SentinelTribune_Home+Garden_2016

2016
home+garden
SENTINEL SHOW
Home+Garden Expo
gets bigger every
year ... 3
CONDO GARDEN
See what a BG couple
has created just off the
golf course ... 4
DECOR TREND
‘Vintage clean’
for spring ... 6

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Inside
The Sentinel-Tribune’s Home+Garden Expo
is Sunday at the Stroh Center3
Condo caretakers: See what this BG couple
has done with their Stone Ridge yard 4
Spring trend: Vintage clean and
shabby chic6
A look inside the fabulous 577 Foundation
in Perrysburg8
Decorating with antiques? Select
something you love — and just one10
Haskins garden work is worth
the rewards12
Minimalist maximizes
use of space14
Skip the harsh chemicals when
cleaning the house16
Eastwood’s Mike Gardner relects on
45 years of coaching 2 (golf side)
John Powers continues
his golf journey 4 (golf side)
On the cover:
Enoch Wu took this photo of the Cheetwoods’Bowling
Green garden (see page 4)
Turn the magazine over for golf coverage, including a
look at 45 years of coaching by Mike Gardner (photo
also by Wu)
Cover designs by Cindy George
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By MARIE THOMAS
Sentinel Education Editor
Need to update land-
scaping, want to spruce up
your outdoor furniture, or hit
the open road in a new camp-
er?
Stop by the sixth annual
Home+Garden Expo on April
9 at the Bowling Green State
University Stroh Center.
The event is organized by
the Sentinel-Tribune.
Banks Dishmon, advertis-
ing director for the Sentinel,
said the show recognizes and
promotes community busi-
nesses that can handle home
improvement projects.
An estimated 75 vendors
are expected to set up for this
year’s show. Many are new
this year including two RV
dealers and Lievens Market
and Outdoor Living.
The RVs may steal the show,
especially the T@B teardrop
trailer that will be on site from
Coleman Sales and Service.
“We’re finding a lot of fami-
lies want to get back into the
camping atmosphere,” said
co-owner Jack Coleman.
He’ll be bringing slide-out
campers — all light-weight
that can be towed by a small
SUV — a truck camper and
the T@B teardrop camper.
The family-owned compa-
ny, in business in Toledo for 55
years, will be offering 20-per-
cent savings at the show plus
special financing.
The 2016 T@B S Max sale
price is $18,995 plus tax. It
only weighs 1,670 pounds,
sleeps two, has air condition-
ing and heat, a shower and
toilet, a two-burner stove, TV,
fridge and roof rack.
Herron’s Amish Furniture
will be returning this year with
a plethora of its poly furni-
ture.
The company, family-
owned and operated for 30
years in Napoleon, will have
outdoor dining sets, gliders,
porch swings and Adirondack
chairs at the show.
“It’s just beautiful,” said
owner Rob Herron about the
poly furniture.“For us it’s been
the fastest growing area of
our business.”
The Adirondack chairs are
“very, very popular. They go
well on a porch, a deck or
around a pool.”
The poly (short for
Sentinel show has blossomed
into huge home, garden expo
Enoch Wu/Sentinel-Tribune
Vendors and attendees mingle during the 2015 Sentinel-Tribune Home+Garden Expo.
RV dealers among 75
vendors setting up at Stroh
(See SENTINEL on 28)

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By DEBBIE ROGERS
Sentinel Staff Writer
The golf course plays
differently in every season:
slow and muddy in the spring,
hard and fast in the summer,
and who knows in the fall,
depending on the weather.
Jane and John Cheetwood’s
condominium garden takes
its cue from the golf course
— which it backs up to at
Stone Ridge in Bowling
Green.
One of the couple’s favorite
pastimes is to take pictures of
the progression of the garden,
from winter’s thaw to fall’s
slowdown.
“Different things bloom at
different times of the year,”
Jane Cheetwood said. “Each
season has its own personali-
ty.”
The Cheetwoods took a
stark-looking concrete patio
and turned it into a paradise
that teems with hundreds of
flowers, hanging pots, a gur-
gling fountain, bees, butter-
The plant
whisperer
Cheetwood is the ultimate
caretaker of condo garden
Photos by Enoch Wu/Sentinel-Tribune
Jane Cheetwood poses near some of her potted
flowers. The Cheetwoods have transformed the
back of a basic condo yard into an oasis.

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flies and a hummingbird fam-
ily. It’s all surrounded by a
waist-high stone fence, with
two wrought iron gates, that
ends in a pergola.
