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Just a few nautical milesfrom the legendary revelryof Put-in-Bay and SouthBass Island, The IslandHouse Inn in downtownPort Clinton offers quietluxury and a glimpse ofcoastal Ohio history.Located at 102 Madison

St., the boutique hotels 38newly renovated roomscombine modern conven-iences like wireless Internetand Direct TV with theatmosphere of an 1800sinn.Our historic property is

different from the chainhotels in the area, saidgeneral manager KathyKopechak. We want totreat people like they are athome.Visitors and guests can

relax in the rustic 1812Food & Spirits dining roomand Rosies Bar & Grill,both located just off thelobby. Both are open week-days 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.mand weekends 11:30 a.m. to11 p.m. A brunch buffet isavailable in the diningroom from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.on Sundays.Constructed in 1886,

The Island House replacedan inn of the same name,located on Second Street,that burned in 1882.Ottawa County Sheriff

Conrad Gernhard con-structed and owned thenew gentlemen onlyhotel, doubling the size ofthe original structure andrelocating it to the heart of

the growing city. He alsoadded modern features (forthe day) such as an indoorrestroom on the first floor.Eventually, shared rest-rooms were added to eachhotel floor.Today, each air-condi-

tioned room has a privatebath, as well as a refrigera-tor and coffee maker.Sheriff Gernhard was a

colorful and enterprisingfigure in the early days ofOhios North Coast. AGerman immigrant, he wasbarely 18 and old enough

to drink when he openedPort Clintons first saloonin 1870.Elected sheriff nine years

later, Gernhard collecteddelinquent taxes in PortClinton. The job wasfinancially beneficial inthose days since Gernhardwas allowed to pocket allinterest and penalties fromthose delinquencies.Earned profits allowed

him to spend $25,000 tobuild and furnish TheIsland House, equipping itwith every modern con-

venience pertaining to thetraveling public, a localnewspaper reported.In the 126 years since

Gernhard staked his for-tunes at the corner of Perryand Madison streets, TheIsland House has hostedthousands, including politi-cians, Hollywood celebri-ties and sports figures.Presidents Hayes and

Garfield stayed while hunt-ing and fishing in the area.Humphrey Bogart andLauren Bacall checked inwhile shopping for a cus-

tom-designed boat at near-by Mathews Boat Lines.Baseball legends Babe Ruthand Joe DiMaggio and theirNew York Yankee team-mates made the hotel a reg-ular stopover when travel-ing to play the DetroitTigers in the 1920s, 1930s,1940s and 1950s. Snapshotsof those visits and otherhistoric memorabilia nowhang in the hotels lobby.Closed in 2005, the

hotel re-opened as a com-pletely renovated condo-telin 2008. Its a unique con-cept that allows investorsto purchase rooms for theirown use or add them to therental pool for sublet bythe hotel staff.Fourteen of our 38

rooms are privately owned,Kopechak said.Guests can choose from

standard king and queenrooms or king and apart-ment suites. A whirlpoolsuite is available.November and

December specials includeweekend Bed & Breakfastand Escape From It Allpackages priced at $99 to$229, depending on theroom. Kopechak saidThanksgiving, Christmasand New Years Eve specialsare also in the offing.Reservations are avail-

able by calling (419) 734-0100 or via the Internet atport-clinton-ohio-hotel.com.

Jane Beathard is a reporter withThe Madison Press, inLondon, Ohio.

Anabundance of historyThe IslandHouse:

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"So," people who dont know whatthe life of a farmer is really like mayask, "what do farmers do during thewinter between fall harvest and springplanting? Long vacation? Winter job?Catch up on TV?"

The truth, of course, is that thelife of a farmer doesnt end after har-vest and start again in the weeksbefore spring planting. A farmers lifeis 365 days a year.

It is true that the winter monthsare different. But that is all. Justdifferent.

Any farmer will tell you that fromthe time they finish the fall harvestuntil the day they begin to preparethe fields for planting in early springthey are working on some farm-related project.

Maybe they are checking out newseeds, deciding what seeds will bebest for the next season and whatnew hybrids are ready for theground. Then they must place theirseed orders. And they had better notwait until anywhere near the lastminute or they might be out of luck.And they must order their fertilizerfor the next year.

Then there is all the farm equip-ment.

Once harvest is done, the trac-tors, combines and other equipmentisnt just driven into a barn to sit forthree or four months.

Winter is the time to do repairson the trucks and tractors andequipment. It is time to order and

install replacement parts. It is timeto refurbish everything and winter-ize all of that expensive farm equip-ment. And all that tender lovingcare takes lots of time.

So the winter months may be asbusy as any other time of the yearfor farmers.

COSTLY FARM BILL DELAY?Speaking of winter issues, the

failure to pass the expired federalFarm Bill may be costing to not onlyfarmers but American consumers aswell.

The Tampa Bay Tribune recentlyreported that milk prices per galloncould skyrocket if a new bill isn'tapproved this winter.

When the Farm Bill expired Sept.30, so did the Milk Income LossContract program. It was a safetynet providing payments whennational milk prices drop in contrastto feed costs. When the new farmbill did not pass this year, and theold one expired, the MILC programhalted and was not replaced.

And the paper reported that thiswill impact dairy farmers across thenation.

The Tribune reports that without afarm bill by the end of this year, anold permanent law would take effect.The Congressional Research Servicesays the government would be man-dated to set crop and milk prices at"parity" the purchasing power ofthose crops in 1910-1914, when,according to a 1930s study, a farmer'searning power and purchasing powerwere equal.

