LifestyleSpecialSectionsEditor

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If yoursquore a woman who owns a business yoursquove got plenty of company In fact women own more than 10 million US companies and women-owned businesses account for about

40 percent of all privately held firms in the US according to the Center for Womenrsquos Business Research Clearly the good news is that women like you are entering the small-business arena at a rapid pace The not-so-good news is that you may be facing a retirement savings gap in comparison to male business owners

According to the US Small Business Administrationrsquos Office of Advocacy 194 percent of male business owners have 401(k) or similar plans compared with just 155 percent of women owners

The percentage of female business owners with Individual Retirement Accounts is about the same as that of male business owners mdash but the men have more money in their accounts The average womanrsquos IRA balance is about $51000 compared with $91000 for men according to a recent report by the Employee Benefit Research Institute Although these figures change con-stantly with the ebbs and flow of the market the difference between the genders remains significant

Women should set up a retirement plan for your business But for many women business owners the perceived cost of setting

up and running a retirement plan has been an obstacle However the retirement plan market has opened up for small business owners over the past several years

Owner-only 401(k) mdash This plan is available to self-employed individuals and business owners with no full-time employees other than themselves or a spouse You may even be able to choose a Roth option for your 401(k)

SEP IRA mdash If you have just a few employees or are self-employed with no employees you may want to consider this Yoursquoll fund the plan with tax-deductible contributions and you must cover all eligible employees

Solo defined benefit plan mdash This plan has high contribution lim-its and your contributions are typically tax-deductible

SIMPLE IRA mdash A SIMPLE IRA as its name suggests is easy to set up and maintain and it can be a good plan if your business has fewer than 10 employees

As a business owner you spend a lot of time thinking about what needs to be done today but you donrsquot want to forget about tomorrow mdash so consider putting a retirement plan to work for you soon

Courtesy Edward Jones

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

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DAILY

MORE VALUEFOR YOUR

BUYING $$

STOP BYAND

SEE US

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IT WErsquoLL TRY TO FIND IT FOR YOU

JUST LIKEAN

OLD FASHIONEDTRADING

POST

We BUYSELL and

TRADEgoods of all

types

OUTDOOR FLEA MARKET amp EMPORIUM

528 NWashington StDelphos

Right on the corner of 5th St and N Washington St next to Bellmanrsquos Party Shop

and across the street from the Pizza Hut

419-692-0044

WErsquoRE NOT AN ANTIQUE STORE WE BUY - SELL amp TRADE WErsquoRE AN ANYTHING YOU NEED STORE

STOP BY amp SEE WHAT WE HAVE STOCK CHANGES DAILY

NEW

NEWMERCHANDISE

DAILY

MORE VALUEFOR YOUR

BUYING $$

STOP BYAND

SEE US

STOCK CHANGES DAY TO DAYIF YOU WANT IT AND WE DONrsquoT HAVE

IT WErsquoLL TRY TO FIND IT FOR YOU

JUST LIKEAN

OLD FASHIONEDTRADING

POST

We BUYSELL and

TRADEgoods of all

types

OUTDOOR FLEA MARKET amp EMPORIUM

528 NWashington StDelphos

Right on the corner of 5th St and N Washington St next to Bellmanrsquos Party Shop

and across the street from the Pizza Hut

419-692-0044

WErsquoRE NOT AN ANTIQUE STORE WE BUY - SELL amp TRADE WErsquoRE AN ANYTHING YOU NEED STORE

STOP BY amp SEE WHAT WE HAVE STOCK CHANGES DAILY

NEW

NEWMERCHANDISE

DAILY

MORE VALUEFOR YOUR

BUYING $$

STOP BYAND

SEE US

STOCK CHANGES DAY TO DAYIF YOU WANT IT AND WE DONrsquoT HAVE

IT WErsquoLL TRY TO FIND IT FOR YOU

JUST LIKEAN

OLD FASHIONEDTRADING

POST

We BUYSELL and

TRADEgoods of all

types

Right on the corner of 5th St and N Washington StJust look for the Sign

STOCK CHANGES DAY TO DAY IF YOU WANT IT AND WE

DONrsquoT HAVE IT WErsquoLL TRY TO FIND IT FOR YOU

419-692-0044

DELPHOSTRADINGPOST

OUTDOOR FLEA MARKETand

At the Delphos Trading Post one manrsquos unwanted items are another manrsquos treasure So what wersquove done is give you a place where you can bring your unwanted treasures and trade them for something you might like or cash We buy sell and trade just about anything that is in good shape and has a market value We also buy and sell fire arms gold and silver antiques and collectibles so come see us at the Delphos Trading Post and let us help your dollars go further

Did You Know The items collectors collect may be antique or simply collectible Antiques are collectible items at least 100 years old collectibles are not as old as antiques and may even be new Collectors and dealers may use the word vintage to describe older collectibles Most collectibles are man-made commercial items but some private collectors collect natural objects such as birdsrsquo eggs butterflies rocks and seashells Some collectors collect only in childhood while others continue to do so throughout their lives and usually modify their aims later in life

In general items of significance beauty value or interest that are too young to be considered antiques fall into the category of collectibles Some collectibles are limited editions and some are new but many of them have been around for decades So if you are looking for a profitable hobby start collecting Good Luck and Good Fortune

Your Money

Women business owners need retirement plans

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OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

Across1 Boitorsquos Mefistofele eg6 High-five eg10 Strong fiber14 Boredom15 Engine sound16 Advil target17 Phrases with two meanings 20 Kind of palm21 Chair part22 Accost 23 Away25 Opera star26 Willy ___ former West

Germany chancellor 29 Shrewish 33 Back muscle familiarly34 Theological rationalism 36 Parkinsonrsquos treatment 37 Father of Balder39 Appliance that removes

moisture 41 Move through water 42 Drunk in slang44 Baddies46 ldquo___ Ngrdquo (They Might Be

Giants song)47 Nighttime travel stop (2 wd)

49 Ryegrass 51 Pay (up)52 Quakerrsquos ldquoyourdquo53 Feral feline56 Chinese ldquowayrdquo57 Galileorsquos birthplace61 Novocaine for one (2 wd) 64 1968 Chemistry Nobelist

Onsager65 Copper66 ldquoI give uprdquo67 Astringent68 ___ bag69 Character

Down1 Resting places2 Dwarf buffalo 3 Like a bug in a rug4 Induce to commit perjury 5 Black gold6 Floor it7 Air bag8 ldquoA jealous mistressrdquo Emerson9 Blend beforehand 10 ___ National Monument in

SD 11 ldquoGodrsquos Little ___rdquo

Justforfun12 The Beatlesrsquo ldquo___ Leaving

Homerdquo13 Makeup eg18 Flying high19 Romance eg24 ldquoThatrsquos ___ rdquo25 Molecule consisting of two

identical simpler molecules 26 Flower27 AMFM device28 Inclined29 Victory hand gesture 30 Hawkeye31 Gumption32 Muslim porter 35 O Henry device38 Tumor 40 Extremely popular43 Drivel45 Edrsquos request (acronym)48 All together50 Feel remorse for52 Spoonful say53 ___ podrida

54 Black shade55 Almond56 Camping gear58 Allergic reaction59 Fodder holder60 Air force heroes62 ldquoThe Matrixrdquo hero63 Cast

Crossword Answer

6 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Seasonings

Roasted red pepper and apricot relishPhoto courtesy of CIA

Relish summer all winter long

Courtesy of CIA

We wait all winter anxious to savor the fresh flavors of sum-merrsquos harvest It doesnrsquot get any better than delighting in fresh fruit and produce picked straight out of the garden

or from local farm stands With so much being harvested at once you canrsquot help thinking how wonderful it would be if we were able to have some of summerrsquos bounty to enjoy in the dead of winter

The chefs at the CIA suggest you set yourself up for winter this year by taking a little time to put up some of your favorite things by making relish with them According to The Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink the word relish first appeared in English in 1798

7

from the Middle English for a ldquotasterdquo and is derived from the French word reles ldquosomething remainingrdquo In the United States we refer to many relishes that are pickle-based but our ancestors also realized that a good way to use up the wealth of fruits and vegeta-bles available in summer was to put them up in jars of relish

ldquoAllow your washed jars to come up to room temperature before placing them in boiling water to sanitize so you donrsquot risk cracking the glassrdquo says CIA Chef Dwayne LiPuma ldquoWhen you take them out be mindful not to place them on a cold surface place them on a towel to keep them saferdquo

The flavor and color combinations in this vibrant Roasted Red Pepper and Apricot Relish are so wonderful yoursquoll want to double the recipe and have plenty on hand to spread on whole wheat crackers or to liven up a simple roast turkey sandwich as the weather turns cold and snowy

Sterilizing Jars for PreservingYou will need a pot deep enough to hold the tallest jar you plan

to use with another 3 to 4 inches of space between the top of the jar and the top of the pot

Clean the jars lids and rings well with hot soapy water and rinse well in hot water

Put the pot on a burner and place a canning rack or folded towel in the bottom of the pot

Fill the jars with hot water and put them in the pot (they should sit steadily on the rack or towel and should not touch each other) Add enough additional hot water to cover the jars by 1 inch Add the lids to the pot you can also add the rings if desired

Bring the water to a boil over high heat After it reaches a boil continue to boil for 10 minutes longer

Use canning tongs to lift the jars out of the hot water pour out the water and set them on a flat towel-lined surface Remove the lids and rings and put them on the towel too The jars are ready to fill

It is important to fill the jars when the jars are still hot Do not overfill the jars Fill to the top of the first ring from the bottom

Use the same pot you used to sterilize the jars add the rack or a folded towel as before and put the pot on a burner Put the filled and sealed jars into the pot (If the jars are small and might bang against each other as you process them in boiling water you may want to wrap a cloth around each jar to keep them safe) Add enough hot water to completely cover the jars

Bring the water to a boil and boil the relish for 10 minutes (the time will vary for other recipes depending upon the ingredient you are processing refer to your recipe) Turn off the heat under the pot Let the jars cool in the hot water bath for 1 hour Lift the jars from the water with canning tongs and set them on a towel-lined counter

Check the seals to be sure that they are tight Leave the jars undisturbed As they cool you should hear a pop as a vacuum seal forms If a jar doesnrsquot seal keep it refrigerated and try to eat is within a week

The following recipe has been adapted from The Culinary Insti-tute of Americarsquos Vegetables cookbook (2007 Lebhar Friedman) which is available at bookstores nationwide or at wwwciaprochefcomfbibookshtml

Roasted Red Pepper and Apricot RelishMakes 2 cups1 tablespoon olive oil 12 cup minced red onions 12 teaspoon minced garlic 34 cup minced roasted red bell peppers 14 cup minced dried apricots 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar plus as needed 1 teaspoon honey mustard 2 to 3 drops hot sauce as needed Salt and pepper as needed 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley Heat a sauteacute pan over medium heat Add the oil and heat until

the surface ripples Add the onions and garlic and sauteacute stirring frequently until tender and translucent about 2 minutes

Add the peppers apricots 1 tablespoon vinegar and mustard and sauteacute until the vinegar evaporates Remove from heat Season to taste with the hot sauce additional vinegar salt and pepper Add the parsley just before serving Serve at room temperature or chilled

Nutrition Analysis per 1-ounce serving 35 calories 0g protein 5g carbohydrate 15g fat 35mg sodium 0mg cholesterol less than 1g dietary fiber

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OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

Letrsquos reminisceEvery Wednesday is a blast from the past

in The Lima News

8 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Out of all the players Jim Martz scouted in his 30-plus years as a Major League talent evaluator the one that he had to travel the shortest distance to see is the subject

of this and next monthrsquos installments Thatrsquos because Brad Kom-minsk was arguably the best athlete ever to come out of Shawnee High School

Martz who is equipped with a terrific memory for detail remembers Brad vividly and still keeps in touch today When I asked Jim when he first became aware of Brad Komminsk as a baseball player dur-ing a career spent on the roads beat-ing the bushes for baseball players he

recounted how that occurredldquoIn April of 1976 upon returning home from a long road trip

when my concentration was on high school and college players my son Mick a freshman at Bath told me there was a freshman at Shawnee I should check out Of course he was referring to Brad so I attended Bradrsquos next game and was absolutely floored by what I saw

ldquoAt just 14 years old Brad Komminsk was the second-most impressive a prospect at that age as I saw in my 32 years evaluat-ing talent for Major League Baseball The only one I ever saw bet-ter at a comparable age was Ken Griffey Jr who you might say had a little success later at the Major League level that is if over 600 career homers is any barometer to measure success

ldquoThere are those in Lima who may not remember just how good Komminsk was at such a young age but I had a gut feeling that I was looking at a five-tool player meaning he had what scouts call ldquoplusrdquo ability to hit for average hit for power steal bases field his position and throw wellrdquo

As Komminskrsquos high career continued Martz saw him as a first-round pick in Major League Baseballrsquos amateur draft after his high school graduation and someone who had legitimate star potential

Recalls Martz ldquoThe first time I saw Brad I spoke with him after the game I told him a lot of things and among them was the importance of taking batting practice correctly and the impor-tance of running out every ground ball eve if it was hit back to the pitcher and he fielded it

Sports spot

Brad KomminskLima native and baseball lifer

Part 1

Jim Martz with Brad Komminsk June 1979 Komminsk just 18 years old had just signed with the Atlanta Braves and selected in baseballs draft as the fourth player taken in the entire country

Photo courtesy of Brad Komminsk

By John Grindrod

9 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

ldquoI remember I only had to tell him something once and hersquod work diligently on it He improved his home-to-first speed from 44 seconds consid-ered below average for a Major League prospect to 41 seconds which is considered very good Many lsquoroutine outsrsquo became infield hits and many singles became doubles and doubles became triplesrdquo

Martz also gave Komminsk some wooden bats and from that point on Komminsk used them exclusively throughout the rest of his amateur career despite the fact that aluminum certainly created harder hit balls and everyone else he was competing against was using aluminum Martz knew using wood instead of aluminum would ease his transition into pro ball

For the next few summers Martzrsquos son Mick and Komminsk played both against each other and for a while together on the same American Legion squad That meant Jim could not only see his own son play but could also track Komminskrsquos development as well In 1978 as 17-year-old juniors Mick and Bradrsquos Legion team advanced to the state tournament in Athens Ohio on the campus of Ohio University

Recalls Jim ldquoIrsquoll never forget one game Brad hit two home runs that both landed on top of the roof of a multi-story dorm way beyond the leftfield fence Both shots were in the 450-480 foot range and both were hit with one of those wooden bats I gave him

ldquoTo give you some idea of how impressive that was this was the same field that future hall of Famer Mike Schmidt played on and in his entire college career he put one of that dorm roof oncerdquo

By the time Brad was a senior in 1979 at Shawnee Martz began to fully appreciate just how gifted Komminsk was athletically

ldquoHe was an outstanding swimmer which is a sport that kind of flies under the radar so not a lot of people may remember that He was also a terrific running back on the football team and also a linebacker so good that Michigan offered him a scholarship to do battle with that team down south In basketball he often scored 25 to 30 a game and did it so effortlesslyrdquo

At that time in Martzrsquos scouting career Jim worked through the Major League Scouting Bureau which meant he didnrsquot scout for just one team So evaluations went out to every MLB team

Recalls the former scout ldquoI really worked hard promoting Brad in every possible manner Not only was he local but I got to know him so very well and he was just a terrific kid I thought he was that specialrdquo

As the June Major League draft got closer Martzrsquos phone rang much more frequently as he got calls from a variety of teamsrsquo gen-eral managers and scouting directors As a matter of fact to give you an idea of how clearly Komminsk could be detected the radar of teams Martz recalls the frenzy surrounding Bradrsquos final high school game against Elida

ldquoAll told there were 32 scouts including myself there and prob-ably another dozen scouting directors The Seattle Mariners alone which had the first pick in the first round had five scouts and also their scouting directorrdquo

With Martzrsquos help next month Irsquoll re-create for you how that final game went and what happened in the ensuing months and years as well in my final installment on Limarsquos baseball lifer Brad Komminsk

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Brad Komminsk (left) with Jim Martz and Eric Wedge (right) at a base-ball fundraiser at the Knights of Columbus in Lima in February 2009

Photo courtesy of Jim Martz

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AQGeneral

QI received a notice from Social Security recently It said my name and Social Security number do not match Social Securityrsquos records What should I do

AItrsquos critical that your name and Social Security number as shown on your Social Security card match your employerrsquos payroll records and your W-2 form If they donrsquot here is

what you need to dobull Give your employer the correct information exactly as shown

on your Social Security card or your corrected card orbull Contact your local Social Security office (wwwsocialsecurity

govlocator) or call 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) if your Social Security card does not show your correct name or Social Security number For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

QAre Social Security numbers reassigned after a person dies

ANo We do not reassign Social Security numbers In all we have assigned more than 460 million Social Security numbers and each year we assign about 55 million new

numbers The current system has enough new numbers for several more generations For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

Disability

QHow does Social Security decide if I am disabled

AIf you are an adult you must be unable to work for a year or more because of a medical condition or combination of medical impairments Overall

we use a five-step evaluation process to decide whether you are disabled The process considers any current work activity you are doing It also considers your medical condition and how it affects your ability to work To be found disabled

bull You must be unable to do work you did before you became disabled and we must decide you cannot adjust to other work because of your medical condition and

bull Your disability must last or be expected to last for at least one year or to result in death

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

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At Our Age QampA

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A Q

Social Security pays only for total disability We do not pay ben-efits for partial or short-term disability For more information read our publication Disability Benefits at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10029html

QIf I go back to work will I automatically lose my Social Security disability benefits

ASocial Security has several work incentive programs to help people who want to work You may be able to receive benefits and continue your health care coverage

during a trial work period For information about Social Securityrsquos work incentives and how they can help you return to work you should

bull Visit our special work site at wwwsocialsecuritygovwork bull See the Red Book on work incentives at wwwsocialsecurity

govredbookbull Call our toll-free number at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-

0778) orbull Contact your local Social Security office (wwwsocialsecurity

govlocator) For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

Medicare

QIs it true that if you have low income you can get help paying your Medicare premiums

AYes If your income and resources are limited your State may be able to help with your Medicare Part B premium deductibles and coinsurance amounts State rules vary

on the income and resources that apply Contact your State or local medical assistance social services or welfare office or call the Medicare hotline 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) and ask about the Medicare Savings Programs If you have limited income and resources you also may be able to get help paying for pre-scription drug coverage under Medicare Part D Call Social Secu-rity at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY users should call 1-800-325-0778) or visit any Social Security office

Also see our publication Medicare (Publication 10043) at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10043html For even more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

Retirement

QCan I apply online for retirement benefits

AYes Itrsquos quick and easy Apply online and save yourself a trip to the office Once you submit your online application electronically in most

cases yoursquore done There are no forms to sign or documents to send in If we do need more information to process your applica-tion a representative will contact you For more information about applying online visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

QIf both my spouse and I are entitled to Social Secu-rity benefits is there any reduction in our payments because we are married

ANo We independently calculate each spousersquos Social Secu-rity benefit amount Each spouse receives a monthly ben-efit amount based on his or her own earnings Couples are

not penalized simply because they are married If one member of the couple earned low wages or did not earn enough Social Secu-rity credits to be eligible for retirement benefits he or she may be eligible to receive benefits as a spouse

Supplemental Security Income

QIf I receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) dis-ability benefits what is the effect on my benefits if I work

AIn most cases your return to work would reduce your benefit amount and in some cases discontinue your pay-ments Unlike Social Security disability there is no ldquotrial

work periodrdquo for people who get SSI disability benefits In most cases if your only income besides SSI is from your work you can earn up to $1433 in a month (in 2011) before we stop your pay-ments We have several publications about SSI including Report-ing Your Wages When You Receive Supplemental Security Income available at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10503html Note that there are other work incentives that can help you return to work when you receive SSI You can read about them in What You Need To Know When You Get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs11011htmlpart6 For more infor-mation visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

Oh say can you see

by the dawnrsquos early light

What so proudly we hailrsquod

at the twilightrsquos last gleaming

Whose broad stripes and bright stars

throrsquo the perilous fight

Orsquoer the ramparts we watchrsquod

were so gallantly streaming

And the rocketsrsquo red glare

the bombs bursting in air

Gave proof throrsquo the night

that our flag was still there

O say does that star-spangled

banner yet wave

Orsquoer the land of the free and

the home of the brave

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A farmers market brings out the best in peopleldquoThe markets give people with gardens a chance to try

a little entrepreneurship It gives buyers fresh and locally grown food and it allows people with cottage industries the chance to make a few extra bucksrdquo said Mary Jo Bockrath executive direc-tor of the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce There the market concept has gone so well in its first year that it will now be an

annual eventldquoWersquove had pretty

good attendance which makes our vendors happyrdquo Bockrath said ldquoI think the thing about a farmersrsquo market that I really like is getting people downtown and letting them visit

with their friends and neighborsrdquoAnd along with the fresh fruits and veggies Bockrath said local

folks go crazy over the baked goods especially the cupcakes ldquoReally

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Freshly picked flowers by Buckeye Blooms at the Westside Farmers Market

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we have so many unique things and every one of them is popular People enjoy everything from the produce to the garden artrdquo Bock-rath said

Echoing that sentiment is Kay Studer who along with her daughter Susan Studer King sells flowers from their organic flower business ldquoBuckeye Bloomsrdquo in the farmers market at the Lima Mall

ldquoOur booth is always very very colorful and wersquove had people tell us that the bright colors draws them in as theyrsquore driving down Elida Roadrdquo Studer said

Naturally the stock Studer offers changes from season to seasonldquoWe have people who go crazy over the Celosia because itrsquos big

and powerful looking in an arrangement Whenever I bring glads I have one lady who buys every one of them I guess though the main backbone of our sales is still zinnias They have a long life and theyrsquore available in every colorrdquo Studer said

But itrsquos not just flowers that this gardening duo offers ldquoWersquove taken orders for parties and anniversaries and we always appreciate the businessrdquo Studer added

The farmerrsquos market sales fit well with the green lifestyle Studer and her daughter live mdash Susan with a green ethic and Kay with a green thumb

ldquoIrsquod rather buy local and buy fresh Itrsquos better that wayrdquo Studer saidBockrath agrees that the green lifestyle is popular at the marketsldquoPeople really love the concept of the farmersrsquo marketsrdquo Bockrath

said And the environmental green bleeds over into green of another sort thanks to the markets

ldquoAnother plus is that our local business owners see an upkick in their business on Saturday morningsrdquo Bockrath said

Westside Farmers MarketLima Mall parking lotOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Eastside Farmers MarketTractor Supply on Harding Highway LimaOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Ottawa Farmers MarketParking lot at Main and Oak streets OttawaOpen 830 am to noon Saturdays through Oct 22

Ada Farmers MarketAda Depot 110 Central Ave AdaOpen 430 to 630 pm Thursdays through September

Hardin County Farmers MarketCourthouse in KentonOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through September

Continental Farmers MarketContinental United Methodist ChurchOpen 4 to 6 pm Fridays through September

Area Farmers Markets

Alec Thomas with Lincoln Ridge Farms preparing a table of bi-color sweet corn for customers of the Westside Farmers Market

OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

14

Rimer resident Jewelie Dunlap was born Oct 8 1951 in Lima to John and Jeneva Trask She has a sister and two brothers

ldquoWe lived in Columbus Grove near the swimming poolrdquo she saidAll through school Dunlap was in Brownies and then the Girl Scouts ldquoI was a Girl Scout up into my senior year of high schoolrdquo she said ldquoI have

always loved nature and enjoyed earning Girl Scout badges to sew on my sash My mother was a Girl Scout leaderrdquo

Besides participating in the Girl Scouts Dunlap enjoyed the outdoors collect-ing leaves and finding toads and frogs Today she is an avid bird watcher dog boarder and groomer and babysits for her grandchildren

ldquoI set my own schedule for the most partrdquo she said Her husband of 41 years Mike works at General Dynamics

About nine years ago Dunlap heard about an eaglersquos nest in St MarysldquoI decided to take my camera and spotting scope and went to find the nest

I was so interested in observing the eagles I drove to St Marys three times per day and all weekend When the eagle went back to its nest in the evening

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Portrait

By Jill Campbell

Bird lady of RimerJewelie Dunlap is an avid bird watcher

Jewelie Dunlap holding a 7-week-old eagle that had its talons wrapped

Courtesy of Jewelie Dunlap

Jewelie Dunlaps son Mike holding quail eggs in his shirt

Photo by Jill Campbell

15

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it was if it was telling me it was okay to go back homerdquo she said

ldquoFor one year I prayed to God asking him to give me an eaglersquos nest near my homerdquo she said ldquoExactly one year from the day I first traveled to St Marys I was driving down Route 12 on my way to The Creamery with a friend when an eagle flew over-headrdquo

Dunlap said that eagle was making a nest about a mile from her home The county later laid stone for a pull-off area so people could watch the birds

ldquoToday there are three nests in Putnam County two in Findlay and one in Defiancerdquo Dunlap said She has also watched eagles in other parts of Ohio and Canada ldquoI will watch eagles until I dierdquo

Besides watching eagles Jewelie has purple martin houses her son raises quail and her hummingbird feeders are complete with perches She has bred and raised three litters of cocker spaniels with the goal in mind to improve the breed (health wise) rather than make money

ldquoI donrsquot feed my cocker spaniels dog foodrdquo Dunlap said explaining she mixes 2 cups chicken frac34 cup mixed vegetables and frac14 cup of rice

ldquoAround our rural property several varieties of birds including sparrows finches indigo buntings blue jays house wrens and downy woodpeckers can be spotted but they call me the Eagle Ladyrdquo Dunlap said An eagle mural painted on Jewelies

barn by Rimer artist Gloria MillerPhotos by Jill Campbell

A purple martin apartment house graces Jewelies yard

16

A quick wit remarkable talent and faithful family man are all terms that describe 88-year-old Harold Beckett The rural Allen County resident has spent his life shar-

ing his musical gift with the local community Yet now his days are consumed with caring for the love of his life wife Nita 86 who has Alzheimerrsquos disease

This past July Harold stepped down from his role as the can-tor at Limarsquos Temple Beth Israel-Shaare Zedek He had served the Jewish congregation there for almost six decades despite the fact that he is not Jewish It all began in the early 1950s

while he was a young music teacher at Shawnee schools with a growing family and needed to supplement his income

He was also a choir director at Limarsquos St Mark Methodist Church and later at Grace United Methodist Church but still his sal-ary wouldnrsquot stretch far enough Thatrsquos when the organist that served at both Grace UMC and at the Jewish Temple sug-gested that Beckett become a cantor

Later ldquoMr Beckettrdquo as he is known to the thousands of students who studied vocal music education with him during

his 32 years at Shawnee schools became the choir director at Shawnee United Methodist Church and finally at Limarsquos First Baptist Church

The gifted vocalist who sang with symphony orchestras and in musical productions feels that ldquohellip there is a time to sing and a time when you should stoprdquo Possessing a Masters degree in vocal pedagogy he maintains that ldquoSo many muscles have to work in

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Harold BeckettAlzheimerrsquos canrsquot stop his Love Story

Nita Beckett in happier days planting her famous flower gardens

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17 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

coordination in order for a voice to sound goodrdquoBesides Harold Beckett is busy spending time with

his wife who has been a resident of Spencervillersquos Roselawn Manor for the last five years

ldquoI always hug her and kiss her and talk to her and take her for a ride and feed her lunch and supperrdquo he said The ldquoriderdquo consists of pushing his spousersquos wheelchair around the grounds of the nursing facility

ldquoShe canrsquot even say a word now canrsquot walk canrsquot talk She had such a mindrdquo he said wistfully

In 1943 the couple first met in his native Columbus during Beckettrsquos sophomore year at The Ohio State University He was working at a grocery store when

a then young Nita walked in with her mother Instantly infatuated Harold asked a co-worker to ldquoLet me wait on herrdquo Soon he asked Nita for a date

This happened in the midst of World War II when Beckettrsquos schooling was interrupted by his becoming a soldier The couple continued to date but with the prospect of an overseas inva-sion looming ldquohe thought therersquos no point in making any plans I told her hellip she should start going out without someone elserdquo he said

However the slightly built senior did survive his tour in the Euro-pean Theater He even became a commissioned officer obtaining the rank of second lieutenant When he returned home ldquofriends would fix him uprdquo but he had already given his heart away to Nita A friend suggested that he call her but Harold didnrsquot think she would have anything to do with him since he had broken up with her But she accepted his invitation

ldquoAfter a three year separation I didnrsquot want to lose her this timerdquo he said The couple married Aug 30 1947 ldquoWhat a wonderful choice She was the worldrsquos champion wife I was always doing something in music that took me away from homerdquo

But she kept the home fires burning raising their two sons Tom and Jeff

About 15 years ago Nita first exhibited symptoms of Alzheimerrsquos In 1996 this prompted Beckett to resign from his job at Ohio Northern University where he taught voice for a decade following retirement from Shawnee

ldquoI felt I had to be with her she was always with me when I needed herrdquo he said Son Tom moved back from California to assist his father in keeping his mother at home Sadly Harold suffered a heart attack and nearly lost his own health during his years of caretaking

In addition Nitarsquos disease progressed causing her to need more care than her family could provide Harold made the difficult deci-sion to place her in Roselawn Manor

ldquoI never cried so much in my life eventually I got over itrdquo he said

He praises the staff there saying ldquoWhat I thought was horrible place to go has been a lifesaving and wonderful place for herrdquo

Now the silver-haired woman who once grew beautiful flower gardens no longer communicates with the outside world Her dedi-cated husband believes she recognizes him but even if she doesnrsquot 64 years ago he vowed to be with his bride until the end A prom-ise that Harold Beckett intends to keep

Christina Ryan Claypool is a freelance journalist and inspirational speaker Contact her through her Website at wwwchristinaryanclaypoolcom

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Nita Beckett (center) with son Tom and husband Harold who took care of his wife at home for 10 years with his sons assistance

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18

No trip to Ireland would be complete unless you experience the Ring of Kerry the winding route that takes you along the Iveragh Peninsula and through the quaint small towns dotting the landscape Itrsquos a route that exposes you to

beautiful views of mountains coastlines and of course the Atlantic OceanAfter another bountiful Irish breakfast which was part of my Trafalgar Tours pack-

age each day of my week-long journey my travel partner Jane and I boarded the bus to start The Ring The rain from the previous evening had ceased and the sun broke through But since the winds were strong the day would certainly call for a hat and jacket despite the fact that the temperature had climbed into the mid-50s

Our tour bus went through towns with names like Killgorglin Glenbeigh and Cahir-siveen One of our day stops was in Waterville a fishing village that really provided wonderful views of the Atlantic and a place that famed comedian Charlie Chaplin once lived Our tour guide Bernard told us that several of Chaplinrsquos descendents have remained in the area A Chaplain statute sits just off the road with a rock-strewn beach as a buffer between statue and the Atlantic As everyone clambered to get their turn to get a picture taken with the likeness of the Little Tramp I wondered just how

many had jumped in beside the derby-wearing statue over the years

Our lunch stop was at what many feel is Irelandrsquos best-known view a place called the Scarriff Inn in the town of Caherdaniel Itrsquos an area where the fog routinely settles and the eerily shrouded view I found so very atmospheric was that of Derrynane Harbour Not one of us failed to pull out our cameras for beautiful land-scape shots of this mysterious fog-shrouded natural beauty

During our stop while Jane enjoyed a bowl of Irish stew in the Inn I went on a mini camera excursion walking down a lane in search of other good angles to capture some of Irelandrsquos abun-dant natural beauty There were animals Irsquove spoken of in an ear-lier installment the ubiquitous sheep spray-painted in spots with bright blues reds and yellows as a humane way of branding them wandering the rocky terrain

Then it was back on the bus and on our way eventually through Sneem where our tour bus became the last albeit inadvertent entry in its St Patrickrsquos Day parade As Sneem-ites lined the street just behind the many outside venders that hoped to do well that day we crept along with townspeople taking pictures of us while we took pictures of them and laughing the entire time at our unexpected inclusion

Our final Ring of Kerry stop before returning to Killarney for our own opportunity to stand along a parade route to honor St Pat-rick was to take in the beauty of a an area known as Ladiesrsquo View a view which as one might imagine comes with a story

In the 1800s during a time Ireland was still a part of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria made a trip to Killarney to check this rather distant portion of her domain As was the custom the

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Queenrsquos ladies in waiting had been sent ahead to ready her quarters However when they came upon a view that included what has become known as The Lakes of Killar-ney and the mountains that framed them they became so transfixed they tarried too long and the Queen caught up to them She was upset but only until she looked about and saw the view herself and promptly forgave them for their dereliction of duty

After many snaps of our camera shutters it was back into Killarney Town for the parade that was scheduled to commence at 2 pm and what a festive and colorful experience that turned out to be

In the parade there were no fewer than four St Patrickrsquos and several organizations representing a variety of inter-ests including kids and adults in rugby and hurling uni-forms Irish dancing troupes and bagpipe brigades

As I walked around the vibrant downtown area remem-bering the feeling of being a kid again as I watched the Irish school children reveling in their day of freedom in the middle of their school week I couldnrsquot help but think of how different it was from many of the downtown areas in towns of similar size back in The States where busi-nesses have abandoned downtown and fled to malls on the outskirts of town Such is not the case in Ireland

For quiet time we headed to St Mary Cathedral a mas-sive structure with a foundation stone reading 1842 actu-ally making it one of Irelandrsquos newer cathedrals Part of its rich history is it once served as a refuge for victims of the Great Potato Famine of 1845

Then it was back downtown for the pub portion of our day The liveliest and best music Jane and I found was at the Crock lsquoO Gold Pub The star of the group was a young man with rusty hair and wonderfully dexterous fingers which made the accordion come alive in a genre he called Celtic (pronounced with a hard c) Cajun He was accompanied by a mandolin player a guitarist and a mate playing the washboard and spoons The collective sound was a real treat and certainly made the Murphyrsquos Irish Stout taste

better Since we were in there before the group even set up we were delighted when they established their position no less than five feet away giving us the absolute best seats in the house

Later after a bit more fun in the Killarney Avenue Hotel pub after our meal this one of the four evening meals included in our Trafalgar Tour package it was time to rest We would be on the move again early the next morning for Day 6 a day that would include ferrying across the River Shannon and into County Clare to see the magnificent Cliffs of Moher before trekking to our over-night stop in the city of Limerick

TOP Jane and John at Ladies View just outside Killarney

LEFT Bagpipers brigade during Killarneys St Patricks Day Parade

Photos by John Grindrod

20

Valentine Heil was born in Germany in 1863 In his early teens he was taught the art of stone cutting At age 18 he decided to come to America to find

work in that field Having no particular place in mind to settle he met some people on the ship who were headed to Cincinnati and decided to follow He couldnrsquot find work in his particular trade and so he worked in a butcher shop

While living there he met and married Rosa Beyer from Covington Ky and hearing of the growth in Lima he and his young bride came here in 1890 After looking around

he decided to open his own business Val bought a home on East Eureka Street at the southwest corner of South Jackson Street A two-story house with a large lot at the rear it became his business place as well with the stone stored at the rear of the house

Valentine had three brothers who followed him to Lima from Germany They were Daniel John and Otto All of them became involved in the business and were married

Unfortunately John died at the young age of 35 and Dan-iel at 45 They left behind a combined family of 10 children to carry on and they became a part of Valentinersquos business or started their own in other fields Otto married Labertha Bridge and had a family of eight

Valentinersquos stone business soon became a thriving one He was also in the contracting business and erected many of the Lima business blocks plus his stonework appeared on many others such as the YMCA Hotel Norval St Paul Lutheran Church and the Lima Electric Light building along with many private homes including the home of Henry

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Time Capsule

A Valentine that kept on giving Lima residentrsquos love is carved in stone

By Jeanne Porreca

The Holland Block featured the skills of Valentine HeilCourtesy of Allen County Historical Society

21

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419-643-3161 7400 Swaney Road Bluffton OH 45817 richlandmanorhccom

Deisel on West Cole StreetAs his stone business grew so did his ability to hand carve

the stone One of the still-standing projects is a pair of fero-cious looking lions that stand at each side of the front steps of Henry Deiselrsquos original home on Cole Street called the Col-onnade now owned by Rob Nelson and his family

Valentine and Rosa had a family of six children all of whom grew strong and healthy But tragedy struck the family on June 29 1909 when their two youngest boys were playing in the yard where an electric line had fallen They were both instantly electrocuted and Rosa barely escaped with her life when she tried to save them

Rosa Heil died in 1912 and the following year Valentine married Miss Betty Reiter 23 years his junior They had one son Frederick from whom many details of this story were told before his death in 2003 Valentine had also started a coal company and Fred tells of a time during the depression when local ldquoculpritsrdquo would sneak the coal out of the yard and roll it onto the railroad tracks The flat cars would run over it forcing it out on the opposite side where the thieves waited eagerly with their baskets to gather it and run off into the night

Through the years family and the German community were very close to Valentine or ldquoValrdquo as he was affectionately called He had a Cadillac touring car with two spare tires on the rear which he would wash and shine carefully and loan out for funerals and other special occasions when needed and young Fred would drive the car Fred told of the many community parties that would be held on the lawn of the family home with good food and drink and plenty of good wine

Soon after the stone business started to wane and Val went into the concrete business having one of the first concrete mixers in Lima

From there he started a new company which soon became a pav-ing company and here the tradition still is carried on today Carl the second son of Valentine Heil had two sons one of them Robert J or as he is known by a lot of Lima businesses ldquoRobrdquo Heil start-ing his own blacktopping business and is fondly remembered for his love of people and a great smile along with being a truly hon-est business man At his death in 2007 the business sense passed to his son Michael who runs his own paving company known as Lima Contracting Many a yard of blacktopping has been laid by this fam-ily

Valentine Heil died peacefully Jan 26 1935 at the age of 72 years leaving a trail of traditions that are still carried on

And now for the ladies for any time there is a lady of prominence involved in a family I must mention her and none deserve it more than Anita Heil Gallantine grandaughter of Valrsquos second child Carl Heil Her father Carl Jr has every right to speak proudly of her for Anita is now a Brigadier General in the US Air Force with a long list of commendations and an even longer list of her assignments during service

Bravo Anita and wow what a family Lima can be very proud

The lions carved by Valentine Heil are still guarding the Colonnade on Cole Street

22 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Sept 1Lima Chapter 452 AARP 12

pm Milano Cafe 2383 Elida Rd Lima $8 Program about Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen

Lima Area Parkinsons Sup-port Group 2 pm St Ritarsquos Auxiliary Conference Center 718 W Market St Lima

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 3Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Central Services 900 S Col-lett St Lima 62-mile ldquoJump to Jumbordquo

rdquoDoktor Kaboomrdquo 9 am Ohio Northern University 525 S Main St Ada $10 adults $5 stu-dents (419) 772-2000

Block Party 12 pm Murphrsquos Place 113 E Spring St Lima

Town Square Prayer 12 pm Limarsquos Town Square N Main St and W Market St Lima

Church On The Rock Spa-ghetti Dinner 4 pm Church On The Rock 310 N West Street Lima $7 adults $450 Children 3-12 yrs

Real Life Tall Tales of the Ohio Frontier 7 pm Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima (419) 221-1232

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 4St Matthew Outdoor Sum-

mer Service 8 am St Mat-thew Lutheran Church 5050 Saint Matthews Dr Lima

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 29-mile ldquoMan Bites Dogrdquo ride

Gymanfa Ganu 7 pm Salem Presbyterian Church 15240 Main St Venedocia Directed by Margaret Morris-Lopez with soloist Jake Wilder and accom-panists Connie OrsquoNeill and Sue

Fickel Light supper available from 4 to 6 pm for a donation

Sept 5Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 55-mile ldquoLock 2rdquo ride

Sept 6Auglaize PERI 9 1130 am

American Legion 1108 E Ben-ton St Wapakoneta With Ohio Rep John Adams

Allen County Veterans Ser-vice Commission 5 pm Allen County Courthouse 301 N Main St Lima

Lima PFLAG (Parents Family Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 6 pm OSU LimaRhodes State 4240 Campus Dr Lima

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Tri-Moraine Audubon Soci-ety 730 pm OSU Lima Visi-tor amp Student Services Center 3900 Campus Dr Lima Terry D Schwaner on ldquoFrogs in a Wet-land in Northwest Ohiordquo

Sept 7Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Book Discussion 12 pm Common Grounds Coffeehouse 101 S Main St Bluffton ldquoThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanardquo

Sept 8Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Allen County Patriots 630 pm Allen County Sanitary Engineerrsquos Office 3230 N Cole St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence 7 pm Deliverance Tem-ple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 9Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

The Total Woman Confer-ence 10 am Deliverance Temple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Sept 10Living History Enlivening

Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Festival in the Cornfield 10 am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Lima Roadrunners 10 am Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 50-mile ldquoCascade Parkrdquo ride

Kidfest 11 am Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima

The Y Black Achievers 12 pm Lima Family YMCA 345 S Elizabeth St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence Luncheon 12 pm Grace Church 2945 Wells Dr Lima $20 adults $10 youth Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social 5 pm Perry United Methodist Church 3250 E Breese Rd Lima Proceeds to Harvest Food Pantry

37th Annual Bath Band Spectacular 7 pm Bath High School 2850 Bible Rd Lima $7

Country Diamond Dancers - Dance 7 pm Vaughnsville Community Center 115 E Find-lay St Vaughnsville

Lima Area Concert Band 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima $15 adults free for students

(419) 224-1552 ldquoFrom Sea to Shining Seardquo with Timothy Anderson

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Len Collier

Sept 11Run to Remember 830 am

Lincoln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima $20 5K RunWalk Race day registration at 7 am Proceeds to the Lima Firefighters Memorial Museum

Living History Enlivening Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Butterfly Migration Celebra-tion 2 pm Childrenrsquos Garden 620 W Market St Lima

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra-911 Tribute 3 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

Sept 13Clark Equipment Retirees

1130 am Eagles Lodge 800 W Robb Ave Lima

Westinghouse Sundstrand Group 1130 am Western Siz-zlin 2721 Elida Rd Lima (419) 331-6644

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Michael Hingson 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 14Life After Cancer Sup-

port Group 1 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima With Zach Broshes

Sept 15Interactive Bible Study 7

pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 16Spaghetti Dinner 430 pm

Events calendar

23

Lima Masonic Center 2165 N Cole St Lima $5

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Sept 17Aqua Immersion Fall Ride

and Dive 830 am Gilboa PCG 3695 State Route 224 Gil-boa

Buddy Walk 10 am Faurot Park N Cole St Lima By Allen County Downs Syndrome aware-ness group

Ada Harvest amp Herb Festival 10 am Downtown Ada 525 S Main St Ada

Dog Day at the Beach 10 am Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima $3

The Manhattan Transfer 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 18To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 25-mile ldquo50th Birthday Partyrdquo ride

Sept 20Area Agency on Aging 3 930

am Area Agency on Aging 200 E High St Lima

ALS Support Group 11 am Senior Citizen Services Inc 3400 W Elm St Lima

Caregiverrsquos Support Group 3 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Allen County Chapter Com-passionate Friends 7 pm Lima First Assembly of God

1575 E High St Lima Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Man-to-Man Support Group 7 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Sept 21Community Fellowship Meal

5 pm St John United Meth-odist Church 205 N High St Columbus Grove

Korean War Veterans 7 pm Memorial Hall 130 W Elm St Lima

Sept 22Dinner and a Movie with

Brian Keegan 6 pm Ohio State University Lima Branch 4240 Campus Dr Lima All seats $30 Movie only $5 (419) 995-8600

Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Ron White 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima (419) 224-1552

Sept 23Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima

Sept 24Lima Roadrunners 10 am

Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 60-mile ldquoNorthside County Tourrdquo ride

Park-2-Park 5K 12 pm Lin-coln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima

Appalachian Opry 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33

Wapakoneta To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Country Expo

Sept 25To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 30-mile ldquoRockport Ramblerdquo ride

Steven Curtis Chapman 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 26The Great Monter Hunt Pup-

pet Show 630 pm Putnam County District Library 136 Put-nam Pky Ottawa Puppeteers from the Mazza Museum of Findlay

Sept 27Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Sept 28Heart Health Screening 9

am Dorothy Love Amos Com-munity Center 3003 Cisco Rd Sidney

Putnam County Parkinsons Support Group 1115 am Henryrsquos Restaurant 810 N Locust St Ottawa

Sept 29Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm

Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 30Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

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Our Generationrsquos MagazineEditorial

LifestyleSpecial Sections EditorAdrienne McGee419-993-2072amcgeelimanewscombull Contact Adrienne McGee if you have a story idea

or if you see an error of fact

advErtisingFor information on advertising in this publication

contactLocal DisplayAdvertising ManagerNatalie BuzzardnbuzzardlimanewscomorRegional DisplayClassified Advertising ManagerSteve Becksbecklimanewscom

Our Generationrsquos Magazine is published monthly by The Lima News by the first of every month Address correspon-dence to The Lima News 3515 Elida Road Lima OH 45807 Attn Our Generationrsquos Magazine

Our Generationrsquos Magazine is available free at libraries supermarkets retail stores assisted living center hospitals and other outlets

Our Generationrsquos Magazine all rights reserved No portion of Our Generationrsquos Magazine may be reproduced without the written consent of the publisher of The Lima News

Volume 8 Issue 9

On The CoverRick and Joanne Kabara sell a multitude of fresh vegetables

every Wednesday at the farmers market at St Ritas Medical

Center in Lima

mdash Photo by Jay SowersThe Lima News

Generationrsquosour FEaturEs

Fresh from the farm 12By Kim Kincaid

His love story 16By Christina Ryan Claypool

Carved in stone 20By Jeanne Porreca

dEpartmEntsYour Money 4Seasonings 6Sports Spot 8At Our Age QampA 10Day Tripping 18Events calendar 22

CommEntaryOn My Mind 3By Adrienne McGee

Portrait 14By Jill Campbell

For FunCrossword 5

2 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

For more information visit our website at wwwmmhlivingorg

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419-358-1015

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3 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

How many tomatoes have you

been offered at work Enough to supply your churchrsquos upcom-ing spaghetti sup-per

At my work these days there is always a nice collection of veggies in the breakroom And by the mailboxes And by the other mailboxes You get the picture

And they keep coming tucked under the arms of workers or toted in via plastic shopping bags People bring them to share eager to help others enjoy fresh produce

Therersquos a sense of pride involved and rightly so These veg-etable growers have done something momentous They have cre-ated food where before there was no food Before you giggle consider what needs to be done here First you need to plan What vegetables will you attempt What gear do you need Will you buy starts or start your own from seed

And thatrsquos just the beginning Vegetable growers mdash really growers of anything mdash need to make a commitment These folks need to commit to that plant to tend it through the season watering as needed weeding as needed protecting from vermin as needed Mid May to mid August does not simply go by in the wink of an eye Every day that plant needs something from you to be truly productive

And letrsquos face it Not everyone has such a maternalistic nature I am always terribly excited about spring when it comes eager

to get to the garden center and plant some annuals I especially enjoy containers mdash I have two large pots and several other smaller ones scattered around the house This year I tried my luck with a tomato plant a bell pepper plant and some Greek oregano in addition to the usual flowers

The tomato Toast The pepper The fruits are so tiny theyrsquore about worthless The Greek oregano is the only thing that really made it and at one particularly hot stretch this summer I thought it was a goner for sure I love the process but it seems like something always goes wrong (That usually involves me doing something dumb like skipping the watering can when they really need a drink My mother who has the greenest of green thumbs shakes her head in dismay)

Growing vegetables does not come easy to me so I look for-ward to opportunities to buy fresh locally grown goods The many farmers markets in the area fit my needs perfectly mdash and the needs of many others See this monthrsquos cover story to read more about farmers markets how they work and where theyrsquore located if yoursquove never made a visit

And you can sleep at night knowing that zucchini rode but a few miles from field to plate instead of something grown good-ness knows where That makes that zucchini bread you made taste just that much better

On my mind

Adrienne McGee

LifestyleSpecialSectionsEditor

4

If yoursquore a woman who owns a business yoursquove got plenty of company In fact women own more than 10 million US companies and women-owned businesses account for about

40 percent of all privately held firms in the US according to the Center for Womenrsquos Business Research Clearly the good news is that women like you are entering the small-business arena at a rapid pace The not-so-good news is that you may be facing a retirement savings gap in comparison to male business owners

According to the US Small Business Administrationrsquos Office of Advocacy 194 percent of male business owners have 401(k) or similar plans compared with just 155 percent of women owners

The percentage of female business owners with Individual Retirement Accounts is about the same as that of male business owners mdash but the men have more money in their accounts The average womanrsquos IRA balance is about $51000 compared with $91000 for men according to a recent report by the Employee Benefit Research Institute Although these figures change con-stantly with the ebbs and flow of the market the difference between the genders remains significant

Women should set up a retirement plan for your business But for many women business owners the perceived cost of setting

up and running a retirement plan has been an obstacle However the retirement plan market has opened up for small business owners over the past several years

Owner-only 401(k) mdash This plan is available to self-employed individuals and business owners with no full-time employees other than themselves or a spouse You may even be able to choose a Roth option for your 401(k)

SEP IRA mdash If you have just a few employees or are self-employed with no employees you may want to consider this Yoursquoll fund the plan with tax-deductible contributions and you must cover all eligible employees

Solo defined benefit plan mdash This plan has high contribution lim-its and your contributions are typically tax-deductible

SIMPLE IRA mdash A SIMPLE IRA as its name suggests is easy to set up and maintain and it can be a good plan if your business has fewer than 10 employees

As a business owner you spend a lot of time thinking about what needs to be done today but you donrsquot want to forget about tomorrow mdash so consider putting a retirement plan to work for you soon

Courtesy Edward Jones

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Tues-Thurs 830-5 Fri 830-

6 Sat 9-2

OUTDOOR FLEA MARKET amp EMPORIUM

528 NWashington StDelphos

Right on the corner of 5th St and N Washington St next to Bellmanrsquos Party Shop

and across the street from the Pizza Hut

419-692-0044

WErsquoRE NOT AN ANTIQUE STORE WE BUY - SELL amp TRADE WErsquoRE AN ANYTHING YOU NEED STORE

STOP BY amp SEE WHAT WE HAVE STOCK CHANGES DAILY

NEW

NEWMERCHANDISE

DAILY

MORE VALUEFOR YOUR

BUYING $$

STOP BYAND

SEE US

STOCK CHANGES DAY TO DAYIF YOU WANT IT AND WE DONrsquoT HAVE

IT WErsquoLL TRY TO FIND IT FOR YOU

JUST LIKEAN

OLD FASHIONEDTRADING

POST

We BUYSELL and

TRADEgoods of all

types

OUTDOOR FLEA MARKET amp EMPORIUM

528 NWashington StDelphos

Right on the corner of 5th St and N Washington St next to Bellmanrsquos Party Shop

and across the street from the Pizza Hut

419-692-0044

WErsquoRE NOT AN ANTIQUE STORE WE BUY - SELL amp TRADE WErsquoRE AN ANYTHING YOU NEED STORE

STOP BY amp SEE WHAT WE HAVE STOCK CHANGES DAILY

NEW

NEWMERCHANDISE

DAILY

MORE VALUEFOR YOUR

BUYING $$

STOP BYAND

SEE US

STOCK CHANGES DAY TO DAYIF YOU WANT IT AND WE DONrsquoT HAVE

IT WErsquoLL TRY TO FIND IT FOR YOU

JUST LIKEAN

OLD FASHIONEDTRADING

POST

We BUYSELL and

TRADEgoods of all

types

OUTDOOR FLEA MARKET amp EMPORIUM

528 NWashington StDelphos

Right on the corner of 5th St and N Washington St next to Bellmanrsquos Party Shop

and across the street from the Pizza Hut

419-692-0044

WErsquoRE NOT AN ANTIQUE STORE WE BUY - SELL amp TRADE WErsquoRE AN ANYTHING YOU NEED STORE

STOP BY amp SEE WHAT WE HAVE STOCK CHANGES DAILY

NEW

NEWMERCHANDISE

DAILY

MORE VALUEFOR YOUR

BUYING $$

STOP BYAND

SEE US

STOCK CHANGES DAY TO DAYIF YOU WANT IT AND WE DONrsquoT HAVE

IT WErsquoLL TRY TO FIND IT FOR YOU

JUST LIKEAN

OLD FASHIONEDTRADING

POST

We BUYSELL and

TRADEgoods of all

types

Right on the corner of 5th St and N Washington StJust look for the Sign

STOCK CHANGES DAY TO DAY IF YOU WANT IT AND WE

DONrsquoT HAVE IT WErsquoLL TRY TO FIND IT FOR YOU

419-692-0044

DELPHOSTRADINGPOST

OUTDOOR FLEA MARKETand

At the Delphos Trading Post one manrsquos unwanted items are another manrsquos treasure So what wersquove done is give you a place where you can bring your unwanted treasures and trade them for something you might like or cash We buy sell and trade just about anything that is in good shape and has a market value We also buy and sell fire arms gold and silver antiques and collectibles so come see us at the Delphos Trading Post and let us help your dollars go further

Did You Know The items collectors collect may be antique or simply collectible Antiques are collectible items at least 100 years old collectibles are not as old as antiques and may even be new Collectors and dealers may use the word vintage to describe older collectibles Most collectibles are man-made commercial items but some private collectors collect natural objects such as birdsrsquo eggs butterflies rocks and seashells Some collectors collect only in childhood while others continue to do so throughout their lives and usually modify their aims later in life

In general items of significance beauty value or interest that are too young to be considered antiques fall into the category of collectibles Some collectibles are limited editions and some are new but many of them have been around for decades So if you are looking for a profitable hobby start collecting Good Luck and Good Fortune

Your Money

Women business owners need retirement plans

5

Heartland of Indian Lake - Rehab Center 14442 US Highway 33 West Lakeview OH 433319378434929

Post-Surgical Short-Term Rehab

Returningevery

A P R O V E N L E A D E R

Heartland of Bellefontaine 221 North School Street Bellefontaine OH 433119375995123

Heartland of Indian Lake - Rehab Center 14442 US Highway 33 West Lakeview OH 433319378434929

Post-Surgical Short-Term Rehab

Returningevery

A P R O V E N L E A D E R

Heartland of Bellefontaine 221 North School Street Bellefontaine OH 433119375995123

Heartland of Indian Lake - Rehab Center 14442 US Highway 33 West Lakeview OH 433319378434929

Post-Surgical Short-Term Rehab

Returningevery

A P R O V E N L E A D E R

Heartland of Bellefontaine 221 North School Street Bellefontaine OH 433119375995123

A PROVEN LEADER

HEARTLANDS OF LOGAN COUNTY

Post-Surgical Short-Term Rehab amp Long-Term Care

Heartlands of Logan CountyReturning

patients home every day

OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

Across1 Boitorsquos Mefistofele eg6 High-five eg10 Strong fiber14 Boredom15 Engine sound16 Advil target17 Phrases with two meanings 20 Kind of palm21 Chair part22 Accost 23 Away25 Opera star26 Willy ___ former West

Germany chancellor 29 Shrewish 33 Back muscle familiarly34 Theological rationalism 36 Parkinsonrsquos treatment 37 Father of Balder39 Appliance that removes

moisture 41 Move through water 42 Drunk in slang44 Baddies46 ldquo___ Ngrdquo (They Might Be

Giants song)47 Nighttime travel stop (2 wd)

49 Ryegrass 51 Pay (up)52 Quakerrsquos ldquoyourdquo53 Feral feline56 Chinese ldquowayrdquo57 Galileorsquos birthplace61 Novocaine for one (2 wd) 64 1968 Chemistry Nobelist

Onsager65 Copper66 ldquoI give uprdquo67 Astringent68 ___ bag69 Character

Down1 Resting places2 Dwarf buffalo 3 Like a bug in a rug4 Induce to commit perjury 5 Black gold6 Floor it7 Air bag8 ldquoA jealous mistressrdquo Emerson9 Blend beforehand 10 ___ National Monument in

SD 11 ldquoGodrsquos Little ___rdquo

Justforfun12 The Beatlesrsquo ldquo___ Leaving

Homerdquo13 Makeup eg18 Flying high19 Romance eg24 ldquoThatrsquos ___ rdquo25 Molecule consisting of two

identical simpler molecules 26 Flower27 AMFM device28 Inclined29 Victory hand gesture 30 Hawkeye31 Gumption32 Muslim porter 35 O Henry device38 Tumor 40 Extremely popular43 Drivel45 Edrsquos request (acronym)48 All together50 Feel remorse for52 Spoonful say53 ___ podrida

54 Black shade55 Almond56 Camping gear58 Allergic reaction59 Fodder holder60 Air force heroes62 ldquoThe Matrixrdquo hero63 Cast

Crossword Answer

6 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Seasonings

Roasted red pepper and apricot relishPhoto courtesy of CIA

Relish summer all winter long

Courtesy of CIA

We wait all winter anxious to savor the fresh flavors of sum-merrsquos harvest It doesnrsquot get any better than delighting in fresh fruit and produce picked straight out of the garden

or from local farm stands With so much being harvested at once you canrsquot help thinking how wonderful it would be if we were able to have some of summerrsquos bounty to enjoy in the dead of winter

The chefs at the CIA suggest you set yourself up for winter this year by taking a little time to put up some of your favorite things by making relish with them According to The Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink the word relish first appeared in English in 1798

7

from the Middle English for a ldquotasterdquo and is derived from the French word reles ldquosomething remainingrdquo In the United States we refer to many relishes that are pickle-based but our ancestors also realized that a good way to use up the wealth of fruits and vegeta-bles available in summer was to put them up in jars of relish

ldquoAllow your washed jars to come up to room temperature before placing them in boiling water to sanitize so you donrsquot risk cracking the glassrdquo says CIA Chef Dwayne LiPuma ldquoWhen you take them out be mindful not to place them on a cold surface place them on a towel to keep them saferdquo

The flavor and color combinations in this vibrant Roasted Red Pepper and Apricot Relish are so wonderful yoursquoll want to double the recipe and have plenty on hand to spread on whole wheat crackers or to liven up a simple roast turkey sandwich as the weather turns cold and snowy

Sterilizing Jars for PreservingYou will need a pot deep enough to hold the tallest jar you plan

to use with another 3 to 4 inches of space between the top of the jar and the top of the pot

Clean the jars lids and rings well with hot soapy water and rinse well in hot water

Put the pot on a burner and place a canning rack or folded towel in the bottom of the pot

Fill the jars with hot water and put them in the pot (they should sit steadily on the rack or towel and should not touch each other) Add enough additional hot water to cover the jars by 1 inch Add the lids to the pot you can also add the rings if desired

Bring the water to a boil over high heat After it reaches a boil continue to boil for 10 minutes longer

Use canning tongs to lift the jars out of the hot water pour out the water and set them on a flat towel-lined surface Remove the lids and rings and put them on the towel too The jars are ready to fill

It is important to fill the jars when the jars are still hot Do not overfill the jars Fill to the top of the first ring from the bottom

Use the same pot you used to sterilize the jars add the rack or a folded towel as before and put the pot on a burner Put the filled and sealed jars into the pot (If the jars are small and might bang against each other as you process them in boiling water you may want to wrap a cloth around each jar to keep them safe) Add enough hot water to completely cover the jars

Bring the water to a boil and boil the relish for 10 minutes (the time will vary for other recipes depending upon the ingredient you are processing refer to your recipe) Turn off the heat under the pot Let the jars cool in the hot water bath for 1 hour Lift the jars from the water with canning tongs and set them on a towel-lined counter

Check the seals to be sure that they are tight Leave the jars undisturbed As they cool you should hear a pop as a vacuum seal forms If a jar doesnrsquot seal keep it refrigerated and try to eat is within a week

The following recipe has been adapted from The Culinary Insti-tute of Americarsquos Vegetables cookbook (2007 Lebhar Friedman) which is available at bookstores nationwide or at wwwciaprochefcomfbibookshtml

Roasted Red Pepper and Apricot RelishMakes 2 cups1 tablespoon olive oil 12 cup minced red onions 12 teaspoon minced garlic 34 cup minced roasted red bell peppers 14 cup minced dried apricots 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar plus as needed 1 teaspoon honey mustard 2 to 3 drops hot sauce as needed Salt and pepper as needed 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley Heat a sauteacute pan over medium heat Add the oil and heat until

the surface ripples Add the onions and garlic and sauteacute stirring frequently until tender and translucent about 2 minutes

Add the peppers apricots 1 tablespoon vinegar and mustard and sauteacute until the vinegar evaporates Remove from heat Season to taste with the hot sauce additional vinegar salt and pepper Add the parsley just before serving Serve at room temperature or chilled

Nutrition Analysis per 1-ounce serving 35 calories 0g protein 5g carbohydrate 15g fat 35mg sodium 0mg cholesterol less than 1g dietary fiber

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OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

Letrsquos reminisceEvery Wednesday is a blast from the past

in The Lima News

8 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Out of all the players Jim Martz scouted in his 30-plus years as a Major League talent evaluator the one that he had to travel the shortest distance to see is the subject

of this and next monthrsquos installments Thatrsquos because Brad Kom-minsk was arguably the best athlete ever to come out of Shawnee High School

Martz who is equipped with a terrific memory for detail remembers Brad vividly and still keeps in touch today When I asked Jim when he first became aware of Brad Komminsk as a baseball player dur-ing a career spent on the roads beat-ing the bushes for baseball players he

recounted how that occurredldquoIn April of 1976 upon returning home from a long road trip

when my concentration was on high school and college players my son Mick a freshman at Bath told me there was a freshman at Shawnee I should check out Of course he was referring to Brad so I attended Bradrsquos next game and was absolutely floored by what I saw

ldquoAt just 14 years old Brad Komminsk was the second-most impressive a prospect at that age as I saw in my 32 years evaluat-ing talent for Major League Baseball The only one I ever saw bet-ter at a comparable age was Ken Griffey Jr who you might say had a little success later at the Major League level that is if over 600 career homers is any barometer to measure success

ldquoThere are those in Lima who may not remember just how good Komminsk was at such a young age but I had a gut feeling that I was looking at a five-tool player meaning he had what scouts call ldquoplusrdquo ability to hit for average hit for power steal bases field his position and throw wellrdquo

As Komminskrsquos high career continued Martz saw him as a first-round pick in Major League Baseballrsquos amateur draft after his high school graduation and someone who had legitimate star potential

Recalls Martz ldquoThe first time I saw Brad I spoke with him after the game I told him a lot of things and among them was the importance of taking batting practice correctly and the impor-tance of running out every ground ball eve if it was hit back to the pitcher and he fielded it

Sports spot

Brad KomminskLima native and baseball lifer

Part 1

Jim Martz with Brad Komminsk June 1979 Komminsk just 18 years old had just signed with the Atlanta Braves and selected in baseballs draft as the fourth player taken in the entire country

Photo courtesy of Brad Komminsk

By John Grindrod

9 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

ldquoI remember I only had to tell him something once and hersquod work diligently on it He improved his home-to-first speed from 44 seconds consid-ered below average for a Major League prospect to 41 seconds which is considered very good Many lsquoroutine outsrsquo became infield hits and many singles became doubles and doubles became triplesrdquo

Martz also gave Komminsk some wooden bats and from that point on Komminsk used them exclusively throughout the rest of his amateur career despite the fact that aluminum certainly created harder hit balls and everyone else he was competing against was using aluminum Martz knew using wood instead of aluminum would ease his transition into pro ball

For the next few summers Martzrsquos son Mick and Komminsk played both against each other and for a while together on the same American Legion squad That meant Jim could not only see his own son play but could also track Komminskrsquos development as well In 1978 as 17-year-old juniors Mick and Bradrsquos Legion team advanced to the state tournament in Athens Ohio on the campus of Ohio University

Recalls Jim ldquoIrsquoll never forget one game Brad hit two home runs that both landed on top of the roof of a multi-story dorm way beyond the leftfield fence Both shots were in the 450-480 foot range and both were hit with one of those wooden bats I gave him

ldquoTo give you some idea of how impressive that was this was the same field that future hall of Famer Mike Schmidt played on and in his entire college career he put one of that dorm roof oncerdquo

By the time Brad was a senior in 1979 at Shawnee Martz began to fully appreciate just how gifted Komminsk was athletically

ldquoHe was an outstanding swimmer which is a sport that kind of flies under the radar so not a lot of people may remember that He was also a terrific running back on the football team and also a linebacker so good that Michigan offered him a scholarship to do battle with that team down south In basketball he often scored 25 to 30 a game and did it so effortlesslyrdquo

At that time in Martzrsquos scouting career Jim worked through the Major League Scouting Bureau which meant he didnrsquot scout for just one team So evaluations went out to every MLB team

Recalls the former scout ldquoI really worked hard promoting Brad in every possible manner Not only was he local but I got to know him so very well and he was just a terrific kid I thought he was that specialrdquo

As the June Major League draft got closer Martzrsquos phone rang much more frequently as he got calls from a variety of teamsrsquo gen-eral managers and scouting directors As a matter of fact to give you an idea of how clearly Komminsk could be detected the radar of teams Martz recalls the frenzy surrounding Bradrsquos final high school game against Elida

ldquoAll told there were 32 scouts including myself there and prob-ably another dozen scouting directors The Seattle Mariners alone which had the first pick in the first round had five scouts and also their scouting directorrdquo

With Martzrsquos help next month Irsquoll re-create for you how that final game went and what happened in the ensuing months and years as well in my final installment on Limarsquos baseball lifer Brad Komminsk

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Brad Komminsk (left) with Jim Martz and Eric Wedge (right) at a base-ball fundraiser at the Knights of Columbus in Lima in February 2009

Photo courtesy of Jim Martz

10

AQGeneral

QI received a notice from Social Security recently It said my name and Social Security number do not match Social Securityrsquos records What should I do

AItrsquos critical that your name and Social Security number as shown on your Social Security card match your employerrsquos payroll records and your W-2 form If they donrsquot here is

what you need to dobull Give your employer the correct information exactly as shown

on your Social Security card or your corrected card orbull Contact your local Social Security office (wwwsocialsecurity

govlocator) or call 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) if your Social Security card does not show your correct name or Social Security number For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

QAre Social Security numbers reassigned after a person dies

ANo We do not reassign Social Security numbers In all we have assigned more than 460 million Social Security numbers and each year we assign about 55 million new

numbers The current system has enough new numbers for several more generations For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

Disability

QHow does Social Security decide if I am disabled

AIf you are an adult you must be unable to work for a year or more because of a medical condition or combination of medical impairments Overall

we use a five-step evaluation process to decide whether you are disabled The process considers any current work activity you are doing It also considers your medical condition and how it affects your ability to work To be found disabled

bull You must be unable to do work you did before you became disabled and we must decide you cannot adjust to other work because of your medical condition and

bull Your disability must last or be expected to last for at least one year or to result in death

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

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At Our Age QampA

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A Q

Social Security pays only for total disability We do not pay ben-efits for partial or short-term disability For more information read our publication Disability Benefits at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10029html

QIf I go back to work will I automatically lose my Social Security disability benefits

ASocial Security has several work incentive programs to help people who want to work You may be able to receive benefits and continue your health care coverage

during a trial work period For information about Social Securityrsquos work incentives and how they can help you return to work you should

bull Visit our special work site at wwwsocialsecuritygovwork bull See the Red Book on work incentives at wwwsocialsecurity

govredbookbull Call our toll-free number at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-

0778) orbull Contact your local Social Security office (wwwsocialsecurity

govlocator) For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

Medicare

QIs it true that if you have low income you can get help paying your Medicare premiums

AYes If your income and resources are limited your State may be able to help with your Medicare Part B premium deductibles and coinsurance amounts State rules vary

on the income and resources that apply Contact your State or local medical assistance social services or welfare office or call the Medicare hotline 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) and ask about the Medicare Savings Programs If you have limited income and resources you also may be able to get help paying for pre-scription drug coverage under Medicare Part D Call Social Secu-rity at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY users should call 1-800-325-0778) or visit any Social Security office

Also see our publication Medicare (Publication 10043) at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10043html For even more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

Retirement

QCan I apply online for retirement benefits

AYes Itrsquos quick and easy Apply online and save yourself a trip to the office Once you submit your online application electronically in most

cases yoursquore done There are no forms to sign or documents to send in If we do need more information to process your applica-tion a representative will contact you For more information about applying online visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

QIf both my spouse and I are entitled to Social Secu-rity benefits is there any reduction in our payments because we are married

ANo We independently calculate each spousersquos Social Secu-rity benefit amount Each spouse receives a monthly ben-efit amount based on his or her own earnings Couples are

not penalized simply because they are married If one member of the couple earned low wages or did not earn enough Social Secu-rity credits to be eligible for retirement benefits he or she may be eligible to receive benefits as a spouse

Supplemental Security Income

QIf I receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) dis-ability benefits what is the effect on my benefits if I work

AIn most cases your return to work would reduce your benefit amount and in some cases discontinue your pay-ments Unlike Social Security disability there is no ldquotrial

work periodrdquo for people who get SSI disability benefits In most cases if your only income besides SSI is from your work you can earn up to $1433 in a month (in 2011) before we stop your pay-ments We have several publications about SSI including Report-ing Your Wages When You Receive Supplemental Security Income available at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10503html Note that there are other work incentives that can help you return to work when you receive SSI You can read about them in What You Need To Know When You Get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs11011htmlpart6 For more infor-mation visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

Oh say can you see

by the dawnrsquos early light

What so proudly we hailrsquod

at the twilightrsquos last gleaming

Whose broad stripes and bright stars

throrsquo the perilous fight

Orsquoer the ramparts we watchrsquod

were so gallantly streaming

And the rocketsrsquo red glare

the bombs bursting in air

Gave proof throrsquo the night

that our flag was still there

O say does that star-spangled

banner yet wave

Orsquoer the land of the free and

the home of the brave

IN HONOROF OUR TROOPS

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12

A farmers market brings out the best in peopleldquoThe markets give people with gardens a chance to try

a little entrepreneurship It gives buyers fresh and locally grown food and it allows people with cottage industries the chance to make a few extra bucksrdquo said Mary Jo Bockrath executive direc-tor of the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce There the market concept has gone so well in its first year that it will now be an

annual eventldquoWersquove had pretty

good attendance which makes our vendors happyrdquo Bockrath said ldquoI think the thing about a farmersrsquo market that I really like is getting people downtown and letting them visit

with their friends and neighborsrdquoAnd along with the fresh fruits and veggies Bockrath said local

folks go crazy over the baked goods especially the cupcakes ldquoReally

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

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Wireless Transmission of SoundThe ability for hearing aids to receive sound sent wirelessly from the television stereo and computer is now a reality Hearing aid patients no longer need awkward necklace-style devices to receive wireless audio signals Individuals can listen ldquoprivatelyrdquo through their hearing instruments at the volume they prefer Others in the room enjoy a volume comfortable for them

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Freshly picked flowers by Buckeye Blooms at the Westside Farmers Market

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we have so many unique things and every one of them is popular People enjoy everything from the produce to the garden artrdquo Bock-rath said

Echoing that sentiment is Kay Studer who along with her daughter Susan Studer King sells flowers from their organic flower business ldquoBuckeye Bloomsrdquo in the farmers market at the Lima Mall

ldquoOur booth is always very very colorful and wersquove had people tell us that the bright colors draws them in as theyrsquore driving down Elida Roadrdquo Studer said

Naturally the stock Studer offers changes from season to seasonldquoWe have people who go crazy over the Celosia because itrsquos big

and powerful looking in an arrangement Whenever I bring glads I have one lady who buys every one of them I guess though the main backbone of our sales is still zinnias They have a long life and theyrsquore available in every colorrdquo Studer said

But itrsquos not just flowers that this gardening duo offers ldquoWersquove taken orders for parties and anniversaries and we always appreciate the businessrdquo Studer added

The farmerrsquos market sales fit well with the green lifestyle Studer and her daughter live mdash Susan with a green ethic and Kay with a green thumb

ldquoIrsquod rather buy local and buy fresh Itrsquos better that wayrdquo Studer saidBockrath agrees that the green lifestyle is popular at the marketsldquoPeople really love the concept of the farmersrsquo marketsrdquo Bockrath

said And the environmental green bleeds over into green of another sort thanks to the markets

ldquoAnother plus is that our local business owners see an upkick in their business on Saturday morningsrdquo Bockrath said

Westside Farmers MarketLima Mall parking lotOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Eastside Farmers MarketTractor Supply on Harding Highway LimaOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Ottawa Farmers MarketParking lot at Main and Oak streets OttawaOpen 830 am to noon Saturdays through Oct 22

Ada Farmers MarketAda Depot 110 Central Ave AdaOpen 430 to 630 pm Thursdays through September

Hardin County Farmers MarketCourthouse in KentonOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through September

Continental Farmers MarketContinental United Methodist ChurchOpen 4 to 6 pm Fridays through September

Area Farmers Markets

Alec Thomas with Lincoln Ridge Farms preparing a table of bi-color sweet corn for customers of the Westside Farmers Market

OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

14

Rimer resident Jewelie Dunlap was born Oct 8 1951 in Lima to John and Jeneva Trask She has a sister and two brothers

ldquoWe lived in Columbus Grove near the swimming poolrdquo she saidAll through school Dunlap was in Brownies and then the Girl Scouts ldquoI was a Girl Scout up into my senior year of high schoolrdquo she said ldquoI have

always loved nature and enjoyed earning Girl Scout badges to sew on my sash My mother was a Girl Scout leaderrdquo

Besides participating in the Girl Scouts Dunlap enjoyed the outdoors collect-ing leaves and finding toads and frogs Today she is an avid bird watcher dog boarder and groomer and babysits for her grandchildren

ldquoI set my own schedule for the most partrdquo she said Her husband of 41 years Mike works at General Dynamics

About nine years ago Dunlap heard about an eaglersquos nest in St MarysldquoI decided to take my camera and spotting scope and went to find the nest

I was so interested in observing the eagles I drove to St Marys three times per day and all weekend When the eagle went back to its nest in the evening

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Portrait

By Jill Campbell

Bird lady of RimerJewelie Dunlap is an avid bird watcher

Jewelie Dunlap holding a 7-week-old eagle that had its talons wrapped

Courtesy of Jewelie Dunlap

Jewelie Dunlaps son Mike holding quail eggs in his shirt

Photo by Jill Campbell

15

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OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

it was if it was telling me it was okay to go back homerdquo she said

ldquoFor one year I prayed to God asking him to give me an eaglersquos nest near my homerdquo she said ldquoExactly one year from the day I first traveled to St Marys I was driving down Route 12 on my way to The Creamery with a friend when an eagle flew over-headrdquo

Dunlap said that eagle was making a nest about a mile from her home The county later laid stone for a pull-off area so people could watch the birds

ldquoToday there are three nests in Putnam County two in Findlay and one in Defiancerdquo Dunlap said She has also watched eagles in other parts of Ohio and Canada ldquoI will watch eagles until I dierdquo

