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Powell: Apple Butter weekend comes to Grand Rapids
Here in Grand Rapids, Ohio, we’re getting ready for company; lots of company, some say 40,000 visitors. Next Sunday is Apple Butter Fest when the village on the Maumee River rolls out the welcome mat with a variety of attractions. Visitors can expect plenty of good food, musical entertainment, shopping from vendors, local history experiences, and, of course, apple butter. The Apple Butter Fest is sponsored by the Grand Rapids Historical Society. Funds support various year-round events. According to Steve Kryder, who is co-chairman of the festival with Chuck Thomas, the preparation of the apple butter from apples to jarred spreads requires the dedication of volunteers who gathered at the Old Fire Station to peel bushes of apples into slices.
Wanderlust: Museum of Fulton County celebrates Hobo Day
WAUSEON — In a world full of death, taxes, and other inevitabilities, who wouldn’t want to tie their belongings into a bindle and set off on the open road? Last week, the Museum of Fulton County showcased the unique history of the American hobo with its 5th annual Hobo Day at the historic Wauseon Depot. Rather than suffer light foot traffic through regular hours, special events like the free Hobo Day give the Museum of Fulton County a way to draw crowds to the railroad station’s collection of industry artifacts and model train display located inside the building. With folk singers belting songs about hobos and volunteers reenacting a day in the itinerant life, visitors could sit down for stories at the campfire with a bowl full of hobo stew, here made with sausages and no-fuss vegetables like cabbage, potatoes, and carrots, plus a quintessential side of corn bread.
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