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NationalMiniature Golf Day
NationalMiniature Golf Day
Celebrate
Saturday, May 11, 2013
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The 3 MsMay Day, Mother’s Day and Memorial
Day... Not to mention graduation formany, May has 3 main special days to cele-brate.
First comes May Day on May 1, related tothe Celtic festival of Beltane and theGerman festival of Walpurgis Night. Theearliest May Day celebrations appeared iththe festival of Flora, the Roman goddess of
flowers. May Day may bebest known for its tradi-tion of dancing around themaypole, crowning of theQueen of the May or secret-ly leaving baskets full offlowers on the doorknobsof a neighbor’s house.
Then Mother’s Day pays tribute to motherseverywhere. First celebrated in 1908 as a resultof Anna Jarvis’ campaign to recognize the dayas a U.S. holiday, it is currently one of the mostpopular days to take mother “out” for lunch.Combining May flowers with lunch, mother’sare remembered at Goodseed Nursery. Seepage 6 for all the details.
Then Memorial Day is a whole weekend offun with great places to go, things to do andpeople to see. And this issue offers severalideas. For instance, Kings Island is now open,offering a full day of fun including rides, waterslides, entertainment and an experience withthe world’s largest dinosaur! Even the BradyBunch is returning for all the fun. See page 10.
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About the Cover :A walk through the park (orwoods) is a great way to spend aMay afternoon. Landon andSerenity are shown looking forflowers to give to Mom on herspecial day.
Photo courtesy of Tammi Haspeslagh
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PEEBLES –Do you havea family tradition for cele-brating Mother’s Daywith the women in yourlife? How about a deli-cious dinner “out” and abeautiful plant for theyard? GoodSeed Nurseryin Winchester, Ohioinvites you to join over1,000 mothers who makean annual pilgrimage to GoodSeed Nursery for afree Mother’s Day plant. GoodSeed Nursery hasjust moved from rural Peebles to a more conven-ient location on the Appalachian Highway threemiles west of Winchester,. The reception hall atHilltop Designs, right next door, is offeringa Mother’s Day feast for the whole fam-ily with no waiting in line.
Owners Steve and MarjorieBoehme started their Mother’s Dayweekend tradition over fourteenyears ago, giving away severalhundred dogwood tree seedlingsat their first “Country GardenMother’s Day” event in 1999. Thepopular three-day event has grownevery year since. This year’s giftplant is a baby “Old Fashioned Lilac”,free to the first 1200 mothers whoattend the event starting Friday, May 10th.Country Garden Mother’s Day festivities atGoodSeed Nursery last three days, from Fridaymorning through Mother’s Day Sunday.
GoodSeed is now located on the same propertywith Hilltop Designs, host of the annualAppalachian Artisan’s Fest every October. Startingthis year you can enjoy a delicious family meal inHilltop’s elegant ballroom on Mother’s DaySunday. Reserve a table for up to eight people fora gracious Mother’s Day buffet dinner. Seatingsare at 12:00 Noon or 1:30PM, for a mouth-water-ing menu of Prime Top Round of Beef, Glazed
Lean Sliced Ham, SlicedBreast of Turkey, Mostocholiwith Melted Cheese,Assorted Cheeses, VegetableTray with Pickles, Peppersand Olives, Hot BakedBeans, Homemade Salads,Cole Slaw, Assorted Breads,Dessert, Cold and Hotdrinks. Cost is $10.99 perperson. Reservation dead-
line is Thursday May 9th (call 937-695-5545). Fordetails visit www.hilltopdesigns.org.
Meanwhile, next-door GoodSeed Nursery willbe lively with music, food, kettle corn, special pro-
motions and specials all three days. Breakfastand a special kid’s menu will be available,
along with cheesecake and huge Amishdonuts. Admission is free. “We’re
used to seeing three and even fourgenerations of women comingtogether,” says owner SteveBoehme. “Some have been com-ing for years, and they have awhole collection of GoodSeedMother’s Day gift plants in their
yard.” GoodSeed is known forhaving interesting perennials, home
orchard trees and fruit plants. “We’rethe blueberry capital of southern
Ohio” jokes Steve, who also writes theweekly garden column “Let’s Grow!” The
nursery will be stuffed with beautiful floweringplants, vegetable plants and even sweet potatostarts, a GoodSeed specialty. Nursery hours are9AM to 6PM all weekend. Details and directionsare at www.goodseedfarm.com.