Besides watching eagles Jewelie has purple martin houses her son raises quail and her hummingbird feeders are complete with perches She has bred and raised three litters of cocker spaniels with the goal in mind to improve the breed (health wise) rather than make money

ldquoI donrsquot feed my cocker spaniels dog foodrdquo Dunlap said explaining she mixes 2 cups chicken frac34 cup mixed vegetables and frac14 cup of rice

ldquoAround our rural property several varieties of birds including sparrows finches indigo buntings blue jays house wrens and downy woodpeckers can be spotted but they call me the Eagle Ladyrdquo Dunlap said An eagle mural painted on Jewelies

barn by Rimer artist Gloria MillerPhotos by Jill Campbell

A purple martin apartment house graces Jewelies yard

16

A quick wit remarkable talent and faithful family man are all terms that describe 88-year-old Harold Beckett The rural Allen County resident has spent his life shar-

ing his musical gift with the local community Yet now his days are consumed with caring for the love of his life wife Nita 86 who has Alzheimerrsquos disease

This past July Harold stepped down from his role as the can-tor at Limarsquos Temple Beth Israel-Shaare Zedek He had served the Jewish congregation there for almost six decades despite the fact that he is not Jewish It all began in the early 1950s

while he was a young music teacher at Shawnee schools with a growing family and needed to supplement his income

He was also a choir director at Limarsquos St Mark Methodist Church and later at Grace United Methodist Church but still his sal-ary wouldnrsquot stretch far enough Thatrsquos when the organist that served at both Grace UMC and at the Jewish Temple sug-gested that Beckett become a cantor

Later ldquoMr Beckettrdquo as he is known to the thousands of students who studied vocal music education with him during

his 32 years at Shawnee schools became the choir director at Shawnee United Methodist Church and finally at Limarsquos First Baptist Church

The gifted vocalist who sang with symphony orchestras and in musical productions feels that ldquohellip there is a time to sing and a time when you should stoprdquo Possessing a Masters degree in vocal pedagogy he maintains that ldquoSo many muscles have to work in

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Harold BeckettAlzheimerrsquos canrsquot stop his Love Story

Nita Beckett in happier days planting her famous flower gardens

Photos courtesy of Harold Beckett

17 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

coordination in order for a voice to sound goodrdquoBesides Harold Beckett is busy spending time with

his wife who has been a resident of Spencervillersquos Roselawn Manor for the last five years

ldquoI always hug her and kiss her and talk to her and take her for a ride and feed her lunch and supperrdquo he said The ldquoriderdquo consists of pushing his spousersquos wheelchair around the grounds of the nursing facility

ldquoShe canrsquot even say a word now canrsquot walk canrsquot talk She had such a mindrdquo he said wistfully

In 1943 the couple first met in his native Columbus during Beckettrsquos sophomore year at The Ohio State University He was working at a grocery store when

a then young Nita walked in with her mother Instantly infatuated Harold asked a co-worker to ldquoLet me wait on herrdquo Soon he asked Nita for a date

This happened in the midst of World War II when Beckettrsquos schooling was interrupted by his becoming a soldier The couple continued to date but with the prospect of an overseas inva-sion looming ldquohe thought therersquos no point in making any plans I told her hellip she should start going out without someone elserdquo he said

However the slightly built senior did survive his tour in the Euro-pean Theater He even became a commissioned officer obtaining the rank of second lieutenant When he returned home ldquofriends would fix him uprdquo but he had already given his heart away to Nita A friend suggested that he call her but Harold didnrsquot think she would have anything to do with him since he had broken up with her But she accepted his invitation

ldquoAfter a three year separation I didnrsquot want to lose her this timerdquo he said The couple married Aug 30 1947 ldquoWhat a wonderful choice She was the worldrsquos champion wife I was always doing something in music that took me away from homerdquo

But she kept the home fires burning raising their two sons Tom and Jeff

About 15 years ago Nita first exhibited symptoms of Alzheimerrsquos In 1996 this prompted Beckett to resign from his job at Ohio Northern University where he taught voice for a decade following retirement from Shawnee

ldquoI felt I had to be with her she was always with me when I needed herrdquo he said Son Tom moved back from California to assist his father in keeping his mother at home Sadly Harold suffered a heart attack and nearly lost his own health during his years of caretaking

In addition Nitarsquos disease progressed causing her to need more care than her family could provide Harold made the difficult deci-sion to place her in Roselawn Manor

ldquoI never cried so much in my life eventually I got over itrdquo he said

He praises the staff there saying ldquoWhat I thought was horrible place to go has been a lifesaving and wonderful place for herrdquo

Now the silver-haired woman who once grew beautiful flower gardens no longer communicates with the outside world Her dedi-cated husband believes she recognizes him but even if she doesnrsquot 64 years ago he vowed to be with his bride until the end A prom-ise that Harold Beckett intends to keep

Christina Ryan Claypool is a freelance journalist and inspirational speaker Contact her through her Website at wwwchristinaryanclaypoolcom

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Nita Beckett (center) with son Tom and husband Harold who took care of his wife at home for 10 years with his sons assistance

Beckett

18

No trip to Ireland would be complete unless you experience the Ring of Kerry the winding route that takes you along the Iveragh Peninsula and through the quaint small towns dotting the landscape Itrsquos a route that exposes you to

beautiful views of mountains coastlines and of course the Atlantic OceanAfter another bountiful Irish breakfast which was part of my Trafalgar Tours pack-

age each day of my week-long journey my travel partner Jane and I boarded the bus to start The Ring The rain from the previous evening had ceased and the sun broke through But since the winds were strong the day would certainly call for a hat and jacket despite the fact that the temperature had climbed into the mid-50s

Our tour bus went through towns with names like Killgorglin Glenbeigh and Cahir-siveen One of our day stops was in Waterville a fishing village that really provided wonderful views of the Atlantic and a place that famed comedian Charlie Chaplin once lived Our tour guide Bernard told us that several of Chaplinrsquos descendents have remained in the area A Chaplain statute sits just off the road with a rock-strewn beach as a buffer between statue and the Atlantic As everyone clambered to get their turn to get a picture taken with the likeness of the Little Tramp I wondered just how

many had jumped in beside the derby-wearing statue over the years

Our lunch stop was at what many feel is Irelandrsquos best-known view a place called the Scarriff Inn in the town of Caherdaniel Itrsquos an area where the fog routinely settles and the eerily shrouded view I found so very atmospheric was that of Derrynane Harbour Not one of us failed to pull out our cameras for beautiful land-scape shots of this mysterious fog-shrouded natural beauty

During our stop while Jane enjoyed a bowl of Irish stew in the Inn I went on a mini camera excursion walking down a lane in search of other good angles to capture some of Irelandrsquos abun-dant natural beauty There were animals Irsquove spoken of in an ear-lier installment the ubiquitous sheep spray-painted in spots with bright blues reds and yellows as a humane way of branding them wandering the rocky terrain

Then it was back on the bus and on our way eventually through Sneem where our tour bus became the last albeit inadvertent entry in its St Patrickrsquos Day parade As Sneem-ites lined the street just behind the many outside venders that hoped to do well that day we crept along with townspeople taking pictures of us while we took pictures of them and laughing the entire time at our unexpected inclusion

Our final Ring of Kerry stop before returning to Killarney for our own opportunity to stand along a parade route to honor St Pat-rick was to take in the beauty of a an area known as Ladiesrsquo View a view which as one might imagine comes with a story

In the 1800s during a time Ireland was still a part of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria made a trip to Killarney to check this rather distant portion of her domain As was the custom the

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Queenrsquos ladies in waiting had been sent ahead to ready her quarters However when they came upon a view that included what has become known as The Lakes of Killar-ney and the mountains that framed them they became so transfixed they tarried too long and the Queen caught up to them She was upset but only until she looked about and saw the view herself and promptly forgave them for their dereliction of duty

After many snaps of our camera shutters it was back into Killarney Town for the parade that was scheduled to commence at 2 pm and what a festive and colorful experience that turned out to be

In the parade there were no fewer than four St Patrickrsquos and several organizations representing a variety of inter-ests including kids and adults in rugby and hurling uni-forms Irish dancing troupes and bagpipe brigades

As I walked around the vibrant downtown area remem-bering the feeling of being a kid again as I watched the Irish school children reveling in their day of freedom in the middle of their school week I couldnrsquot help but think of how different it was from many of the downtown areas in towns of similar size back in The States where busi-nesses have abandoned downtown and fled to malls on the outskirts of town Such is not the case in Ireland

For quiet time we headed to St Mary Cathedral a mas-sive structure with a foundation stone reading 1842 actu-ally making it one of Irelandrsquos newer cathedrals Part of its rich history is it once served as a refuge for victims of the Great Potato Famine of 1845

Then it was back downtown for the pub portion of our day The liveliest and best music Jane and I found was at the Crock lsquoO Gold Pub The star of the group was a young man with rusty hair and wonderfully dexterous fingers which made the accordion come alive in a genre he called Celtic (pronounced with a hard c) Cajun He was accompanied by a mandolin player a guitarist and a mate playing the washboard and spoons The collective sound was a real treat and certainly made the Murphyrsquos Irish Stout taste

better Since we were in there before the group even set up we were delighted when they established their position no less than five feet away giving us the absolute best seats in the house

Later after a bit more fun in the Killarney Avenue Hotel pub after our meal this one of the four evening meals included in our Trafalgar Tour package it was time to rest We would be on the move again early the next morning for Day 6 a day that would include ferrying across the River Shannon and into County Clare to see the magnificent Cliffs of Moher before trekking to our over-night stop in the city of Limerick

TOP Jane and John at Ladies View just outside Killarney

LEFT Bagpipers brigade during Killarneys St Patricks Day Parade

Photos by John Grindrod

20

Valentine Heil was born in Germany in 1863 In his early teens he was taught the art of stone cutting At age 18 he decided to come to America to find

work in that field Having no particular place in mind to settle he met some people on the ship who were headed to Cincinnati and decided to follow He couldnrsquot find work in his particular trade and so he worked in a butcher shop

While living there he met and married Rosa Beyer from Covington Ky and hearing of the growth in Lima he and his young bride came here in 1890 After looking around

he decided to open his own business Val bought a home on East Eureka Street at the southwest corner of South Jackson Street A two-story house with a large lot at the rear it became his business place as well with the stone stored at the rear of the house

Valentine had three brothers who followed him to Lima from Germany They were Daniel John and Otto All of them became involved in the business and were married

Unfortunately John died at the young age of 35 and Dan-iel at 45 They left behind a combined family of 10 children to carry on and they became a part of Valentinersquos business or started their own in other fields Otto married Labertha Bridge and had a family of eight

Valentinersquos stone business soon became a thriving one He was also in the contracting business and erected many of the Lima business blocks plus his stonework appeared on many others such as the YMCA Hotel Norval St Paul Lutheran Church and the Lima Electric Light building along with many private homes including the home of Henry

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Time Capsule

A Valentine that kept on giving Lima residentrsquos love is carved in stone

By Jeanne Porreca

The Holland Block featured the skills of Valentine HeilCourtesy of Allen County Historical Society

21

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Deisel on West Cole StreetAs his stone business grew so did his ability to hand carve

the stone One of the still-standing projects is a pair of fero-cious looking lions that stand at each side of the front steps of Henry Deiselrsquos original home on Cole Street called the Col-onnade now owned by Rob Nelson and his family

Valentine and Rosa had a family of six children all of whom grew strong and healthy But tragedy struck the family on June 29 1909 when their two youngest boys were playing in the yard where an electric line had fallen They were both instantly electrocuted and Rosa barely escaped with her life when she tried to save them

Rosa Heil died in 1912 and the following year Valentine married Miss Betty Reiter 23 years his junior They had one son Frederick from whom many details of this story were told before his death in 2003 Valentine had also started a coal company and Fred tells of a time during the depression when local ldquoculpritsrdquo would sneak the coal out of the yard and roll it onto the railroad tracks The flat cars would run over it forcing it out on the opposite side where the thieves waited eagerly with their baskets to gather it and run off into the night

Through the years family and the German community were very close to Valentine or ldquoValrdquo as he was affectionately called He had a Cadillac touring car with two spare tires on the rear which he would wash and shine carefully and loan out for funerals and other special occasions when needed and young Fred would drive the car Fred told of the many community parties that would be held on the lawn of the family home with good food and drink and plenty of good wine

Soon after the stone business started to wane and Val went into the concrete business having one of the first concrete mixers in Lima

From there he started a new company which soon became a pav-ing company and here the tradition still is carried on today Carl the second son of Valentine Heil had two sons one of them Robert J or as he is known by a lot of Lima businesses ldquoRobrdquo Heil start-ing his own blacktopping business and is fondly remembered for his love of people and a great smile along with being a truly hon-est business man At his death in 2007 the business sense passed to his son Michael who runs his own paving company known as Lima Contracting Many a yard of blacktopping has been laid by this fam-ily

Valentine Heil died peacefully Jan 26 1935 at the age of 72 years leaving a trail of traditions that are still carried on

And now for the ladies for any time there is a lady of prominence involved in a family I must mention her and none deserve it more than Anita Heil Gallantine grandaughter of Valrsquos second child Carl Heil Her father Carl Jr has every right to speak proudly of her for Anita is now a Brigadier General in the US Air Force with a long list of commendations and an even longer list of her assignments during service

Bravo Anita and wow what a family Lima can be very proud

The lions carved by Valentine Heil are still guarding the Colonnade on Cole Street

22 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Sept 1Lima Chapter 452 AARP 12

pm Milano Cafe 2383 Elida Rd Lima $8 Program about Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen

Lima Area Parkinsons Sup-port Group 2 pm St Ritarsquos Auxiliary Conference Center 718 W Market St Lima

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 3Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Central Services 900 S Col-lett St Lima 62-mile ldquoJump to Jumbordquo

rdquoDoktor Kaboomrdquo 9 am Ohio Northern University 525 S Main St Ada $10 adults $5 stu-dents (419) 772-2000

Block Party 12 pm Murphrsquos Place 113 E Spring St Lima

Town Square Prayer 12 pm Limarsquos Town Square N Main St and W Market St Lima

Church On The Rock Spa-ghetti Dinner 4 pm Church On The Rock 310 N West Street Lima $7 adults $450 Children 3-12 yrs

Real Life Tall Tales of the Ohio Frontier 7 pm Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima (419) 221-1232

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 4St Matthew Outdoor Sum-

mer Service 8 am St Mat-thew Lutheran Church 5050 Saint Matthews Dr Lima

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 29-mile ldquoMan Bites Dogrdquo ride

Gymanfa Ganu 7 pm Salem Presbyterian Church 15240 Main St Venedocia Directed by Margaret Morris-Lopez with soloist Jake Wilder and accom-panists Connie OrsquoNeill and Sue

Fickel Light supper available from 4 to 6 pm for a donation

Sept 5Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 55-mile ldquoLock 2rdquo ride

Sept 6Auglaize PERI 9 1130 am

American Legion 1108 E Ben-ton St Wapakoneta With Ohio Rep John Adams

Allen County Veterans Ser-vice Commission 5 pm Allen County Courthouse 301 N Main St Lima

Lima PFLAG (Parents Family Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 6 pm OSU LimaRhodes State 4240 Campus Dr Lima

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Tri-Moraine Audubon Soci-ety 730 pm OSU Lima Visi-tor amp Student Services Center 3900 Campus Dr Lima Terry D Schwaner on ldquoFrogs in a Wet-land in Northwest Ohiordquo

Sept 7Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Book Discussion 12 pm Common Grounds Coffeehouse 101 S Main St Bluffton ldquoThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanardquo

Sept 8Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Allen County Patriots 630 pm Allen County Sanitary Engineerrsquos Office 3230 N Cole St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence 7 pm Deliverance Tem-ple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 9Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

The Total Woman Confer-ence 10 am Deliverance Temple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Sept 10Living History Enlivening

Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Festival in the Cornfield 10 am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Lima Roadrunners 10 am Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 50-mile ldquoCascade Parkrdquo ride

Kidfest 11 am Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima

The Y Black Achievers 12 pm Lima Family YMCA 345 S Elizabeth St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence Luncheon 12 pm Grace Church 2945 Wells Dr Lima $20 adults $10 youth Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social 5 pm Perry United Methodist Church 3250 E Breese Rd Lima Proceeds to Harvest Food Pantry

37th Annual Bath Band Spectacular 7 pm Bath High School 2850 Bible Rd Lima $7

Country Diamond Dancers - Dance 7 pm Vaughnsville Community Center 115 E Find-lay St Vaughnsville

Lima Area Concert Band 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima $15 adults free for students

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Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Len Collier

Sept 11Run to Remember 830 am

Lincoln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima $20 5K RunWalk Race day registration at 7 am Proceeds to the Lima Firefighters Memorial Museum

Living History Enlivening Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Butterfly Migration Celebra-tion 2 pm Childrenrsquos Garden 620 W Market St Lima

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra-911 Tribute 3 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

Sept 13Clark Equipment Retirees

1130 am Eagles Lodge 800 W Robb Ave Lima

Westinghouse Sundstrand Group 1130 am Western Siz-zlin 2721 Elida Rd Lima (419) 331-6644

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Michael Hingson 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 14Life After Cancer Sup-

port Group 1 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima With Zach Broshes

Sept 15Interactive Bible Study 7

pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 16Spaghetti Dinner 430 pm

Events calendar

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Lima Masonic Center 2165 N Cole St Lima $5

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Sept 17Aqua Immersion Fall Ride

and Dive 830 am Gilboa PCG 3695 State Route 224 Gil-boa

Buddy Walk 10 am Faurot Park N Cole St Lima By Allen County Downs Syndrome aware-ness group

Ada Harvest amp Herb Festival 10 am Downtown Ada 525 S Main St Ada

Dog Day at the Beach 10 am Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima $3

The Manhattan Transfer 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 18To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 25-mile ldquo50th Birthday Partyrdquo ride

Sept 20Area Agency on Aging 3 930

am Area Agency on Aging 200 E High St Lima

ALS Support Group 11 am Senior Citizen Services Inc 3400 W Elm St Lima

Caregiverrsquos Support Group 3 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Allen County Chapter Com-passionate Friends 7 pm Lima First Assembly of God

1575 E High St Lima Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Man-to-Man Support Group 7 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Sept 21Community Fellowship Meal

5 pm St John United Meth-odist Church 205 N High St Columbus Grove

Korean War Veterans 7 pm Memorial Hall 130 W Elm St Lima

Sept 22Dinner and a Movie with

Brian Keegan 6 pm Ohio State University Lima Branch 4240 Campus Dr Lima All seats $30 Movie only $5 (419) 995-8600

Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Ron White 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima (419) 224-1552

Sept 23Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima

Sept 24Lima Roadrunners 10 am

Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 60-mile ldquoNorthside County Tourrdquo ride

Park-2-Park 5K 12 pm Lin-coln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima

Appalachian Opry 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33

Wapakoneta To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Country Expo

Sept 25To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 30-mile ldquoRockport Ramblerdquo ride

Steven Curtis Chapman 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 26The Great Monter Hunt Pup-

pet Show 630 pm Putnam County District Library 136 Put-nam Pky Ottawa Puppeteers from the Mazza Museum of Findlay

Sept 27Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Sept 28Heart Health Screening 9

am Dorothy Love Amos Com-munity Center 3003 Cisco Rd Sidney

Putnam County Parkinsons Support Group 1115 am Henryrsquos Restaurant 810 N Locust St Ottawa

Sept 29Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm

Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 30Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

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How many tomatoes have you

been offered at work Enough to supply your churchrsquos upcom-ing spaghetti sup-per

At my work these days there is always a nice collection of veggies in the breakroom And by the mailboxes And by the other mailboxes You get the picture

And they keep coming tucked under the arms of workers or toted in via plastic shopping bags People bring them to share eager to help others enjoy fresh produce

Therersquos a sense of pride involved and rightly so These veg-etable growers have done something momentous They have cre-ated food where before there was no food Before you giggle consider what needs to be done here First you need to plan What vegetables will you attempt What gear do you need Will you buy starts or start your own from seed

And thatrsquos just the beginning Vegetable growers mdash really growers of anything mdash need to make a commitment These folks need to commit to that plant to tend it through the season watering as needed weeding as needed protecting from vermin as needed Mid May to mid August does not simply go by in the wink of an eye Every day that plant needs something from you to be truly productive

And letrsquos face it Not everyone has such a maternalistic nature I am always terribly excited about spring when it comes eager

to get to the garden center and plant some annuals I especially enjoy containers mdash I have two large pots and several other smaller ones scattered around the house This year I tried my luck with a tomato plant a bell pepper plant and some Greek oregano in addition to the usual flowers

The tomato Toast The pepper The fruits are so tiny theyrsquore about worthless The Greek oregano is the only thing that really made it and at one particularly hot stretch this summer I thought it was a goner for sure I love the process but it seems like something always goes wrong (That usually involves me doing something dumb like skipping the watering can when they really need a drink My mother who has the greenest of green thumbs shakes her head in dismay)

Growing vegetables does not come easy to me so I look for-ward to opportunities to buy fresh locally grown goods The many farmers markets in the area fit my needs perfectly mdash and the needs of many others See this monthrsquos cover story to read more about farmers markets how they work and where theyrsquore located if yoursquove never made a visit

And you can sleep at night knowing that zucchini rode but a few miles from field to plate instead of something grown good-ness knows where That makes that zucchini bread you made taste just that much better

On my mind

Adrienne McGee

LifestyleSpecialSectionsEditor

4

If yoursquore a woman who owns a business yoursquove got plenty of company In fact women own more than 10 million US companies and women-owned businesses account for about

40 percent of all privately held firms in the US according to the Center for Womenrsquos Business Research Clearly the good news is that women like you are entering the small-business arena at a rapid pace The not-so-good news is that you may be facing a retirement savings gap in comparison to male business owners

According to the US Small Business Administrationrsquos Office of Advocacy 194 percent of male business owners have 401(k) or similar plans compared with just 155 percent of women owners

The percentage of female business owners with Individual Retirement Accounts is about the same as that of male business owners mdash but the men have more money in their accounts The average womanrsquos IRA balance is about $51000 compared with $91000 for men according to a recent report by the Employee Benefit Research Institute Although these figures change con-stantly with the ebbs and flow of the market the difference between the genders remains significant

Women should set up a retirement plan for your business But for many women business owners the perceived cost of setting

up and running a retirement plan has been an obstacle However the retirement plan market has opened up for small business owners over the past several years

Owner-only 401(k) mdash This plan is available to self-employed individuals and business owners with no full-time employees other than themselves or a spouse You may even be able to choose a Roth option for your 401(k)

SEP IRA mdash If you have just a few employees or are self-employed with no employees you may want to consider this Yoursquoll fund the plan with tax-deductible contributions and you must cover all eligible employees

Solo defined benefit plan mdash This plan has high contribution lim-its and your contributions are typically tax-deductible

SIMPLE IRA mdash A SIMPLE IRA as its name suggests is easy to set up and maintain and it can be a good plan if your business has fewer than 10 employees

As a business owner you spend a lot of time thinking about what needs to be done today but you donrsquot want to forget about tomorrow mdash so consider putting a retirement plan to work for you soon

Courtesy Edward Jones

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

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POST

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types

OUTDOOR FLEA MARKET amp EMPORIUM

528 NWashington StDelphos

Right on the corner of 5th St and N Washington St next to Bellmanrsquos Party Shop

and across the street from the Pizza Hut

419-692-0044

WErsquoRE NOT AN ANTIQUE STORE WE BUY - SELL amp TRADE WErsquoRE AN ANYTHING YOU NEED STORE

STOP BY amp SEE WHAT WE HAVE STOCK CHANGES DAILY

NEW

NEWMERCHANDISE

DAILY

MORE VALUEFOR YOUR

BUYING $$

STOP BYAND

SEE US

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JUST LIKEAN

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POST

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TRADEgoods of all

types

OUTDOOR FLEA MARKET amp EMPORIUM

528 NWashington StDelphos

Right on the corner of 5th St and N Washington St next to Bellmanrsquos Party Shop

and across the street from the Pizza Hut

419-692-0044

WErsquoRE NOT AN ANTIQUE STORE WE BUY - SELL amp TRADE WErsquoRE AN ANYTHING YOU NEED STORE

STOP BY amp SEE WHAT WE HAVE STOCK CHANGES DAILY

NEW

NEWMERCHANDISE

DAILY

MORE VALUEFOR YOUR

BUYING $$

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SEE US

STOCK CHANGES DAY TO DAYIF YOU WANT IT AND WE DONrsquoT HAVE

IT WErsquoLL TRY TO FIND IT FOR YOU

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POST

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TRADEgoods of all

types

Right on the corner of 5th St and N Washington StJust look for the Sign

STOCK CHANGES DAY TO DAY IF YOU WANT IT AND WE

DONrsquoT HAVE IT WErsquoLL TRY TO FIND IT FOR YOU

419-692-0044

DELPHOSTRADINGPOST

OUTDOOR FLEA MARKETand

At the Delphos Trading Post one manrsquos unwanted items are another manrsquos treasure So what wersquove done is give you a place where you can bring your unwanted treasures and trade them for something you might like or cash We buy sell and trade just about anything that is in good shape and has a market value We also buy and sell fire arms gold and silver antiques and collectibles so come see us at the Delphos Trading Post and let us help your dollars go further

Did You Know The items collectors collect may be antique or simply collectible Antiques are collectible items at least 100 years old collectibles are not as old as antiques and may even be new Collectors and dealers may use the word vintage to describe older collectibles Most collectibles are man-made commercial items but some private collectors collect natural objects such as birdsrsquo eggs butterflies rocks and seashells Some collectors collect only in childhood while others continue to do so throughout their lives and usually modify their aims later in life

In general items of significance beauty value or interest that are too young to be considered antiques fall into the category of collectibles Some collectibles are limited editions and some are new but many of them have been around for decades So if you are looking for a profitable hobby start collecting Good Luck and Good Fortune

Your Money

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OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

Across1 Boitorsquos Mefistofele eg6 High-five eg10 Strong fiber14 Boredom15 Engine sound16 Advil target17 Phrases with two meanings 20 Kind of palm21 Chair part22 Accost 23 Away25 Opera star26 Willy ___ former West

Germany chancellor 29 Shrewish 33 Back muscle familiarly34 Theological rationalism 36 Parkinsonrsquos treatment 37 Father of Balder39 Appliance that removes

moisture 41 Move through water 42 Drunk in slang44 Baddies46 ldquo___ Ngrdquo (They Might Be

Giants song)47 Nighttime travel stop (2 wd)

49 Ryegrass 51 Pay (up)52 Quakerrsquos ldquoyourdquo53 Feral feline56 Chinese ldquowayrdquo57 Galileorsquos birthplace61 Novocaine for one (2 wd) 64 1968 Chemistry Nobelist

Onsager65 Copper66 ldquoI give uprdquo67 Astringent68 ___ bag69 Character

Down1 Resting places2 Dwarf buffalo 3 Like a bug in a rug4 Induce to commit perjury 5 Black gold6 Floor it7 Air bag8 ldquoA jealous mistressrdquo Emerson9 Blend beforehand 10 ___ National Monument in

SD 11 ldquoGodrsquos Little ___rdquo

Justforfun12 The Beatlesrsquo ldquo___ Leaving

Homerdquo13 Makeup eg18 Flying high19 Romance eg24 ldquoThatrsquos ___ rdquo25 Molecule consisting of two

identical simpler molecules 26 Flower27 AMFM device28 Inclined29 Victory hand gesture 30 Hawkeye31 Gumption32 Muslim porter 35 O Henry device38 Tumor 40 Extremely popular43 Drivel45 Edrsquos request (acronym)48 All together50 Feel remorse for52 Spoonful say53 ___ podrida

54 Black shade55 Almond56 Camping gear58 Allergic reaction59 Fodder holder60 Air force heroes62 ldquoThe Matrixrdquo hero63 Cast

Crossword Answer

6 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Seasonings

Roasted red pepper and apricot relishPhoto courtesy of CIA

Relish summer all winter long

Courtesy of CIA

We wait all winter anxious to savor the fresh flavors of sum-merrsquos harvest It doesnrsquot get any better than delighting in fresh fruit and produce picked straight out of the garden

or from local farm stands With so much being harvested at once you canrsquot help thinking how wonderful it would be if we were able to have some of summerrsquos bounty to enjoy in the dead of winter

The chefs at the CIA suggest you set yourself up for winter this year by taking a little time to put up some of your favorite things by making relish with them According to The Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink the word relish first appeared in English in 1798

7

from the Middle English for a ldquotasterdquo and is derived from the French word reles ldquosomething remainingrdquo In the United States we refer to many relishes that are pickle-based but our ancestors also realized that a good way to use up the wealth of fruits and vegeta-bles available in summer was to put them up in jars of relish

ldquoAllow your washed jars to come up to room temperature before placing them in boiling water to sanitize so you donrsquot risk cracking the glassrdquo says CIA Chef Dwayne LiPuma ldquoWhen you take them out be mindful not to place them on a cold surface place them on a towel to keep them saferdquo

The flavor and color combinations in this vibrant Roasted Red Pepper and Apricot Relish are so wonderful yoursquoll want to double the recipe and have plenty on hand to spread on whole wheat crackers or to liven up a simple roast turkey sandwich as the weather turns cold and snowy

Sterilizing Jars for PreservingYou will need a pot deep enough to hold the tallest jar you plan

to use with another 3 to 4 inches of space between the top of the jar and the top of the pot

Clean the jars lids and rings well with hot soapy water and rinse well in hot water

Put the pot on a burner and place a canning rack or folded towel in the bottom of the pot

Fill the jars with hot water and put them in the pot (they should sit steadily on the rack or towel and should not touch each other) Add enough additional hot water to cover the jars by 1 inch Add the lids to the pot you can also add the rings if desired

Bring the water to a boil over high heat After it reaches a boil continue to boil for 10 minutes longer

Use canning tongs to lift the jars out of the hot water pour out the water and set them on a flat towel-lined surface Remove the lids and rings and put them on the towel too The jars are ready to fill

It is important to fill the jars when the jars are still hot Do not overfill the jars Fill to the top of the first ring from the bottom

Use the same pot you used to sterilize the jars add the rack or a folded towel as before and put the pot on a burner Put the filled and sealed jars into the pot (If the jars are small and might bang against each other as you process them in boiling water you may want to wrap a cloth around each jar to keep them safe) Add enough hot water to completely cover the jars

Bring the water to a boil and boil the relish for 10 minutes (the time will vary for other recipes depending upon the ingredient you are processing refer to your recipe) Turn off the heat under the pot Let the jars cool in the hot water bath for 1 hour Lift the jars from the water with canning tongs and set them on a towel-lined counter

Check the seals to be sure that they are tight Leave the jars undisturbed As they cool you should hear a pop as a vacuum seal forms If a jar doesnrsquot seal keep it refrigerated and try to eat is within a week

The following recipe has been adapted from The Culinary Insti-tute of Americarsquos Vegetables cookbook (2007 Lebhar Friedman) which is available at bookstores nationwide or at wwwciaprochefcomfbibookshtml

Roasted Red Pepper and Apricot RelishMakes 2 cups1 tablespoon olive oil 12 cup minced red onions 12 teaspoon minced garlic 34 cup minced roasted red bell peppers 14 cup minced dried apricots 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar plus as needed 1 teaspoon honey mustard 2 to 3 drops hot sauce as needed Salt and pepper as needed 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley Heat a sauteacute pan over medium heat Add the oil and heat until

the surface ripples Add the onions and garlic and sauteacute stirring frequently until tender and translucent about 2 minutes

Add the peppers apricots 1 tablespoon vinegar and mustard and sauteacute until the vinegar evaporates Remove from heat Season to taste with the hot sauce additional vinegar salt and pepper Add the parsley just before serving Serve at room temperature or chilled

Nutrition Analysis per 1-ounce serving 35 calories 0g protein 5g carbohydrate 15g fat 35mg sodium 0mg cholesterol less than 1g dietary fiber

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OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

Letrsquos reminisceEvery Wednesday is a blast from the past

in The Lima News

8 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Out of all the players Jim Martz scouted in his 30-plus years as a Major League talent evaluator the one that he had to travel the shortest distance to see is the subject

of this and next monthrsquos installments Thatrsquos because Brad Kom-minsk was arguably the best athlete ever to come out of Shawnee High School

Martz who is equipped with a terrific memory for detail remembers Brad vividly and still keeps in touch today When I asked Jim when he first became aware of Brad Komminsk as a baseball player dur-ing a career spent on the roads beat-ing the bushes for baseball players he

recounted how that occurredldquoIn April of 1976 upon returning home from a long road trip

when my concentration was on high school and college players my son Mick a freshman at Bath told me there was a freshman at Shawnee I should check out Of course he was referring to Brad so I attended Bradrsquos next game and was absolutely floored by what I saw

ldquoAt just 14 years old Brad Komminsk was the second-most impressive a prospect at that age as I saw in my 32 years evaluat-ing talent for Major League Baseball The only one I ever saw bet-ter at a comparable age was Ken Griffey Jr who you might say had a little success later at the Major League level that is if over 600 career homers is any barometer to measure success

ldquoThere are those in Lima who may not remember just how good Komminsk was at such a young age but I had a gut feeling that I was looking at a five-tool player meaning he had what scouts call ldquoplusrdquo ability to hit for average hit for power steal bases field his position and throw wellrdquo

As Komminskrsquos high career continued Martz saw him as a first-round pick in Major League Baseballrsquos amateur draft after his high school graduation and someone who had legitimate star potential

Recalls Martz ldquoThe first time I saw Brad I spoke with him after the game I told him a lot of things and among them was the importance of taking batting practice correctly and the impor-tance of running out every ground ball eve if it was hit back to the pitcher and he fielded it

Sports spot

Brad KomminskLima native and baseball lifer

Part 1

Jim Martz with Brad Komminsk June 1979 Komminsk just 18 years old had just signed with the Atlanta Braves and selected in baseballs draft as the fourth player taken in the entire country

Photo courtesy of Brad Komminsk

By John Grindrod

9 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

ldquoI remember I only had to tell him something once and hersquod work diligently on it He improved his home-to-first speed from 44 seconds consid-ered below average for a Major League prospect to 41 seconds which is considered very good Many lsquoroutine outsrsquo became infield hits and many singles became doubles and doubles became triplesrdquo

Martz also gave Komminsk some wooden bats and from that point on Komminsk used them exclusively throughout the rest of his amateur career despite the fact that aluminum certainly created harder hit balls and everyone else he was competing against was using aluminum Martz knew using wood instead of aluminum would ease his transition into pro ball

For the next few summers Martzrsquos son Mick and Komminsk played both against each other and for a while together on the same American Legion squad That meant Jim could not only see his own son play but could also track Komminskrsquos development as well In 1978 as 17-year-old juniors Mick and Bradrsquos Legion team advanced to the state tournament in Athens Ohio on the campus of Ohio University

Recalls Jim ldquoIrsquoll never forget one game Brad hit two home runs that both landed on top of the roof of a multi-story dorm way beyond the leftfield fence Both shots were in the 450-480 foot range and both were hit with one of those wooden bats I gave him

ldquoTo give you some idea of how impressive that was this was the same field that future hall of Famer Mike Schmidt played on and in his entire college career he put one of that dorm roof oncerdquo

By the time Brad was a senior in 1979 at Shawnee Martz began to fully appreciate just how gifted Komminsk was athletically

ldquoHe was an outstanding swimmer which is a sport that kind of flies under the radar so not a lot of people may remember that He was also a terrific running back on the football team and also a linebacker so good that Michigan offered him a scholarship to do battle with that team down south In basketball he often scored 25 to 30 a game and did it so effortlesslyrdquo

At that time in Martzrsquos scouting career Jim worked through the Major League Scouting Bureau which meant he didnrsquot scout for just one team So evaluations went out to every MLB team

Recalls the former scout ldquoI really worked hard promoting Brad in every possible manner Not only was he local but I got to know him so very well and he was just a terrific kid I thought he was that specialrdquo

As the June Major League draft got closer Martzrsquos phone rang much more frequently as he got calls from a variety of teamsrsquo gen-eral managers and scouting directors As a matter of fact to give you an idea of how clearly Komminsk could be detected the radar of teams Martz recalls the frenzy surrounding Bradrsquos final high school game against Elida

ldquoAll told there were 32 scouts including myself there and prob-ably another dozen scouting directors The Seattle Mariners alone which had the first pick in the first round had five scouts and also their scouting directorrdquo

With Martzrsquos help next month Irsquoll re-create for you how that final game went and what happened in the ensuing months and years as well in my final installment on Limarsquos baseball lifer Brad Komminsk

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Brad Komminsk (left) with Jim Martz and Eric Wedge (right) at a base-ball fundraiser at the Knights of Columbus in Lima in February 2009

Photo courtesy of Jim Martz

10

AQGeneral

QI received a notice from Social Security recently It said my name and Social Security number do not match Social Securityrsquos records What should I do

AItrsquos critical that your name and Social Security number as shown on your Social Security card match your employerrsquos payroll records and your W-2 form If they donrsquot here is

what you need to dobull Give your employer the correct information exactly as shown

on your Social Security card or your corrected card orbull Contact your local Social Security office (wwwsocialsecurity

govlocator) or call 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) if your Social Security card does not show your correct name or Social Security number For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

QAre Social Security numbers reassigned after a person dies

ANo We do not reassign Social Security numbers In all we have assigned more than 460 million Social Security numbers and each year we assign about 55 million new

numbers The current system has enough new numbers for several more generations For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

Disability

QHow does Social Security decide if I am disabled

AIf you are an adult you must be unable to work for a year or more because of a medical condition or combination of medical impairments Overall

we use a five-step evaluation process to decide whether you are disabled The process considers any current work activity you are doing It also considers your medical condition and how it affects your ability to work To be found disabled

bull You must be unable to do work you did before you became disabled and we must decide you cannot adjust to other work because of your medical condition and

bull Your disability must last or be expected to last for at least one year or to result in death

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

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11

A Q

Social Security pays only for total disability We do not pay ben-efits for partial or short-term disability For more information read our publication Disability Benefits at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10029html

QIf I go back to work will I automatically lose my Social Security disability benefits

ASocial Security has several work incentive programs to help people who want to work You may be able to receive benefits and continue your health care coverage

during a trial work period For information about Social Securityrsquos work incentives and how they can help you return to work you should

bull Visit our special work site at wwwsocialsecuritygovwork bull See the Red Book on work incentives at wwwsocialsecurity

govredbookbull Call our toll-free number at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-

0778) orbull Contact your local Social Security office (wwwsocialsecurity

govlocator) For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

Medicare

QIs it true that if you have low income you can get help paying your Medicare premiums

AYes If your income and resources are limited your State may be able to help with your Medicare Part B premium deductibles and coinsurance amounts State rules vary

on the income and resources that apply Contact your State or local medical assistance social services or welfare office or call the Medicare hotline 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) and ask about the Medicare Savings Programs If you have limited income and resources you also may be able to get help paying for pre-scription drug coverage under Medicare Part D Call Social Secu-rity at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY users should call 1-800-325-0778) or visit any Social Security office

Also see our publication Medicare (Publication 10043) at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10043html For even more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

Retirement

QCan I apply online for retirement benefits

AYes Itrsquos quick and easy Apply online and save yourself a trip to the office Once you submit your online application electronically in most

cases yoursquore done There are no forms to sign or documents to send in If we do need more information to process your applica-tion a representative will contact you For more information about applying online visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

QIf both my spouse and I are entitled to Social Secu-rity benefits is there any reduction in our payments because we are married

ANo We independently calculate each spousersquos Social Secu-rity benefit amount Each spouse receives a monthly ben-efit amount based on his or her own earnings Couples are

not penalized simply because they are married If one member of the couple earned low wages or did not earn enough Social Secu-rity credits to be eligible for retirement benefits he or she may be eligible to receive benefits as a spouse

Supplemental Security Income

QIf I receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) dis-ability benefits what is the effect on my benefits if I work

AIn most cases your return to work would reduce your benefit amount and in some cases discontinue your pay-ments Unlike Social Security disability there is no ldquotrial

work periodrdquo for people who get SSI disability benefits In most cases if your only income besides SSI is from your work you can earn up to $1433 in a month (in 2011) before we stop your pay-ments We have several publications about SSI including Report-ing Your Wages When You Receive Supplemental Security Income available at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10503html Note that there are other work incentives that can help you return to work when you receive SSI You can read about them in What You Need To Know When You Get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs11011htmlpart6 For more infor-mation visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

Oh say can you see

by the dawnrsquos early light

What so proudly we hailrsquod

at the twilightrsquos last gleaming

Whose broad stripes and bright stars

throrsquo the perilous fight

Orsquoer the ramparts we watchrsquod

were so gallantly streaming

And the rocketsrsquo red glare

the bombs bursting in air

Gave proof throrsquo the night

that our flag was still there

O say does that star-spangled

banner yet wave

Orsquoer the land of the free and

the home of the brave

IN HONOROF OUR TROOPS

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12

A farmers market brings out the best in peopleldquoThe markets give people with gardens a chance to try

a little entrepreneurship It gives buyers fresh and locally grown food and it allows people with cottage industries the chance to make a few extra bucksrdquo said Mary Jo Bockrath executive direc-tor of the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce There the market concept has gone so well in its first year that it will now be an

annual eventldquoWersquove had pretty

good attendance which makes our vendors happyrdquo Bockrath said ldquoI think the thing about a farmersrsquo market that I really like is getting people downtown and letting them visit

with their friends and neighborsrdquoAnd along with the fresh fruits and veggies Bockrath said local

folks go crazy over the baked goods especially the cupcakes ldquoReally

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Microchips Bring Major Changes to Hearing Care

Chicago IL ndash The world is going wireless Phones function flawlessly without cords We surf the Internet from planes GPS devices give us street directions as we drive And now ndash thanks to advanced microchip technology ndash the hearing impaired can enjoy home entertainment and mobile phones with the same ease and flexibility as those with normal hearing

Wireless Transmission of SoundThe ability for hearing aids to receive sound sent wirelessly from the television stereo and computer is now a reality Hearing aid patients no longer need awkward necklace-style devices to receive wireless audio signals Individuals can listen ldquoprivatelyrdquo through their hearing instruments at the volume they prefer Others in the room enjoy a volume comfortable for them

The same microprocessor technology allows hearing aid wearers to enjoy hands-free use of cell and home phones By using a small Bluetoothtrade

accessory clipped to a shirt or automobile visor clear conversation is sent from the phone to both ears The phone can stay put away in a pocket or handbag during calls

Options For Noisy EnvironmentsAlong with enabling direct-to-ear-wireless communication microprocessors help hearing aid wearers more easily understand speech in noisy environments New techniques such as band-splitting and specialized sound classification facilitate more natural hearing in challenging environments Now instead of across-the-board amplification patients can prioritize important sounds such as speech while retaining auditory awareness of less critical sounds Patients can also choose to focus on speech exclusively

True Breakthrough in Hearing TechnologyThe new line of Beltone Truetrade hearing aids sends phone conversation and TV directly into hearing instruments while

letting users stay connected to their surroundings at the same time Beltone is the only manufacturer to utilize a robust 24 GHz wireless signal ndash which when coupled with the Truersquos advanced microprocessor ndash allows wireless transmission of sound up to 23 feet from entertainment devices The Beltone True hearing instrumentrsquos Spatial Directionalitytrade feature enables more natural hearing in noisy surroundings Using directional technology one ear focuses on speech while the other ear monitors sounds from around the individual Speech Spotter Protrade allows the user to focus on speech and tune-out background noise completely

For a free hearing screening and free trial of True hearing aids visit one of Beltonersquos 1500 hearing care centers located throughout the nation For more information or to find the location nearest to you call Beltone at 419-773-4021 or visit them online at wwwbeltonecom

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we have so many unique things and every one of them is popular People enjoy everything from the produce to the garden artrdquo Bock-rath said

Echoing that sentiment is Kay Studer who along with her daughter Susan Studer King sells flowers from their organic flower business ldquoBuckeye Bloomsrdquo in the farmers market at the Lima Mall

ldquoOur booth is always very very colorful and wersquove had people tell us that the bright colors draws them in as theyrsquore driving down Elida Roadrdquo Studer said

Naturally the stock Studer offers changes from season to seasonldquoWe have people who go crazy over the Celosia because itrsquos big

and powerful looking in an arrangement Whenever I bring glads I have one lady who buys every one of them I guess though the main backbone of our sales is still zinnias They have a long life and theyrsquore available in every colorrdquo Studer said

But itrsquos not just flowers that this gardening duo offers ldquoWersquove taken orders for parties and anniversaries and we always appreciate the businessrdquo Studer added

The farmerrsquos market sales fit well with the green lifestyle Studer and her daughter live mdash Susan with a green ethic and Kay with a green thumb

ldquoIrsquod rather buy local and buy fresh Itrsquos better that wayrdquo Studer saidBockrath agrees that the green lifestyle is popular at the marketsldquoPeople really love the concept of the farmersrsquo marketsrdquo Bockrath

said And the environmental green bleeds over into green of another sort thanks to the markets

ldquoAnother plus is that our local business owners see an upkick in their business on Saturday morningsrdquo Bockrath said

Westside Farmers MarketLima Mall parking lotOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Eastside Farmers MarketTractor Supply on Harding Highway LimaOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Ottawa Farmers MarketParking lot at Main and Oak streets OttawaOpen 830 am to noon Saturdays through Oct 22

Ada Farmers MarketAda Depot 110 Central Ave AdaOpen 430 to 630 pm Thursdays through September

Hardin County Farmers MarketCourthouse in KentonOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through September

Continental Farmers MarketContinental United Methodist ChurchOpen 4 to 6 pm Fridays through September

Area Farmers Markets

Alec Thomas with Lincoln Ridge Farms preparing a table of bi-color sweet corn for customers of the Westside Farmers Market

OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

14

Rimer resident Jewelie Dunlap was born Oct 8 1951 in Lima to John and Jeneva Trask She has a sister and two brothers

ldquoWe lived in Columbus Grove near the swimming poolrdquo she saidAll through school Dunlap was in Brownies and then the Girl Scouts ldquoI was a Girl Scout up into my senior year of high schoolrdquo she said ldquoI have

always loved nature and enjoyed earning Girl Scout badges to sew on my sash My mother was a Girl Scout leaderrdquo

Besides participating in the Girl Scouts Dunlap enjoyed the outdoors collect-ing leaves and finding toads and frogs Today she is an avid bird watcher dog boarder and groomer and babysits for her grandchildren

ldquoI set my own schedule for the most partrdquo she said Her husband of 41 years Mike works at General Dynamics

About nine years ago Dunlap heard about an eaglersquos nest in St MarysldquoI decided to take my camera and spotting scope and went to find the nest

I was so interested in observing the eagles I drove to St Marys three times per day and all weekend When the eagle went back to its nest in the evening

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Portrait

By Jill Campbell

Bird lady of RimerJewelie Dunlap is an avid bird watcher

Jewelie Dunlap holding a 7-week-old eagle that had its talons wrapped

Courtesy of Jewelie Dunlap

Jewelie Dunlaps son Mike holding quail eggs in his shirt

Photo by Jill Campbell

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it was if it was telling me it was okay to go back homerdquo she said

ldquoFor one year I prayed to God asking him to give me an eaglersquos nest near my homerdquo she said ldquoExactly one year from the day I first traveled to St Marys I was driving down Route 12 on my way to The Creamery with a friend when an eagle flew over-headrdquo

Dunlap said that eagle was making a nest about a mile from her home The county later laid stone for a pull-off area so people could watch the birds

ldquoToday there are three nests in Putnam County two in Findlay and one in Defiancerdquo Dunlap said She has also watched eagles in other parts of Ohio and Canada ldquoI will watch eagles until I dierdquo

Besides watching eagles Jewelie has purple martin houses her son raises quail and her hummingbird feeders are complete with perches She has bred and raised three litters of cocker spaniels with the goal in mind to improve the breed (health wise) rather than make money

ldquoI donrsquot feed my cocker spaniels dog foodrdquo Dunlap said explaining she mixes 2 cups chicken frac34 cup mixed vegetables and frac14 cup of rice

ldquoAround our rural property several varieties of birds including sparrows finches indigo buntings blue jays house wrens and downy woodpeckers can be spotted but they call me the Eagle Ladyrdquo Dunlap said An eagle mural painted on Jewelies

barn by Rimer artist Gloria MillerPhotos by Jill Campbell

A purple martin apartment house graces Jewelies yard

16

A quick wit remarkable talent and faithful family man are all terms that describe 88-year-old Harold Beckett The rural Allen County resident has spent his life shar-

ing his musical gift with the local community Yet now his days are consumed with caring for the love of his life wife Nita 86 who has Alzheimerrsquos disease

This past July Harold stepped down from his role as the can-tor at Limarsquos Temple Beth Israel-Shaare Zedek He had served the Jewish congregation there for almost six decades despite the fact that he is not Jewish It all began in the early 1950s

while he was a young music teacher at Shawnee schools with a growing family and needed to supplement his income

He was also a choir director at Limarsquos St Mark Methodist Church and later at Grace United Methodist Church but still his sal-ary wouldnrsquot stretch far enough Thatrsquos when the organist that served at both Grace UMC and at the Jewish Temple sug-gested that Beckett become a cantor

Later ldquoMr Beckettrdquo as he is known to the thousands of students who studied vocal music education with him during

his 32 years at Shawnee schools became the choir director at Shawnee United Methodist Church and finally at Limarsquos First Baptist Church

The gifted vocalist who sang with symphony orchestras and in musical productions feels that ldquohellip there is a time to sing and a time when you should stoprdquo Possessing a Masters degree in vocal pedagogy he maintains that ldquoSo many muscles have to work in

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Harold BeckettAlzheimerrsquos canrsquot stop his Love Story

Nita Beckett in happier days planting her famous flower gardens

Photos courtesy of Harold Beckett

17 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

coordination in order for a voice to sound goodrdquoBesides Harold Beckett is busy spending time with

his wife who has been a resident of Spencervillersquos Roselawn Manor for the last five years

ldquoI always hug her and kiss her and talk to her and take her for a ride and feed her lunch and supperrdquo he said The ldquoriderdquo consists of pushing his spousersquos wheelchair around the grounds of the nursing facility

ldquoShe canrsquot even say a word now canrsquot walk canrsquot talk She had such a mindrdquo he said wistfully

In 1943 the couple first met in his native Columbus during Beckettrsquos sophomore year at The Ohio State University He was working at a grocery store when

a then young Nita walked in with her mother Instantly infatuated Harold asked a co-worker to ldquoLet me wait on herrdquo Soon he asked Nita for a date

This happened in the midst of World War II when Beckettrsquos schooling was interrupted by his becoming a soldier The couple continued to date but with the prospect of an overseas inva-sion looming ldquohe thought therersquos no point in making any plans I told her hellip she should start going out without someone elserdquo he said

However the slightly built senior did survive his tour in the Euro-pean Theater He even became a commissioned officer obtaining the rank of second lieutenant When he returned home ldquofriends would fix him uprdquo but he had already given his heart away to Nita A friend suggested that he call her but Harold didnrsquot think she would have anything to do with him since he had broken up with her But she accepted his invitation

ldquoAfter a three year separation I didnrsquot want to lose her this timerdquo he said The couple married Aug 30 1947 ldquoWhat a wonderful choice She was the worldrsquos champion wife I was always doing something in music that took me away from homerdquo

But she kept the home fires burning raising their two sons Tom and Jeff

About 15 years ago Nita first exhibited symptoms of Alzheimerrsquos In 1996 this prompted Beckett to resign from his job at Ohio Northern University where he taught voice for a decade following retirement from Shawnee

ldquoI felt I had to be with her she was always with me when I needed herrdquo he said Son Tom moved back from California to assist his father in keeping his mother at home Sadly Harold suffered a heart attack and nearly lost his own health during his years of caretaking

In addition Nitarsquos disease progressed causing her to need more care than her family could provide Harold made the difficult deci-sion to place her in Roselawn Manor

ldquoI never cried so much in my life eventually I got over itrdquo he said

He praises the staff there saying ldquoWhat I thought was horrible place to go has been a lifesaving and wonderful place for herrdquo

Now the silver-haired woman who once grew beautiful flower gardens no longer communicates with the outside world Her dedi-cated husband believes she recognizes him but even if she doesnrsquot 64 years ago he vowed to be with his bride until the end A prom-ise that Harold Beckett intends to keep

Christina Ryan Claypool is a freelance journalist and inspirational speaker Contact her through her Website at wwwchristinaryanclaypoolcom

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Nita Beckett (center) with son Tom and husband Harold who took care of his wife at home for 10 years with his sons assistance

Beckett

18

No trip to Ireland would be complete unless you experience the Ring of Kerry the winding route that takes you along the Iveragh Peninsula and through the quaint small towns dotting the landscape Itrsquos a route that exposes you to

beautiful views of mountains coastlines and of course the Atlantic OceanAfter another bountiful Irish breakfast which was part of my Trafalgar Tours pack-

age each day of my week-long journey my travel partner Jane and I boarded the bus to start The Ring The rain from the previous evening had ceased and the sun broke through But since the winds were strong the day would certainly call for a hat and jacket despite the fact that the temperature had climbed into the mid-50s

Our tour bus went through towns with names like Killgorglin Glenbeigh and Cahir-siveen One of our day stops was in Waterville a fishing village that really provided wonderful views of the Atlantic and a place that famed comedian Charlie Chaplin once lived Our tour guide Bernard told us that several of Chaplinrsquos descendents have remained in the area A Chaplain statute sits just off the road with a rock-strewn beach as a buffer between statue and the Atlantic As everyone clambered to get their turn to get a picture taken with the likeness of the Little Tramp I wondered just how

many had jumped in beside the derby-wearing statue over the years

Our lunch stop was at what many feel is Irelandrsquos best-known view a place called the Scarriff Inn in the town of Caherdaniel Itrsquos an area where the fog routinely settles and the eerily shrouded view I found so very atmospheric was that of Derrynane Harbour Not one of us failed to pull out our cameras for beautiful land-scape shots of this mysterious fog-shrouded natural beauty

During our stop while Jane enjoyed a bowl of Irish stew in the Inn I went on a mini camera excursion walking down a lane in search of other good angles to capture some of Irelandrsquos abun-dant natural beauty There were animals Irsquove spoken of in an ear-lier installment the ubiquitous sheep spray-painted in spots with bright blues reds and yellows as a humane way of branding them wandering the rocky terrain

Then it was back on the bus and on our way eventually through Sneem where our tour bus became the last albeit inadvertent entry in its St Patrickrsquos Day parade As Sneem-ites lined the street just behind the many outside venders that hoped to do well that day we crept along with townspeople taking pictures of us while we took pictures of them and laughing the entire time at our unexpected inclusion

Our final Ring of Kerry stop before returning to Killarney for our own opportunity to stand along a parade route to honor St Pat-rick was to take in the beauty of a an area known as Ladiesrsquo View a view which as one might imagine comes with a story

In the 1800s during a time Ireland was still a part of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria made a trip to Killarney to check this rather distant portion of her domain As was the custom the

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Queenrsquos ladies in waiting had been sent ahead to ready her quarters However when they came upon a view that included what has become known as The Lakes of Killar-ney and the mountains that framed them they became so transfixed they tarried too long and the Queen caught up to them She was upset but only until she looked about and saw the view herself and promptly forgave them for their dereliction of duty

After many snaps of our camera shutters it was back into Killarney Town for the parade that was scheduled to commence at 2 pm and what a festive and colorful experience that turned out to be

In the parade there were no fewer than four St Patrickrsquos and several organizations representing a variety of inter-ests including kids and adults in rugby and hurling uni-forms Irish dancing troupes and bagpipe brigades

As I walked around the vibrant downtown area remem-bering the feeling of being a kid again as I watched the Irish school children reveling in their day of freedom in the middle of their school week I couldnrsquot help but think of how different it was from many of the downtown areas in towns of similar size back in The States where busi-nesses have abandoned downtown and fled to malls on the outskirts of town Such is not the case in Ireland

For quiet time we headed to St Mary Cathedral a mas-sive structure with a foundation stone reading 1842 actu-ally making it one of Irelandrsquos newer cathedrals Part of its rich history is it once served as a refuge for victims of the Great Potato Famine of 1845

Then it was back downtown for the pub portion of our day The liveliest and best music Jane and I found was at the Crock lsquoO Gold Pub The star of the group was a young man with rusty hair and wonderfully dexterous fingers which made the accordion come alive in a genre he called Celtic (pronounced with a hard c) Cajun He was accompanied by a mandolin player a guitarist and a mate playing the washboard and spoons The collective sound was a real treat and certainly made the Murphyrsquos Irish Stout taste

better Since we were in there before the group even set up we were delighted when they established their position no less than five feet away giving us the absolute best seats in the house

Later after a bit more fun in the Killarney Avenue Hotel pub after our meal this one of the four evening meals included in our Trafalgar Tour package it was time to rest We would be on the move again early the next morning for Day 6 a day that would include ferrying across the River Shannon and into County Clare to see the magnificent Cliffs of Moher before trekking to our over-night stop in the city of Limerick

TOP Jane and John at Ladies View just outside Killarney

LEFT Bagpipers brigade during Killarneys St Patricks Day Parade

Photos by John Grindrod

20

Valentine Heil was born in Germany in 1863 In his early teens he was taught the art of stone cutting At age 18 he decided to come to America to find

work in that field Having no particular place in mind to settle he met some people on the ship who were headed to Cincinnati and decided to follow He couldnrsquot find work in his particular trade and so he worked in a butcher shop

While living there he met and married Rosa Beyer from Covington Ky and hearing of the growth in Lima he and his young bride came here in 1890 After looking around

he decided to open his own business Val bought a home on East Eureka Street at the southwest corner of South Jackson Street A two-story house with a large lot at the rear it became his business place as well with the stone stored at the rear of the house

Valentine had three brothers who followed him to Lima from Germany They were Daniel John and Otto All of them became involved in the business and were married

Unfortunately John died at the young age of 35 and Dan-iel at 45 They left behind a combined family of 10 children to carry on and they became a part of Valentinersquos business or started their own in other fields Otto married Labertha Bridge and had a family of eight

Valentinersquos stone business soon became a thriving one He was also in the contracting business and erected many of the Lima business blocks plus his stonework appeared on many others such as the YMCA Hotel Norval St Paul Lutheran Church and the Lima Electric Light building along with many private homes including the home of Henry

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Time Capsule

A Valentine that kept on giving Lima residentrsquos love is carved in stone

By Jeanne Porreca

The Holland Block featured the skills of Valentine HeilCourtesy of Allen County Historical Society

21

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Deisel on West Cole StreetAs his stone business grew so did his ability to hand carve

the stone One of the still-standing projects is a pair of fero-cious looking lions that stand at each side of the front steps of Henry Deiselrsquos original home on Cole Street called the Col-onnade now owned by Rob Nelson and his family

Valentine and Rosa had a family of six children all of whom grew strong and healthy But tragedy struck the family on June 29 1909 when their two youngest boys were playing in the yard where an electric line had fallen They were both instantly electrocuted and Rosa barely escaped with her life when she tried to save them

Rosa Heil died in 1912 and the following year Valentine married Miss Betty Reiter 23 years his junior They had one son Frederick from whom many details of this story were told before his death in 2003 Valentine had also started a coal company and Fred tells of a time during the depression when local ldquoculpritsrdquo would sneak the coal out of the yard and roll it onto the railroad tracks The flat cars would run over it forcing it out on the opposite side where the thieves waited eagerly with their baskets to gather it and run off into the night

Through the years family and the German community were very close to Valentine or ldquoValrdquo as he was affectionately called He had a Cadillac touring car with two spare tires on the rear which he would wash and shine carefully and loan out for funerals and other special occasions when needed and young Fred would drive the car Fred told of the many community parties that would be held on the lawn of the family home with good food and drink and plenty of good wine

Soon after the stone business started to wane and Val went into the concrete business having one of the first concrete mixers in Lima

From there he started a new company which soon became a pav-ing company and here the tradition still is carried on today Carl the second son of Valentine Heil had two sons one of them Robert J or as he is known by a lot of Lima businesses ldquoRobrdquo Heil start-ing his own blacktopping business and is fondly remembered for his love of people and a great smile along with being a truly hon-est business man At his death in 2007 the business sense passed to his son Michael who runs his own paving company known as Lima Contracting Many a yard of blacktopping has been laid by this fam-ily

Valentine Heil died peacefully Jan 26 1935 at the age of 72 years leaving a trail of traditions that are still carried on

And now for the ladies for any time there is a lady of prominence involved in a family I must mention her and none deserve it more than Anita Heil Gallantine grandaughter of Valrsquos second child Carl Heil Her father Carl Jr has every right to speak proudly of her for Anita is now a Brigadier General in the US Air Force with a long list of commendations and an even longer list of her assignments during service

Bravo Anita and wow what a family Lima can be very proud

The lions carved by Valentine Heil are still guarding the Colonnade on Cole Street

22 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

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Central Services 900 S Col-lett St Lima 62-mile ldquoJump to Jumbordquo

rdquoDoktor Kaboomrdquo 9 am Ohio Northern University 525 S Main St Ada $10 adults $5 stu-dents (419) 772-2000

Block Party 12 pm Murphrsquos Place 113 E Spring St Lima

Town Square Prayer 12 pm Limarsquos Town Square N Main St and W Market St Lima

Church On The Rock Spa-ghetti Dinner 4 pm Church On The Rock 310 N West Street Lima $7 adults $450 Children 3-12 yrs

Real Life Tall Tales of the Ohio Frontier 7 pm Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima (419) 221-1232

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 4St Matthew Outdoor Sum-

mer Service 8 am St Mat-thew Lutheran Church 5050 Saint Matthews Dr Lima

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 29-mile ldquoMan Bites Dogrdquo ride

Gymanfa Ganu 7 pm Salem Presbyterian Church 15240 Main St Venedocia Directed by Margaret Morris-Lopez with soloist Jake Wilder and accom-panists Connie OrsquoNeill and Sue

Fickel Light supper available from 4 to 6 pm for a donation

Sept 5Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 55-mile ldquoLock 2rdquo ride

Sept 6Auglaize PERI 9 1130 am

American Legion 1108 E Ben-ton St Wapakoneta With Ohio Rep John Adams

Allen County Veterans Ser-vice Commission 5 pm Allen County Courthouse 301 N Main St Lima

Lima PFLAG (Parents Family Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 6 pm OSU LimaRhodes State 4240 Campus Dr Lima

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Tri-Moraine Audubon Soci-ety 730 pm OSU Lima Visi-tor amp Student Services Center 3900 Campus Dr Lima Terry D Schwaner on ldquoFrogs in a Wet-land in Northwest Ohiordquo

Sept 7Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Book Discussion 12 pm Common Grounds Coffeehouse 101 S Main St Bluffton ldquoThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanardquo

Sept 8Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Allen County Patriots 630 pm Allen County Sanitary Engineerrsquos Office 3230 N Cole St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence 7 pm Deliverance Tem-ple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 9Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

The Total Woman Confer-ence 10 am Deliverance Temple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Sept 10Living History Enlivening

Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Festival in the Cornfield 10 am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Lima Roadrunners 10 am Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 50-mile ldquoCascade Parkrdquo ride

Kidfest 11 am Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima

The Y Black Achievers 12 pm Lima Family YMCA 345 S Elizabeth St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence Luncheon 12 pm Grace Church 2945 Wells Dr Lima $20 adults $10 youth Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social 5 pm Perry United Methodist Church 3250 E Breese Rd Lima Proceeds to Harvest Food Pantry

37th Annual Bath Band Spectacular 7 pm Bath High School 2850 Bible Rd Lima $7

Country Diamond Dancers - Dance 7 pm Vaughnsville Community Center 115 E Find-lay St Vaughnsville

Lima Area Concert Band 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima $15 adults free for students

(419) 224-1552 ldquoFrom Sea to Shining Seardquo with Timothy Anderson

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Len Collier

Sept 11Run to Remember 830 am

Lincoln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima $20 5K RunWalk Race day registration at 7 am Proceeds to the Lima Firefighters Memorial Museum

Living History Enlivening Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Butterfly Migration Celebra-tion 2 pm Childrenrsquos Garden 620 W Market St Lima

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra-911 Tribute 3 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

Sept 13Clark Equipment Retirees

1130 am Eagles Lodge 800 W Robb Ave Lima

Westinghouse Sundstrand Group 1130 am Western Siz-zlin 2721 Elida Rd Lima (419) 331-6644

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Michael Hingson 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 14Life After Cancer Sup-

port Group 1 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima With Zach Broshes

Sept 15Interactive Bible Study 7

pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 16Spaghetti Dinner 430 pm

Events calendar

23

Lima Masonic Center 2165 N Cole St Lima $5

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Sept 17Aqua Immersion Fall Ride

and Dive 830 am Gilboa PCG 3695 State Route 224 Gil-boa

Buddy Walk 10 am Faurot Park N Cole St Lima By Allen County Downs Syndrome aware-ness group

Ada Harvest amp Herb Festival 10 am Downtown Ada 525 S Main St Ada

Dog Day at the Beach 10 am Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima $3

The Manhattan Transfer 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 18To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 25-mile ldquo50th Birthday Partyrdquo ride

Sept 20Area Agency on Aging 3 930

am Area Agency on Aging 200 E High St Lima

ALS Support Group 11 am Senior Citizen Services Inc 3400 W Elm St Lima

Caregiverrsquos Support Group 3 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Allen County Chapter Com-passionate Friends 7 pm Lima First Assembly of God

1575 E High St Lima Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Man-to-Man Support Group 7 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Sept 21Community Fellowship Meal

5 pm St John United Meth-odist Church 205 N High St Columbus Grove

Korean War Veterans 7 pm Memorial Hall 130 W Elm St Lima

Sept 22Dinner and a Movie with

Brian Keegan 6 pm Ohio State University Lima Branch 4240 Campus Dr Lima All seats $30 Movie only $5 (419) 995-8600

Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Ron White 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima (419) 224-1552

Sept 23Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima

Sept 24Lima Roadrunners 10 am

Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 60-mile ldquoNorthside County Tourrdquo ride

Park-2-Park 5K 12 pm Lin-coln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima

Appalachian Opry 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33

Wapakoneta To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Country Expo

Sept 25To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 30-mile ldquoRockport Ramblerdquo ride

Steven Curtis Chapman 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 26The Great Monter Hunt Pup-

pet Show 630 pm Putnam County District Library 136 Put-nam Pky Ottawa Puppeteers from the Mazza Museum of Findlay

Sept 27Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Sept 28Heart Health Screening 9

am Dorothy Love Amos Com-munity Center 3003 Cisco Rd Sidney

Putnam County Parkinsons Support Group 1115 am Henryrsquos Restaurant 810 N Locust St Ottawa

Sept 29Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm

Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 30Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

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24 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

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Page 4: Our Generation's Magazine - September

4

If yoursquore a woman who owns a business yoursquove got plenty of company In fact women own more than 10 million US companies and women-owned businesses account for about

40 percent of all privately held firms in the US according to the Center for Womenrsquos Business Research Clearly the good news is that women like you are entering the small-business arena at a rapid pace The not-so-good news is that you may be facing a retirement savings gap in comparison to male business owners

According to the US Small Business Administrationrsquos Office of Advocacy 194 percent of male business owners have 401(k) or similar plans compared with just 155 percent of women owners

The percentage of female business owners with Individual Retirement Accounts is about the same as that of male business owners mdash but the men have more money in their accounts The average womanrsquos IRA balance is about $51000 compared with $91000 for men according to a recent report by the Employee Benefit Research Institute Although these figures change con-stantly with the ebbs and flow of the market the difference between the genders remains significant

Women should set up a retirement plan for your business But for many women business owners the perceived cost of setting

up and running a retirement plan has been an obstacle However the retirement plan market has opened up for small business owners over the past several years

Owner-only 401(k) mdash This plan is available to self-employed individuals and business owners with no full-time employees other than themselves or a spouse You may even be able to choose a Roth option for your 401(k)

SEP IRA mdash If you have just a few employees or are self-employed with no employees you may want to consider this Yoursquoll fund the plan with tax-deductible contributions and you must cover all eligible employees

Solo defined benefit plan mdash This plan has high contribution lim-its and your contributions are typically tax-deductible

SIMPLE IRA mdash A SIMPLE IRA as its name suggests is easy to set up and maintain and it can be a good plan if your business has fewer than 10 employees

As a business owner you spend a lot of time thinking about what needs to be done today but you donrsquot want to forget about tomorrow mdash so consider putting a retirement plan to work for you soon

Courtesy Edward Jones

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Tues-Thurs 830-5 Fri 830-

6 Sat 9-2

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Right on the corner of 5th St and N Washington St next to Bellmanrsquos Party Shop

and across the street from the Pizza Hut

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WErsquoRE NOT AN ANTIQUE STORE WE BUY - SELL amp TRADE WErsquoRE AN ANYTHING YOU NEED STORE

STOP BY amp SEE WHAT WE HAVE STOCK CHANGES DAILY

NEW

NEWMERCHANDISE

DAILY

MORE VALUEFOR YOUR

BUYING $$

STOP BYAND

SEE US

STOCK CHANGES DAY TO DAYIF YOU WANT IT AND WE DONrsquoT HAVE

IT WErsquoLL TRY TO FIND IT FOR YOU

JUST LIKEAN

OLD FASHIONEDTRADING

POST

We BUYSELL and

TRADEgoods of all

types

OUTDOOR FLEA MARKET amp EMPORIUM

528 NWashington StDelphos

Right on the corner of 5th St and N Washington St next to Bellmanrsquos Party Shop

and across the street from the Pizza Hut

419-692-0044

WErsquoRE NOT AN ANTIQUE STORE WE BUY - SELL amp TRADE WErsquoRE AN ANYTHING YOU NEED STORE

STOP BY amp SEE WHAT WE HAVE STOCK CHANGES DAILY

NEW

NEWMERCHANDISE

DAILY

MORE VALUEFOR YOUR

BUYING $$

STOP BYAND

SEE US

STOCK CHANGES DAY TO DAYIF YOU WANT IT AND WE DONrsquoT HAVE

IT WErsquoLL TRY TO FIND IT FOR YOU

JUST LIKEAN

OLD FASHIONEDTRADING

POST

We BUYSELL and

TRADEgoods of all

types

OUTDOOR FLEA MARKET amp EMPORIUM

528 NWashington StDelphos

Right on the corner of 5th St and N Washington St next to Bellmanrsquos Party Shop

and across the street from the Pizza Hut

419-692-0044

WErsquoRE NOT AN ANTIQUE STORE WE BUY - SELL amp TRADE WErsquoRE AN ANYTHING YOU NEED STORE

STOP BY amp SEE WHAT WE HAVE STOCK CHANGES DAILY

NEW

NEWMERCHANDISE

DAILY

MORE VALUEFOR YOUR

BUYING $$

STOP BYAND

SEE US

STOCK CHANGES DAY TO DAYIF YOU WANT IT AND WE DONrsquoT HAVE

IT WErsquoLL TRY TO FIND IT FOR YOU

JUST LIKEAN

OLD FASHIONEDTRADING

POST

We BUYSELL and

TRADEgoods of all

types

Right on the corner of 5th St and N Washington StJust look for the Sign

STOCK CHANGES DAY TO DAY IF YOU WANT IT AND WE

DONrsquoT HAVE IT WErsquoLL TRY TO FIND IT FOR YOU

419-692-0044

DELPHOSTRADINGPOST

OUTDOOR FLEA MARKETand

At the Delphos Trading Post one manrsquos unwanted items are another manrsquos treasure So what wersquove done is give you a place where you can bring your unwanted treasures and trade them for something you might like or cash We buy sell and trade just about anything that is in good shape and has a market value We also buy and sell fire arms gold and silver antiques and collectibles so come see us at the Delphos Trading Post and let us help your dollars go further

Did You Know The items collectors collect may be antique or simply collectible Antiques are collectible items at least 100 years old collectibles are not as old as antiques and may even be new Collectors and dealers may use the word vintage to describe older collectibles Most collectibles are man-made commercial items but some private collectors collect natural objects such as birdsrsquo eggs butterflies rocks and seashells Some collectors collect only in childhood while others continue to do so throughout their lives and usually modify their aims later in life

In general items of significance beauty value or interest that are too young to be considered antiques fall into the category of collectibles Some collectibles are limited editions and some are new but many of them have been around for decades So if you are looking for a profitable hobby start collecting Good Luck and Good Fortune

Your Money

Women business owners need retirement plans

5

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OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

Across1 Boitorsquos Mefistofele eg6 High-five eg10 Strong fiber14 Boredom15 Engine sound16 Advil target17 Phrases with two meanings 20 Kind of palm21 Chair part22 Accost 23 Away25 Opera star26 Willy ___ former West

Germany chancellor 29 Shrewish 33 Back muscle familiarly34 Theological rationalism 36 Parkinsonrsquos treatment 37 Father of Balder39 Appliance that removes

moisture 41 Move through water 42 Drunk in slang44 Baddies46 ldquo___ Ngrdquo (They Might Be

Giants song)47 Nighttime travel stop (2 wd)

49 Ryegrass 51 Pay (up)52 Quakerrsquos ldquoyourdquo53 Feral feline56 Chinese ldquowayrdquo57 Galileorsquos birthplace61 Novocaine for one (2 wd) 64 1968 Chemistry Nobelist

Onsager65 Copper66 ldquoI give uprdquo67 Astringent68 ___ bag69 Character

Down1 Resting places2 Dwarf buffalo 3 Like a bug in a rug4 Induce to commit perjury 5 Black gold6 Floor it7 Air bag8 ldquoA jealous mistressrdquo Emerson9 Blend beforehand 10 ___ National Monument in

SD 11 ldquoGodrsquos Little ___rdquo

Justforfun12 The Beatlesrsquo ldquo___ Leaving

Homerdquo13 Makeup eg18 Flying high19 Romance eg24 ldquoThatrsquos ___ rdquo25 Molecule consisting of two

identical simpler molecules 26 Flower27 AMFM device28 Inclined29 Victory hand gesture 30 Hawkeye31 Gumption32 Muslim porter 35 O Henry device38 Tumor 40 Extremely popular43 Drivel45 Edrsquos request (acronym)48 All together50 Feel remorse for52 Spoonful say53 ___ podrida

54 Black shade55 Almond56 Camping gear58 Allergic reaction59 Fodder holder60 Air force heroes62 ldquoThe Matrixrdquo hero63 Cast

Crossword Answer

6 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Seasonings

Roasted red pepper and apricot relishPhoto courtesy of CIA

Relish summer all winter long

Courtesy of CIA

We wait all winter anxious to savor the fresh flavors of sum-merrsquos harvest It doesnrsquot get any better than delighting in fresh fruit and produce picked straight out of the garden

or from local farm stands With so much being harvested at once you canrsquot help thinking how wonderful it would be if we were able to have some of summerrsquos bounty to enjoy in the dead of winter

The chefs at the CIA suggest you set yourself up for winter this year by taking a little time to put up some of your favorite things by making relish with them According to The Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink the word relish first appeared in English in 1798

7

from the Middle English for a ldquotasterdquo and is derived from the French word reles ldquosomething remainingrdquo In the United States we refer to many relishes that are pickle-based but our ancestors also realized that a good way to use up the wealth of fruits and vegeta-bles available in summer was to put them up in jars of relish

ldquoAllow your washed jars to come up to room temperature before placing them in boiling water to sanitize so you donrsquot risk cracking the glassrdquo says CIA Chef Dwayne LiPuma ldquoWhen you take them out be mindful not to place them on a cold surface place them on a towel to keep them saferdquo

The flavor and color combinations in this vibrant Roasted Red Pepper and Apricot Relish are so wonderful yoursquoll want to double the recipe and have plenty on hand to spread on whole wheat crackers or to liven up a simple roast turkey sandwich as the weather turns cold and snowy