It didn’t always look like
that. It was little more than a
patch of dirt when the couple
moved in 11 years ago.
“When we came here, the
first thing we did — the soil is
clay, it’s so hard — the first
thing we did was put topsoil
down,” she said.
“The golf course homes are
built on solid clay; subsoil that
is hard, dense and relentlessly
unpliable,” Cheetwood said.
“The remaining dirt has to be
‘fixed’ or amended to be able
to grow anything. Add new
soil, lime, peat, compost to
loosen the soil so the delicate
little plant roots can move
through it.”
With the soil tackled, they
planted sycamore and maple
trees, then heaping helpings
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By EMILY GORDON
For many, spring sym-
bolizes new life.
But this concept isn’t limited
to newborn farm animals and
budding flowers.
Spring’s refreshing palette
instantly revitalizes the look
and feel of a home, said
Michelle Charniga and Jennie
Reynolds, owners of the Farm
Girls Vintage Boutique in
Bowling Green.
“‘Vintage clean’might be the
best way to explain it,”Charniga
said of this year’s spring-
inspired home decorating
motif. “Lots of grays, pastels,
whites and off whites are pop-
ular for a light, shabby-chic
look. A little rough around the
edges, but really soft and pret-
ty.”
Charniga and Reynolds
know a thing or two about
color, painting all their refur-
nished, vintage furniture with
the American Paint Company’s
clay, chalk, and mineral base
paint, sold exclusively at their
boutique.
The classic-looking colors,
with names like cannonball,
cornflower blue and fireworks
red, can be used on wood,
metal and glass, Reynolds said.
“It works on just about any-
thing,” she said.
Shaun Holden of Painted
Clovers also finds the ‘vintage
clean’ look to be energizing.
Her up-cycled and repur-
posed furniture projects are
bright and cheery, with cream,
green and yellow hues topping
customers’ burgeoning wish
lists.
“People want some fresh-
ness in their houses. From
opening their windows to
incorporating pastel colors in
their decor, people are ready
for spring, though it’s been a
great winter,” Holden said.
She sells eclectic vintage
pieces that she refurnishes,
such as mid-century hutches,
writing desks and children’s
dress-up closets.
Outdoor benches have been
popular choices among her
customers for new furniture
with an old look, and she can’t
keep wicker furniture stocked,
she said.
For those who want to
change things up in their
homes but don’t know where
to start, Holden suggests find-
ing an inspiration piece to kick
things off.
Trends inspire home decor to spring
forward, gardens to expand
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Judy Church, owner of Lily’s in Perrysburg, said
customers visit her store to find a “certain some-
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and build around that,” she
said. “It can be anything from a
paper napkin to a dresser pull.
You can find inspiration every-
where.”
Judy Church, owner of Lily’s
at Levis in Perrysburg, knows
this well.
In May, she’ll celebrate 15
years of selling pieces to cus-
tomers looking for that“certain
something” to pull a room
together, whether it’s light and
airy hanging lights or springy
artwork featuring birds, trees,
vintage bikes and — her per-
sonal favorite — barns.
“I love barns. I think they’re
timeless,” she said.
It’s no surprise Church and
her customers are inspired by
barns, given the many fine
examples surrounding them in
the countryside of Wood
County.
“With furniture, the whole
farm scene, wood and metal
look is really in. Wrought iron,
whitewash, anything with
organic materials and natural
fibers,” she said. “I like the worn
look, when it’s new but looks
aged.”
Keeping with the outdoors-
y feel of the “farm scene,” deco-
rators should think outside the
box, or rather, their homes.
“One trend is to make your
porch and garden more of an
extension of your home,”
Charniga said. “Put a vintage
chair and a couple of crates or
a basket full of flowers out on
the porch to bring life through
as part of your home.”
She and Reynolds will be
selling herbs and perennial
plants, such as rosemary, lav-
ender and mint, in late April for
customers to cook with and
use to grow their gardens.
The boutique also sells col-
orful and quirky watering cans,
painted metal flowers and
wind chimes to incorporate
both in gardens and on porch-
es.
Some color choices and
materials can be used both
indoors and out, Church said.
“Pink is a top color for this
year, along with those touches
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By ALEX ASPACHER
Sentinel County Editor
The 577 Foundation
has its roots, so to speak, in
the old money of Northwest
Ohio.