GoodSeed Nursery and Hilltop Designs inviteyou to start a new Mother’s Day tradition: brows-ing a country garden center, a free Lilac, and aMother’s Day feast with your family, no cookingrequired!
Things to do: Pay tribute to Mother
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DAYTON - Don’t missthis brand new musicalcoming to the SchusterCenter on May 21 & 22at 8 p.m. Tickets are nowon sale ranging from$49-$75 (Plus servicefees. Prices subject tochange.) A 25% MilitaryDiscount: is availablewith military ID (limit 2tickets per ID). StudentRush: 1/2 off any timeat Box Office or byphone with student ID(limit 1 ticket per ID).
Come for the Pre-Show Beer Tasting May21 at 7 p.m. Tickets toPre-Show Tastings are sold sepa-rately and are $10 each. Ticketsare available online atwww.TicketCenter Stage.com orby calling (937) 228-3630 or (888)228-3630.
ABOUT THE SHOW:In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a
small town girl met a big cityrocker and in LA’s most famousrock club, they fell in love to thegreatest songs of the ’80s. It’s anarena rock love story toldthrough the mind-blowing, face-melting hits of the ’80s. ROCK OFAGES features the tunes of allyour ’80s favorites, includingREO Speedwagon, Styx, Journey,Bon Jovi, Poison, Foreigner, Pat
Benatar, Twisted Sister, StevePerry, Whitesnake, Night Ranger,Quaterflash, Asia, Damn Yankeesand more! Plus, the show wasnominated for five (count ‘em,five) Tony® awards: Best Musical,Best Actor in a Musical(Constantine Maroulis), BestDirector (Kristin Hanggi), BestCostume Design (Gregory Gale)and Best Sound Design (PeterHylenski). Don’t miss this awe-somely good time about dream-ing big, playing loud and party-ing on!
AGE RECOMMENDATION:Ages 13 and up. ROCK OF
AGES is a full-out, blast-off, hold-onto-your-hairspray celebration
of the great rock music ofthe 80s, and you might bewondering–or, admit it,hoping– your kids willlove it as much as youwill. Well, we think theywill, but you should knowthat some of the costumes,dancing and languagemight not be appropriatefor kids under the age of13. We think teenagers willdig it, because it’s totallyawesome, sort of like amusic video brought tolife, complete with hotdancers and blazing guitarlicks. You know the matu-rity of your children, so we
suggest you use your best judg-ment about whether or not theshow is appropriate for them.Remember, if you do bring them,they’ll get to see you rockin’ likeyou did back in the day. Just soyou know. For the considerationof all patrons, children on lapsand/or babes in arms are not per-mitted at Victoria TheatreAssociation Star Attraction pre-sentations.
WANT TO BRING A GROUP?Visit our group information pageor call (937) 228 -7591, x3074.
Ticket Center Stage is the onlyoutlet authorized to sell ticketsfor events at the Schuster Centerand Victoria Theatre.
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THE BRADYBUNCH STARS ,BARRYWILLIAMS,SUSAN OLSEN,ANDCHRISTOPHERKNIGHT ARERETURNING TOKINGS ISLANDON MAY 19.
IF YOU GREWUP IN THE 1970’S,CHANCES AREYOU REALLYHAD TWO FAMILIES: YOUROWN AND THE BRADYBUNCH.
ONE OF THE GROOVIESTSITCOMS OF THE ERA, THEBRADY BUNCH FILMEDONE OF ITS MOST POPULAREPISODES AT KINGSISLAND. THE EPISODE, CALLED “THECINCINNATI KIDS,” WAS FILMED AT KINGSISLAND AUGUST 20-24, 1973, THE SECONDYEAR THE PARK WAS OPEN.
IN THE EPISODE, WHICH FIRST AIREDNOVEMBER 23, 1973, MIKE BRADY, PLAYED BYROBERT REED, TAKES THE FAMILY WITH HIMAS HE PRESENTS HIS ARCHITECTURAL PLANSFOR A NEW ADDITION TO KINGS ISLAND. THEPLANS BECOME INADVERTENTLY MISPLACEDWHILE THE FAMILY IS IN THE PARK AND AVARIETY OF COMIC SITUATIONS EVOLVEWHILE RECOVERING THE DRAWINGS.