Sterilizing Jars for PreservingYou will need a pot deep enough to hold the tallest jar you plan

to use with another 3 to 4 inches of space between the top of the jar and the top of the pot

Clean the jars lids and rings well with hot soapy water and rinse well in hot water

Put the pot on a burner and place a canning rack or folded towel in the bottom of the pot

Fill the jars with hot water and put them in the pot (they should sit steadily on the rack or towel and should not touch each other) Add enough additional hot water to cover the jars by 1 inch Add the lids to the pot you can also add the rings if desired

Bring the water to a boil over high heat After it reaches a boil continue to boil for 10 minutes longer

Use canning tongs to lift the jars out of the hot water pour out the water and set them on a flat towel-lined surface Remove the lids and rings and put them on the towel too The jars are ready to fill

It is important to fill the jars when the jars are still hot Do not overfill the jars Fill to the top of the first ring from the bottom

Use the same pot you used to sterilize the jars add the rack or a folded towel as before and put the pot on a burner Put the filled and sealed jars into the pot (If the jars are small and might bang against each other as you process them in boiling water you may want to wrap a cloth around each jar to keep them safe) Add enough hot water to completely cover the jars

Bring the water to a boil and boil the relish for 10 minutes (the time will vary for other recipes depending upon the ingredient you are processing refer to your recipe) Turn off the heat under the pot Let the jars cool in the hot water bath for 1 hour Lift the jars from the water with canning tongs and set them on a towel-lined counter

Check the seals to be sure that they are tight Leave the jars undisturbed As they cool you should hear a pop as a vacuum seal forms If a jar doesnrsquot seal keep it refrigerated and try to eat is within a week

The following recipe has been adapted from The Culinary Insti-tute of Americarsquos Vegetables cookbook (2007 Lebhar Friedman) which is available at bookstores nationwide or at wwwciaprochefcomfbibookshtml

Roasted Red Pepper and Apricot RelishMakes 2 cups1 tablespoon olive oil 12 cup minced red onions 12 teaspoon minced garlic 34 cup minced roasted red bell peppers 14 cup minced dried apricots 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar plus as needed 1 teaspoon honey mustard 2 to 3 drops hot sauce as needed Salt and pepper as needed 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley Heat a sauteacute pan over medium heat Add the oil and heat until

the surface ripples Add the onions and garlic and sauteacute stirring frequently until tender and translucent about 2 minutes

Add the peppers apricots 1 tablespoon vinegar and mustard and sauteacute until the vinegar evaporates Remove from heat Season to taste with the hot sauce additional vinegar salt and pepper Add the parsley just before serving Serve at room temperature or chilled

Nutrition Analysis per 1-ounce serving 35 calories 0g protein 5g carbohydrate 15g fat 35mg sodium 0mg cholesterol less than 1g dietary fiber

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OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

Letrsquos reminisceEvery Wednesday is a blast from the past

in The Lima News

8 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Out of all the players Jim Martz scouted in his 30-plus years as a Major League talent evaluator the one that he had to travel the shortest distance to see is the subject

of this and next monthrsquos installments Thatrsquos because Brad Kom-minsk was arguably the best athlete ever to come out of Shawnee High School

Martz who is equipped with a terrific memory for detail remembers Brad vividly and still keeps in touch today When I asked Jim when he first became aware of Brad Komminsk as a baseball player dur-ing a career spent on the roads beat-ing the bushes for baseball players he

recounted how that occurredldquoIn April of 1976 upon returning home from a long road trip

when my concentration was on high school and college players my son Mick a freshman at Bath told me there was a freshman at Shawnee I should check out Of course he was referring to Brad so I attended Bradrsquos next game and was absolutely floored by what I saw

ldquoAt just 14 years old Brad Komminsk was the second-most impressive a prospect at that age as I saw in my 32 years evaluat-ing talent for Major League Baseball The only one I ever saw bet-ter at a comparable age was Ken Griffey Jr who you might say had a little success later at the Major League level that is if over 600 career homers is any barometer to measure success

ldquoThere are those in Lima who may not remember just how good Komminsk was at such a young age but I had a gut feeling that I was looking at a five-tool player meaning he had what scouts call ldquoplusrdquo ability to hit for average hit for power steal bases field his position and throw wellrdquo

As Komminskrsquos high career continued Martz saw him as a first-round pick in Major League Baseballrsquos amateur draft after his high school graduation and someone who had legitimate star potential

Recalls Martz ldquoThe first time I saw Brad I spoke with him after the game I told him a lot of things and among them was the importance of taking batting practice correctly and the impor-tance of running out every ground ball eve if it was hit back to the pitcher and he fielded it

Sports spot

Brad KomminskLima native and baseball lifer

Part 1

Jim Martz with Brad Komminsk June 1979 Komminsk just 18 years old had just signed with the Atlanta Braves and selected in baseballs draft as the fourth player taken in the entire country

Photo courtesy of Brad Komminsk

By John Grindrod

9 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

ldquoI remember I only had to tell him something once and hersquod work diligently on it He improved his home-to-first speed from 44 seconds consid-ered below average for a Major League prospect to 41 seconds which is considered very good Many lsquoroutine outsrsquo became infield hits and many singles became doubles and doubles became triplesrdquo

Martz also gave Komminsk some wooden bats and from that point on Komminsk used them exclusively throughout the rest of his amateur career despite the fact that aluminum certainly created harder hit balls and everyone else he was competing against was using aluminum Martz knew using wood instead of aluminum would ease his transition into pro ball

For the next few summers Martzrsquos son Mick and Komminsk played both against each other and for a while together on the same American Legion squad That meant Jim could not only see his own son play but could also track Komminskrsquos development as well In 1978 as 17-year-old juniors Mick and Bradrsquos Legion team advanced to the state tournament in Athens Ohio on the campus of Ohio University

Recalls Jim ldquoIrsquoll never forget one game Brad hit two home runs that both landed on top of the roof of a multi-story dorm way beyond the leftfield fence Both shots were in the 450-480 foot range and both were hit with one of those wooden bats I gave him

ldquoTo give you some idea of how impressive that was this was the same field that future hall of Famer Mike Schmidt played on and in his entire college career he put one of that dorm roof oncerdquo

By the time Brad was a senior in 1979 at Shawnee Martz began to fully appreciate just how gifted Komminsk was athletically

ldquoHe was an outstanding swimmer which is a sport that kind of flies under the radar so not a lot of people may remember that He was also a terrific running back on the football team and also a linebacker so good that Michigan offered him a scholarship to do battle with that team down south In basketball he often scored 25 to 30 a game and did it so effortlesslyrdquo

At that time in Martzrsquos scouting career Jim worked through the Major League Scouting Bureau which meant he didnrsquot scout for just one team So evaluations went out to every MLB team

Recalls the former scout ldquoI really worked hard promoting Brad in every possible manner Not only was he local but I got to know him so very well and he was just a terrific kid I thought he was that specialrdquo

As the June Major League draft got closer Martzrsquos phone rang much more frequently as he got calls from a variety of teamsrsquo gen-eral managers and scouting directors As a matter of fact to give you an idea of how clearly Komminsk could be detected the radar of teams Martz recalls the frenzy surrounding Bradrsquos final high school game against Elida

ldquoAll told there were 32 scouts including myself there and prob-ably another dozen scouting directors The Seattle Mariners alone which had the first pick in the first round had five scouts and also their scouting directorrdquo

With Martzrsquos help next month Irsquoll re-create for you how that final game went and what happened in the ensuing months and years as well in my final installment on Limarsquos baseball lifer Brad Komminsk

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Van Wert - (419) 238-9223

Brad Komminsk (left) with Jim Martz and Eric Wedge (right) at a base-ball fundraiser at the Knights of Columbus in Lima in February 2009

Photo courtesy of Jim Martz

10

AQGeneral

QI received a notice from Social Security recently It said my name and Social Security number do not match Social Securityrsquos records What should I do

AItrsquos critical that your name and Social Security number as shown on your Social Security card match your employerrsquos payroll records and your W-2 form If they donrsquot here is

what you need to dobull Give your employer the correct information exactly as shown

on your Social Security card or your corrected card orbull Contact your local Social Security office (wwwsocialsecurity

govlocator) or call 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) if your Social Security card does not show your correct name or Social Security number For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

QAre Social Security numbers reassigned after a person dies

ANo We do not reassign Social Security numbers In all we have assigned more than 460 million Social Security numbers and each year we assign about 55 million new

numbers The current system has enough new numbers for several more generations For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

Disability

QHow does Social Security decide if I am disabled

AIf you are an adult you must be unable to work for a year or more because of a medical condition or combination of medical impairments Overall

we use a five-step evaluation process to decide whether you are disabled The process considers any current work activity you are doing It also considers your medical condition and how it affects your ability to work To be found disabled

bull You must be unable to do work you did before you became disabled and we must decide you cannot adjust to other work because of your medical condition and

bull Your disability must last or be expected to last for at least one year or to result in death

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

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11

A Q

Social Security pays only for total disability We do not pay ben-efits for partial or short-term disability For more information read our publication Disability Benefits at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10029html

QIf I go back to work will I automatically lose my Social Security disability benefits

ASocial Security has several work incentive programs to help people who want to work You may be able to receive benefits and continue your health care coverage

during a trial work period For information about Social Securityrsquos work incentives and how they can help you return to work you should

bull Visit our special work site at wwwsocialsecuritygovwork bull See the Red Book on work incentives at wwwsocialsecurity

govredbookbull Call our toll-free number at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-

0778) orbull Contact your local Social Security office (wwwsocialsecurity

govlocator) For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

Medicare

QIs it true that if you have low income you can get help paying your Medicare premiums

AYes If your income and resources are limited your State may be able to help with your Medicare Part B premium deductibles and coinsurance amounts State rules vary

on the income and resources that apply Contact your State or local medical assistance social services or welfare office or call the Medicare hotline 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) and ask about the Medicare Savings Programs If you have limited income and resources you also may be able to get help paying for pre-scription drug coverage under Medicare Part D Call Social Secu-rity at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY users should call 1-800-325-0778) or visit any Social Security office

Also see our publication Medicare (Publication 10043) at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10043html For even more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

Retirement

QCan I apply online for retirement benefits

AYes Itrsquos quick and easy Apply online and save yourself a trip to the office Once you submit your online application electronically in most

cases yoursquore done There are no forms to sign or documents to send in If we do need more information to process your applica-tion a representative will contact you For more information about applying online visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

QIf both my spouse and I are entitled to Social Secu-rity benefits is there any reduction in our payments because we are married

ANo We independently calculate each spousersquos Social Secu-rity benefit amount Each spouse receives a monthly ben-efit amount based on his or her own earnings Couples are

not penalized simply because they are married If one member of the couple earned low wages or did not earn enough Social Secu-rity credits to be eligible for retirement benefits he or she may be eligible to receive benefits as a spouse

Supplemental Security Income

QIf I receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) dis-ability benefits what is the effect on my benefits if I work

AIn most cases your return to work would reduce your benefit amount and in some cases discontinue your pay-ments Unlike Social Security disability there is no ldquotrial

work periodrdquo for people who get SSI disability benefits In most cases if your only income besides SSI is from your work you can earn up to $1433 in a month (in 2011) before we stop your pay-ments We have several publications about SSI including Report-ing Your Wages When You Receive Supplemental Security Income available at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10503html Note that there are other work incentives that can help you return to work when you receive SSI You can read about them in What You Need To Know When You Get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs11011htmlpart6 For more infor-mation visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

Oh say can you see

by the dawnrsquos early light

What so proudly we hailrsquod

at the twilightrsquos last gleaming

Whose broad stripes and bright stars

throrsquo the perilous fight

Orsquoer the ramparts we watchrsquod

were so gallantly streaming

And the rocketsrsquo red glare

the bombs bursting in air

Gave proof throrsquo the night

that our flag was still there

O say does that star-spangled

banner yet wave

Orsquoer the land of the free and

the home of the brave

IN HONOROF OUR TROOPS

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A farmers market brings out the best in peopleldquoThe markets give people with gardens a chance to try

a little entrepreneurship It gives buyers fresh and locally grown food and it allows people with cottage industries the chance to make a few extra bucksrdquo said Mary Jo Bockrath executive direc-tor of the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce There the market concept has gone so well in its first year that it will now be an

annual eventldquoWersquove had pretty

good attendance which makes our vendors happyrdquo Bockrath said ldquoI think the thing about a farmersrsquo market that I really like is getting people downtown and letting them visit

with their friends and neighborsrdquoAnd along with the fresh fruits and veggies Bockrath said local

folks go crazy over the baked goods especially the cupcakes ldquoReally

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Wireless Transmission of SoundThe ability for hearing aids to receive sound sent wirelessly from the television stereo and computer is now a reality Hearing aid patients no longer need awkward necklace-style devices to receive wireless audio signals Individuals can listen ldquoprivatelyrdquo through their hearing instruments at the volume they prefer Others in the room enjoy a volume comfortable for them

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True Breakthrough in Hearing TechnologyThe new line of Beltone Truetrade hearing aids sends phone conversation and TV directly into hearing instruments while

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Cover Story

Best of the bestFarmers market offers

more than just produce

Kim Kincaid

LifestyleSpecial Sections Reporter

Freshly picked flowers by Buckeye Blooms at the Westside Farmers Market

Justin Shaw bull The Lima News

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we have so many unique things and every one of them is popular People enjoy everything from the produce to the garden artrdquo Bock-rath said

Echoing that sentiment is Kay Studer who along with her daughter Susan Studer King sells flowers from their organic flower business ldquoBuckeye Bloomsrdquo in the farmers market at the Lima Mall

ldquoOur booth is always very very colorful and wersquove had people tell us that the bright colors draws them in as theyrsquore driving down Elida Roadrdquo Studer said

Naturally the stock Studer offers changes from season to seasonldquoWe have people who go crazy over the Celosia because itrsquos big

and powerful looking in an arrangement Whenever I bring glads I have one lady who buys every one of them I guess though the main backbone of our sales is still zinnias They have a long life and theyrsquore available in every colorrdquo Studer said

But itrsquos not just flowers that this gardening duo offers ldquoWersquove taken orders for parties and anniversaries and we always appreciate the businessrdquo Studer added

The farmerrsquos market sales fit well with the green lifestyle Studer and her daughter live mdash Susan with a green ethic and Kay with a green thumb

ldquoIrsquod rather buy local and buy fresh Itrsquos better that wayrdquo Studer saidBockrath agrees that the green lifestyle is popular at the marketsldquoPeople really love the concept of the farmersrsquo marketsrdquo Bockrath

said And the environmental green bleeds over into green of another sort thanks to the markets

ldquoAnother plus is that our local business owners see an upkick in their business on Saturday morningsrdquo Bockrath said

Westside Farmers MarketLima Mall parking lotOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Eastside Farmers MarketTractor Supply on Harding Highway LimaOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Ottawa Farmers MarketParking lot at Main and Oak streets OttawaOpen 830 am to noon Saturdays through Oct 22

Ada Farmers MarketAda Depot 110 Central Ave AdaOpen 430 to 630 pm Thursdays through September

Hardin County Farmers MarketCourthouse in KentonOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through September

Continental Farmers MarketContinental United Methodist ChurchOpen 4 to 6 pm Fridays through September

Area Farmers Markets

Alec Thomas with Lincoln Ridge Farms preparing a table of bi-color sweet corn for customers of the Westside Farmers Market

OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

14

Rimer resident Jewelie Dunlap was born Oct 8 1951 in Lima to John and Jeneva Trask She has a sister and two brothers

ldquoWe lived in Columbus Grove near the swimming poolrdquo she saidAll through school Dunlap was in Brownies and then the Girl Scouts ldquoI was a Girl Scout up into my senior year of high schoolrdquo she said ldquoI have

always loved nature and enjoyed earning Girl Scout badges to sew on my sash My mother was a Girl Scout leaderrdquo

Besides participating in the Girl Scouts Dunlap enjoyed the outdoors collect-ing leaves and finding toads and frogs Today she is an avid bird watcher dog boarder and groomer and babysits for her grandchildren

ldquoI set my own schedule for the most partrdquo she said Her husband of 41 years Mike works at General Dynamics

About nine years ago Dunlap heard about an eaglersquos nest in St MarysldquoI decided to take my camera and spotting scope and went to find the nest

I was so interested in observing the eagles I drove to St Marys three times per day and all weekend When the eagle went back to its nest in the evening

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Portrait

By Jill Campbell

Bird lady of RimerJewelie Dunlap is an avid bird watcher

Jewelie Dunlap holding a 7-week-old eagle that had its talons wrapped

Courtesy of Jewelie Dunlap

Jewelie Dunlaps son Mike holding quail eggs in his shirt

Photo by Jill Campbell

15

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OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

it was if it was telling me it was okay to go back homerdquo she said

ldquoFor one year I prayed to God asking him to give me an eaglersquos nest near my homerdquo she said ldquoExactly one year from the day I first traveled to St Marys I was driving down Route 12 on my way to The Creamery with a friend when an eagle flew over-headrdquo

Dunlap said that eagle was making a nest about a mile from her home The county later laid stone for a pull-off area so people could watch the birds

ldquoToday there are three nests in Putnam County two in Findlay and one in Defiancerdquo Dunlap said She has also watched eagles in other parts of Ohio and Canada ldquoI will watch eagles until I dierdquo

Besides watching eagles Jewelie has purple martin houses her son raises quail and her hummingbird feeders are complete with perches She has bred and raised three litters of cocker spaniels with the goal in mind to improve the breed (health wise) rather than make money

ldquoI donrsquot feed my cocker spaniels dog foodrdquo Dunlap said explaining she mixes 2 cups chicken frac34 cup mixed vegetables and frac14 cup of rice

ldquoAround our rural property several varieties of birds including sparrows finches indigo buntings blue jays house wrens and downy woodpeckers can be spotted but they call me the Eagle Ladyrdquo Dunlap said An eagle mural painted on Jewelies

barn by Rimer artist Gloria MillerPhotos by Jill Campbell

A purple martin apartment house graces Jewelies yard

16

A quick wit remarkable talent and faithful family man are all terms that describe 88-year-old Harold Beckett The rural Allen County resident has spent his life shar-

ing his musical gift with the local community Yet now his days are consumed with caring for the love of his life wife Nita 86 who has Alzheimerrsquos disease

This past July Harold stepped down from his role as the can-tor at Limarsquos Temple Beth Israel-Shaare Zedek He had served the Jewish congregation there for almost six decades despite the fact that he is not Jewish It all began in the early 1950s

while he was a young music teacher at Shawnee schools with a growing family and needed to supplement his income

He was also a choir director at Limarsquos St Mark Methodist Church and later at Grace United Methodist Church but still his sal-ary wouldnrsquot stretch far enough Thatrsquos when the organist that served at both Grace UMC and at the Jewish Temple sug-gested that Beckett become a cantor

Later ldquoMr Beckettrdquo as he is known to the thousands of students who studied vocal music education with him during

his 32 years at Shawnee schools became the choir director at Shawnee United Methodist Church and finally at Limarsquos First Baptist Church

The gifted vocalist who sang with symphony orchestras and in musical productions feels that ldquohellip there is a time to sing and a time when you should stoprdquo Possessing a Masters degree in vocal pedagogy he maintains that ldquoSo many muscles have to work in

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Harold BeckettAlzheimerrsquos canrsquot stop his Love Story

Nita Beckett in happier days planting her famous flower gardens

Photos courtesy of Harold Beckett

17 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

coordination in order for a voice to sound goodrdquoBesides Harold Beckett is busy spending time with

his wife who has been a resident of Spencervillersquos Roselawn Manor for the last five years

ldquoI always hug her and kiss her and talk to her and take her for a ride and feed her lunch and supperrdquo he said The ldquoriderdquo consists of pushing his spousersquos wheelchair around the grounds of the nursing facility

ldquoShe canrsquot even say a word now canrsquot walk canrsquot talk She had such a mindrdquo he said wistfully

In 1943 the couple first met in his native Columbus during Beckettrsquos sophomore year at The Ohio State University He was working at a grocery store when

a then young Nita walked in with her mother Instantly infatuated Harold asked a co-worker to ldquoLet me wait on herrdquo Soon he asked Nita for a date

This happened in the midst of World War II when Beckettrsquos schooling was interrupted by his becoming a soldier The couple continued to date but with the prospect of an overseas inva-sion looming ldquohe thought therersquos no point in making any plans I told her hellip she should start going out without someone elserdquo he said

However the slightly built senior did survive his tour in the Euro-pean Theater He even became a commissioned officer obtaining the rank of second lieutenant When he returned home ldquofriends would fix him uprdquo but he had already given his heart away to Nita A friend suggested that he call her but Harold didnrsquot think she would have anything to do with him since he had broken up with her But she accepted his invitation

ldquoAfter a three year separation I didnrsquot want to lose her this timerdquo he said The couple married Aug 30 1947 ldquoWhat a wonderful choice She was the worldrsquos champion wife I was always doing something in music that took me away from homerdquo

But she kept the home fires burning raising their two sons Tom and Jeff

About 15 years ago Nita first exhibited symptoms of Alzheimerrsquos In 1996 this prompted Beckett to resign from his job at Ohio Northern University where he taught voice for a decade following retirement from Shawnee

ldquoI felt I had to be with her she was always with me when I needed herrdquo he said Son Tom moved back from California to assist his father in keeping his mother at home Sadly Harold suffered a heart attack and nearly lost his own health during his years of caretaking

In addition Nitarsquos disease progressed causing her to need more care than her family could provide Harold made the difficult deci-sion to place her in Roselawn Manor

ldquoI never cried so much in my life eventually I got over itrdquo he said

He praises the staff there saying ldquoWhat I thought was horrible place to go has been a lifesaving and wonderful place for herrdquo

Now the silver-haired woman who once grew beautiful flower gardens no longer communicates with the outside world Her dedi-cated husband believes she recognizes him but even if she doesnrsquot 64 years ago he vowed to be with his bride until the end A prom-ise that Harold Beckett intends to keep

Christina Ryan Claypool is a freelance journalist and inspirational speaker Contact her through her Website at wwwchristinaryanclaypoolcom

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Nita Beckett (center) with son Tom and husband Harold who took care of his wife at home for 10 years with his sons assistance

Beckett

18

No trip to Ireland would be complete unless you experience the Ring of Kerry the winding route that takes you along the Iveragh Peninsula and through the quaint small towns dotting the landscape Itrsquos a route that exposes you to

beautiful views of mountains coastlines and of course the Atlantic OceanAfter another bountiful Irish breakfast which was part of my Trafalgar Tours pack-

age each day of my week-long journey my travel partner Jane and I boarded the bus to start The Ring The rain from the previous evening had ceased and the sun broke through But since the winds were strong the day would certainly call for a hat and jacket despite the fact that the temperature had climbed into the mid-50s

Our tour bus went through towns with names like Killgorglin Glenbeigh and Cahir-siveen One of our day stops was in Waterville a fishing village that really provided wonderful views of the Atlantic and a place that famed comedian Charlie Chaplin once lived Our tour guide Bernard told us that several of Chaplinrsquos descendents have remained in the area A Chaplain statute sits just off the road with a rock-strewn beach as a buffer between statue and the Atlantic As everyone clambered to get their turn to get a picture taken with the likeness of the Little Tramp I wondered just how

many had jumped in beside the derby-wearing statue over the years

Our lunch stop was at what many feel is Irelandrsquos best-known view a place called the Scarriff Inn in the town of Caherdaniel Itrsquos an area where the fog routinely settles and the eerily shrouded view I found so very atmospheric was that of Derrynane Harbour Not one of us failed to pull out our cameras for beautiful land-scape shots of this mysterious fog-shrouded natural beauty

During our stop while Jane enjoyed a bowl of Irish stew in the Inn I went on a mini camera excursion walking down a lane in search of other good angles to capture some of Irelandrsquos abun-dant natural beauty There were animals Irsquove spoken of in an ear-lier installment the ubiquitous sheep spray-painted in spots with bright blues reds and yellows as a humane way of branding them wandering the rocky terrain

Then it was back on the bus and on our way eventually through Sneem where our tour bus became the last albeit inadvertent entry in its St Patrickrsquos Day parade As Sneem-ites lined the street just behind the many outside venders that hoped to do well that day we crept along with townspeople taking pictures of us while we took pictures of them and laughing the entire time at our unexpected inclusion

Our final Ring of Kerry stop before returning to Killarney for our own opportunity to stand along a parade route to honor St Pat-rick was to take in the beauty of a an area known as Ladiesrsquo View a view which as one might imagine comes with a story

In the 1800s during a time Ireland was still a part of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria made a trip to Killarney to check this rather distant portion of her domain As was the custom the

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Queenrsquos ladies in waiting had been sent ahead to ready her quarters However when they came upon a view that included what has become known as The Lakes of Killar-ney and the mountains that framed them they became so transfixed they tarried too long and the Queen caught up to them She was upset but only until she looked about and saw the view herself and promptly forgave them for their dereliction of duty

After many snaps of our camera shutters it was back into Killarney Town for the parade that was scheduled to commence at 2 pm and what a festive and colorful experience that turned out to be

In the parade there were no fewer than four St Patrickrsquos and several organizations representing a variety of inter-ests including kids and adults in rugby and hurling uni-forms Irish dancing troupes and bagpipe brigades

As I walked around the vibrant downtown area remem-bering the feeling of being a kid again as I watched the Irish school children reveling in their day of freedom in the middle of their school week I couldnrsquot help but think of how different it was from many of the downtown areas in towns of similar size back in The States where busi-nesses have abandoned downtown and fled to malls on the outskirts of town Such is not the case in Ireland

For quiet time we headed to St Mary Cathedral a mas-sive structure with a foundation stone reading 1842 actu-ally making it one of Irelandrsquos newer cathedrals Part of its rich history is it once served as a refuge for victims of the Great Potato Famine of 1845

Then it was back downtown for the pub portion of our day The liveliest and best music Jane and I found was at the Crock lsquoO Gold Pub The star of the group was a young man with rusty hair and wonderfully dexterous fingers which made the accordion come alive in a genre he called Celtic (pronounced with a hard c) Cajun He was accompanied by a mandolin player a guitarist and a mate playing the washboard and spoons The collective sound was a real treat and certainly made the Murphyrsquos Irish Stout taste

better Since we were in there before the group even set up we were delighted when they established their position no less than five feet away giving us the absolute best seats in the house

Later after a bit more fun in the Killarney Avenue Hotel pub after our meal this one of the four evening meals included in our Trafalgar Tour package it was time to rest We would be on the move again early the next morning for Day 6 a day that would include ferrying across the River Shannon and into County Clare to see the magnificent Cliffs of Moher before trekking to our over-night stop in the city of Limerick

TOP Jane and John at Ladies View just outside Killarney

LEFT Bagpipers brigade during Killarneys St Patricks Day Parade

Photos by John Grindrod

20

Valentine Heil was born in Germany in 1863 In his early teens he was taught the art of stone cutting At age 18 he decided to come to America to find

work in that field Having no particular place in mind to settle he met some people on the ship who were headed to Cincinnati and decided to follow He couldnrsquot find work in his particular trade and so he worked in a butcher shop

While living there he met and married Rosa Beyer from Covington Ky and hearing of the growth in Lima he and his young bride came here in 1890 After looking around

he decided to open his own business Val bought a home on East Eureka Street at the southwest corner of South Jackson Street A two-story house with a large lot at the rear it became his business place as well with the stone stored at the rear of the house

Valentine had three brothers who followed him to Lima from Germany They were Daniel John and Otto All of them became involved in the business and were married

Unfortunately John died at the young age of 35 and Dan-iel at 45 They left behind a combined family of 10 children to carry on and they became a part of Valentinersquos business or started their own in other fields Otto married Labertha Bridge and had a family of eight

Valentinersquos stone business soon became a thriving one He was also in the contracting business and erected many of the Lima business blocks plus his stonework appeared on many others such as the YMCA Hotel Norval St Paul Lutheran Church and the Lima Electric Light building along with many private homes including the home of Henry

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Time Capsule

A Valentine that kept on giving Lima residentrsquos love is carved in stone

By Jeanne Porreca

The Holland Block featured the skills of Valentine HeilCourtesy of Allen County Historical Society

21

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Deisel on West Cole StreetAs his stone business grew so did his ability to hand carve

the stone One of the still-standing projects is a pair of fero-cious looking lions that stand at each side of the front steps of Henry Deiselrsquos original home on Cole Street called the Col-onnade now owned by Rob Nelson and his family

Valentine and Rosa had a family of six children all of whom grew strong and healthy But tragedy struck the family on June 29 1909 when their two youngest boys were playing in the yard where an electric line had fallen They were both instantly electrocuted and Rosa barely escaped with her life when she tried to save them

Rosa Heil died in 1912 and the following year Valentine married Miss Betty Reiter 23 years his junior They had one son Frederick from whom many details of this story were told before his death in 2003 Valentine had also started a coal company and Fred tells of a time during the depression when local ldquoculpritsrdquo would sneak the coal out of the yard and roll it onto the railroad tracks The flat cars would run over it forcing it out on the opposite side where the thieves waited eagerly with their baskets to gather it and run off into the night

Through the years family and the German community were very close to Valentine or ldquoValrdquo as he was affectionately called He had a Cadillac touring car with two spare tires on the rear which he would wash and shine carefully and loan out for funerals and other special occasions when needed and young Fred would drive the car Fred told of the many community parties that would be held on the lawn of the family home with good food and drink and plenty of good wine

Soon after the stone business started to wane and Val went into the concrete business having one of the first concrete mixers in Lima

From there he started a new company which soon became a pav-ing company and here the tradition still is carried on today Carl the second son of Valentine Heil had two sons one of them Robert J or as he is known by a lot of Lima businesses ldquoRobrdquo Heil start-ing his own blacktopping business and is fondly remembered for his love of people and a great smile along with being a truly hon-est business man At his death in 2007 the business sense passed to his son Michael who runs his own paving company known as Lima Contracting Many a yard of blacktopping has been laid by this fam-ily

Valentine Heil died peacefully Jan 26 1935 at the age of 72 years leaving a trail of traditions that are still carried on

And now for the ladies for any time there is a lady of prominence involved in a family I must mention her and none deserve it more than Anita Heil Gallantine grandaughter of Valrsquos second child Carl Heil Her father Carl Jr has every right to speak proudly of her for Anita is now a Brigadier General in the US Air Force with a long list of commendations and an even longer list of her assignments during service

Bravo Anita and wow what a family Lima can be very proud

The lions carved by Valentine Heil are still guarding the Colonnade on Cole Street

22 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Sept 1Lima Chapter 452 AARP 12

pm Milano Cafe 2383 Elida Rd Lima $8 Program about Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen

Lima Area Parkinsons Sup-port Group 2 pm St Ritarsquos Auxiliary Conference Center 718 W Market St Lima

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 3Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Central Services 900 S Col-lett St Lima 62-mile ldquoJump to Jumbordquo

rdquoDoktor Kaboomrdquo 9 am Ohio Northern University 525 S Main St Ada $10 adults $5 stu-dents (419) 772-2000

Block Party 12 pm Murphrsquos Place 113 E Spring St Lima

Town Square Prayer 12 pm Limarsquos Town Square N Main St and W Market St Lima

Church On The Rock Spa-ghetti Dinner 4 pm Church On The Rock 310 N West Street Lima $7 adults $450 Children 3-12 yrs

Real Life Tall Tales of the Ohio Frontier 7 pm Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima (419) 221-1232

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 4St Matthew Outdoor Sum-

mer Service 8 am St Mat-thew Lutheran Church 5050 Saint Matthews Dr Lima

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 29-mile ldquoMan Bites Dogrdquo ride

Gymanfa Ganu 7 pm Salem Presbyterian Church 15240 Main St Venedocia Directed by Margaret Morris-Lopez with soloist Jake Wilder and accom-panists Connie OrsquoNeill and Sue

Fickel Light supper available from 4 to 6 pm for a donation

Sept 5Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 55-mile ldquoLock 2rdquo ride

Sept 6Auglaize PERI 9 1130 am

American Legion 1108 E Ben-ton St Wapakoneta With Ohio Rep John Adams

Allen County Veterans Ser-vice Commission 5 pm Allen County Courthouse 301 N Main St Lima

Lima PFLAG (Parents Family Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 6 pm OSU LimaRhodes State 4240 Campus Dr Lima

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Tri-Moraine Audubon Soci-ety 730 pm OSU Lima Visi-tor amp Student Services Center 3900 Campus Dr Lima Terry D Schwaner on ldquoFrogs in a Wet-land in Northwest Ohiordquo

Sept 7Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Book Discussion 12 pm Common Grounds Coffeehouse 101 S Main St Bluffton ldquoThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanardquo

Sept 8Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Allen County Patriots 630 pm Allen County Sanitary Engineerrsquos Office 3230 N Cole St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence 7 pm Deliverance Tem-ple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 9Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

The Total Woman Confer-ence 10 am Deliverance Temple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Sept 10Living History Enlivening

Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Festival in the Cornfield 10 am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Lima Roadrunners 10 am Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 50-mile ldquoCascade Parkrdquo ride

Kidfest 11 am Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima

The Y Black Achievers 12 pm Lima Family YMCA 345 S Elizabeth St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence Luncheon 12 pm Grace Church 2945 Wells Dr Lima $20 adults $10 youth Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social 5 pm Perry United Methodist Church 3250 E Breese Rd Lima Proceeds to Harvest Food Pantry

37th Annual Bath Band Spectacular 7 pm Bath High School 2850 Bible Rd Lima $7

Country Diamond Dancers - Dance 7 pm Vaughnsville Community Center 115 E Find-lay St Vaughnsville

Lima Area Concert Band 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima $15 adults free for students

(419) 224-1552 ldquoFrom Sea to Shining Seardquo with Timothy Anderson

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Len Collier

Sept 11Run to Remember 830 am

Lincoln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima $20 5K RunWalk Race day registration at 7 am Proceeds to the Lima Firefighters Memorial Museum

Living History Enlivening Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Butterfly Migration Celebra-tion 2 pm Childrenrsquos Garden 620 W Market St Lima

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra-911 Tribute 3 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

Sept 13Clark Equipment Retirees

1130 am Eagles Lodge 800 W Robb Ave Lima

Westinghouse Sundstrand Group 1130 am Western Siz-zlin 2721 Elida Rd Lima (419) 331-6644

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Michael Hingson 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 14Life After Cancer Sup-

port Group 1 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima With Zach Broshes

Sept 15Interactive Bible Study 7

pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 16Spaghetti Dinner 430 pm

Events calendar

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Lima Masonic Center 2165 N Cole St Lima $5

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Sept 17Aqua Immersion Fall Ride

and Dive 830 am Gilboa PCG 3695 State Route 224 Gil-boa

Buddy Walk 10 am Faurot Park N Cole St Lima By Allen County Downs Syndrome aware-ness group

Ada Harvest amp Herb Festival 10 am Downtown Ada 525 S Main St Ada

Dog Day at the Beach 10 am Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima $3

The Manhattan Transfer 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 18To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 25-mile ldquo50th Birthday Partyrdquo ride

Sept 20Area Agency on Aging 3 930

am Area Agency on Aging 200 E High St Lima

ALS Support Group 11 am Senior Citizen Services Inc 3400 W Elm St Lima

Caregiverrsquos Support Group 3 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Allen County Chapter Com-passionate Friends 7 pm Lima First Assembly of God

1575 E High St Lima Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Man-to-Man Support Group 7 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Sept 21Community Fellowship Meal

5 pm St John United Meth-odist Church 205 N High St Columbus Grove

Korean War Veterans 7 pm Memorial Hall 130 W Elm St Lima

Sept 22Dinner and a Movie with

Brian Keegan 6 pm Ohio State University Lima Branch 4240 Campus Dr Lima All seats $30 Movie only $5 (419) 995-8600

Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Ron White 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima (419) 224-1552

Sept 23Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima

Sept 24Lima Roadrunners 10 am

Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 60-mile ldquoNorthside County Tourrdquo ride

Park-2-Park 5K 12 pm Lin-coln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima

Appalachian Opry 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33

Wapakoneta To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Country Expo

Sept 25To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 30-mile ldquoRockport Ramblerdquo ride

Steven Curtis Chapman 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 26The Great Monter Hunt Pup-

pet Show 630 pm Putnam County District Library 136 Put-nam Pky Ottawa Puppeteers from the Mazza Museum of Findlay

Sept 27Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Sept 28Heart Health Screening 9

am Dorothy Love Amos Com-munity Center 3003 Cisco Rd Sidney

Putnam County Parkinsons Support Group 1115 am Henryrsquos Restaurant 810 N Locust St Ottawa

Sept 29Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm

Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 30Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

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OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

Across1 Boitorsquos Mefistofele eg6 High-five eg10 Strong fiber14 Boredom15 Engine sound16 Advil target17 Phrases with two meanings 20 Kind of palm21 Chair part22 Accost 23 Away25 Opera star26 Willy ___ former West

Germany chancellor 29 Shrewish 33 Back muscle familiarly34 Theological rationalism 36 Parkinsonrsquos treatment 37 Father of Balder39 Appliance that removes

moisture 41 Move through water 42 Drunk in slang44 Baddies46 ldquo___ Ngrdquo (They Might Be

Giants song)47 Nighttime travel stop (2 wd)

49 Ryegrass 51 Pay (up)52 Quakerrsquos ldquoyourdquo53 Feral feline56 Chinese ldquowayrdquo57 Galileorsquos birthplace61 Novocaine for one (2 wd) 64 1968 Chemistry Nobelist

Onsager65 Copper66 ldquoI give uprdquo67 Astringent68 ___ bag69 Character

Down1 Resting places2 Dwarf buffalo 3 Like a bug in a rug4 Induce to commit perjury 5 Black gold6 Floor it7 Air bag8 ldquoA jealous mistressrdquo Emerson9 Blend beforehand 10 ___ National Monument in

SD 11 ldquoGodrsquos Little ___rdquo

Justforfun12 The Beatlesrsquo ldquo___ Leaving

Homerdquo13 Makeup eg18 Flying high19 Romance eg24 ldquoThatrsquos ___ rdquo25 Molecule consisting of two

identical simpler molecules 26 Flower27 AMFM device28 Inclined29 Victory hand gesture 30 Hawkeye31 Gumption32 Muslim porter 35 O Henry device38 Tumor 40 Extremely popular43 Drivel45 Edrsquos request (acronym)48 All together50 Feel remorse for52 Spoonful say53 ___ podrida

54 Black shade55 Almond56 Camping gear58 Allergic reaction59 Fodder holder60 Air force heroes62 ldquoThe Matrixrdquo hero63 Cast

Crossword Answer

6 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Seasonings

Roasted red pepper and apricot relishPhoto courtesy of CIA

Relish summer all winter long

Courtesy of CIA

We wait all winter anxious to savor the fresh flavors of sum-merrsquos harvest It doesnrsquot get any better than delighting in fresh fruit and produce picked straight out of the garden

or from local farm stands With so much being harvested at once you canrsquot help thinking how wonderful it would be if we were able to have some of summerrsquos bounty to enjoy in the dead of winter

The chefs at the CIA suggest you set yourself up for winter this year by taking a little time to put up some of your favorite things by making relish with them According to The Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink the word relish first appeared in English in 1798

7

from the Middle English for a ldquotasterdquo and is derived from the French word reles ldquosomething remainingrdquo In the United States we refer to many relishes that are pickle-based but our ancestors also realized that a good way to use up the wealth of fruits and vegeta-bles available in summer was to put them up in jars of relish

ldquoAllow your washed jars to come up to room temperature before placing them in boiling water to sanitize so you donrsquot risk cracking the glassrdquo says CIA Chef Dwayne LiPuma ldquoWhen you take them out be mindful not to place them on a cold surface place them on a towel to keep them saferdquo

The flavor and color combinations in this vibrant Roasted Red Pepper and Apricot Relish are so wonderful yoursquoll want to double the recipe and have plenty on hand to spread on whole wheat crackers or to liven up a simple roast turkey sandwich as the weather turns cold and snowy

Sterilizing Jars for PreservingYou will need a pot deep enough to hold the tallest jar you plan

to use with another 3 to 4 inches of space between the top of the jar and the top of the pot

Clean the jars lids and rings well with hot soapy water and rinse well in hot water

Put the pot on a burner and place a canning rack or folded towel in the bottom of the pot

Fill the jars with hot water and put them in the pot (they should sit steadily on the rack or towel and should not touch each other) Add enough additional hot water to cover the jars by 1 inch Add the lids to the pot you can also add the rings if desired

Bring the water to a boil over high heat After it reaches a boil continue to boil for 10 minutes longer

Use canning tongs to lift the jars out of the hot water pour out the water and set them on a flat towel-lined surface Remove the lids and rings and put them on the towel too The jars are ready to fill

It is important to fill the jars when the jars are still hot Do not overfill the jars Fill to the top of the first ring from the bottom

Use the same pot you used to sterilize the jars add the rack or a folded towel as before and put the pot on a burner Put the filled and sealed jars into the pot (If the jars are small and might bang against each other as you process them in boiling water you may want to wrap a cloth around each jar to keep them safe) Add enough hot water to completely cover the jars

Bring the water to a boil and boil the relish for 10 minutes (the time will vary for other recipes depending upon the ingredient you are processing refer to your recipe) Turn off the heat under the pot Let the jars cool in the hot water bath for 1 hour Lift the jars from the water with canning tongs and set them on a towel-lined counter

Check the seals to be sure that they are tight Leave the jars undisturbed As they cool you should hear a pop as a vacuum seal forms If a jar doesnrsquot seal keep it refrigerated and try to eat is within a week

The following recipe has been adapted from The Culinary Insti-tute of Americarsquos Vegetables cookbook (2007 Lebhar Friedman) which is available at bookstores nationwide or at wwwciaprochefcomfbibookshtml

Roasted Red Pepper and Apricot RelishMakes 2 cups1 tablespoon olive oil 12 cup minced red onions 12 teaspoon minced garlic 34 cup minced roasted red bell peppers 14 cup minced dried apricots 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar plus as needed 1 teaspoon honey mustard 2 to 3 drops hot sauce as needed Salt and pepper as needed 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley Heat a sauteacute pan over medium heat Add the oil and heat until

the surface ripples Add the onions and garlic and sauteacute stirring frequently until tender and translucent about 2 minutes

Add the peppers apricots 1 tablespoon vinegar and mustard and sauteacute until the vinegar evaporates Remove from heat Season to taste with the hot sauce additional vinegar salt and pepper Add the parsley just before serving Serve at room temperature or chilled

Nutrition Analysis per 1-ounce serving 35 calories 0g protein 5g carbohydrate 15g fat 35mg sodium 0mg cholesterol less than 1g dietary fiber

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OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

Letrsquos reminisceEvery Wednesday is a blast from the past

in The Lima News

8 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Out of all the players Jim Martz scouted in his 30-plus years as a Major League talent evaluator the one that he had to travel the shortest distance to see is the subject

of this and next monthrsquos installments Thatrsquos because Brad Kom-minsk was arguably the best athlete ever to come out of Shawnee High School

Martz who is equipped with a terrific memory for detail remembers Brad vividly and still keeps in touch today When I asked Jim when he first became aware of Brad Komminsk as a baseball player dur-ing a career spent on the roads beat-ing the bushes for baseball players he

recounted how that occurredldquoIn April of 1976 upon returning home from a long road trip

when my concentration was on high school and college players my son Mick a freshman at Bath told me there was a freshman at Shawnee I should check out Of course he was referring to Brad so I attended Bradrsquos next game and was absolutely floored by what I saw

ldquoAt just 14 years old Brad Komminsk was the second-most impressive a prospect at that age as I saw in my 32 years evaluat-ing talent for Major League Baseball The only one I ever saw bet-ter at a comparable age was Ken Griffey Jr who you might say had a little success later at the Major League level that is if over 600 career homers is any barometer to measure success

ldquoThere are those in Lima who may not remember just how good Komminsk was at such a young age but I had a gut feeling that I was looking at a five-tool player meaning he had what scouts call ldquoplusrdquo ability to hit for average hit for power steal bases field his position and throw wellrdquo

As Komminskrsquos high career continued Martz saw him as a first-round pick in Major League Baseballrsquos amateur draft after his high school graduation and someone who had legitimate star potential

Recalls Martz ldquoThe first time I saw Brad I spoke with him after the game I told him a lot of things and among them was the importance of taking batting practice correctly and the impor-tance of running out every ground ball eve if it was hit back to the pitcher and he fielded it

Sports spot

Brad KomminskLima native and baseball lifer

Part 1

Jim Martz with Brad Komminsk June 1979 Komminsk just 18 years old had just signed with the Atlanta Braves and selected in baseballs draft as the fourth player taken in the entire country

Photo courtesy of Brad Komminsk

By John Grindrod

9 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

ldquoI remember I only had to tell him something once and hersquod work diligently on it He improved his home-to-first speed from 44 seconds consid-ered below average for a Major League prospect to 41 seconds which is considered very good Many lsquoroutine outsrsquo became infield hits and many singles became doubles and doubles became triplesrdquo

Martz also gave Komminsk some wooden bats and from that point on Komminsk used them exclusively throughout the rest of his amateur career despite the fact that aluminum certainly created harder hit balls and everyone else he was competing against was using aluminum Martz knew using wood instead of aluminum would ease his transition into pro ball

For the next few summers Martzrsquos son Mick and Komminsk played both against each other and for a while together on the same American Legion squad That meant Jim could not only see his own son play but could also track Komminskrsquos development as well In 1978 as 17-year-old juniors Mick and Bradrsquos Legion team advanced to the state tournament in Athens Ohio on the campus of Ohio University

Recalls Jim ldquoIrsquoll never forget one game Brad hit two home runs that both landed on top of the roof of a multi-story dorm way beyond the leftfield fence Both shots were in the 450-480 foot range and both were hit with one of those wooden bats I gave him

ldquoTo give you some idea of how impressive that was this was the same field that future hall of Famer Mike Schmidt played on and in his entire college career he put one of that dorm roof oncerdquo

By the time Brad was a senior in 1979 at Shawnee Martz began to fully appreciate just how gifted Komminsk was athletically

ldquoHe was an outstanding swimmer which is a sport that kind of flies under the radar so not a lot of people may remember that He was also a terrific running back on the football team and also a linebacker so good that Michigan offered him a scholarship to do battle with that team down south In basketball he often scored 25 to 30 a game and did it so effortlesslyrdquo

At that time in Martzrsquos scouting career Jim worked through the Major League Scouting Bureau which meant he didnrsquot scout for just one team So evaluations went out to every MLB team

Recalls the former scout ldquoI really worked hard promoting Brad in every possible manner Not only was he local but I got to know him so very well and he was just a terrific kid I thought he was that specialrdquo

As the June Major League draft got closer Martzrsquos phone rang much more frequently as he got calls from a variety of teamsrsquo gen-eral managers and scouting directors As a matter of fact to give you an idea of how clearly Komminsk could be detected the radar of teams Martz recalls the frenzy surrounding Bradrsquos final high school game against Elida

ldquoAll told there were 32 scouts including myself there and prob-ably another dozen scouting directors The Seattle Mariners alone which had the first pick in the first round had five scouts and also their scouting directorrdquo

With Martzrsquos help next month Irsquoll re-create for you how that final game went and what happened in the ensuing months and years as well in my final installment on Limarsquos baseball lifer Brad Komminsk

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Brad Komminsk (left) with Jim Martz and Eric Wedge (right) at a base-ball fundraiser at the Knights of Columbus in Lima in February 2009

Photo courtesy of Jim Martz

10

AQGeneral

QI received a notice from Social Security recently It said my name and Social Security number do not match Social Securityrsquos records What should I do

AItrsquos critical that your name and Social Security number as shown on your Social Security card match your employerrsquos payroll records and your W-2 form If they donrsquot here is

what you need to dobull Give your employer the correct information exactly as shown

on your Social Security card or your corrected card orbull Contact your local Social Security office (wwwsocialsecurity

govlocator) or call 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) if your Social Security card does not show your correct name or Social Security number For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

QAre Social Security numbers reassigned after a person dies

ANo We do not reassign Social Security numbers In all we have assigned more than 460 million Social Security numbers and each year we assign about 55 million new

numbers The current system has enough new numbers for several more generations For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

Disability

QHow does Social Security decide if I am disabled

AIf you are an adult you must be unable to work for a year or more because of a medical condition or combination of medical impairments Overall

we use a five-step evaluation process to decide whether you are disabled The process considers any current work activity you are doing It also considers your medical condition and how it affects your ability to work To be found disabled

bull You must be unable to do work you did before you became disabled and we must decide you cannot adjust to other work because of your medical condition and

bull Your disability must last or be expected to last for at least one year or to result in death

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Social Security pays only for total disability We do not pay ben-efits for partial or short-term disability For more information read our publication Disability Benefits at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10029html

QIf I go back to work will I automatically lose my Social Security disability benefits

ASocial Security has several work incentive programs to help people who want to work You may be able to receive benefits and continue your health care coverage

during a trial work period For information about Social Securityrsquos work incentives and how they can help you return to work you should

bull Visit our special work site at wwwsocialsecuritygovwork bull See the Red Book on work incentives at wwwsocialsecurity

govredbookbull Call our toll-free number at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-

0778) orbull Contact your local Social Security office (wwwsocialsecurity

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or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

Medicare

QIs it true that if you have low income you can get help paying your Medicare premiums

AYes If your income and resources are limited your State may be able to help with your Medicare Part B premium deductibles and coinsurance amounts State rules vary

on the income and resources that apply Contact your State or local medical assistance social services or welfare office or call the Medicare hotline 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) and ask about the Medicare Savings Programs If you have limited income and resources you also may be able to get help paying for pre-scription drug coverage under Medicare Part D Call Social Secu-rity at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY users should call 1-800-325-0778) or visit any Social Security office

Also see our publication Medicare (Publication 10043) at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10043html For even more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

Retirement

QCan I apply online for retirement benefits

AYes Itrsquos quick and easy Apply online and save yourself a trip to the office Once you submit your online application electronically in most

cases yoursquore done There are no forms to sign or documents to send in If we do need more information to process your applica-tion a representative will contact you For more information about applying online visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

QIf both my spouse and I are entitled to Social Secu-rity benefits is there any reduction in our payments because we are married

ANo We independently calculate each spousersquos Social Secu-rity benefit amount Each spouse receives a monthly ben-efit amount based on his or her own earnings Couples are

not penalized simply because they are married If one member of the couple earned low wages or did not earn enough Social Secu-rity credits to be eligible for retirement benefits he or she may be eligible to receive benefits as a spouse

Supplemental Security Income

QIf I receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) dis-ability benefits what is the effect on my benefits if I work

AIn most cases your return to work would reduce your benefit amount and in some cases discontinue your pay-ments Unlike Social Security disability there is no ldquotrial

work periodrdquo for people who get SSI disability benefits In most cases if your only income besides SSI is from your work you can earn up to $1433 in a month (in 2011) before we stop your pay-ments We have several publications about SSI including Report-ing Your Wages When You Receive Supplemental Security Income available at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10503html Note that there are other work incentives that can help you return to work when you receive SSI You can read about them in What You Need To Know When You Get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs11011htmlpart6 For more infor-mation visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

Oh say can you see

by the dawnrsquos early light

What so proudly we hailrsquod

at the twilightrsquos last gleaming

Whose broad stripes and bright stars

throrsquo the perilous fight

Orsquoer the ramparts we watchrsquod

were so gallantly streaming

And the rocketsrsquo red glare

the bombs bursting in air

Gave proof throrsquo the night

that our flag was still there

O say does that star-spangled

banner yet wave

Orsquoer the land of the free and

the home of the brave

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A farmers market brings out the best in peopleldquoThe markets give people with gardens a chance to try

a little entrepreneurship It gives buyers fresh and locally grown food and it allows people with cottage industries the chance to make a few extra bucksrdquo said Mary Jo Bockrath executive direc-tor of the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce There the market concept has gone so well in its first year that it will now be an

annual eventldquoWersquove had pretty

good attendance which makes our vendors happyrdquo Bockrath said ldquoI think the thing about a farmersrsquo market that I really like is getting people downtown and letting them visit

with their friends and neighborsrdquoAnd along with the fresh fruits and veggies Bockrath said local

folks go crazy over the baked goods especially the cupcakes ldquoReally

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Cover Story

Best of the bestFarmers market offers

more than just produce

Kim Kincaid

LifestyleSpecial Sections Reporter

Freshly picked flowers by Buckeye Blooms at the Westside Farmers Market

Justin Shaw bull The Lima News

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we have so many unique things and every one of them is popular People enjoy everything from the produce to the garden artrdquo Bock-rath said

Echoing that sentiment is Kay Studer who along with her daughter Susan Studer King sells flowers from their organic flower business ldquoBuckeye Bloomsrdquo in the farmers market at the Lima Mall

ldquoOur booth is always very very colorful and wersquove had people tell us that the bright colors draws them in as theyrsquore driving down Elida Roadrdquo Studer said

Naturally the stock Studer offers changes from season to seasonldquoWe have people who go crazy over the Celosia because itrsquos big

and powerful looking in an arrangement Whenever I bring glads I have one lady who buys every one of them I guess though the main backbone of our sales is still zinnias They have a long life and theyrsquore available in every colorrdquo Studer said

But itrsquos not just flowers that this gardening duo offers ldquoWersquove taken orders for parties and anniversaries and we always appreciate the businessrdquo Studer added

The farmerrsquos market sales fit well with the green lifestyle Studer and her daughter live mdash Susan with a green ethic and Kay with a green thumb

ldquoIrsquod rather buy local and buy fresh Itrsquos better that wayrdquo Studer saidBockrath agrees that the green lifestyle is popular at the marketsldquoPeople really love the concept of the farmersrsquo marketsrdquo Bockrath

said And the environmental green bleeds over into green of another sort thanks to the markets

ldquoAnother plus is that our local business owners see an upkick in their business on Saturday morningsrdquo Bockrath said

Westside Farmers MarketLima Mall parking lotOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Eastside Farmers MarketTractor Supply on Harding Highway LimaOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Ottawa Farmers MarketParking lot at Main and Oak streets OttawaOpen 830 am to noon Saturdays through Oct 22

Ada Farmers MarketAda Depot 110 Central Ave AdaOpen 430 to 630 pm Thursdays through September

Hardin County Farmers MarketCourthouse in KentonOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through September

Continental Farmers MarketContinental United Methodist ChurchOpen 4 to 6 pm Fridays through September

Area Farmers Markets

Alec Thomas with Lincoln Ridge Farms preparing a table of bi-color sweet corn for customers of the Westside Farmers Market

OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

14

Rimer resident Jewelie Dunlap was born Oct 8 1951 in Lima to John and Jeneva Trask She has a sister and two brothers

ldquoWe lived in Columbus Grove near the swimming poolrdquo she saidAll through school Dunlap was in Brownies and then the Girl Scouts ldquoI was a Girl Scout up into my senior year of high schoolrdquo she said ldquoI have

always loved nature and enjoyed earning Girl Scout badges to sew on my sash My mother was a Girl Scout leaderrdquo

Besides participating in the Girl Scouts Dunlap enjoyed the outdoors collect-ing leaves and finding toads and frogs Today she is an avid bird watcher dog boarder and groomer and babysits for her grandchildren

ldquoI set my own schedule for the most partrdquo she said Her husband of 41 years Mike works at General Dynamics

About nine years ago Dunlap heard about an eaglersquos nest in St MarysldquoI decided to take my camera and spotting scope and went to find the nest

I was so interested in observing the eagles I drove to St Marys three times per day and all weekend When the eagle went back to its nest in the evening

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Portrait

By Jill Campbell

Bird lady of RimerJewelie Dunlap is an avid bird watcher

Jewelie Dunlap holding a 7-week-old eagle that had its talons wrapped

Courtesy of Jewelie Dunlap

Jewelie Dunlaps son Mike holding quail eggs in his shirt

Photo by Jill Campbell

15

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OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

it was if it was telling me it was okay to go back homerdquo she said

ldquoFor one year I prayed to God asking him to give me an eaglersquos nest near my homerdquo she said ldquoExactly one year from the day I first traveled to St Marys I was driving down Route 12 on my way to The Creamery with a friend when an eagle flew over-headrdquo

Dunlap said that eagle was making a nest about a mile from her home The county later laid stone for a pull-off area so people could watch the birds

ldquoToday there are three nests in Putnam County two in Findlay and one in Defiancerdquo Dunlap said She has also watched eagles in other parts of Ohio and Canada ldquoI will watch eagles until I dierdquo

Besides watching eagles Jewelie has purple martin houses her son raises quail and her hummingbird feeders are complete with perches She has bred and raised three litters of cocker spaniels with the goal in mind to improve the breed (health wise) rather than make money

ldquoI donrsquot feed my cocker spaniels dog foodrdquo Dunlap said explaining she mixes 2 cups chicken frac34 cup mixed vegetables and frac14 cup of rice

ldquoAround our rural property several varieties of birds including sparrows finches indigo buntings blue jays house wrens and downy woodpeckers can be spotted but they call me the Eagle Ladyrdquo Dunlap said An eagle mural painted on Jewelies

barn by Rimer artist Gloria MillerPhotos by Jill Campbell

A purple martin apartment house graces Jewelies yard

16

A quick wit remarkable talent and faithful family man are all terms that describe 88-year-old Harold Beckett The rural Allen County resident has spent his life shar-

ing his musical gift with the local community Yet now his days are consumed with caring for the love of his life wife Nita 86 who has Alzheimerrsquos disease

This past July Harold stepped down from his role as the can-tor at Limarsquos Temple Beth Israel-Shaare Zedek He had served the Jewish congregation there for almost six decades despite the fact that he is not Jewish It all began in the early 1950s

while he was a young music teacher at Shawnee schools with a growing family and needed to supplement his income

He was also a choir director at Limarsquos St Mark Methodist Church and later at Grace United Methodist Church but still his sal-ary wouldnrsquot stretch far enough Thatrsquos when the organist that served at both Grace UMC and at the Jewish Temple sug-gested that Beckett become a cantor

Later ldquoMr Beckettrdquo as he is known to the thousands of students who studied vocal music education with him during

his 32 years at Shawnee schools became the choir director at Shawnee United Methodist Church and finally at Limarsquos First Baptist Church

The gifted vocalist who sang with symphony orchestras and in musical productions feels that ldquohellip there is a time to sing and a time when you should stoprdquo Possessing a Masters degree in vocal pedagogy he maintains that ldquoSo many muscles have to work in

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17 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

coordination in order for a voice to sound goodrdquoBesides Harold Beckett is busy spending time with

his wife who has been a resident of Spencervillersquos Roselawn Manor for the last five years

ldquoI always hug her and kiss her and talk to her and take her for a ride and feed her lunch and supperrdquo he said The ldquoriderdquo consists of pushing his spousersquos wheelchair around the grounds of the nursing facility

ldquoShe canrsquot even say a word now canrsquot walk canrsquot talk She had such a mindrdquo he said wistfully

In 1943 the couple first met in his native Columbus during Beckettrsquos sophomore year at The Ohio State University He was working at a grocery store when

a then young Nita walked in with her mother Instantly infatuated Harold asked a co-worker to ldquoLet me wait on herrdquo Soon he asked Nita for a date

This happened in the midst of World War II when Beckettrsquos schooling was interrupted by his becoming a soldier The couple continued to date but with the prospect of an overseas inva-sion looming ldquohe thought therersquos no point in making any plans I told her hellip she should start going out without someone elserdquo he said

However the slightly built senior did survive his tour in the Euro-pean Theater He even became a commissioned officer obtaining the rank of second lieutenant When he returned home ldquofriends would fix him uprdquo but he had already given his heart away to Nita A friend suggested that he call her but Harold didnrsquot think she would have anything to do with him since he had broken up with her But she accepted his invitation

ldquoAfter a three year separation I didnrsquot want to lose her this timerdquo he said The couple married Aug 30 1947 ldquoWhat a wonderful choice She was the worldrsquos champion wife I was always doing something in music that took me away from homerdquo

But she kept the home fires burning raising their two sons Tom and Jeff

About 15 years ago Nita first exhibited symptoms of Alzheimerrsquos In 1996 this prompted Beckett to resign from his job at Ohio Northern University where he taught voice for a decade following retirement from Shawnee

ldquoI felt I had to be with her she was always with me when I needed herrdquo he said Son Tom moved back from California to assist his father in keeping his mother at home Sadly Harold suffered a heart attack and nearly lost his own health during his years of caretaking

In addition Nitarsquos disease progressed causing her to need more care than her family could provide Harold made the difficult deci-sion to place her in Roselawn Manor

ldquoI never cried so much in my life eventually I got over itrdquo he said

He praises the staff there saying ldquoWhat I thought was horrible place to go has been a lifesaving and wonderful place for herrdquo

Now the silver-haired woman who once grew beautiful flower gardens no longer communicates with the outside world Her dedi-cated husband believes she recognizes him but even if she doesnrsquot 64 years ago he vowed to be with his bride until the end A prom-ise that Harold Beckett intends to keep

Christina Ryan Claypool is a freelance journalist and inspirational speaker Contact her through her Website at wwwchristinaryanclaypoolcom

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Nita Beckett (center) with son Tom and husband Harold who took care of his wife at home for 10 years with his sons assistance

Beckett

18

No trip to Ireland would be complete unless you experience the Ring of Kerry the winding route that takes you along the Iveragh Peninsula and through the quaint small towns dotting the landscape Itrsquos a route that exposes you to

beautiful views of mountains coastlines and of course the Atlantic OceanAfter another bountiful Irish breakfast which was part of my Trafalgar Tours pack-

age each day of my week-long journey my travel partner Jane and I boarded the bus to start The Ring The rain from the previous evening had ceased and the sun broke through But since the winds were strong the day would certainly call for a hat and jacket despite the fact that the temperature had climbed into the mid-50s

Our tour bus went through towns with names like Killgorglin Glenbeigh and Cahir-siveen One of our day stops was in Waterville a fishing village that really provided wonderful views of the Atlantic and a place that famed comedian Charlie Chaplin once lived Our tour guide Bernard told us that several of Chaplinrsquos descendents have remained in the area A Chaplain statute sits just off the road with a rock-strewn beach as a buffer between statue and the Atlantic As everyone clambered to get their turn to get a picture taken with the likeness of the Little Tramp I wondered just how

many had jumped in beside the derby-wearing statue over the years

Our lunch stop was at what many feel is Irelandrsquos best-known view a place called the Scarriff Inn in the town of Caherdaniel Itrsquos an area where the fog routinely settles and the eerily shrouded view I found so very atmospheric was that of Derrynane Harbour Not one of us failed to pull out our cameras for beautiful land-scape shots of this mysterious fog-shrouded natural beauty

During our stop while Jane enjoyed a bowl of Irish stew in the Inn I went on a mini camera excursion walking down a lane in search of other good angles to capture some of Irelandrsquos abun-dant natural beauty There were animals Irsquove spoken of in an ear-lier installment the ubiquitous sheep spray-painted in spots with bright blues reds and yellows as a humane way of branding them wandering the rocky terrain

Then it was back on the bus and on our way eventually through Sneem where our tour bus became the last albeit inadvertent entry in its St Patrickrsquos Day parade As Sneem-ites lined the street just behind the many outside venders that hoped to do well that day we crept along with townspeople taking pictures of us while we took pictures of them and laughing the entire time at our unexpected inclusion

Our final Ring of Kerry stop before returning to Killarney for our own opportunity to stand along a parade route to honor St Pat-rick was to take in the beauty of a an area known as Ladiesrsquo View a view which as one might imagine comes with a story

In the 1800s during a time Ireland was still a part of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria made a trip to Killarney to check this rather distant portion of her domain As was the custom the

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Queenrsquos ladies in waiting had been sent ahead to ready her quarters However when they came upon a view that included what has become known as The Lakes of Killar-ney and the mountains that framed them they became so transfixed they tarried too long and the Queen caught up to them She was upset but only until she looked about and saw the view herself and promptly forgave them for their dereliction of duty

After many snaps of our camera shutters it was back into Killarney Town for the parade that was scheduled to commence at 2 pm and what a festive and colorful experience that turned out to be

In the parade there were no fewer than four St Patrickrsquos and several organizations representing a variety of inter-ests including kids and adults in rugby and hurling uni-forms Irish dancing troupes and bagpipe brigades

As I walked around the vibrant downtown area remem-bering the feeling of being a kid again as I watched the Irish school children reveling in their day of freedom in the middle of their school week I couldnrsquot help but think of how different it was from many of the downtown areas in towns of similar size back in The States where busi-nesses have abandoned downtown and fled to malls on the outskirts of town Such is not the case in Ireland

For quiet time we headed to St Mary Cathedral a mas-sive structure with a foundation stone reading 1842 actu-ally making it one of Irelandrsquos newer cathedrals Part of its rich history is it once served as a refuge for victims of the Great Potato Famine of 1845

Then it was back downtown for the pub portion of our day The liveliest and best music Jane and I found was at the Crock lsquoO Gold Pub The star of the group was a young man with rusty hair and wonderfully dexterous fingers which made the accordion come alive in a genre he called Celtic (pronounced with a hard c) Cajun He was accompanied by a mandolin player a guitarist and a mate playing the washboard and spoons The collective sound was a real treat and certainly made the Murphyrsquos Irish Stout taste

better Since we were in there before the group even set up we were delighted when they established their position no less than five feet away giving us the absolute best seats in the house

Later after a bit more fun in the Killarney Avenue Hotel pub after our meal this one of the four evening meals included in our Trafalgar Tour package it was time to rest We would be on the move again early the next morning for Day 6 a day that would include ferrying across the River Shannon and into County Clare to see the magnificent Cliffs of Moher before trekking to our over-night stop in the city of Limerick

TOP Jane and John at Ladies View just outside Killarney

LEFT Bagpipers brigade during Killarneys St Patricks Day Parade

Photos by John Grindrod

20

Valentine Heil was born in Germany in 1863 In his early teens he was taught the art of stone cutting At age 18 he decided to come to America to find

work in that field Having no particular place in mind to settle he met some people on the ship who were headed to Cincinnati and decided to follow He couldnrsquot find work in his particular trade and so he worked in a butcher shop

While living there he met and married Rosa Beyer from Covington Ky and hearing of the growth in Lima he and his young bride came here in 1890 After looking around

he decided to open his own business Val bought a home on East Eureka Street at the southwest corner of South Jackson Street A two-story house with a large lot at the rear it became his business place as well with the stone stored at the rear of the house

Valentine had three brothers who followed him to Lima from Germany They were Daniel John and Otto All of them became involved in the business and were married

Unfortunately John died at the young age of 35 and Dan-iel at 45 They left behind a combined family of 10 children to carry on and they became a part of Valentinersquos business or started their own in other fields Otto married Labertha Bridge and had a family of eight

Valentinersquos stone business soon became a thriving one He was also in the contracting business and erected many of the Lima business blocks plus his stonework appeared on many others such as the YMCA Hotel Norval St Paul Lutheran Church and the Lima Electric Light building along with many private homes including the home of Henry

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Time Capsule

A Valentine that kept on giving Lima residentrsquos love is carved in stone

By Jeanne Porreca

The Holland Block featured the skills of Valentine HeilCourtesy of Allen County Historical Society

21

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Deisel on West Cole StreetAs his stone business grew so did his ability to hand carve

the stone One of the still-standing projects is a pair of fero-cious looking lions that stand at each side of the front steps of Henry Deiselrsquos original home on Cole Street called the Col-onnade now owned by Rob Nelson and his family

Valentine and Rosa had a family of six children all of whom grew strong and healthy But tragedy struck the family on June 29 1909 when their two youngest boys were playing in the yard where an electric line had fallen They were both instantly electrocuted and Rosa barely escaped with her life when she tried to save them

Rosa Heil died in 1912 and the following year Valentine married Miss Betty Reiter 23 years his junior They had one son Frederick from whom many details of this story were told before his death in 2003 Valentine had also started a coal company and Fred tells of a time during the depression when local ldquoculpritsrdquo would sneak the coal out of the yard and roll it onto the railroad tracks The flat cars would run over it forcing it out on the opposite side where the thieves waited eagerly with their baskets to gather it and run off into the night

Through the years family and the German community were very close to Valentine or ldquoValrdquo as he was affectionately called He had a Cadillac touring car with two spare tires on the rear which he would wash and shine carefully and loan out for funerals and other special occasions when needed and young Fred would drive the car Fred told of the many community parties that would be held on the lawn of the family home with good food and drink and plenty of good wine

Soon after the stone business started to wane and Val went into the concrete business having one of the first concrete mixers in Lima

From there he started a new company which soon became a pav-ing company and here the tradition still is carried on today Carl the second son of Valentine Heil had two sons one of them Robert J or as he is known by a lot of Lima businesses ldquoRobrdquo Heil start-ing his own blacktopping business and is fondly remembered for his love of people and a great smile along with being a truly hon-est business man At his death in 2007 the business sense passed to his son Michael who runs his own paving company known as Lima Contracting Many a yard of blacktopping has been laid by this fam-ily

Valentine Heil died peacefully Jan 26 1935 at the age of 72 years leaving a trail of traditions that are still carried on

And now for the ladies for any time there is a lady of prominence involved in a family I must mention her and none deserve it more than Anita Heil Gallantine grandaughter of Valrsquos second child Carl Heil Her father Carl Jr has every right to speak proudly of her for Anita is now a Brigadier General in the US Air Force with a long list of commendations and an even longer list of her assignments during service

Bravo Anita and wow what a family Lima can be very proud

The lions carved by Valentine Heil are still guarding the Colonnade on Cole Street

22 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Sept 1Lima Chapter 452 AARP 12

pm Milano Cafe 2383 Elida Rd Lima $8 Program about Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen

Lima Area Parkinsons Sup-port Group 2 pm St Ritarsquos Auxiliary Conference Center 718 W Market St Lima

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 3Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Central Services 900 S Col-lett St Lima 62-mile ldquoJump to Jumbordquo

rdquoDoktor Kaboomrdquo 9 am Ohio Northern University 525 S Main St Ada $10 adults $5 stu-dents (419) 772-2000

Block Party 12 pm Murphrsquos Place 113 E Spring St Lima

Town Square Prayer 12 pm Limarsquos Town Square N Main St and W Market St Lima

Church On The Rock Spa-ghetti Dinner 4 pm Church On The Rock 310 N West Street Lima $7 adults $450 Children 3-12 yrs

Real Life Tall Tales of the Ohio Frontier 7 pm Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima (419) 221-1232

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 4St Matthew Outdoor Sum-

mer Service 8 am St Mat-thew Lutheran Church 5050 Saint Matthews Dr Lima

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 29-mile ldquoMan Bites Dogrdquo ride

Gymanfa Ganu 7 pm Salem Presbyterian Church 15240 Main St Venedocia Directed by Margaret Morris-Lopez with soloist Jake Wilder and accom-panists Connie OrsquoNeill and Sue

Fickel Light supper available from 4 to 6 pm for a donation

Sept 5Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 55-mile ldquoLock 2rdquo ride

Sept 6Auglaize PERI 9 1130 am

American Legion 1108 E Ben-ton St Wapakoneta With Ohio Rep John Adams

Allen County Veterans Ser-vice Commission 5 pm Allen County Courthouse 301 N Main St Lima

Lima PFLAG (Parents Family Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 6 pm OSU LimaRhodes State 4240 Campus Dr Lima

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Tri-Moraine Audubon Soci-ety 730 pm OSU Lima Visi-tor amp Student Services Center 3900 Campus Dr Lima Terry D Schwaner on ldquoFrogs in a Wet-land in Northwest Ohiordquo

Sept 7Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Book Discussion 12 pm Common Grounds Coffeehouse 101 S Main St Bluffton ldquoThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanardquo

Sept 8Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Allen County Patriots 630 pm Allen County Sanitary Engineerrsquos Office 3230 N Cole St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence 7 pm Deliverance Tem-ple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 9Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

The Total Woman Confer-ence 10 am Deliverance Temple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Sept 10Living History Enlivening

Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Festival in the Cornfield 10 am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Lima Roadrunners 10 am Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 50-mile ldquoCascade Parkrdquo ride

Kidfest 11 am Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima

The Y Black Achievers 12 pm Lima Family YMCA 345 S Elizabeth St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence Luncheon 12 pm Grace Church 2945 Wells Dr Lima $20 adults $10 youth Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social 5 pm Perry United Methodist Church 3250 E Breese Rd Lima Proceeds to Harvest Food Pantry

37th Annual Bath Band Spectacular 7 pm Bath High School 2850 Bible Rd Lima $7

Country Diamond Dancers - Dance 7 pm Vaughnsville Community Center 115 E Find-lay St Vaughnsville

Lima Area Concert Band 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima $15 adults free for students

(419) 224-1552 ldquoFrom Sea to Shining Seardquo with Timothy Anderson

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Len Collier

Sept 11Run to Remember 830 am

Lincoln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima $20 5K RunWalk Race day registration at 7 am Proceeds to the Lima Firefighters Memorial Museum

Living History Enlivening Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Butterfly Migration Celebra-tion 2 pm Childrenrsquos Garden 620 W Market St Lima

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra-911 Tribute 3 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

Sept 13Clark Equipment Retirees

1130 am Eagles Lodge 800 W Robb Ave Lima

Westinghouse Sundstrand Group 1130 am Western Siz-zlin 2721 Elida Rd Lima (419) 331-6644

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Michael Hingson 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 14Life After Cancer Sup-

port Group 1 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima With Zach Broshes

Sept 15Interactive Bible Study 7

pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 16Spaghetti Dinner 430 pm

Events calendar

23

Lima Masonic Center 2165 N Cole St Lima $5

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Sept 17Aqua Immersion Fall Ride

and Dive 830 am Gilboa PCG 3695 State Route 224 Gil-boa

Buddy Walk 10 am Faurot Park N Cole St Lima By Allen County Downs Syndrome aware-ness group

Ada Harvest amp Herb Festival 10 am Downtown Ada 525 S Main St Ada

Dog Day at the Beach 10 am Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima $3

The Manhattan Transfer 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 18To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 25-mile ldquo50th Birthday Partyrdquo ride

Sept 20Area Agency on Aging 3 930

am Area Agency on Aging 200 E High St Lima

ALS Support Group 11 am Senior Citizen Services Inc 3400 W Elm St Lima

Caregiverrsquos Support Group 3 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Allen County Chapter Com-passionate Friends 7 pm Lima First Assembly of God

1575 E High St Lima Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Man-to-Man Support Group 7 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Sept 21Community Fellowship Meal

5 pm St John United Meth-odist Church 205 N High St Columbus Grove

Korean War Veterans 7 pm Memorial Hall 130 W Elm St Lima

Sept 22Dinner and a Movie with

Brian Keegan 6 pm Ohio State University Lima Branch 4240 Campus Dr Lima All seats $30 Movie only $5 (419) 995-8600

Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Ron White 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima (419) 224-1552

Sept 23Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima

Sept 24Lima Roadrunners 10 am

Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 60-mile ldquoNorthside County Tourrdquo ride

Park-2-Park 5K 12 pm Lin-coln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima

Appalachian Opry 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33

Wapakoneta To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Country Expo

Sept 25To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 30-mile ldquoRockport Ramblerdquo ride

Steven Curtis Chapman 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 26The Great Monter Hunt Pup-

pet Show 630 pm Putnam County District Library 136 Put-nam Pky Ottawa Puppeteers from the Mazza Museum of Findlay