MILC, and other dairy support

programs, have prevented impositionof parity. But it could be imposed in2013 if a new farm bill isn't passed.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary TomVilsack said that could raise theprice of milk in stores to $6 a gallon.Here in southern Ohio it is about $3a gallon average. The prices of milk,cheese and butter are all on theincrease.

So let's hope that after the elec-tion, Congress will return for a "lameduck" session and include in it's pri-orities passage of a new federal FarmBill. Partisan concerns stalled it thisfall. Let's hope that will be put asideafter the November election.

Gary Brock is editor-in-chief ofACRES.

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Clarification:On Page 8 of the September issue of ACRES Northwest, we mis-attributed the story, Ohios organic and sustainable farms andbusinesses tours. The story was not written by Penny Smith of the KnoxCounty Citizen. Rather, it was a news release.

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This gives all qualified farm opera-tors in the designated areas theopportunity to file an application forlow interest emergency (EM) loansfrom USDAs FSA, provided eligibili-ty requirements are met. Farmers ineligible counties have eight monthsfrom the date of the declaration toapply for loans to help cover part oftheir actual losses. FSA will considereach loan application on its ownmerits, taking into account theextent of losses, security availableand repayment ability.

USDA FSA has a variety of pro-grams, in addition to the emergencyloan program, to help eligible farmersrecover from adversity. Other pro-grams available to assist farmersinclude the Emergency ConservationProgram, Federal Crop Insurance,and the Noninsured Crop DisasterAssistance Program.

Interested farmers may contacttheir local FSA county office for fur-ther information on eligibilityrequirements and application proce-dures for these and other programs.

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Do you know what was on the menuat the first Thanksgiving? Are you evensure you know when and where thefirst celebration occurred?Few official records detailing an

exact account of the firstThanksgiving in 1621 have been dis-covered, leading historians andThanksgiving enthusiasts to speculateon the origins of the holiday, as well as

what was on the menu.According to Mayflower History, the

Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts in thelate fall of 1620. During their first win-ter in the Americas, 46 of 102 of thePilgrims died. The following yearresulted in a plentiful harvest, with thehelp from a local native tribe called theWampanoags. The pilgrims decided tocelebrate with a three-day feast that

would include 90 natives who helpedthe pilgrims survive during that firstwinter.It began at some unknown date

between Sept. 21 and Nov. 9, mostlikely in very early October. There areonly two contemporary accounts. Thefirst comes by way of Edward Winslowin a letter dated Dec. 12, 1621:Our harvest being gotten in, our

governor sent four men on fowling,that so we might after a special mannerrejoice together after we had gathered

the fruit of our labors. They four in oneday killed as much fowl as, with a littlehelp beside, served the company almosta week. At which time, amongst otherrecreations, we exercised our arms,many of the Indians coming amongstus, and among the rest their greatestking Massasoit, with some ninety men,whom for three days we entertainedand feasted, and they went out and

killed five deer, which they brought tothe plantation and bestowed on ourgovernor, and upon the captain andothers.The second description was written

about twenty years after the fact byWilliam Bradford, the first governor ofMassachusetts, in his History ofPlymouth Plantation.Those primary sources only list a few

items that were on the Thanksgivingmenu. This contested list of cuisineincludes: five deer, a large number ofturkeys and waterfowl, cod, and bass;plus the harvest, which consisted ofwheat, corn, barley, and perhaps a fewpeas.To that list, Mayflower History

continues, we can add a few additionalthings that are known to have beennative to the area and eaten by thePilgrims: clams, mussels, lobster, eel,ground nuts, acorns, walnuts, chestnuts,squashes, and beans. Fruits andberrieswere available growing wild.Pilgrim house-gardens may haveincluded a number of English vegeta-bles and herbs, perhaps things likeonions, leeks, sorrel, yarrow, lettuce,carrots, radishes, currants, liverwort,watercress, and others. However, American History points

out that the feast shared with theWampanoag Indians and the first men-tion of Thanksgiving are really not thesame event. The first actual mentionof the word thanksgiving in early colo-nial history was not associated with thefirst feast described above. The firsttime this term was associated with a afeast or celebration was in 1623. Thatyear the pilgrims were living through aterrible drought that continued fromMay through July, the websiteexplains.The pilgrims decided to spend an

entire day in July fasting and prayingfor rain. The next day, a light rainoccurred. Further, additional settlersand supplies arrived from theNetherlands. At that point, Bradfordproclaimed a day of Thanksgiving tooffer prayers and thanks to God.However, this was by no means a

yearly occurrence. It would take overtwo centuries for Thanksgiving tobecome the national holiday that weknow and love today.Sarah Josepha Hale is an important

figure in accomplishing that task. Halewrote the novel Northwood; or LifeNorth and South in 1827. One of the

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In todays fast-pacedsociety, being single andlooking can be a chal-lenge. That challenge isoften doubly so for farmerswho frequently work long,physically hard days and livein rural areas where opportu-nities and venues for socialactivities are few and farbetween.So whats a single farmer

to do? For some, finding thatspecial someone has come inthe form of Singles InAgriculture, a group thatworks to promote recre-ational and social opportuni-ties for singles who have anagricultural background oran interest in agriculture.The idea behind the

group, which now boasts 11chapters in 24 states acrossthe U.S., appealed toDarlene Foos, who lost herfirst husband to cancer in1986 and was left trying tomanage an 186-acre farm inGalion, Ohio.I had a good marriage

and hope to get marriedagain, but meeting peoplewith similar interests whounderstood the farminglifestyle wasnt easy, Foossaid. It seems like a lot offarm people just stay home.Two years later, in 1988,Foos learned about Singlesin Agriculture (SIA)through a farm journal. Shemade contact with theorganization and soon foundherself participating in SIAevents. The group organizesinexpensive group activitiesfor its members, including