TO CELEBRATE THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OFTHE CLASSIC EPISODE, THREE BRADY BUNCHSTARS, BARRY WILLIAMS (GREG BRADY),CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT (PETER BRADY) AND
SUSAN OLSEN(CINDY BRADY),WILL RETURNTO KINGSISLANDSUNDAY, MAY 19TO ENTERTAINPARK GUESTSDURING FOURSHOWS OFSINGING, DANC-ING AND BRADYBUNCH ANEC-DOTES.WILLIAMS,KNIGHT AND
OLSEN WILL BE AVAILABLETO MEET FANS, SIGN AUTO-GRAPHS AND POSE FOR PHO-TOGRAPHS AFTER EACHSHOW.
“THE KINGS ISLANDEPISODE IS ONE OF MYFAVORITE EPISODES FROM
THE BRADY BUNCH, RIGHT UP THERE WITHTHE EPISODE SHOT IN HAWAII AND THERETURN OF JOHNNY BRAVO,” WILLIAMSSAID. “I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE ALL OF OURFRIENDS AGAIN IN CINCINNATI.”
THE SHOWS WILL TAKE PLACE IN THEKINGS ISLAND THEATER AND INCLUDEDFREE WITH PARK ADMISSION. SEATING ISLIMITED, ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVEDBASIS.
THE BRADY BUNCH ORIGINALLY AIREDFROM SEPTEMBER 26, 1969 TO AUGUST 30, 1974ON THE ABC NETWORK AND SUBSEQUENTLYSYNDICATED AROUND THE WORLD. IT IS THEONLY SERIES EVER TO BE SHOWN IN SOMEFORM ON THREE MAJOR NETWORKS (ABC,NBC AND CBS), AS WELL AS IN THEATRICALAND MOTION PICTURE MOVIES.
People to See: The Brady Bunch
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WILMINGTON - NewLyceum Circuit Seriesartist Austin Walkin’Cane brags 25 years ofsinging the blues on hisrepertoire. His mission isto sonically paint differ-ent shades of the blues.
On June 1st, Austin Walkin Cane will perform atthe Murphy Theatre beginning at 7:30 pm. Ticketsrange from $12 - $15.50 depending on seatingarrangement.
Austin “Walkin’ Cane,” has been singing theblues, performing over three hundred shows a year,recording numerous albums & telling the stories ofblues legends to a younger generation. It hasbecome a mission in his life to sonically paint differ-ent shades of the blues. “I don’t need to re-inventthe wheel. I just want to keep it rollin’.”
"Damn Fine Blues!" Original & classic delta bluesfeatures slide guitar and soulful vocals. A bluesgumbo repertoire that can conjures up the ghosts ofhighway 61 & the delta blues experience. Austin
"Walkin' Cane" is aslide guitarist, singer& songwriter that per-forms acoustic solo,duo & electric bandsets. Walkin' Cane hastraveled all over the
world to Australia, Nepal, France, Germany,England, Wales & the U.S. from New Orleans,Louisiana to Juneau, Alaska since 2009. Over theyears he has acquired numerous blues/instrumen-talist awards.
Austin walked for ten years with a cane due to anarterial venous malformation at birth. While per-forming on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, a home-less man called out "Hey Walkin' Cane got somespare change for a brother?!" Austin took the jibe ashis nickname. In 1996, after years of battling theinevitable, his left leg was amputated below theknee. A year after the surgery, he returned to themusic scene stronger & without need of a cane.
For more information or to purchase tickets, call877-274-3848 or online, www.themurphytheatre.org.
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"Austin Walkin' Cane arrives bearing not only acool blues calling card but a commanding voiceand fiery Delta chops."
The New Yorker
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS for the7th Annual PickeringtonKidz
Festival!This year's event promises to be bigger and better
than ever! Stay up-to-date on ongoing details as thefestival plans progress for activities, crafts, food,giveaways, prizes and lots more! Free admission.
This event was founded by PickeringtonKidz.comin 2006 for the Pickerington Community to enjoy afun afternoon with their family! It is unique indesign, and every vendor, the majority of them busi-nesses local to Pickerington, will have something funplanned for your kids! The City of Pickerington Parks& Recreation Department also helps cosponsor thisevent!