Opened by Virginia Secor
Stranahan in 1988 at her riv-
erfront estate, the foundation
has grown literally and figura-
tively to become one of
Perrysburg’s foremost con-
nections to nature. Its sprawl-
ing and diverse gardens,
though not yet in bloom this
year, will quickly become a
destination for many looking
to strengthen their ties to the
earth or try their hand at
establishing a green thumb.
Director Mary Mennel said
Stranahan observed homes
across the Maumee River in
Lucas County being replaced
with subdivisions, something
she didn’t want to see happen
to her land.
“She decided to preserve
the property and open it up
to the general public as a
nonprofit organization,”
Mennel said.
“In simple words, she used
to just say: ‘I want people to
come and learn to love the
land.’”
There weren’t any specific
guiding concepts at the gen-
esis of the foundation, other
than what it offered should
be environmental, experi-
mental and educational.
“She wanted to just see it
evolve,” Mennel said of
Stranahan. “She asked the
community, ‘What do you
want?’ She didn’t have a plan
necessarily.”
Stranahan saw the thera-
peutic value of pottery, so
that was an early feature.“The
concept was just to open the
barn up and let people come
in and give it a try.”
Those programs, along
with others, have since
exploded. Now, 577 averages
six to eight classes each week
and serves 25,000 people
every year, including 4,000 for
pottery classes. That usage is
separate from another 10,000
people who are estimated to
visit and wander the grounds
on their own.
When Stranahan died in
1997, she not only left the
foundation her 14,000 square-
foot home, but also a sizeable
endowment to support oper-
ations.
“She didn’t want to nickel
and dime the community, so
she wanted to make sure that
there was plenty of money
that people could come and
enjoy what was going on
here,” Mennel said.
The home, along with other
parts of the grounds, now
make for popular meeting
space for nonprofit groups.
Mennel came on board in
1990 and paved the way with
Stranahan, who she said was
very involved up until her
death. Mennel remembers
her as down to earth, and
generous with many of the
people who would ask fre-
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The 577 Foundation in Perrysburg.
Foundation flourishes in Perrysburg

quently for money. It was easy
to ask because Stranahan
continued living in her home
on site.
“I just was amazed how she
would handle that, because
she had no privacy, basically.
“Because of how she start-
ed the 577 Foundation, she
would walk them around the
grounds, and if they showed
an interest in what she was
doing here, she gave them
money. If they didn’t, she
wouldn’t give them a penny,”
Mennel said with a laugh.
The foundation has taken
off in the last few decades,
but most of its features were
in place when Stranahan died
and have just become “bigger
and better.”
A popular organic garden
program that started with a
few beds has grown, and is
free with some guidelines.
Four raised beds being
added this year brings the
total to 45, though it’s still not
enough to keep up with
demand, as there’s always a
thick waiting list for space,
said Eric Slough, the founda-
tion’s administrative director.
Tools are provided, and
even someone who’s never
tried their hand at tilling soil
can participate, as there are
beginner’s gardening classes
as well as a horticulturist on
staff to provide tips.
Growers are required to
use organic concepts, attend
three meeting per year and
grow some crops to be donat-
ed to charity.
The 577 Foundation,
through the community gar-
dens and the foundation’s
own plots, donates 800 to 900
pounds of food to local food
banks each year, Slough said.
“We have people who have
been here for 20 or 25 years,”
he said.
Fixed in the center of the
property is the geodesic
dome, which has a diverse
selection of lavish flowers and
greenery such as orchids,
geraniums, cacti, and even
banana trees. There’s also a
4-foot koi pond with a bridge
to an island.
During a walkthrough, hor-
ticulturist Vicki Gallagher
pointed out exotic plants not
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Figures
from the
Foundation
An average of six to
eight classes are held
per week.
25,000 people are
served during the year,
including 4,000 in
pottery classes.
The house on site is
14,000 square feet.
800 to 900 pounds of
food from the commu-
nity gardens and plots
are donated annually
to food banks.
In 1935, Duane and
Virginia Stranahan
purchased the 12-acre
property, built their
home and raised a
family of six children.
There are 6 to 10 bee
hives on the property.
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Foundation website)
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By PETER KUEBECK
When it comes to
antiques, less can truly be
more.
Having one or a handful of
meaningful pieces as a focal
point in a home is taking pre-
cedence over a houseful of
artifacts.
“It’s not about having a room
full or a house full of antiques,”
said Shelly Zavaleta, owner of
Mainstreet Antiques in Bowling
Green.
“Pick one solid piece of fur-
niture ... and focus the room
around it,” advised Steve
Sweede, one of three people
involved in Antiques on Front
in Grand Rapids, along with Dr.