tours, dances and education-al weekend outings.Foos met Dan while

attending an SIA-organizedsingles dance in MarionCounty, Ohio. The two hitit off, as they say, and mar-ried after a courtship thatincluded numerous SIAactivities. Although nolonger single, the Foosremain involved withSingles in Action thecouple currently serve as theco-presidents of the organi-zations Ohio chapter. DanFoos also serves as thegroups treasurer.For us, its more of a

social group now, but mostof the members are single.Some are there to find theirsoul mate, others are therefor companionship and totravel, Darlene Foos said.And the Foos are far

from the only success storycoming out of SIA.Robert Hall grew up on a

dairy farm outside of Lima,Ohio and lived there mostof his adult life. LikeDarlene Foos, Hall said hestruggled to find availablewomen who were familiarwith and enjoyed the farm-ing lifestyle traits hehoped to find in a prospec-tive future wife.He first heard about SIA

in 1995 when he read anewspaper article promotingan upcoming event organ-ized by the Ohio chapter.Hall then began attendingSIA activities regularly, hesaid.But it wasnt until he

started going to the organi-zations national activities,where single farmers meet

with other single farmersfrom out of state, that hemet Sandy, the women hewould eventually marry."We had quite a few

things in common and afterthat I visited her in Iowaprobably once a month forseveral months," Hall said.Ultimately, Hall decided

to pick up roots and relocateto be with Sandy, who hehas since married. The twocurrently live in SouthDakota near Sandy's familyfarm, where they are build-ing their first house together.Without a group like

Singles in Agriculture, Hallsaid, as a farmer, he wouldhave struggled to find a sig-nificant other."It's a different lifestyle

and the weather and seasonshave a larger impact on yourlife. You dont see as manypeople, ... you're a little bitisolated from other people,"he saidSingles in Agriculture

was formed in the mid-1980s after a single farmersent a letter to a farmingmagazine expressing the dif-ficulties of meeting singlewomen interested in a rurallifestyle. His letter prompteda writer from the magazineto write a series of articleson the social lives of singlefarmers. The articles becamea popular read and a columnasking single farmers to sub-mit biographical informationto the magazine resulted inmore than 2,700 responses,according to SIAs website.The magazines work

caught the eye of an Iowawoman who ultimatelyhelped to establish Singles

in Agriculture as a nationalorganization. IowanMarcella Spindler volun-teered to handle correspon-dence from those interestedin forming a singles organi-zation. By the summer of1986, the project had gener-ated so much interest that23 people met in Peoria, IL.to take the necessary stepsto make SIA an officialorganization, the websitestates.In October of that same

year, Singles in Agriculturewas chartered as a non-profitorganization. The nation-wide organization boastsmembers in 41 states. Ohioschapter is one of the smallerones. It currently has about30 active members.What separates SIA from

a dating service is the factthat everyone involved has,or is interested in, an agri-cultural lifestyle, Hall said.There is no pressure to datewhile participating in thesocial activities, it's aboutmeeting people, seeing newplaces and having fun, hesaid."I would say, if you're

interested, go and see whatit's about. Check out theactivities and see if there'ssomething you might like,"Hall said."Stay active," Foos

added. "There is someoneout there fo ryou. It's justabout being at the rightplace at the right time andknowing that your not goingto find them sitting athome."For more information

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BY BECKY [email protected]

Being in what somewould call a landlockedMarine business does notkeep Cory Burroughsimmune from the effects ofwhat Asian Carp enteringLake Erie could do to hismarket, but despite con-stant attention to the issuehe is not overly concerned.

Burroughs, whose familybusiness Burroughs MarineInc., in Clyde, is located 8miles from Sandusky Bayand 8 to 10 miles from theSandusky River, said his cus-tomers have shared con-cerns.

The family marine busi-ness and service sits com-fortably in the middle ofcorn fields instead of water.

His customers includecharter captains, boat own-ers and even the OhioDepartment of NaturalResources. Burroughs as ofOct. 1 was Evinrudes topsalesman in Ohio andBurroughs also has the out-board motor companys mas-ter technician award.Nationwide, the rural busi-ness rates 18th in sales forthe Evinrude company,Burroughs said.

We do a lot of repow-ers, Burroughs said aboutrenovating a boats powerwith a new motor.

Burroughs said Asiancarp issues are a concern forhis boat customers.

The good news for thesummer, however, is that noAsian carp have been locat-ed in Lake Erie or the waters

of Northwest Ohio, accord-ing to Rich Carter,spokesman for the OhioDepartment of NaturalResources. There is not evi-dence of young fish thatwould indicate reproduc-tion, he also pointed out inOctober.

Carter said after a sum-mer of multiple agenciesconducting fishing and test-ing, his agency will nowlook at reports from Ohio,Michigan, Canada andPennsylvania to determinethe next strategic steps indealing with Asian carp.

We are evacuating ournext step forward, headded.

Over the summer, theODNR, MichiganDepartment of NaturalResources (MDNR) andU.S. Fish and WildlifeService (USFWS) collabo-rated to assess the currentstatus of bighead and silvercarp within western LakeErie bays and select tributar-ies, according to an ODNRreport.

Laboratory resultsreceived late summer indi-cated the presence of Asiancarp environmental DNA(eDNA) in six of the 417water samples collected inAugust 2011. Four samplesfrom Sandusky Bay, in Ohiowaters, tested positive for

bighead carp eDNA, whiletwo samples from northMaumee Bay, in Michiganwaters, were positive for sil-ver carp eDNA. The find-ings indicate the presence ofgenetic material left behindby the species, such asscales, excrement ormucous, but not the estab-lishment of Asian carp inLake Erie.