Sept 27Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Sept 28Heart Health Screening 9

am Dorothy Love Amos Com-munity Center 3003 Cisco Rd Sidney

Putnam County Parkinsons Support Group 1115 am Henryrsquos Restaurant 810 N Locust St Ottawa

Sept 29Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm

Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 30Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

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24 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

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6 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Seasonings

Roasted red pepper and apricot relishPhoto courtesy of CIA

Relish summer all winter long

Courtesy of CIA

We wait all winter anxious to savor the fresh flavors of sum-merrsquos harvest It doesnrsquot get any better than delighting in fresh fruit and produce picked straight out of the garden

or from local farm stands With so much being harvested at once you canrsquot help thinking how wonderful it would be if we were able to have some of summerrsquos bounty to enjoy in the dead of winter

The chefs at the CIA suggest you set yourself up for winter this year by taking a little time to put up some of your favorite things by making relish with them According to The Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink the word relish first appeared in English in 1798

7

from the Middle English for a ldquotasterdquo and is derived from the French word reles ldquosomething remainingrdquo In the United States we refer to many relishes that are pickle-based but our ancestors also realized that a good way to use up the wealth of fruits and vegeta-bles available in summer was to put them up in jars of relish

ldquoAllow your washed jars to come up to room temperature before placing them in boiling water to sanitize so you donrsquot risk cracking the glassrdquo says CIA Chef Dwayne LiPuma ldquoWhen you take them out be mindful not to place them on a cold surface place them on a towel to keep them saferdquo

The flavor and color combinations in this vibrant Roasted Red Pepper and Apricot Relish are so wonderful yoursquoll want to double the recipe and have plenty on hand to spread on whole wheat crackers or to liven up a simple roast turkey sandwich as the weather turns cold and snowy

Sterilizing Jars for PreservingYou will need a pot deep enough to hold the tallest jar you plan

to use with another 3 to 4 inches of space between the top of the jar and the top of the pot

Clean the jars lids and rings well with hot soapy water and rinse well in hot water

Put the pot on a burner and place a canning rack or folded towel in the bottom of the pot

Fill the jars with hot water and put them in the pot (they should sit steadily on the rack or towel and should not touch each other) Add enough additional hot water to cover the jars by 1 inch Add the lids to the pot you can also add the rings if desired

Bring the water to a boil over high heat After it reaches a boil continue to boil for 10 minutes longer

Use canning tongs to lift the jars out of the hot water pour out the water and set them on a flat towel-lined surface Remove the lids and rings and put them on the towel too The jars are ready to fill

It is important to fill the jars when the jars are still hot Do not overfill the jars Fill to the top of the first ring from the bottom

Use the same pot you used to sterilize the jars add the rack or a folded towel as before and put the pot on a burner Put the filled and sealed jars into the pot (If the jars are small and might bang against each other as you process them in boiling water you may want to wrap a cloth around each jar to keep them safe) Add enough hot water to completely cover the jars

Bring the water to a boil and boil the relish for 10 minutes (the time will vary for other recipes depending upon the ingredient you are processing refer to your recipe) Turn off the heat under the pot Let the jars cool in the hot water bath for 1 hour Lift the jars from the water with canning tongs and set them on a towel-lined counter

Check the seals to be sure that they are tight Leave the jars undisturbed As they cool you should hear a pop as a vacuum seal forms If a jar doesnrsquot seal keep it refrigerated and try to eat is within a week

The following recipe has been adapted from The Culinary Insti-tute of Americarsquos Vegetables cookbook (2007 Lebhar Friedman) which is available at bookstores nationwide or at wwwciaprochefcomfbibookshtml

Roasted Red Pepper and Apricot RelishMakes 2 cups1 tablespoon olive oil 12 cup minced red onions 12 teaspoon minced garlic 34 cup minced roasted red bell peppers 14 cup minced dried apricots 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar plus as needed 1 teaspoon honey mustard 2 to 3 drops hot sauce as needed Salt and pepper as needed 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley Heat a sauteacute pan over medium heat Add the oil and heat until

the surface ripples Add the onions and garlic and sauteacute stirring frequently until tender and translucent about 2 minutes

Add the peppers apricots 1 tablespoon vinegar and mustard and sauteacute until the vinegar evaporates Remove from heat Season to taste with the hot sauce additional vinegar salt and pepper Add the parsley just before serving Serve at room temperature or chilled

Nutrition Analysis per 1-ounce serving 35 calories 0g protein 5g carbohydrate 15g fat 35mg sodium 0mg cholesterol less than 1g dietary fiber

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OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

Letrsquos reminisceEvery Wednesday is a blast from the past

in The Lima News

8 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Out of all the players Jim Martz scouted in his 30-plus years as a Major League talent evaluator the one that he had to travel the shortest distance to see is the subject

of this and next monthrsquos installments Thatrsquos because Brad Kom-minsk was arguably the best athlete ever to come out of Shawnee High School

Martz who is equipped with a terrific memory for detail remembers Brad vividly and still keeps in touch today When I asked Jim when he first became aware of Brad Komminsk as a baseball player dur-ing a career spent on the roads beat-ing the bushes for baseball players he

recounted how that occurredldquoIn April of 1976 upon returning home from a long road trip

when my concentration was on high school and college players my son Mick a freshman at Bath told me there was a freshman at Shawnee I should check out Of course he was referring to Brad so I attended Bradrsquos next game and was absolutely floored by what I saw

ldquoAt just 14 years old Brad Komminsk was the second-most impressive a prospect at that age as I saw in my 32 years evaluat-ing talent for Major League Baseball The only one I ever saw bet-ter at a comparable age was Ken Griffey Jr who you might say had a little success later at the Major League level that is if over 600 career homers is any barometer to measure success

ldquoThere are those in Lima who may not remember just how good Komminsk was at such a young age but I had a gut feeling that I was looking at a five-tool player meaning he had what scouts call ldquoplusrdquo ability to hit for average hit for power steal bases field his position and throw wellrdquo

As Komminskrsquos high career continued Martz saw him as a first-round pick in Major League Baseballrsquos amateur draft after his high school graduation and someone who had legitimate star potential

Recalls Martz ldquoThe first time I saw Brad I spoke with him after the game I told him a lot of things and among them was the importance of taking batting practice correctly and the impor-tance of running out every ground ball eve if it was hit back to the pitcher and he fielded it

Sports spot

Brad KomminskLima native and baseball lifer

Part 1

Jim Martz with Brad Komminsk June 1979 Komminsk just 18 years old had just signed with the Atlanta Braves and selected in baseballs draft as the fourth player taken in the entire country

Photo courtesy of Brad Komminsk

By John Grindrod

9 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

ldquoI remember I only had to tell him something once and hersquod work diligently on it He improved his home-to-first speed from 44 seconds consid-ered below average for a Major League prospect to 41 seconds which is considered very good Many lsquoroutine outsrsquo became infield hits and many singles became doubles and doubles became triplesrdquo

Martz also gave Komminsk some wooden bats and from that point on Komminsk used them exclusively throughout the rest of his amateur career despite the fact that aluminum certainly created harder hit balls and everyone else he was competing against was using aluminum Martz knew using wood instead of aluminum would ease his transition into pro ball

For the next few summers Martzrsquos son Mick and Komminsk played both against each other and for a while together on the same American Legion squad That meant Jim could not only see his own son play but could also track Komminskrsquos development as well In 1978 as 17-year-old juniors Mick and Bradrsquos Legion team advanced to the state tournament in Athens Ohio on the campus of Ohio University

Recalls Jim ldquoIrsquoll never forget one game Brad hit two home runs that both landed on top of the roof of a multi-story dorm way beyond the leftfield fence Both shots were in the 450-480 foot range and both were hit with one of those wooden bats I gave him

ldquoTo give you some idea of how impressive that was this was the same field that future hall of Famer Mike Schmidt played on and in his entire college career he put one of that dorm roof oncerdquo

By the time Brad was a senior in 1979 at Shawnee Martz began to fully appreciate just how gifted Komminsk was athletically

ldquoHe was an outstanding swimmer which is a sport that kind of flies under the radar so not a lot of people may remember that He was also a terrific running back on the football team and also a linebacker so good that Michigan offered him a scholarship to do battle with that team down south In basketball he often scored 25 to 30 a game and did it so effortlesslyrdquo

At that time in Martzrsquos scouting career Jim worked through the Major League Scouting Bureau which meant he didnrsquot scout for just one team So evaluations went out to every MLB team

Recalls the former scout ldquoI really worked hard promoting Brad in every possible manner Not only was he local but I got to know him so very well and he was just a terrific kid I thought he was that specialrdquo

As the June Major League draft got closer Martzrsquos phone rang much more frequently as he got calls from a variety of teamsrsquo gen-eral managers and scouting directors As a matter of fact to give you an idea of how clearly Komminsk could be detected the radar of teams Martz recalls the frenzy surrounding Bradrsquos final high school game against Elida

ldquoAll told there were 32 scouts including myself there and prob-ably another dozen scouting directors The Seattle Mariners alone which had the first pick in the first round had five scouts and also their scouting directorrdquo

With Martzrsquos help next month Irsquoll re-create for you how that final game went and what happened in the ensuing months and years as well in my final installment on Limarsquos baseball lifer Brad Komminsk

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Brad Komminsk (left) with Jim Martz and Eric Wedge (right) at a base-ball fundraiser at the Knights of Columbus in Lima in February 2009

Photo courtesy of Jim Martz

10

AQGeneral

QI received a notice from Social Security recently It said my name and Social Security number do not match Social Securityrsquos records What should I do

AItrsquos critical that your name and Social Security number as shown on your Social Security card match your employerrsquos payroll records and your W-2 form If they donrsquot here is

what you need to dobull Give your employer the correct information exactly as shown

on your Social Security card or your corrected card orbull Contact your local Social Security office (wwwsocialsecurity

govlocator) or call 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) if your Social Security card does not show your correct name or Social Security number For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

QAre Social Security numbers reassigned after a person dies

ANo We do not reassign Social Security numbers In all we have assigned more than 460 million Social Security numbers and each year we assign about 55 million new

numbers The current system has enough new numbers for several more generations For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

Disability

QHow does Social Security decide if I am disabled

AIf you are an adult you must be unable to work for a year or more because of a medical condition or combination of medical impairments Overall

we use a five-step evaluation process to decide whether you are disabled The process considers any current work activity you are doing It also considers your medical condition and how it affects your ability to work To be found disabled

bull You must be unable to do work you did before you became disabled and we must decide you cannot adjust to other work because of your medical condition and

bull Your disability must last or be expected to last for at least one year or to result in death

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

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A Q

Social Security pays only for total disability We do not pay ben-efits for partial or short-term disability For more information read our publication Disability Benefits at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10029html

QIf I go back to work will I automatically lose my Social Security disability benefits

ASocial Security has several work incentive programs to help people who want to work You may be able to receive benefits and continue your health care coverage

during a trial work period For information about Social Securityrsquos work incentives and how they can help you return to work you should

bull Visit our special work site at wwwsocialsecuritygovwork bull See the Red Book on work incentives at wwwsocialsecurity

govredbookbull Call our toll-free number at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-

0778) orbull Contact your local Social Security office (wwwsocialsecurity

govlocator) For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

Medicare

QIs it true that if you have low income you can get help paying your Medicare premiums

AYes If your income and resources are limited your State may be able to help with your Medicare Part B premium deductibles and coinsurance amounts State rules vary

on the income and resources that apply Contact your State or local medical assistance social services or welfare office or call the Medicare hotline 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) and ask about the Medicare Savings Programs If you have limited income and resources you also may be able to get help paying for pre-scription drug coverage under Medicare Part D Call Social Secu-rity at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY users should call 1-800-325-0778) or visit any Social Security office

Also see our publication Medicare (Publication 10043) at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10043html For even more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

Retirement

QCan I apply online for retirement benefits

AYes Itrsquos quick and easy Apply online and save yourself a trip to the office Once you submit your online application electronically in most

cases yoursquore done There are no forms to sign or documents to send in If we do need more information to process your applica-tion a representative will contact you For more information about applying online visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

QIf both my spouse and I are entitled to Social Secu-rity benefits is there any reduction in our payments because we are married

ANo We independently calculate each spousersquos Social Secu-rity benefit amount Each spouse receives a monthly ben-efit amount based on his or her own earnings Couples are

not penalized simply because they are married If one member of the couple earned low wages or did not earn enough Social Secu-rity credits to be eligible for retirement benefits he or she may be eligible to receive benefits as a spouse

Supplemental Security Income

QIf I receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) dis-ability benefits what is the effect on my benefits if I work

AIn most cases your return to work would reduce your benefit amount and in some cases discontinue your pay-ments Unlike Social Security disability there is no ldquotrial

work periodrdquo for people who get SSI disability benefits In most cases if your only income besides SSI is from your work you can earn up to $1433 in a month (in 2011) before we stop your pay-ments We have several publications about SSI including Report-ing Your Wages When You Receive Supplemental Security Income available at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10503html Note that there are other work incentives that can help you return to work when you receive SSI You can read about them in What You Need To Know When You Get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs11011htmlpart6 For more infor-mation visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

Oh say can you see

by the dawnrsquos early light

What so proudly we hailrsquod

at the twilightrsquos last gleaming

Whose broad stripes and bright stars

throrsquo the perilous fight

Orsquoer the ramparts we watchrsquod

were so gallantly streaming

And the rocketsrsquo red glare

the bombs bursting in air

Gave proof throrsquo the night

that our flag was still there

O say does that star-spangled

banner yet wave

Orsquoer the land of the free and

the home of the brave

IN HONOROF OUR TROOPS

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A farmers market brings out the best in peopleldquoThe markets give people with gardens a chance to try

a little entrepreneurship It gives buyers fresh and locally grown food and it allows people with cottage industries the chance to make a few extra bucksrdquo said Mary Jo Bockrath executive direc-tor of the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce There the market concept has gone so well in its first year that it will now be an

annual eventldquoWersquove had pretty

good attendance which makes our vendors happyrdquo Bockrath said ldquoI think the thing about a farmersrsquo market that I really like is getting people downtown and letting them visit

with their friends and neighborsrdquoAnd along with the fresh fruits and veggies Bockrath said local

folks go crazy over the baked goods especially the cupcakes ldquoReally

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

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Cover Story

Best of the bestFarmers market offers

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Freshly picked flowers by Buckeye Blooms at the Westside Farmers Market

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we have so many unique things and every one of them is popular People enjoy everything from the produce to the garden artrdquo Bock-rath said

Echoing that sentiment is Kay Studer who along with her daughter Susan Studer King sells flowers from their organic flower business ldquoBuckeye Bloomsrdquo in the farmers market at the Lima Mall

ldquoOur booth is always very very colorful and wersquove had people tell us that the bright colors draws them in as theyrsquore driving down Elida Roadrdquo Studer said

Naturally the stock Studer offers changes from season to seasonldquoWe have people who go crazy over the Celosia because itrsquos big

and powerful looking in an arrangement Whenever I bring glads I have one lady who buys every one of them I guess though the main backbone of our sales is still zinnias They have a long life and theyrsquore available in every colorrdquo Studer said

But itrsquos not just flowers that this gardening duo offers ldquoWersquove taken orders for parties and anniversaries and we always appreciate the businessrdquo Studer added

The farmerrsquos market sales fit well with the green lifestyle Studer and her daughter live mdash Susan with a green ethic and Kay with a green thumb

ldquoIrsquod rather buy local and buy fresh Itrsquos better that wayrdquo Studer saidBockrath agrees that the green lifestyle is popular at the marketsldquoPeople really love the concept of the farmersrsquo marketsrdquo Bockrath

said And the environmental green bleeds over into green of another sort thanks to the markets

ldquoAnother plus is that our local business owners see an upkick in their business on Saturday morningsrdquo Bockrath said

Westside Farmers MarketLima Mall parking lotOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Eastside Farmers MarketTractor Supply on Harding Highway LimaOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Ottawa Farmers MarketParking lot at Main and Oak streets OttawaOpen 830 am to noon Saturdays through Oct 22

Ada Farmers MarketAda Depot 110 Central Ave AdaOpen 430 to 630 pm Thursdays through September

Hardin County Farmers MarketCourthouse in KentonOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through September

Continental Farmers MarketContinental United Methodist ChurchOpen 4 to 6 pm Fridays through September

Area Farmers Markets

Alec Thomas with Lincoln Ridge Farms preparing a table of bi-color sweet corn for customers of the Westside Farmers Market

OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

14

Rimer resident Jewelie Dunlap was born Oct 8 1951 in Lima to John and Jeneva Trask She has a sister and two brothers

ldquoWe lived in Columbus Grove near the swimming poolrdquo she saidAll through school Dunlap was in Brownies and then the Girl Scouts ldquoI was a Girl Scout up into my senior year of high schoolrdquo she said ldquoI have

always loved nature and enjoyed earning Girl Scout badges to sew on my sash My mother was a Girl Scout leaderrdquo

Besides participating in the Girl Scouts Dunlap enjoyed the outdoors collect-ing leaves and finding toads and frogs Today she is an avid bird watcher dog boarder and groomer and babysits for her grandchildren

ldquoI set my own schedule for the most partrdquo she said Her husband of 41 years Mike works at General Dynamics

About nine years ago Dunlap heard about an eaglersquos nest in St MarysldquoI decided to take my camera and spotting scope and went to find the nest

I was so interested in observing the eagles I drove to St Marys three times per day and all weekend When the eagle went back to its nest in the evening

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Portrait

By Jill Campbell

Bird lady of RimerJewelie Dunlap is an avid bird watcher

Jewelie Dunlap holding a 7-week-old eagle that had its talons wrapped

Courtesy of Jewelie Dunlap

Jewelie Dunlaps son Mike holding quail eggs in his shirt

Photo by Jill Campbell

15

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OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

it was if it was telling me it was okay to go back homerdquo she said

ldquoFor one year I prayed to God asking him to give me an eaglersquos nest near my homerdquo she said ldquoExactly one year from the day I first traveled to St Marys I was driving down Route 12 on my way to The Creamery with a friend when an eagle flew over-headrdquo

Dunlap said that eagle was making a nest about a mile from her home The county later laid stone for a pull-off area so people could watch the birds

ldquoToday there are three nests in Putnam County two in Findlay and one in Defiancerdquo Dunlap said She has also watched eagles in other parts of Ohio and Canada ldquoI will watch eagles until I dierdquo

Besides watching eagles Jewelie has purple martin houses her son raises quail and her hummingbird feeders are complete with perches She has bred and raised three litters of cocker spaniels with the goal in mind to improve the breed (health wise) rather than make money

ldquoI donrsquot feed my cocker spaniels dog foodrdquo Dunlap said explaining she mixes 2 cups chicken frac34 cup mixed vegetables and frac14 cup of rice

ldquoAround our rural property several varieties of birds including sparrows finches indigo buntings blue jays house wrens and downy woodpeckers can be spotted but they call me the Eagle Ladyrdquo Dunlap said An eagle mural painted on Jewelies

barn by Rimer artist Gloria MillerPhotos by Jill Campbell

A purple martin apartment house graces Jewelies yard

16

A quick wit remarkable talent and faithful family man are all terms that describe 88-year-old Harold Beckett The rural Allen County resident has spent his life shar-

ing his musical gift with the local community Yet now his days are consumed with caring for the love of his life wife Nita 86 who has Alzheimerrsquos disease

This past July Harold stepped down from his role as the can-tor at Limarsquos Temple Beth Israel-Shaare Zedek He had served the Jewish congregation there for almost six decades despite the fact that he is not Jewish It all began in the early 1950s

while he was a young music teacher at Shawnee schools with a growing family and needed to supplement his income

He was also a choir director at Limarsquos St Mark Methodist Church and later at Grace United Methodist Church but still his sal-ary wouldnrsquot stretch far enough Thatrsquos when the organist that served at both Grace UMC and at the Jewish Temple sug-gested that Beckett become a cantor

Later ldquoMr Beckettrdquo as he is known to the thousands of students who studied vocal music education with him during

his 32 years at Shawnee schools became the choir director at Shawnee United Methodist Church and finally at Limarsquos First Baptist Church

The gifted vocalist who sang with symphony orchestras and in musical productions feels that ldquohellip there is a time to sing and a time when you should stoprdquo Possessing a Masters degree in vocal pedagogy he maintains that ldquoSo many muscles have to work in

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Inspired

By Christina Ryan Claypool

Harold BeckettAlzheimerrsquos canrsquot stop his Love Story

Nita Beckett in happier days planting her famous flower gardens

Photos courtesy of Harold Beckett

17 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

coordination in order for a voice to sound goodrdquoBesides Harold Beckett is busy spending time with

his wife who has been a resident of Spencervillersquos Roselawn Manor for the last five years

ldquoI always hug her and kiss her and talk to her and take her for a ride and feed her lunch and supperrdquo he said The ldquoriderdquo consists of pushing his spousersquos wheelchair around the grounds of the nursing facility

ldquoShe canrsquot even say a word now canrsquot walk canrsquot talk She had such a mindrdquo he said wistfully

In 1943 the couple first met in his native Columbus during Beckettrsquos sophomore year at The Ohio State University He was working at a grocery store when

a then young Nita walked in with her mother Instantly infatuated Harold asked a co-worker to ldquoLet me wait on herrdquo Soon he asked Nita for a date

This happened in the midst of World War II when Beckettrsquos schooling was interrupted by his becoming a soldier The couple continued to date but with the prospect of an overseas inva-sion looming ldquohe thought therersquos no point in making any plans I told her hellip she should start going out without someone elserdquo he said

However the slightly built senior did survive his tour in the Euro-pean Theater He even became a commissioned officer obtaining the rank of second lieutenant When he returned home ldquofriends would fix him uprdquo but he had already given his heart away to Nita A friend suggested that he call her but Harold didnrsquot think she would have anything to do with him since he had broken up with her But she accepted his invitation

ldquoAfter a three year separation I didnrsquot want to lose her this timerdquo he said The couple married Aug 30 1947 ldquoWhat a wonderful choice She was the worldrsquos champion wife I was always doing something in music that took me away from homerdquo

But she kept the home fires burning raising their two sons Tom and Jeff

About 15 years ago Nita first exhibited symptoms of Alzheimerrsquos In 1996 this prompted Beckett to resign from his job at Ohio Northern University where he taught voice for a decade following retirement from Shawnee

ldquoI felt I had to be with her she was always with me when I needed herrdquo he said Son Tom moved back from California to assist his father in keeping his mother at home Sadly Harold suffered a heart attack and nearly lost his own health during his years of caretaking

In addition Nitarsquos disease progressed causing her to need more care than her family could provide Harold made the difficult deci-sion to place her in Roselawn Manor

ldquoI never cried so much in my life eventually I got over itrdquo he said

He praises the staff there saying ldquoWhat I thought was horrible place to go has been a lifesaving and wonderful place for herrdquo

Now the silver-haired woman who once grew beautiful flower gardens no longer communicates with the outside world Her dedi-cated husband believes she recognizes him but even if she doesnrsquot 64 years ago he vowed to be with his bride until the end A prom-ise that Harold Beckett intends to keep

Christina Ryan Claypool is a freelance journalist and inspirational speaker Contact her through her Website at wwwchristinaryanclaypoolcom

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Nita Beckett (center) with son Tom and husband Harold who took care of his wife at home for 10 years with his sons assistance

Beckett

18

No trip to Ireland would be complete unless you experience the Ring of Kerry the winding route that takes you along the Iveragh Peninsula and through the quaint small towns dotting the landscape Itrsquos a route that exposes you to

beautiful views of mountains coastlines and of course the Atlantic OceanAfter another bountiful Irish breakfast which was part of my Trafalgar Tours pack-

age each day of my week-long journey my travel partner Jane and I boarded the bus to start The Ring The rain from the previous evening had ceased and the sun broke through But since the winds were strong the day would certainly call for a hat and jacket despite the fact that the temperature had climbed into the mid-50s

Our tour bus went through towns with names like Killgorglin Glenbeigh and Cahir-siveen One of our day stops was in Waterville a fishing village that really provided wonderful views of the Atlantic and a place that famed comedian Charlie Chaplin once lived Our tour guide Bernard told us that several of Chaplinrsquos descendents have remained in the area A Chaplain statute sits just off the road with a rock-strewn beach as a buffer between statue and the Atlantic As everyone clambered to get their turn to get a picture taken with the likeness of the Little Tramp I wondered just how

many had jumped in beside the derby-wearing statue over the years

Our lunch stop was at what many feel is Irelandrsquos best-known view a place called the Scarriff Inn in the town of Caherdaniel Itrsquos an area where the fog routinely settles and the eerily shrouded view I found so very atmospheric was that of Derrynane Harbour Not one of us failed to pull out our cameras for beautiful land-scape shots of this mysterious fog-shrouded natural beauty

During our stop while Jane enjoyed a bowl of Irish stew in the Inn I went on a mini camera excursion walking down a lane in search of other good angles to capture some of Irelandrsquos abun-dant natural beauty There were animals Irsquove spoken of in an ear-lier installment the ubiquitous sheep spray-painted in spots with bright blues reds and yellows as a humane way of branding them wandering the rocky terrain

Then it was back on the bus and on our way eventually through Sneem where our tour bus became the last albeit inadvertent entry in its St Patrickrsquos Day parade As Sneem-ites lined the street just behind the many outside venders that hoped to do well that day we crept along with townspeople taking pictures of us while we took pictures of them and laughing the entire time at our unexpected inclusion

Our final Ring of Kerry stop before returning to Killarney for our own opportunity to stand along a parade route to honor St Pat-rick was to take in the beauty of a an area known as Ladiesrsquo View a view which as one might imagine comes with a story

In the 1800s during a time Ireland was still a part of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria made a trip to Killarney to check this rather distant portion of her domain As was the custom the

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Queenrsquos ladies in waiting had been sent ahead to ready her quarters However when they came upon a view that included what has become known as The Lakes of Killar-ney and the mountains that framed them they became so transfixed they tarried too long and the Queen caught up to them She was upset but only until she looked about and saw the view herself and promptly forgave them for their dereliction of duty

After many snaps of our camera shutters it was back into Killarney Town for the parade that was scheduled to commence at 2 pm and what a festive and colorful experience that turned out to be

In the parade there were no fewer than four St Patrickrsquos and several organizations representing a variety of inter-ests including kids and adults in rugby and hurling uni-forms Irish dancing troupes and bagpipe brigades

As I walked around the vibrant downtown area remem-bering the feeling of being a kid again as I watched the Irish school children reveling in their day of freedom in the middle of their school week I couldnrsquot help but think of how different it was from many of the downtown areas in towns of similar size back in The States where busi-nesses have abandoned downtown and fled to malls on the outskirts of town Such is not the case in Ireland

For quiet time we headed to St Mary Cathedral a mas-sive structure with a foundation stone reading 1842 actu-ally making it one of Irelandrsquos newer cathedrals Part of its rich history is it once served as a refuge for victims of the Great Potato Famine of 1845

Then it was back downtown for the pub portion of our day The liveliest and best music Jane and I found was at the Crock lsquoO Gold Pub The star of the group was a young man with rusty hair and wonderfully dexterous fingers which made the accordion come alive in a genre he called Celtic (pronounced with a hard c) Cajun He was accompanied by a mandolin player a guitarist and a mate playing the washboard and spoons The collective sound was a real treat and certainly made the Murphyrsquos Irish Stout taste

better Since we were in there before the group even set up we were delighted when they established their position no less than five feet away giving us the absolute best seats in the house

Later after a bit more fun in the Killarney Avenue Hotel pub after our meal this one of the four evening meals included in our Trafalgar Tour package it was time to rest We would be on the move again early the next morning for Day 6 a day that would include ferrying across the River Shannon and into County Clare to see the magnificent Cliffs of Moher before trekking to our over-night stop in the city of Limerick

TOP Jane and John at Ladies View just outside Killarney

LEFT Bagpipers brigade during Killarneys St Patricks Day Parade

Photos by John Grindrod

20

Valentine Heil was born in Germany in 1863 In his early teens he was taught the art of stone cutting At age 18 he decided to come to America to find

work in that field Having no particular place in mind to settle he met some people on the ship who were headed to Cincinnati and decided to follow He couldnrsquot find work in his particular trade and so he worked in a butcher shop

While living there he met and married Rosa Beyer from Covington Ky and hearing of the growth in Lima he and his young bride came here in 1890 After looking around

he decided to open his own business Val bought a home on East Eureka Street at the southwest corner of South Jackson Street A two-story house with a large lot at the rear it became his business place as well with the stone stored at the rear of the house

Valentine had three brothers who followed him to Lima from Germany They were Daniel John and Otto All of them became involved in the business and were married

Unfortunately John died at the young age of 35 and Dan-iel at 45 They left behind a combined family of 10 children to carry on and they became a part of Valentinersquos business or started their own in other fields Otto married Labertha Bridge and had a family of eight

Valentinersquos stone business soon became a thriving one He was also in the contracting business and erected many of the Lima business blocks plus his stonework appeared on many others such as the YMCA Hotel Norval St Paul Lutheran Church and the Lima Electric Light building along with many private homes including the home of Henry

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Time Capsule

A Valentine that kept on giving Lima residentrsquos love is carved in stone

By Jeanne Porreca

The Holland Block featured the skills of Valentine HeilCourtesy of Allen County Historical Society

21

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Deisel on West Cole StreetAs his stone business grew so did his ability to hand carve

the stone One of the still-standing projects is a pair of fero-cious looking lions that stand at each side of the front steps of Henry Deiselrsquos original home on Cole Street called the Col-onnade now owned by Rob Nelson and his family

Valentine and Rosa had a family of six children all of whom grew strong and healthy But tragedy struck the family on June 29 1909 when their two youngest boys were playing in the yard where an electric line had fallen They were both instantly electrocuted and Rosa barely escaped with her life when she tried to save them

Rosa Heil died in 1912 and the following year Valentine married Miss Betty Reiter 23 years his junior They had one son Frederick from whom many details of this story were told before his death in 2003 Valentine had also started a coal company and Fred tells of a time during the depression when local ldquoculpritsrdquo would sneak the coal out of the yard and roll it onto the railroad tracks The flat cars would run over it forcing it out on the opposite side where the thieves waited eagerly with their baskets to gather it and run off into the night

Through the years family and the German community were very close to Valentine or ldquoValrdquo as he was affectionately called He had a Cadillac touring car with two spare tires on the rear which he would wash and shine carefully and loan out for funerals and other special occasions when needed and young Fred would drive the car Fred told of the many community parties that would be held on the lawn of the family home with good food and drink and plenty of good wine

Soon after the stone business started to wane and Val went into the concrete business having one of the first concrete mixers in Lima

From there he started a new company which soon became a pav-ing company and here the tradition still is carried on today Carl the second son of Valentine Heil had two sons one of them Robert J or as he is known by a lot of Lima businesses ldquoRobrdquo Heil start-ing his own blacktopping business and is fondly remembered for his love of people and a great smile along with being a truly hon-est business man At his death in 2007 the business sense passed to his son Michael who runs his own paving company known as Lima Contracting Many a yard of blacktopping has been laid by this fam-ily

Valentine Heil died peacefully Jan 26 1935 at the age of 72 years leaving a trail of traditions that are still carried on

And now for the ladies for any time there is a lady of prominence involved in a family I must mention her and none deserve it more than Anita Heil Gallantine grandaughter of Valrsquos second child Carl Heil Her father Carl Jr has every right to speak proudly of her for Anita is now a Brigadier General in the US Air Force with a long list of commendations and an even longer list of her assignments during service

Bravo Anita and wow what a family Lima can be very proud

The lions carved by Valentine Heil are still guarding the Colonnade on Cole Street

22 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Sept 1Lima Chapter 452 AARP 12

pm Milano Cafe 2383 Elida Rd Lima $8 Program about Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen

Lima Area Parkinsons Sup-port Group 2 pm St Ritarsquos Auxiliary Conference Center 718 W Market St Lima

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 3Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Central Services 900 S Col-lett St Lima 62-mile ldquoJump to Jumbordquo

rdquoDoktor Kaboomrdquo 9 am Ohio Northern University 525 S Main St Ada $10 adults $5 stu-dents (419) 772-2000

Block Party 12 pm Murphrsquos Place 113 E Spring St Lima

Town Square Prayer 12 pm Limarsquos Town Square N Main St and W Market St Lima

Church On The Rock Spa-ghetti Dinner 4 pm Church On The Rock 310 N West Street Lima $7 adults $450 Children 3-12 yrs

Real Life Tall Tales of the Ohio Frontier 7 pm Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima (419) 221-1232

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 4St Matthew Outdoor Sum-

mer Service 8 am St Mat-thew Lutheran Church 5050 Saint Matthews Dr Lima

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 29-mile ldquoMan Bites Dogrdquo ride

Gymanfa Ganu 7 pm Salem Presbyterian Church 15240 Main St Venedocia Directed by Margaret Morris-Lopez with soloist Jake Wilder and accom-panists Connie OrsquoNeill and Sue

Fickel Light supper available from 4 to 6 pm for a donation

Sept 5Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 55-mile ldquoLock 2rdquo ride

Sept 6Auglaize PERI 9 1130 am

American Legion 1108 E Ben-ton St Wapakoneta With Ohio Rep John Adams

Allen County Veterans Ser-vice Commission 5 pm Allen County Courthouse 301 N Main St Lima

Lima PFLAG (Parents Family Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 6 pm OSU LimaRhodes State 4240 Campus Dr Lima

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Tri-Moraine Audubon Soci-ety 730 pm OSU Lima Visi-tor amp Student Services Center 3900 Campus Dr Lima Terry D Schwaner on ldquoFrogs in a Wet-land in Northwest Ohiordquo

Sept 7Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Book Discussion 12 pm Common Grounds Coffeehouse 101 S Main St Bluffton ldquoThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanardquo

Sept 8Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Allen County Patriots 630 pm Allen County Sanitary Engineerrsquos Office 3230 N Cole St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence 7 pm Deliverance Tem-ple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 9Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

The Total Woman Confer-ence 10 am Deliverance Temple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Sept 10Living History Enlivening

Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Festival in the Cornfield 10 am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Lima Roadrunners 10 am Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 50-mile ldquoCascade Parkrdquo ride

Kidfest 11 am Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima

The Y Black Achievers 12 pm Lima Family YMCA 345 S Elizabeth St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence Luncheon 12 pm Grace Church 2945 Wells Dr Lima $20 adults $10 youth Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social 5 pm Perry United Methodist Church 3250 E Breese Rd Lima Proceeds to Harvest Food Pantry

37th Annual Bath Band Spectacular 7 pm Bath High School 2850 Bible Rd Lima $7

Country Diamond Dancers - Dance 7 pm Vaughnsville Community Center 115 E Find-lay St Vaughnsville

Lima Area Concert Band 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima $15 adults free for students

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Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Len Collier

Sept 11Run to Remember 830 am

Lincoln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima $20 5K RunWalk Race day registration at 7 am Proceeds to the Lima Firefighters Memorial Museum

Living History Enlivening Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Butterfly Migration Celebra-tion 2 pm Childrenrsquos Garden 620 W Market St Lima

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra-911 Tribute 3 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

Sept 13Clark Equipment Retirees

1130 am Eagles Lodge 800 W Robb Ave Lima

Westinghouse Sundstrand Group 1130 am Western Siz-zlin 2721 Elida Rd Lima (419) 331-6644

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Michael Hingson 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 14Life After Cancer Sup-

port Group 1 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima With Zach Broshes

Sept 15Interactive Bible Study 7

pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 16Spaghetti Dinner 430 pm

Events calendar

23

Lima Masonic Center 2165 N Cole St Lima $5

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Sept 17Aqua Immersion Fall Ride

and Dive 830 am Gilboa PCG 3695 State Route 224 Gil-boa

Buddy Walk 10 am Faurot Park N Cole St Lima By Allen County Downs Syndrome aware-ness group

Ada Harvest amp Herb Festival 10 am Downtown Ada 525 S Main St Ada

Dog Day at the Beach 10 am Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima $3

The Manhattan Transfer 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 18To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 25-mile ldquo50th Birthday Partyrdquo ride

Sept 20Area Agency on Aging 3 930

am Area Agency on Aging 200 E High St Lima

ALS Support Group 11 am Senior Citizen Services Inc 3400 W Elm St Lima

Caregiverrsquos Support Group 3 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Allen County Chapter Com-passionate Friends 7 pm Lima First Assembly of God

1575 E High St Lima Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Man-to-Man Support Group 7 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Sept 21Community Fellowship Meal

5 pm St John United Meth-odist Church 205 N High St Columbus Grove

Korean War Veterans 7 pm Memorial Hall 130 W Elm St Lima

Sept 22Dinner and a Movie with

Brian Keegan 6 pm Ohio State University Lima Branch 4240 Campus Dr Lima All seats $30 Movie only $5 (419) 995-8600

Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Ron White 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima (419) 224-1552

Sept 23Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima

Sept 24Lima Roadrunners 10 am

Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 60-mile ldquoNorthside County Tourrdquo ride

Park-2-Park 5K 12 pm Lin-coln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima

Appalachian Opry 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33

Wapakoneta To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Country Expo

Sept 25To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 30-mile ldquoRockport Ramblerdquo ride

Steven Curtis Chapman 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 26The Great Monter Hunt Pup-

pet Show 630 pm Putnam County District Library 136 Put-nam Pky Ottawa Puppeteers from the Mazza Museum of Findlay

Sept 27Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Sept 28Heart Health Screening 9

am Dorothy Love Amos Com-munity Center 3003 Cisco Rd Sidney

Putnam County Parkinsons Support Group 1115 am Henryrsquos Restaurant 810 N Locust St Ottawa

Sept 29Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm

Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 30Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

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from the Middle English for a ldquotasterdquo and is derived from the French word reles ldquosomething remainingrdquo In the United States we refer to many relishes that are pickle-based but our ancestors also realized that a good way to use up the wealth of fruits and vegeta-bles available in summer was to put them up in jars of relish

ldquoAllow your washed jars to come up to room temperature before placing them in boiling water to sanitize so you donrsquot risk cracking the glassrdquo says CIA Chef Dwayne LiPuma ldquoWhen you take them out be mindful not to place them on a cold surface place them on a towel to keep them saferdquo

The flavor and color combinations in this vibrant Roasted Red Pepper and Apricot Relish are so wonderful yoursquoll want to double the recipe and have plenty on hand to spread on whole wheat crackers or to liven up a simple roast turkey sandwich as the weather turns cold and snowy

Sterilizing Jars for PreservingYou will need a pot deep enough to hold the tallest jar you plan

to use with another 3 to 4 inches of space between the top of the jar and the top of the pot

Clean the jars lids and rings well with hot soapy water and rinse well in hot water

Put the pot on a burner and place a canning rack or folded towel in the bottom of the pot

Fill the jars with hot water and put them in the pot (they should sit steadily on the rack or towel and should not touch each other) Add enough additional hot water to cover the jars by 1 inch Add the lids to the pot you can also add the rings if desired

Bring the water to a boil over high heat After it reaches a boil continue to boil for 10 minutes longer

Use canning tongs to lift the jars out of the hot water pour out the water and set them on a flat towel-lined surface Remove the lids and rings and put them on the towel too The jars are ready to fill

It is important to fill the jars when the jars are still hot Do not overfill the jars Fill to the top of the first ring from the bottom

Use the same pot you used to sterilize the jars add the rack or a folded towel as before and put the pot on a burner Put the filled and sealed jars into the pot (If the jars are small and might bang against each other as you process them in boiling water you may want to wrap a cloth around each jar to keep them safe) Add enough hot water to completely cover the jars

Bring the water to a boil and boil the relish for 10 minutes (the time will vary for other recipes depending upon the ingredient you are processing refer to your recipe) Turn off the heat under the pot Let the jars cool in the hot water bath for 1 hour Lift the jars from the water with canning tongs and set them on a towel-lined counter

Check the seals to be sure that they are tight Leave the jars undisturbed As they cool you should hear a pop as a vacuum seal forms If a jar doesnrsquot seal keep it refrigerated and try to eat is within a week

The following recipe has been adapted from The Culinary Insti-tute of Americarsquos Vegetables cookbook (2007 Lebhar Friedman) which is available at bookstores nationwide or at wwwciaprochefcomfbibookshtml

Roasted Red Pepper and Apricot RelishMakes 2 cups1 tablespoon olive oil 12 cup minced red onions 12 teaspoon minced garlic 34 cup minced roasted red bell peppers 14 cup minced dried apricots 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar plus as needed 1 teaspoon honey mustard 2 to 3 drops hot sauce as needed Salt and pepper as needed 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley Heat a sauteacute pan over medium heat Add the oil and heat until

the surface ripples Add the onions and garlic and sauteacute stirring frequently until tender and translucent about 2 minutes

Add the peppers apricots 1 tablespoon vinegar and mustard and sauteacute until the vinegar evaporates Remove from heat Season to taste with the hot sauce additional vinegar salt and pepper Add the parsley just before serving Serve at room temperature or chilled

Nutrition Analysis per 1-ounce serving 35 calories 0g protein 5g carbohydrate 15g fat 35mg sodium 0mg cholesterol less than 1g dietary fiber

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OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

Letrsquos reminisceEvery Wednesday is a blast from the past

in The Lima News

8 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Out of all the players Jim Martz scouted in his 30-plus years as a Major League talent evaluator the one that he had to travel the shortest distance to see is the subject

of this and next monthrsquos installments Thatrsquos because Brad Kom-minsk was arguably the best athlete ever to come out of Shawnee High School

Martz who is equipped with a terrific memory for detail remembers Brad vividly and still keeps in touch today When I asked Jim when he first became aware of Brad Komminsk as a baseball player dur-ing a career spent on the roads beat-ing the bushes for baseball players he

recounted how that occurredldquoIn April of 1976 upon returning home from a long road trip

when my concentration was on high school and college players my son Mick a freshman at Bath told me there was a freshman at Shawnee I should check out Of course he was referring to Brad so I attended Bradrsquos next game and was absolutely floored by what I saw

ldquoAt just 14 years old Brad Komminsk was the second-most impressive a prospect at that age as I saw in my 32 years evaluat-ing talent for Major League Baseball The only one I ever saw bet-ter at a comparable age was Ken Griffey Jr who you might say had a little success later at the Major League level that is if over 600 career homers is any barometer to measure success

ldquoThere are those in Lima who may not remember just how good Komminsk was at such a young age but I had a gut feeling that I was looking at a five-tool player meaning he had what scouts call ldquoplusrdquo ability to hit for average hit for power steal bases field his position and throw wellrdquo

As Komminskrsquos high career continued Martz saw him as a first-round pick in Major League Baseballrsquos amateur draft after his high school graduation and someone who had legitimate star potential

Recalls Martz ldquoThe first time I saw Brad I spoke with him after the game I told him a lot of things and among them was the importance of taking batting practice correctly and the impor-tance of running out every ground ball eve if it was hit back to the pitcher and he fielded it

Sports spot

Brad KomminskLima native and baseball lifer

Part 1

Jim Martz with Brad Komminsk June 1979 Komminsk just 18 years old had just signed with the Atlanta Braves and selected in baseballs draft as the fourth player taken in the entire country

Photo courtesy of Brad Komminsk

By John Grindrod

9 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

ldquoI remember I only had to tell him something once and hersquod work diligently on it He improved his home-to-first speed from 44 seconds consid-ered below average for a Major League prospect to 41 seconds which is considered very good Many lsquoroutine outsrsquo became infield hits and many singles became doubles and doubles became triplesrdquo

Martz also gave Komminsk some wooden bats and from that point on Komminsk used them exclusively throughout the rest of his amateur career despite the fact that aluminum certainly created harder hit balls and everyone else he was competing against was using aluminum Martz knew using wood instead of aluminum would ease his transition into pro ball

For the next few summers Martzrsquos son Mick and Komminsk played both against each other and for a while together on the same American Legion squad That meant Jim could not only see his own son play but could also track Komminskrsquos development as well In 1978 as 17-year-old juniors Mick and Bradrsquos Legion team advanced to the state tournament in Athens Ohio on the campus of Ohio University

Recalls Jim ldquoIrsquoll never forget one game Brad hit two home runs that both landed on top of the roof of a multi-story dorm way beyond the leftfield fence Both shots were in the 450-480 foot range and both were hit with one of those wooden bats I gave him

ldquoTo give you some idea of how impressive that was this was the same field that future hall of Famer Mike Schmidt played on and in his entire college career he put one of that dorm roof oncerdquo

By the time Brad was a senior in 1979 at Shawnee Martz began to fully appreciate just how gifted Komminsk was athletically

ldquoHe was an outstanding swimmer which is a sport that kind of flies under the radar so not a lot of people may remember that He was also a terrific running back on the football team and also a linebacker so good that Michigan offered him a scholarship to do battle with that team down south In basketball he often scored 25 to 30 a game and did it so effortlesslyrdquo

At that time in Martzrsquos scouting career Jim worked through the Major League Scouting Bureau which meant he didnrsquot scout for just one team So evaluations went out to every MLB team

Recalls the former scout ldquoI really worked hard promoting Brad in every possible manner Not only was he local but I got to know him so very well and he was just a terrific kid I thought he was that specialrdquo

As the June Major League draft got closer Martzrsquos phone rang much more frequently as he got calls from a variety of teamsrsquo gen-eral managers and scouting directors As a matter of fact to give you an idea of how clearly Komminsk could be detected the radar of teams Martz recalls the frenzy surrounding Bradrsquos final high school game against Elida

ldquoAll told there were 32 scouts including myself there and prob-ably another dozen scouting directors The Seattle Mariners alone which had the first pick in the first round had five scouts and also their scouting directorrdquo

With Martzrsquos help next month Irsquoll re-create for you how that final game went and what happened in the ensuing months and years as well in my final installment on Limarsquos baseball lifer Brad Komminsk

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Brad Komminsk (left) with Jim Martz and Eric Wedge (right) at a base-ball fundraiser at the Knights of Columbus in Lima in February 2009

Photo courtesy of Jim Martz

10

AQGeneral

QI received a notice from Social Security recently It said my name and Social Security number do not match Social Securityrsquos records What should I do

AItrsquos critical that your name and Social Security number as shown on your Social Security card match your employerrsquos payroll records and your W-2 form If they donrsquot here is

what you need to dobull Give your employer the correct information exactly as shown

on your Social Security card or your corrected card orbull Contact your local Social Security office (wwwsocialsecurity

govlocator) or call 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) if your Social Security card does not show your correct name or Social Security number For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

QAre Social Security numbers reassigned after a person dies

ANo We do not reassign Social Security numbers In all we have assigned more than 460 million Social Security numbers and each year we assign about 55 million new

numbers The current system has enough new numbers for several more generations For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

Disability

QHow does Social Security decide if I am disabled

AIf you are an adult you must be unable to work for a year or more because of a medical condition or combination of medical impairments Overall

we use a five-step evaluation process to decide whether you are disabled The process considers any current work activity you are doing It also considers your medical condition and how it affects your ability to work To be found disabled

bull You must be unable to do work you did before you became disabled and we must decide you cannot adjust to other work because of your medical condition and

bull Your disability must last or be expected to last for at least one year or to result in death

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

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A Q

Social Security pays only for total disability We do not pay ben-efits for partial or short-term disability For more information read our publication Disability Benefits at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10029html

QIf I go back to work will I automatically lose my Social Security disability benefits

ASocial Security has several work incentive programs to help people who want to work You may be able to receive benefits and continue your health care coverage

during a trial work period For information about Social Securityrsquos work incentives and how they can help you return to work you should

bull Visit our special work site at wwwsocialsecuritygovwork bull See the Red Book on work incentives at wwwsocialsecurity

govredbookbull Call our toll-free number at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-

0778) orbull Contact your local Social Security office (wwwsocialsecurity

govlocator) For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

Medicare

QIs it true that if you have low income you can get help paying your Medicare premiums

AYes If your income and resources are limited your State may be able to help with your Medicare Part B premium deductibles and coinsurance amounts State rules vary

on the income and resources that apply Contact your State or local medical assistance social services or welfare office or call the Medicare hotline 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) and ask about the Medicare Savings Programs If you have limited income and resources you also may be able to get help paying for pre-scription drug coverage under Medicare Part D Call Social Secu-rity at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY users should call 1-800-325-0778) or visit any Social Security office

Also see our publication Medicare (Publication 10043) at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10043html For even more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

Retirement

QCan I apply online for retirement benefits

AYes Itrsquos quick and easy Apply online and save yourself a trip to the office Once you submit your online application electronically in most

cases yoursquore done There are no forms to sign or documents to send in If we do need more information to process your applica-tion a representative will contact you For more information about applying online visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

QIf both my spouse and I are entitled to Social Secu-rity benefits is there any reduction in our payments because we are married

ANo We independently calculate each spousersquos Social Secu-rity benefit amount Each spouse receives a monthly ben-efit amount based on his or her own earnings Couples are

not penalized simply because they are married If one member of the couple earned low wages or did not earn enough Social Secu-rity credits to be eligible for retirement benefits he or she may be eligible to receive benefits as a spouse

Supplemental Security Income

QIf I receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) dis-ability benefits what is the effect on my benefits if I work

AIn most cases your return to work would reduce your benefit amount and in some cases discontinue your pay-ments Unlike Social Security disability there is no ldquotrial

work periodrdquo for people who get SSI disability benefits In most cases if your only income besides SSI is from your work you can earn up to $1433 in a month (in 2011) before we stop your pay-ments We have several publications about SSI including Report-ing Your Wages When You Receive Supplemental Security Income available at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10503html Note that there are other work incentives that can help you return to work when you receive SSI You can read about them in What You Need To Know When You Get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs11011htmlpart6 For more infor-mation visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

Oh say can you see

by the dawnrsquos early light

What so proudly we hailrsquod

at the twilightrsquos last gleaming

Whose broad stripes and bright stars

throrsquo the perilous fight

Orsquoer the ramparts we watchrsquod

were so gallantly streaming

And the rocketsrsquo red glare

the bombs bursting in air

Gave proof throrsquo the night

that our flag was still there

O say does that star-spangled

banner yet wave

Orsquoer the land of the free and

the home of the brave

IN HONOROF OUR TROOPS

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A farmers market brings out the best in peopleldquoThe markets give people with gardens a chance to try

a little entrepreneurship It gives buyers fresh and locally grown food and it allows people with cottage industries the chance to make a few extra bucksrdquo said Mary Jo Bockrath executive direc-tor of the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce There the market concept has gone so well in its first year that it will now be an

annual eventldquoWersquove had pretty

good attendance which makes our vendors happyrdquo Bockrath said ldquoI think the thing about a farmersrsquo market that I really like is getting people downtown and letting them visit

with their friends and neighborsrdquoAnd along with the fresh fruits and veggies Bockrath said local

folks go crazy over the baked goods especially the cupcakes ldquoReally

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Cover Story

Best of the bestFarmers market offers

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Freshly picked flowers by Buckeye Blooms at the Westside Farmers Market

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we have so many unique things and every one of them is popular People enjoy everything from the produce to the garden artrdquo Bock-rath said

Echoing that sentiment is Kay Studer who along with her daughter Susan Studer King sells flowers from their organic flower business ldquoBuckeye Bloomsrdquo in the farmers market at the Lima Mall

ldquoOur booth is always very very colorful and wersquove had people tell us that the bright colors draws them in as theyrsquore driving down Elida Roadrdquo Studer said

Naturally the stock Studer offers changes from season to seasonldquoWe have people who go crazy over the Celosia because itrsquos big

and powerful looking in an arrangement Whenever I bring glads I have one lady who buys every one of them I guess though the main backbone of our sales is still zinnias They have a long life and theyrsquore available in every colorrdquo Studer said

But itrsquos not just flowers that this gardening duo offers ldquoWersquove taken orders for parties and anniversaries and we always appreciate the businessrdquo Studer added

The farmerrsquos market sales fit well with the green lifestyle Studer and her daughter live mdash Susan with a green ethic and Kay with a green thumb

ldquoIrsquod rather buy local and buy fresh Itrsquos better that wayrdquo Studer saidBockrath agrees that the green lifestyle is popular at the marketsldquoPeople really love the concept of the farmersrsquo marketsrdquo Bockrath

said And the environmental green bleeds over into green of another sort thanks to the markets

ldquoAnother plus is that our local business owners see an upkick in their business on Saturday morningsrdquo Bockrath said

Westside Farmers MarketLima Mall parking lotOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Eastside Farmers MarketTractor Supply on Harding Highway LimaOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Ottawa Farmers MarketParking lot at Main and Oak streets OttawaOpen 830 am to noon Saturdays through Oct 22

Ada Farmers MarketAda Depot 110 Central Ave AdaOpen 430 to 630 pm Thursdays through September

Hardin County Farmers MarketCourthouse in KentonOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through September

Continental Farmers MarketContinental United Methodist ChurchOpen 4 to 6 pm Fridays through September

Area Farmers Markets

Alec Thomas with Lincoln Ridge Farms preparing a table of bi-color sweet corn for customers of the Westside Farmers Market

OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

14

Rimer resident Jewelie Dunlap was born Oct 8 1951 in Lima to John and Jeneva Trask She has a sister and two brothers

ldquoWe lived in Columbus Grove near the swimming poolrdquo she saidAll through school Dunlap was in Brownies and then the Girl Scouts ldquoI was a Girl Scout up into my senior year of high schoolrdquo she said ldquoI have

always loved nature and enjoyed earning Girl Scout badges to sew on my sash My mother was a Girl Scout leaderrdquo

Besides participating in the Girl Scouts Dunlap enjoyed the outdoors collect-ing leaves and finding toads and frogs Today she is an avid bird watcher dog boarder and groomer and babysits for her grandchildren

ldquoI set my own schedule for the most partrdquo she said Her husband of 41 years Mike works at General Dynamics

About nine years ago Dunlap heard about an eaglersquos nest in St MarysldquoI decided to take my camera and spotting scope and went to find the nest

I was so interested in observing the eagles I drove to St Marys three times per day and all weekend When the eagle went back to its nest in the evening

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Portrait

By Jill Campbell

Bird lady of RimerJewelie Dunlap is an avid bird watcher

Jewelie Dunlap holding a 7-week-old eagle that had its talons wrapped

Courtesy of Jewelie Dunlap

Jewelie Dunlaps son Mike holding quail eggs in his shirt

Photo by Jill Campbell

15

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OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

it was if it was telling me it was okay to go back homerdquo she said

ldquoFor one year I prayed to God asking him to give me an eaglersquos nest near my homerdquo she said ldquoExactly one year from the day I first traveled to St Marys I was driving down Route 12 on my way to The Creamery with a friend when an eagle flew over-headrdquo

Dunlap said that eagle was making a nest about a mile from her home The county later laid stone for a pull-off area so people could watch the birds

ldquoToday there are three nests in Putnam County two in Findlay and one in Defiancerdquo Dunlap said She has also watched eagles in other parts of Ohio and Canada ldquoI will watch eagles until I dierdquo

Besides watching eagles Jewelie has purple martin houses her son raises quail and her hummingbird feeders are complete with perches She has bred and raised three litters of cocker spaniels with the goal in mind to improve the breed (health wise) rather than make money

ldquoI donrsquot feed my cocker spaniels dog foodrdquo Dunlap said explaining she mixes 2 cups chicken frac34 cup mixed vegetables and frac14 cup of rice

ldquoAround our rural property several varieties of birds including sparrows finches indigo buntings blue jays house wrens and downy woodpeckers can be spotted but they call me the Eagle Ladyrdquo Dunlap said An eagle mural painted on Jewelies

barn by Rimer artist Gloria MillerPhotos by Jill Campbell

A purple martin apartment house graces Jewelies yard

16

A quick wit remarkable talent and faithful family man are all terms that describe 88-year-old Harold Beckett The rural Allen County resident has spent his life shar-

ing his musical gift with the local community Yet now his days are consumed with caring for the love of his life wife Nita 86 who has Alzheimerrsquos disease

This past July Harold stepped down from his role as the can-tor at Limarsquos Temple Beth Israel-Shaare Zedek He had served the Jewish congregation there for almost six decades despite the fact that he is not Jewish It all began in the early 1950s

while he was a young music teacher at Shawnee schools with a growing family and needed to supplement his income

He was also a choir director at Limarsquos St Mark Methodist Church and later at Grace United Methodist Church but still his sal-ary wouldnrsquot stretch far enough Thatrsquos when the organist that served at both Grace UMC and at the Jewish Temple sug-gested that Beckett become a cantor

Later ldquoMr Beckettrdquo as he is known to the thousands of students who studied vocal music education with him during

his 32 years at Shawnee schools became the choir director at Shawnee United Methodist Church and finally at Limarsquos First Baptist Church

The gifted vocalist who sang with symphony orchestras and in musical productions feels that ldquohellip there is a time to sing and a time when you should stoprdquo Possessing a Masters degree in vocal pedagogy he maintains that ldquoSo many muscles have to work in

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Inspired

By Christina Ryan Claypool

Harold BeckettAlzheimerrsquos canrsquot stop his Love Story

Nita Beckett in happier days planting her famous flower gardens

Photos courtesy of Harold Beckett

17 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

coordination in order for a voice to sound goodrdquoBesides Harold Beckett is busy spending time with

his wife who has been a resident of Spencervillersquos Roselawn Manor for the last five years

ldquoI always hug her and kiss her and talk to her and take her for a ride and feed her lunch and supperrdquo he said The ldquoriderdquo consists of pushing his spousersquos wheelchair around the grounds of the nursing facility

ldquoShe canrsquot even say a word now canrsquot walk canrsquot talk She had such a mindrdquo he said wistfully

In 1943 the couple first met in his native Columbus during Beckettrsquos sophomore year at The Ohio State University He was working at a grocery store when

a then young Nita walked in with her mother Instantly infatuated Harold asked a co-worker to ldquoLet me wait on herrdquo Soon he asked Nita for a date

This happened in the midst of World War II when Beckettrsquos schooling was interrupted by his becoming a soldier The couple continued to date but with the prospect of an overseas inva-sion looming ldquohe thought therersquos no point in making any plans I told her hellip she should start going out without someone elserdquo he said

However the slightly built senior did survive his tour in the Euro-pean Theater He even became a commissioned officer obtaining the rank of second lieutenant When he returned home ldquofriends would fix him uprdquo but he had already given his heart away to Nita A friend suggested that he call her but Harold didnrsquot think she would have anything to do with him since he had broken up with her But she accepted his invitation

ldquoAfter a three year separation I didnrsquot want to lose her this timerdquo he said The couple married Aug 30 1947 ldquoWhat a wonderful choice She was the worldrsquos champion wife I was always doing something in music that took me away from homerdquo

But she kept the home fires burning raising their two sons Tom and Jeff

About 15 years ago Nita first exhibited symptoms of Alzheimerrsquos In 1996 this prompted Beckett to resign from his job at Ohio Northern University where he taught voice for a decade following retirement from Shawnee

ldquoI felt I had to be with her she was always with me when I needed herrdquo he said Son Tom moved back from California to assist his father in keeping his mother at home Sadly Harold suffered a heart attack and nearly lost his own health during his years of caretaking

In addition Nitarsquos disease progressed causing her to need more care than her family could provide Harold made the difficult deci-sion to place her in Roselawn Manor

ldquoI never cried so much in my life eventually I got over itrdquo he said

He praises the staff there saying ldquoWhat I thought was horrible place to go has been a lifesaving and wonderful place for herrdquo

Now the silver-haired woman who once grew beautiful flower gardens no longer communicates with the outside world Her dedi-cated husband believes she recognizes him but even if she doesnrsquot 64 years ago he vowed to be with his bride until the end A prom-ise that Harold Beckett intends to keep

Christina Ryan Claypool is a freelance journalist and inspirational speaker Contact her through her Website at wwwchristinaryanclaypoolcom

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Nita Beckett (center) with son Tom and husband Harold who took care of his wife at home for 10 years with his sons assistance

Beckett

18

No trip to Ireland would be complete unless you experience the Ring of Kerry the winding route that takes you along the Iveragh Peninsula and through the quaint small towns dotting the landscape Itrsquos a route that exposes you to

beautiful views of mountains coastlines and of course the Atlantic OceanAfter another bountiful Irish breakfast which was part of my Trafalgar Tours pack-

age each day of my week-long journey my travel partner Jane and I boarded the bus to start The Ring The rain from the previous evening had ceased and the sun broke through But since the winds were strong the day would certainly call for a hat and jacket despite the fact that the temperature had climbed into the mid-50s

Our tour bus went through towns with names like Killgorglin Glenbeigh and Cahir-siveen One of our day stops was in Waterville a fishing village that really provided wonderful views of the Atlantic and a place that famed comedian Charlie Chaplin once lived Our tour guide Bernard told us that several of Chaplinrsquos descendents have remained in the area A Chaplain statute sits just off the road with a rock-strewn beach as a buffer between statue and the Atlantic As everyone clambered to get their turn to get a picture taken with the likeness of the Little Tramp I wondered just how

many had jumped in beside the derby-wearing statue over the years

Our lunch stop was at what many feel is Irelandrsquos best-known view a place called the Scarriff Inn in the town of Caherdaniel Itrsquos an area where the fog routinely settles and the eerily shrouded view I found so very atmospheric was that of Derrynane Harbour Not one of us failed to pull out our cameras for beautiful land-scape shots of this mysterious fog-shrouded natural beauty

During our stop while Jane enjoyed a bowl of Irish stew in the Inn I went on a mini camera excursion walking down a lane in search of other good angles to capture some of Irelandrsquos abun-dant natural beauty There were animals Irsquove spoken of in an ear-lier installment the ubiquitous sheep spray-painted in spots with bright blues reds and yellows as a humane way of branding them wandering the rocky terrain

Then it was back on the bus and on our way eventually through Sneem where our tour bus became the last albeit inadvertent entry in its St Patrickrsquos Day parade As Sneem-ites lined the street just behind the many outside venders that hoped to do well that day we crept along with townspeople taking pictures of us while we took pictures of them and laughing the entire time at our unexpected inclusion

Our final Ring of Kerry stop before returning to Killarney for our own opportunity to stand along a parade route to honor St Pat-rick was to take in the beauty of a an area known as Ladiesrsquo View a view which as one might imagine comes with a story

In the 1800s during a time Ireland was still a part of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria made a trip to Killarney to check this rather distant portion of her domain As was the custom the

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Queenrsquos ladies in waiting had been sent ahead to ready her quarters However when they came upon a view that included what has become known as The Lakes of Killar-ney and the mountains that framed them they became so transfixed they tarried too long and the Queen caught up to them She was upset but only until she looked about and saw the view herself and promptly forgave them for their dereliction of duty

After many snaps of our camera shutters it was back into Killarney Town for the parade that was scheduled to commence at 2 pm and what a festive and colorful experience that turned out to be

In the parade there were no fewer than four St Patrickrsquos and several organizations representing a variety of inter-ests including kids and adults in rugby and hurling uni-forms Irish dancing troupes and bagpipe brigades

As I walked around the vibrant downtown area remem-bering the feeling of being a kid again as I watched the Irish school children reveling in their day of freedom in the middle of their school week I couldnrsquot help but think of how different it was from many of the downtown areas in towns of similar size back in The States where busi-nesses have abandoned downtown and fled to malls on the outskirts of town Such is not the case in Ireland

For quiet time we headed to St Mary Cathedral a mas-sive structure with a foundation stone reading 1842 actu-ally making it one of Irelandrsquos newer cathedrals Part of its rich history is it once served as a refuge for victims of the Great Potato Famine of 1845

Then it was back downtown for the pub portion of our day The liveliest and best music Jane and I found was at the Crock lsquoO Gold Pub The star of the group was a young man with rusty hair and wonderfully dexterous fingers which made the accordion come alive in a genre he called Celtic (pronounced with a hard c) Cajun He was accompanied by a mandolin player a guitarist and a mate playing the washboard and spoons The collective sound was a real treat and certainly made the Murphyrsquos Irish Stout taste

better Since we were in there before the group even set up we were delighted when they established their position no less than five feet away giving us the absolute best seats in the house

Later after a bit more fun in the Killarney Avenue Hotel pub after our meal this one of the four evening meals included in our Trafalgar Tour package it was time to rest We would be on the move again early the next morning for Day 6 a day that would include ferrying across the River Shannon and into County Clare to see the magnificent Cliffs of Moher before trekking to our over-night stop in the city of Limerick

TOP Jane and John at Ladies View just outside Killarney

LEFT Bagpipers brigade during Killarneys St Patricks Day Parade

Photos by John Grindrod

20

Valentine Heil was born in Germany in 1863 In his early teens he was taught the art of stone cutting At age 18 he decided to come to America to find

work in that field Having no particular place in mind to settle he met some people on the ship who were headed to Cincinnati and decided to follow He couldnrsquot find work in his particular trade and so he worked in a butcher shop

While living there he met and married Rosa Beyer from Covington Ky and hearing of the growth in Lima he and his young bride came here in 1890 After looking around

he decided to open his own business Val bought a home on East Eureka Street at the southwest corner of South Jackson Street A two-story house with a large lot at the rear it became his business place as well with the stone stored at the rear of the house

Valentine had three brothers who followed him to Lima from Germany They were Daniel John and Otto All of them became involved in the business and were married

Unfortunately John died at the young age of 35 and Dan-iel at 45 They left behind a combined family of 10 children to carry on and they became a part of Valentinersquos business or started their own in other fields Otto married Labertha Bridge and had a family of eight

Valentinersquos stone business soon became a thriving one He was also in the contracting business and erected many of the Lima business blocks plus his stonework appeared on many others such as the YMCA Hotel Norval St Paul Lutheran Church and the Lima Electric Light building along with many private homes including the home of Henry

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Time Capsule

A Valentine that kept on giving Lima residentrsquos love is carved in stone

By Jeanne Porreca

The Holland Block featured the skills of Valentine HeilCourtesy of Allen County Historical Society

21

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Deisel on West Cole StreetAs his stone business grew so did his ability to hand carve

the stone One of the still-standing projects is a pair of fero-cious looking lions that stand at each side of the front steps of Henry Deiselrsquos original home on Cole Street called the Col-onnade now owned by Rob Nelson and his family

Valentine and Rosa had a family of six children all of whom grew strong and healthy But tragedy struck the family on June 29 1909 when their two youngest boys were playing in the yard where an electric line had fallen They were both instantly electrocuted and Rosa barely escaped with her life when she tried to save them

Rosa Heil died in 1912 and the following year Valentine married Miss Betty Reiter 23 years his junior They had one son Frederick from whom many details of this story were told before his death in 2003 Valentine had also started a coal company and Fred tells of a time during the depression when local ldquoculpritsrdquo would sneak the coal out of the yard and roll it onto the railroad tracks The flat cars would run over it forcing it out on the opposite side where the thieves waited eagerly with their baskets to gather it and run off into the night

Through the years family and the German community were very close to Valentine or ldquoValrdquo as he was affectionately called He had a Cadillac touring car with two spare tires on the rear which he would wash and shine carefully and loan out for funerals and other special occasions when needed and young Fred would drive the car Fred told of the many community parties that would be held on the lawn of the family home with good food and drink and plenty of good wine

Soon after the stone business started to wane and Val went into the concrete business having one of the first concrete mixers in Lima

From there he started a new company which soon became a pav-ing company and here the tradition still is carried on today Carl the second son of Valentine Heil had two sons one of them Robert J or as he is known by a lot of Lima businesses ldquoRobrdquo Heil start-ing his own blacktopping business and is fondly remembered for his love of people and a great smile along with being a truly hon-est business man At his death in 2007 the business sense passed to his son Michael who runs his own paving company known as Lima Contracting Many a yard of blacktopping has been laid by this fam-ily

Valentine Heil died peacefully Jan 26 1935 at the age of 72 years leaving a trail of traditions that are still carried on

And now for the ladies for any time there is a lady of prominence involved in a family I must mention her and none deserve it more than Anita Heil Gallantine grandaughter of Valrsquos second child Carl Heil Her father Carl Jr has every right to speak proudly of her for Anita is now a Brigadier General in the US Air Force with a long list of commendations and an even longer list of her assignments during service

Bravo Anita and wow what a family Lima can be very proud

The lions carved by Valentine Heil are still guarding the Colonnade on Cole Street

22 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Sept 1Lima Chapter 452 AARP 12

pm Milano Cafe 2383 Elida Rd Lima $8 Program about Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen

Lima Area Parkinsons Sup-port Group 2 pm St Ritarsquos Auxiliary Conference Center 718 W Market St Lima

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 3Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Central Services 900 S Col-lett St Lima 62-mile ldquoJump to Jumbordquo

rdquoDoktor Kaboomrdquo 9 am Ohio Northern University 525 S Main St Ada $10 adults $5 stu-dents (419) 772-2000

Block Party 12 pm Murphrsquos Place 113 E Spring St Lima

Town Square Prayer 12 pm Limarsquos Town Square N Main St and W Market St Lima

Church On The Rock Spa-ghetti Dinner 4 pm Church On The Rock 310 N West Street Lima $7 adults $450 Children 3-12 yrs

Real Life Tall Tales of the Ohio Frontier 7 pm Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima (419) 221-1232

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 4St Matthew Outdoor Sum-

mer Service 8 am St Mat-thew Lutheran Church 5050 Saint Matthews Dr Lima

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 29-mile ldquoMan Bites Dogrdquo ride

Gymanfa Ganu 7 pm Salem Presbyterian Church 15240 Main St Venedocia Directed by Margaret Morris-Lopez with soloist Jake Wilder and accom-panists Connie OrsquoNeill and Sue

Fickel Light supper available from 4 to 6 pm for a donation

Sept 5Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 55-mile ldquoLock 2rdquo ride

Sept 6Auglaize PERI 9 1130 am

American Legion 1108 E Ben-ton St Wapakoneta With Ohio Rep John Adams

Allen County Veterans Ser-vice Commission 5 pm Allen County Courthouse 301 N Main St Lima

Lima PFLAG (Parents Family Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 6 pm OSU LimaRhodes State 4240 Campus Dr Lima

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Tri-Moraine Audubon Soci-ety 730 pm OSU Lima Visi-tor amp Student Services Center 3900 Campus Dr Lima Terry D Schwaner on ldquoFrogs in a Wet-land in Northwest Ohiordquo

Sept 7Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Book Discussion 12 pm Common Grounds Coffeehouse 101 S Main St Bluffton ldquoThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanardquo

Sept 8Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Allen County Patriots 630 pm Allen County Sanitary Engineerrsquos Office 3230 N Cole St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence 7 pm Deliverance Tem-ple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 9Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

The Total Woman Confer-ence 10 am Deliverance Temple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Sept 10Living History Enlivening

Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Festival in the Cornfield 10 am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Lima Roadrunners 10 am Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 50-mile ldquoCascade Parkrdquo ride

Kidfest 11 am Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima

The Y Black Achievers 12 pm Lima Family YMCA 345 S Elizabeth St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence Luncheon 12 pm Grace Church 2945 Wells Dr Lima $20 adults $10 youth Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social 5 pm Perry United Methodist Church 3250 E Breese Rd Lima Proceeds to Harvest Food Pantry

37th Annual Bath Band Spectacular 7 pm Bath High School 2850 Bible Rd Lima $7

Country Diamond Dancers - Dance 7 pm Vaughnsville Community Center 115 E Find-lay St Vaughnsville

Lima Area Concert Band 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima $15 adults free for students

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Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Len Collier

Sept 11Run to Remember 830 am

Lincoln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima $20 5K RunWalk Race day registration at 7 am Proceeds to the Lima Firefighters Memorial Museum

Living History Enlivening Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Butterfly Migration Celebra-tion 2 pm Childrenrsquos Garden 620 W Market St Lima

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra-911 Tribute 3 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

Sept 13Clark Equipment Retirees

1130 am Eagles Lodge 800 W Robb Ave Lima

Westinghouse Sundstrand Group 1130 am Western Siz-zlin 2721 Elida Rd Lima (419) 331-6644

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Michael Hingson 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 14Life After Cancer Sup-

port Group 1 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima With Zach Broshes

Sept 15Interactive Bible Study 7

pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 16Spaghetti Dinner 430 pm

Events calendar

23

Lima Masonic Center 2165 N Cole St Lima $5

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Sept 17Aqua Immersion Fall Ride

and Dive 830 am Gilboa PCG 3695 State Route 224 Gil-boa

Buddy Walk 10 am Faurot Park N Cole St Lima By Allen County Downs Syndrome aware-ness group

Ada Harvest amp Herb Festival 10 am Downtown Ada 525 S Main St Ada

Dog Day at the Beach 10 am Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima $3

The Manhattan Transfer 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 18To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 25-mile ldquo50th Birthday Partyrdquo ride

Sept 20Area Agency on Aging 3 930

am Area Agency on Aging 200 E High St Lima

ALS Support Group 11 am Senior Citizen Services Inc 3400 W Elm St Lima

Caregiverrsquos Support Group 3 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Allen County Chapter Com-passionate Friends 7 pm Lima First Assembly of God

1575 E High St Lima Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Man-to-Man Support Group 7 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Sept 21Community Fellowship Meal

5 pm St John United Meth-odist Church 205 N High St Columbus Grove

Korean War Veterans 7 pm Memorial Hall 130 W Elm St Lima

Sept 22Dinner and a Movie with

Brian Keegan 6 pm Ohio State University Lima Branch 4240 Campus Dr Lima All seats $30 Movie only $5 (419) 995-8600

Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Ron White 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima (419) 224-1552

Sept 23Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima

Sept 24Lima Roadrunners 10 am

Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 60-mile ldquoNorthside County Tourrdquo ride

Park-2-Park 5K 12 pm Lin-coln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima

Appalachian Opry 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33

Wapakoneta To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Country Expo

Sept 25To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 30-mile ldquoRockport Ramblerdquo ride

Steven Curtis Chapman 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 26The Great Monter Hunt Pup-

pet Show 630 pm Putnam County District Library 136 Put-nam Pky Ottawa Puppeteers from the Mazza Museum of Findlay

Sept 27Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Sept 28Heart Health Screening 9

am Dorothy Love Amos Com-munity Center 3003 Cisco Rd Sidney

Putnam County Parkinsons Support Group 1115 am Henryrsquos Restaurant 810 N Locust St Ottawa

Sept 29Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm

Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 30Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

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8 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Out of all the players Jim Martz scouted in his 30-plus years as a Major League talent evaluator the one that he had to travel the shortest distance to see is the subject

of this and next monthrsquos installments Thatrsquos because Brad Kom-minsk was arguably the best athlete ever to come out of Shawnee High School

Martz who is equipped with a terrific memory for detail remembers Brad vividly and still keeps in touch today When I asked Jim when he first became aware of Brad Komminsk as a baseball player dur-ing a career spent on the roads beat-ing the bushes for baseball players he

recounted how that occurredldquoIn April of 1976 upon returning home from a long road trip

when my concentration was on high school and college players my son Mick a freshman at Bath told me there was a freshman at Shawnee I should check out Of course he was referring to Brad so I attended Bradrsquos next game and was absolutely floored by what I saw

ldquoAt just 14 years old Brad Komminsk was the second-most impressive a prospect at that age as I saw in my 32 years evaluat-ing talent for Major League Baseball The only one I ever saw bet-ter at a comparable age was Ken Griffey Jr who you might say had a little success later at the Major League level that is if over 600 career homers is any barometer to measure success

ldquoThere are those in Lima who may not remember just how good Komminsk was at such a young age but I had a gut feeling that I was looking at a five-tool player meaning he had what scouts call ldquoplusrdquo ability to hit for average hit for power steal bases field his position and throw wellrdquo

