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“Bunchberries”, Ready For PickingBy Dan McElhatten, CorrespondentAttica, OH – There are few things more

exciting than starting a new cottage industry, rehabbing and decorating a building, and finding unique items to stock the shelves…then conspiring to kick your spouse out of his space so you can expand!Owners Shelly Daniel and Lori Niedermier

are announcing “Bunchberries” is now open, described in their flier as “providing unique decorating items sure to bring excitement and inspiration to our customers”. They decided to take the plunge of opening their own business after having a “common vision” around the Christmas holiday.Shelly and Lori invite customers to browse

in the store and linger in the Memory Garden they plan on installing. Bunchberries is situated four miles south

of Attica on State Route 4 then right onto East Township Road 44 for about 1 ½ miles to 11351 E. Twp. Rd. 44. Their hospitality is reflected on the large “Welcome” sign on the front of the residence with the converted summer kitchen behind the home. If you see a large sign reading “Brad’s Wood Works, Custom Woodworking” then you know you’re at the right place. Brad Niedermier has his workshop in another large outbuilding in the rear as well. Signs will be erected soon to inform customers of the Bunchberries location. The summer kitchen where they have set up their shop is an interesting piece of architecture in itself.

Summer kitchens were once common, a place to do cooking and baking during the summer months and avoid heating up the main residence. They said their goal is to expand, and jokingly said Brad’s wood working space would be a “real nice place to expand to”.Lori works as a school bus driver and Shelly recently retired from the Huron County Jobs and Family

Services office, but will have the business open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and three Saturdays out of a month from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. They want to reserve one Saturday for getting out and scouring all over for treasures to bring back to their establishment, such as vintages, primitives, nautical-themed items, new and old.Their current inventory includes some things obtained from distributors and other items that they’ve picked

up along the way. Updates on which Saturdays they will be open can be seen on their Facebook page, which has gotten many “likes” already. Future plans include stocking Crossroad Candles and Cooper’s jellies from Bucyrus and some textiles such as braided rugs.The excited owners invite everyone to visit and “like” Bunchberries Facebook page, and for more information

give them a call at 419-934-2934 for Shelly or 419-561-7919 for Lori.

Shelly and Lori extending a welcome.

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Lyme Village Unveils New BuildingBellevue, OH - Historic Lyme Village, US Rt 4 & 113, recently unveiled it’s latest addition for the 2017

season. The easy to spot bright new barn was constructed using the wood of a circa 1840’s barn that was torn down from a nearby location. The barn will be used to display antique farm machinery and looms.The red barn was already put to use on Memorial Day weekend, hosting a vendor and craft show with

roughly thirty vendors participating. Lyme Village is invites you to visit this season and is looking forward to Pioneer Days in September. For information, go to www.lymevillage.com.

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With Baby Boomers Poised To Share Their Stories,

Technology Lends A HandSubmitted by Brittany ThomasBaby boomers witnessed and experienced a lot in

their formative years, such as the Cold War, the space race, political assassinations, the Vietnam War, Civil Rights protests and Watergate.Now they are reaching an age when many may want

to pass along their experiences, memories and family stories to their children and grandchildren – and that urge couldn’t be happening at a better time.Over the last several years, science and technology

have been making game-changing strides in the world of genealogy and boomers have at their disposal the tools to verify and strengthen those family stories that weren’t available just a few decades ago.“It’s amazing what we can learn today about ourselves

and our ancestors, and the role they may have played in history,” says Ceil Lucas, a sociolinguist, amateur genealogist and author of How I Got Here: A Memoir, which chronicles her early years growing up in Guatemala and Italy.“You can go online and find documents that at one

time might have required years of research and some traveling to view.”At the same time, memoirs seem to have gained new

popularity. Some published in recent years include Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen, Lab Girl by Hope Jahren and Grace Notes: My Recollections by Katey Sagal. But Lucas points out you don’t have to be famous or have a remarkable tale to tell to write a memoir. And you don’t even have to worry about it obtaining best-seller status if your primary goal is to pass on stories to your family.For Lucas, a memoir and genealogy work hand in

hand.“The bottom line is, if you are going to write a memoir,

you should research and include your genealogy,” she says. “Your genealogy is who you are.”Some of the ways technology has changed family

research for the better include:• Genealogy websites. Numerous websites assist in the search for family histories. Some are free and others charge a fee. Perhaps the most well known of these is Ancestry.com, which advertises regularly on TV. Continued on Page B10