The search for AsianCarp has not been limitedto wildlife and naturalresources.

The United StatesDepartment of the Interior,U.S. Geological Survey alsoreported in a press releasethat major bodies of waterin Northwest Ohio werevery hospitable environ-ments for Asian Carp including Western LakeErie, Sandusky Bay, and theSandusky, Maumee and

Grand rivers.The USGS reported

that from experience ifAsian carps find a homeand establish breeding inLake Erie, it could have agrave impact on the nativefish and Great Lakes econo-my.

So far that there is notspecific evidence of that,according to Carter.

The three types of Asiancarp that breed in riversduring high summer flowsare the Silver, Bighead andGrass carps, the USGSreported.

According to theUSGS, a study released thissummer found that theMaumee River, whichenters western Lake Erie atToledo, is highly suitablefor Asian carp to matureand spawn.

The Sandusky River which stretches from UpperSandusky throughWyandot, Seneca,Sandusky and Erie countiesto Sandusky Bay wouldbe moderately suitable forthe invasive fish aswould the Grand River thatenters the lake at FairportHarbor, a press releasenoted.

In September, ODNRreported that Asian carpenvironmental DNA(eDNA) had been detectedin three of 350 water sam-ples collected in MaumeeBay and the Maumee Riverbetween July and Aug. 4.Silver carp eDNA wasdetected.

In July, ODNR andother agencies also collect-ed 150 water samples fromSandusky Bay and threetested positive for silver careDNA as well.

ODNR noted, though,that eDNA cannot verify

whether DNA from theinvasive fish came from liveor dead fish or from othersources such as bilge water,storm sewers or fish-eatingbirds.

The joint agencies alsoconducted electrofishingand traditional gill net fish-ing in Sandusky Bay andthe Sandusky River inSeptember and found noAsian carp, Carter said.

Carter said that besidesthat testing, there is otherdata being collected.

There has been sam-pling of bait dealersthroughout the GreatLakes, he added. Hisagency is one waiting foreDNA results from thosetests. The goal is to deter-mine the source of theeDNA being picked up inwater samples from localbodies of water, he added.

At present Burroughs inClyde is not too concernedabout Asian carp yet.

For us, it probablywont affect us too much,he commented this fall.Local fishermen and char-ter captains are concernedit may change their season,he commented. The char-ter guys are most worriedabout it, he added.

They ask about it, hesaid. What do we thinkabout it.

We have heard horrorstories, Burroughs com-mented.

All we can do is kindof wait and see what isgoing to come of it.

Becky Brooks is ManagingEditor of The BellevueGazette & OCM Lake ErieCentral Division. She can bereached at (419) 483-4190,or at [email protected].


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The second descrip-tion was written abouttwenty years after thefact by WilliamBradford, the first gov-ernor of Massachusetts,in his History ofPlymouth Plantation.

Those primarysources only list a fewitems that were on theThanksgiving menu.This contested list ofcuisine includes: fivedeer, a large number ofturkeys and waterfowl,cod, and bass; plus theharvest, which consist-ed of wheat, corn, bar-ley, and perhaps a fewpeas.

To that list,Mayflower History con-tinues, we can add afew additional thingsthat are known to havebeen native to the areaand eaten by thePilgrims: clams, mus-sels, lobster, eel, groundnuts, acorns, walnuts,chestnuts, squashes,and beans. Fruits andberrieswere availablegrowing wild. Pilgrimhouse-gardens mayhave included a num-ber of English vegeta-bles and herbs, perhapsthings like onions,leeks, sorrel, yarrow,lettuce, carrots, radish-es, currants, liverwort,watercress, and others.

However, AmericanHistory points out thatthe feast shared withthe WampanoagIndians and the firstmention ofThanksgiving are reallynot the same event.The first actual men-tion of the wordthanksgiving in earlycolonial history wasnot associated with thefirst feast describedabove. The first timethis term was associat-ed with a a feast or cel-ebration was in 1623.That year the pilgrimswere living through aterrible drought thatcontinued from Maythrough July, the web-site explains.

The pilgrims decidedto spend an entire dayin July fasting andpraying for rain. Thenext day, a light rainoccurred. Further, addi-tional settlers and sup-plies arrived from theNetherlands. At thatpoint, Bradford pro-claimed a day ofThanksgiving to offerprayers and thanks toGod.

However, this wasby no means a yearlyoccurrence. It wouldtake over two centuriesfor Thanksgiving tobecome the national

holiday that we knowand love today.

Sarah Josepha Haleis an important figurein accomplishing thattask. Hale wrote thenovel Northwood; orLife North and Southin 1827. One of thechapters in her bookdiscussed the impor-tance of Thanksgivingas a national holiday.

On Sept. 28, 1863,Hale wrote a letter toPresident AbrahamLincoln to have Theday of annualThanksgiving made aNational and fixedUnion Festival. Thenon Oct. 3, 1863,Lincoln proclaimed anationwideThanksgiving Day asthe last Thursday ofNovember.

Today, ourThanksgiving is thefourth Thursday ofNovember. This was setby President FranklinD. Roosevelt in 1939(approved by Congressin 1941). Since then,many cherished tradi-tions have been creat-ed, but Thanksgivingscentral theme of cele-brating gratitude with afeast has remained con-stant.

SOME LITTLEKNOWN FACTS:

The famous pilgrimcelebration atPlymouth ColonyMassachusetts in 1621is traditionally regardedas the first AmericanThanksgiving.However, there areactually 12 claims towhere the firstThanksgiving tookplace: two in Texas,two in Florida, one inMaine, two in Virginia,and five inMassachusetts.