E. D. Shelley and Ken Reed.
“And don’t be afraid to put a
big piece of furniture in, like a
big mirror or sideboard and
build around it. Have a beauti-
ful collectible. Pick your battle.
Pick something you like.
“Comfortable is the secret,”
said Sweede. “Beauty, form and
affordability.”
Tom Martin, owner and gen-
eral manager of Hollywood
Dream Factory Antiques
Collectibles, in Perrysburg,
which focuses on film memora-
bilia, agreed that the secret to
collecting is to buy what you
like.
He said that he told his son,
a Star Wars collector, not to get
caught up in monetary value. “I
said buy it because you love it.
And if you get stuck with it, it’s
something you love anyway.
Everybody always wants to put
it in a box and it’s like the stock
market or something.”
Martin said that with recent
movies like Quentin Tarantino’s
“The Hateful 8,” there’s been a
resurgence in interest in old
film projectors.
“I love cinema machinery,”
he said. “And the thing is that
average people think ‘Get that
trash out of my living room,’
right? But those that do love it
appreciate it, too.
“To me, I’ve got a couple
pieces right now” on the
shelves. “I just like how it
looks.”
When it comes to displaying
such collections, Martin said,
“that goes all across the board,
if it’s in a home environment.”
Sweede said that he’s seeing
interest in a variety of antique
styles.
“It’s hard to pick. Luckily
people are using their own
ingenuity. ... Some people are
doing Victorian things. Some
are doing just a romantic
(style).”
Zavaleta said that for some,
repurposing beloved family
heirlooms is the name of the
game when it comes to antique
decor.
She gave the example of an
old Singer treadle-style sewing
machine.
The device may no longer
be functional,“yet they want to
keep it around. So what people
are doing is repurposing that.
Advice
antiques
on
Dealers
suggest pick
one piece
that you love
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“They take the machine top
off ... use the base, which is
lovely cast iron and quite
ornate” and add a wooden or
marble top, “and now all of a
sudden a lovely sewing
machine that grandma used ...
now it’s a functioning piece.”
People just setting up
housekeeping now, she said,
“want a connection to the
past, but yet they don’t want a
bunch of stuff. There are no
longer among people these
collectors that have to have
every Hummel (figurine) or
every single piece of Fenton
glass or every thimble. What
they want is something to live
with which is purposeful and
functional.”
Zavaleta said architectural
salvage pieces can be used in
the same way — for instance,
columns from the old family
homestead.
“They bring them in now
and cut them and maybe make
a table.”
Accent pieces made of nat-
ural materials, industrial piec-
es, or even a combination of
the two, are popular as well.
“They don’t just want
things,” she said. “They want
things that live and breathe
with them in the room.”
A table that
was made from
an oak tree
along Wooster
Street in
Bowling Green,
dating back to
theearly1970s,
is seen for sale
at Mainstreet
Antiques in
Bowling Green.
Below, a jug
dating back to
the 1800s sits
on the floor of
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Rapids. Owner
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are popular in
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By BILL RYAN
Sentinel Garden Editor
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are done with the garden.
There is always something
to change, expand upon or
otherwise tweak in a garden.
Not to mention pulling the
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Often things happen that
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may force the gardener’s hand.
Such was the case for Jonathan
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According to Parsons, con-
struction of the expressway
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“A sinkhole opened up when
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and a lot of the garden was
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“That was the impetus for us
to move,” he added.
“We looked at a lot of prop-
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in Haskins. It seemed over-
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potential.”
They bought the property
and moved to the village in
October 2012. The men were
the first same-sex couple to be
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By MARIE THOMAS
Sentinel Education Editor
Adrianne Lee, a local
artist, has taken a minimalist
approach to life, and she
couldn’t be happier.
Her one-room apartment
downtown has a bed, a love-
seat, three sewing machines
and a dresser. That’s it.
But she has infused
warmth into the tiny space —
what she calls “extreme femi-
nism” — with light pink walls,
aprons hung in the kitchen,
prints from friends along a
wall and a folding room
divider in a corner hiding her
wardrobe.
“This is my tiny house,” she
said. “I filled it with items I
love.”
She has a quote from
William Morris she keeps
close: “Have nothing in your
house that you do not know
to be useful, or believe to be
beautiful.”
“Simplicity brings a lot of
joy,” she said.
Lee follows a 33-3 system
to keep down clutter. She
gets rid of 33 items every
three months. It took her two
years to declutter. She’s been
in the apartment seven years.