As Komminskrsquos high career continued Martz saw him as a first-round pick in Major League Baseballrsquos amateur draft after his high school graduation and someone who had legitimate star potential

Recalls Martz ldquoThe first time I saw Brad I spoke with him after the game I told him a lot of things and among them was the importance of taking batting practice correctly and the impor-tance of running out every ground ball eve if it was hit back to the pitcher and he fielded it

Sports spot

Brad KomminskLima native and baseball lifer

Part 1

Jim Martz with Brad Komminsk June 1979 Komminsk just 18 years old had just signed with the Atlanta Braves and selected in baseballs draft as the fourth player taken in the entire country

Photo courtesy of Brad Komminsk

By John Grindrod

9 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

ldquoI remember I only had to tell him something once and hersquod work diligently on it He improved his home-to-first speed from 44 seconds consid-ered below average for a Major League prospect to 41 seconds which is considered very good Many lsquoroutine outsrsquo became infield hits and many singles became doubles and doubles became triplesrdquo

Martz also gave Komminsk some wooden bats and from that point on Komminsk used them exclusively throughout the rest of his amateur career despite the fact that aluminum certainly created harder hit balls and everyone else he was competing against was using aluminum Martz knew using wood instead of aluminum would ease his transition into pro ball

For the next few summers Martzrsquos son Mick and Komminsk played both against each other and for a while together on the same American Legion squad That meant Jim could not only see his own son play but could also track Komminskrsquos development as well In 1978 as 17-year-old juniors Mick and Bradrsquos Legion team advanced to the state tournament in Athens Ohio on the campus of Ohio University

Recalls Jim ldquoIrsquoll never forget one game Brad hit two home runs that both landed on top of the roof of a multi-story dorm way beyond the leftfield fence Both shots were in the 450-480 foot range and both were hit with one of those wooden bats I gave him

ldquoTo give you some idea of how impressive that was this was the same field that future hall of Famer Mike Schmidt played on and in his entire college career he put one of that dorm roof oncerdquo

By the time Brad was a senior in 1979 at Shawnee Martz began to fully appreciate just how gifted Komminsk was athletically

ldquoHe was an outstanding swimmer which is a sport that kind of flies under the radar so not a lot of people may remember that He was also a terrific running back on the football team and also a linebacker so good that Michigan offered him a scholarship to do battle with that team down south In basketball he often scored 25 to 30 a game and did it so effortlesslyrdquo

At that time in Martzrsquos scouting career Jim worked through the Major League Scouting Bureau which meant he didnrsquot scout for just one team So evaluations went out to every MLB team

Recalls the former scout ldquoI really worked hard promoting Brad in every possible manner Not only was he local but I got to know him so very well and he was just a terrific kid I thought he was that specialrdquo

As the June Major League draft got closer Martzrsquos phone rang much more frequently as he got calls from a variety of teamsrsquo gen-eral managers and scouting directors As a matter of fact to give you an idea of how clearly Komminsk could be detected the radar of teams Martz recalls the frenzy surrounding Bradrsquos final high school game against Elida

ldquoAll told there were 32 scouts including myself there and prob-ably another dozen scouting directors The Seattle Mariners alone which had the first pick in the first round had five scouts and also their scouting directorrdquo

With Martzrsquos help next month Irsquoll re-create for you how that final game went and what happened in the ensuing months and years as well in my final installment on Limarsquos baseball lifer Brad Komminsk

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Brad Komminsk (left) with Jim Martz and Eric Wedge (right) at a base-ball fundraiser at the Knights of Columbus in Lima in February 2009

Photo courtesy of Jim Martz

10

AQGeneral

QI received a notice from Social Security recently It said my name and Social Security number do not match Social Securityrsquos records What should I do

AItrsquos critical that your name and Social Security number as shown on your Social Security card match your employerrsquos payroll records and your W-2 form If they donrsquot here is

what you need to dobull Give your employer the correct information exactly as shown

on your Social Security card or your corrected card orbull Contact your local Social Security office (wwwsocialsecurity

govlocator) or call 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) if your Social Security card does not show your correct name or Social Security number For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

QAre Social Security numbers reassigned after a person dies

ANo We do not reassign Social Security numbers In all we have assigned more than 460 million Social Security numbers and each year we assign about 55 million new

numbers The current system has enough new numbers for several more generations For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

Disability

QHow does Social Security decide if I am disabled

AIf you are an adult you must be unable to work for a year or more because of a medical condition or combination of medical impairments Overall

we use a five-step evaluation process to decide whether you are disabled The process considers any current work activity you are doing It also considers your medical condition and how it affects your ability to work To be found disabled

bull You must be unable to do work you did before you became disabled and we must decide you cannot adjust to other work because of your medical condition and

bull Your disability must last or be expected to last for at least one year or to result in death

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A Q

Social Security pays only for total disability We do not pay ben-efits for partial or short-term disability For more information read our publication Disability Benefits at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10029html

QIf I go back to work will I automatically lose my Social Security disability benefits

ASocial Security has several work incentive programs to help people who want to work You may be able to receive benefits and continue your health care coverage

during a trial work period For information about Social Securityrsquos work incentives and how they can help you return to work you should

bull Visit our special work site at wwwsocialsecuritygovwork bull See the Red Book on work incentives at wwwsocialsecurity

govredbookbull Call our toll-free number at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-

0778) orbull Contact your local Social Security office (wwwsocialsecurity

govlocator) For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

Medicare

QIs it true that if you have low income you can get help paying your Medicare premiums

AYes If your income and resources are limited your State may be able to help with your Medicare Part B premium deductibles and coinsurance amounts State rules vary

on the income and resources that apply Contact your State or local medical assistance social services or welfare office or call the Medicare hotline 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) and ask about the Medicare Savings Programs If you have limited income and resources you also may be able to get help paying for pre-scription drug coverage under Medicare Part D Call Social Secu-rity at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY users should call 1-800-325-0778) or visit any Social Security office

Also see our publication Medicare (Publication 10043) at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10043html For even more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

Retirement

QCan I apply online for retirement benefits

AYes Itrsquos quick and easy Apply online and save yourself a trip to the office Once you submit your online application electronically in most

cases yoursquore done There are no forms to sign or documents to send in If we do need more information to process your applica-tion a representative will contact you For more information about applying online visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

QIf both my spouse and I are entitled to Social Secu-rity benefits is there any reduction in our payments because we are married

ANo We independently calculate each spousersquos Social Secu-rity benefit amount Each spouse receives a monthly ben-efit amount based on his or her own earnings Couples are

not penalized simply because they are married If one member of the couple earned low wages or did not earn enough Social Secu-rity credits to be eligible for retirement benefits he or she may be eligible to receive benefits as a spouse

Supplemental Security Income

QIf I receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) dis-ability benefits what is the effect on my benefits if I work

AIn most cases your return to work would reduce your benefit amount and in some cases discontinue your pay-ments Unlike Social Security disability there is no ldquotrial

work periodrdquo for people who get SSI disability benefits In most cases if your only income besides SSI is from your work you can earn up to $1433 in a month (in 2011) before we stop your pay-ments We have several publications about SSI including Report-ing Your Wages When You Receive Supplemental Security Income available at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10503html Note that there are other work incentives that can help you return to work when you receive SSI You can read about them in What You Need To Know When You Get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs11011htmlpart6 For more infor-mation visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

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by the dawnrsquos early light

What so proudly we hailrsquod

at the twilightrsquos last gleaming

Whose broad stripes and bright stars

throrsquo the perilous fight

Orsquoer the ramparts we watchrsquod

were so gallantly streaming

And the rocketsrsquo red glare

the bombs bursting in air

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that our flag was still there

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banner yet wave

Orsquoer the land of the free and

the home of the brave

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A farmers market brings out the best in peopleldquoThe markets give people with gardens a chance to try

a little entrepreneurship It gives buyers fresh and locally grown food and it allows people with cottage industries the chance to make a few extra bucksrdquo said Mary Jo Bockrath executive direc-tor of the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce There the market concept has gone so well in its first year that it will now be an

annual eventldquoWersquove had pretty

good attendance which makes our vendors happyrdquo Bockrath said ldquoI think the thing about a farmersrsquo market that I really like is getting people downtown and letting them visit

with their friends and neighborsrdquoAnd along with the fresh fruits and veggies Bockrath said local

folks go crazy over the baked goods especially the cupcakes ldquoReally

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Wireless Transmission of SoundThe ability for hearing aids to receive sound sent wirelessly from the television stereo and computer is now a reality Hearing aid patients no longer need awkward necklace-style devices to receive wireless audio signals Individuals can listen ldquoprivatelyrdquo through their hearing instruments at the volume they prefer Others in the room enjoy a volume comfortable for them

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Cover Story

Best of the bestFarmers market offers

more than just produce

Kim Kincaid

LifestyleSpecial Sections Reporter

Freshly picked flowers by Buckeye Blooms at the Westside Farmers Market

Justin Shaw bull The Lima News

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we have so many unique things and every one of them is popular People enjoy everything from the produce to the garden artrdquo Bock-rath said

Echoing that sentiment is Kay Studer who along with her daughter Susan Studer King sells flowers from their organic flower business ldquoBuckeye Bloomsrdquo in the farmers market at the Lima Mall

ldquoOur booth is always very very colorful and wersquove had people tell us that the bright colors draws them in as theyrsquore driving down Elida Roadrdquo Studer said

Naturally the stock Studer offers changes from season to seasonldquoWe have people who go crazy over the Celosia because itrsquos big

and powerful looking in an arrangement Whenever I bring glads I have one lady who buys every one of them I guess though the main backbone of our sales is still zinnias They have a long life and theyrsquore available in every colorrdquo Studer said

But itrsquos not just flowers that this gardening duo offers ldquoWersquove taken orders for parties and anniversaries and we always appreciate the businessrdquo Studer added

The farmerrsquos market sales fit well with the green lifestyle Studer and her daughter live mdash Susan with a green ethic and Kay with a green thumb

ldquoIrsquod rather buy local and buy fresh Itrsquos better that wayrdquo Studer saidBockrath agrees that the green lifestyle is popular at the marketsldquoPeople really love the concept of the farmersrsquo marketsrdquo Bockrath

said And the environmental green bleeds over into green of another sort thanks to the markets

ldquoAnother plus is that our local business owners see an upkick in their business on Saturday morningsrdquo Bockrath said

Westside Farmers MarketLima Mall parking lotOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Eastside Farmers MarketTractor Supply on Harding Highway LimaOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Ottawa Farmers MarketParking lot at Main and Oak streets OttawaOpen 830 am to noon Saturdays through Oct 22

Ada Farmers MarketAda Depot 110 Central Ave AdaOpen 430 to 630 pm Thursdays through September

Hardin County Farmers MarketCourthouse in KentonOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through September

Continental Farmers MarketContinental United Methodist ChurchOpen 4 to 6 pm Fridays through September

Area Farmers Markets

Alec Thomas with Lincoln Ridge Farms preparing a table of bi-color sweet corn for customers of the Westside Farmers Market

OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

14

Rimer resident Jewelie Dunlap was born Oct 8 1951 in Lima to John and Jeneva Trask She has a sister and two brothers

ldquoWe lived in Columbus Grove near the swimming poolrdquo she saidAll through school Dunlap was in Brownies and then the Girl Scouts ldquoI was a Girl Scout up into my senior year of high schoolrdquo she said ldquoI have

always loved nature and enjoyed earning Girl Scout badges to sew on my sash My mother was a Girl Scout leaderrdquo

Besides participating in the Girl Scouts Dunlap enjoyed the outdoors collect-ing leaves and finding toads and frogs Today she is an avid bird watcher dog boarder and groomer and babysits for her grandchildren

ldquoI set my own schedule for the most partrdquo she said Her husband of 41 years Mike works at General Dynamics

About nine years ago Dunlap heard about an eaglersquos nest in St MarysldquoI decided to take my camera and spotting scope and went to find the nest

I was so interested in observing the eagles I drove to St Marys three times per day and all weekend When the eagle went back to its nest in the evening

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Portrait

By Jill Campbell

Bird lady of RimerJewelie Dunlap is an avid bird watcher

Jewelie Dunlap holding a 7-week-old eagle that had its talons wrapped

Courtesy of Jewelie Dunlap

Jewelie Dunlaps son Mike holding quail eggs in his shirt

Photo by Jill Campbell

15

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OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

it was if it was telling me it was okay to go back homerdquo she said

ldquoFor one year I prayed to God asking him to give me an eaglersquos nest near my homerdquo she said ldquoExactly one year from the day I first traveled to St Marys I was driving down Route 12 on my way to The Creamery with a friend when an eagle flew over-headrdquo

Dunlap said that eagle was making a nest about a mile from her home The county later laid stone for a pull-off area so people could watch the birds

ldquoToday there are three nests in Putnam County two in Findlay and one in Defiancerdquo Dunlap said She has also watched eagles in other parts of Ohio and Canada ldquoI will watch eagles until I dierdquo

Besides watching eagles Jewelie has purple martin houses her son raises quail and her hummingbird feeders are complete with perches She has bred and raised three litters of cocker spaniels with the goal in mind to improve the breed (health wise) rather than make money

ldquoI donrsquot feed my cocker spaniels dog foodrdquo Dunlap said explaining she mixes 2 cups chicken frac34 cup mixed vegetables and frac14 cup of rice

ldquoAround our rural property several varieties of birds including sparrows finches indigo buntings blue jays house wrens and downy woodpeckers can be spotted but they call me the Eagle Ladyrdquo Dunlap said An eagle mural painted on Jewelies

barn by Rimer artist Gloria MillerPhotos by Jill Campbell

A purple martin apartment house graces Jewelies yard

16

A quick wit remarkable talent and faithful family man are all terms that describe 88-year-old Harold Beckett The rural Allen County resident has spent his life shar-

ing his musical gift with the local community Yet now his days are consumed with caring for the love of his life wife Nita 86 who has Alzheimerrsquos disease

This past July Harold stepped down from his role as the can-tor at Limarsquos Temple Beth Israel-Shaare Zedek He had served the Jewish congregation there for almost six decades despite the fact that he is not Jewish It all began in the early 1950s

while he was a young music teacher at Shawnee schools with a growing family and needed to supplement his income

He was also a choir director at Limarsquos St Mark Methodist Church and later at Grace United Methodist Church but still his sal-ary wouldnrsquot stretch far enough Thatrsquos when the organist that served at both Grace UMC and at the Jewish Temple sug-gested that Beckett become a cantor

Later ldquoMr Beckettrdquo as he is known to the thousands of students who studied vocal music education with him during

his 32 years at Shawnee schools became the choir director at Shawnee United Methodist Church and finally at Limarsquos First Baptist Church

The gifted vocalist who sang with symphony orchestras and in musical productions feels that ldquohellip there is a time to sing and a time when you should stoprdquo Possessing a Masters degree in vocal pedagogy he maintains that ldquoSo many muscles have to work in

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Harold BeckettAlzheimerrsquos canrsquot stop his Love Story

Nita Beckett in happier days planting her famous flower gardens

Photos courtesy of Harold Beckett

17 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

coordination in order for a voice to sound goodrdquoBesides Harold Beckett is busy spending time with

his wife who has been a resident of Spencervillersquos Roselawn Manor for the last five years

ldquoI always hug her and kiss her and talk to her and take her for a ride and feed her lunch and supperrdquo he said The ldquoriderdquo consists of pushing his spousersquos wheelchair around the grounds of the nursing facility

ldquoShe canrsquot even say a word now canrsquot walk canrsquot talk She had such a mindrdquo he said wistfully

In 1943 the couple first met in his native Columbus during Beckettrsquos sophomore year at The Ohio State University He was working at a grocery store when

a then young Nita walked in with her mother Instantly infatuated Harold asked a co-worker to ldquoLet me wait on herrdquo Soon he asked Nita for a date

This happened in the midst of World War II when Beckettrsquos schooling was interrupted by his becoming a soldier The couple continued to date but with the prospect of an overseas inva-sion looming ldquohe thought therersquos no point in making any plans I told her hellip she should start going out without someone elserdquo he said

However the slightly built senior did survive his tour in the Euro-pean Theater He even became a commissioned officer obtaining the rank of second lieutenant When he returned home ldquofriends would fix him uprdquo but he had already given his heart away to Nita A friend suggested that he call her but Harold didnrsquot think she would have anything to do with him since he had broken up with her But she accepted his invitation

ldquoAfter a three year separation I didnrsquot want to lose her this timerdquo he said The couple married Aug 30 1947 ldquoWhat a wonderful choice She was the worldrsquos champion wife I was always doing something in music that took me away from homerdquo

But she kept the home fires burning raising their two sons Tom and Jeff

About 15 years ago Nita first exhibited symptoms of Alzheimerrsquos In 1996 this prompted Beckett to resign from his job at Ohio Northern University where he taught voice for a decade following retirement from Shawnee

ldquoI felt I had to be with her she was always with me when I needed herrdquo he said Son Tom moved back from California to assist his father in keeping his mother at home Sadly Harold suffered a heart attack and nearly lost his own health during his years of caretaking

In addition Nitarsquos disease progressed causing her to need more care than her family could provide Harold made the difficult deci-sion to place her in Roselawn Manor

ldquoI never cried so much in my life eventually I got over itrdquo he said

He praises the staff there saying ldquoWhat I thought was horrible place to go has been a lifesaving and wonderful place for herrdquo

Now the silver-haired woman who once grew beautiful flower gardens no longer communicates with the outside world Her dedi-cated husband believes she recognizes him but even if she doesnrsquot 64 years ago he vowed to be with his bride until the end A prom-ise that Harold Beckett intends to keep

Christina Ryan Claypool is a freelance journalist and inspirational speaker Contact her through her Website at wwwchristinaryanclaypoolcom

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No trip to Ireland would be complete unless you experience the Ring of Kerry the winding route that takes you along the Iveragh Peninsula and through the quaint small towns dotting the landscape Itrsquos a route that exposes you to

beautiful views of mountains coastlines and of course the Atlantic OceanAfter another bountiful Irish breakfast which was part of my Trafalgar Tours pack-

age each day of my week-long journey my travel partner Jane and I boarded the bus to start The Ring The rain from the previous evening had ceased and the sun broke through But since the winds were strong the day would certainly call for a hat and jacket despite the fact that the temperature had climbed into the mid-50s

Our tour bus went through towns with names like Killgorglin Glenbeigh and Cahir-siveen One of our day stops was in Waterville a fishing village that really provided wonderful views of the Atlantic and a place that famed comedian Charlie Chaplin once lived Our tour guide Bernard told us that several of Chaplinrsquos descendents have remained in the area A Chaplain statute sits just off the road with a rock-strewn beach as a buffer between statue and the Atlantic As everyone clambered to get their turn to get a picture taken with the likeness of the Little Tramp I wondered just how

many had jumped in beside the derby-wearing statue over the years

Our lunch stop was at what many feel is Irelandrsquos best-known view a place called the Scarriff Inn in the town of Caherdaniel Itrsquos an area where the fog routinely settles and the eerily shrouded view I found so very atmospheric was that of Derrynane Harbour Not one of us failed to pull out our cameras for beautiful land-scape shots of this mysterious fog-shrouded natural beauty

During our stop while Jane enjoyed a bowl of Irish stew in the Inn I went on a mini camera excursion walking down a lane in search of other good angles to capture some of Irelandrsquos abun-dant natural beauty There were animals Irsquove spoken of in an ear-lier installment the ubiquitous sheep spray-painted in spots with bright blues reds and yellows as a humane way of branding them wandering the rocky terrain

Then it was back on the bus and on our way eventually through Sneem where our tour bus became the last albeit inadvertent entry in its St Patrickrsquos Day parade As Sneem-ites lined the street just behind the many outside venders that hoped to do well that day we crept along with townspeople taking pictures of us while we took pictures of them and laughing the entire time at our unexpected inclusion

Our final Ring of Kerry stop before returning to Killarney for our own opportunity to stand along a parade route to honor St Pat-rick was to take in the beauty of a an area known as Ladiesrsquo View a view which as one might imagine comes with a story

In the 1800s during a time Ireland was still a part of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria made a trip to Killarney to check this rather distant portion of her domain As was the custom the

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Queenrsquos ladies in waiting had been sent ahead to ready her quarters However when they came upon a view that included what has become known as The Lakes of Killar-ney and the mountains that framed them they became so transfixed they tarried too long and the Queen caught up to them She was upset but only until she looked about and saw the view herself and promptly forgave them for their dereliction of duty

After many snaps of our camera shutters it was back into Killarney Town for the parade that was scheduled to commence at 2 pm and what a festive and colorful experience that turned out to be

In the parade there were no fewer than four St Patrickrsquos and several organizations representing a variety of inter-ests including kids and adults in rugby and hurling uni-forms Irish dancing troupes and bagpipe brigades

As I walked around the vibrant downtown area remem-bering the feeling of being a kid again as I watched the Irish school children reveling in their day of freedom in the middle of their school week I couldnrsquot help but think of how different it was from many of the downtown areas in towns of similar size back in The States where busi-nesses have abandoned downtown and fled to malls on the outskirts of town Such is not the case in Ireland

For quiet time we headed to St Mary Cathedral a mas-sive structure with a foundation stone reading 1842 actu-ally making it one of Irelandrsquos newer cathedrals Part of its rich history is it once served as a refuge for victims of the Great Potato Famine of 1845

Then it was back downtown for the pub portion of our day The liveliest and best music Jane and I found was at the Crock lsquoO Gold Pub The star of the group was a young man with rusty hair and wonderfully dexterous fingers which made the accordion come alive in a genre he called Celtic (pronounced with a hard c) Cajun He was accompanied by a mandolin player a guitarist and a mate playing the washboard and spoons The collective sound was a real treat and certainly made the Murphyrsquos Irish Stout taste

better Since we were in there before the group even set up we were delighted when they established their position no less than five feet away giving us the absolute best seats in the house

Later after a bit more fun in the Killarney Avenue Hotel pub after our meal this one of the four evening meals included in our Trafalgar Tour package it was time to rest We would be on the move again early the next morning for Day 6 a day that would include ferrying across the River Shannon and into County Clare to see the magnificent Cliffs of Moher before trekking to our over-night stop in the city of Limerick

TOP Jane and John at Ladies View just outside Killarney

LEFT Bagpipers brigade during Killarneys St Patricks Day Parade

Photos by John Grindrod

20

Valentine Heil was born in Germany in 1863 In his early teens he was taught the art of stone cutting At age 18 he decided to come to America to find

work in that field Having no particular place in mind to settle he met some people on the ship who were headed to Cincinnati and decided to follow He couldnrsquot find work in his particular trade and so he worked in a butcher shop

While living there he met and married Rosa Beyer from Covington Ky and hearing of the growth in Lima he and his young bride came here in 1890 After looking around

he decided to open his own business Val bought a home on East Eureka Street at the southwest corner of South Jackson Street A two-story house with a large lot at the rear it became his business place as well with the stone stored at the rear of the house

Valentine had three brothers who followed him to Lima from Germany They were Daniel John and Otto All of them became involved in the business and were married

Unfortunately John died at the young age of 35 and Dan-iel at 45 They left behind a combined family of 10 children to carry on and they became a part of Valentinersquos business or started their own in other fields Otto married Labertha Bridge and had a family of eight

Valentinersquos stone business soon became a thriving one He was also in the contracting business and erected many of the Lima business blocks plus his stonework appeared on many others such as the YMCA Hotel Norval St Paul Lutheran Church and the Lima Electric Light building along with many private homes including the home of Henry

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Time Capsule

A Valentine that kept on giving Lima residentrsquos love is carved in stone

By Jeanne Porreca

The Holland Block featured the skills of Valentine HeilCourtesy of Allen County Historical Society

21

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Deisel on West Cole StreetAs his stone business grew so did his ability to hand carve

the stone One of the still-standing projects is a pair of fero-cious looking lions that stand at each side of the front steps of Henry Deiselrsquos original home on Cole Street called the Col-onnade now owned by Rob Nelson and his family

Valentine and Rosa had a family of six children all of whom grew strong and healthy But tragedy struck the family on June 29 1909 when their two youngest boys were playing in the yard where an electric line had fallen They were both instantly electrocuted and Rosa barely escaped with her life when she tried to save them

Rosa Heil died in 1912 and the following year Valentine married Miss Betty Reiter 23 years his junior They had one son Frederick from whom many details of this story were told before his death in 2003 Valentine had also started a coal company and Fred tells of a time during the depression when local ldquoculpritsrdquo would sneak the coal out of the yard and roll it onto the railroad tracks The flat cars would run over it forcing it out on the opposite side where the thieves waited eagerly with their baskets to gather it and run off into the night

Through the years family and the German community were very close to Valentine or ldquoValrdquo as he was affectionately called He had a Cadillac touring car with two spare tires on the rear which he would wash and shine carefully and loan out for funerals and other special occasions when needed and young Fred would drive the car Fred told of the many community parties that would be held on the lawn of the family home with good food and drink and plenty of good wine

Soon after the stone business started to wane and Val went into the concrete business having one of the first concrete mixers in Lima

From there he started a new company which soon became a pav-ing company and here the tradition still is carried on today Carl the second son of Valentine Heil had two sons one of them Robert J or as he is known by a lot of Lima businesses ldquoRobrdquo Heil start-ing his own blacktopping business and is fondly remembered for his love of people and a great smile along with being a truly hon-est business man At his death in 2007 the business sense passed to his son Michael who runs his own paving company known as Lima Contracting Many a yard of blacktopping has been laid by this fam-ily

Valentine Heil died peacefully Jan 26 1935 at the age of 72 years leaving a trail of traditions that are still carried on

And now for the ladies for any time there is a lady of prominence involved in a family I must mention her and none deserve it more than Anita Heil Gallantine grandaughter of Valrsquos second child Carl Heil Her father Carl Jr has every right to speak proudly of her for Anita is now a Brigadier General in the US Air Force with a long list of commendations and an even longer list of her assignments during service

Bravo Anita and wow what a family Lima can be very proud

The lions carved by Valentine Heil are still guarding the Colonnade on Cole Street

22 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Sept 1Lima Chapter 452 AARP 12

pm Milano Cafe 2383 Elida Rd Lima $8 Program about Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen

Lima Area Parkinsons Sup-port Group 2 pm St Ritarsquos Auxiliary Conference Center 718 W Market St Lima

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 3Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Central Services 900 S Col-lett St Lima 62-mile ldquoJump to Jumbordquo

rdquoDoktor Kaboomrdquo 9 am Ohio Northern University 525 S Main St Ada $10 adults $5 stu-dents (419) 772-2000

Block Party 12 pm Murphrsquos Place 113 E Spring St Lima

Town Square Prayer 12 pm Limarsquos Town Square N Main St and W Market St Lima

Church On The Rock Spa-ghetti Dinner 4 pm Church On The Rock 310 N West Street Lima $7 adults $450 Children 3-12 yrs

Real Life Tall Tales of the Ohio Frontier 7 pm Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima (419) 221-1232

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 4St Matthew Outdoor Sum-

mer Service 8 am St Mat-thew Lutheran Church 5050 Saint Matthews Dr Lima

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 29-mile ldquoMan Bites Dogrdquo ride

Gymanfa Ganu 7 pm Salem Presbyterian Church 15240 Main St Venedocia Directed by Margaret Morris-Lopez with soloist Jake Wilder and accom-panists Connie OrsquoNeill and Sue

Fickel Light supper available from 4 to 6 pm for a donation

Sept 5Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 55-mile ldquoLock 2rdquo ride

Sept 6Auglaize PERI 9 1130 am

American Legion 1108 E Ben-ton St Wapakoneta With Ohio Rep John Adams

Allen County Veterans Ser-vice Commission 5 pm Allen County Courthouse 301 N Main St Lima

Lima PFLAG (Parents Family Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 6 pm OSU LimaRhodes State 4240 Campus Dr Lima

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Tri-Moraine Audubon Soci-ety 730 pm OSU Lima Visi-tor amp Student Services Center 3900 Campus Dr Lima Terry D Schwaner on ldquoFrogs in a Wet-land in Northwest Ohiordquo

Sept 7Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Book Discussion 12 pm Common Grounds Coffeehouse 101 S Main St Bluffton ldquoThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanardquo

Sept 8Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Allen County Patriots 630 pm Allen County Sanitary Engineerrsquos Office 3230 N Cole St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence 7 pm Deliverance Tem-ple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 9Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

The Total Woman Confer-ence 10 am Deliverance Temple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Sept 10Living History Enlivening

Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Festival in the Cornfield 10 am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Lima Roadrunners 10 am Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 50-mile ldquoCascade Parkrdquo ride

Kidfest 11 am Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima

The Y Black Achievers 12 pm Lima Family YMCA 345 S Elizabeth St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence Luncheon 12 pm Grace Church 2945 Wells Dr Lima $20 adults $10 youth Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social 5 pm Perry United Methodist Church 3250 E Breese Rd Lima Proceeds to Harvest Food Pantry

37th Annual Bath Band Spectacular 7 pm Bath High School 2850 Bible Rd Lima $7

Country Diamond Dancers - Dance 7 pm Vaughnsville Community Center 115 E Find-lay St Vaughnsville

Lima Area Concert Band 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima $15 adults free for students

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Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Len Collier

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Living History Enlivening Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Butterfly Migration Celebra-tion 2 pm Childrenrsquos Garden 620 W Market St Lima

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra-911 Tribute 3 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

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Westinghouse Sundstrand Group 1130 am Western Siz-zlin 2721 Elida Rd Lima (419) 331-6644

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Sept 16Spaghetti Dinner 430 pm

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Lima Masonic Center 2165 N Cole St Lima $5

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

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and Dive 830 am Gilboa PCG 3695 State Route 224 Gil-boa

Buddy Walk 10 am Faurot Park N Cole St Lima By Allen County Downs Syndrome aware-ness group

Ada Harvest amp Herb Festival 10 am Downtown Ada 525 S Main St Ada

Dog Day at the Beach 10 am Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima $3

The Manhattan Transfer 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 18To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 25-mile ldquo50th Birthday Partyrdquo ride

Sept 20Area Agency on Aging 3 930

am Area Agency on Aging 200 E High St Lima

ALS Support Group 11 am Senior Citizen Services Inc 3400 W Elm St Lima

Caregiverrsquos Support Group 3 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Allen County Chapter Com-passionate Friends 7 pm Lima First Assembly of God

1575 E High St Lima Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Man-to-Man Support Group 7 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Sept 21Community Fellowship Meal

5 pm St John United Meth-odist Church 205 N High St Columbus Grove

Korean War Veterans 7 pm Memorial Hall 130 W Elm St Lima

Sept 22Dinner and a Movie with

Brian Keegan 6 pm Ohio State University Lima Branch 4240 Campus Dr Lima All seats $30 Movie only $5 (419) 995-8600

Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Ron White 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima (419) 224-1552

Sept 23Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima

Sept 24Lima Roadrunners 10 am

Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 60-mile ldquoNorthside County Tourrdquo ride

Park-2-Park 5K 12 pm Lin-coln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima

Appalachian Opry 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33

Wapakoneta To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Country Expo

Sept 25To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 30-mile ldquoRockport Ramblerdquo ride

Steven Curtis Chapman 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 26The Great Monter Hunt Pup-

pet Show 630 pm Putnam County District Library 136 Put-nam Pky Ottawa Puppeteers from the Mazza Museum of Findlay

Sept 27Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Sept 28Heart Health Screening 9

am Dorothy Love Amos Com-munity Center 3003 Cisco Rd Sidney

Putnam County Parkinsons Support Group 1115 am Henryrsquos Restaurant 810 N Locust St Ottawa

Sept 29Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm

Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 30Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

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9 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

ldquoI remember I only had to tell him something once and hersquod work diligently on it He improved his home-to-first speed from 44 seconds consid-ered below average for a Major League prospect to 41 seconds which is considered very good Many lsquoroutine outsrsquo became infield hits and many singles became doubles and doubles became triplesrdquo

Martz also gave Komminsk some wooden bats and from that point on Komminsk used them exclusively throughout the rest of his amateur career despite the fact that aluminum certainly created harder hit balls and everyone else he was competing against was using aluminum Martz knew using wood instead of aluminum would ease his transition into pro ball

For the next few summers Martzrsquos son Mick and Komminsk played both against each other and for a while together on the same American Legion squad That meant Jim could not only see his own son play but could also track Komminskrsquos development as well In 1978 as 17-year-old juniors Mick and Bradrsquos Legion team advanced to the state tournament in Athens Ohio on the campus of Ohio University

Recalls Jim ldquoIrsquoll never forget one game Brad hit two home runs that both landed on top of the roof of a multi-story dorm way beyond the leftfield fence Both shots were in the 450-480 foot range and both were hit with one of those wooden bats I gave him

ldquoTo give you some idea of how impressive that was this was the same field that future hall of Famer Mike Schmidt played on and in his entire college career he put one of that dorm roof oncerdquo

By the time Brad was a senior in 1979 at Shawnee Martz began to fully appreciate just how gifted Komminsk was athletically

ldquoHe was an outstanding swimmer which is a sport that kind of flies under the radar so not a lot of people may remember that He was also a terrific running back on the football team and also a linebacker so good that Michigan offered him a scholarship to do battle with that team down south In basketball he often scored 25 to 30 a game and did it so effortlesslyrdquo

At that time in Martzrsquos scouting career Jim worked through the Major League Scouting Bureau which meant he didnrsquot scout for just one team So evaluations went out to every MLB team

Recalls the former scout ldquoI really worked hard promoting Brad in every possible manner Not only was he local but I got to know him so very well and he was just a terrific kid I thought he was that specialrdquo

As the June Major League draft got closer Martzrsquos phone rang much more frequently as he got calls from a variety of teamsrsquo gen-eral managers and scouting directors As a matter of fact to give you an idea of how clearly Komminsk could be detected the radar of teams Martz recalls the frenzy surrounding Bradrsquos final high school game against Elida

ldquoAll told there were 32 scouts including myself there and prob-ably another dozen scouting directors The Seattle Mariners alone which had the first pick in the first round had five scouts and also their scouting directorrdquo

With Martzrsquos help next month Irsquoll re-create for you how that final game went and what happened in the ensuing months and years as well in my final installment on Limarsquos baseball lifer Brad Komminsk

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Brad Komminsk (left) with Jim Martz and Eric Wedge (right) at a base-ball fundraiser at the Knights of Columbus in Lima in February 2009

Photo courtesy of Jim Martz

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QI received a notice from Social Security recently It said my name and Social Security number do not match Social Securityrsquos records What should I do

AItrsquos critical that your name and Social Security number as shown on your Social Security card match your employerrsquos payroll records and your W-2 form If they donrsquot here is

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QAre Social Security numbers reassigned after a person dies

ANo We do not reassign Social Security numbers In all we have assigned more than 460 million Social Security numbers and each year we assign about 55 million new

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ASocial Security has several work incentive programs to help people who want to work You may be able to receive benefits and continue your health care coverage

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Medicare

QIs it true that if you have low income you can get help paying your Medicare premiums

AYes If your income and resources are limited your State may be able to help with your Medicare Part B premium deductibles and coinsurance amounts State rules vary

on the income and resources that apply Contact your State or local medical assistance social services or welfare office or call the Medicare hotline 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) and ask about the Medicare Savings Programs If you have limited income and resources you also may be able to get help paying for pre-scription drug coverage under Medicare Part D Call Social Secu-rity at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY users should call 1-800-325-0778) or visit any Social Security office

Also see our publication Medicare (Publication 10043) at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10043html For even more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

Retirement

QCan I apply online for retirement benefits

AYes Itrsquos quick and easy Apply online and save yourself a trip to the office Once you submit your online application electronically in most

cases yoursquore done There are no forms to sign or documents to send in If we do need more information to process your applica-tion a representative will contact you For more information about applying online visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

QIf both my spouse and I are entitled to Social Secu-rity benefits is there any reduction in our payments because we are married

ANo We independently calculate each spousersquos Social Secu-rity benefit amount Each spouse receives a monthly ben-efit amount based on his or her own earnings Couples are

not penalized simply because they are married If one member of the couple earned low wages or did not earn enough Social Secu-rity credits to be eligible for retirement benefits he or she may be eligible to receive benefits as a spouse

Supplemental Security Income

QIf I receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) dis-ability benefits what is the effect on my benefits if I work

AIn most cases your return to work would reduce your benefit amount and in some cases discontinue your pay-ments Unlike Social Security disability there is no ldquotrial

work periodrdquo for people who get SSI disability benefits In most cases if your only income besides SSI is from your work you can earn up to $1433 in a month (in 2011) before we stop your pay-ments We have several publications about SSI including Report-ing Your Wages When You Receive Supplemental Security Income available at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10503html Note that there are other work incentives that can help you return to work when you receive SSI You can read about them in What You Need To Know When You Get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs11011htmlpart6 For more infor-mation visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

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by the dawnrsquos early light

What so proudly we hailrsquod

at the twilightrsquos last gleaming

Whose broad stripes and bright stars

throrsquo the perilous fight

Orsquoer the ramparts we watchrsquod

were so gallantly streaming

And the rocketsrsquo red glare

the bombs bursting in air

Gave proof throrsquo the night

that our flag was still there

O say does that star-spangled

banner yet wave

Orsquoer the land of the free and

the home of the brave

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A farmers market brings out the best in peopleldquoThe markets give people with gardens a chance to try

a little entrepreneurship It gives buyers fresh and locally grown food and it allows people with cottage industries the chance to make a few extra bucksrdquo said Mary Jo Bockrath executive direc-tor of the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce There the market concept has gone so well in its first year that it will now be an

annual eventldquoWersquove had pretty

good attendance which makes our vendors happyrdquo Bockrath said ldquoI think the thing about a farmersrsquo market that I really like is getting people downtown and letting them visit

with their friends and neighborsrdquoAnd along with the fresh fruits and veggies Bockrath said local

folks go crazy over the baked goods especially the cupcakes ldquoReally

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Cover Story

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Freshly picked flowers by Buckeye Blooms at the Westside Farmers Market

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we have so many unique things and every one of them is popular People enjoy everything from the produce to the garden artrdquo Bock-rath said

Echoing that sentiment is Kay Studer who along with her daughter Susan Studer King sells flowers from their organic flower business ldquoBuckeye Bloomsrdquo in the farmers market at the Lima Mall

ldquoOur booth is always very very colorful and wersquove had people tell us that the bright colors draws them in as theyrsquore driving down Elida Roadrdquo Studer said

Naturally the stock Studer offers changes from season to seasonldquoWe have people who go crazy over the Celosia because itrsquos big

and powerful looking in an arrangement Whenever I bring glads I have one lady who buys every one of them I guess though the main backbone of our sales is still zinnias They have a long life and theyrsquore available in every colorrdquo Studer said

But itrsquos not just flowers that this gardening duo offers ldquoWersquove taken orders for parties and anniversaries and we always appreciate the businessrdquo Studer added

The farmerrsquos market sales fit well with the green lifestyle Studer and her daughter live mdash Susan with a green ethic and Kay with a green thumb

ldquoIrsquod rather buy local and buy fresh Itrsquos better that wayrdquo Studer saidBockrath agrees that the green lifestyle is popular at the marketsldquoPeople really love the concept of the farmersrsquo marketsrdquo Bockrath

said And the environmental green bleeds over into green of another sort thanks to the markets

ldquoAnother plus is that our local business owners see an upkick in their business on Saturday morningsrdquo Bockrath said

Westside Farmers MarketLima Mall parking lotOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Eastside Farmers MarketTractor Supply on Harding Highway LimaOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Ottawa Farmers MarketParking lot at Main and Oak streets OttawaOpen 830 am to noon Saturdays through Oct 22

Ada Farmers MarketAda Depot 110 Central Ave AdaOpen 430 to 630 pm Thursdays through September

Hardin County Farmers MarketCourthouse in KentonOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through September

Continental Farmers MarketContinental United Methodist ChurchOpen 4 to 6 pm Fridays through September

Area Farmers Markets

Alec Thomas with Lincoln Ridge Farms preparing a table of bi-color sweet corn for customers of the Westside Farmers Market

OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

14

Rimer resident Jewelie Dunlap was born Oct 8 1951 in Lima to John and Jeneva Trask She has a sister and two brothers

ldquoWe lived in Columbus Grove near the swimming poolrdquo she saidAll through school Dunlap was in Brownies and then the Girl Scouts ldquoI was a Girl Scout up into my senior year of high schoolrdquo she said ldquoI have

always loved nature and enjoyed earning Girl Scout badges to sew on my sash My mother was a Girl Scout leaderrdquo

Besides participating in the Girl Scouts Dunlap enjoyed the outdoors collect-ing leaves and finding toads and frogs Today she is an avid bird watcher dog boarder and groomer and babysits for her grandchildren

ldquoI set my own schedule for the most partrdquo she said Her husband of 41 years Mike works at General Dynamics

About nine years ago Dunlap heard about an eaglersquos nest in St MarysldquoI decided to take my camera and spotting scope and went to find the nest

I was so interested in observing the eagles I drove to St Marys three times per day and all weekend When the eagle went back to its nest in the evening

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Portrait

By Jill Campbell

Bird lady of RimerJewelie Dunlap is an avid bird watcher

Jewelie Dunlap holding a 7-week-old eagle that had its talons wrapped

Courtesy of Jewelie Dunlap

Jewelie Dunlaps son Mike holding quail eggs in his shirt

Photo by Jill Campbell

15

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it was if it was telling me it was okay to go back homerdquo she said

ldquoFor one year I prayed to God asking him to give me an eaglersquos nest near my homerdquo she said ldquoExactly one year from the day I first traveled to St Marys I was driving down Route 12 on my way to The Creamery with a friend when an eagle flew over-headrdquo

Dunlap said that eagle was making a nest about a mile from her home The county later laid stone for a pull-off area so people could watch the birds

ldquoToday there are three nests in Putnam County two in Findlay and one in Defiancerdquo Dunlap said She has also watched eagles in other parts of Ohio and Canada ldquoI will watch eagles until I dierdquo

Besides watching eagles Jewelie has purple martin houses her son raises quail and her hummingbird feeders are complete with perches She has bred and raised three litters of cocker spaniels with the goal in mind to improve the breed (health wise) rather than make money

ldquoI donrsquot feed my cocker spaniels dog foodrdquo Dunlap said explaining she mixes 2 cups chicken frac34 cup mixed vegetables and frac14 cup of rice

ldquoAround our rural property several varieties of birds including sparrows finches indigo buntings blue jays house wrens and downy woodpeckers can be spotted but they call me the Eagle Ladyrdquo Dunlap said An eagle mural painted on Jewelies

barn by Rimer artist Gloria MillerPhotos by Jill Campbell

A purple martin apartment house graces Jewelies yard

16

A quick wit remarkable talent and faithful family man are all terms that describe 88-year-old Harold Beckett The rural Allen County resident has spent his life shar-

ing his musical gift with the local community Yet now his days are consumed with caring for the love of his life wife Nita 86 who has Alzheimerrsquos disease

This past July Harold stepped down from his role as the can-tor at Limarsquos Temple Beth Israel-Shaare Zedek He had served the Jewish congregation there for almost six decades despite the fact that he is not Jewish It all began in the early 1950s

while he was a young music teacher at Shawnee schools with a growing family and needed to supplement his income

He was also a choir director at Limarsquos St Mark Methodist Church and later at Grace United Methodist Church but still his sal-ary wouldnrsquot stretch far enough Thatrsquos when the organist that served at both Grace UMC and at the Jewish Temple sug-gested that Beckett become a cantor

Later ldquoMr Beckettrdquo as he is known to the thousands of students who studied vocal music education with him during

his 32 years at Shawnee schools became the choir director at Shawnee United Methodist Church and finally at Limarsquos First Baptist Church

The gifted vocalist who sang with symphony orchestras and in musical productions feels that ldquohellip there is a time to sing and a time when you should stoprdquo Possessing a Masters degree in vocal pedagogy he maintains that ldquoSo many muscles have to work in

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Harold BeckettAlzheimerrsquos canrsquot stop his Love Story

Nita Beckett in happier days planting her famous flower gardens

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17 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

coordination in order for a voice to sound goodrdquoBesides Harold Beckett is busy spending time with

his wife who has been a resident of Spencervillersquos Roselawn Manor for the last five years

ldquoI always hug her and kiss her and talk to her and take her for a ride and feed her lunch and supperrdquo he said The ldquoriderdquo consists of pushing his spousersquos wheelchair around the grounds of the nursing facility

ldquoShe canrsquot even say a word now canrsquot walk canrsquot talk She had such a mindrdquo he said wistfully

In 1943 the couple first met in his native Columbus during Beckettrsquos sophomore year at The Ohio State University He was working at a grocery store when

a then young Nita walked in with her mother Instantly infatuated Harold asked a co-worker to ldquoLet me wait on herrdquo Soon he asked Nita for a date

This happened in the midst of World War II when Beckettrsquos schooling was interrupted by his becoming a soldier The couple continued to date but with the prospect of an overseas inva-sion looming ldquohe thought therersquos no point in making any plans I told her hellip she should start going out without someone elserdquo he said

However the slightly built senior did survive his tour in the Euro-pean Theater He even became a commissioned officer obtaining the rank of second lieutenant When he returned home ldquofriends would fix him uprdquo but he had already given his heart away to Nita A friend suggested that he call her but Harold didnrsquot think she would have anything to do with him since he had broken up with her But she accepted his invitation

ldquoAfter a three year separation I didnrsquot want to lose her this timerdquo he said The couple married Aug 30 1947 ldquoWhat a wonderful choice She was the worldrsquos champion wife I was always doing something in music that took me away from homerdquo

But she kept the home fires burning raising their two sons Tom and Jeff

About 15 years ago Nita first exhibited symptoms of Alzheimerrsquos In 1996 this prompted Beckett to resign from his job at Ohio Northern University where he taught voice for a decade following retirement from Shawnee

ldquoI felt I had to be with her she was always with me when I needed herrdquo he said Son Tom moved back from California to assist his father in keeping his mother at home Sadly Harold suffered a heart attack and nearly lost his own health during his years of caretaking

In addition Nitarsquos disease progressed causing her to need more care than her family could provide Harold made the difficult deci-sion to place her in Roselawn Manor

ldquoI never cried so much in my life eventually I got over itrdquo he said

He praises the staff there saying ldquoWhat I thought was horrible place to go has been a lifesaving and wonderful place for herrdquo

Now the silver-haired woman who once grew beautiful flower gardens no longer communicates with the outside world Her dedi-cated husband believes she recognizes him but even if she doesnrsquot 64 years ago he vowed to be with his bride until the end A prom-ise that Harold Beckett intends to keep

Christina Ryan Claypool is a freelance journalist and inspirational speaker Contact her through her Website at wwwchristinaryanclaypoolcom

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Nita Beckett (center) with son Tom and husband Harold who took care of his wife at home for 10 years with his sons assistance

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18

No trip to Ireland would be complete unless you experience the Ring of Kerry the winding route that takes you along the Iveragh Peninsula and through the quaint small towns dotting the landscape Itrsquos a route that exposes you to

beautiful views of mountains coastlines and of course the Atlantic OceanAfter another bountiful Irish breakfast which was part of my Trafalgar Tours pack-

age each day of my week-long journey my travel partner Jane and I boarded the bus to start The Ring The rain from the previous evening had ceased and the sun broke through But since the winds were strong the day would certainly call for a hat and jacket despite the fact that the temperature had climbed into the mid-50s

Our tour bus went through towns with names like Killgorglin Glenbeigh and Cahir-siveen One of our day stops was in Waterville a fishing village that really provided wonderful views of the Atlantic and a place that famed comedian Charlie Chaplin once lived Our tour guide Bernard told us that several of Chaplinrsquos descendents have remained in the area A Chaplain statute sits just off the road with a rock-strewn beach as a buffer between statue and the Atlantic As everyone clambered to get their turn to get a picture taken with the likeness of the Little Tramp I wondered just how

many had jumped in beside the derby-wearing statue over the years

Our lunch stop was at what many feel is Irelandrsquos best-known view a place called the Scarriff Inn in the town of Caherdaniel Itrsquos an area where the fog routinely settles and the eerily shrouded view I found so very atmospheric was that of Derrynane Harbour Not one of us failed to pull out our cameras for beautiful land-scape shots of this mysterious fog-shrouded natural beauty

During our stop while Jane enjoyed a bowl of Irish stew in the Inn I went on a mini camera excursion walking down a lane in search of other good angles to capture some of Irelandrsquos abun-dant natural beauty There were animals Irsquove spoken of in an ear-lier installment the ubiquitous sheep spray-painted in spots with bright blues reds and yellows as a humane way of branding them wandering the rocky terrain

Then it was back on the bus and on our way eventually through Sneem where our tour bus became the last albeit inadvertent entry in its St Patrickrsquos Day parade As Sneem-ites lined the street just behind the many outside venders that hoped to do well that day we crept along with townspeople taking pictures of us while we took pictures of them and laughing the entire time at our unexpected inclusion

Our final Ring of Kerry stop before returning to Killarney for our own opportunity to stand along a parade route to honor St Pat-rick was to take in the beauty of a an area known as Ladiesrsquo View a view which as one might imagine comes with a story

In the 1800s during a time Ireland was still a part of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria made a trip to Killarney to check this rather distant portion of her domain As was the custom the

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Queenrsquos ladies in waiting had been sent ahead to ready her quarters However when they came upon a view that included what has become known as The Lakes of Killar-ney and the mountains that framed them they became so transfixed they tarried too long and the Queen caught up to them She was upset but only until she looked about and saw the view herself and promptly forgave them for their dereliction of duty

After many snaps of our camera shutters it was back into Killarney Town for the parade that was scheduled to commence at 2 pm and what a festive and colorful experience that turned out to be

In the parade there were no fewer than four St Patrickrsquos and several organizations representing a variety of inter-ests including kids and adults in rugby and hurling uni-forms Irish dancing troupes and bagpipe brigades

As I walked around the vibrant downtown area remem-bering the feeling of being a kid again as I watched the Irish school children reveling in their day of freedom in the middle of their school week I couldnrsquot help but think of how different it was from many of the downtown areas in towns of similar size back in The States where busi-nesses have abandoned downtown and fled to malls on the outskirts of town Such is not the case in Ireland

For quiet time we headed to St Mary Cathedral a mas-sive structure with a foundation stone reading 1842 actu-ally making it one of Irelandrsquos newer cathedrals Part of its rich history is it once served as a refuge for victims of the Great Potato Famine of 1845

Then it was back downtown for the pub portion of our day The liveliest and best music Jane and I found was at the Crock lsquoO Gold Pub The star of the group was a young man with rusty hair and wonderfully dexterous fingers which made the accordion come alive in a genre he called Celtic (pronounced with a hard c) Cajun He was accompanied by a mandolin player a guitarist and a mate playing the washboard and spoons The collective sound was a real treat and certainly made the Murphyrsquos Irish Stout taste

better Since we were in there before the group even set up we were delighted when they established their position no less than five feet away giving us the absolute best seats in the house

Later after a bit more fun in the Killarney Avenue Hotel pub after our meal this one of the four evening meals included in our Trafalgar Tour package it was time to rest We would be on the move again early the next morning for Day 6 a day that would include ferrying across the River Shannon and into County Clare to see the magnificent Cliffs of Moher before trekking to our over-night stop in the city of Limerick

TOP Jane and John at Ladies View just outside Killarney

LEFT Bagpipers brigade during Killarneys St Patricks Day Parade

Photos by John Grindrod

20

Valentine Heil was born in Germany in 1863 In his early teens he was taught the art of stone cutting At age 18 he decided to come to America to find

work in that field Having no particular place in mind to settle he met some people on the ship who were headed to Cincinnati and decided to follow He couldnrsquot find work in his particular trade and so he worked in a butcher shop

While living there he met and married Rosa Beyer from Covington Ky and hearing of the growth in Lima he and his young bride came here in 1890 After looking around

he decided to open his own business Val bought a home on East Eureka Street at the southwest corner of South Jackson Street A two-story house with a large lot at the rear it became his business place as well with the stone stored at the rear of the house

Valentine had three brothers who followed him to Lima from Germany They were Daniel John and Otto All of them became involved in the business and were married

Unfortunately John died at the young age of 35 and Dan-iel at 45 They left behind a combined family of 10 children to carry on and they became a part of Valentinersquos business or started their own in other fields Otto married Labertha Bridge and had a family of eight

Valentinersquos stone business soon became a thriving one He was also in the contracting business and erected many of the Lima business blocks plus his stonework appeared on many others such as the YMCA Hotel Norval St Paul Lutheran Church and the Lima Electric Light building along with many private homes including the home of Henry

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Time Capsule

A Valentine that kept on giving Lima residentrsquos love is carved in stone

By Jeanne Porreca

The Holland Block featured the skills of Valentine HeilCourtesy of Allen County Historical Society

21

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Deisel on West Cole StreetAs his stone business grew so did his ability to hand carve

the stone One of the still-standing projects is a pair of fero-cious looking lions that stand at each side of the front steps of Henry Deiselrsquos original home on Cole Street called the Col-onnade now owned by Rob Nelson and his family

Valentine and Rosa had a family of six children all of whom grew strong and healthy But tragedy struck the family on June 29 1909 when their two youngest boys were playing in the yard where an electric line had fallen They were both instantly electrocuted and Rosa barely escaped with her life when she tried to save them

Rosa Heil died in 1912 and the following year Valentine married Miss Betty Reiter 23 years his junior They had one son Frederick from whom many details of this story were told before his death in 2003 Valentine had also started a coal company and Fred tells of a time during the depression when local ldquoculpritsrdquo would sneak the coal out of the yard and roll it onto the railroad tracks The flat cars would run over it forcing it out on the opposite side where the thieves waited eagerly with their baskets to gather it and run off into the night

Through the years family and the German community were very close to Valentine or ldquoValrdquo as he was affectionately called He had a Cadillac touring car with two spare tires on the rear which he would wash and shine carefully and loan out for funerals and other special occasions when needed and young Fred would drive the car Fred told of the many community parties that would be held on the lawn of the family home with good food and drink and plenty of good wine

Soon after the stone business started to wane and Val went into the concrete business having one of the first concrete mixers in Lima

From there he started a new company which soon became a pav-ing company and here the tradition still is carried on today Carl the second son of Valentine Heil had two sons one of them Robert J or as he is known by a lot of Lima businesses ldquoRobrdquo Heil start-ing his own blacktopping business and is fondly remembered for his love of people and a great smile along with being a truly hon-est business man At his death in 2007 the business sense passed to his son Michael who runs his own paving company known as Lima Contracting Many a yard of blacktopping has been laid by this fam-ily

Valentine Heil died peacefully Jan 26 1935 at the age of 72 years leaving a trail of traditions that are still carried on

And now for the ladies for any time there is a lady of prominence involved in a family I must mention her and none deserve it more than Anita Heil Gallantine grandaughter of Valrsquos second child Carl Heil Her father Carl Jr has every right to speak proudly of her for Anita is now a Brigadier General in the US Air Force with a long list of commendations and an even longer list of her assignments during service

Bravo Anita and wow what a family Lima can be very proud

The lions carved by Valentine Heil are still guarding the Colonnade on Cole Street

22 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Sept 1Lima Chapter 452 AARP 12

pm Milano Cafe 2383 Elida Rd Lima $8 Program about Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen

Lima Area Parkinsons Sup-port Group 2 pm St Ritarsquos Auxiliary Conference Center 718 W Market St Lima

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 3Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Central Services 900 S Col-lett St Lima 62-mile ldquoJump to Jumbordquo

rdquoDoktor Kaboomrdquo 9 am Ohio Northern University 525 S Main St Ada $10 adults $5 stu-dents (419) 772-2000

Block Party 12 pm Murphrsquos Place 113 E Spring St Lima

Town Square Prayer 12 pm Limarsquos Town Square N Main St and W Market St Lima

Church On The Rock Spa-ghetti Dinner 4 pm Church On The Rock 310 N West Street Lima $7 adults $450 Children 3-12 yrs

Real Life Tall Tales of the Ohio Frontier 7 pm Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima (419) 221-1232

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 4St Matthew Outdoor Sum-

mer Service 8 am St Mat-thew Lutheran Church 5050 Saint Matthews Dr Lima

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 29-mile ldquoMan Bites Dogrdquo ride

Gymanfa Ganu 7 pm Salem Presbyterian Church 15240 Main St Venedocia Directed by Margaret Morris-Lopez with soloist Jake Wilder and accom-panists Connie OrsquoNeill and Sue

Fickel Light supper available from 4 to 6 pm for a donation

Sept 5Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 55-mile ldquoLock 2rdquo ride

Sept 6Auglaize PERI 9 1130 am

American Legion 1108 E Ben-ton St Wapakoneta With Ohio Rep John Adams

Allen County Veterans Ser-vice Commission 5 pm Allen County Courthouse 301 N Main St Lima

Lima PFLAG (Parents Family Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 6 pm OSU LimaRhodes State 4240 Campus Dr Lima

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Tri-Moraine Audubon Soci-ety 730 pm OSU Lima Visi-tor amp Student Services Center 3900 Campus Dr Lima Terry D Schwaner on ldquoFrogs in a Wet-land in Northwest Ohiordquo

Sept 7Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Book Discussion 12 pm Common Grounds Coffeehouse 101 S Main St Bluffton ldquoThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanardquo

Sept 8Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Allen County Patriots 630 pm Allen County Sanitary Engineerrsquos Office 3230 N Cole St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence 7 pm Deliverance Tem-ple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 9Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

The Total Woman Confer-ence 10 am Deliverance Temple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Sept 10Living History Enlivening

Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Festival in the Cornfield 10 am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Lima Roadrunners 10 am Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 50-mile ldquoCascade Parkrdquo ride

Kidfest 11 am Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima

The Y Black Achievers 12 pm Lima Family YMCA 345 S Elizabeth St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence Luncheon 12 pm Grace Church 2945 Wells Dr Lima $20 adults $10 youth Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social 5 pm Perry United Methodist Church 3250 E Breese Rd Lima Proceeds to Harvest Food Pantry

37th Annual Bath Band Spectacular 7 pm Bath High School 2850 Bible Rd Lima $7

Country Diamond Dancers - Dance 7 pm Vaughnsville Community Center 115 E Find-lay St Vaughnsville

Lima Area Concert Band 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima $15 adults free for students

(419) 224-1552 ldquoFrom Sea to Shining Seardquo with Timothy Anderson

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Len Collier

Sept 11Run to Remember 830 am

Lincoln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima $20 5K RunWalk Race day registration at 7 am Proceeds to the Lima Firefighters Memorial Museum

Living History Enlivening Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Butterfly Migration Celebra-tion 2 pm Childrenrsquos Garden 620 W Market St Lima

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra-911 Tribute 3 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

Sept 13Clark Equipment Retirees

1130 am Eagles Lodge 800 W Robb Ave Lima

Westinghouse Sundstrand Group 1130 am Western Siz-zlin 2721 Elida Rd Lima (419) 331-6644

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Michael Hingson 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 14Life After Cancer Sup-

port Group 1 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima With Zach Broshes

Sept 15Interactive Bible Study 7

pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 16Spaghetti Dinner 430 pm

Events calendar

23

Lima Masonic Center 2165 N Cole St Lima $5

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Sept 17Aqua Immersion Fall Ride

and Dive 830 am Gilboa PCG 3695 State Route 224 Gil-boa

Buddy Walk 10 am Faurot Park N Cole St Lima By Allen County Downs Syndrome aware-ness group

Ada Harvest amp Herb Festival 10 am Downtown Ada 525 S Main St Ada

Dog Day at the Beach 10 am Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima $3

The Manhattan Transfer 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 18To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 25-mile ldquo50th Birthday Partyrdquo ride

Sept 20Area Agency on Aging 3 930

am Area Agency on Aging 200 E High St Lima

ALS Support Group 11 am Senior Citizen Services Inc 3400 W Elm St Lima

Caregiverrsquos Support Group 3 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Allen County Chapter Com-passionate Friends 7 pm Lima First Assembly of God

1575 E High St Lima Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Man-to-Man Support Group 7 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Sept 21Community Fellowship Meal

5 pm St John United Meth-odist Church 205 N High St Columbus Grove

Korean War Veterans 7 pm Memorial Hall 130 W Elm St Lima

Sept 22Dinner and a Movie with

Brian Keegan 6 pm Ohio State University Lima Branch 4240 Campus Dr Lima All seats $30 Movie only $5 (419) 995-8600

Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Ron White 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima (419) 224-1552

Sept 23Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima

Sept 24Lima Roadrunners 10 am

Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 60-mile ldquoNorthside County Tourrdquo ride

Park-2-Park 5K 12 pm Lin-coln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima

Appalachian Opry 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33

Wapakoneta To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Country Expo

Sept 25To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 30-mile ldquoRockport Ramblerdquo ride

Steven Curtis Chapman 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 26The Great Monter Hunt Pup-

pet Show 630 pm Putnam County District Library 136 Put-nam Pky Ottawa Puppeteers from the Mazza Museum of Findlay

Sept 27Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Sept 28Heart Health Screening 9

am Dorothy Love Amos Com-munity Center 3003 Cisco Rd Sidney

Putnam County Parkinsons Support Group 1115 am Henryrsquos Restaurant 810 N Locust St Ottawa

Sept 29Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm

Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 30Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

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AQGeneral

QI received a notice from Social Security recently It said my name and Social Security number do not match Social Securityrsquos records What should I do

AItrsquos critical that your name and Social Security number as shown on your Social Security card match your employerrsquos payroll records and your W-2 form If they donrsquot here is

what you need to dobull Give your employer the correct information exactly as shown

on your Social Security card or your corrected card orbull Contact your local Social Security office (wwwsocialsecurity

govlocator) or call 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) if your Social Security card does not show your correct name or Social Security number For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

QAre Social Security numbers reassigned after a person dies

ANo We do not reassign Social Security numbers In all we have assigned more than 460 million Social Security numbers and each year we assign about 55 million new

numbers The current system has enough new numbers for several more generations For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

Disability

QHow does Social Security decide if I am disabled

AIf you are an adult you must be unable to work for a year or more because of a medical condition or combination of medical impairments Overall

we use a five-step evaluation process to decide whether you are disabled The process considers any current work activity you are doing It also considers your medical condition and how it affects your ability to work To be found disabled

bull You must be unable to do work you did before you became disabled and we must decide you cannot adjust to other work because of your medical condition and

bull Your disability must last or be expected to last for at least one year or to result in death

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

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At Our Age QampA

11

A Q

Social Security pays only for total disability We do not pay ben-efits for partial or short-term disability For more information read our publication Disability Benefits at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10029html

QIf I go back to work will I automatically lose my Social Security disability benefits

ASocial Security has several work incentive programs to help people who want to work You may be able to receive benefits and continue your health care coverage

during a trial work period For information about Social Securityrsquos work incentives and how they can help you return to work you should

bull Visit our special work site at wwwsocialsecuritygovwork bull See the Red Book on work incentives at wwwsocialsecurity

govredbookbull Call our toll-free number at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-

0778) orbull Contact your local Social Security office (wwwsocialsecurity

govlocator) For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

Medicare

QIs it true that if you have low income you can get help paying your Medicare premiums

AYes If your income and resources are limited your State may be able to help with your Medicare Part B premium deductibles and coinsurance amounts State rules vary

on the income and resources that apply Contact your State or local medical assistance social services or welfare office or call the Medicare hotline 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) and ask about the Medicare Savings Programs If you have limited income and resources you also may be able to get help paying for pre-scription drug coverage under Medicare Part D Call Social Secu-rity at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY users should call 1-800-325-0778) or visit any Social Security office

Also see our publication Medicare (Publication 10043) at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10043html For even more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

Retirement

QCan I apply online for retirement benefits

AYes Itrsquos quick and easy Apply online and save yourself a trip to the office Once you submit your online application electronically in most

cases yoursquore done There are no forms to sign or documents to send in If we do need more information to process your applica-tion a representative will contact you For more information about applying online visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

QIf both my spouse and I are entitled to Social Secu-rity benefits is there any reduction in our payments because we are married

ANo We independently calculate each spousersquos Social Secu-rity benefit amount Each spouse receives a monthly ben-efit amount based on his or her own earnings Couples are

not penalized simply because they are married If one member of the couple earned low wages or did not earn enough Social Secu-rity credits to be eligible for retirement benefits he or she may be eligible to receive benefits as a spouse

Supplemental Security Income

QIf I receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) dis-ability benefits what is the effect on my benefits if I work

AIn most cases your return to work would reduce your benefit amount and in some cases discontinue your pay-ments Unlike Social Security disability there is no ldquotrial

work periodrdquo for people who get SSI disability benefits In most cases if your only income besides SSI is from your work you can earn up to $1433 in a month (in 2011) before we stop your pay-ments We have several publications about SSI including Report-ing Your Wages When You Receive Supplemental Security Income available at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10503html Note that there are other work incentives that can help you return to work when you receive SSI You can read about them in What You Need To Know When You Get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs11011htmlpart6 For more infor-mation visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

Oh say can you see

by the dawnrsquos early light

What so proudly we hailrsquod

at the twilightrsquos last gleaming

Whose broad stripes and bright stars

throrsquo the perilous fight

Orsquoer the ramparts we watchrsquod

were so gallantly streaming

And the rocketsrsquo red glare

the bombs bursting in air

Gave proof throrsquo the night

that our flag was still there

O say does that star-spangled

banner yet wave

Orsquoer the land of the free and

the home of the brave

IN HONOROF OUR TROOPS

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A farmers market brings out the best in peopleldquoThe markets give people with gardens a chance to try

a little entrepreneurship It gives buyers fresh and locally grown food and it allows people with cottage industries the chance to make a few extra bucksrdquo said Mary Jo Bockrath executive direc-tor of the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce There the market concept has gone so well in its first year that it will now be an

annual eventldquoWersquove had pretty

good attendance which makes our vendors happyrdquo Bockrath said ldquoI think the thing about a farmersrsquo market that I really like is getting people downtown and letting them visit

with their friends and neighborsrdquoAnd along with the fresh fruits and veggies Bockrath said local

folks go crazy over the baked goods especially the cupcakes ldquoReally

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we have so many unique things and every one of them is popular People enjoy everything from the produce to the garden artrdquo Bock-rath said

Echoing that sentiment is Kay Studer who along with her daughter Susan Studer King sells flowers from their organic flower business ldquoBuckeye Bloomsrdquo in the farmers market at the Lima Mall

ldquoOur booth is always very very colorful and wersquove had people tell us that the bright colors draws them in as theyrsquore driving down Elida Roadrdquo Studer said

Naturally the stock Studer offers changes from season to seasonldquoWe have people who go crazy over the Celosia because itrsquos big

and powerful looking in an arrangement Whenever I bring glads I have one lady who buys every one of them I guess though the main backbone of our sales is still zinnias They have a long life and theyrsquore available in every colorrdquo Studer said

But itrsquos not just flowers that this gardening duo offers ldquoWersquove taken orders for parties and anniversaries and we always appreciate the businessrdquo Studer added

The farmerrsquos market sales fit well with the green lifestyle Studer and her daughter live mdash Susan with a green ethic and Kay with a green thumb

ldquoIrsquod rather buy local and buy fresh Itrsquos better that wayrdquo Studer saidBockrath agrees that the green lifestyle is popular at the marketsldquoPeople really love the concept of the farmersrsquo marketsrdquo Bockrath

said And the environmental green bleeds over into green of another sort thanks to the markets

ldquoAnother plus is that our local business owners see an upkick in their business on Saturday morningsrdquo Bockrath said

Westside Farmers MarketLima Mall parking lotOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Eastside Farmers MarketTractor Supply on Harding Highway LimaOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Ottawa Farmers MarketParking lot at Main and Oak streets OttawaOpen 830 am to noon Saturdays through Oct 22

Ada Farmers MarketAda Depot 110 Central Ave AdaOpen 430 to 630 pm Thursdays through September

Hardin County Farmers MarketCourthouse in KentonOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through September

Continental Farmers MarketContinental United Methodist ChurchOpen 4 to 6 pm Fridays through September

Area Farmers Markets

Alec Thomas with Lincoln Ridge Farms preparing a table of bi-color sweet corn for customers of the Westside Farmers Market

OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

14

Rimer resident Jewelie Dunlap was born Oct 8 1951 in Lima to John and Jeneva Trask She has a sister and two brothers

ldquoWe lived in Columbus Grove near the swimming poolrdquo she saidAll through school Dunlap was in Brownies and then the Girl Scouts ldquoI was a Girl Scout up into my senior year of high schoolrdquo she said ldquoI have

always loved nature and enjoyed earning Girl Scout badges to sew on my sash My mother was a Girl Scout leaderrdquo

Besides participating in the Girl Scouts Dunlap enjoyed the outdoors collect-ing leaves and finding toads and frogs Today she is an avid bird watcher dog boarder and groomer and babysits for her grandchildren

ldquoI set my own schedule for the most partrdquo she said Her husband of 41 years Mike works at General Dynamics

About nine years ago Dunlap heard about an eaglersquos nest in St MarysldquoI decided to take my camera and spotting scope and went to find the nest

I was so interested in observing the eagles I drove to St Marys three times per day and all weekend When the eagle went back to its nest in the evening

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Portrait

By Jill Campbell

Bird lady of RimerJewelie Dunlap is an avid bird watcher

Jewelie Dunlap holding a 7-week-old eagle that had its talons wrapped

Courtesy of Jewelie Dunlap

Jewelie Dunlaps son Mike holding quail eggs in his shirt

Photo by Jill Campbell

15

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it was if it was telling me it was okay to go back homerdquo she said

ldquoFor one year I prayed to God asking him to give me an eaglersquos nest near my homerdquo she said ldquoExactly one year from the day I first traveled to St Marys I was driving down Route 12 on my way to The Creamery with a friend when an eagle flew over-headrdquo

Dunlap said that eagle was making a nest about a mile from her home The county later laid stone for a pull-off area so people could watch the birds

ldquoToday there are three nests in Putnam County two in Findlay and one in Defiancerdquo Dunlap said She has also watched eagles in other parts of Ohio and Canada ldquoI will watch eagles until I dierdquo

Besides watching eagles Jewelie has purple martin houses her son raises quail and her hummingbird feeders are complete with perches She has bred and raised three litters of cocker spaniels with the goal in mind to improve the breed (health wise) rather than make money

ldquoI donrsquot feed my cocker spaniels dog foodrdquo Dunlap said explaining she mixes 2 cups chicken frac34 cup mixed vegetables and frac14 cup of rice

ldquoAround our rural property several varieties of birds including sparrows finches indigo buntings blue jays house wrens and downy woodpeckers can be spotted but they call me the Eagle Ladyrdquo Dunlap said An eagle mural painted on Jewelies

barn by Rimer artist Gloria MillerPhotos by Jill Campbell

A purple martin apartment house graces Jewelies yard

16

A quick wit remarkable talent and faithful family man are all terms that describe 88-year-old Harold Beckett The rural Allen County resident has spent his life shar-

ing his musical gift with the local community Yet now his days are consumed with caring for the love of his life wife Nita 86 who has Alzheimerrsquos disease

This past July Harold stepped down from his role as the can-tor at Limarsquos Temple Beth Israel-Shaare Zedek He had served the Jewish congregation there for almost six decades despite the fact that he is not Jewish It all began in the early 1950s

while he was a young music teacher at Shawnee schools with a growing family and needed to supplement his income

He was also a choir director at Limarsquos St Mark Methodist Church and later at Grace United Methodist Church but still his sal-ary wouldnrsquot stretch far enough Thatrsquos when the organist that served at both Grace UMC and at the Jewish Temple sug-gested that Beckett become a cantor

Later ldquoMr Beckettrdquo as he is known to the thousands of students who studied vocal music education with him during

his 32 years at Shawnee schools became the choir director at Shawnee United Methodist Church and finally at Limarsquos First Baptist Church

The gifted vocalist who sang with symphony orchestras and in musical productions feels that ldquohellip there is a time to sing and a time when you should stoprdquo Possessing a Masters degree in vocal pedagogy he maintains that ldquoSo many muscles have to work in

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Harold BeckettAlzheimerrsquos canrsquot stop his Love Story

Nita Beckett in happier days planting her famous flower gardens

Photos courtesy of Harold Beckett

17 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

coordination in order for a voice to sound goodrdquoBesides Harold Beckett is busy spending time with

his wife who has been a resident of Spencervillersquos Roselawn Manor for the last five years

ldquoI always hug her and kiss her and talk to her and take her for a ride and feed her lunch and supperrdquo he said The ldquoriderdquo consists of pushing his spousersquos wheelchair around the grounds of the nursing facility

ldquoShe canrsquot even say a word now canrsquot walk canrsquot talk She had such a mindrdquo he said wistfully

In 1943 the couple first met in his native Columbus during Beckettrsquos sophomore year at The Ohio State University He was working at a grocery store when

a then young Nita walked in with her mother Instantly infatuated Harold asked a co-worker to ldquoLet me wait on herrdquo Soon he asked Nita for a date

This happened in the midst of World War II when Beckettrsquos schooling was interrupted by his becoming a soldier The couple continued to date but with the prospect of an overseas inva-sion looming ldquohe thought therersquos no point in making any plans I told her hellip she should start going out without someone elserdquo he said

However the slightly built senior did survive his tour in the Euro-pean Theater He even became a commissioned officer obtaining the rank of second lieutenant When he returned home ldquofriends would fix him uprdquo but he had already given his heart away to Nita A friend suggested that he call her but Harold didnrsquot think she would have anything to do with him since he had broken up with her But she accepted his invitation

ldquoAfter a three year separation I didnrsquot want to lose her this timerdquo he said The couple married Aug 30 1947 ldquoWhat a wonderful choice She was the worldrsquos champion wife I was always doing something in music that took me away from homerdquo

But she kept the home fires burning raising their two sons Tom and Jeff

About 15 years ago Nita first exhibited symptoms of Alzheimerrsquos In 1996 this prompted Beckett to resign from his job at Ohio Northern University where he taught voice for a decade following retirement from Shawnee

ldquoI felt I had to be with her she was always with me when I needed herrdquo he said Son Tom moved back from California to assist his father in keeping his mother at home Sadly Harold suffered a heart attack and nearly lost his own health during his years of caretaking

In addition Nitarsquos disease progressed causing her to need more care than her family could provide Harold made the difficult deci-sion to place her in Roselawn Manor

ldquoI never cried so much in my life eventually I got over itrdquo he said

He praises the staff there saying ldquoWhat I thought was horrible place to go has been a lifesaving and wonderful place for herrdquo

Now the silver-haired woman who once grew beautiful flower gardens no longer communicates with the outside world Her dedi-cated husband believes she recognizes him but even if she doesnrsquot 64 years ago he vowed to be with his bride until the end A prom-ise that Harold Beckett intends to keep

Christina Ryan Claypool is a freelance journalist and inspirational speaker Contact her through her Website at wwwchristinaryanclaypoolcom

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Nita Beckett (center) with son Tom and husband Harold who took care of his wife at home for 10 years with his sons assistance

Beckett

18

No trip to Ireland would be complete unless you experience the Ring of Kerry the winding route that takes you along the Iveragh Peninsula and through the quaint small towns dotting the landscape Itrsquos a route that exposes you to

beautiful views of mountains coastlines and of course the Atlantic OceanAfter another bountiful Irish breakfast which was part of my Trafalgar Tours pack-

age each day of my week-long journey my travel partner Jane and I boarded the bus to start The Ring The rain from the previous evening had ceased and the sun broke through But since the winds were strong the day would certainly call for a hat and jacket despite the fact that the temperature had climbed into the mid-50s