Oddly enough, mostdevoutly religious pil-grims observed a day ofthanksgiving withprayer and fasting, notfeasting. Yet eventhough this harvestfeast was never calledThanksgiving by thepilgrims of 1621, it hasbecome the model forthe traditionalThanksgiving celebra-

tions in theUnited States.

Now aThanksgiving

dinner staple, cranber-ries were actually usedby Native Americansto treat arrow woundsand to dye clothes.

President Jeffersoncalled a federalThanksgiving procla-mation the mostridiculous idea everconceived.

Held every year onthe island of Alcatrazsince 1975,Unthanksgiving Daycommemorates the sur-vival of NativeAmericans followingthe arrival and settle-ment of Europeans inthe Americas.

In the UnitedStates, ThanksgivingDay is celebrated onthe fourth Thursday inNovember. But did youknow that seven othernations also celebratean officialThanksgiving Day?Those nations areArgentina, Brazil,Canada, Japan, Korea,Liberia, andSwitzerland.

Americans eatroughly 535 millionpounds of turkey onThanksgiving.

Thanksgiving foot-ball games began withYale versus Princetonin 1876.

MORETHANKSGIVINGFACTS:From mayflowerhistory.com:

The tradition of thePilgrims firstThanksgiving issteeped in myth andlegend. Few peoplerealize that the Pilgrimsdid not celebrateThanksgiving the nextyear, or any year there-after, though some oftheir descendants latermade a ForefathersDay that usuallyoccurred on Dec. 21 orDec. 22. SeveralPresidents, includingGeorge Washington,made one-timeThanksgiving holidays.

Today, ourThanksgiving is thefourth Thursday ofNovember. This was setby President FranklinD. Roosevelt in 1939(approved by Congress

in 1941), who changedit from AbrahamLincolns designation asthe last Thursday inNovember (whichcould occasionally endup being the fifthThursday and hencetoo close to Christmasfor businesses).

But the Pilgrimsfirst Thanksgivingbegan at someunknown date betweenSept. 21 and Nov. 9,most likely in veryearly October. The dateof Thanksgiving wasprobably set by Lincolnto somewhat correlatewith the anchoring ofthe Mayflower at CapeCod, which occurredon Nov. 21, 1620.

The primary sourcesonly list a few itemsthat were on theThanksgiving menu,namely five deer, alarge number of turkeysand waterfowl, cod,and bass; plus the har-vest, which consisted ofwheat, corn, barley,and perhaps a few peas.To that list, we can adda few additional thingsthat are known to havebeen native to the areaand eaten by thePilgrims: clams, mus-sels, lobster, eel, groundnuts, acorns, walnuts,chestnuts, squashes,and beans.

Fruits and berriessuch as strawberries,raspberries, grapes, andgooseberries were avail-able growing wild.Pilgrim house-gardensmay have included anumber of English veg-etables and herbs, per-haps things like onions,leeks, sorrel, yarrow,lettuce, carrots, radish-es, currants, liverwort,watercress, and others.It is unlikely much inthe way of suppliesbrought on theMayflower survived,such as Holland

Cheese, olive oil, but-ter, salt pork, sugar,spices, lemons, beer,aqua-vitae, or bacon. Itappears the Pilgrimsmay have had somechickens with them, solikely had access to alimited number of eggs.No mention of swine isfound in any accountof the first year.

There are only twocontemporary accountsof the 1621Thanksgiving: First isEdward Winslowsaccount, which hewrote in a letter datedDec. 12, 1621. Thecomplete letter wasfirst published in 1622.

Winslow: Our corn[i.e. wheat] did provewell, and God bepraised, we had a goodincrease of Indian corn,and our barley indiffer-ent good, but our peasnot worth the gather-ing, for we feared theywere too late sown.They came up verywell, and blossomed,but the sun parchedthem in the blossom.Our harvest being got-ten in, our governorsent four men on fowl-ing, that so we mightafter a special mannerrejoice together afterwe had gathered thefruit of our labors.They four in one daykilled as much fowl as,with a little helpbeside, served the com-pany almost a week. Atwhich time, amongstother recreations, weexercised our arms,many of the Indianscoming amongst us,and among the resttheir greatest kingMassasoit, with someninety men, whom forthree days we enter-tained and feasted, andthey went out andkilled five deer, whichthey brought to theplantation and

bestowed on our gover-nor, and upon the cap-tain and others. Andalthough it be notalways so plentiful as itwas at this time withus, yet by the goodnessof God, we are so farfrom want that weoften wish you partak-ers of our plenty.

The second descrip-tion was written abouttwenty years after thefact by WilliamBradford in his HistoryOf PlymouthPlantation. BradfordsHistory was rediscov-ered in 1854 after hav-ing been taken byBritish looters duringthe Revolutionary War.Its discovery prompteda greater Americaninterest in the historyof the Pilgrims. It isalso in this accountthat the Thanksgivingturkey tradition isfounded.

Bradford: Theybegan now to gather inthe small harvest theyhad, and to fit up theirhouses and dwellingsagainst winter, beingall well recovered inhealth and strengthand had all things ingood plenty. For assome were thusemployed in affairsabroad, others wereexercising in fishing,about cod and bass andother fish, of whichthey took good store, ofwhich every family hadtheir portion. All thesummer there was nowant; and now beganto come in store offowl, as winterapproached, of whichthis place did aboundwhen they came first(but afterwarddecreased by degrees).And besides waterfowlthere was great store ofwild turkeys, of which


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they took many, besides veni-son, etc. Besides they hadabout a peck of meal a weekto a person, or now since har-vest, Indian corn to that pro-portion. Which made manyafterwards write so largely oftheir plenty here to theirfriends in England, whichwere not feigned but truereports.