“Everything I own, I love.” It
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Alternative, homemade
cleaners are not only safer for
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they are also cheaper and bet-
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Briana Witte of the Wood
County Park District.
During her“Life Hacks: Home
Cleaning Edition” presentation
Jan. 26 at Sawyer Quarry Nature
Preserve in Perrysburg
Township, Witte shared the
environmentally friendly and
cost effective cleaning recom-
mendations she researched
upon purchasing her first home
in May.
“Before buying my own
home, I didn’t know a lot about
keeping one up. I was a college
student in an apartment and
didn’t have any motivation to
keep it nice. Now I do,”she said,
referring to the American
Craftsman-style home she
shares with her husband. “I
have these beautiful, solid oak
built-ins and I wanted to keep
them nice without using harsh
chemicals.”
The recipes Witte gathered
and tested include ingredients
many households already have,
and many are food items that
are safe to ingest.
These alternatives are safer
than most conventional clean-
ers, which have strong acids
and bases that sometimes
aren’t filtered out when they
reach water supplies, she said.
They are also not as harsh
on skin, clothes and home sur-
faces.
But the best part is, the
alternative mixtures cleanse
Household tested,
environment approved
Alternative cleaners can be safer, cheaper, better for environment
Briana Witte of the Wood County Park District talks
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Ingredients: lemons, hot water
1. Mix 1⁄2 cup lemon juice or whole lemons with 1 gal-
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Glass cleaner
surfaces better than conven-
tional cleaners, Witte said.
“A lot of them can leave res-
idue, streaks and build up,” she
said, pointing to a section of a
window she had cleaned with
a homemade mixture. “As you
can see, the vinegar and water
left no streaks, and you can use
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The alternative cleaner reci-
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monly found household ingre-
dients such as baking soda,
lemons and distilled white vin-
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They are mostly safe and, if
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much more harm than a stom-
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said.
However, caution should be
exercised around essential oils,
which some home cleaning
recipes call for and can cause
health problems.
They’re a far cry from the
health and environmental dan-
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though, Witte said.
“I can’t think of anything
more toxic and terrifying to
keep in my home than Drano,”
she said.
WCPD colleague Eric Scott
agreed.
“Being an environmentalist,
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close to the earth as possible,”
he said.
In addition to recipes Witte
and audience members shared,
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the Environmental Working
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based on environmental and
health concerns associated
with mass marketed cleaning
supplies.
While some may be reluc-
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tional cleaners, Scott has been
pleasantly surprised by the
effectiveness of some alterna-
tives, he said.
“My notion was always to
run to the bleach thinking
bleach kills everything,” he
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What an unprecedent-
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fall.
Low inventory in certain
markets has given sellers mul-
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price points, it’s really tough
for buyers right now. There’s
limited inventory and a lot of
demand.
With that said, if you are
thinking about putting a home
on the market for sale, it’s per-
fect timing.
Interest rates are steady at
low rates, and buyers are out
there looking for homes. If a
home is priced right, it will sell
quickly.
A Realtor can help put the
right price on your home by
doing a cost market analysis.
This shows what is on the
market now, how it compares
to your home and what has
sold in the last 12 months.
Prices are steadily rising due
to supply and demand.
Overall, the housing market
nationwide has a about a four-
month supply of existing
homes for sale, according to
the National Association of
Realtors.
There are so many financing
options for buyers.
There are still some no-inter-
est loans out there, including
Veterans Affairs and United
States Department of
Agriculture loans.
Some Federal Housing
Administration loans are avail-
able with as a little as 3- to
3.5-percent down payment
options.
A Realtor can help find a
banker who will discuss the
options that best fit your
needs.
In Bowling Green, there
were only 79 houses for sale in
March.
That includes 50 listed, 25
with accepted offers awaiting
financing and inspections, and
four waiting to close.
At A.A. Green Realty, there
were twice as many accepted
offers for January, February
and March than the same time
last year. This shows that buy-
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By KIM
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Associated Press
For some
people, spring
cleaning entails
not much more
than a good
shake of the
carpets. For oth-
ers, it’s an
excuse to
update room
decor.
Here’s a sam-
pling of this
season’s new
palettes, pat-
terns and styles:
COLORS
Neither bor-
ing nor drab, new neutrals are
about bringing home a sense
of calm and comfort. Some
pastels are chalkier, like sorbet
that’s been given a whisk of
cream. Then there are the
organic hues of earth, sky and
water.
