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A New Local Favorite - Brickyard Sloppy Joe Sauce
Score points with friends and family for a quick end-of-summer picnic or tailgate party. Pick up a jar of Brickyard Sloppy Joe Sauce, add it to ground meat and culinary magic happens. “Our sauce has a really rich palette with a hint of cracked ground pepper that compliments the sweet brown sugar flavor,” President Don Hill says.
While serving in combat in Afghanistan, Don ate his share of bland MRE’s (meals ready to eat), while longing for the taste of his grandmother’s homemade Sloppy Joe’s. Upon returning home to Maumee in 2012, the US Navy veteran and University of Toledo graduate along with his mom, Jackie, dished up the tasty recipe that he remembered. Using a family recipe from the 1960’s, the Hill family credits Grandma JoAnn with the deliciously blended ingredients.
Today, the family operated business, Traditions Sauces LLC is produced in the Northwest Ohio Cooperative Kitchen in Bowling Green. While the traditional sauce is the original, the newest is Sweet Heat, a spicier version, which will be available soon. Grandma JoAnn would be proud!
Brickyard Sloppy Joe Sauces are available at Walmart, Kroger and local Community Markets. Look them up at www.TraditionsSauces.com.
Wreaths Across America Honors Veterans Dec. 12, 2015
The Ottawa County Veterans Service Office has announced that they will again be bringing Wreaths Across America to all Ottawa County, Ohio veteran graves in 2015. The day will include ceremonies held in Genoa, Elmore, Oak Harbor, Port Clinton, and Marblehead. Once the ceremony concludes at each respective location, the wreaths will be placed on the veteran graves.
Monetary donations as well as volunteers are needed to assist in placing the wreaths. The wreaths can be purchased/sponsored for $15.00 each, however, donations of any amount are appreciated and should be made payable to Wreaths Across America and sent to the Ottawa County Veterans Service Office.
Should you have any questions or wish to donate, please contact Sara Toris at the Ottawa County Veterans Service Office at 419.898.2089 or visit them at 8444 West State Route 163, Oak Harbor OH 43449. Be sure to “Like” them on Facebook.
History Roundtable At Hayes Presidential Center
Educator Mike Gilbert returns to the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center in Fremont this fall for his popular History Roundtable, a series of programs focusing on local and national history.
Sessions begin Sept. 19 and take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the Hayes Presidential Center auditorium. Cost is $5 for each or $25 for all six.
The opening program is “A Snapshot in Time: Lucy Keeler’s Main
Street”. To register, call Nan Card at 419-332-3081, ext. 239, or
email ncard@rbhayes.org. Visit the center’s website at www.rbhayes.org.
Mike Gilbert
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