12 things you didn’t know about Stark County
From secret stories to famous folks, we dug up some little-known information you should know.
June ’12
Get inspired! | On the bookshelf
Sometimes all it takes is just a little extra nudge — and these books may be just the push you needed to get yourself truly inspired.
Letter from the Editor: What you don’t know about Stark County | June 2012
It’s hard to come up with a list of things you don’t know. Take our cover story this issue: “12 things you didn’t know about Stark County.” Sure, it’s easy enough to dig up some local history or trivia, but what counts as little known? Hmm.
It’s worth the trip to get to Perennial Vineyards
The mantra of success at Perennial Vineyards must be “If you build it, they will come,” because it surely isn’t “Location, location, location.”
Solid Rock Therapeutic Riding Center | Nonprofit spotlight
Helping people heal is what Solid Rock Therapeutic Riding Center is all about. The center strives to build the physical, emotional and mental well-being of all people — and particularly those with special needs — through the discipline of equine interaction and therapeutic riding.
Karen Miday | In My Own Words
In 2004 I became a survivor of breast cancer. When our customers found out, so many of them had their own stories with cancer. It was overwhelming.
How can you attain that picture-perfect landscaping?
How many times have you driven through a neighborhood where one amazing yard sticks out and catches your eye? How did the homeowners come up with that design, you wonder. What gave them the idea when the homes beside them have such uninspired looks? You know the ones: shrub here, flower there, just fill-the-space yards. How do you overcome that ho-hum?
Grow your own kitchen garden
With a catalog of 150 different culinary herbs and their varieties, more than 30 recipes, step-by-step photographs on how to plant, nurture, harvest and store — plus flavor charts that list the best herbs to partner with popular ingredients, this handy book shows you how to grow your own supply of herbs whether on a window ledge, in pots, on the patio or in a vegetable garden.
Basketball star enjoying life here as coach, author
Sean McCartney knows fame. No, he is not related to Sir Paul, nor does he have anything to do with the Beatles — but he has made an international name for himself. At one time, he played professional basketball for the Washington Generals, an exhibition team that plays — and loses — to the Harlem Globetrotters.
Sean and Julie Renner | Wedding spotlight
Julie Anderton and Sean Renner’s paths came close to crossing many times — but it wasn’t until a few years ago that they finally met and proceeded to fall in love.