FROM AMERICANHISTORY:

The first interesting thingto point out is that the feastshared with the WampanoagIndians and the first mentionof Thanksgiving are really notthe same event. During thefirst winter in 1621, 46 of the102 pilgrims died. Thankfully,the following year resulted ina plentiful harvest. The pil-grims decided to celebratewith a feast that wouldinclude 90 natives who helpedthe pilgrims survive duringthat first winter. One of themost celebrated of thosenatives was a Wampanoagwho the settlers calledSquanto. He taught the pil-grims where to fish and huntand where to plant NewWorld crops like corn andsquash. He also helped negoti-ate a treaty between the pil-grims and chief Massasoit.

The first actual mention ofthe word thanksgiving in earlycolonial history was not asso-ciated with the first feastdescribed above. The firsttime this term was associatedwith a a feast or celebrationwas in 1623. That year thepilgrims were living through aterrible drought that contin-ued from May through July.The pilgrims decided to spend

an entire day in July fastingand praying for rain. The nextday, a light rain occurred.Further, additional settlers andsupplies arrived from theNetherlands. At that point,Governor Bradford proclaimeda day of Thanksgiving to offerprayers and thanks to God.However, this was by nomeans a yearly occurrence.

The next recorded day ofThanksgiving occurred in1631 when a ship full of sup-plies that was feared to be lostat sea actually pulled intoBoston Harbor. GovernorBradford again ordered a dayof Thanksgiving and prayer.

George Washington issuedthe first ThanksgivingProclamation by a President ofthe United States on Nov. 26,1789. Interestingly, some ofthe future presidents such asThomas Jefferson and AndrewJackson would not agree toresolutions for a national dayof Thanksgiving because theyfelt it was not within theirconstitutional power. Overthese years, Thanksgiving wasstill being celebrated in manystates, but often on differentdates. Most states, however,celebrated it sometime inNovember.

Sarah Josepha Hale is animportant figure in gaining anational holiday forThanksgiving. Hale wrote thenovel Northwood; or LifeNorth and South in 1827which argued for the virtue ofthe North against the evilslave owners of the South.One of the chapters in herbook discussed the importanceof Thanksgiving as a nationalholiday.

On Sept. 28, 1863 during

the Civil War, Hale wrote aletter to President AbrahamLincoln as Editress(sic) of theLadys Book to have the dayof annual Thanksgiving madea National and fixed UnionFestival. Then on October 3,1863, Lincoln, in a proclama-tion written by Secretary ofState William Seward, pro-claimed a nationwideThanksgiving Day as the lastThursday of November.

FROM ABOUT.COM:In the United States,

Thanksgiving Day is celebrat-ed on the fourth Thursday inNovember. But did you knowthat seven other nations alsocelebrate an officialThanksgiving Day? Thosenations are Argentina, Brazil,Canada, Japan, Korea, Liberia,and Switzerland.

Oddly enough, mostdevoutly religious pilgrimsobserved a day of thanksgivingwith prayer and fasting, notfeasting. Yet even though thisharvest feast was never calledThanksgiving by the pilgrimsof 1621, it has become themodel for the traditionalThanksgiving celebrations inthe United States.

Each Thanksgiving Daysince 1947, the President ofthe United States has beenpresented with three turkeysby the National TurkeyFederation. One live turkey ispardoned and gets to live therest of its life on a quiet farm;the other two are dressed forthe Thanksgiving meal.

FROM RANDOMHIS-TORY.COM:

The famous pilgrim cele-bration at Plymouth ColonyMassachusetts in 1621 is tradi-tionally regarded as the firstAmerican Thanksgiving.However, there are actually 12

claims to where the firstThanksgiving took place: twoin Texas, two in Florida, onein Maine, two in Virginia, andfive in Massachusetts.

President Jefferson called afederal Thanksgiving procla-mation The most ridiculousidea ever conceived.

Held every year on theisland of Alcatraz since 1975,Unthanksgiving Day com-memorates the survival ofNative Americans followingthe arrival and settlement ofEuropeans in the Americas.

The famous Pilgrim andIndian story featured in mod-ern Thanksgiving narrativeswas not initially part of earlyThanksgiving stories, largelydue to tensions betweenIndians and colonists.

The first Thanksgiving inAmerica actually occurred in1541, when Francisco Vasquezde Coronado and his expedi-tion held a thanksgiving cele-bration in Palo Duro Canyonin the Texas panhandle.

Americans eat roughly 535million pounds of turkey onThanksgiving.

Now a Thanksgiving din-ner staple, cranberries wereactually used by NativeAmericans to treat arrowwounds and to dye clothes.

Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1879), who tirelessly workedto establish Thanksgiving as anational holiday, also was thefirst person to advocatewomen as teachers in publicschools, the first to advocateday nurseries to assist workingmothers, and the first to pro-pose public playgrounds. Shewas also the author of twodozen books and hundreds ofpoems, including Mary Had aLittle Lamb.

Thanksgiving footballgames began with Yale versusPrinceton in 1876.

Matt Echelberry is a GalionInquirer reporter, 129 HardingWay East, Galion. He can bereached at (419) 468-1117.

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1565 PedroMenendez de Aviles and800 settlers gathered for ameal with the TimucuanIndians in the Spanishcolony of St. Augustine,Florida.

1621 Pilgrims andNative Americans celebrat-ed a harvest feast inPlymouth, Massachusetts.

1630 Settlersobserved the firstThanksgiving of theMassachusetts Bay Colonyin New England on July 8,1630.

1777 GeorgeWashington and his armyon the way to Valley Forge,stopped in blistering weath-er in open fields to observethe first Thanksgiving of thenew United States ofAmerica.