Our tour bus went through towns with names like Killgorglin Glenbeigh and Cahir-siveen One of our day stops was in Waterville a fishing village that really provided wonderful views of the Atlantic and a place that famed comedian Charlie Chaplin once lived Our tour guide Bernard told us that several of Chaplinrsquos descendents have remained in the area A Chaplain statute sits just off the road with a rock-strewn beach as a buffer between statue and the Atlantic As everyone clambered to get their turn to get a picture taken with the likeness of the Little Tramp I wondered just how

many had jumped in beside the derby-wearing statue over the years

Our lunch stop was at what many feel is Irelandrsquos best-known view a place called the Scarriff Inn in the town of Caherdaniel Itrsquos an area where the fog routinely settles and the eerily shrouded view I found so very atmospheric was that of Derrynane Harbour Not one of us failed to pull out our cameras for beautiful land-scape shots of this mysterious fog-shrouded natural beauty

During our stop while Jane enjoyed a bowl of Irish stew in the Inn I went on a mini camera excursion walking down a lane in search of other good angles to capture some of Irelandrsquos abun-dant natural beauty There were animals Irsquove spoken of in an ear-lier installment the ubiquitous sheep spray-painted in spots with bright blues reds and yellows as a humane way of branding them wandering the rocky terrain

Then it was back on the bus and on our way eventually through Sneem where our tour bus became the last albeit inadvertent entry in its St Patrickrsquos Day parade As Sneem-ites lined the street just behind the many outside venders that hoped to do well that day we crept along with townspeople taking pictures of us while we took pictures of them and laughing the entire time at our unexpected inclusion

Our final Ring of Kerry stop before returning to Killarney for our own opportunity to stand along a parade route to honor St Pat-rick was to take in the beauty of a an area known as Ladiesrsquo View a view which as one might imagine comes with a story

In the 1800s during a time Ireland was still a part of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria made a trip to Killarney to check this rather distant portion of her domain As was the custom the

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Queenrsquos ladies in waiting had been sent ahead to ready her quarters However when they came upon a view that included what has become known as The Lakes of Killar-ney and the mountains that framed them they became so transfixed they tarried too long and the Queen caught up to them She was upset but only until she looked about and saw the view herself and promptly forgave them for their dereliction of duty

After many snaps of our camera shutters it was back into Killarney Town for the parade that was scheduled to commence at 2 pm and what a festive and colorful experience that turned out to be

In the parade there were no fewer than four St Patrickrsquos and several organizations representing a variety of inter-ests including kids and adults in rugby and hurling uni-forms Irish dancing troupes and bagpipe brigades

As I walked around the vibrant downtown area remem-bering the feeling of being a kid again as I watched the Irish school children reveling in their day of freedom in the middle of their school week I couldnrsquot help but think of how different it was from many of the downtown areas in towns of similar size back in The States where busi-nesses have abandoned downtown and fled to malls on the outskirts of town Such is not the case in Ireland

For quiet time we headed to St Mary Cathedral a mas-sive structure with a foundation stone reading 1842 actu-ally making it one of Irelandrsquos newer cathedrals Part of its rich history is it once served as a refuge for victims of the Great Potato Famine of 1845

Then it was back downtown for the pub portion of our day The liveliest and best music Jane and I found was at the Crock lsquoO Gold Pub The star of the group was a young man with rusty hair and wonderfully dexterous fingers which made the accordion come alive in a genre he called Celtic (pronounced with a hard c) Cajun He was accompanied by a mandolin player a guitarist and a mate playing the washboard and spoons The collective sound was a real treat and certainly made the Murphyrsquos Irish Stout taste

better Since we were in there before the group even set up we were delighted when they established their position no less than five feet away giving us the absolute best seats in the house

Later after a bit more fun in the Killarney Avenue Hotel pub after our meal this one of the four evening meals included in our Trafalgar Tour package it was time to rest We would be on the move again early the next morning for Day 6 a day that would include ferrying across the River Shannon and into County Clare to see the magnificent Cliffs of Moher before trekking to our over-night stop in the city of Limerick

TOP Jane and John at Ladies View just outside Killarney

LEFT Bagpipers brigade during Killarneys St Patricks Day Parade

Photos by John Grindrod

20

Valentine Heil was born in Germany in 1863 In his early teens he was taught the art of stone cutting At age 18 he decided to come to America to find

work in that field Having no particular place in mind to settle he met some people on the ship who were headed to Cincinnati and decided to follow He couldnrsquot find work in his particular trade and so he worked in a butcher shop

While living there he met and married Rosa Beyer from Covington Ky and hearing of the growth in Lima he and his young bride came here in 1890 After looking around

he decided to open his own business Val bought a home on East Eureka Street at the southwest corner of South Jackson Street A two-story house with a large lot at the rear it became his business place as well with the stone stored at the rear of the house

Valentine had three brothers who followed him to Lima from Germany They were Daniel John and Otto All of them became involved in the business and were married

Unfortunately John died at the young age of 35 and Dan-iel at 45 They left behind a combined family of 10 children to carry on and they became a part of Valentinersquos business or started their own in other fields Otto married Labertha Bridge and had a family of eight

Valentinersquos stone business soon became a thriving one He was also in the contracting business and erected many of the Lima business blocks plus his stonework appeared on many others such as the YMCA Hotel Norval St Paul Lutheran Church and the Lima Electric Light building along with many private homes including the home of Henry

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Time Capsule

A Valentine that kept on giving Lima residentrsquos love is carved in stone

By Jeanne Porreca

The Holland Block featured the skills of Valentine HeilCourtesy of Allen County Historical Society

21

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Deisel on West Cole StreetAs his stone business grew so did his ability to hand carve

the stone One of the still-standing projects is a pair of fero-cious looking lions that stand at each side of the front steps of Henry Deiselrsquos original home on Cole Street called the Col-onnade now owned by Rob Nelson and his family

Valentine and Rosa had a family of six children all of whom grew strong and healthy But tragedy struck the family on June 29 1909 when their two youngest boys were playing in the yard where an electric line had fallen They were both instantly electrocuted and Rosa barely escaped with her life when she tried to save them

Rosa Heil died in 1912 and the following year Valentine married Miss Betty Reiter 23 years his junior They had one son Frederick from whom many details of this story were told before his death in 2003 Valentine had also started a coal company and Fred tells of a time during the depression when local ldquoculpritsrdquo would sneak the coal out of the yard and roll it onto the railroad tracks The flat cars would run over it forcing it out on the opposite side where the thieves waited eagerly with their baskets to gather it and run off into the night

Through the years family and the German community were very close to Valentine or ldquoValrdquo as he was affectionately called He had a Cadillac touring car with two spare tires on the rear which he would wash and shine carefully and loan out for funerals and other special occasions when needed and young Fred would drive the car Fred told of the many community parties that would be held on the lawn of the family home with good food and drink and plenty of good wine

Soon after the stone business started to wane and Val went into the concrete business having one of the first concrete mixers in Lima

From there he started a new company which soon became a pav-ing company and here the tradition still is carried on today Carl the second son of Valentine Heil had two sons one of them Robert J or as he is known by a lot of Lima businesses ldquoRobrdquo Heil start-ing his own blacktopping business and is fondly remembered for his love of people and a great smile along with being a truly hon-est business man At his death in 2007 the business sense passed to his son Michael who runs his own paving company known as Lima Contracting Many a yard of blacktopping has been laid by this fam-ily

Valentine Heil died peacefully Jan 26 1935 at the age of 72 years leaving a trail of traditions that are still carried on

And now for the ladies for any time there is a lady of prominence involved in a family I must mention her and none deserve it more than Anita Heil Gallantine grandaughter of Valrsquos second child Carl Heil Her father Carl Jr has every right to speak proudly of her for Anita is now a Brigadier General in the US Air Force with a long list of commendations and an even longer list of her assignments during service

Bravo Anita and wow what a family Lima can be very proud

The lions carved by Valentine Heil are still guarding the Colonnade on Cole Street

22 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Sept 1Lima Chapter 452 AARP 12

pm Milano Cafe 2383 Elida Rd Lima $8 Program about Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen

Lima Area Parkinsons Sup-port Group 2 pm St Ritarsquos Auxiliary Conference Center 718 W Market St Lima

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 3Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Central Services 900 S Col-lett St Lima 62-mile ldquoJump to Jumbordquo

rdquoDoktor Kaboomrdquo 9 am Ohio Northern University 525 S Main St Ada $10 adults $5 stu-dents (419) 772-2000

Block Party 12 pm Murphrsquos Place 113 E Spring St Lima

Town Square Prayer 12 pm Limarsquos Town Square N Main St and W Market St Lima

Church On The Rock Spa-ghetti Dinner 4 pm Church On The Rock 310 N West Street Lima $7 adults $450 Children 3-12 yrs

Real Life Tall Tales of the Ohio Frontier 7 pm Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima (419) 221-1232

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 4St Matthew Outdoor Sum-

mer Service 8 am St Mat-thew Lutheran Church 5050 Saint Matthews Dr Lima

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 29-mile ldquoMan Bites Dogrdquo ride

Gymanfa Ganu 7 pm Salem Presbyterian Church 15240 Main St Venedocia Directed by Margaret Morris-Lopez with soloist Jake Wilder and accom-panists Connie OrsquoNeill and Sue

Fickel Light supper available from 4 to 6 pm for a donation

Sept 5Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 55-mile ldquoLock 2rdquo ride

Sept 6Auglaize PERI 9 1130 am

American Legion 1108 E Ben-ton St Wapakoneta With Ohio Rep John Adams

Allen County Veterans Ser-vice Commission 5 pm Allen County Courthouse 301 N Main St Lima

Lima PFLAG (Parents Family Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 6 pm OSU LimaRhodes State 4240 Campus Dr Lima

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Tri-Moraine Audubon Soci-ety 730 pm OSU Lima Visi-tor amp Student Services Center 3900 Campus Dr Lima Terry D Schwaner on ldquoFrogs in a Wet-land in Northwest Ohiordquo

Sept 7Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Book Discussion 12 pm Common Grounds Coffeehouse 101 S Main St Bluffton ldquoThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanardquo

Sept 8Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Allen County Patriots 630 pm Allen County Sanitary Engineerrsquos Office 3230 N Cole St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence 7 pm Deliverance Tem-ple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 9Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

The Total Woman Confer-ence 10 am Deliverance Temple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Sept 10Living History Enlivening

Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Festival in the Cornfield 10 am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Lima Roadrunners 10 am Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 50-mile ldquoCascade Parkrdquo ride

Kidfest 11 am Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima

The Y Black Achievers 12 pm Lima Family YMCA 345 S Elizabeth St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence Luncheon 12 pm Grace Church 2945 Wells Dr Lima $20 adults $10 youth Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social 5 pm Perry United Methodist Church 3250 E Breese Rd Lima Proceeds to Harvest Food Pantry

37th Annual Bath Band Spectacular 7 pm Bath High School 2850 Bible Rd Lima $7

Country Diamond Dancers - Dance 7 pm Vaughnsville Community Center 115 E Find-lay St Vaughnsville

Lima Area Concert Band 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima $15 adults free for students

(419) 224-1552 ldquoFrom Sea to Shining Seardquo with Timothy Anderson

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Len Collier

Sept 11Run to Remember 830 am

Lincoln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima $20 5K RunWalk Race day registration at 7 am Proceeds to the Lima Firefighters Memorial Museum

Living History Enlivening Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Butterfly Migration Celebra-tion 2 pm Childrenrsquos Garden 620 W Market St Lima

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra-911 Tribute 3 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

Sept 13Clark Equipment Retirees

1130 am Eagles Lodge 800 W Robb Ave Lima

Westinghouse Sundstrand Group 1130 am Western Siz-zlin 2721 Elida Rd Lima (419) 331-6644

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Michael Hingson 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 14Life After Cancer Sup-

port Group 1 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima With Zach Broshes

Sept 15Interactive Bible Study 7

pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 16Spaghetti Dinner 430 pm

Events calendar

23

Lima Masonic Center 2165 N Cole St Lima $5

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Sept 17Aqua Immersion Fall Ride

and Dive 830 am Gilboa PCG 3695 State Route 224 Gil-boa

Buddy Walk 10 am Faurot Park N Cole St Lima By Allen County Downs Syndrome aware-ness group

Ada Harvest amp Herb Festival 10 am Downtown Ada 525 S Main St Ada

Dog Day at the Beach 10 am Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima $3

The Manhattan Transfer 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 18To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 25-mile ldquo50th Birthday Partyrdquo ride

Sept 20Area Agency on Aging 3 930

am Area Agency on Aging 200 E High St Lima

ALS Support Group 11 am Senior Citizen Services Inc 3400 W Elm St Lima

Caregiverrsquos Support Group 3 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Allen County Chapter Com-passionate Friends 7 pm Lima First Assembly of God

1575 E High St Lima Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Man-to-Man Support Group 7 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Sept 21Community Fellowship Meal

5 pm St John United Meth-odist Church 205 N High St Columbus Grove

Korean War Veterans 7 pm Memorial Hall 130 W Elm St Lima

Sept 22Dinner and a Movie with

Brian Keegan 6 pm Ohio State University Lima Branch 4240 Campus Dr Lima All seats $30 Movie only $5 (419) 995-8600

Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Ron White 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima (419) 224-1552

Sept 23Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima

Sept 24Lima Roadrunners 10 am

Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 60-mile ldquoNorthside County Tourrdquo ride

Park-2-Park 5K 12 pm Lin-coln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima

Appalachian Opry 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33

Wapakoneta To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Country Expo

Sept 25To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 30-mile ldquoRockport Ramblerdquo ride

Steven Curtis Chapman 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 26The Great Monter Hunt Pup-

pet Show 630 pm Putnam County District Library 136 Put-nam Pky Ottawa Puppeteers from the Mazza Museum of Findlay

Sept 27Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Sept 28Heart Health Screening 9

am Dorothy Love Amos Com-munity Center 3003 Cisco Rd Sidney

Putnam County Parkinsons Support Group 1115 am Henryrsquos Restaurant 810 N Locust St Ottawa

Sept 29Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm

Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 30Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

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11

A Q

Social Security pays only for total disability We do not pay ben-efits for partial or short-term disability For more information read our publication Disability Benefits at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10029html

QIf I go back to work will I automatically lose my Social Security disability benefits

ASocial Security has several work incentive programs to help people who want to work You may be able to receive benefits and continue your health care coverage

during a trial work period For information about Social Securityrsquos work incentives and how they can help you return to work you should

bull Visit our special work site at wwwsocialsecuritygovwork bull See the Red Book on work incentives at wwwsocialsecurity

govredbookbull Call our toll-free number at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-

0778) orbull Contact your local Social Security office (wwwsocialsecurity

govlocator) For more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

Medicare

QIs it true that if you have low income you can get help paying your Medicare premiums

AYes If your income and resources are limited your State may be able to help with your Medicare Part B premium deductibles and coinsurance amounts State rules vary

on the income and resources that apply Contact your State or local medical assistance social services or welfare office or call the Medicare hotline 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) and ask about the Medicare Savings Programs If you have limited income and resources you also may be able to get help paying for pre-scription drug coverage under Medicare Part D Call Social Secu-rity at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY users should call 1-800-325-0778) or visit any Social Security office

Also see our publication Medicare (Publication 10043) at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10043html For even more information visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

Retirement

QCan I apply online for retirement benefits

AYes Itrsquos quick and easy Apply online and save yourself a trip to the office Once you submit your online application electronically in most

cases yoursquore done There are no forms to sign or documents to send in If we do need more information to process your applica-tion a representative will contact you For more information about applying online visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov or call us toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778)

QIf both my spouse and I are entitled to Social Secu-rity benefits is there any reduction in our payments because we are married

ANo We independently calculate each spousersquos Social Secu-rity benefit amount Each spouse receives a monthly ben-efit amount based on his or her own earnings Couples are

not penalized simply because they are married If one member of the couple earned low wages or did not earn enough Social Secu-rity credits to be eligible for retirement benefits he or she may be eligible to receive benefits as a spouse

Supplemental Security Income

QIf I receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) dis-ability benefits what is the effect on my benefits if I work

AIn most cases your return to work would reduce your benefit amount and in some cases discontinue your pay-ments Unlike Social Security disability there is no ldquotrial

work periodrdquo for people who get SSI disability benefits In most cases if your only income besides SSI is from your work you can earn up to $1433 in a month (in 2011) before we stop your pay-ments We have several publications about SSI including Report-ing Your Wages When You Receive Supplemental Security Income available at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs10503html Note that there are other work incentives that can help you return to work when you receive SSI You can read about them in What You Need To Know When You Get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) at wwwsocialsecuritygovpubs11011htmlpart6 For more infor-mation visit our website at wwwsocialsecuritygov

Oh say can you see

by the dawnrsquos early light

What so proudly we hailrsquod

at the twilightrsquos last gleaming

Whose broad stripes and bright stars

throrsquo the perilous fight

Orsquoer the ramparts we watchrsquod

were so gallantly streaming

And the rocketsrsquo red glare

the bombs bursting in air

Gave proof throrsquo the night

that our flag was still there

O say does that star-spangled

banner yet wave

Orsquoer the land of the free and

the home of the brave

IN HONOROF OUR TROOPS

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12

A farmers market brings out the best in peopleldquoThe markets give people with gardens a chance to try

a little entrepreneurship It gives buyers fresh and locally grown food and it allows people with cottage industries the chance to make a few extra bucksrdquo said Mary Jo Bockrath executive direc-tor of the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce There the market concept has gone so well in its first year that it will now be an

annual eventldquoWersquove had pretty

good attendance which makes our vendors happyrdquo Bockrath said ldquoI think the thing about a farmersrsquo market that I really like is getting people downtown and letting them visit

with their friends and neighborsrdquoAnd along with the fresh fruits and veggies Bockrath said local

folks go crazy over the baked goods especially the cupcakes ldquoReally

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

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Wireless Transmission of SoundThe ability for hearing aids to receive sound sent wirelessly from the television stereo and computer is now a reality Hearing aid patients no longer need awkward necklace-style devices to receive wireless audio signals Individuals can listen ldquoprivatelyrdquo through their hearing instruments at the volume they prefer Others in the room enjoy a volume comfortable for them

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Cover Story

Best of the bestFarmers market offers

more than just produce

Kim Kincaid

LifestyleSpecial Sections Reporter

Freshly picked flowers by Buckeye Blooms at the Westside Farmers Market

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we have so many unique things and every one of them is popular People enjoy everything from the produce to the garden artrdquo Bock-rath said

Echoing that sentiment is Kay Studer who along with her daughter Susan Studer King sells flowers from their organic flower business ldquoBuckeye Bloomsrdquo in the farmers market at the Lima Mall

ldquoOur booth is always very very colorful and wersquove had people tell us that the bright colors draws them in as theyrsquore driving down Elida Roadrdquo Studer said

Naturally the stock Studer offers changes from season to seasonldquoWe have people who go crazy over the Celosia because itrsquos big

and powerful looking in an arrangement Whenever I bring glads I have one lady who buys every one of them I guess though the main backbone of our sales is still zinnias They have a long life and theyrsquore available in every colorrdquo Studer said

But itrsquos not just flowers that this gardening duo offers ldquoWersquove taken orders for parties and anniversaries and we always appreciate the businessrdquo Studer added

The farmerrsquos market sales fit well with the green lifestyle Studer and her daughter live mdash Susan with a green ethic and Kay with a green thumb

ldquoIrsquod rather buy local and buy fresh Itrsquos better that wayrdquo Studer saidBockrath agrees that the green lifestyle is popular at the marketsldquoPeople really love the concept of the farmersrsquo marketsrdquo Bockrath

said And the environmental green bleeds over into green of another sort thanks to the markets

ldquoAnother plus is that our local business owners see an upkick in their business on Saturday morningsrdquo Bockrath said

Westside Farmers MarketLima Mall parking lotOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Eastside Farmers MarketTractor Supply on Harding Highway LimaOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Ottawa Farmers MarketParking lot at Main and Oak streets OttawaOpen 830 am to noon Saturdays through Oct 22

Ada Farmers MarketAda Depot 110 Central Ave AdaOpen 430 to 630 pm Thursdays through September

Hardin County Farmers MarketCourthouse in KentonOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through September

Continental Farmers MarketContinental United Methodist ChurchOpen 4 to 6 pm Fridays through September

Area Farmers Markets

Alec Thomas with Lincoln Ridge Farms preparing a table of bi-color sweet corn for customers of the Westside Farmers Market

OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

14

Rimer resident Jewelie Dunlap was born Oct 8 1951 in Lima to John and Jeneva Trask She has a sister and two brothers

ldquoWe lived in Columbus Grove near the swimming poolrdquo she saidAll through school Dunlap was in Brownies and then the Girl Scouts ldquoI was a Girl Scout up into my senior year of high schoolrdquo she said ldquoI have

always loved nature and enjoyed earning Girl Scout badges to sew on my sash My mother was a Girl Scout leaderrdquo

Besides participating in the Girl Scouts Dunlap enjoyed the outdoors collect-ing leaves and finding toads and frogs Today she is an avid bird watcher dog boarder and groomer and babysits for her grandchildren

ldquoI set my own schedule for the most partrdquo she said Her husband of 41 years Mike works at General Dynamics

About nine years ago Dunlap heard about an eaglersquos nest in St MarysldquoI decided to take my camera and spotting scope and went to find the nest

I was so interested in observing the eagles I drove to St Marys three times per day and all weekend When the eagle went back to its nest in the evening

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Portrait

By Jill Campbell

Bird lady of RimerJewelie Dunlap is an avid bird watcher

Jewelie Dunlap holding a 7-week-old eagle that had its talons wrapped

Courtesy of Jewelie Dunlap

Jewelie Dunlaps son Mike holding quail eggs in his shirt

Photo by Jill Campbell

15

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OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

it was if it was telling me it was okay to go back homerdquo she said

ldquoFor one year I prayed to God asking him to give me an eaglersquos nest near my homerdquo she said ldquoExactly one year from the day I first traveled to St Marys I was driving down Route 12 on my way to The Creamery with a friend when an eagle flew over-headrdquo

Dunlap said that eagle was making a nest about a mile from her home The county later laid stone for a pull-off area so people could watch the birds

ldquoToday there are three nests in Putnam County two in Findlay and one in Defiancerdquo Dunlap said She has also watched eagles in other parts of Ohio and Canada ldquoI will watch eagles until I dierdquo

Besides watching eagles Jewelie has purple martin houses her son raises quail and her hummingbird feeders are complete with perches She has bred and raised three litters of cocker spaniels with the goal in mind to improve the breed (health wise) rather than make money

ldquoI donrsquot feed my cocker spaniels dog foodrdquo Dunlap said explaining she mixes 2 cups chicken frac34 cup mixed vegetables and frac14 cup of rice

ldquoAround our rural property several varieties of birds including sparrows finches indigo buntings blue jays house wrens and downy woodpeckers can be spotted but they call me the Eagle Ladyrdquo Dunlap said An eagle mural painted on Jewelies

barn by Rimer artist Gloria MillerPhotos by Jill Campbell

A purple martin apartment house graces Jewelies yard

16

A quick wit remarkable talent and faithful family man are all terms that describe 88-year-old Harold Beckett The rural Allen County resident has spent his life shar-

ing his musical gift with the local community Yet now his days are consumed with caring for the love of his life wife Nita 86 who has Alzheimerrsquos disease

This past July Harold stepped down from his role as the can-tor at Limarsquos Temple Beth Israel-Shaare Zedek He had served the Jewish congregation there for almost six decades despite the fact that he is not Jewish It all began in the early 1950s

while he was a young music teacher at Shawnee schools with a growing family and needed to supplement his income

He was also a choir director at Limarsquos St Mark Methodist Church and later at Grace United Methodist Church but still his sal-ary wouldnrsquot stretch far enough Thatrsquos when the organist that served at both Grace UMC and at the Jewish Temple sug-gested that Beckett become a cantor

Later ldquoMr Beckettrdquo as he is known to the thousands of students who studied vocal music education with him during

his 32 years at Shawnee schools became the choir director at Shawnee United Methodist Church and finally at Limarsquos First Baptist Church

The gifted vocalist who sang with symphony orchestras and in musical productions feels that ldquohellip there is a time to sing and a time when you should stoprdquo Possessing a Masters degree in vocal pedagogy he maintains that ldquoSo many muscles have to work in

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By Christina Ryan Claypool

Harold BeckettAlzheimerrsquos canrsquot stop his Love Story

Nita Beckett in happier days planting her famous flower gardens

Photos courtesy of Harold Beckett

17 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

coordination in order for a voice to sound goodrdquoBesides Harold Beckett is busy spending time with

his wife who has been a resident of Spencervillersquos Roselawn Manor for the last five years

ldquoI always hug her and kiss her and talk to her and take her for a ride and feed her lunch and supperrdquo he said The ldquoriderdquo consists of pushing his spousersquos wheelchair around the grounds of the nursing facility

ldquoShe canrsquot even say a word now canrsquot walk canrsquot talk She had such a mindrdquo he said wistfully

In 1943 the couple first met in his native Columbus during Beckettrsquos sophomore year at The Ohio State University He was working at a grocery store when

a then young Nita walked in with her mother Instantly infatuated Harold asked a co-worker to ldquoLet me wait on herrdquo Soon he asked Nita for a date

This happened in the midst of World War II when Beckettrsquos schooling was interrupted by his becoming a soldier The couple continued to date but with the prospect of an overseas inva-sion looming ldquohe thought therersquos no point in making any plans I told her hellip she should start going out without someone elserdquo he said

However the slightly built senior did survive his tour in the Euro-pean Theater He even became a commissioned officer obtaining the rank of second lieutenant When he returned home ldquofriends would fix him uprdquo but he had already given his heart away to Nita A friend suggested that he call her but Harold didnrsquot think she would have anything to do with him since he had broken up with her But she accepted his invitation

ldquoAfter a three year separation I didnrsquot want to lose her this timerdquo he said The couple married Aug 30 1947 ldquoWhat a wonderful choice She was the worldrsquos champion wife I was always doing something in music that took me away from homerdquo

But she kept the home fires burning raising their two sons Tom and Jeff

About 15 years ago Nita first exhibited symptoms of Alzheimerrsquos In 1996 this prompted Beckett to resign from his job at Ohio Northern University where he taught voice for a decade following retirement from Shawnee

ldquoI felt I had to be with her she was always with me when I needed herrdquo he said Son Tom moved back from California to assist his father in keeping his mother at home Sadly Harold suffered a heart attack and nearly lost his own health during his years of caretaking

In addition Nitarsquos disease progressed causing her to need more care than her family could provide Harold made the difficult deci-sion to place her in Roselawn Manor

ldquoI never cried so much in my life eventually I got over itrdquo he said

He praises the staff there saying ldquoWhat I thought was horrible place to go has been a lifesaving and wonderful place for herrdquo

Now the silver-haired woman who once grew beautiful flower gardens no longer communicates with the outside world Her dedi-cated husband believes she recognizes him but even if she doesnrsquot 64 years ago he vowed to be with his bride until the end A prom-ise that Harold Beckett intends to keep

Christina Ryan Claypool is a freelance journalist and inspirational speaker Contact her through her Website at wwwchristinaryanclaypoolcom

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Nita Beckett (center) with son Tom and husband Harold who took care of his wife at home for 10 years with his sons assistance

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18

No trip to Ireland would be complete unless you experience the Ring of Kerry the winding route that takes you along the Iveragh Peninsula and through the quaint small towns dotting the landscape Itrsquos a route that exposes you to

beautiful views of mountains coastlines and of course the Atlantic OceanAfter another bountiful Irish breakfast which was part of my Trafalgar Tours pack-

age each day of my week-long journey my travel partner Jane and I boarded the bus to start The Ring The rain from the previous evening had ceased and the sun broke through But since the winds were strong the day would certainly call for a hat and jacket despite the fact that the temperature had climbed into the mid-50s

Our tour bus went through towns with names like Killgorglin Glenbeigh and Cahir-siveen One of our day stops was in Waterville a fishing village that really provided wonderful views of the Atlantic and a place that famed comedian Charlie Chaplin once lived Our tour guide Bernard told us that several of Chaplinrsquos descendents have remained in the area A Chaplain statute sits just off the road with a rock-strewn beach as a buffer between statue and the Atlantic As everyone clambered to get their turn to get a picture taken with the likeness of the Little Tramp I wondered just how

many had jumped in beside the derby-wearing statue over the years

Our lunch stop was at what many feel is Irelandrsquos best-known view a place called the Scarriff Inn in the town of Caherdaniel Itrsquos an area where the fog routinely settles and the eerily shrouded view I found so very atmospheric was that of Derrynane Harbour Not one of us failed to pull out our cameras for beautiful land-scape shots of this mysterious fog-shrouded natural beauty

During our stop while Jane enjoyed a bowl of Irish stew in the Inn I went on a mini camera excursion walking down a lane in search of other good angles to capture some of Irelandrsquos abun-dant natural beauty There were animals Irsquove spoken of in an ear-lier installment the ubiquitous sheep spray-painted in spots with bright blues reds and yellows as a humane way of branding them wandering the rocky terrain

Then it was back on the bus and on our way eventually through Sneem where our tour bus became the last albeit inadvertent entry in its St Patrickrsquos Day parade As Sneem-ites lined the street just behind the many outside venders that hoped to do well that day we crept along with townspeople taking pictures of us while we took pictures of them and laughing the entire time at our unexpected inclusion

Our final Ring of Kerry stop before returning to Killarney for our own opportunity to stand along a parade route to honor St Pat-rick was to take in the beauty of a an area known as Ladiesrsquo View a view which as one might imagine comes with a story

In the 1800s during a time Ireland was still a part of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria made a trip to Killarney to check this rather distant portion of her domain As was the custom the

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Queenrsquos ladies in waiting had been sent ahead to ready her quarters However when they came upon a view that included what has become known as The Lakes of Killar-ney and the mountains that framed them they became so transfixed they tarried too long and the Queen caught up to them She was upset but only until she looked about and saw the view herself and promptly forgave them for their dereliction of duty

After many snaps of our camera shutters it was back into Killarney Town for the parade that was scheduled to commence at 2 pm and what a festive and colorful experience that turned out to be

In the parade there were no fewer than four St Patrickrsquos and several organizations representing a variety of inter-ests including kids and adults in rugby and hurling uni-forms Irish dancing troupes and bagpipe brigades

As I walked around the vibrant downtown area remem-bering the feeling of being a kid again as I watched the Irish school children reveling in their day of freedom in the middle of their school week I couldnrsquot help but think of how different it was from many of the downtown areas in towns of similar size back in The States where busi-nesses have abandoned downtown and fled to malls on the outskirts of town Such is not the case in Ireland

For quiet time we headed to St Mary Cathedral a mas-sive structure with a foundation stone reading 1842 actu-ally making it one of Irelandrsquos newer cathedrals Part of its rich history is it once served as a refuge for victims of the Great Potato Famine of 1845

Then it was back downtown for the pub portion of our day The liveliest and best music Jane and I found was at the Crock lsquoO Gold Pub The star of the group was a young man with rusty hair and wonderfully dexterous fingers which made the accordion come alive in a genre he called Celtic (pronounced with a hard c) Cajun He was accompanied by a mandolin player a guitarist and a mate playing the washboard and spoons The collective sound was a real treat and certainly made the Murphyrsquos Irish Stout taste

better Since we were in there before the group even set up we were delighted when they established their position no less than five feet away giving us the absolute best seats in the house

Later after a bit more fun in the Killarney Avenue Hotel pub after our meal this one of the four evening meals included in our Trafalgar Tour package it was time to rest We would be on the move again early the next morning for Day 6 a day that would include ferrying across the River Shannon and into County Clare to see the magnificent Cliffs of Moher before trekking to our over-night stop in the city of Limerick

TOP Jane and John at Ladies View just outside Killarney

LEFT Bagpipers brigade during Killarneys St Patricks Day Parade

Photos by John Grindrod

20

Valentine Heil was born in Germany in 1863 In his early teens he was taught the art of stone cutting At age 18 he decided to come to America to find

work in that field Having no particular place in mind to settle he met some people on the ship who were headed to Cincinnati and decided to follow He couldnrsquot find work in his particular trade and so he worked in a butcher shop

While living there he met and married Rosa Beyer from Covington Ky and hearing of the growth in Lima he and his young bride came here in 1890 After looking around

he decided to open his own business Val bought a home on East Eureka Street at the southwest corner of South Jackson Street A two-story house with a large lot at the rear it became his business place as well with the stone stored at the rear of the house

Valentine had three brothers who followed him to Lima from Germany They were Daniel John and Otto All of them became involved in the business and were married

Unfortunately John died at the young age of 35 and Dan-iel at 45 They left behind a combined family of 10 children to carry on and they became a part of Valentinersquos business or started their own in other fields Otto married Labertha Bridge and had a family of eight

Valentinersquos stone business soon became a thriving one He was also in the contracting business and erected many of the Lima business blocks plus his stonework appeared on many others such as the YMCA Hotel Norval St Paul Lutheran Church and the Lima Electric Light building along with many private homes including the home of Henry

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Time Capsule

A Valentine that kept on giving Lima residentrsquos love is carved in stone

By Jeanne Porreca

The Holland Block featured the skills of Valentine HeilCourtesy of Allen County Historical Society

21

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Deisel on West Cole StreetAs his stone business grew so did his ability to hand carve

the stone One of the still-standing projects is a pair of fero-cious looking lions that stand at each side of the front steps of Henry Deiselrsquos original home on Cole Street called the Col-onnade now owned by Rob Nelson and his family

Valentine and Rosa had a family of six children all of whom grew strong and healthy But tragedy struck the family on June 29 1909 when their two youngest boys were playing in the yard where an electric line had fallen They were both instantly electrocuted and Rosa barely escaped with her life when she tried to save them

Rosa Heil died in 1912 and the following year Valentine married Miss Betty Reiter 23 years his junior They had one son Frederick from whom many details of this story were told before his death in 2003 Valentine had also started a coal company and Fred tells of a time during the depression when local ldquoculpritsrdquo would sneak the coal out of the yard and roll it onto the railroad tracks The flat cars would run over it forcing it out on the opposite side where the thieves waited eagerly with their baskets to gather it and run off into the night

Through the years family and the German community were very close to Valentine or ldquoValrdquo as he was affectionately called He had a Cadillac touring car with two spare tires on the rear which he would wash and shine carefully and loan out for funerals and other special occasions when needed and young Fred would drive the car Fred told of the many community parties that would be held on the lawn of the family home with good food and drink and plenty of good wine

Soon after the stone business started to wane and Val went into the concrete business having one of the first concrete mixers in Lima

From there he started a new company which soon became a pav-ing company and here the tradition still is carried on today Carl the second son of Valentine Heil had two sons one of them Robert J or as he is known by a lot of Lima businesses ldquoRobrdquo Heil start-ing his own blacktopping business and is fondly remembered for his love of people and a great smile along with being a truly hon-est business man At his death in 2007 the business sense passed to his son Michael who runs his own paving company known as Lima Contracting Many a yard of blacktopping has been laid by this fam-ily

Valentine Heil died peacefully Jan 26 1935 at the age of 72 years leaving a trail of traditions that are still carried on

And now for the ladies for any time there is a lady of prominence involved in a family I must mention her and none deserve it more than Anita Heil Gallantine grandaughter of Valrsquos second child Carl Heil Her father Carl Jr has every right to speak proudly of her for Anita is now a Brigadier General in the US Air Force with a long list of commendations and an even longer list of her assignments during service

Bravo Anita and wow what a family Lima can be very proud

The lions carved by Valentine Heil are still guarding the Colonnade on Cole Street

22 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Sept 1Lima Chapter 452 AARP 12

pm Milano Cafe 2383 Elida Rd Lima $8 Program about Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen

Lima Area Parkinsons Sup-port Group 2 pm St Ritarsquos Auxiliary Conference Center 718 W Market St Lima

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 3Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Central Services 900 S Col-lett St Lima 62-mile ldquoJump to Jumbordquo

rdquoDoktor Kaboomrdquo 9 am Ohio Northern University 525 S Main St Ada $10 adults $5 stu-dents (419) 772-2000

Block Party 12 pm Murphrsquos Place 113 E Spring St Lima

Town Square Prayer 12 pm Limarsquos Town Square N Main St and W Market St Lima

Church On The Rock Spa-ghetti Dinner 4 pm Church On The Rock 310 N West Street Lima $7 adults $450 Children 3-12 yrs

Real Life Tall Tales of the Ohio Frontier 7 pm Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima (419) 221-1232

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 4St Matthew Outdoor Sum-

mer Service 8 am St Mat-thew Lutheran Church 5050 Saint Matthews Dr Lima

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 29-mile ldquoMan Bites Dogrdquo ride

Gymanfa Ganu 7 pm Salem Presbyterian Church 15240 Main St Venedocia Directed by Margaret Morris-Lopez with soloist Jake Wilder and accom-panists Connie OrsquoNeill and Sue

Fickel Light supper available from 4 to 6 pm for a donation

Sept 5Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 55-mile ldquoLock 2rdquo ride

Sept 6Auglaize PERI 9 1130 am

American Legion 1108 E Ben-ton St Wapakoneta With Ohio Rep John Adams

Allen County Veterans Ser-vice Commission 5 pm Allen County Courthouse 301 N Main St Lima

Lima PFLAG (Parents Family Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 6 pm OSU LimaRhodes State 4240 Campus Dr Lima

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Tri-Moraine Audubon Soci-ety 730 pm OSU Lima Visi-tor amp Student Services Center 3900 Campus Dr Lima Terry D Schwaner on ldquoFrogs in a Wet-land in Northwest Ohiordquo

Sept 7Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Book Discussion 12 pm Common Grounds Coffeehouse 101 S Main St Bluffton ldquoThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanardquo

Sept 8Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Allen County Patriots 630 pm Allen County Sanitary Engineerrsquos Office 3230 N Cole St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence 7 pm Deliverance Tem-ple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 9Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

The Total Woman Confer-ence 10 am Deliverance Temple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Sept 10Living History Enlivening

Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Festival in the Cornfield 10 am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Lima Roadrunners 10 am Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 50-mile ldquoCascade Parkrdquo ride

Kidfest 11 am Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima

The Y Black Achievers 12 pm Lima Family YMCA 345 S Elizabeth St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence Luncheon 12 pm Grace Church 2945 Wells Dr Lima $20 adults $10 youth Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social 5 pm Perry United Methodist Church 3250 E Breese Rd Lima Proceeds to Harvest Food Pantry

37th Annual Bath Band Spectacular 7 pm Bath High School 2850 Bible Rd Lima $7

Country Diamond Dancers - Dance 7 pm Vaughnsville Community Center 115 E Find-lay St Vaughnsville

Lima Area Concert Band 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima $15 adults free for students

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Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Len Collier

Sept 11Run to Remember 830 am

Lincoln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima $20 5K RunWalk Race day registration at 7 am Proceeds to the Lima Firefighters Memorial Museum

Living History Enlivening Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Butterfly Migration Celebra-tion 2 pm Childrenrsquos Garden 620 W Market St Lima

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra-911 Tribute 3 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

Sept 13Clark Equipment Retirees

1130 am Eagles Lodge 800 W Robb Ave Lima

Westinghouse Sundstrand Group 1130 am Western Siz-zlin 2721 Elida Rd Lima (419) 331-6644

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Michael Hingson 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 14Life After Cancer Sup-

port Group 1 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima With Zach Broshes

Sept 15Interactive Bible Study 7

pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 16Spaghetti Dinner 430 pm

Events calendar

23

Lima Masonic Center 2165 N Cole St Lima $5

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Sept 17Aqua Immersion Fall Ride

and Dive 830 am Gilboa PCG 3695 State Route 224 Gil-boa

Buddy Walk 10 am Faurot Park N Cole St Lima By Allen County Downs Syndrome aware-ness group

Ada Harvest amp Herb Festival 10 am Downtown Ada 525 S Main St Ada

Dog Day at the Beach 10 am Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima $3

The Manhattan Transfer 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 18To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 25-mile ldquo50th Birthday Partyrdquo ride

Sept 20Area Agency on Aging 3 930

am Area Agency on Aging 200 E High St Lima

ALS Support Group 11 am Senior Citizen Services Inc 3400 W Elm St Lima

Caregiverrsquos Support Group 3 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Allen County Chapter Com-passionate Friends 7 pm Lima First Assembly of God

1575 E High St Lima Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Man-to-Man Support Group 7 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Sept 21Community Fellowship Meal

5 pm St John United Meth-odist Church 205 N High St Columbus Grove

Korean War Veterans 7 pm Memorial Hall 130 W Elm St Lima

Sept 22Dinner and a Movie with

Brian Keegan 6 pm Ohio State University Lima Branch 4240 Campus Dr Lima All seats $30 Movie only $5 (419) 995-8600

Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Ron White 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima (419) 224-1552

Sept 23Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima

Sept 24Lima Roadrunners 10 am

Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 60-mile ldquoNorthside County Tourrdquo ride

Park-2-Park 5K 12 pm Lin-coln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima

Appalachian Opry 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33

Wapakoneta To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Country Expo

Sept 25To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 30-mile ldquoRockport Ramblerdquo ride

Steven Curtis Chapman 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 26The Great Monter Hunt Pup-

pet Show 630 pm Putnam County District Library 136 Put-nam Pky Ottawa Puppeteers from the Mazza Museum of Findlay

Sept 27Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Sept 28Heart Health Screening 9

am Dorothy Love Amos Com-munity Center 3003 Cisco Rd Sidney

Putnam County Parkinsons Support Group 1115 am Henryrsquos Restaurant 810 N Locust St Ottawa

Sept 29Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm

Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 30Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

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A farmers market brings out the best in peopleldquoThe markets give people with gardens a chance to try

a little entrepreneurship It gives buyers fresh and locally grown food and it allows people with cottage industries the chance to make a few extra bucksrdquo said Mary Jo Bockrath executive direc-tor of the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce There the market concept has gone so well in its first year that it will now be an

annual eventldquoWersquove had pretty

good attendance which makes our vendors happyrdquo Bockrath said ldquoI think the thing about a farmersrsquo market that I really like is getting people downtown and letting them visit

with their friends and neighborsrdquoAnd along with the fresh fruits and veggies Bockrath said local

folks go crazy over the baked goods especially the cupcakes ldquoReally

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we have so many unique things and every one of them is popular People enjoy everything from the produce to the garden artrdquo Bock-rath said

Echoing that sentiment is Kay Studer who along with her daughter Susan Studer King sells flowers from their organic flower business ldquoBuckeye Bloomsrdquo in the farmers market at the Lima Mall

ldquoOur booth is always very very colorful and wersquove had people tell us that the bright colors draws them in as theyrsquore driving down Elida Roadrdquo Studer said

Naturally the stock Studer offers changes from season to seasonldquoWe have people who go crazy over the Celosia because itrsquos big

and powerful looking in an arrangement Whenever I bring glads I have one lady who buys every one of them I guess though the main backbone of our sales is still zinnias They have a long life and theyrsquore available in every colorrdquo Studer said

But itrsquos not just flowers that this gardening duo offers ldquoWersquove taken orders for parties and anniversaries and we always appreciate the businessrdquo Studer added

The farmerrsquos market sales fit well with the green lifestyle Studer and her daughter live mdash Susan with a green ethic and Kay with a green thumb

ldquoIrsquod rather buy local and buy fresh Itrsquos better that wayrdquo Studer saidBockrath agrees that the green lifestyle is popular at the marketsldquoPeople really love the concept of the farmersrsquo marketsrdquo Bockrath

said And the environmental green bleeds over into green of another sort thanks to the markets

ldquoAnother plus is that our local business owners see an upkick in their business on Saturday morningsrdquo Bockrath said

Westside Farmers MarketLima Mall parking lotOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Eastside Farmers MarketTractor Supply on Harding Highway LimaOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Ottawa Farmers MarketParking lot at Main and Oak streets OttawaOpen 830 am to noon Saturdays through Oct 22

Ada Farmers MarketAda Depot 110 Central Ave AdaOpen 430 to 630 pm Thursdays through September

Hardin County Farmers MarketCourthouse in KentonOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through September

Continental Farmers MarketContinental United Methodist ChurchOpen 4 to 6 pm Fridays through September

Area Farmers Markets

Alec Thomas with Lincoln Ridge Farms preparing a table of bi-color sweet corn for customers of the Westside Farmers Market

OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

14

Rimer resident Jewelie Dunlap was born Oct 8 1951 in Lima to John and Jeneva Trask She has a sister and two brothers

ldquoWe lived in Columbus Grove near the swimming poolrdquo she saidAll through school Dunlap was in Brownies and then the Girl Scouts ldquoI was a Girl Scout up into my senior year of high schoolrdquo she said ldquoI have

always loved nature and enjoyed earning Girl Scout badges to sew on my sash My mother was a Girl Scout leaderrdquo

Besides participating in the Girl Scouts Dunlap enjoyed the outdoors collect-ing leaves and finding toads and frogs Today she is an avid bird watcher dog boarder and groomer and babysits for her grandchildren

ldquoI set my own schedule for the most partrdquo she said Her husband of 41 years Mike works at General Dynamics

About nine years ago Dunlap heard about an eaglersquos nest in St MarysldquoI decided to take my camera and spotting scope and went to find the nest

I was so interested in observing the eagles I drove to St Marys three times per day and all weekend When the eagle went back to its nest in the evening

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Portrait

By Jill Campbell

Bird lady of RimerJewelie Dunlap is an avid bird watcher

Jewelie Dunlap holding a 7-week-old eagle that had its talons wrapped

Courtesy of Jewelie Dunlap

Jewelie Dunlaps son Mike holding quail eggs in his shirt

Photo by Jill Campbell

15

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it was if it was telling me it was okay to go back homerdquo she said

ldquoFor one year I prayed to God asking him to give me an eaglersquos nest near my homerdquo she said ldquoExactly one year from the day I first traveled to St Marys I was driving down Route 12 on my way to The Creamery with a friend when an eagle flew over-headrdquo

Dunlap said that eagle was making a nest about a mile from her home The county later laid stone for a pull-off area so people could watch the birds

ldquoToday there are three nests in Putnam County two in Findlay and one in Defiancerdquo Dunlap said She has also watched eagles in other parts of Ohio and Canada ldquoI will watch eagles until I dierdquo

Besides watching eagles Jewelie has purple martin houses her son raises quail and her hummingbird feeders are complete with perches She has bred and raised three litters of cocker spaniels with the goal in mind to improve the breed (health wise) rather than make money

ldquoI donrsquot feed my cocker spaniels dog foodrdquo Dunlap said explaining she mixes 2 cups chicken frac34 cup mixed vegetables and frac14 cup of rice

ldquoAround our rural property several varieties of birds including sparrows finches indigo buntings blue jays house wrens and downy woodpeckers can be spotted but they call me the Eagle Ladyrdquo Dunlap said An eagle mural painted on Jewelies

barn by Rimer artist Gloria MillerPhotos by Jill Campbell

A purple martin apartment house graces Jewelies yard

16

A quick wit remarkable talent and faithful family man are all terms that describe 88-year-old Harold Beckett The rural Allen County resident has spent his life shar-

ing his musical gift with the local community Yet now his days are consumed with caring for the love of his life wife Nita 86 who has Alzheimerrsquos disease

This past July Harold stepped down from his role as the can-tor at Limarsquos Temple Beth Israel-Shaare Zedek He had served the Jewish congregation there for almost six decades despite the fact that he is not Jewish It all began in the early 1950s

while he was a young music teacher at Shawnee schools with a growing family and needed to supplement his income

He was also a choir director at Limarsquos St Mark Methodist Church and later at Grace United Methodist Church but still his sal-ary wouldnrsquot stretch far enough Thatrsquos when the organist that served at both Grace UMC and at the Jewish Temple sug-gested that Beckett become a cantor

Later ldquoMr Beckettrdquo as he is known to the thousands of students who studied vocal music education with him during

his 32 years at Shawnee schools became the choir director at Shawnee United Methodist Church and finally at Limarsquos First Baptist Church

The gifted vocalist who sang with symphony orchestras and in musical productions feels that ldquohellip there is a time to sing and a time when you should stoprdquo Possessing a Masters degree in vocal pedagogy he maintains that ldquoSo many muscles have to work in

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Harold BeckettAlzheimerrsquos canrsquot stop his Love Story

Nita Beckett in happier days planting her famous flower gardens

Photos courtesy of Harold Beckett

17 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

coordination in order for a voice to sound goodrdquoBesides Harold Beckett is busy spending time with

his wife who has been a resident of Spencervillersquos Roselawn Manor for the last five years

ldquoI always hug her and kiss her and talk to her and take her for a ride and feed her lunch and supperrdquo he said The ldquoriderdquo consists of pushing his spousersquos wheelchair around the grounds of the nursing facility

ldquoShe canrsquot even say a word now canrsquot walk canrsquot talk She had such a mindrdquo he said wistfully

In 1943 the couple first met in his native Columbus during Beckettrsquos sophomore year at The Ohio State University He was working at a grocery store when

a then young Nita walked in with her mother Instantly infatuated Harold asked a co-worker to ldquoLet me wait on herrdquo Soon he asked Nita for a date

This happened in the midst of World War II when Beckettrsquos schooling was interrupted by his becoming a soldier The couple continued to date but with the prospect of an overseas inva-sion looming ldquohe thought therersquos no point in making any plans I told her hellip she should start going out without someone elserdquo he said

However the slightly built senior did survive his tour in the Euro-pean Theater He even became a commissioned officer obtaining the rank of second lieutenant When he returned home ldquofriends would fix him uprdquo but he had already given his heart away to Nita A friend suggested that he call her but Harold didnrsquot think she would have anything to do with him since he had broken up with her But she accepted his invitation

ldquoAfter a three year separation I didnrsquot want to lose her this timerdquo he said The couple married Aug 30 1947 ldquoWhat a wonderful choice She was the worldrsquos champion wife I was always doing something in music that took me away from homerdquo

But she kept the home fires burning raising their two sons Tom and Jeff

About 15 years ago Nita first exhibited symptoms of Alzheimerrsquos In 1996 this prompted Beckett to resign from his job at Ohio Northern University where he taught voice for a decade following retirement from Shawnee

ldquoI felt I had to be with her she was always with me when I needed herrdquo he said Son Tom moved back from California to assist his father in keeping his mother at home Sadly Harold suffered a heart attack and nearly lost his own health during his years of caretaking

In addition Nitarsquos disease progressed causing her to need more care than her family could provide Harold made the difficult deci-sion to place her in Roselawn Manor

ldquoI never cried so much in my life eventually I got over itrdquo he said

He praises the staff there saying ldquoWhat I thought was horrible place to go has been a lifesaving and wonderful place for herrdquo

Now the silver-haired woman who once grew beautiful flower gardens no longer communicates with the outside world Her dedi-cated husband believes she recognizes him but even if she doesnrsquot 64 years ago he vowed to be with his bride until the end A prom-ise that Harold Beckett intends to keep

Christina Ryan Claypool is a freelance journalist and inspirational speaker Contact her through her Website at wwwchristinaryanclaypoolcom

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Nita Beckett (center) with son Tom and husband Harold who took care of his wife at home for 10 years with his sons assistance

Beckett

18

No trip to Ireland would be complete unless you experience the Ring of Kerry the winding route that takes you along the Iveragh Peninsula and through the quaint small towns dotting the landscape Itrsquos a route that exposes you to

beautiful views of mountains coastlines and of course the Atlantic OceanAfter another bountiful Irish breakfast which was part of my Trafalgar Tours pack-

age each day of my week-long journey my travel partner Jane and I boarded the bus to start The Ring The rain from the previous evening had ceased and the sun broke through But since the winds were strong the day would certainly call for a hat and jacket despite the fact that the temperature had climbed into the mid-50s

Our tour bus went through towns with names like Killgorglin Glenbeigh and Cahir-siveen One of our day stops was in Waterville a fishing village that really provided wonderful views of the Atlantic and a place that famed comedian Charlie Chaplin once lived Our tour guide Bernard told us that several of Chaplinrsquos descendents have remained in the area A Chaplain statute sits just off the road with a rock-strewn beach as a buffer between statue and the Atlantic As everyone clambered to get their turn to get a picture taken with the likeness of the Little Tramp I wondered just how

many had jumped in beside the derby-wearing statue over the years

Our lunch stop was at what many feel is Irelandrsquos best-known view a place called the Scarriff Inn in the town of Caherdaniel Itrsquos an area where the fog routinely settles and the eerily shrouded view I found so very atmospheric was that of Derrynane Harbour Not one of us failed to pull out our cameras for beautiful land-scape shots of this mysterious fog-shrouded natural beauty

During our stop while Jane enjoyed a bowl of Irish stew in the Inn I went on a mini camera excursion walking down a lane in search of other good angles to capture some of Irelandrsquos abun-dant natural beauty There were animals Irsquove spoken of in an ear-lier installment the ubiquitous sheep spray-painted in spots with bright blues reds and yellows as a humane way of branding them wandering the rocky terrain

Then it was back on the bus and on our way eventually through Sneem where our tour bus became the last albeit inadvertent entry in its St Patrickrsquos Day parade As Sneem-ites lined the street just behind the many outside venders that hoped to do well that day we crept along with townspeople taking pictures of us while we took pictures of them and laughing the entire time at our unexpected inclusion

Our final Ring of Kerry stop before returning to Killarney for our own opportunity to stand along a parade route to honor St Pat-rick was to take in the beauty of a an area known as Ladiesrsquo View a view which as one might imagine comes with a story

In the 1800s during a time Ireland was still a part of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria made a trip to Killarney to check this rather distant portion of her domain As was the custom the

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Queenrsquos ladies in waiting had been sent ahead to ready her quarters However when they came upon a view that included what has become known as The Lakes of Killar-ney and the mountains that framed them they became so transfixed they tarried too long and the Queen caught up to them She was upset but only until she looked about and saw the view herself and promptly forgave them for their dereliction of duty

After many snaps of our camera shutters it was back into Killarney Town for the parade that was scheduled to commence at 2 pm and what a festive and colorful experience that turned out to be

In the parade there were no fewer than four St Patrickrsquos and several organizations representing a variety of inter-ests including kids and adults in rugby and hurling uni-forms Irish dancing troupes and bagpipe brigades

As I walked around the vibrant downtown area remem-bering the feeling of being a kid again as I watched the Irish school children reveling in their day of freedom in the middle of their school week I couldnrsquot help but think of how different it was from many of the downtown areas in towns of similar size back in The States where busi-nesses have abandoned downtown and fled to malls on the outskirts of town Such is not the case in Ireland

For quiet time we headed to St Mary Cathedral a mas-sive structure with a foundation stone reading 1842 actu-ally making it one of Irelandrsquos newer cathedrals Part of its rich history is it once served as a refuge for victims of the Great Potato Famine of 1845

Then it was back downtown for the pub portion of our day The liveliest and best music Jane and I found was at the Crock lsquoO Gold Pub The star of the group was a young man with rusty hair and wonderfully dexterous fingers which made the accordion come alive in a genre he called Celtic (pronounced with a hard c) Cajun He was accompanied by a mandolin player a guitarist and a mate playing the washboard and spoons The collective sound was a real treat and certainly made the Murphyrsquos Irish Stout taste

better Since we were in there before the group even set up we were delighted when they established their position no less than five feet away giving us the absolute best seats in the house

Later after a bit more fun in the Killarney Avenue Hotel pub after our meal this one of the four evening meals included in our Trafalgar Tour package it was time to rest We would be on the move again early the next morning for Day 6 a day that would include ferrying across the River Shannon and into County Clare to see the magnificent Cliffs of Moher before trekking to our over-night stop in the city of Limerick

TOP Jane and John at Ladies View just outside Killarney

LEFT Bagpipers brigade during Killarneys St Patricks Day Parade

Photos by John Grindrod

20

Valentine Heil was born in Germany in 1863 In his early teens he was taught the art of stone cutting At age 18 he decided to come to America to find

work in that field Having no particular place in mind to settle he met some people on the ship who were headed to Cincinnati and decided to follow He couldnrsquot find work in his particular trade and so he worked in a butcher shop

While living there he met and married Rosa Beyer from Covington Ky and hearing of the growth in Lima he and his young bride came here in 1890 After looking around

he decided to open his own business Val bought a home on East Eureka Street at the southwest corner of South Jackson Street A two-story house with a large lot at the rear it became his business place as well with the stone stored at the rear of the house

Valentine had three brothers who followed him to Lima from Germany They were Daniel John and Otto All of them became involved in the business and were married

Unfortunately John died at the young age of 35 and Dan-iel at 45 They left behind a combined family of 10 children to carry on and they became a part of Valentinersquos business or started their own in other fields Otto married Labertha Bridge and had a family of eight

Valentinersquos stone business soon became a thriving one He was also in the contracting business and erected many of the Lima business blocks plus his stonework appeared on many others such as the YMCA Hotel Norval St Paul Lutheran Church and the Lima Electric Light building along with many private homes including the home of Henry

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Time Capsule

A Valentine that kept on giving Lima residentrsquos love is carved in stone

By Jeanne Porreca

The Holland Block featured the skills of Valentine HeilCourtesy of Allen County Historical Society

21

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Deisel on West Cole StreetAs his stone business grew so did his ability to hand carve

the stone One of the still-standing projects is a pair of fero-cious looking lions that stand at each side of the front steps of Henry Deiselrsquos original home on Cole Street called the Col-onnade now owned by Rob Nelson and his family

Valentine and Rosa had a family of six children all of whom grew strong and healthy But tragedy struck the family on June 29 1909 when their two youngest boys were playing in the yard where an electric line had fallen They were both instantly electrocuted and Rosa barely escaped with her life when she tried to save them

Rosa Heil died in 1912 and the following year Valentine married Miss Betty Reiter 23 years his junior They had one son Frederick from whom many details of this story were told before his death in 2003 Valentine had also started a coal company and Fred tells of a time during the depression when local ldquoculpritsrdquo would sneak the coal out of the yard and roll it onto the railroad tracks The flat cars would run over it forcing it out on the opposite side where the thieves waited eagerly with their baskets to gather it and run off into the night

Through the years family and the German community were very close to Valentine or ldquoValrdquo as he was affectionately called He had a Cadillac touring car with two spare tires on the rear which he would wash and shine carefully and loan out for funerals and other special occasions when needed and young Fred would drive the car Fred told of the many community parties that would be held on the lawn of the family home with good food and drink and plenty of good wine

Soon after the stone business started to wane and Val went into the concrete business having one of the first concrete mixers in Lima

From there he started a new company which soon became a pav-ing company and here the tradition still is carried on today Carl the second son of Valentine Heil had two sons one of them Robert J or as he is known by a lot of Lima businesses ldquoRobrdquo Heil start-ing his own blacktopping business and is fondly remembered for his love of people and a great smile along with being a truly hon-est business man At his death in 2007 the business sense passed to his son Michael who runs his own paving company known as Lima Contracting Many a yard of blacktopping has been laid by this fam-ily

Valentine Heil died peacefully Jan 26 1935 at the age of 72 years leaving a trail of traditions that are still carried on

And now for the ladies for any time there is a lady of prominence involved in a family I must mention her and none deserve it more than Anita Heil Gallantine grandaughter of Valrsquos second child Carl Heil Her father Carl Jr has every right to speak proudly of her for Anita is now a Brigadier General in the US Air Force with a long list of commendations and an even longer list of her assignments during service

Bravo Anita and wow what a family Lima can be very proud

The lions carved by Valentine Heil are still guarding the Colonnade on Cole Street

22 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Sept 1Lima Chapter 452 AARP 12

pm Milano Cafe 2383 Elida Rd Lima $8 Program about Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen

Lima Area Parkinsons Sup-port Group 2 pm St Ritarsquos Auxiliary Conference Center 718 W Market St Lima

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 3Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Central Services 900 S Col-lett St Lima 62-mile ldquoJump to Jumbordquo

rdquoDoktor Kaboomrdquo 9 am Ohio Northern University 525 S Main St Ada $10 adults $5 stu-dents (419) 772-2000

Block Party 12 pm Murphrsquos Place 113 E Spring St Lima

Town Square Prayer 12 pm Limarsquos Town Square N Main St and W Market St Lima

Church On The Rock Spa-ghetti Dinner 4 pm Church On The Rock 310 N West Street Lima $7 adults $450 Children 3-12 yrs

Real Life Tall Tales of the Ohio Frontier 7 pm Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima (419) 221-1232

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 4St Matthew Outdoor Sum-

mer Service 8 am St Mat-thew Lutheran Church 5050 Saint Matthews Dr Lima

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 29-mile ldquoMan Bites Dogrdquo ride

Gymanfa Ganu 7 pm Salem Presbyterian Church 15240 Main St Venedocia Directed by Margaret Morris-Lopez with soloist Jake Wilder and accom-panists Connie OrsquoNeill and Sue

Fickel Light supper available from 4 to 6 pm for a donation

Sept 5Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 55-mile ldquoLock 2rdquo ride

Sept 6Auglaize PERI 9 1130 am

American Legion 1108 E Ben-ton St Wapakoneta With Ohio Rep John Adams

Allen County Veterans Ser-vice Commission 5 pm Allen County Courthouse 301 N Main St Lima

Lima PFLAG (Parents Family Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 6 pm OSU LimaRhodes State 4240 Campus Dr Lima

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Tri-Moraine Audubon Soci-ety 730 pm OSU Lima Visi-tor amp Student Services Center 3900 Campus Dr Lima Terry D Schwaner on ldquoFrogs in a Wet-land in Northwest Ohiordquo

Sept 7Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Book Discussion 12 pm Common Grounds Coffeehouse 101 S Main St Bluffton ldquoThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanardquo

Sept 8Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Allen County Patriots 630 pm Allen County Sanitary Engineerrsquos Office 3230 N Cole St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence 7 pm Deliverance Tem-ple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 9Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

The Total Woman Confer-ence 10 am Deliverance Temple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Sept 10Living History Enlivening

Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Festival in the Cornfield 10 am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Lima Roadrunners 10 am Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 50-mile ldquoCascade Parkrdquo ride

Kidfest 11 am Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima

The Y Black Achievers 12 pm Lima Family YMCA 345 S Elizabeth St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence Luncheon 12 pm Grace Church 2945 Wells Dr Lima $20 adults $10 youth Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social 5 pm Perry United Methodist Church 3250 E Breese Rd Lima Proceeds to Harvest Food Pantry

37th Annual Bath Band Spectacular 7 pm Bath High School 2850 Bible Rd Lima $7

Country Diamond Dancers - Dance 7 pm Vaughnsville Community Center 115 E Find-lay St Vaughnsville

Lima Area Concert Band 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima $15 adults free for students

(419) 224-1552 ldquoFrom Sea to Shining Seardquo with Timothy Anderson

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Len Collier

Sept 11Run to Remember 830 am

Lincoln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima $20 5K RunWalk Race day registration at 7 am Proceeds to the Lima Firefighters Memorial Museum

Living History Enlivening Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Butterfly Migration Celebra-tion 2 pm Childrenrsquos Garden 620 W Market St Lima

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra-911 Tribute 3 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

Sept 13Clark Equipment Retirees

1130 am Eagles Lodge 800 W Robb Ave Lima

Westinghouse Sundstrand Group 1130 am Western Siz-zlin 2721 Elida Rd Lima (419) 331-6644

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Michael Hingson 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 14Life After Cancer Sup-

port Group 1 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima With Zach Broshes

Sept 15Interactive Bible Study 7

pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 16Spaghetti Dinner 430 pm

Events calendar

23

Lima Masonic Center 2165 N Cole St Lima $5

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Sept 17Aqua Immersion Fall Ride

and Dive 830 am Gilboa PCG 3695 State Route 224 Gil-boa

Buddy Walk 10 am Faurot Park N Cole St Lima By Allen County Downs Syndrome aware-ness group

Ada Harvest amp Herb Festival 10 am Downtown Ada 525 S Main St Ada

Dog Day at the Beach 10 am Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima $3

The Manhattan Transfer 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 18To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 25-mile ldquo50th Birthday Partyrdquo ride

Sept 20Area Agency on Aging 3 930

am Area Agency on Aging 200 E High St Lima

ALS Support Group 11 am Senior Citizen Services Inc 3400 W Elm St Lima

Caregiverrsquos Support Group 3 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Allen County Chapter Com-passionate Friends 7 pm Lima First Assembly of God

1575 E High St Lima Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Man-to-Man Support Group 7 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Sept 21Community Fellowship Meal

5 pm St John United Meth-odist Church 205 N High St Columbus Grove

Korean War Veterans 7 pm Memorial Hall 130 W Elm St Lima

Sept 22Dinner and a Movie with

Brian Keegan 6 pm Ohio State University Lima Branch 4240 Campus Dr Lima All seats $30 Movie only $5 (419) 995-8600

Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Ron White 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima (419) 224-1552

Sept 23Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima

Sept 24Lima Roadrunners 10 am

Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 60-mile ldquoNorthside County Tourrdquo ride

Park-2-Park 5K 12 pm Lin-coln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima

Appalachian Opry 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33

Wapakoneta To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Country Expo

Sept 25To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 30-mile ldquoRockport Ramblerdquo ride

Steven Curtis Chapman 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 26The Great Monter Hunt Pup-

pet Show 630 pm Putnam County District Library 136 Put-nam Pky Ottawa Puppeteers from the Mazza Museum of Findlay

Sept 27Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Sept 28Heart Health Screening 9

am Dorothy Love Amos Com-munity Center 3003 Cisco Rd Sidney

Putnam County Parkinsons Support Group 1115 am Henryrsquos Restaurant 810 N Locust St Ottawa

Sept 29Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm

Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 30Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

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we have so many unique things and every one of them is popular People enjoy everything from the produce to the garden artrdquo Bock-rath said

Echoing that sentiment is Kay Studer who along with her daughter Susan Studer King sells flowers from their organic flower business ldquoBuckeye Bloomsrdquo in the farmers market at the Lima Mall

ldquoOur booth is always very very colorful and wersquove had people tell us that the bright colors draws them in as theyrsquore driving down Elida Roadrdquo Studer said

Naturally the stock Studer offers changes from season to seasonldquoWe have people who go crazy over the Celosia because itrsquos big

and powerful looking in an arrangement Whenever I bring glads I have one lady who buys every one of them I guess though the main backbone of our sales is still zinnias They have a long life and theyrsquore available in every colorrdquo Studer said

But itrsquos not just flowers that this gardening duo offers ldquoWersquove taken orders for parties and anniversaries and we always appreciate the businessrdquo Studer added

The farmerrsquos market sales fit well with the green lifestyle Studer and her daughter live mdash Susan with a green ethic and Kay with a green thumb

ldquoIrsquod rather buy local and buy fresh Itrsquos better that wayrdquo Studer saidBockrath agrees that the green lifestyle is popular at the marketsldquoPeople really love the concept of the farmersrsquo marketsrdquo Bockrath

said And the environmental green bleeds over into green of another sort thanks to the markets

ldquoAnother plus is that our local business owners see an upkick in their business on Saturday morningsrdquo Bockrath said

Westside Farmers MarketLima Mall parking lotOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Eastside Farmers MarketTractor Supply on Harding Highway LimaOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through October

Ottawa Farmers MarketParking lot at Main and Oak streets OttawaOpen 830 am to noon Saturdays through Oct 22

Ada Farmers MarketAda Depot 110 Central Ave AdaOpen 430 to 630 pm Thursdays through September

Hardin County Farmers MarketCourthouse in KentonOpen 9 am to noon Saturdays through September

Continental Farmers MarketContinental United Methodist ChurchOpen 4 to 6 pm Fridays through September

Area Farmers Markets

Alec Thomas with Lincoln Ridge Farms preparing a table of bi-color sweet corn for customers of the Westside Farmers Market

OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

14

Rimer resident Jewelie Dunlap was born Oct 8 1951 in Lima to John and Jeneva Trask She has a sister and two brothers

ldquoWe lived in Columbus Grove near the swimming poolrdquo she saidAll through school Dunlap was in Brownies and then the Girl Scouts ldquoI was a Girl Scout up into my senior year of high schoolrdquo she said ldquoI have

always loved nature and enjoyed earning Girl Scout badges to sew on my sash My mother was a Girl Scout leaderrdquo

Besides participating in the Girl Scouts Dunlap enjoyed the outdoors collect-ing leaves and finding toads and frogs Today she is an avid bird watcher dog boarder and groomer and babysits for her grandchildren

ldquoI set my own schedule for the most partrdquo she said Her husband of 41 years Mike works at General Dynamics

About nine years ago Dunlap heard about an eaglersquos nest in St MarysldquoI decided to take my camera and spotting scope and went to find the nest

I was so interested in observing the eagles I drove to St Marys three times per day and all weekend When the eagle went back to its nest in the evening

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Portrait

By Jill Campbell

Bird lady of RimerJewelie Dunlap is an avid bird watcher

Jewelie Dunlap holding a 7-week-old eagle that had its talons wrapped

Courtesy of Jewelie Dunlap

Jewelie Dunlaps son Mike holding quail eggs in his shirt

Photo by Jill Campbell

15

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OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

it was if it was telling me it was okay to go back homerdquo she said

ldquoFor one year I prayed to God asking him to give me an eaglersquos nest near my homerdquo she said ldquoExactly one year from the day I first traveled to St Marys I was driving down Route 12 on my way to The Creamery with a friend when an eagle flew over-headrdquo

Dunlap said that eagle was making a nest about a mile from her home The county later laid stone for a pull-off area so people could watch the birds

ldquoToday there are three nests in Putnam County two in Findlay and one in Defiancerdquo Dunlap said She has also watched eagles in other parts of Ohio and Canada ldquoI will watch eagles until I dierdquo

Besides watching eagles Jewelie has purple martin houses her son raises quail and her hummingbird feeders are complete with perches She has bred and raised three litters of cocker spaniels with the goal in mind to improve the breed (health wise) rather than make money

ldquoI donrsquot feed my cocker spaniels dog foodrdquo Dunlap said explaining she mixes 2 cups chicken frac34 cup mixed vegetables and frac14 cup of rice

ldquoAround our rural property several varieties of birds including sparrows finches indigo buntings blue jays house wrens and downy woodpeckers can be spotted but they call me the Eagle Ladyrdquo Dunlap said An eagle mural painted on Jewelies

barn by Rimer artist Gloria MillerPhotos by Jill Campbell

A purple martin apartment house graces Jewelies yard

16

A quick wit remarkable talent and faithful family man are all terms that describe 88-year-old Harold Beckett The rural Allen County resident has spent his life shar-

ing his musical gift with the local community Yet now his days are consumed with caring for the love of his life wife Nita 86 who has Alzheimerrsquos disease

This past July Harold stepped down from his role as the can-tor at Limarsquos Temple Beth Israel-Shaare Zedek He had served the Jewish congregation there for almost six decades despite the fact that he is not Jewish It all began in the early 1950s

while he was a young music teacher at Shawnee schools with a growing family and needed to supplement his income

He was also a choir director at Limarsquos St Mark Methodist Church and later at Grace United Methodist Church but still his sal-ary wouldnrsquot stretch far enough Thatrsquos when the organist that served at both Grace UMC and at the Jewish Temple sug-gested that Beckett become a cantor

Later ldquoMr Beckettrdquo as he is known to the thousands of students who studied vocal music education with him during

his 32 years at Shawnee schools became the choir director at Shawnee United Methodist Church and finally at Limarsquos First Baptist Church

The gifted vocalist who sang with symphony orchestras and in musical productions feels that ldquohellip there is a time to sing and a time when you should stoprdquo Possessing a Masters degree in vocal pedagogy he maintains that ldquoSo many muscles have to work in

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Harold BeckettAlzheimerrsquos canrsquot stop his Love Story

Nita Beckett in happier days planting her famous flower gardens

Photos courtesy of Harold Beckett

17 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

coordination in order for a voice to sound goodrdquoBesides Harold Beckett is busy spending time with

his wife who has been a resident of Spencervillersquos Roselawn Manor for the last five years

ldquoI always hug her and kiss her and talk to her and take her for a ride and feed her lunch and supperrdquo he said The ldquoriderdquo consists of pushing his spousersquos wheelchair around the grounds of the nursing facility

ldquoShe canrsquot even say a word now canrsquot walk canrsquot talk She had such a mindrdquo he said wistfully

In 1943 the couple first met in his native Columbus during Beckettrsquos sophomore year at The Ohio State University He was working at a grocery store when

a then young Nita walked in with her mother Instantly infatuated Harold asked a co-worker to ldquoLet me wait on herrdquo Soon he asked Nita for a date

This happened in the midst of World War II when Beckettrsquos schooling was interrupted by his becoming a soldier The couple continued to date but with the prospect of an overseas inva-sion looming ldquohe thought therersquos no point in making any plans I told her hellip she should start going out without someone elserdquo he said

However the slightly built senior did survive his tour in the Euro-pean Theater He even became a commissioned officer obtaining the rank of second lieutenant When he returned home ldquofriends would fix him uprdquo but he had already given his heart away to Nita A friend suggested that he call her but Harold didnrsquot think she would have anything to do with him since he had broken up with her But she accepted his invitation

ldquoAfter a three year separation I didnrsquot want to lose her this timerdquo he said The couple married Aug 30 1947 ldquoWhat a wonderful choice She was the worldrsquos champion wife I was always doing something in music that took me away from homerdquo

But she kept the home fires burning raising their two sons Tom and Jeff

About 15 years ago Nita first exhibited symptoms of Alzheimerrsquos In 1996 this prompted Beckett to resign from his job at Ohio Northern University where he taught voice for a decade following retirement from Shawnee

ldquoI felt I had to be with her she was always with me when I needed herrdquo he said Son Tom moved back from California to assist his father in keeping his mother at home Sadly Harold suffered a heart attack and nearly lost his own health during his years of caretaking

In addition Nitarsquos disease progressed causing her to need more care than her family could provide Harold made the difficult deci-sion to place her in Roselawn Manor

ldquoI never cried so much in my life eventually I got over itrdquo he said

He praises the staff there saying ldquoWhat I thought was horrible place to go has been a lifesaving and wonderful place for herrdquo

Now the silver-haired woman who once grew beautiful flower gardens no longer communicates with the outside world Her dedi-cated husband believes she recognizes him but even if she doesnrsquot 64 years ago he vowed to be with his bride until the end A prom-ise that Harold Beckett intends to keep

Christina Ryan Claypool is a freelance journalist and inspirational speaker Contact her through her Website at wwwchristinaryanclaypoolcom

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Nita Beckett (center) with son Tom and husband Harold who took care of his wife at home for 10 years with his sons assistance

Beckett

18

No trip to Ireland would be complete unless you experience the Ring of Kerry the winding route that takes you along the Iveragh Peninsula and through the quaint small towns dotting the landscape Itrsquos a route that exposes you to

beautiful views of mountains coastlines and of course the Atlantic OceanAfter another bountiful Irish breakfast which was part of my Trafalgar Tours pack-

age each day of my week-long journey my travel partner Jane and I boarded the bus to start The Ring The rain from the previous evening had ceased and the sun broke through But since the winds were strong the day would certainly call for a hat and jacket despite the fact that the temperature had climbed into the mid-50s

