June ’12

From secret stories to famous folks, we dug up some little-known information you should know.

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.

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.

The mantra of success at Perennial Vineyards must be “If you build it, they will come,” because it surely isn’t “Location, location, location.”

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.

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 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?

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.

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.

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.