1789 PresidentWashington declaredNovember 26, 1789, as anational day of thanksgivingand prayer.

1800s The annualpresidential thanksgivingproclamations ceased for 45years in the early 1800s.

1863 PresidentAbraham Lincoln resumedthe tradition of Thanksgivingproclamations in 1863. Sincethis date,Thanksgiving hasbeen observed annually inthe United States.

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Grain prices and sup-plies are on every produc-ers mind these days,thanks to the devastatingdrought that consumedhalf the nation this grow-ing season.

As has been well publi-cized, corn is used in 75percent of the productsAmericans consume oruse, whether directly orindirectly. While theincrease in packaged andprocessed foods may take10-12 months to realizetheir full potential, earlierimpacts for beef, pork,poultry and dairy are like-ly.

Beef cattle and hogs eatcorn; so do chickens anddairy cattle. Lots of it;especially when, in thecase of cows, pasturage isnot available either. If aproducer cannot afford tofeed livestock and water isin short supply, he will cullhis herd.

Short term, increasedmeat supplies decreasemeat prices: good for con-sumers, right?

Yes, but the key wordshere are short term.When producers cantafford to feed stock andsell off half or all of a herdin September, it meansproduct supplies will

decrease later this year andinto 2013. That decrease,in turn, brings higherprices with it.

Since about 80 percentof agricultural land in theU.S. experienced droughtin 2012, few producersescaped its consequences.According to the UnitedStates Department ofAgriculture, severe orgreater drought impacted67 percent of cattle pro-duction, and about 70-75percent of corn and soy-bean production. As aresult, over 2,000 U.S.counties had been desig-nated as disaster areas bythe USDA as of Sept. 12.

A significant increasein grain prices is evidentlocally by reviewing num-bers from ProducersLivestock in CrawfordCounty. Auction prices onOct. 6 of last year were (bybushel): Corn $5.80, Beans$11.07, and Wheat $5.91.

This year on Oct. 4,those same grains were:Corn $7.42, Beans $15.01and Wheat $7.96.

We all know supply anddemand influence prices ofany product. Retail foodprice inflation has aver-aged 2.5-3 percent eachyear on average for thepast 20 years, says theUSDA. Next year, howev-er, they anticipate foodprice inflation to be

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Americans love theirbeef. But what goes intoraising a beef or dairy cowdirectly affects the con-sumers wallet. Reports ofalternative feed havebeen making their wayinto the news.

An article from Reutersin late September reportedbrokers are gathering updiscarded food productsand putting them out forthe highest bid to feedlotoperators and dairy pro-ducers who are scramblingto keep their animals fed.

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Ki Fanning, a nutrition-ist with Great PlainsLivestock Consulting inEagle, Nebraska, toldReuters a ruminant (acow) can take those typeof ingredients and turnthem into food.

Animal nutritionistscaution operators must becareful to follow detailednutritional analyses fortheir animals to make surethey are getting a healthymix of nutrients. But thereport stated ruminant ani-mals such as cattle cansafely ingest a wide varietyof feedstuffs that chickensand hogs cant.

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Media reports inSeptember of a pork short-age in early 2013 havesince been dismissed bythe American FarmBureau Federation asbaloney.

Pork supplies willdecrease slightly as we gointo 2013, Farm Bureaueconomist John Andersontold the Associated Press.But the idea that therellbe widespread shortages,that well run out of pork,thats really overblown.

However, feed makesup about 60 percent of theexpense of raising a pig.

I think were going to(still) see pretty substantialliquidations of livestock,

Steve Meyer, consultant tothe National PorkProducers Council andNational Pork Board toldAP in early October.Meyer guesses that 3 per-cent of the nations breed-ing pigs could be sent toslaughter by next March.And by my estimation,thats a big move.

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Randa Wagner is editorof the Morrow CountySentinel, 46 S. Main St.,Mt. Gilead. She can bereached at (419) 946-3010,ext. 203.

BY CHRISTINE [email protected]

Over 134 years ago,Ebanus Whiteman(Whieman) came to theU.S. from DanKerode,Kurhesson Germany.Gottfried Weidman wasborn on Dec. 12, 1828 inErckshansen, HesserGermany.In 1854 Gottfried trav-

eled from Bremen aboardthe Julia on Nov. 17,1854 to NewYork alongwith his wife, ChristinaPafenbach, from TangerodeHessen, Germany.Together they journeyed

through Pennsylvania toSandusky, Ohio and contin-ued along the Portage Riverby oxen to Elmore, Ohiowhere they purchased 40

acres of land in 1856.In 1887 Gottfried also

purchased 100 acres onWalbridge and FostoriaRoad from Joshua Curtice.The town now calledCurtice, Ohio was derivedfrom Joshua Curtice.In the late 1890s,

Gottfried changed his lastname to Whiteman.On Feb. 10, 1902,

Gottfried bought 160 acresfrom Joshua Curtices wife,Mary Curtice. The purchaseprice was $10,500.On June 28, 1911, the

property on WalbridgeRoad was sold to his son,Edward Whiteman for$15,000.On March 17, 1945 the

property was deeded as awarranty deed for a dollarfrom Glen Whiteman. Inthe early 1930s an oil wellwas dug, but it now nolonger exists.On June 5, 1947, a war-

ranty deed was issued toCarl and Hazel Whitemanfor 160 acres.With the passing of Carl

and Hazel, the property wasthen deeded to their chil-dren: Harold, Kenneth, andDorothy WhitemanGackstetter.On Aug. 5, 2005,