Our tour bus went through towns with names like Killgorglin Glenbeigh and Cahir-siveen One of our day stops was in Waterville a fishing village that really provided wonderful views of the Atlantic and a place that famed comedian Charlie Chaplin once lived Our tour guide Bernard told us that several of Chaplinrsquos descendents have remained in the area A Chaplain statute sits just off the road with a rock-strewn beach as a buffer between statue and the Atlantic As everyone clambered to get their turn to get a picture taken with the likeness of the Little Tramp I wondered just how

many had jumped in beside the derby-wearing statue over the years

Our lunch stop was at what many feel is Irelandrsquos best-known view a place called the Scarriff Inn in the town of Caherdaniel Itrsquos an area where the fog routinely settles and the eerily shrouded view I found so very atmospheric was that of Derrynane Harbour Not one of us failed to pull out our cameras for beautiful land-scape shots of this mysterious fog-shrouded natural beauty

During our stop while Jane enjoyed a bowl of Irish stew in the Inn I went on a mini camera excursion walking down a lane in search of other good angles to capture some of Irelandrsquos abun-dant natural beauty There were animals Irsquove spoken of in an ear-lier installment the ubiquitous sheep spray-painted in spots with bright blues reds and yellows as a humane way of branding them wandering the rocky terrain

Then it was back on the bus and on our way eventually through Sneem where our tour bus became the last albeit inadvertent entry in its St Patrickrsquos Day parade As Sneem-ites lined the street just behind the many outside venders that hoped to do well that day we crept along with townspeople taking pictures of us while we took pictures of them and laughing the entire time at our unexpected inclusion

Our final Ring of Kerry stop before returning to Killarney for our own opportunity to stand along a parade route to honor St Pat-rick was to take in the beauty of a an area known as Ladiesrsquo View a view which as one might imagine comes with a story

In the 1800s during a time Ireland was still a part of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria made a trip to Killarney to check this rather distant portion of her domain As was the custom the

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Queenrsquos ladies in waiting had been sent ahead to ready her quarters However when they came upon a view that included what has become known as The Lakes of Killar-ney and the mountains that framed them they became so transfixed they tarried too long and the Queen caught up to them She was upset but only until she looked about and saw the view herself and promptly forgave them for their dereliction of duty

After many snaps of our camera shutters it was back into Killarney Town for the parade that was scheduled to commence at 2 pm and what a festive and colorful experience that turned out to be

In the parade there were no fewer than four St Patrickrsquos and several organizations representing a variety of inter-ests including kids and adults in rugby and hurling uni-forms Irish dancing troupes and bagpipe brigades

As I walked around the vibrant downtown area remem-bering the feeling of being a kid again as I watched the Irish school children reveling in their day of freedom in the middle of their school week I couldnrsquot help but think of how different it was from many of the downtown areas in towns of similar size back in The States where busi-nesses have abandoned downtown and fled to malls on the outskirts of town Such is not the case in Ireland

For quiet time we headed to St Mary Cathedral a mas-sive structure with a foundation stone reading 1842 actu-ally making it one of Irelandrsquos newer cathedrals Part of its rich history is it once served as a refuge for victims of the Great Potato Famine of 1845

Then it was back downtown for the pub portion of our day The liveliest and best music Jane and I found was at the Crock lsquoO Gold Pub The star of the group was a young man with rusty hair and wonderfully dexterous fingers which made the accordion come alive in a genre he called Celtic (pronounced with a hard c) Cajun He was accompanied by a mandolin player a guitarist and a mate playing the washboard and spoons The collective sound was a real treat and certainly made the Murphyrsquos Irish Stout taste

better Since we were in there before the group even set up we were delighted when they established their position no less than five feet away giving us the absolute best seats in the house

Later after a bit more fun in the Killarney Avenue Hotel pub after our meal this one of the four evening meals included in our Trafalgar Tour package it was time to rest We would be on the move again early the next morning for Day 6 a day that would include ferrying across the River Shannon and into County Clare to see the magnificent Cliffs of Moher before trekking to our over-night stop in the city of Limerick

TOP Jane and John at Ladies View just outside Killarney

LEFT Bagpipers brigade during Killarneys St Patricks Day Parade

Photos by John Grindrod

20

Valentine Heil was born in Germany in 1863 In his early teens he was taught the art of stone cutting At age 18 he decided to come to America to find

work in that field Having no particular place in mind to settle he met some people on the ship who were headed to Cincinnati and decided to follow He couldnrsquot find work in his particular trade and so he worked in a butcher shop

While living there he met and married Rosa Beyer from Covington Ky and hearing of the growth in Lima he and his young bride came here in 1890 After looking around

he decided to open his own business Val bought a home on East Eureka Street at the southwest corner of South Jackson Street A two-story house with a large lot at the rear it became his business place as well with the stone stored at the rear of the house

Valentine had three brothers who followed him to Lima from Germany They were Daniel John and Otto All of them became involved in the business and were married

Unfortunately John died at the young age of 35 and Dan-iel at 45 They left behind a combined family of 10 children to carry on and they became a part of Valentinersquos business or started their own in other fields Otto married Labertha Bridge and had a family of eight

Valentinersquos stone business soon became a thriving one He was also in the contracting business and erected many of the Lima business blocks plus his stonework appeared on many others such as the YMCA Hotel Norval St Paul Lutheran Church and the Lima Electric Light building along with many private homes including the home of Henry

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Time Capsule

A Valentine that kept on giving Lima residentrsquos love is carved in stone

By Jeanne Porreca

The Holland Block featured the skills of Valentine HeilCourtesy of Allen County Historical Society

21

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Deisel on West Cole StreetAs his stone business grew so did his ability to hand carve

the stone One of the still-standing projects is a pair of fero-cious looking lions that stand at each side of the front steps of Henry Deiselrsquos original home on Cole Street called the Col-onnade now owned by Rob Nelson and his family

Valentine and Rosa had a family of six children all of whom grew strong and healthy But tragedy struck the family on June 29 1909 when their two youngest boys were playing in the yard where an electric line had fallen They were both instantly electrocuted and Rosa barely escaped with her life when she tried to save them

Rosa Heil died in 1912 and the following year Valentine married Miss Betty Reiter 23 years his junior They had one son Frederick from whom many details of this story were told before his death in 2003 Valentine had also started a coal company and Fred tells of a time during the depression when local ldquoculpritsrdquo would sneak the coal out of the yard and roll it onto the railroad tracks The flat cars would run over it forcing it out on the opposite side where the thieves waited eagerly with their baskets to gather it and run off into the night

Through the years family and the German community were very close to Valentine or ldquoValrdquo as he was affectionately called He had a Cadillac touring car with two spare tires on the rear which he would wash and shine carefully and loan out for funerals and other special occasions when needed and young Fred would drive the car Fred told of the many community parties that would be held on the lawn of the family home with good food and drink and plenty of good wine

Soon after the stone business started to wane and Val went into the concrete business having one of the first concrete mixers in Lima

From there he started a new company which soon became a pav-ing company and here the tradition still is carried on today Carl the second son of Valentine Heil had two sons one of them Robert J or as he is known by a lot of Lima businesses ldquoRobrdquo Heil start-ing his own blacktopping business and is fondly remembered for his love of people and a great smile along with being a truly hon-est business man At his death in 2007 the business sense passed to his son Michael who runs his own paving company known as Lima Contracting Many a yard of blacktopping has been laid by this fam-ily

Valentine Heil died peacefully Jan 26 1935 at the age of 72 years leaving a trail of traditions that are still carried on

And now for the ladies for any time there is a lady of prominence involved in a family I must mention her and none deserve it more than Anita Heil Gallantine grandaughter of Valrsquos second child Carl Heil Her father Carl Jr has every right to speak proudly of her for Anita is now a Brigadier General in the US Air Force with a long list of commendations and an even longer list of her assignments during service

Bravo Anita and wow what a family Lima can be very proud

The lions carved by Valentine Heil are still guarding the Colonnade on Cole Street

22 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Sept 1Lima Chapter 452 AARP 12

pm Milano Cafe 2383 Elida Rd Lima $8 Program about Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen

Lima Area Parkinsons Sup-port Group 2 pm St Ritarsquos Auxiliary Conference Center 718 W Market St Lima

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 3Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Central Services 900 S Col-lett St Lima 62-mile ldquoJump to Jumbordquo

rdquoDoktor Kaboomrdquo 9 am Ohio Northern University 525 S Main St Ada $10 adults $5 stu-dents (419) 772-2000

Block Party 12 pm Murphrsquos Place 113 E Spring St Lima

Town Square Prayer 12 pm Limarsquos Town Square N Main St and W Market St Lima

Church On The Rock Spa-ghetti Dinner 4 pm Church On The Rock 310 N West Street Lima $7 adults $450 Children 3-12 yrs

Real Life Tall Tales of the Ohio Frontier 7 pm Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima (419) 221-1232

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 4St Matthew Outdoor Sum-

mer Service 8 am St Mat-thew Lutheran Church 5050 Saint Matthews Dr Lima

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 29-mile ldquoMan Bites Dogrdquo ride

Gymanfa Ganu 7 pm Salem Presbyterian Church 15240 Main St Venedocia Directed by Margaret Morris-Lopez with soloist Jake Wilder and accom-panists Connie OrsquoNeill and Sue

Fickel Light supper available from 4 to 6 pm for a donation

Sept 5Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 55-mile ldquoLock 2rdquo ride

Sept 6Auglaize PERI 9 1130 am

American Legion 1108 E Ben-ton St Wapakoneta With Ohio Rep John Adams

Allen County Veterans Ser-vice Commission 5 pm Allen County Courthouse 301 N Main St Lima

Lima PFLAG (Parents Family Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 6 pm OSU LimaRhodes State 4240 Campus Dr Lima

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Tri-Moraine Audubon Soci-ety 730 pm OSU Lima Visi-tor amp Student Services Center 3900 Campus Dr Lima Terry D Schwaner on ldquoFrogs in a Wet-land in Northwest Ohiordquo

Sept 7Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Book Discussion 12 pm Common Grounds Coffeehouse 101 S Main St Bluffton ldquoThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanardquo

Sept 8Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Allen County Patriots 630 pm Allen County Sanitary Engineerrsquos Office 3230 N Cole St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence 7 pm Deliverance Tem-ple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 9Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

The Total Woman Confer-ence 10 am Deliverance Temple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Sept 10Living History Enlivening

Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Festival in the Cornfield 10 am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Lima Roadrunners 10 am Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 50-mile ldquoCascade Parkrdquo ride

Kidfest 11 am Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima

The Y Black Achievers 12 pm Lima Family YMCA 345 S Elizabeth St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence Luncheon 12 pm Grace Church 2945 Wells Dr Lima $20 adults $10 youth Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social 5 pm Perry United Methodist Church 3250 E Breese Rd Lima Proceeds to Harvest Food Pantry

37th Annual Bath Band Spectacular 7 pm Bath High School 2850 Bible Rd Lima $7

Country Diamond Dancers - Dance 7 pm Vaughnsville Community Center 115 E Find-lay St Vaughnsville

Lima Area Concert Band 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima $15 adults free for students

(419) 224-1552 ldquoFrom Sea to Shining Seardquo with Timothy Anderson

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Len Collier

Sept 11Run to Remember 830 am

Lincoln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima $20 5K RunWalk Race day registration at 7 am Proceeds to the Lima Firefighters Memorial Museum

Living History Enlivening Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Butterfly Migration Celebra-tion 2 pm Childrenrsquos Garden 620 W Market St Lima

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra-911 Tribute 3 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

Sept 13Clark Equipment Retirees

1130 am Eagles Lodge 800 W Robb Ave Lima

Westinghouse Sundstrand Group 1130 am Western Siz-zlin 2721 Elida Rd Lima (419) 331-6644

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Michael Hingson 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 14Life After Cancer Sup-

port Group 1 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima With Zach Broshes

Sept 15Interactive Bible Study 7

pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 16Spaghetti Dinner 430 pm

Events calendar

23

Lima Masonic Center 2165 N Cole St Lima $5

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Sept 17Aqua Immersion Fall Ride

and Dive 830 am Gilboa PCG 3695 State Route 224 Gil-boa

Buddy Walk 10 am Faurot Park N Cole St Lima By Allen County Downs Syndrome aware-ness group

Ada Harvest amp Herb Festival 10 am Downtown Ada 525 S Main St Ada

Dog Day at the Beach 10 am Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima $3

The Manhattan Transfer 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 18To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 25-mile ldquo50th Birthday Partyrdquo ride

Sept 20Area Agency on Aging 3 930

am Area Agency on Aging 200 E High St Lima

ALS Support Group 11 am Senior Citizen Services Inc 3400 W Elm St Lima

Caregiverrsquos Support Group 3 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Allen County Chapter Com-passionate Friends 7 pm Lima First Assembly of God

1575 E High St Lima Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Man-to-Man Support Group 7 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Sept 21Community Fellowship Meal

5 pm St John United Meth-odist Church 205 N High St Columbus Grove

Korean War Veterans 7 pm Memorial Hall 130 W Elm St Lima

Sept 22Dinner and a Movie with

Brian Keegan 6 pm Ohio State University Lima Branch 4240 Campus Dr Lima All seats $30 Movie only $5 (419) 995-8600

Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Ron White 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima (419) 224-1552

Sept 23Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima

Sept 24Lima Roadrunners 10 am

Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 60-mile ldquoNorthside County Tourrdquo ride

Park-2-Park 5K 12 pm Lin-coln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima

Appalachian Opry 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33

Wapakoneta To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Country Expo

Sept 25To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 30-mile ldquoRockport Ramblerdquo ride

Steven Curtis Chapman 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 26The Great Monter Hunt Pup-

pet Show 630 pm Putnam County District Library 136 Put-nam Pky Ottawa Puppeteers from the Mazza Museum of Findlay

Sept 27Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Sept 28Heart Health Screening 9

am Dorothy Love Amos Com-munity Center 3003 Cisco Rd Sidney

Putnam County Parkinsons Support Group 1115 am Henryrsquos Restaurant 810 N Locust St Ottawa

Sept 29Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm

Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 30Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

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14

Rimer resident Jewelie Dunlap was born Oct 8 1951 in Lima to John and Jeneva Trask She has a sister and two brothers

ldquoWe lived in Columbus Grove near the swimming poolrdquo she saidAll through school Dunlap was in Brownies and then the Girl Scouts ldquoI was a Girl Scout up into my senior year of high schoolrdquo she said ldquoI have

always loved nature and enjoyed earning Girl Scout badges to sew on my sash My mother was a Girl Scout leaderrdquo

Besides participating in the Girl Scouts Dunlap enjoyed the outdoors collect-ing leaves and finding toads and frogs Today she is an avid bird watcher dog boarder and groomer and babysits for her grandchildren

ldquoI set my own schedule for the most partrdquo she said Her husband of 41 years Mike works at General Dynamics

About nine years ago Dunlap heard about an eaglersquos nest in St MarysldquoI decided to take my camera and spotting scope and went to find the nest

I was so interested in observing the eagles I drove to St Marys three times per day and all weekend When the eagle went back to its nest in the evening

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Portrait

By Jill Campbell

Bird lady of RimerJewelie Dunlap is an avid bird watcher

Jewelie Dunlap holding a 7-week-old eagle that had its talons wrapped

Courtesy of Jewelie Dunlap

Jewelie Dunlaps son Mike holding quail eggs in his shirt

Photo by Jill Campbell

15

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OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

it was if it was telling me it was okay to go back homerdquo she said

ldquoFor one year I prayed to God asking him to give me an eaglersquos nest near my homerdquo she said ldquoExactly one year from the day I first traveled to St Marys I was driving down Route 12 on my way to The Creamery with a friend when an eagle flew over-headrdquo

Dunlap said that eagle was making a nest about a mile from her home The county later laid stone for a pull-off area so people could watch the birds

ldquoToday there are three nests in Putnam County two in Findlay and one in Defiancerdquo Dunlap said She has also watched eagles in other parts of Ohio and Canada ldquoI will watch eagles until I dierdquo

Besides watching eagles Jewelie has purple martin houses her son raises quail and her hummingbird feeders are complete with perches She has bred and raised three litters of cocker spaniels with the goal in mind to improve the breed (health wise) rather than make money

ldquoI donrsquot feed my cocker spaniels dog foodrdquo Dunlap said explaining she mixes 2 cups chicken frac34 cup mixed vegetables and frac14 cup of rice

ldquoAround our rural property several varieties of birds including sparrows finches indigo buntings blue jays house wrens and downy woodpeckers can be spotted but they call me the Eagle Ladyrdquo Dunlap said An eagle mural painted on Jewelies

barn by Rimer artist Gloria MillerPhotos by Jill Campbell

A purple martin apartment house graces Jewelies yard

16

A quick wit remarkable talent and faithful family man are all terms that describe 88-year-old Harold Beckett The rural Allen County resident has spent his life shar-

ing his musical gift with the local community Yet now his days are consumed with caring for the love of his life wife Nita 86 who has Alzheimerrsquos disease

This past July Harold stepped down from his role as the can-tor at Limarsquos Temple Beth Israel-Shaare Zedek He had served the Jewish congregation there for almost six decades despite the fact that he is not Jewish It all began in the early 1950s

while he was a young music teacher at Shawnee schools with a growing family and needed to supplement his income

He was also a choir director at Limarsquos St Mark Methodist Church and later at Grace United Methodist Church but still his sal-ary wouldnrsquot stretch far enough Thatrsquos when the organist that served at both Grace UMC and at the Jewish Temple sug-gested that Beckett become a cantor

Later ldquoMr Beckettrdquo as he is known to the thousands of students who studied vocal music education with him during

his 32 years at Shawnee schools became the choir director at Shawnee United Methodist Church and finally at Limarsquos First Baptist Church

The gifted vocalist who sang with symphony orchestras and in musical productions feels that ldquohellip there is a time to sing and a time when you should stoprdquo Possessing a Masters degree in vocal pedagogy he maintains that ldquoSo many muscles have to work in

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Harold BeckettAlzheimerrsquos canrsquot stop his Love Story

Nita Beckett in happier days planting her famous flower gardens

Photos courtesy of Harold Beckett

17 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

coordination in order for a voice to sound goodrdquoBesides Harold Beckett is busy spending time with

his wife who has been a resident of Spencervillersquos Roselawn Manor for the last five years

ldquoI always hug her and kiss her and talk to her and take her for a ride and feed her lunch and supperrdquo he said The ldquoriderdquo consists of pushing his spousersquos wheelchair around the grounds of the nursing facility

ldquoShe canrsquot even say a word now canrsquot walk canrsquot talk She had such a mindrdquo he said wistfully

In 1943 the couple first met in his native Columbus during Beckettrsquos sophomore year at The Ohio State University He was working at a grocery store when

a then young Nita walked in with her mother Instantly infatuated Harold asked a co-worker to ldquoLet me wait on herrdquo Soon he asked Nita for a date

This happened in the midst of World War II when Beckettrsquos schooling was interrupted by his becoming a soldier The couple continued to date but with the prospect of an overseas inva-sion looming ldquohe thought therersquos no point in making any plans I told her hellip she should start going out without someone elserdquo he said

However the slightly built senior did survive his tour in the Euro-pean Theater He even became a commissioned officer obtaining the rank of second lieutenant When he returned home ldquofriends would fix him uprdquo but he had already given his heart away to Nita A friend suggested that he call her but Harold didnrsquot think she would have anything to do with him since he had broken up with her But she accepted his invitation

ldquoAfter a three year separation I didnrsquot want to lose her this timerdquo he said The couple married Aug 30 1947 ldquoWhat a wonderful choice She was the worldrsquos champion wife I was always doing something in music that took me away from homerdquo

But she kept the home fires burning raising their two sons Tom and Jeff

About 15 years ago Nita first exhibited symptoms of Alzheimerrsquos In 1996 this prompted Beckett to resign from his job at Ohio Northern University where he taught voice for a decade following retirement from Shawnee

ldquoI felt I had to be with her she was always with me when I needed herrdquo he said Son Tom moved back from California to assist his father in keeping his mother at home Sadly Harold suffered a heart attack and nearly lost his own health during his years of caretaking

In addition Nitarsquos disease progressed causing her to need more care than her family could provide Harold made the difficult deci-sion to place her in Roselawn Manor

ldquoI never cried so much in my life eventually I got over itrdquo he said

He praises the staff there saying ldquoWhat I thought was horrible place to go has been a lifesaving and wonderful place for herrdquo

Now the silver-haired woman who once grew beautiful flower gardens no longer communicates with the outside world Her dedi-cated husband believes she recognizes him but even if she doesnrsquot 64 years ago he vowed to be with his bride until the end A prom-ise that Harold Beckett intends to keep

Christina Ryan Claypool is a freelance journalist and inspirational speaker Contact her through her Website at wwwchristinaryanclaypoolcom

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Nita Beckett (center) with son Tom and husband Harold who took care of his wife at home for 10 years with his sons assistance

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18

No trip to Ireland would be complete unless you experience the Ring of Kerry the winding route that takes you along the Iveragh Peninsula and through the quaint small towns dotting the landscape Itrsquos a route that exposes you to

beautiful views of mountains coastlines and of course the Atlantic OceanAfter another bountiful Irish breakfast which was part of my Trafalgar Tours pack-

age each day of my week-long journey my travel partner Jane and I boarded the bus to start The Ring The rain from the previous evening had ceased and the sun broke through But since the winds were strong the day would certainly call for a hat and jacket despite the fact that the temperature had climbed into the mid-50s

Our tour bus went through towns with names like Killgorglin Glenbeigh and Cahir-siveen One of our day stops was in Waterville a fishing village that really provided wonderful views of the Atlantic and a place that famed comedian Charlie Chaplin once lived Our tour guide Bernard told us that several of Chaplinrsquos descendents have remained in the area A Chaplain statute sits just off the road with a rock-strewn beach as a buffer between statue and the Atlantic As everyone clambered to get their turn to get a picture taken with the likeness of the Little Tramp I wondered just how

many had jumped in beside the derby-wearing statue over the years

Our lunch stop was at what many feel is Irelandrsquos best-known view a place called the Scarriff Inn in the town of Caherdaniel Itrsquos an area where the fog routinely settles and the eerily shrouded view I found so very atmospheric was that of Derrynane Harbour Not one of us failed to pull out our cameras for beautiful land-scape shots of this mysterious fog-shrouded natural beauty

During our stop while Jane enjoyed a bowl of Irish stew in the Inn I went on a mini camera excursion walking down a lane in search of other good angles to capture some of Irelandrsquos abun-dant natural beauty There were animals Irsquove spoken of in an ear-lier installment the ubiquitous sheep spray-painted in spots with bright blues reds and yellows as a humane way of branding them wandering the rocky terrain

Then it was back on the bus and on our way eventually through Sneem where our tour bus became the last albeit inadvertent entry in its St Patrickrsquos Day parade As Sneem-ites lined the street just behind the many outside venders that hoped to do well that day we crept along with townspeople taking pictures of us while we took pictures of them and laughing the entire time at our unexpected inclusion

Our final Ring of Kerry stop before returning to Killarney for our own opportunity to stand along a parade route to honor St Pat-rick was to take in the beauty of a an area known as Ladiesrsquo View a view which as one might imagine comes with a story

In the 1800s during a time Ireland was still a part of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria made a trip to Killarney to check this rather distant portion of her domain As was the custom the

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Queenrsquos ladies in waiting had been sent ahead to ready her quarters However when they came upon a view that included what has become known as The Lakes of Killar-ney and the mountains that framed them they became so transfixed they tarried too long and the Queen caught up to them She was upset but only until she looked about and saw the view herself and promptly forgave them for their dereliction of duty

After many snaps of our camera shutters it was back into Killarney Town for the parade that was scheduled to commence at 2 pm and what a festive and colorful experience that turned out to be

In the parade there were no fewer than four St Patrickrsquos and several organizations representing a variety of inter-ests including kids and adults in rugby and hurling uni-forms Irish dancing troupes and bagpipe brigades

As I walked around the vibrant downtown area remem-bering the feeling of being a kid again as I watched the Irish school children reveling in their day of freedom in the middle of their school week I couldnrsquot help but think of how different it was from many of the downtown areas in towns of similar size back in The States where busi-nesses have abandoned downtown and fled to malls on the outskirts of town Such is not the case in Ireland

For quiet time we headed to St Mary Cathedral a mas-sive structure with a foundation stone reading 1842 actu-ally making it one of Irelandrsquos newer cathedrals Part of its rich history is it once served as a refuge for victims of the Great Potato Famine of 1845

Then it was back downtown for the pub portion of our day The liveliest and best music Jane and I found was at the Crock lsquoO Gold Pub The star of the group was a young man with rusty hair and wonderfully dexterous fingers which made the accordion come alive in a genre he called Celtic (pronounced with a hard c) Cajun He was accompanied by a mandolin player a guitarist and a mate playing the washboard and spoons The collective sound was a real treat and certainly made the Murphyrsquos Irish Stout taste

better Since we were in there before the group even set up we were delighted when they established their position no less than five feet away giving us the absolute best seats in the house

Later after a bit more fun in the Killarney Avenue Hotel pub after our meal this one of the four evening meals included in our Trafalgar Tour package it was time to rest We would be on the move again early the next morning for Day 6 a day that would include ferrying across the River Shannon and into County Clare to see the magnificent Cliffs of Moher before trekking to our over-night stop in the city of Limerick

TOP Jane and John at Ladies View just outside Killarney

LEFT Bagpipers brigade during Killarneys St Patricks Day Parade

Photos by John Grindrod

20

Valentine Heil was born in Germany in 1863 In his early teens he was taught the art of stone cutting At age 18 he decided to come to America to find

work in that field Having no particular place in mind to settle he met some people on the ship who were headed to Cincinnati and decided to follow He couldnrsquot find work in his particular trade and so he worked in a butcher shop

While living there he met and married Rosa Beyer from Covington Ky and hearing of the growth in Lima he and his young bride came here in 1890 After looking around

he decided to open his own business Val bought a home on East Eureka Street at the southwest corner of South Jackson Street A two-story house with a large lot at the rear it became his business place as well with the stone stored at the rear of the house

Valentine had three brothers who followed him to Lima from Germany They were Daniel John and Otto All of them became involved in the business and were married

Unfortunately John died at the young age of 35 and Dan-iel at 45 They left behind a combined family of 10 children to carry on and they became a part of Valentinersquos business or started their own in other fields Otto married Labertha Bridge and had a family of eight

Valentinersquos stone business soon became a thriving one He was also in the contracting business and erected many of the Lima business blocks plus his stonework appeared on many others such as the YMCA Hotel Norval St Paul Lutheran Church and the Lima Electric Light building along with many private homes including the home of Henry

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Time Capsule

A Valentine that kept on giving Lima residentrsquos love is carved in stone

By Jeanne Porreca

The Holland Block featured the skills of Valentine HeilCourtesy of Allen County Historical Society

21

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Deisel on West Cole StreetAs his stone business grew so did his ability to hand carve

the stone One of the still-standing projects is a pair of fero-cious looking lions that stand at each side of the front steps of Henry Deiselrsquos original home on Cole Street called the Col-onnade now owned by Rob Nelson and his family

Valentine and Rosa had a family of six children all of whom grew strong and healthy But tragedy struck the family on June 29 1909 when their two youngest boys were playing in the yard where an electric line had fallen They were both instantly electrocuted and Rosa barely escaped with her life when she tried to save them

Rosa Heil died in 1912 and the following year Valentine married Miss Betty Reiter 23 years his junior They had one son Frederick from whom many details of this story were told before his death in 2003 Valentine had also started a coal company and Fred tells of a time during the depression when local ldquoculpritsrdquo would sneak the coal out of the yard and roll it onto the railroad tracks The flat cars would run over it forcing it out on the opposite side where the thieves waited eagerly with their baskets to gather it and run off into the night

Through the years family and the German community were very close to Valentine or ldquoValrdquo as he was affectionately called He had a Cadillac touring car with two spare tires on the rear which he would wash and shine carefully and loan out for funerals and other special occasions when needed and young Fred would drive the car Fred told of the many community parties that would be held on the lawn of the family home with good food and drink and plenty of good wine

Soon after the stone business started to wane and Val went into the concrete business having one of the first concrete mixers in Lima

From there he started a new company which soon became a pav-ing company and here the tradition still is carried on today Carl the second son of Valentine Heil had two sons one of them Robert J or as he is known by a lot of Lima businesses ldquoRobrdquo Heil start-ing his own blacktopping business and is fondly remembered for his love of people and a great smile along with being a truly hon-est business man At his death in 2007 the business sense passed to his son Michael who runs his own paving company known as Lima Contracting Many a yard of blacktopping has been laid by this fam-ily

Valentine Heil died peacefully Jan 26 1935 at the age of 72 years leaving a trail of traditions that are still carried on

And now for the ladies for any time there is a lady of prominence involved in a family I must mention her and none deserve it more than Anita Heil Gallantine grandaughter of Valrsquos second child Carl Heil Her father Carl Jr has every right to speak proudly of her for Anita is now a Brigadier General in the US Air Force with a long list of commendations and an even longer list of her assignments during service

Bravo Anita and wow what a family Lima can be very proud

The lions carved by Valentine Heil are still guarding the Colonnade on Cole Street

22 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Sept 1Lima Chapter 452 AARP 12

pm Milano Cafe 2383 Elida Rd Lima $8 Program about Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen

Lima Area Parkinsons Sup-port Group 2 pm St Ritarsquos Auxiliary Conference Center 718 W Market St Lima

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 3Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Central Services 900 S Col-lett St Lima 62-mile ldquoJump to Jumbordquo

rdquoDoktor Kaboomrdquo 9 am Ohio Northern University 525 S Main St Ada $10 adults $5 stu-dents (419) 772-2000

Block Party 12 pm Murphrsquos Place 113 E Spring St Lima

Town Square Prayer 12 pm Limarsquos Town Square N Main St and W Market St Lima

Church On The Rock Spa-ghetti Dinner 4 pm Church On The Rock 310 N West Street Lima $7 adults $450 Children 3-12 yrs

Real Life Tall Tales of the Ohio Frontier 7 pm Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima (419) 221-1232

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 4St Matthew Outdoor Sum-

mer Service 8 am St Mat-thew Lutheran Church 5050 Saint Matthews Dr Lima

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 29-mile ldquoMan Bites Dogrdquo ride

Gymanfa Ganu 7 pm Salem Presbyterian Church 15240 Main St Venedocia Directed by Margaret Morris-Lopez with soloist Jake Wilder and accom-panists Connie OrsquoNeill and Sue

Fickel Light supper available from 4 to 6 pm for a donation

Sept 5Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 55-mile ldquoLock 2rdquo ride

Sept 6Auglaize PERI 9 1130 am

American Legion 1108 E Ben-ton St Wapakoneta With Ohio Rep John Adams

Allen County Veterans Ser-vice Commission 5 pm Allen County Courthouse 301 N Main St Lima

Lima PFLAG (Parents Family Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 6 pm OSU LimaRhodes State 4240 Campus Dr Lima

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Tri-Moraine Audubon Soci-ety 730 pm OSU Lima Visi-tor amp Student Services Center 3900 Campus Dr Lima Terry D Schwaner on ldquoFrogs in a Wet-land in Northwest Ohiordquo

Sept 7Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Book Discussion 12 pm Common Grounds Coffeehouse 101 S Main St Bluffton ldquoThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanardquo

Sept 8Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Allen County Patriots 630 pm Allen County Sanitary Engineerrsquos Office 3230 N Cole St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence 7 pm Deliverance Tem-ple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 9Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

The Total Woman Confer-ence 10 am Deliverance Temple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Sept 10Living History Enlivening

Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Festival in the Cornfield 10 am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Lima Roadrunners 10 am Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 50-mile ldquoCascade Parkrdquo ride

Kidfest 11 am Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima

The Y Black Achievers 12 pm Lima Family YMCA 345 S Elizabeth St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence Luncheon 12 pm Grace Church 2945 Wells Dr Lima $20 adults $10 youth Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social 5 pm Perry United Methodist Church 3250 E Breese Rd Lima Proceeds to Harvest Food Pantry

37th Annual Bath Band Spectacular 7 pm Bath High School 2850 Bible Rd Lima $7

Country Diamond Dancers - Dance 7 pm Vaughnsville Community Center 115 E Find-lay St Vaughnsville

Lima Area Concert Band 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima $15 adults free for students

(419) 224-1552 ldquoFrom Sea to Shining Seardquo with Timothy Anderson

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Len Collier

Sept 11Run to Remember 830 am

Lincoln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima $20 5K RunWalk Race day registration at 7 am Proceeds to the Lima Firefighters Memorial Museum

Living History Enlivening Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Butterfly Migration Celebra-tion 2 pm Childrenrsquos Garden 620 W Market St Lima

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra-911 Tribute 3 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

Sept 13Clark Equipment Retirees

1130 am Eagles Lodge 800 W Robb Ave Lima

Westinghouse Sundstrand Group 1130 am Western Siz-zlin 2721 Elida Rd Lima (419) 331-6644

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Michael Hingson 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 14Life After Cancer Sup-

port Group 1 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima With Zach Broshes

Sept 15Interactive Bible Study 7

pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 16Spaghetti Dinner 430 pm

Events calendar

23

Lima Masonic Center 2165 N Cole St Lima $5

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Sept 17Aqua Immersion Fall Ride

and Dive 830 am Gilboa PCG 3695 State Route 224 Gil-boa

Buddy Walk 10 am Faurot Park N Cole St Lima By Allen County Downs Syndrome aware-ness group

Ada Harvest amp Herb Festival 10 am Downtown Ada 525 S Main St Ada

Dog Day at the Beach 10 am Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima $3

The Manhattan Transfer 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 18To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 25-mile ldquo50th Birthday Partyrdquo ride

Sept 20Area Agency on Aging 3 930

am Area Agency on Aging 200 E High St Lima

ALS Support Group 11 am Senior Citizen Services Inc 3400 W Elm St Lima

Caregiverrsquos Support Group 3 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Allen County Chapter Com-passionate Friends 7 pm Lima First Assembly of God

1575 E High St Lima Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Man-to-Man Support Group 7 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Sept 21Community Fellowship Meal

5 pm St John United Meth-odist Church 205 N High St Columbus Grove

Korean War Veterans 7 pm Memorial Hall 130 W Elm St Lima

Sept 22Dinner and a Movie with

Brian Keegan 6 pm Ohio State University Lima Branch 4240 Campus Dr Lima All seats $30 Movie only $5 (419) 995-8600

Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Ron White 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima (419) 224-1552

Sept 23Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima

Sept 24Lima Roadrunners 10 am

Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 60-mile ldquoNorthside County Tourrdquo ride

Park-2-Park 5K 12 pm Lin-coln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima

Appalachian Opry 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33

Wapakoneta To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Country Expo

Sept 25To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 30-mile ldquoRockport Ramblerdquo ride

Steven Curtis Chapman 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 26The Great Monter Hunt Pup-

pet Show 630 pm Putnam County District Library 136 Put-nam Pky Ottawa Puppeteers from the Mazza Museum of Findlay

Sept 27Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Sept 28Heart Health Screening 9

am Dorothy Love Amos Com-munity Center 3003 Cisco Rd Sidney

Putnam County Parkinsons Support Group 1115 am Henryrsquos Restaurant 810 N Locust St Ottawa

Sept 29Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm

Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 30Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

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OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

it was if it was telling me it was okay to go back homerdquo she said

ldquoFor one year I prayed to God asking him to give me an eaglersquos nest near my homerdquo she said ldquoExactly one year from the day I first traveled to St Marys I was driving down Route 12 on my way to The Creamery with a friend when an eagle flew over-headrdquo

Dunlap said that eagle was making a nest about a mile from her home The county later laid stone for a pull-off area so people could watch the birds

ldquoToday there are three nests in Putnam County two in Findlay and one in Defiancerdquo Dunlap said She has also watched eagles in other parts of Ohio and Canada ldquoI will watch eagles until I dierdquo

Besides watching eagles Jewelie has purple martin houses her son raises quail and her hummingbird feeders are complete with perches She has bred and raised three litters of cocker spaniels with the goal in mind to improve the breed (health wise) rather than make money

ldquoI donrsquot feed my cocker spaniels dog foodrdquo Dunlap said explaining she mixes 2 cups chicken frac34 cup mixed vegetables and frac14 cup of rice

ldquoAround our rural property several varieties of birds including sparrows finches indigo buntings blue jays house wrens and downy woodpeckers can be spotted but they call me the Eagle Ladyrdquo Dunlap said An eagle mural painted on Jewelies

barn by Rimer artist Gloria MillerPhotos by Jill Campbell

A purple martin apartment house graces Jewelies yard

16

A quick wit remarkable talent and faithful family man are all terms that describe 88-year-old Harold Beckett The rural Allen County resident has spent his life shar-

ing his musical gift with the local community Yet now his days are consumed with caring for the love of his life wife Nita 86 who has Alzheimerrsquos disease

This past July Harold stepped down from his role as the can-tor at Limarsquos Temple Beth Israel-Shaare Zedek He had served the Jewish congregation there for almost six decades despite the fact that he is not Jewish It all began in the early 1950s

while he was a young music teacher at Shawnee schools with a growing family and needed to supplement his income

He was also a choir director at Limarsquos St Mark Methodist Church and later at Grace United Methodist Church but still his sal-ary wouldnrsquot stretch far enough Thatrsquos when the organist that served at both Grace UMC and at the Jewish Temple sug-gested that Beckett become a cantor

Later ldquoMr Beckettrdquo as he is known to the thousands of students who studied vocal music education with him during

his 32 years at Shawnee schools became the choir director at Shawnee United Methodist Church and finally at Limarsquos First Baptist Church

The gifted vocalist who sang with symphony orchestras and in musical productions feels that ldquohellip there is a time to sing and a time when you should stoprdquo Possessing a Masters degree in vocal pedagogy he maintains that ldquoSo many muscles have to work in

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Harold BeckettAlzheimerrsquos canrsquot stop his Love Story

Nita Beckett in happier days planting her famous flower gardens

Photos courtesy of Harold Beckett

17 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

coordination in order for a voice to sound goodrdquoBesides Harold Beckett is busy spending time with

his wife who has been a resident of Spencervillersquos Roselawn Manor for the last five years

ldquoI always hug her and kiss her and talk to her and take her for a ride and feed her lunch and supperrdquo he said The ldquoriderdquo consists of pushing his spousersquos wheelchair around the grounds of the nursing facility

ldquoShe canrsquot even say a word now canrsquot walk canrsquot talk She had such a mindrdquo he said wistfully

In 1943 the couple first met in his native Columbus during Beckettrsquos sophomore year at The Ohio State University He was working at a grocery store when

a then young Nita walked in with her mother Instantly infatuated Harold asked a co-worker to ldquoLet me wait on herrdquo Soon he asked Nita for a date

This happened in the midst of World War II when Beckettrsquos schooling was interrupted by his becoming a soldier The couple continued to date but with the prospect of an overseas inva-sion looming ldquohe thought therersquos no point in making any plans I told her hellip she should start going out without someone elserdquo he said

However the slightly built senior did survive his tour in the Euro-pean Theater He even became a commissioned officer obtaining the rank of second lieutenant When he returned home ldquofriends would fix him uprdquo but he had already given his heart away to Nita A friend suggested that he call her but Harold didnrsquot think she would have anything to do with him since he had broken up with her But she accepted his invitation

ldquoAfter a three year separation I didnrsquot want to lose her this timerdquo he said The couple married Aug 30 1947 ldquoWhat a wonderful choice She was the worldrsquos champion wife I was always doing something in music that took me away from homerdquo

But she kept the home fires burning raising their two sons Tom and Jeff

About 15 years ago Nita first exhibited symptoms of Alzheimerrsquos In 1996 this prompted Beckett to resign from his job at Ohio Northern University where he taught voice for a decade following retirement from Shawnee

ldquoI felt I had to be with her she was always with me when I needed herrdquo he said Son Tom moved back from California to assist his father in keeping his mother at home Sadly Harold suffered a heart attack and nearly lost his own health during his years of caretaking

In addition Nitarsquos disease progressed causing her to need more care than her family could provide Harold made the difficult deci-sion to place her in Roselawn Manor

ldquoI never cried so much in my life eventually I got over itrdquo he said

He praises the staff there saying ldquoWhat I thought was horrible place to go has been a lifesaving and wonderful place for herrdquo

Now the silver-haired woman who once grew beautiful flower gardens no longer communicates with the outside world Her dedi-cated husband believes she recognizes him but even if she doesnrsquot 64 years ago he vowed to be with his bride until the end A prom-ise that Harold Beckett intends to keep

Christina Ryan Claypool is a freelance journalist and inspirational speaker Contact her through her Website at wwwchristinaryanclaypoolcom

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Nita Beckett (center) with son Tom and husband Harold who took care of his wife at home for 10 years with his sons assistance

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18

No trip to Ireland would be complete unless you experience the Ring of Kerry the winding route that takes you along the Iveragh Peninsula and through the quaint small towns dotting the landscape Itrsquos a route that exposes you to

beautiful views of mountains coastlines and of course the Atlantic OceanAfter another bountiful Irish breakfast which was part of my Trafalgar Tours pack-

age each day of my week-long journey my travel partner Jane and I boarded the bus to start The Ring The rain from the previous evening had ceased and the sun broke through But since the winds were strong the day would certainly call for a hat and jacket despite the fact that the temperature had climbed into the mid-50s

Our tour bus went through towns with names like Killgorglin Glenbeigh and Cahir-siveen One of our day stops was in Waterville a fishing village that really provided wonderful views of the Atlantic and a place that famed comedian Charlie Chaplin once lived Our tour guide Bernard told us that several of Chaplinrsquos descendents have remained in the area A Chaplain statute sits just off the road with a rock-strewn beach as a buffer between statue and the Atlantic As everyone clambered to get their turn to get a picture taken with the likeness of the Little Tramp I wondered just how

many had jumped in beside the derby-wearing statue over the years

Our lunch stop was at what many feel is Irelandrsquos best-known view a place called the Scarriff Inn in the town of Caherdaniel Itrsquos an area where the fog routinely settles and the eerily shrouded view I found so very atmospheric was that of Derrynane Harbour Not one of us failed to pull out our cameras for beautiful land-scape shots of this mysterious fog-shrouded natural beauty

During our stop while Jane enjoyed a bowl of Irish stew in the Inn I went on a mini camera excursion walking down a lane in search of other good angles to capture some of Irelandrsquos abun-dant natural beauty There were animals Irsquove spoken of in an ear-lier installment the ubiquitous sheep spray-painted in spots with bright blues reds and yellows as a humane way of branding them wandering the rocky terrain

Then it was back on the bus and on our way eventually through Sneem where our tour bus became the last albeit inadvertent entry in its St Patrickrsquos Day parade As Sneem-ites lined the street just behind the many outside venders that hoped to do well that day we crept along with townspeople taking pictures of us while we took pictures of them and laughing the entire time at our unexpected inclusion

Our final Ring of Kerry stop before returning to Killarney for our own opportunity to stand along a parade route to honor St Pat-rick was to take in the beauty of a an area known as Ladiesrsquo View a view which as one might imagine comes with a story

In the 1800s during a time Ireland was still a part of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria made a trip to Killarney to check this rather distant portion of her domain As was the custom the

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Queenrsquos ladies in waiting had been sent ahead to ready her quarters However when they came upon a view that included what has become known as The Lakes of Killar-ney and the mountains that framed them they became so transfixed they tarried too long and the Queen caught up to them She was upset but only until she looked about and saw the view herself and promptly forgave them for their dereliction of duty

After many snaps of our camera shutters it was back into Killarney Town for the parade that was scheduled to commence at 2 pm and what a festive and colorful experience that turned out to be

In the parade there were no fewer than four St Patrickrsquos and several organizations representing a variety of inter-ests including kids and adults in rugby and hurling uni-forms Irish dancing troupes and bagpipe brigades

As I walked around the vibrant downtown area remem-bering the feeling of being a kid again as I watched the Irish school children reveling in their day of freedom in the middle of their school week I couldnrsquot help but think of how different it was from many of the downtown areas in towns of similar size back in The States where busi-nesses have abandoned downtown and fled to malls on the outskirts of town Such is not the case in Ireland

For quiet time we headed to St Mary Cathedral a mas-sive structure with a foundation stone reading 1842 actu-ally making it one of Irelandrsquos newer cathedrals Part of its rich history is it once served as a refuge for victims of the Great Potato Famine of 1845

Then it was back downtown for the pub portion of our day The liveliest and best music Jane and I found was at the Crock lsquoO Gold Pub The star of the group was a young man with rusty hair and wonderfully dexterous fingers which made the accordion come alive in a genre he called Celtic (pronounced with a hard c) Cajun He was accompanied by a mandolin player a guitarist and a mate playing the washboard and spoons The collective sound was a real treat and certainly made the Murphyrsquos Irish Stout taste

better Since we were in there before the group even set up we were delighted when they established their position no less than five feet away giving us the absolute best seats in the house

Later after a bit more fun in the Killarney Avenue Hotel pub after our meal this one of the four evening meals included in our Trafalgar Tour package it was time to rest We would be on the move again early the next morning for Day 6 a day that would include ferrying across the River Shannon and into County Clare to see the magnificent Cliffs of Moher before trekking to our over-night stop in the city of Limerick

TOP Jane and John at Ladies View just outside Killarney

LEFT Bagpipers brigade during Killarneys St Patricks Day Parade

Photos by John Grindrod

20

Valentine Heil was born in Germany in 1863 In his early teens he was taught the art of stone cutting At age 18 he decided to come to America to find

work in that field Having no particular place in mind to settle he met some people on the ship who were headed to Cincinnati and decided to follow He couldnrsquot find work in his particular trade and so he worked in a butcher shop

While living there he met and married Rosa Beyer from Covington Ky and hearing of the growth in Lima he and his young bride came here in 1890 After looking around

he decided to open his own business Val bought a home on East Eureka Street at the southwest corner of South Jackson Street A two-story house with a large lot at the rear it became his business place as well with the stone stored at the rear of the house

Valentine had three brothers who followed him to Lima from Germany They were Daniel John and Otto All of them became involved in the business and were married

Unfortunately John died at the young age of 35 and Dan-iel at 45 They left behind a combined family of 10 children to carry on and they became a part of Valentinersquos business or started their own in other fields Otto married Labertha Bridge and had a family of eight

Valentinersquos stone business soon became a thriving one He was also in the contracting business and erected many of the Lima business blocks plus his stonework appeared on many others such as the YMCA Hotel Norval St Paul Lutheran Church and the Lima Electric Light building along with many private homes including the home of Henry

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Time Capsule

A Valentine that kept on giving Lima residentrsquos love is carved in stone

By Jeanne Porreca

The Holland Block featured the skills of Valentine HeilCourtesy of Allen County Historical Society

21

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Deisel on West Cole StreetAs his stone business grew so did his ability to hand carve

the stone One of the still-standing projects is a pair of fero-cious looking lions that stand at each side of the front steps of Henry Deiselrsquos original home on Cole Street called the Col-onnade now owned by Rob Nelson and his family

Valentine and Rosa had a family of six children all of whom grew strong and healthy But tragedy struck the family on June 29 1909 when their two youngest boys were playing in the yard where an electric line had fallen They were both instantly electrocuted and Rosa barely escaped with her life when she tried to save them

Rosa Heil died in 1912 and the following year Valentine married Miss Betty Reiter 23 years his junior They had one son Frederick from whom many details of this story were told before his death in 2003 Valentine had also started a coal company and Fred tells of a time during the depression when local ldquoculpritsrdquo would sneak the coal out of the yard and roll it onto the railroad tracks The flat cars would run over it forcing it out on the opposite side where the thieves waited eagerly with their baskets to gather it and run off into the night

Through the years family and the German community were very close to Valentine or ldquoValrdquo as he was affectionately called He had a Cadillac touring car with two spare tires on the rear which he would wash and shine carefully and loan out for funerals and other special occasions when needed and young Fred would drive the car Fred told of the many community parties that would be held on the lawn of the family home with good food and drink and plenty of good wine

Soon after the stone business started to wane and Val went into the concrete business having one of the first concrete mixers in Lima

From there he started a new company which soon became a pav-ing company and here the tradition still is carried on today Carl the second son of Valentine Heil had two sons one of them Robert J or as he is known by a lot of Lima businesses ldquoRobrdquo Heil start-ing his own blacktopping business and is fondly remembered for his love of people and a great smile along with being a truly hon-est business man At his death in 2007 the business sense passed to his son Michael who runs his own paving company known as Lima Contracting Many a yard of blacktopping has been laid by this fam-ily

Valentine Heil died peacefully Jan 26 1935 at the age of 72 years leaving a trail of traditions that are still carried on

And now for the ladies for any time there is a lady of prominence involved in a family I must mention her and none deserve it more than Anita Heil Gallantine grandaughter of Valrsquos second child Carl Heil Her father Carl Jr has every right to speak proudly of her for Anita is now a Brigadier General in the US Air Force with a long list of commendations and an even longer list of her assignments during service

Bravo Anita and wow what a family Lima can be very proud

The lions carved by Valentine Heil are still guarding the Colonnade on Cole Street

22 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Sept 1Lima Chapter 452 AARP 12

pm Milano Cafe 2383 Elida Rd Lima $8 Program about Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen

Lima Area Parkinsons Sup-port Group 2 pm St Ritarsquos Auxiliary Conference Center 718 W Market St Lima

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 3Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Central Services 900 S Col-lett St Lima 62-mile ldquoJump to Jumbordquo

rdquoDoktor Kaboomrdquo 9 am Ohio Northern University 525 S Main St Ada $10 adults $5 stu-dents (419) 772-2000

Block Party 12 pm Murphrsquos Place 113 E Spring St Lima

Town Square Prayer 12 pm Limarsquos Town Square N Main St and W Market St Lima

Church On The Rock Spa-ghetti Dinner 4 pm Church On The Rock 310 N West Street Lima $7 adults $450 Children 3-12 yrs

Real Life Tall Tales of the Ohio Frontier 7 pm Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima (419) 221-1232

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 4St Matthew Outdoor Sum-

mer Service 8 am St Mat-thew Lutheran Church 5050 Saint Matthews Dr Lima

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 29-mile ldquoMan Bites Dogrdquo ride

Gymanfa Ganu 7 pm Salem Presbyterian Church 15240 Main St Venedocia Directed by Margaret Morris-Lopez with soloist Jake Wilder and accom-panists Connie OrsquoNeill and Sue

Fickel Light supper available from 4 to 6 pm for a donation

Sept 5Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 55-mile ldquoLock 2rdquo ride

Sept 6Auglaize PERI 9 1130 am

American Legion 1108 E Ben-ton St Wapakoneta With Ohio Rep John Adams

Allen County Veterans Ser-vice Commission 5 pm Allen County Courthouse 301 N Main St Lima

Lima PFLAG (Parents Family Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 6 pm OSU LimaRhodes State 4240 Campus Dr Lima

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Tri-Moraine Audubon Soci-ety 730 pm OSU Lima Visi-tor amp Student Services Center 3900 Campus Dr Lima Terry D Schwaner on ldquoFrogs in a Wet-land in Northwest Ohiordquo

Sept 7Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Book Discussion 12 pm Common Grounds Coffeehouse 101 S Main St Bluffton ldquoThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanardquo

Sept 8Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Allen County Patriots 630 pm Allen County Sanitary Engineerrsquos Office 3230 N Cole St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence 7 pm Deliverance Tem-ple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 9Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

The Total Woman Confer-ence 10 am Deliverance Temple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Sept 10Living History Enlivening

Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Festival in the Cornfield 10 am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Lima Roadrunners 10 am Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 50-mile ldquoCascade Parkrdquo ride

Kidfest 11 am Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima

The Y Black Achievers 12 pm Lima Family YMCA 345 S Elizabeth St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence Luncheon 12 pm Grace Church 2945 Wells Dr Lima $20 adults $10 youth Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social 5 pm Perry United Methodist Church 3250 E Breese Rd Lima Proceeds to Harvest Food Pantry

37th Annual Bath Band Spectacular 7 pm Bath High School 2850 Bible Rd Lima $7

Country Diamond Dancers - Dance 7 pm Vaughnsville Community Center 115 E Find-lay St Vaughnsville

Lima Area Concert Band 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima $15 adults free for students

(419) 224-1552 ldquoFrom Sea to Shining Seardquo with Timothy Anderson

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Len Collier

Sept 11Run to Remember 830 am

Lincoln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima $20 5K RunWalk Race day registration at 7 am Proceeds to the Lima Firefighters Memorial Museum

Living History Enlivening Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Butterfly Migration Celebra-tion 2 pm Childrenrsquos Garden 620 W Market St Lima

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra-911 Tribute 3 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

Sept 13Clark Equipment Retirees

1130 am Eagles Lodge 800 W Robb Ave Lima

Westinghouse Sundstrand Group 1130 am Western Siz-zlin 2721 Elida Rd Lima (419) 331-6644

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Michael Hingson 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 14Life After Cancer Sup-

port Group 1 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima With Zach Broshes

Sept 15Interactive Bible Study 7

pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 16Spaghetti Dinner 430 pm

Events calendar

23

Lima Masonic Center 2165 N Cole St Lima $5

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Sept 17Aqua Immersion Fall Ride

and Dive 830 am Gilboa PCG 3695 State Route 224 Gil-boa

Buddy Walk 10 am Faurot Park N Cole St Lima By Allen County Downs Syndrome aware-ness group

Ada Harvest amp Herb Festival 10 am Downtown Ada 525 S Main St Ada

Dog Day at the Beach 10 am Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima $3

The Manhattan Transfer 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 18To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 25-mile ldquo50th Birthday Partyrdquo ride

Sept 20Area Agency on Aging 3 930

am Area Agency on Aging 200 E High St Lima

ALS Support Group 11 am Senior Citizen Services Inc 3400 W Elm St Lima

Caregiverrsquos Support Group 3 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Allen County Chapter Com-passionate Friends 7 pm Lima First Assembly of God

1575 E High St Lima Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Man-to-Man Support Group 7 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Sept 21Community Fellowship Meal

5 pm St John United Meth-odist Church 205 N High St Columbus Grove

Korean War Veterans 7 pm Memorial Hall 130 W Elm St Lima

Sept 22Dinner and a Movie with

Brian Keegan 6 pm Ohio State University Lima Branch 4240 Campus Dr Lima All seats $30 Movie only $5 (419) 995-8600

Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Ron White 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima (419) 224-1552

Sept 23Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima

Sept 24Lima Roadrunners 10 am

Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 60-mile ldquoNorthside County Tourrdquo ride

Park-2-Park 5K 12 pm Lin-coln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima

Appalachian Opry 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33

Wapakoneta To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Country Expo

Sept 25To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 30-mile ldquoRockport Ramblerdquo ride

Steven Curtis Chapman 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 26The Great Monter Hunt Pup-

pet Show 630 pm Putnam County District Library 136 Put-nam Pky Ottawa Puppeteers from the Mazza Museum of Findlay

Sept 27Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Sept 28Heart Health Screening 9

am Dorothy Love Amos Com-munity Center 3003 Cisco Rd Sidney

Putnam County Parkinsons Support Group 1115 am Henryrsquos Restaurant 810 N Locust St Ottawa

Sept 29Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm

Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 30Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

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16

A quick wit remarkable talent and faithful family man are all terms that describe 88-year-old Harold Beckett The rural Allen County resident has spent his life shar-

ing his musical gift with the local community Yet now his days are consumed with caring for the love of his life wife Nita 86 who has Alzheimerrsquos disease

This past July Harold stepped down from his role as the can-tor at Limarsquos Temple Beth Israel-Shaare Zedek He had served the Jewish congregation there for almost six decades despite the fact that he is not Jewish It all began in the early 1950s

while he was a young music teacher at Shawnee schools with a growing family and needed to supplement his income

He was also a choir director at Limarsquos St Mark Methodist Church and later at Grace United Methodist Church but still his sal-ary wouldnrsquot stretch far enough Thatrsquos when the organist that served at both Grace UMC and at the Jewish Temple sug-gested that Beckett become a cantor

Later ldquoMr Beckettrdquo as he is known to the thousands of students who studied vocal music education with him during

his 32 years at Shawnee schools became the choir director at Shawnee United Methodist Church and finally at Limarsquos First Baptist Church

The gifted vocalist who sang with symphony orchestras and in musical productions feels that ldquohellip there is a time to sing and a time when you should stoprdquo Possessing a Masters degree in vocal pedagogy he maintains that ldquoSo many muscles have to work in

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Harold BeckettAlzheimerrsquos canrsquot stop his Love Story

Nita Beckett in happier days planting her famous flower gardens

Photos courtesy of Harold Beckett

17 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

coordination in order for a voice to sound goodrdquoBesides Harold Beckett is busy spending time with

his wife who has been a resident of Spencervillersquos Roselawn Manor for the last five years

ldquoI always hug her and kiss her and talk to her and take her for a ride and feed her lunch and supperrdquo he said The ldquoriderdquo consists of pushing his spousersquos wheelchair around the grounds of the nursing facility

ldquoShe canrsquot even say a word now canrsquot walk canrsquot talk She had such a mindrdquo he said wistfully

In 1943 the couple first met in his native Columbus during Beckettrsquos sophomore year at The Ohio State University He was working at a grocery store when

a then young Nita walked in with her mother Instantly infatuated Harold asked a co-worker to ldquoLet me wait on herrdquo Soon he asked Nita for a date

This happened in the midst of World War II when Beckettrsquos schooling was interrupted by his becoming a soldier The couple continued to date but with the prospect of an overseas inva-sion looming ldquohe thought therersquos no point in making any plans I told her hellip she should start going out without someone elserdquo he said

However the slightly built senior did survive his tour in the Euro-pean Theater He even became a commissioned officer obtaining the rank of second lieutenant When he returned home ldquofriends would fix him uprdquo but he had already given his heart away to Nita A friend suggested that he call her but Harold didnrsquot think she would have anything to do with him since he had broken up with her But she accepted his invitation

ldquoAfter a three year separation I didnrsquot want to lose her this timerdquo he said The couple married Aug 30 1947 ldquoWhat a wonderful choice She was the worldrsquos champion wife I was always doing something in music that took me away from homerdquo

But she kept the home fires burning raising their two sons Tom and Jeff

About 15 years ago Nita first exhibited symptoms of Alzheimerrsquos In 1996 this prompted Beckett to resign from his job at Ohio Northern University where he taught voice for a decade following retirement from Shawnee

ldquoI felt I had to be with her she was always with me when I needed herrdquo he said Son Tom moved back from California to assist his father in keeping his mother at home Sadly Harold suffered a heart attack and nearly lost his own health during his years of caretaking

In addition Nitarsquos disease progressed causing her to need more care than her family could provide Harold made the difficult deci-sion to place her in Roselawn Manor

ldquoI never cried so much in my life eventually I got over itrdquo he said

He praises the staff there saying ldquoWhat I thought was horrible place to go has been a lifesaving and wonderful place for herrdquo

Now the silver-haired woman who once grew beautiful flower gardens no longer communicates with the outside world Her dedi-cated husband believes she recognizes him but even if she doesnrsquot 64 years ago he vowed to be with his bride until the end A prom-ise that Harold Beckett intends to keep

Christina Ryan Claypool is a freelance journalist and inspirational speaker Contact her through her Website at wwwchristinaryanclaypoolcom

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Nita Beckett (center) with son Tom and husband Harold who took care of his wife at home for 10 years with his sons assistance

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18

No trip to Ireland would be complete unless you experience the Ring of Kerry the winding route that takes you along the Iveragh Peninsula and through the quaint small towns dotting the landscape Itrsquos a route that exposes you to

beautiful views of mountains coastlines and of course the Atlantic OceanAfter another bountiful Irish breakfast which was part of my Trafalgar Tours pack-

age each day of my week-long journey my travel partner Jane and I boarded the bus to start The Ring The rain from the previous evening had ceased and the sun broke through But since the winds were strong the day would certainly call for a hat and jacket despite the fact that the temperature had climbed into the mid-50s

Our tour bus went through towns with names like Killgorglin Glenbeigh and Cahir-siveen One of our day stops was in Waterville a fishing village that really provided wonderful views of the Atlantic and a place that famed comedian Charlie Chaplin once lived Our tour guide Bernard told us that several of Chaplinrsquos descendents have remained in the area A Chaplain statute sits just off the road with a rock-strewn beach as a buffer between statue and the Atlantic As everyone clambered to get their turn to get a picture taken with the likeness of the Little Tramp I wondered just how

many had jumped in beside the derby-wearing statue over the years

Our lunch stop was at what many feel is Irelandrsquos best-known view a place called the Scarriff Inn in the town of Caherdaniel Itrsquos an area where the fog routinely settles and the eerily shrouded view I found so very atmospheric was that of Derrynane Harbour Not one of us failed to pull out our cameras for beautiful land-scape shots of this mysterious fog-shrouded natural beauty

During our stop while Jane enjoyed a bowl of Irish stew in the Inn I went on a mini camera excursion walking down a lane in search of other good angles to capture some of Irelandrsquos abun-dant natural beauty There were animals Irsquove spoken of in an ear-lier installment the ubiquitous sheep spray-painted in spots with bright blues reds and yellows as a humane way of branding them wandering the rocky terrain

Then it was back on the bus and on our way eventually through Sneem where our tour bus became the last albeit inadvertent entry in its St Patrickrsquos Day parade As Sneem-ites lined the street just behind the many outside venders that hoped to do well that day we crept along with townspeople taking pictures of us while we took pictures of them and laughing the entire time at our unexpected inclusion

Our final Ring of Kerry stop before returning to Killarney for our own opportunity to stand along a parade route to honor St Pat-rick was to take in the beauty of a an area known as Ladiesrsquo View a view which as one might imagine comes with a story

In the 1800s during a time Ireland was still a part of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria made a trip to Killarney to check this rather distant portion of her domain As was the custom the

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Queenrsquos ladies in waiting had been sent ahead to ready her quarters However when they came upon a view that included what has become known as The Lakes of Killar-ney and the mountains that framed them they became so transfixed they tarried too long and the Queen caught up to them She was upset but only until she looked about and saw the view herself and promptly forgave them for their dereliction of duty

After many snaps of our camera shutters it was back into Killarney Town for the parade that was scheduled to commence at 2 pm and what a festive and colorful experience that turned out to be

In the parade there were no fewer than four St Patrickrsquos and several organizations representing a variety of inter-ests including kids and adults in rugby and hurling uni-forms Irish dancing troupes and bagpipe brigades

As I walked around the vibrant downtown area remem-bering the feeling of being a kid again as I watched the Irish school children reveling in their day of freedom in the middle of their school week I couldnrsquot help but think of how different it was from many of the downtown areas in towns of similar size back in The States where busi-nesses have abandoned downtown and fled to malls on the outskirts of town Such is not the case in Ireland

For quiet time we headed to St Mary Cathedral a mas-sive structure with a foundation stone reading 1842 actu-ally making it one of Irelandrsquos newer cathedrals Part of its rich history is it once served as a refuge for victims of the Great Potato Famine of 1845

Then it was back downtown for the pub portion of our day The liveliest and best music Jane and I found was at the Crock lsquoO Gold Pub The star of the group was a young man with rusty hair and wonderfully dexterous fingers which made the accordion come alive in a genre he called Celtic (pronounced with a hard c) Cajun He was accompanied by a mandolin player a guitarist and a mate playing the washboard and spoons The collective sound was a real treat and certainly made the Murphyrsquos Irish Stout taste

better Since we were in there before the group even set up we were delighted when they established their position no less than five feet away giving us the absolute best seats in the house

Later after a bit more fun in the Killarney Avenue Hotel pub after our meal this one of the four evening meals included in our Trafalgar Tour package it was time to rest We would be on the move again early the next morning for Day 6 a day that would include ferrying across the River Shannon and into County Clare to see the magnificent Cliffs of Moher before trekking to our over-night stop in the city of Limerick

TOP Jane and John at Ladies View just outside Killarney

LEFT Bagpipers brigade during Killarneys St Patricks Day Parade

Photos by John Grindrod

20

Valentine Heil was born in Germany in 1863 In his early teens he was taught the art of stone cutting At age 18 he decided to come to America to find

work in that field Having no particular place in mind to settle he met some people on the ship who were headed to Cincinnati and decided to follow He couldnrsquot find work in his particular trade and so he worked in a butcher shop

While living there he met and married Rosa Beyer from Covington Ky and hearing of the growth in Lima he and his young bride came here in 1890 After looking around

he decided to open his own business Val bought a home on East Eureka Street at the southwest corner of South Jackson Street A two-story house with a large lot at the rear it became his business place as well with the stone stored at the rear of the house

Valentine had three brothers who followed him to Lima from Germany They were Daniel John and Otto All of them became involved in the business and were married

Unfortunately John died at the young age of 35 and Dan-iel at 45 They left behind a combined family of 10 children to carry on and they became a part of Valentinersquos business or started their own in other fields Otto married Labertha Bridge and had a family of eight

Valentinersquos stone business soon became a thriving one He was also in the contracting business and erected many of the Lima business blocks plus his stonework appeared on many others such as the YMCA Hotel Norval St Paul Lutheran Church and the Lima Electric Light building along with many private homes including the home of Henry

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Time Capsule

A Valentine that kept on giving Lima residentrsquos love is carved in stone

By Jeanne Porreca

The Holland Block featured the skills of Valentine HeilCourtesy of Allen County Historical Society

21

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Deisel on West Cole StreetAs his stone business grew so did his ability to hand carve

the stone One of the still-standing projects is a pair of fero-cious looking lions that stand at each side of the front steps of Henry Deiselrsquos original home on Cole Street called the Col-onnade now owned by Rob Nelson and his family

Valentine and Rosa had a family of six children all of whom grew strong and healthy But tragedy struck the family on June 29 1909 when their two youngest boys were playing in the yard where an electric line had fallen They were both instantly electrocuted and Rosa barely escaped with her life when she tried to save them

Rosa Heil died in 1912 and the following year Valentine married Miss Betty Reiter 23 years his junior They had one son Frederick from whom many details of this story were told before his death in 2003 Valentine had also started a coal company and Fred tells of a time during the depression when local ldquoculpritsrdquo would sneak the coal out of the yard and roll it onto the railroad tracks The flat cars would run over it forcing it out on the opposite side where the thieves waited eagerly with their baskets to gather it and run off into the night

Through the years family and the German community were very close to Valentine or ldquoValrdquo as he was affectionately called He had a Cadillac touring car with two spare tires on the rear which he would wash and shine carefully and loan out for funerals and other special occasions when needed and young Fred would drive the car Fred told of the many community parties that would be held on the lawn of the family home with good food and drink and plenty of good wine

Soon after the stone business started to wane and Val went into the concrete business having one of the first concrete mixers in Lima

From there he started a new company which soon became a pav-ing company and here the tradition still is carried on today Carl the second son of Valentine Heil had two sons one of them Robert J or as he is known by a lot of Lima businesses ldquoRobrdquo Heil start-ing his own blacktopping business and is fondly remembered for his love of people and a great smile along with being a truly hon-est business man At his death in 2007 the business sense passed to his son Michael who runs his own paving company known as Lima Contracting Many a yard of blacktopping has been laid by this fam-ily

Valentine Heil died peacefully Jan 26 1935 at the age of 72 years leaving a trail of traditions that are still carried on

And now for the ladies for any time there is a lady of prominence involved in a family I must mention her and none deserve it more than Anita Heil Gallantine grandaughter of Valrsquos second child Carl Heil Her father Carl Jr has every right to speak proudly of her for Anita is now a Brigadier General in the US Air Force with a long list of commendations and an even longer list of her assignments during service

Bravo Anita and wow what a family Lima can be very proud

The lions carved by Valentine Heil are still guarding the Colonnade on Cole Street

22 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Sept 1Lima Chapter 452 AARP 12

pm Milano Cafe 2383 Elida Rd Lima $8 Program about Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen

Lima Area Parkinsons Sup-port Group 2 pm St Ritarsquos Auxiliary Conference Center 718 W Market St Lima

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 3Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Central Services 900 S Col-lett St Lima 62-mile ldquoJump to Jumbordquo

rdquoDoktor Kaboomrdquo 9 am Ohio Northern University 525 S Main St Ada $10 adults $5 stu-dents (419) 772-2000

Block Party 12 pm Murphrsquos Place 113 E Spring St Lima

Town Square Prayer 12 pm Limarsquos Town Square N Main St and W Market St Lima

Church On The Rock Spa-ghetti Dinner 4 pm Church On The Rock 310 N West Street Lima $7 adults $450 Children 3-12 yrs

Real Life Tall Tales of the Ohio Frontier 7 pm Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima (419) 221-1232

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 4St Matthew Outdoor Sum-

mer Service 8 am St Mat-thew Lutheran Church 5050 Saint Matthews Dr Lima

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 29-mile ldquoMan Bites Dogrdquo ride

Gymanfa Ganu 7 pm Salem Presbyterian Church 15240 Main St Venedocia Directed by Margaret Morris-Lopez with soloist Jake Wilder and accom-panists Connie OrsquoNeill and Sue

Fickel Light supper available from 4 to 6 pm for a donation

Sept 5Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 55-mile ldquoLock 2rdquo ride

Sept 6Auglaize PERI 9 1130 am

American Legion 1108 E Ben-ton St Wapakoneta With Ohio Rep John Adams

Allen County Veterans Ser-vice Commission 5 pm Allen County Courthouse 301 N Main St Lima

Lima PFLAG (Parents Family Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 6 pm OSU LimaRhodes State 4240 Campus Dr Lima

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Tri-Moraine Audubon Soci-ety 730 pm OSU Lima Visi-tor amp Student Services Center 3900 Campus Dr Lima Terry D Schwaner on ldquoFrogs in a Wet-land in Northwest Ohiordquo

Sept 7Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Book Discussion 12 pm Common Grounds Coffeehouse 101 S Main St Bluffton ldquoThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanardquo

Sept 8Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Allen County Patriots 630 pm Allen County Sanitary Engineerrsquos Office 3230 N Cole St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence 7 pm Deliverance Tem-ple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 9Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

The Total Woman Confer-ence 10 am Deliverance Temple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Sept 10Living History Enlivening

Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Festival in the Cornfield 10 am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Lima Roadrunners 10 am Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 50-mile ldquoCascade Parkrdquo ride

Kidfest 11 am Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima

The Y Black Achievers 12 pm Lima Family YMCA 345 S Elizabeth St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence Luncheon 12 pm Grace Church 2945 Wells Dr Lima $20 adults $10 youth Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social 5 pm Perry United Methodist Church 3250 E Breese Rd Lima Proceeds to Harvest Food Pantry

37th Annual Bath Band Spectacular 7 pm Bath High School 2850 Bible Rd Lima $7

Country Diamond Dancers - Dance 7 pm Vaughnsville Community Center 115 E Find-lay St Vaughnsville

Lima Area Concert Band 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima $15 adults free for students

(419) 224-1552 ldquoFrom Sea to Shining Seardquo with Timothy Anderson

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Len Collier

Sept 11Run to Remember 830 am

Lincoln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima $20 5K RunWalk Race day registration at 7 am Proceeds to the Lima Firefighters Memorial Museum

Living History Enlivening Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Butterfly Migration Celebra-tion 2 pm Childrenrsquos Garden 620 W Market St Lima

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra-911 Tribute 3 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

Sept 13Clark Equipment Retirees

1130 am Eagles Lodge 800 W Robb Ave Lima

Westinghouse Sundstrand Group 1130 am Western Siz-zlin 2721 Elida Rd Lima (419) 331-6644

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Michael Hingson 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 14Life After Cancer Sup-

port Group 1 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima With Zach Broshes

Sept 15Interactive Bible Study 7

pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 16Spaghetti Dinner 430 pm

Events calendar

23

Lima Masonic Center 2165 N Cole St Lima $5

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Sept 17Aqua Immersion Fall Ride

and Dive 830 am Gilboa PCG 3695 State Route 224 Gil-boa

Buddy Walk 10 am Faurot Park N Cole St Lima By Allen County Downs Syndrome aware-ness group

Ada Harvest amp Herb Festival 10 am Downtown Ada 525 S Main St Ada

Dog Day at the Beach 10 am Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima $3

The Manhattan Transfer 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 18To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 25-mile ldquo50th Birthday Partyrdquo ride

Sept 20Area Agency on Aging 3 930

am Area Agency on Aging 200 E High St Lima

ALS Support Group 11 am Senior Citizen Services Inc 3400 W Elm St Lima

Caregiverrsquos Support Group 3 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Allen County Chapter Com-passionate Friends 7 pm Lima First Assembly of God

1575 E High St Lima Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Man-to-Man Support Group 7 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Sept 21Community Fellowship Meal

5 pm St John United Meth-odist Church 205 N High St Columbus Grove

Korean War Veterans 7 pm Memorial Hall 130 W Elm St Lima

Sept 22Dinner and a Movie with

Brian Keegan 6 pm Ohio State University Lima Branch 4240 Campus Dr Lima All seats $30 Movie only $5 (419) 995-8600

Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Ron White 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima (419) 224-1552

Sept 23Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima

Sept 24Lima Roadrunners 10 am

Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 60-mile ldquoNorthside County Tourrdquo ride

Park-2-Park 5K 12 pm Lin-coln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima

Appalachian Opry 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33

Wapakoneta To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Country Expo

Sept 25To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 30-mile ldquoRockport Ramblerdquo ride

Steven Curtis Chapman 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 26The Great Monter Hunt Pup-

pet Show 630 pm Putnam County District Library 136 Put-nam Pky Ottawa Puppeteers from the Mazza Museum of Findlay

Sept 27Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Sept 28Heart Health Screening 9

am Dorothy Love Amos Com-munity Center 3003 Cisco Rd Sidney

Putnam County Parkinsons Support Group 1115 am Henryrsquos Restaurant 810 N Locust St Ottawa

Sept 29Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm

Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 30Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

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17 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

coordination in order for a voice to sound goodrdquoBesides Harold Beckett is busy spending time with

his wife who has been a resident of Spencervillersquos Roselawn Manor for the last five years

ldquoI always hug her and kiss her and talk to her and take her for a ride and feed her lunch and supperrdquo he said The ldquoriderdquo consists of pushing his spousersquos wheelchair around the grounds of the nursing facility

ldquoShe canrsquot even say a word now canrsquot walk canrsquot talk She had such a mindrdquo he said wistfully

In 1943 the couple first met in his native Columbus during Beckettrsquos sophomore year at The Ohio State University He was working at a grocery store when

a then young Nita walked in with her mother Instantly infatuated Harold asked a co-worker to ldquoLet me wait on herrdquo Soon he asked Nita for a date

This happened in the midst of World War II when Beckettrsquos schooling was interrupted by his becoming a soldier The couple continued to date but with the prospect of an overseas inva-sion looming ldquohe thought therersquos no point in making any plans I told her hellip she should start going out without someone elserdquo he said

However the slightly built senior did survive his tour in the Euro-pean Theater He even became a commissioned officer obtaining the rank of second lieutenant When he returned home ldquofriends would fix him uprdquo but he had already given his heart away to Nita A friend suggested that he call her but Harold didnrsquot think she would have anything to do with him since he had broken up with her But she accepted his invitation

ldquoAfter a three year separation I didnrsquot want to lose her this timerdquo he said The couple married Aug 30 1947 ldquoWhat a wonderful choice She was the worldrsquos champion wife I was always doing something in music that took me away from homerdquo