What things will there be for the kids to do?There is a big variety of fun things for your kids to
do!! This includes: games, givewaways, interactiveactivities, face painting, balloon twisting, bouncing,enjoying performances such as trained dog demon-strations, gymnastics, kid bands, flag twirling, cheer-
leading and more!What ages is the festival geared towards?The festival is targeted for kids aged toddler
through 6th grade! In addition to those mentionedabove, we will have a small bounce house for theyounger children, and a large bounce house for theolder ones. There are many activities designed for theyounger children, and a few that will appear to theolder ones too! The Chiller is back for their 2nd yearand will be setting up their street hockey rink, andGames 2U is here for their first year and will be bring-ing their Game Truck as well as coordinating lasertag!
How much does the festival cost to attend?The motto is this festival has been and always will
be "EVERYTHING IS FREE"*! The only thing thatcosts money at the festival is if you want to purchasefood from one of our four food vendors! We want tocelebrate kids, and offer our community a FREE,FUN afternoon with their kids!!
For more information, call 614-204-8273 or visitonline at www.pickeringtonkidz.com
www.pickeringtonkidz.com
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PAINTBALL REVOLUTIONMay 11/LIBERTY TOWNSHIP — Simulating
America�s Civil War is the 2nd annual Bob NiedermanMemorial Scenario Event. A large scale war will wageacross more than 40 acres of Niederman�s 210 acre farm,spanning fields, woods, a creek and more. Portions of theproceeds go to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Sign-up to play in the Civil War - The Third AmericanRevolution on www.facebook.com/events/453371828045925/. Players must be at least 10 to partici-pate and sign a waiver. Any size group can reserve a fieldof play. Located at 5110 LeSourdsville-West Chester Rdbetween Cincinnati and Dayton. Call 513-779-6184 orvisit www.niedermanfamilyfarm.com for more informa-tion. www.PaintballCountryOhio.com
ASPARAGUS & STRAWBERRY FESTMay 25/CLARKSVILLE - Come celebrate the begin-
ning of the growing season at this great third annual fam-ily-friendly event where you can find fun, music and localfood vendors. Admission is only $2 per car. For moreinformation, call 937-203-8289.
TODD RUNDGREN CONCERTMay 16/COLUMBUS - 7 p.m. at The LC, Lifestyle
Communities Pavilion. Tickets range from $29-$42. Call800-745-3000 or visit www.promowestlive.com ToddRundgren is an American multi-instrumentalist, song-writer and record producer. Hailed in the early stage of hiscareer as a new pop star, he was supported by the certifiedgold solo double LP Something/Anything? in 1972. Hiscareer has produced a diverse range of recordings as soloartist, and during the seventies and eighties with the bandUtopia.
TASTE FOR SUMMER May 18/COSHOCTON - Wine & Barbecue Festival at
Clary Gardens from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission: $5-$10.Enjoy 12 wineries and three well known barbeque ven-dors: Grillin’ n Chilln’ from Zanesville, The PointRestaurant from Cambridge, and Cindy’s Restaurant fromBerlin. There will be live music from local groups all dayin and around the wine tasting area and silent auction.Shuttles available to and from both Historic RoscoeVillage and several other local hunting and specialtyshops. For more information, call 740-622-6524 or visit
online atwww.tastefor-summer.com
Juicy J Stay Trippy TourMay 23/COLUMBUS - 7 p.m. at Newport Music Hall.
Tickets are $28.85. As Juicy J readies his second soloalbum , he takes his knowledge of the game and of musicto next level trippiness. For more information, call 800-745-3000 or visit online at www.newportmusichall.com.
CIVIL WAR SESQUICENTENNIAL EVENTMay 24/COLUMBUS - 11 to 2 p.m. at the Ohio
Statehouse. Free admission. Luke Stedke,Communications and Marketing Manager at the CapitolSquare Review and Advisory Board, will talk about thebrutal Vicksburg campaign which changed the course ofAmerican history. The talk will take place in front of theLincoln and Soldiers’ Memorial in Statehouse Ro-tunda.Call 614-752-9777 or visit www.ohiostatehouse.org
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