Dorothy Gackstetterreceived the great honor ofbecoming the recipient of

the Century Farm Award.The award was present-

ed by President of the OhioState Agricultural Society,Mr. Fred Dailey. The signis present on the barn alongwith the recognition ofGottfried Weideman as theoriginal owner.The barn was construct-

ed in 1902 and there areseveral trees that remain inthe wooded area near thebarn. The barn was kept ingood condition by paintingand in 1970 a new polebarn was erected and used

to store machinery andequipment.The house on the farm

was constructed in 1910.Gackstetter stated, Thehouse still has some of theoriginal windows, thatopen with rope and pullies.The original molding stillhangs in the main bedroomwhich is made from walnutand oak.In the barn is the original

milking parlor and milkhouse, where Dorothy andher family milked cows. Themilk was then picked up by

Cherry Grove Dairy inToledo, Ohio.During the early years

Dorothy helped her fatherand brothers load hay, shockwheat and corn.I was really honored to

drive the team of horses ormules to pick up bundles ofwheat. Back then, hay wascut and a large loaderdropped it onto a wagonwith slings on it whichwere used to unload intothe hay mow, saidDorothy.The wheat shocks were

brought up close to thebarn where it was put intothe thrasher and the strawwas blown into a largestraw stack. The horsesusually pulled the binderthat originally cut thewheat and tied it intoshocks.Basic crops raised in

the mid 1800s were: oats,wheat, corn, soybeans andalfalfa. As of today, soy-

beans, corn and wheat arestill planted.The house was renovat-

ed in the 1960s and againin 2002. The original struc-ture remains.One of Dorothy and her

families biggest fear is thatthe land will be split andsold after they pass. Mostof the time this is done forthe money and not thememories, Dorothy said.The family remembers

when land sold for $1 anacre and some now arewilling to pay $6,000 peracre for farmland.Dorothy concluded, We

are the sixth generation onthis land and hope to keepthe farm running as a pro-ductive farm, as we havedone all through the years.

Christine Dial is theEditor at the OttawaCounty Exponent. She canbe reached by e-mail [email protected]


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C E N T U R Y F A R M P R O F I L E

BY CHRISTINE DIALS/OTTAWA COUNTY EXPONENTThe barn stands on the Gackstetter Century Farm in Ottawa County.

PHOTO COURTESY OF THEGACKSTETTER FAMILY

Fred Dailey, left, presi-dent of OhioDepartment ofAgricultural, presentsthe Century FarmAward to DorothyGackstetter.

BY PENNY [email protected]

The Broerman family has been growing and pro-cessing turkeys for our local Thanksgiving dinnerssince 1991. The state inspected farm is located at11729 Leedy Road, on the north side ofFredericktown.

The turkey farm is currently operated by CheylBroerman and her children, son, Mike, and daugh-ters, Sarah (Julius) Hulbert, and Jenifer (Trenton)Wine. Sadly, the head of the family, Julius Broermanpassed away this past January.

Besides hormone, cage, and antibiotic free turkeysthe Broermans also raise corn and soybeans on their800 acre farm.

This year the family and many extra hands willprocess 1,200 turkeys the week prior toThanksgiving. Fresh turkeys can be ordered fromBroerman Turkey Farm by calling (419) 886-2141, bye-mail at [email protected] or checkthem out on Facebook Broerman Farms. Turkeysare typically picked up on the Tuesday andWednesday before Thanksgiving.

Most of the Broerman turkeys will weigh between15 and 22 pounds with a few smaller and larger birdsavailable on a first come first served basis.

Unsold turkeys are frozen and a variety of otherturkey products are made available year round. Theyinclude smoked turkey breasts, ground turkey, sum-mer sausage, marinated turkey, and turkey jerky. Giftbaskets are available for Christmas or other occa-sions.

Turkeys are native to North America and about5.6 millions tons of turkey meat is produced eachyear. Of this, over 60 percent is produced in NorthAmerica.

Although domesticated over 500 years ago, it wasonly during the 20th century that turkeys wereexploited for their meat. Prior to this, turkeys wereselected for their plumage and exhibited in poultryshows.

The female (hen) is smaller than the male (tom orstag), and generally less colorful. They havewingspans of almost 6 feet. The lifespan for a turkeyis 10 years. Pure breed turkeys take about 4-5 monthsto grow to full size. The hen turkey takes 16 weeks tomature completely, and averages 8 to 16 pounds inweight. The tom turkey takes about 19 weeks and

weighs anywhere from 16 and 24 pounds. Larger tomturkeys can weigh up to 40 pounds. A breeder tomturkey can generate up to 1,500 poults (chicks) in ahens six-month laying cycle.

Commercial turkey breeding hens produce about45 live poults each year. Turkey eggs take 28 days tohatch.

Turkeys are fed a mixture of corn, wheat and soy-beans that are ground up to look like granola. Thebirds grow quickly so farmers spend a lot of timeadjusting feeding rations to match the growth stagesof the birds to reach the required market weight.

Water is always provided throughout the barns sothey may drink freely.

Broilers and hens are used for the whole bird mar-ket. Toms and heavy toms are for the furtherprocessed market and some are sold as whole birds.

So for the freshest Thanksgiving turkey you haveever had on your dinner table, give the Broermanfamily a call to reserve your fresh juicy turkey.

Penny Smith is the Editor of the Knox CountyCitizen. She can be reached at (740) 848-4032 or by e-mail at [email protected].


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BY JUDY DIVELBISS/KNOX COUNTY CITIZENBroerman founder Julius Broerman and his son-in-law, Josiah Hulbert, in the turkey barn amongsome of the young turkeys.

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