But she kept the home fires burning raising their two sons Tom and Jeff

About 15 years ago Nita first exhibited symptoms of Alzheimerrsquos In 1996 this prompted Beckett to resign from his job at Ohio Northern University where he taught voice for a decade following retirement from Shawnee

ldquoI felt I had to be with her she was always with me when I needed herrdquo he said Son Tom moved back from California to assist his father in keeping his mother at home Sadly Harold suffered a heart attack and nearly lost his own health during his years of caretaking

In addition Nitarsquos disease progressed causing her to need more care than her family could provide Harold made the difficult deci-sion to place her in Roselawn Manor

ldquoI never cried so much in my life eventually I got over itrdquo he said

He praises the staff there saying ldquoWhat I thought was horrible place to go has been a lifesaving and wonderful place for herrdquo

Now the silver-haired woman who once grew beautiful flower gardens no longer communicates with the outside world Her dedi-cated husband believes she recognizes him but even if she doesnrsquot 64 years ago he vowed to be with his bride until the end A prom-ise that Harold Beckett intends to keep

Christina Ryan Claypool is a freelance journalist and inspirational speaker Contact her through her Website at wwwchristinaryanclaypoolcom

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Nita Beckett (center) with son Tom and husband Harold who took care of his wife at home for 10 years with his sons assistance

Beckett

18

No trip to Ireland would be complete unless you experience the Ring of Kerry the winding route that takes you along the Iveragh Peninsula and through the quaint small towns dotting the landscape Itrsquos a route that exposes you to

beautiful views of mountains coastlines and of course the Atlantic OceanAfter another bountiful Irish breakfast which was part of my Trafalgar Tours pack-

age each day of my week-long journey my travel partner Jane and I boarded the bus to start The Ring The rain from the previous evening had ceased and the sun broke through But since the winds were strong the day would certainly call for a hat and jacket despite the fact that the temperature had climbed into the mid-50s

Our tour bus went through towns with names like Killgorglin Glenbeigh and Cahir-siveen One of our day stops was in Waterville a fishing village that really provided wonderful views of the Atlantic and a place that famed comedian Charlie Chaplin once lived Our tour guide Bernard told us that several of Chaplinrsquos descendents have remained in the area A Chaplain statute sits just off the road with a rock-strewn beach as a buffer between statue and the Atlantic As everyone clambered to get their turn to get a picture taken with the likeness of the Little Tramp I wondered just how

many had jumped in beside the derby-wearing statue over the years

Our lunch stop was at what many feel is Irelandrsquos best-known view a place called the Scarriff Inn in the town of Caherdaniel Itrsquos an area where the fog routinely settles and the eerily shrouded view I found so very atmospheric was that of Derrynane Harbour Not one of us failed to pull out our cameras for beautiful land-scape shots of this mysterious fog-shrouded natural beauty

During our stop while Jane enjoyed a bowl of Irish stew in the Inn I went on a mini camera excursion walking down a lane in search of other good angles to capture some of Irelandrsquos abun-dant natural beauty There were animals Irsquove spoken of in an ear-lier installment the ubiquitous sheep spray-painted in spots with bright blues reds and yellows as a humane way of branding them wandering the rocky terrain

Then it was back on the bus and on our way eventually through Sneem where our tour bus became the last albeit inadvertent entry in its St Patrickrsquos Day parade As Sneem-ites lined the street just behind the many outside venders that hoped to do well that day we crept along with townspeople taking pictures of us while we took pictures of them and laughing the entire time at our unexpected inclusion

Our final Ring of Kerry stop before returning to Killarney for our own opportunity to stand along a parade route to honor St Pat-rick was to take in the beauty of a an area known as Ladiesrsquo View a view which as one might imagine comes with a story

In the 1800s during a time Ireland was still a part of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria made a trip to Killarney to check this rather distant portion of her domain As was the custom the

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Queenrsquos ladies in waiting had been sent ahead to ready her quarters However when they came upon a view that included what has become known as The Lakes of Killar-ney and the mountains that framed them they became so transfixed they tarried too long and the Queen caught up to them She was upset but only until she looked about and saw the view herself and promptly forgave them for their dereliction of duty

After many snaps of our camera shutters it was back into Killarney Town for the parade that was scheduled to commence at 2 pm and what a festive and colorful experience that turned out to be

In the parade there were no fewer than four St Patrickrsquos and several organizations representing a variety of inter-ests including kids and adults in rugby and hurling uni-forms Irish dancing troupes and bagpipe brigades

As I walked around the vibrant downtown area remem-bering the feeling of being a kid again as I watched the Irish school children reveling in their day of freedom in the middle of their school week I couldnrsquot help but think of how different it was from many of the downtown areas in towns of similar size back in The States where busi-nesses have abandoned downtown and fled to malls on the outskirts of town Such is not the case in Ireland

For quiet time we headed to St Mary Cathedral a mas-sive structure with a foundation stone reading 1842 actu-ally making it one of Irelandrsquos newer cathedrals Part of its rich history is it once served as a refuge for victims of the Great Potato Famine of 1845

Then it was back downtown for the pub portion of our day The liveliest and best music Jane and I found was at the Crock lsquoO Gold Pub The star of the group was a young man with rusty hair and wonderfully dexterous fingers which made the accordion come alive in a genre he called Celtic (pronounced with a hard c) Cajun He was accompanied by a mandolin player a guitarist and a mate playing the washboard and spoons The collective sound was a real treat and certainly made the Murphyrsquos Irish Stout taste

better Since we were in there before the group even set up we were delighted when they established their position no less than five feet away giving us the absolute best seats in the house

Later after a bit more fun in the Killarney Avenue Hotel pub after our meal this one of the four evening meals included in our Trafalgar Tour package it was time to rest We would be on the move again early the next morning for Day 6 a day that would include ferrying across the River Shannon and into County Clare to see the magnificent Cliffs of Moher before trekking to our over-night stop in the city of Limerick

TOP Jane and John at Ladies View just outside Killarney

LEFT Bagpipers brigade during Killarneys St Patricks Day Parade

Photos by John Grindrod

20

Valentine Heil was born in Germany in 1863 In his early teens he was taught the art of stone cutting At age 18 he decided to come to America to find

work in that field Having no particular place in mind to settle he met some people on the ship who were headed to Cincinnati and decided to follow He couldnrsquot find work in his particular trade and so he worked in a butcher shop

While living there he met and married Rosa Beyer from Covington Ky and hearing of the growth in Lima he and his young bride came here in 1890 After looking around

he decided to open his own business Val bought a home on East Eureka Street at the southwest corner of South Jackson Street A two-story house with a large lot at the rear it became his business place as well with the stone stored at the rear of the house

Valentine had three brothers who followed him to Lima from Germany They were Daniel John and Otto All of them became involved in the business and were married

Unfortunately John died at the young age of 35 and Dan-iel at 45 They left behind a combined family of 10 children to carry on and they became a part of Valentinersquos business or started their own in other fields Otto married Labertha Bridge and had a family of eight

Valentinersquos stone business soon became a thriving one He was also in the contracting business and erected many of the Lima business blocks plus his stonework appeared on many others such as the YMCA Hotel Norval St Paul Lutheran Church and the Lima Electric Light building along with many private homes including the home of Henry

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Time Capsule

A Valentine that kept on giving Lima residentrsquos love is carved in stone

By Jeanne Porreca

The Holland Block featured the skills of Valentine HeilCourtesy of Allen County Historical Society

21

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Deisel on West Cole StreetAs his stone business grew so did his ability to hand carve

the stone One of the still-standing projects is a pair of fero-cious looking lions that stand at each side of the front steps of Henry Deiselrsquos original home on Cole Street called the Col-onnade now owned by Rob Nelson and his family

Valentine and Rosa had a family of six children all of whom grew strong and healthy But tragedy struck the family on June 29 1909 when their two youngest boys were playing in the yard where an electric line had fallen They were both instantly electrocuted and Rosa barely escaped with her life when she tried to save them

Rosa Heil died in 1912 and the following year Valentine married Miss Betty Reiter 23 years his junior They had one son Frederick from whom many details of this story were told before his death in 2003 Valentine had also started a coal company and Fred tells of a time during the depression when local ldquoculpritsrdquo would sneak the coal out of the yard and roll it onto the railroad tracks The flat cars would run over it forcing it out on the opposite side where the thieves waited eagerly with their baskets to gather it and run off into the night

Through the years family and the German community were very close to Valentine or ldquoValrdquo as he was affectionately called He had a Cadillac touring car with two spare tires on the rear which he would wash and shine carefully and loan out for funerals and other special occasions when needed and young Fred would drive the car Fred told of the many community parties that would be held on the lawn of the family home with good food and drink and plenty of good wine

Soon after the stone business started to wane and Val went into the concrete business having one of the first concrete mixers in Lima

From there he started a new company which soon became a pav-ing company and here the tradition still is carried on today Carl the second son of Valentine Heil had two sons one of them Robert J or as he is known by a lot of Lima businesses ldquoRobrdquo Heil start-ing his own blacktopping business and is fondly remembered for his love of people and a great smile along with being a truly hon-est business man At his death in 2007 the business sense passed to his son Michael who runs his own paving company known as Lima Contracting Many a yard of blacktopping has been laid by this fam-ily

Valentine Heil died peacefully Jan 26 1935 at the age of 72 years leaving a trail of traditions that are still carried on

And now for the ladies for any time there is a lady of prominence involved in a family I must mention her and none deserve it more than Anita Heil Gallantine grandaughter of Valrsquos second child Carl Heil Her father Carl Jr has every right to speak proudly of her for Anita is now a Brigadier General in the US Air Force with a long list of commendations and an even longer list of her assignments during service

Bravo Anita and wow what a family Lima can be very proud

The lions carved by Valentine Heil are still guarding the Colonnade on Cole Street

22 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Sept 1Lima Chapter 452 AARP 12

pm Milano Cafe 2383 Elida Rd Lima $8 Program about Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen

Lima Area Parkinsons Sup-port Group 2 pm St Ritarsquos Auxiliary Conference Center 718 W Market St Lima

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 3Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Central Services 900 S Col-lett St Lima 62-mile ldquoJump to Jumbordquo

rdquoDoktor Kaboomrdquo 9 am Ohio Northern University 525 S Main St Ada $10 adults $5 stu-dents (419) 772-2000

Block Party 12 pm Murphrsquos Place 113 E Spring St Lima

Town Square Prayer 12 pm Limarsquos Town Square N Main St and W Market St Lima

Church On The Rock Spa-ghetti Dinner 4 pm Church On The Rock 310 N West Street Lima $7 adults $450 Children 3-12 yrs

Real Life Tall Tales of the Ohio Frontier 7 pm Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima (419) 221-1232

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 4St Matthew Outdoor Sum-

mer Service 8 am St Mat-thew Lutheran Church 5050 Saint Matthews Dr Lima

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 29-mile ldquoMan Bites Dogrdquo ride

Gymanfa Ganu 7 pm Salem Presbyterian Church 15240 Main St Venedocia Directed by Margaret Morris-Lopez with soloist Jake Wilder and accom-panists Connie OrsquoNeill and Sue

Fickel Light supper available from 4 to 6 pm for a donation

Sept 5Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 55-mile ldquoLock 2rdquo ride

Sept 6Auglaize PERI 9 1130 am

American Legion 1108 E Ben-ton St Wapakoneta With Ohio Rep John Adams

Allen County Veterans Ser-vice Commission 5 pm Allen County Courthouse 301 N Main St Lima

Lima PFLAG (Parents Family Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 6 pm OSU LimaRhodes State 4240 Campus Dr Lima

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Tri-Moraine Audubon Soci-ety 730 pm OSU Lima Visi-tor amp Student Services Center 3900 Campus Dr Lima Terry D Schwaner on ldquoFrogs in a Wet-land in Northwest Ohiordquo

Sept 7Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Book Discussion 12 pm Common Grounds Coffeehouse 101 S Main St Bluffton ldquoThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanardquo

Sept 8Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Allen County Patriots 630 pm Allen County Sanitary Engineerrsquos Office 3230 N Cole St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence 7 pm Deliverance Tem-ple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 9Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

The Total Woman Confer-ence 10 am Deliverance Temple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Sept 10Living History Enlivening

Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Festival in the Cornfield 10 am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Lima Roadrunners 10 am Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 50-mile ldquoCascade Parkrdquo ride

Kidfest 11 am Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima

The Y Black Achievers 12 pm Lima Family YMCA 345 S Elizabeth St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence Luncheon 12 pm Grace Church 2945 Wells Dr Lima $20 adults $10 youth Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social 5 pm Perry United Methodist Church 3250 E Breese Rd Lima Proceeds to Harvest Food Pantry

37th Annual Bath Band Spectacular 7 pm Bath High School 2850 Bible Rd Lima $7

Country Diamond Dancers - Dance 7 pm Vaughnsville Community Center 115 E Find-lay St Vaughnsville

Lima Area Concert Band 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima $15 adults free for students

(419) 224-1552 ldquoFrom Sea to Shining Seardquo with Timothy Anderson

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Len Collier

Sept 11Run to Remember 830 am

Lincoln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima $20 5K RunWalk Race day registration at 7 am Proceeds to the Lima Firefighters Memorial Museum

Living History Enlivening Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Butterfly Migration Celebra-tion 2 pm Childrenrsquos Garden 620 W Market St Lima

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra-911 Tribute 3 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

Sept 13Clark Equipment Retirees

1130 am Eagles Lodge 800 W Robb Ave Lima

Westinghouse Sundstrand Group 1130 am Western Siz-zlin 2721 Elida Rd Lima (419) 331-6644

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Michael Hingson 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 14Life After Cancer Sup-

port Group 1 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima With Zach Broshes

Sept 15Interactive Bible Study 7

pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 16Spaghetti Dinner 430 pm

Events calendar

23

Lima Masonic Center 2165 N Cole St Lima $5

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Sept 17Aqua Immersion Fall Ride

and Dive 830 am Gilboa PCG 3695 State Route 224 Gil-boa

Buddy Walk 10 am Faurot Park N Cole St Lima By Allen County Downs Syndrome aware-ness group

Ada Harvest amp Herb Festival 10 am Downtown Ada 525 S Main St Ada

Dog Day at the Beach 10 am Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima $3

The Manhattan Transfer 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 18To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 25-mile ldquo50th Birthday Partyrdquo ride

Sept 20Area Agency on Aging 3 930

am Area Agency on Aging 200 E High St Lima

ALS Support Group 11 am Senior Citizen Services Inc 3400 W Elm St Lima

Caregiverrsquos Support Group 3 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Allen County Chapter Com-passionate Friends 7 pm Lima First Assembly of God

1575 E High St Lima Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Man-to-Man Support Group 7 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Sept 21Community Fellowship Meal

5 pm St John United Meth-odist Church 205 N High St Columbus Grove

Korean War Veterans 7 pm Memorial Hall 130 W Elm St Lima

Sept 22Dinner and a Movie with

Brian Keegan 6 pm Ohio State University Lima Branch 4240 Campus Dr Lima All seats $30 Movie only $5 (419) 995-8600

Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Ron White 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima (419) 224-1552

Sept 23Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima

Sept 24Lima Roadrunners 10 am

Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 60-mile ldquoNorthside County Tourrdquo ride

Park-2-Park 5K 12 pm Lin-coln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima

Appalachian Opry 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33

Wapakoneta To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Country Expo

Sept 25To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 30-mile ldquoRockport Ramblerdquo ride

Steven Curtis Chapman 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 26The Great Monter Hunt Pup-

pet Show 630 pm Putnam County District Library 136 Put-nam Pky Ottawa Puppeteers from the Mazza Museum of Findlay

Sept 27Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Sept 28Heart Health Screening 9

am Dorothy Love Amos Com-munity Center 3003 Cisco Rd Sidney

Putnam County Parkinsons Support Group 1115 am Henryrsquos Restaurant 810 N Locust St Ottawa

Sept 29Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm

Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 30Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

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18

No trip to Ireland would be complete unless you experience the Ring of Kerry the winding route that takes you along the Iveragh Peninsula and through the quaint small towns dotting the landscape Itrsquos a route that exposes you to

beautiful views of mountains coastlines and of course the Atlantic OceanAfter another bountiful Irish breakfast which was part of my Trafalgar Tours pack-

age each day of my week-long journey my travel partner Jane and I boarded the bus to start The Ring The rain from the previous evening had ceased and the sun broke through But since the winds were strong the day would certainly call for a hat and jacket despite the fact that the temperature had climbed into the mid-50s

Our tour bus went through towns with names like Killgorglin Glenbeigh and Cahir-siveen One of our day stops was in Waterville a fishing village that really provided wonderful views of the Atlantic and a place that famed comedian Charlie Chaplin once lived Our tour guide Bernard told us that several of Chaplinrsquos descendents have remained in the area A Chaplain statute sits just off the road with a rock-strewn beach as a buffer between statue and the Atlantic As everyone clambered to get their turn to get a picture taken with the likeness of the Little Tramp I wondered just how

many had jumped in beside the derby-wearing statue over the years

Our lunch stop was at what many feel is Irelandrsquos best-known view a place called the Scarriff Inn in the town of Caherdaniel Itrsquos an area where the fog routinely settles and the eerily shrouded view I found so very atmospheric was that of Derrynane Harbour Not one of us failed to pull out our cameras for beautiful land-scape shots of this mysterious fog-shrouded natural beauty

During our stop while Jane enjoyed a bowl of Irish stew in the Inn I went on a mini camera excursion walking down a lane in search of other good angles to capture some of Irelandrsquos abun-dant natural beauty There were animals Irsquove spoken of in an ear-lier installment the ubiquitous sheep spray-painted in spots with bright blues reds and yellows as a humane way of branding them wandering the rocky terrain

Then it was back on the bus and on our way eventually through Sneem where our tour bus became the last albeit inadvertent entry in its St Patrickrsquos Day parade As Sneem-ites lined the street just behind the many outside venders that hoped to do well that day we crept along with townspeople taking pictures of us while we took pictures of them and laughing the entire time at our unexpected inclusion

Our final Ring of Kerry stop before returning to Killarney for our own opportunity to stand along a parade route to honor St Pat-rick was to take in the beauty of a an area known as Ladiesrsquo View a view which as one might imagine comes with a story

In the 1800s during a time Ireland was still a part of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria made a trip to Killarney to check this rather distant portion of her domain As was the custom the

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Queenrsquos ladies in waiting had been sent ahead to ready her quarters However when they came upon a view that included what has become known as The Lakes of Killar-ney and the mountains that framed them they became so transfixed they tarried too long and the Queen caught up to them She was upset but only until she looked about and saw the view herself and promptly forgave them for their dereliction of duty

After many snaps of our camera shutters it was back into Killarney Town for the parade that was scheduled to commence at 2 pm and what a festive and colorful experience that turned out to be

In the parade there were no fewer than four St Patrickrsquos and several organizations representing a variety of inter-ests including kids and adults in rugby and hurling uni-forms Irish dancing troupes and bagpipe brigades

As I walked around the vibrant downtown area remem-bering the feeling of being a kid again as I watched the Irish school children reveling in their day of freedom in the middle of their school week I couldnrsquot help but think of how different it was from many of the downtown areas in towns of similar size back in The States where busi-nesses have abandoned downtown and fled to malls on the outskirts of town Such is not the case in Ireland

For quiet time we headed to St Mary Cathedral a mas-sive structure with a foundation stone reading 1842 actu-ally making it one of Irelandrsquos newer cathedrals Part of its rich history is it once served as a refuge for victims of the Great Potato Famine of 1845

Then it was back downtown for the pub portion of our day The liveliest and best music Jane and I found was at the Crock lsquoO Gold Pub The star of the group was a young man with rusty hair and wonderfully dexterous fingers which made the accordion come alive in a genre he called Celtic (pronounced with a hard c) Cajun He was accompanied by a mandolin player a guitarist and a mate playing the washboard and spoons The collective sound was a real treat and certainly made the Murphyrsquos Irish Stout taste

better Since we were in there before the group even set up we were delighted when they established their position no less than five feet away giving us the absolute best seats in the house

Later after a bit more fun in the Killarney Avenue Hotel pub after our meal this one of the four evening meals included in our Trafalgar Tour package it was time to rest We would be on the move again early the next morning for Day 6 a day that would include ferrying across the River Shannon and into County Clare to see the magnificent Cliffs of Moher before trekking to our over-night stop in the city of Limerick

TOP Jane and John at Ladies View just outside Killarney

LEFT Bagpipers brigade during Killarneys St Patricks Day Parade

Photos by John Grindrod

20

Valentine Heil was born in Germany in 1863 In his early teens he was taught the art of stone cutting At age 18 he decided to come to America to find

work in that field Having no particular place in mind to settle he met some people on the ship who were headed to Cincinnati and decided to follow He couldnrsquot find work in his particular trade and so he worked in a butcher shop

While living there he met and married Rosa Beyer from Covington Ky and hearing of the growth in Lima he and his young bride came here in 1890 After looking around

he decided to open his own business Val bought a home on East Eureka Street at the southwest corner of South Jackson Street A two-story house with a large lot at the rear it became his business place as well with the stone stored at the rear of the house

Valentine had three brothers who followed him to Lima from Germany They were Daniel John and Otto All of them became involved in the business and were married

Unfortunately John died at the young age of 35 and Dan-iel at 45 They left behind a combined family of 10 children to carry on and they became a part of Valentinersquos business or started their own in other fields Otto married Labertha Bridge and had a family of eight

Valentinersquos stone business soon became a thriving one He was also in the contracting business and erected many of the Lima business blocks plus his stonework appeared on many others such as the YMCA Hotel Norval St Paul Lutheran Church and the Lima Electric Light building along with many private homes including the home of Henry

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Time Capsule

A Valentine that kept on giving Lima residentrsquos love is carved in stone

By Jeanne Porreca

The Holland Block featured the skills of Valentine HeilCourtesy of Allen County Historical Society

21

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Deisel on West Cole StreetAs his stone business grew so did his ability to hand carve

the stone One of the still-standing projects is a pair of fero-cious looking lions that stand at each side of the front steps of Henry Deiselrsquos original home on Cole Street called the Col-onnade now owned by Rob Nelson and his family

Valentine and Rosa had a family of six children all of whom grew strong and healthy But tragedy struck the family on June 29 1909 when their two youngest boys were playing in the yard where an electric line had fallen They were both instantly electrocuted and Rosa barely escaped with her life when she tried to save them

Rosa Heil died in 1912 and the following year Valentine married Miss Betty Reiter 23 years his junior They had one son Frederick from whom many details of this story were told before his death in 2003 Valentine had also started a coal company and Fred tells of a time during the depression when local ldquoculpritsrdquo would sneak the coal out of the yard and roll it onto the railroad tracks The flat cars would run over it forcing it out on the opposite side where the thieves waited eagerly with their baskets to gather it and run off into the night

Through the years family and the German community were very close to Valentine or ldquoValrdquo as he was affectionately called He had a Cadillac touring car with two spare tires on the rear which he would wash and shine carefully and loan out for funerals and other special occasions when needed and young Fred would drive the car Fred told of the many community parties that would be held on the lawn of the family home with good food and drink and plenty of good wine

Soon after the stone business started to wane and Val went into the concrete business having one of the first concrete mixers in Lima

From there he started a new company which soon became a pav-ing company and here the tradition still is carried on today Carl the second son of Valentine Heil had two sons one of them Robert J or as he is known by a lot of Lima businesses ldquoRobrdquo Heil start-ing his own blacktopping business and is fondly remembered for his love of people and a great smile along with being a truly hon-est business man At his death in 2007 the business sense passed to his son Michael who runs his own paving company known as Lima Contracting Many a yard of blacktopping has been laid by this fam-ily

Valentine Heil died peacefully Jan 26 1935 at the age of 72 years leaving a trail of traditions that are still carried on

And now for the ladies for any time there is a lady of prominence involved in a family I must mention her and none deserve it more than Anita Heil Gallantine grandaughter of Valrsquos second child Carl Heil Her father Carl Jr has every right to speak proudly of her for Anita is now a Brigadier General in the US Air Force with a long list of commendations and an even longer list of her assignments during service

Bravo Anita and wow what a family Lima can be very proud

The lions carved by Valentine Heil are still guarding the Colonnade on Cole Street

22 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Sept 1Lima Chapter 452 AARP 12

pm Milano Cafe 2383 Elida Rd Lima $8 Program about Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen

Lima Area Parkinsons Sup-port Group 2 pm St Ritarsquos Auxiliary Conference Center 718 W Market St Lima

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 3Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Central Services 900 S Col-lett St Lima 62-mile ldquoJump to Jumbordquo

rdquoDoktor Kaboomrdquo 9 am Ohio Northern University 525 S Main St Ada $10 adults $5 stu-dents (419) 772-2000

Block Party 12 pm Murphrsquos Place 113 E Spring St Lima

Town Square Prayer 12 pm Limarsquos Town Square N Main St and W Market St Lima

Church On The Rock Spa-ghetti Dinner 4 pm Church On The Rock 310 N West Street Lima $7 adults $450 Children 3-12 yrs

Real Life Tall Tales of the Ohio Frontier 7 pm Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima (419) 221-1232

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 4St Matthew Outdoor Sum-

mer Service 8 am St Mat-thew Lutheran Church 5050 Saint Matthews Dr Lima

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 29-mile ldquoMan Bites Dogrdquo ride

Gymanfa Ganu 7 pm Salem Presbyterian Church 15240 Main St Venedocia Directed by Margaret Morris-Lopez with soloist Jake Wilder and accom-panists Connie OrsquoNeill and Sue

Fickel Light supper available from 4 to 6 pm for a donation

Sept 5Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 55-mile ldquoLock 2rdquo ride

Sept 6Auglaize PERI 9 1130 am

American Legion 1108 E Ben-ton St Wapakoneta With Ohio Rep John Adams

Allen County Veterans Ser-vice Commission 5 pm Allen County Courthouse 301 N Main St Lima

Lima PFLAG (Parents Family Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 6 pm OSU LimaRhodes State 4240 Campus Dr Lima

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Tri-Moraine Audubon Soci-ety 730 pm OSU Lima Visi-tor amp Student Services Center 3900 Campus Dr Lima Terry D Schwaner on ldquoFrogs in a Wet-land in Northwest Ohiordquo

Sept 7Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Book Discussion 12 pm Common Grounds Coffeehouse 101 S Main St Bluffton ldquoThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanardquo

Sept 8Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Allen County Patriots 630 pm Allen County Sanitary Engineerrsquos Office 3230 N Cole St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence 7 pm Deliverance Tem-ple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 9Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

The Total Woman Confer-ence 10 am Deliverance Temple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Sept 10Living History Enlivening

Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Festival in the Cornfield 10 am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Lima Roadrunners 10 am Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 50-mile ldquoCascade Parkrdquo ride

Kidfest 11 am Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima

The Y Black Achievers 12 pm Lima Family YMCA 345 S Elizabeth St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence Luncheon 12 pm Grace Church 2945 Wells Dr Lima $20 adults $10 youth Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social 5 pm Perry United Methodist Church 3250 E Breese Rd Lima Proceeds to Harvest Food Pantry

37th Annual Bath Band Spectacular 7 pm Bath High School 2850 Bible Rd Lima $7

Country Diamond Dancers - Dance 7 pm Vaughnsville Community Center 115 E Find-lay St Vaughnsville

Lima Area Concert Band 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima $15 adults free for students

(419) 224-1552 ldquoFrom Sea to Shining Seardquo with Timothy Anderson

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Len Collier

Sept 11Run to Remember 830 am

Lincoln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima $20 5K RunWalk Race day registration at 7 am Proceeds to the Lima Firefighters Memorial Museum

Living History Enlivening Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Butterfly Migration Celebra-tion 2 pm Childrenrsquos Garden 620 W Market St Lima

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra-911 Tribute 3 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

Sept 13Clark Equipment Retirees

1130 am Eagles Lodge 800 W Robb Ave Lima

Westinghouse Sundstrand Group 1130 am Western Siz-zlin 2721 Elida Rd Lima (419) 331-6644

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Michael Hingson 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 14Life After Cancer Sup-

port Group 1 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima With Zach Broshes

Sept 15Interactive Bible Study 7

pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 16Spaghetti Dinner 430 pm

Events calendar

23

Lima Masonic Center 2165 N Cole St Lima $5

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Sept 17Aqua Immersion Fall Ride

and Dive 830 am Gilboa PCG 3695 State Route 224 Gil-boa

Buddy Walk 10 am Faurot Park N Cole St Lima By Allen County Downs Syndrome aware-ness group

Ada Harvest amp Herb Festival 10 am Downtown Ada 525 S Main St Ada

Dog Day at the Beach 10 am Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima $3

The Manhattan Transfer 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 18To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 25-mile ldquo50th Birthday Partyrdquo ride

Sept 20Area Agency on Aging 3 930

am Area Agency on Aging 200 E High St Lima

ALS Support Group 11 am Senior Citizen Services Inc 3400 W Elm St Lima

Caregiverrsquos Support Group 3 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Allen County Chapter Com-passionate Friends 7 pm Lima First Assembly of God

1575 E High St Lima Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Man-to-Man Support Group 7 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Sept 21Community Fellowship Meal

5 pm St John United Meth-odist Church 205 N High St Columbus Grove

Korean War Veterans 7 pm Memorial Hall 130 W Elm St Lima

Sept 22Dinner and a Movie with

Brian Keegan 6 pm Ohio State University Lima Branch 4240 Campus Dr Lima All seats $30 Movie only $5 (419) 995-8600

Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Ron White 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima (419) 224-1552

Sept 23Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima

Sept 24Lima Roadrunners 10 am

Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 60-mile ldquoNorthside County Tourrdquo ride

Park-2-Park 5K 12 pm Lin-coln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima

Appalachian Opry 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33

Wapakoneta To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Country Expo

Sept 25To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 30-mile ldquoRockport Ramblerdquo ride

Steven Curtis Chapman 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 26The Great Monter Hunt Pup-

pet Show 630 pm Putnam County District Library 136 Put-nam Pky Ottawa Puppeteers from the Mazza Museum of Findlay

Sept 27Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Sept 28Heart Health Screening 9

am Dorothy Love Amos Com-munity Center 3003 Cisco Rd Sidney

Putnam County Parkinsons Support Group 1115 am Henryrsquos Restaurant 810 N Locust St Ottawa

Sept 29Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm

Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 30Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

23 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

24 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Mon - Fri 9am - 7pm x Sat 9am - 2pmwwwRaysMarketscompharmacy

Rays Market890 S Cable Rd

(419) 221-2059

Rays Marketplace2100 Harding Hwy

(419) 222-9355

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(419) 222-0778

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FREE Delivery bull Transfer Any Prescription bull Locally Owned

Seasonal Flu Shotsbull Begins September 6th

bull Must be 18+ years for flu shot

bull Medicare Part B accepted with no co-pay

bull Ask about pneumonia vaccines

bull No appointment necessary

only

$20

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19 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

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Queenrsquos ladies in waiting had been sent ahead to ready her quarters However when they came upon a view that included what has become known as The Lakes of Killar-ney and the mountains that framed them they became so transfixed they tarried too long and the Queen caught up to them She was upset but only until she looked about and saw the view herself and promptly forgave them for their dereliction of duty

After many snaps of our camera shutters it was back into Killarney Town for the parade that was scheduled to commence at 2 pm and what a festive and colorful experience that turned out to be

In the parade there were no fewer than four St Patrickrsquos and several organizations representing a variety of inter-ests including kids and adults in rugby and hurling uni-forms Irish dancing troupes and bagpipe brigades

As I walked around the vibrant downtown area remem-bering the feeling of being a kid again as I watched the Irish school children reveling in their day of freedom in the middle of their school week I couldnrsquot help but think of how different it was from many of the downtown areas in towns of similar size back in The States where busi-nesses have abandoned downtown and fled to malls on the outskirts of town Such is not the case in Ireland

For quiet time we headed to St Mary Cathedral a mas-sive structure with a foundation stone reading 1842 actu-ally making it one of Irelandrsquos newer cathedrals Part of its rich history is it once served as a refuge for victims of the Great Potato Famine of 1845

Then it was back downtown for the pub portion of our day The liveliest and best music Jane and I found was at the Crock lsquoO Gold Pub The star of the group was a young man with rusty hair and wonderfully dexterous fingers which made the accordion come alive in a genre he called Celtic (pronounced with a hard c) Cajun He was accompanied by a mandolin player a guitarist and a mate playing the washboard and spoons The collective sound was a real treat and certainly made the Murphyrsquos Irish Stout taste

better Since we were in there before the group even set up we were delighted when they established their position no less than five feet away giving us the absolute best seats in the house

Later after a bit more fun in the Killarney Avenue Hotel pub after our meal this one of the four evening meals included in our Trafalgar Tour package it was time to rest We would be on the move again early the next morning for Day 6 a day that would include ferrying across the River Shannon and into County Clare to see the magnificent Cliffs of Moher before trekking to our over-night stop in the city of Limerick

TOP Jane and John at Ladies View just outside Killarney

LEFT Bagpipers brigade during Killarneys St Patricks Day Parade

Photos by John Grindrod

20

Valentine Heil was born in Germany in 1863 In his early teens he was taught the art of stone cutting At age 18 he decided to come to America to find

work in that field Having no particular place in mind to settle he met some people on the ship who were headed to Cincinnati and decided to follow He couldnrsquot find work in his particular trade and so he worked in a butcher shop

While living there he met and married Rosa Beyer from Covington Ky and hearing of the growth in Lima he and his young bride came here in 1890 After looking around

he decided to open his own business Val bought a home on East Eureka Street at the southwest corner of South Jackson Street A two-story house with a large lot at the rear it became his business place as well with the stone stored at the rear of the house

Valentine had three brothers who followed him to Lima from Germany They were Daniel John and Otto All of them became involved in the business and were married

Unfortunately John died at the young age of 35 and Dan-iel at 45 They left behind a combined family of 10 children to carry on and they became a part of Valentinersquos business or started their own in other fields Otto married Labertha Bridge and had a family of eight

Valentinersquos stone business soon became a thriving one He was also in the contracting business and erected many of the Lima business blocks plus his stonework appeared on many others such as the YMCA Hotel Norval St Paul Lutheran Church and the Lima Electric Light building along with many private homes including the home of Henry

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Time Capsule

A Valentine that kept on giving Lima residentrsquos love is carved in stone

By Jeanne Porreca

The Holland Block featured the skills of Valentine HeilCourtesy of Allen County Historical Society

21

Rehab is work But it can also be funTo find out how we can help you or someone you love transition smoothly back home call us to schedule a personal tour

419-643-3161 7400 Swaney Road Bluffton OH 45817 richlandmanorhccom

Deisel on West Cole StreetAs his stone business grew so did his ability to hand carve

the stone One of the still-standing projects is a pair of fero-cious looking lions that stand at each side of the front steps of Henry Deiselrsquos original home on Cole Street called the Col-onnade now owned by Rob Nelson and his family

Valentine and Rosa had a family of six children all of whom grew strong and healthy But tragedy struck the family on June 29 1909 when their two youngest boys were playing in the yard where an electric line had fallen They were both instantly electrocuted and Rosa barely escaped with her life when she tried to save them

Rosa Heil died in 1912 and the following year Valentine married Miss Betty Reiter 23 years his junior They had one son Frederick from whom many details of this story were told before his death in 2003 Valentine had also started a coal company and Fred tells of a time during the depression when local ldquoculpritsrdquo would sneak the coal out of the yard and roll it onto the railroad tracks The flat cars would run over it forcing it out on the opposite side where the thieves waited eagerly with their baskets to gather it and run off into the night

Through the years family and the German community were very close to Valentine or ldquoValrdquo as he was affectionately called He had a Cadillac touring car with two spare tires on the rear which he would wash and shine carefully and loan out for funerals and other special occasions when needed and young Fred would drive the car Fred told of the many community parties that would be held on the lawn of the family home with good food and drink and plenty of good wine

Soon after the stone business started to wane and Val went into the concrete business having one of the first concrete mixers in Lima

From there he started a new company which soon became a pav-ing company and here the tradition still is carried on today Carl the second son of Valentine Heil had two sons one of them Robert J or as he is known by a lot of Lima businesses ldquoRobrdquo Heil start-ing his own blacktopping business and is fondly remembered for his love of people and a great smile along with being a truly hon-est business man At his death in 2007 the business sense passed to his son Michael who runs his own paving company known as Lima Contracting Many a yard of blacktopping has been laid by this fam-ily

Valentine Heil died peacefully Jan 26 1935 at the age of 72 years leaving a trail of traditions that are still carried on

And now for the ladies for any time there is a lady of prominence involved in a family I must mention her and none deserve it more than Anita Heil Gallantine grandaughter of Valrsquos second child Carl Heil Her father Carl Jr has every right to speak proudly of her for Anita is now a Brigadier General in the US Air Force with a long list of commendations and an even longer list of her assignments during service

Bravo Anita and wow what a family Lima can be very proud

The lions carved by Valentine Heil are still guarding the Colonnade on Cole Street

22 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Sept 1Lima Chapter 452 AARP 12

pm Milano Cafe 2383 Elida Rd Lima $8 Program about Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen

Lima Area Parkinsons Sup-port Group 2 pm St Ritarsquos Auxiliary Conference Center 718 W Market St Lima

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 3Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Central Services 900 S Col-lett St Lima 62-mile ldquoJump to Jumbordquo

rdquoDoktor Kaboomrdquo 9 am Ohio Northern University 525 S Main St Ada $10 adults $5 stu-dents (419) 772-2000

Block Party 12 pm Murphrsquos Place 113 E Spring St Lima

Town Square Prayer 12 pm Limarsquos Town Square N Main St and W Market St Lima

Church On The Rock Spa-ghetti Dinner 4 pm Church On The Rock 310 N West Street Lima $7 adults $450 Children 3-12 yrs

Real Life Tall Tales of the Ohio Frontier 7 pm Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima (419) 221-1232

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 4St Matthew Outdoor Sum-

mer Service 8 am St Mat-thew Lutheran Church 5050 Saint Matthews Dr Lima

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 29-mile ldquoMan Bites Dogrdquo ride

Gymanfa Ganu 7 pm Salem Presbyterian Church 15240 Main St Venedocia Directed by Margaret Morris-Lopez with soloist Jake Wilder and accom-panists Connie OrsquoNeill and Sue

Fickel Light supper available from 4 to 6 pm for a donation

Sept 5Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 55-mile ldquoLock 2rdquo ride

Sept 6Auglaize PERI 9 1130 am

American Legion 1108 E Ben-ton St Wapakoneta With Ohio Rep John Adams

Allen County Veterans Ser-vice Commission 5 pm Allen County Courthouse 301 N Main St Lima

Lima PFLAG (Parents Family Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 6 pm OSU LimaRhodes State 4240 Campus Dr Lima

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Tri-Moraine Audubon Soci-ety 730 pm OSU Lima Visi-tor amp Student Services Center 3900 Campus Dr Lima Terry D Schwaner on ldquoFrogs in a Wet-land in Northwest Ohiordquo

Sept 7Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Book Discussion 12 pm Common Grounds Coffeehouse 101 S Main St Bluffton ldquoThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanardquo

Sept 8Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Allen County Patriots 630 pm Allen County Sanitary Engineerrsquos Office 3230 N Cole St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence 7 pm Deliverance Tem-ple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 9Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

The Total Woman Confer-ence 10 am Deliverance Temple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Sept 10Living History Enlivening

Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Festival in the Cornfield 10 am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Lima Roadrunners 10 am Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 50-mile ldquoCascade Parkrdquo ride

Kidfest 11 am Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima

The Y Black Achievers 12 pm Lima Family YMCA 345 S Elizabeth St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence Luncheon 12 pm Grace Church 2945 Wells Dr Lima $20 adults $10 youth Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social 5 pm Perry United Methodist Church 3250 E Breese Rd Lima Proceeds to Harvest Food Pantry

37th Annual Bath Band Spectacular 7 pm Bath High School 2850 Bible Rd Lima $7

Country Diamond Dancers - Dance 7 pm Vaughnsville Community Center 115 E Find-lay St Vaughnsville

Lima Area Concert Band 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima $15 adults free for students

(419) 224-1552 ldquoFrom Sea to Shining Seardquo with Timothy Anderson

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Len Collier

Sept 11Run to Remember 830 am

Lincoln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima $20 5K RunWalk Race day registration at 7 am Proceeds to the Lima Firefighters Memorial Museum

Living History Enlivening Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Butterfly Migration Celebra-tion 2 pm Childrenrsquos Garden 620 W Market St Lima

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra-911 Tribute 3 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

Sept 13Clark Equipment Retirees

1130 am Eagles Lodge 800 W Robb Ave Lima

Westinghouse Sundstrand Group 1130 am Western Siz-zlin 2721 Elida Rd Lima (419) 331-6644

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Michael Hingson 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 14Life After Cancer Sup-

port Group 1 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima With Zach Broshes

Sept 15Interactive Bible Study 7

pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 16Spaghetti Dinner 430 pm

Events calendar

23

Lima Masonic Center 2165 N Cole St Lima $5

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Sept 17Aqua Immersion Fall Ride

and Dive 830 am Gilboa PCG 3695 State Route 224 Gil-boa

Buddy Walk 10 am Faurot Park N Cole St Lima By Allen County Downs Syndrome aware-ness group

Ada Harvest amp Herb Festival 10 am Downtown Ada 525 S Main St Ada

Dog Day at the Beach 10 am Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima $3

The Manhattan Transfer 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 18To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 25-mile ldquo50th Birthday Partyrdquo ride

Sept 20Area Agency on Aging 3 930

am Area Agency on Aging 200 E High St Lima

ALS Support Group 11 am Senior Citizen Services Inc 3400 W Elm St Lima

Caregiverrsquos Support Group 3 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Allen County Chapter Com-passionate Friends 7 pm Lima First Assembly of God

1575 E High St Lima Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Man-to-Man Support Group 7 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Sept 21Community Fellowship Meal

5 pm St John United Meth-odist Church 205 N High St Columbus Grove

Korean War Veterans 7 pm Memorial Hall 130 W Elm St Lima

Sept 22Dinner and a Movie with

Brian Keegan 6 pm Ohio State University Lima Branch 4240 Campus Dr Lima All seats $30 Movie only $5 (419) 995-8600

Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Ron White 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima (419) 224-1552

Sept 23Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima

Sept 24Lima Roadrunners 10 am

Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 60-mile ldquoNorthside County Tourrdquo ride

Park-2-Park 5K 12 pm Lin-coln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima

Appalachian Opry 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33

Wapakoneta To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Country Expo

Sept 25To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 30-mile ldquoRockport Ramblerdquo ride

Steven Curtis Chapman 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 26The Great Monter Hunt Pup-

pet Show 630 pm Putnam County District Library 136 Put-nam Pky Ottawa Puppeteers from the Mazza Museum of Findlay

Sept 27Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Sept 28Heart Health Screening 9

am Dorothy Love Amos Com-munity Center 3003 Cisco Rd Sidney

Putnam County Parkinsons Support Group 1115 am Henryrsquos Restaurant 810 N Locust St Ottawa

Sept 29Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm

Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 30Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

23 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

24 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Mon - Fri 9am - 7pm x Sat 9am - 2pmwwwRaysMarketscompharmacy

Rays Market890 S Cable Rd

(419) 221-2059

Rays Marketplace2100 Harding Hwy

(419) 222-9355

Rays Clocktower927 N Cable Rd

(419) 222-0778

Drive-Thru

FREE Delivery bull Transfer Any Prescription bull Locally Owned

Seasonal Flu Shotsbull Begins September 6th

bull Must be 18+ years for flu shot

bull Medicare Part B accepted with no co-pay

bull Ask about pneumonia vaccines

bull No appointment necessary

only

$20

  • LIMA_GE_09012011_ALL_X01
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20

Valentine Heil was born in Germany in 1863 In his early teens he was taught the art of stone cutting At age 18 he decided to come to America to find

work in that field Having no particular place in mind to settle he met some people on the ship who were headed to Cincinnati and decided to follow He couldnrsquot find work in his particular trade and so he worked in a butcher shop

While living there he met and married Rosa Beyer from Covington Ky and hearing of the growth in Lima he and his young bride came here in 1890 After looking around

he decided to open his own business Val bought a home on East Eureka Street at the southwest corner of South Jackson Street A two-story house with a large lot at the rear it became his business place as well with the stone stored at the rear of the house

Valentine had three brothers who followed him to Lima from Germany They were Daniel John and Otto All of them became involved in the business and were married

Unfortunately John died at the young age of 35 and Dan-iel at 45 They left behind a combined family of 10 children to carry on and they became a part of Valentinersquos business or started their own in other fields Otto married Labertha Bridge and had a family of eight

Valentinersquos stone business soon became a thriving one He was also in the contracting business and erected many of the Lima business blocks plus his stonework appeared on many others such as the YMCA Hotel Norval St Paul Lutheran Church and the Lima Electric Light building along with many private homes including the home of Henry

Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Time Capsule

A Valentine that kept on giving Lima residentrsquos love is carved in stone

By Jeanne Porreca

The Holland Block featured the skills of Valentine HeilCourtesy of Allen County Historical Society

21

Rehab is work But it can also be funTo find out how we can help you or someone you love transition smoothly back home call us to schedule a personal tour

419-643-3161 7400 Swaney Road Bluffton OH 45817 richlandmanorhccom

Deisel on West Cole StreetAs his stone business grew so did his ability to hand carve

the stone One of the still-standing projects is a pair of fero-cious looking lions that stand at each side of the front steps of Henry Deiselrsquos original home on Cole Street called the Col-onnade now owned by Rob Nelson and his family

Valentine and Rosa had a family of six children all of whom grew strong and healthy But tragedy struck the family on June 29 1909 when their two youngest boys were playing in the yard where an electric line had fallen They were both instantly electrocuted and Rosa barely escaped with her life when she tried to save them

Rosa Heil died in 1912 and the following year Valentine married Miss Betty Reiter 23 years his junior They had one son Frederick from whom many details of this story were told before his death in 2003 Valentine had also started a coal company and Fred tells of a time during the depression when local ldquoculpritsrdquo would sneak the coal out of the yard and roll it onto the railroad tracks The flat cars would run over it forcing it out on the opposite side where the thieves waited eagerly with their baskets to gather it and run off into the night

Through the years family and the German community were very close to Valentine or ldquoValrdquo as he was affectionately called He had a Cadillac touring car with two spare tires on the rear which he would wash and shine carefully and loan out for funerals and other special occasions when needed and young Fred would drive the car Fred told of the many community parties that would be held on the lawn of the family home with good food and drink and plenty of good wine

Soon after the stone business started to wane and Val went into the concrete business having one of the first concrete mixers in Lima

From there he started a new company which soon became a pav-ing company and here the tradition still is carried on today Carl the second son of Valentine Heil had two sons one of them Robert J or as he is known by a lot of Lima businesses ldquoRobrdquo Heil start-ing his own blacktopping business and is fondly remembered for his love of people and a great smile along with being a truly hon-est business man At his death in 2007 the business sense passed to his son Michael who runs his own paving company known as Lima Contracting Many a yard of blacktopping has been laid by this fam-ily

Valentine Heil died peacefully Jan 26 1935 at the age of 72 years leaving a trail of traditions that are still carried on

And now for the ladies for any time there is a lady of prominence involved in a family I must mention her and none deserve it more than Anita Heil Gallantine grandaughter of Valrsquos second child Carl Heil Her father Carl Jr has every right to speak proudly of her for Anita is now a Brigadier General in the US Air Force with a long list of commendations and an even longer list of her assignments during service

Bravo Anita and wow what a family Lima can be very proud

The lions carved by Valentine Heil are still guarding the Colonnade on Cole Street

22 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Sept 1Lima Chapter 452 AARP 12

pm Milano Cafe 2383 Elida Rd Lima $8 Program about Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen

Lima Area Parkinsons Sup-port Group 2 pm St Ritarsquos Auxiliary Conference Center 718 W Market St Lima

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 3Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Central Services 900 S Col-lett St Lima 62-mile ldquoJump to Jumbordquo

rdquoDoktor Kaboomrdquo 9 am Ohio Northern University 525 S Main St Ada $10 adults $5 stu-dents (419) 772-2000

Block Party 12 pm Murphrsquos Place 113 E Spring St Lima

Town Square Prayer 12 pm Limarsquos Town Square N Main St and W Market St Lima

Church On The Rock Spa-ghetti Dinner 4 pm Church On The Rock 310 N West Street Lima $7 adults $450 Children 3-12 yrs

Real Life Tall Tales of the Ohio Frontier 7 pm Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima (419) 221-1232

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 4St Matthew Outdoor Sum-

mer Service 8 am St Mat-thew Lutheran Church 5050 Saint Matthews Dr Lima

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 29-mile ldquoMan Bites Dogrdquo ride

Gymanfa Ganu 7 pm Salem Presbyterian Church 15240 Main St Venedocia Directed by Margaret Morris-Lopez with soloist Jake Wilder and accom-panists Connie OrsquoNeill and Sue

Fickel Light supper available from 4 to 6 pm for a donation

Sept 5Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 55-mile ldquoLock 2rdquo ride

Sept 6Auglaize PERI 9 1130 am

American Legion 1108 E Ben-ton St Wapakoneta With Ohio Rep John Adams

Allen County Veterans Ser-vice Commission 5 pm Allen County Courthouse 301 N Main St Lima

Lima PFLAG (Parents Family Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 6 pm OSU LimaRhodes State 4240 Campus Dr Lima

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Tri-Moraine Audubon Soci-ety 730 pm OSU Lima Visi-tor amp Student Services Center 3900 Campus Dr Lima Terry D Schwaner on ldquoFrogs in a Wet-land in Northwest Ohiordquo

Sept 7Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Book Discussion 12 pm Common Grounds Coffeehouse 101 S Main St Bluffton ldquoThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanardquo

Sept 8Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Allen County Patriots 630 pm Allen County Sanitary Engineerrsquos Office 3230 N Cole St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence 7 pm Deliverance Tem-ple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 9Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

The Total Woman Confer-ence 10 am Deliverance Temple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Sept 10Living History Enlivening

Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Festival in the Cornfield 10 am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Lima Roadrunners 10 am Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 50-mile ldquoCascade Parkrdquo ride

Kidfest 11 am Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima

The Y Black Achievers 12 pm Lima Family YMCA 345 S Elizabeth St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence Luncheon 12 pm Grace Church 2945 Wells Dr Lima $20 adults $10 youth Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social 5 pm Perry United Methodist Church 3250 E Breese Rd Lima Proceeds to Harvest Food Pantry

37th Annual Bath Band Spectacular 7 pm Bath High School 2850 Bible Rd Lima $7

Country Diamond Dancers - Dance 7 pm Vaughnsville Community Center 115 E Find-lay St Vaughnsville

Lima Area Concert Band 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima $15 adults free for students

(419) 224-1552 ldquoFrom Sea to Shining Seardquo with Timothy Anderson

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Len Collier

Sept 11Run to Remember 830 am

Lincoln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima $20 5K RunWalk Race day registration at 7 am Proceeds to the Lima Firefighters Memorial Museum

Living History Enlivening Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Butterfly Migration Celebra-tion 2 pm Childrenrsquos Garden 620 W Market St Lima

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra-911 Tribute 3 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

Sept 13Clark Equipment Retirees

1130 am Eagles Lodge 800 W Robb Ave Lima

Westinghouse Sundstrand Group 1130 am Western Siz-zlin 2721 Elida Rd Lima (419) 331-6644

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Michael Hingson 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 14Life After Cancer Sup-

port Group 1 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima With Zach Broshes

Sept 15Interactive Bible Study 7

pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 16Spaghetti Dinner 430 pm

Events calendar

23

Lima Masonic Center 2165 N Cole St Lima $5

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Sept 17Aqua Immersion Fall Ride

and Dive 830 am Gilboa PCG 3695 State Route 224 Gil-boa

Buddy Walk 10 am Faurot Park N Cole St Lima By Allen County Downs Syndrome aware-ness group

Ada Harvest amp Herb Festival 10 am Downtown Ada 525 S Main St Ada

Dog Day at the Beach 10 am Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima $3

The Manhattan Transfer 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 18To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 25-mile ldquo50th Birthday Partyrdquo ride

Sept 20Area Agency on Aging 3 930

am Area Agency on Aging 200 E High St Lima

ALS Support Group 11 am Senior Citizen Services Inc 3400 W Elm St Lima

Caregiverrsquos Support Group 3 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Allen County Chapter Com-passionate Friends 7 pm Lima First Assembly of God

1575 E High St Lima Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Man-to-Man Support Group 7 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Sept 21Community Fellowship Meal

5 pm St John United Meth-odist Church 205 N High St Columbus Grove

Korean War Veterans 7 pm Memorial Hall 130 W Elm St Lima

Sept 22Dinner and a Movie with

Brian Keegan 6 pm Ohio State University Lima Branch 4240 Campus Dr Lima All seats $30 Movie only $5 (419) 995-8600

Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Ron White 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima (419) 224-1552

Sept 23Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima

Sept 24Lima Roadrunners 10 am

Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 60-mile ldquoNorthside County Tourrdquo ride

Park-2-Park 5K 12 pm Lin-coln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima

Appalachian Opry 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33

Wapakoneta To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Country Expo

Sept 25To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 30-mile ldquoRockport Ramblerdquo ride

Steven Curtis Chapman 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 26The Great Monter Hunt Pup-

pet Show 630 pm Putnam County District Library 136 Put-nam Pky Ottawa Puppeteers from the Mazza Museum of Findlay

Sept 27Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Sept 28Heart Health Screening 9

am Dorothy Love Amos Com-munity Center 3003 Cisco Rd Sidney

Putnam County Parkinsons Support Group 1115 am Henryrsquos Restaurant 810 N Locust St Ottawa

Sept 29Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm

Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 30Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

23 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

24 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Mon - Fri 9am - 7pm x Sat 9am - 2pmwwwRaysMarketscompharmacy

Rays Market890 S Cable Rd

(419) 221-2059

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(419) 222-9355

Rays Clocktower927 N Cable Rd

(419) 222-0778

Drive-Thru

FREE Delivery bull Transfer Any Prescription bull Locally Owned

Seasonal Flu Shotsbull Begins September 6th

bull Must be 18+ years for flu shot

bull Medicare Part B accepted with no co-pay

bull Ask about pneumonia vaccines

bull No appointment necessary

only

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21

Rehab is work But it can also be funTo find out how we can help you or someone you love transition smoothly back home call us to schedule a personal tour

419-643-3161 7400 Swaney Road Bluffton OH 45817 richlandmanorhccom

Deisel on West Cole StreetAs his stone business grew so did his ability to hand carve

the stone One of the still-standing projects is a pair of fero-cious looking lions that stand at each side of the front steps of Henry Deiselrsquos original home on Cole Street called the Col-onnade now owned by Rob Nelson and his family

Valentine and Rosa had a family of six children all of whom grew strong and healthy But tragedy struck the family on June 29 1909 when their two youngest boys were playing in the yard where an electric line had fallen They were both instantly electrocuted and Rosa barely escaped with her life when she tried to save them

Rosa Heil died in 1912 and the following year Valentine married Miss Betty Reiter 23 years his junior They had one son Frederick from whom many details of this story were told before his death in 2003 Valentine had also started a coal company and Fred tells of a time during the depression when local ldquoculpritsrdquo would sneak the coal out of the yard and roll it onto the railroad tracks The flat cars would run over it forcing it out on the opposite side where the thieves waited eagerly with their baskets to gather it and run off into the night

Through the years family and the German community were very close to Valentine or ldquoValrdquo as he was affectionately called He had a Cadillac touring car with two spare tires on the rear which he would wash and shine carefully and loan out for funerals and other special occasions when needed and young Fred would drive the car Fred told of the many community parties that would be held on the lawn of the family home with good food and drink and plenty of good wine

Soon after the stone business started to wane and Val went into the concrete business having one of the first concrete mixers in Lima

From there he started a new company which soon became a pav-ing company and here the tradition still is carried on today Carl the second son of Valentine Heil had two sons one of them Robert J or as he is known by a lot of Lima businesses ldquoRobrdquo Heil start-ing his own blacktopping business and is fondly remembered for his love of people and a great smile along with being a truly hon-est business man At his death in 2007 the business sense passed to his son Michael who runs his own paving company known as Lima Contracting Many a yard of blacktopping has been laid by this fam-ily

Valentine Heil died peacefully Jan 26 1935 at the age of 72 years leaving a trail of traditions that are still carried on

And now for the ladies for any time there is a lady of prominence involved in a family I must mention her and none deserve it more than Anita Heil Gallantine grandaughter of Valrsquos second child Carl Heil Her father Carl Jr has every right to speak proudly of her for Anita is now a Brigadier General in the US Air Force with a long list of commendations and an even longer list of her assignments during service

Bravo Anita and wow what a family Lima can be very proud

The lions carved by Valentine Heil are still guarding the Colonnade on Cole Street

22 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Sept 1Lima Chapter 452 AARP 12

pm Milano Cafe 2383 Elida Rd Lima $8 Program about Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen

Lima Area Parkinsons Sup-port Group 2 pm St Ritarsquos Auxiliary Conference Center 718 W Market St Lima

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 3Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Central Services 900 S Col-lett St Lima 62-mile ldquoJump to Jumbordquo

rdquoDoktor Kaboomrdquo 9 am Ohio Northern University 525 S Main St Ada $10 adults $5 stu-dents (419) 772-2000

Block Party 12 pm Murphrsquos Place 113 E Spring St Lima

Town Square Prayer 12 pm Limarsquos Town Square N Main St and W Market St Lima

Church On The Rock Spa-ghetti Dinner 4 pm Church On The Rock 310 N West Street Lima $7 adults $450 Children 3-12 yrs

Real Life Tall Tales of the Ohio Frontier 7 pm Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima (419) 221-1232

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 4St Matthew Outdoor Sum-

mer Service 8 am St Mat-thew Lutheran Church 5050 Saint Matthews Dr Lima

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 29-mile ldquoMan Bites Dogrdquo ride

Gymanfa Ganu 7 pm Salem Presbyterian Church 15240 Main St Venedocia Directed by Margaret Morris-Lopez with soloist Jake Wilder and accom-panists Connie OrsquoNeill and Sue

Fickel Light supper available from 4 to 6 pm for a donation

Sept 5Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 55-mile ldquoLock 2rdquo ride

Sept 6Auglaize PERI 9 1130 am

American Legion 1108 E Ben-ton St Wapakoneta With Ohio Rep John Adams

Allen County Veterans Ser-vice Commission 5 pm Allen County Courthouse 301 N Main St Lima

Lima PFLAG (Parents Family Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 6 pm OSU LimaRhodes State 4240 Campus Dr Lima

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Tri-Moraine Audubon Soci-ety 730 pm OSU Lima Visi-tor amp Student Services Center 3900 Campus Dr Lima Terry D Schwaner on ldquoFrogs in a Wet-land in Northwest Ohiordquo

Sept 7Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Book Discussion 12 pm Common Grounds Coffeehouse 101 S Main St Bluffton ldquoThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanardquo

Sept 8Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Allen County Patriots 630 pm Allen County Sanitary Engineerrsquos Office 3230 N Cole St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence 7 pm Deliverance Tem-ple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 9Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

The Total Woman Confer-ence 10 am Deliverance Temple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Sept 10Living History Enlivening

Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Festival in the Cornfield 10 am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Lima Roadrunners 10 am Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 50-mile ldquoCascade Parkrdquo ride

Kidfest 11 am Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima

The Y Black Achievers 12 pm Lima Family YMCA 345 S Elizabeth St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence Luncheon 12 pm Grace Church 2945 Wells Dr Lima $20 adults $10 youth Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social 5 pm Perry United Methodist Church 3250 E Breese Rd Lima Proceeds to Harvest Food Pantry

37th Annual Bath Band Spectacular 7 pm Bath High School 2850 Bible Rd Lima $7

Country Diamond Dancers - Dance 7 pm Vaughnsville Community Center 115 E Find-lay St Vaughnsville

Lima Area Concert Band 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima $15 adults free for students

(419) 224-1552 ldquoFrom Sea to Shining Seardquo with Timothy Anderson

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Len Collier

Sept 11Run to Remember 830 am

Lincoln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima $20 5K RunWalk Race day registration at 7 am Proceeds to the Lima Firefighters Memorial Museum

Living History Enlivening Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Butterfly Migration Celebra-tion 2 pm Childrenrsquos Garden 620 W Market St Lima

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra-911 Tribute 3 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

Sept 13Clark Equipment Retirees

1130 am Eagles Lodge 800 W Robb Ave Lima

Westinghouse Sundstrand Group 1130 am Western Siz-zlin 2721 Elida Rd Lima (419) 331-6644

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Michael Hingson 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 14Life After Cancer Sup-

port Group 1 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima With Zach Broshes

Sept 15Interactive Bible Study 7

pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 16Spaghetti Dinner 430 pm

Events calendar

23

Lima Masonic Center 2165 N Cole St Lima $5

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Sept 17Aqua Immersion Fall Ride

and Dive 830 am Gilboa PCG 3695 State Route 224 Gil-boa

Buddy Walk 10 am Faurot Park N Cole St Lima By Allen County Downs Syndrome aware-ness group

Ada Harvest amp Herb Festival 10 am Downtown Ada 525 S Main St Ada

Dog Day at the Beach 10 am Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima $3

The Manhattan Transfer 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 18To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 25-mile ldquo50th Birthday Partyrdquo ride

Sept 20Area Agency on Aging 3 930

am Area Agency on Aging 200 E High St Lima

ALS Support Group 11 am Senior Citizen Services Inc 3400 W Elm St Lima

Caregiverrsquos Support Group 3 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Allen County Chapter Com-passionate Friends 7 pm Lima First Assembly of God

1575 E High St Lima Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Man-to-Man Support Group 7 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Sept 21Community Fellowship Meal

5 pm St John United Meth-odist Church 205 N High St Columbus Grove

Korean War Veterans 7 pm Memorial Hall 130 W Elm St Lima

Sept 22Dinner and a Movie with

Brian Keegan 6 pm Ohio State University Lima Branch 4240 Campus Dr Lima All seats $30 Movie only $5 (419) 995-8600

Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Ron White 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima (419) 224-1552

Sept 23Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima

Sept 24Lima Roadrunners 10 am

Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 60-mile ldquoNorthside County Tourrdquo ride

Park-2-Park 5K 12 pm Lin-coln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima

Appalachian Opry 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33

Wapakoneta To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Country Expo

Sept 25To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 30-mile ldquoRockport Ramblerdquo ride

Steven Curtis Chapman 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 26The Great Monter Hunt Pup-

pet Show 630 pm Putnam County District Library 136 Put-nam Pky Ottawa Puppeteers from the Mazza Museum of Findlay

Sept 27Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Sept 28Heart Health Screening 9

am Dorothy Love Amos Com-munity Center 3003 Cisco Rd Sidney

Putnam County Parkinsons Support Group 1115 am Henryrsquos Restaurant 810 N Locust St Ottawa

Sept 29Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm

Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 30Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

23 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

24 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Mon - Fri 9am - 7pm x Sat 9am - 2pmwwwRaysMarketscompharmacy

Rays Market890 S Cable Rd

(419) 221-2059

Rays Marketplace2100 Harding Hwy

(419) 222-9355

Rays Clocktower927 N Cable Rd

(419) 222-0778

Drive-Thru

FREE Delivery bull Transfer Any Prescription bull Locally Owned

Seasonal Flu Shotsbull Begins September 6th

bull Must be 18+ years for flu shot

bull Medicare Part B accepted with no co-pay

bull Ask about pneumonia vaccines

bull No appointment necessary

only

$20

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22 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Sept 1Lima Chapter 452 AARP 12

pm Milano Cafe 2383 Elida Rd Lima $8 Program about Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen

Lima Area Parkinsons Sup-port Group 2 pm St Ritarsquos Auxiliary Conference Center 718 W Market St Lima

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 3Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Central Services 900 S Col-lett St Lima 62-mile ldquoJump to Jumbordquo

rdquoDoktor Kaboomrdquo 9 am Ohio Northern University 525 S Main St Ada $10 adults $5 stu-dents (419) 772-2000

Block Party 12 pm Murphrsquos Place 113 E Spring St Lima

Town Square Prayer 12 pm Limarsquos Town Square N Main St and W Market St Lima

Church On The Rock Spa-ghetti Dinner 4 pm Church On The Rock 310 N West Street Lima $7 adults $450 Children 3-12 yrs

Real Life Tall Tales of the Ohio Frontier 7 pm Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima (419) 221-1232

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 4St Matthew Outdoor Sum-

mer Service 8 am St Mat-thew Lutheran Church 5050 Saint Matthews Dr Lima

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 29-mile ldquoMan Bites Dogrdquo ride

Gymanfa Ganu 7 pm Salem Presbyterian Church 15240 Main St Venedocia Directed by Margaret Morris-Lopez with soloist Jake Wilder and accom-panists Connie OrsquoNeill and Sue

Fickel Light supper available from 4 to 6 pm for a donation

Sept 5Lima Roadrunners 9 am

Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 55-mile ldquoLock 2rdquo ride

Sept 6Auglaize PERI 9 1130 am

American Legion 1108 E Ben-ton St Wapakoneta With Ohio Rep John Adams

Allen County Veterans Ser-vice Commission 5 pm Allen County Courthouse 301 N Main St Lima

Lima PFLAG (Parents Family Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 6 pm OSU LimaRhodes State 4240 Campus Dr Lima

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Tri-Moraine Audubon Soci-ety 730 pm OSU Lima Visi-tor amp Student Services Center 3900 Campus Dr Lima Terry D Schwaner on ldquoFrogs in a Wet-land in Northwest Ohiordquo

Sept 7Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Book Discussion 12 pm Common Grounds Coffeehouse 101 S Main St Bluffton ldquoThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanardquo

Sept 8Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Allen County Patriots 630 pm Allen County Sanitary Engineerrsquos Office 3230 N Cole St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence 7 pm Deliverance Tem-ple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 9Festival in the Cornfield 10

am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

The Total Woman Confer-ence 10 am Deliverance Temple of Joy 1027 E North St Lima Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Sept 10Living History Enlivening

Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Festival in the Cornfield 10 am Famous Old Time Music Company 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta

Lima Roadrunners 10 am Bresler Reservoir Agerter Rd and S Kemp Rd Lima 50-mile ldquoCascade Parkrdquo ride

Kidfest 11 am Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima

The Y Black Achievers 12 pm Lima Family YMCA 345 S Elizabeth St Lima

The Total Woman Confer-ence Luncheon 12 pm Grace Church 2945 Wells Dr Lima $20 adults $10 youth Theme ldquoWhen You Marry Me Irsquoll Take You Thererdquo

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social 5 pm Perry United Methodist Church 3250 E Breese Rd Lima Proceeds to Harvest Food Pantry

37th Annual Bath Band Spectacular 7 pm Bath High School 2850 Bible Rd Lima $7

Country Diamond Dancers - Dance 7 pm Vaughnsville Community Center 115 E Find-lay St Vaughnsville

Lima Area Concert Band 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima $15 adults free for students

(419) 224-1552 ldquoFrom Sea to Shining Seardquo with Timothy Anderson

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Len Collier

Sept 11Run to Remember 830 am

Lincoln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima $20 5K RunWalk Race day registration at 7 am Proceeds to the Lima Firefighters Memorial Museum

Living History Enlivening Faith 9 am Garden City Chris-tian Union Church 2276 Garden Blvd Lima

Butterfly Migration Celebra-tion 2 pm Childrenrsquos Garden 620 W Market St Lima

Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra-911 Tribute 3 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

Sept 13Clark Equipment Retirees

1130 am Eagles Lodge 800 W Robb Ave Lima

Westinghouse Sundstrand Group 1130 am Western Siz-zlin 2721 Elida Rd Lima (419) 331-6644

Lima Beane Chorus Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Michael Hingson 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Cen-ter 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 14Life After Cancer Sup-

port Group 1 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima With Zach Broshes

Sept 15Interactive Bible Study 7

pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 16Spaghetti Dinner 430 pm

Events calendar

23

Lima Masonic Center 2165 N Cole St Lima $5

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Sept 17Aqua Immersion Fall Ride

and Dive 830 am Gilboa PCG 3695 State Route 224 Gil-boa

Buddy Walk 10 am Faurot Park N Cole St Lima By Allen County Downs Syndrome aware-ness group

Ada Harvest amp Herb Festival 10 am Downtown Ada 525 S Main St Ada

Dog Day at the Beach 10 am Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima $3

The Manhattan Transfer 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 18To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 25-mile ldquo50th Birthday Partyrdquo ride

Sept 20Area Agency on Aging 3 930

am Area Agency on Aging 200 E High St Lima

ALS Support Group 11 am Senior Citizen Services Inc 3400 W Elm St Lima

Caregiverrsquos Support Group 3 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Allen County Chapter Com-passionate Friends 7 pm Lima First Assembly of God

1575 E High St Lima Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Man-to-Man Support Group 7 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Sept 21Community Fellowship Meal

5 pm St John United Meth-odist Church 205 N High St Columbus Grove

Korean War Veterans 7 pm Memorial Hall 130 W Elm St Lima

Sept 22Dinner and a Movie with

Brian Keegan 6 pm Ohio State University Lima Branch 4240 Campus Dr Lima All seats $30 Movie only $5 (419) 995-8600

Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Ron White 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima (419) 224-1552

Sept 23Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima

Sept 24Lima Roadrunners 10 am

Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 60-mile ldquoNorthside County Tourrdquo ride

Park-2-Park 5K 12 pm Lin-coln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima

Appalachian Opry 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33

Wapakoneta To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Country Expo

Sept 25To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 30-mile ldquoRockport Ramblerdquo ride

Steven Curtis Chapman 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 26The Great Monter Hunt Pup-

pet Show 630 pm Putnam County District Library 136 Put-nam Pky Ottawa Puppeteers from the Mazza Museum of Findlay

Sept 27Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Sept 28Heart Health Screening 9

am Dorothy Love Amos Com-munity Center 3003 Cisco Rd Sidney

Putnam County Parkinsons Support Group 1115 am Henryrsquos Restaurant 810 N Locust St Ottawa

Sept 29Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm

Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 30Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

23 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

24 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Mon - Fri 9am - 7pm x Sat 9am - 2pmwwwRaysMarketscompharmacy

Rays Market890 S Cable Rd

(419) 221-2059

Rays Marketplace2100 Harding Hwy

(419) 222-9355

Rays Clocktower927 N Cable Rd

(419) 222-0778

Drive-Thru

FREE Delivery bull Transfer Any Prescription bull Locally Owned

Seasonal Flu Shotsbull Begins September 6th

bull Must be 18+ years for flu shot

bull Medicare Part B accepted with no co-pay

bull Ask about pneumonia vaccines

bull No appointment necessary

only

$20

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Lima Masonic Center 2165 N Cole St Lima $5

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Sept 17Aqua Immersion Fall Ride

and Dive 830 am Gilboa PCG 3695 State Route 224 Gil-boa

Buddy Walk 10 am Faurot Park N Cole St Lima By Allen County Downs Syndrome aware-ness group

Ada Harvest amp Herb Festival 10 am Downtown Ada 525 S Main St Ada

Dog Day at the Beach 10 am Ottawa Metro Park 2632 Ada Rd Lima $3

The Manhattan Transfer 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert (419) 238-6722

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Findlay Singles 830 pm Humane Society Hall 4550 Fos-toria Ave Findlay $8 Doors at 8 pm

Sept 18To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Central Services 900 S Collett St Lima 25-mile ldquo50th Birthday Partyrdquo ride

Sept 20Area Agency on Aging 3 930

am Area Agency on Aging 200 E High St Lima

ALS Support Group 11 am Senior Citizen Services Inc 3400 W Elm St Lima

Caregiverrsquos Support Group 3 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Allen County Chapter Com-passionate Friends 7 pm Lima First Assembly of God

1575 E High St Lima Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Man-to-Man Support Group 7 pm St Ritarsquos Regional Cancer Center 803 W Market St Lima

Sept 21Community Fellowship Meal

5 pm St John United Meth-odist Church 205 N High St Columbus Grove

Korean War Veterans 7 pm Memorial Hall 130 W Elm St Lima

Sept 22Dinner and a Movie with

Brian Keegan 6 pm Ohio State University Lima Branch 4240 Campus Dr Lima All seats $30 Movie only $5 (419) 995-8600

Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Ron White 730 pm Veterans Memorial Civic Center 7 Town Sq Lima (419) 224-1552

Sept 23Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima

Sept 24Lima Roadrunners 10 am

Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 60-mile ldquoNorthside County Tourrdquo ride

Park-2-Park 5K 12 pm Lin-coln Park Bellefontaine Ave and E Elm St Lima

Appalachian Opry 7 pm Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33

Wapakoneta To Kill a Mockingbird 8 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Springbrook Dances 8 pm Springbrook Gardens 4240 N West St Lima With Country Expo

Sept 25To Kill a Mockingbird 2 pm

Encore Theatre 991 N Shore Dr Lima $9-Youth $12-Senior $14 Adult (419) 223-8866

Lima Roadrunners 2 pm Crankers Cycling 412 Brower Rd Lima 30-mile ldquoRockport Ramblerdquo ride

Steven Curtis Chapman 730 pm Niswonger Performing Arts Center 10700 Oh 118 Van Wert

Sept 26The Great Monter Hunt Pup-

pet Show 630 pm Putnam County District Library 136 Put-nam Pky Ottawa Puppeteers from the Mazza Museum of Findlay

Sept 27Lima Beane Chorus

Rehearsal 7 pm Marimor School 2500 Ada Rd Lima

Sept 28Heart Health Screening 9

am Dorothy Love Amos Com-munity Center 3003 Cisco Rd Sidney

Putnam County Parkinsons Support Group 1115 am Henryrsquos Restaurant 810 N Locust St Ottawa

Sept 29Bluegrass Cafe 7 pm

Famous Old Time Music Com-pany 20322 State Route 33 Wapakoneta $5

Interactive Bible Study 7 pm Fresh Word Temple 797 West Robb Ave Lima

Sept 30Continental Farm and Flea

Market 4 pm Continental United Methodist Church 300 N Main St Continental

23 OurGenerationrsquosMagazine September 2011

24 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Mon - Fri 9am - 7pm x Sat 9am - 2pmwwwRaysMarketscompharmacy

Rays Market890 S Cable Rd

(419) 221-2059

Rays Marketplace2100 Harding Hwy

(419) 222-9355

Rays Clocktower927 N Cable Rd

(419) 222-0778

Drive-Thru

FREE Delivery bull Transfer Any Prescription bull Locally Owned

Seasonal Flu Shotsbull Begins September 6th

bull Must be 18+ years for flu shot

bull Medicare Part B accepted with no co-pay

bull Ask about pneumonia vaccines

bull No appointment necessary

only

$20

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24 Our Generationrsquos Magazine September 2011

Mon - Fri 9am - 7pm x Sat 9am - 2pmwwwRaysMarketscompharmacy

Rays Market890 S Cable Rd

(419) 221-2059

Rays Marketplace2100 Harding Hwy

(419) 222-9355

Rays Clocktower927 N Cable Rd

(419) 222-0778

Drive-Thru

FREE Delivery bull Transfer Any Prescription bull Locally Owned

Seasonal Flu Shotsbull Begins September 6th

bull Must be 18+ years for flu shot

bull Medicare Part B accepted with no co-pay

bull Ask about pneumonia vaccines

bull No appointment necessary

only

$20

  • LIMA_GE_09012011_ALL_X01
  • LIMA_GE_09012011_ALL_X02
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