We see neutrals most often
in minimalist decor, like an
unglazed, branch-shaped
pitcher at CB2 the color of a
stormy sea, or Ikea’s trim
Mostorp media unit in a soft,
rosy hue. Even Le Creuset is
offering its signature cast iron-
ware in pale pink and lemon.
Los Angeles designer Joy
Cho’s new collection at Target
is filled with fun, frothy pieces
like an acrylic side table cov-
ered in polka dots, animal figu-
rines in little party hats, and
printed throw pillows and wall
art saying, “You’re okay.” Warm
neutrals — peach, blush, putty,
mint and charcoal — contrib-
ute to the airy, feel-good vibe.
West Elm has partnered with
Roar + Rabbit design studio on
a home collection that includes
a sexy, mid-
century-mod-
ern swivel
chair dressed
in shades
called lichen,
nickel or dusky
blush velvet.
The energy
shifts with sev-
eral bold hues
that ride the
current retro
w a v e .
Turquoise, acid
yellow, emer-
ald, pink and
red are show-
ing up, mostly
in accessories
and textiles.
K i r s t i n
Hoffman, mer-
c h a n d i s i n g
director for
online decor retailer Dot Bo,
says hot pinks are trending:
“Whether they’re incorporated
in an accent chair or a planter,
the look instantly adds energy
to a room.”
A range of new baking items
and dish towels at Crate
Barrel come in a yellow as
cheery as a sunny-side-up egg.
And you’ll be seeing lots of
lush, green, tropical motifs for
spring and summer. Beautiful
blues — sapphire, navy and a
variety of turquoises, teals and
pale blues — are strong play-
ers on the spring palette.
Wisteria has a settee in a rich
jewel tone, while Ikea’s got new
loveseat covers in deep and
delicate blues. Boston Interiors’
Conrad chair is upholstered in
a watercolor-blue abstract,
while Farrow Ball has added
some lush hues, including
Vardo, a teal, and Inchyra Blue,
a dramatic blue-gray.
White — which Benjamin
Moore named color of the year
— is also trending. The timing’s
perfect,saysKimberlyWinthrop
of Laurel Wolf: “Bright white
is spring cleaning in its truest
sense. There’ll be a lot of focus
this year on incorporating
whites with natural elements
and textures into one’s space.”
Consider painting an exist-
‘Spring cleaning’
is a chance to
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spring 2016.
In this photo provided by
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By MELISSA RAYWORTH
Associated Press
In summer, it’s not so hard
to make a great first impression
at the entrance to your home.
Put out a few baskets of color-
ful flowers and your work is
done.
But early spring? That’s more
complicated.
March can be “the darkest
and gloomiest time of year, and
it’s easy to kind of have your
house go right along with that,”
saysstylistandcrafterMarianne
Canada, host of the “HGTV
Crafternoon” web series.
“We’re not quite ready for
putting out Easter eggs or pas-
tel colors,”but many people are
craving a dose of cheerful style
and color.
Here, Canada and two other
designers — Andrew Howard
of Jacksonville, Florida, and
Brian Patrick Flynn, designer of
the HGTV Dream Home 2016
— offer advice on making a
home’s entrance inviting and
stylish, no matter the season.
BOLD COLOR
All three designers suggest
painting your front door a bold
color that delights you. With
little expense and just an after-
noon’s effort, you can give your
home’s front entrance a major
facelift.
“And if you get sick of a bold
or dark color, so what?” says
Flynn. “It’s only a quart of paint
to recover a super-small sur-
face.”
For houses with dark brick
or siding, he suggests a deep,
rich color like forest green.
Canada agrees: “My house is
almost black,” she says, and the
front door is painted a bright
teal with white trim.
Fresh paint is also practical.
“Front doors really should be
painted every one to two years
anyway,” says Howard. “I also
love painting doors in a high-
gloss finish, or painting the
panels one color and the rail
and stile another.”
He also recommends paint-
ing the front porch ceiling;
Haint blue is commonly used in
the South.
And don’t forget your home’s
other entrances: “I like painting
secondary exterior doors bold
colors,”Flynn says.“In my previ-
ous house, I painted the side
entrance door bright violet,
and it became an excellent
conversation starter when
guests would come over.”
Canada points out that it’s
fine to paint on a chilly day “as
long as you’re above 40 degrees
and it’s not wet weather.”
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
A great door
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WILDER WREATHS
“A lot of people think fall and winter
when it comes to wreaths,” Canada says,
but you can hang them year-round. And if
you’re bored with traditional wreaths, cre-
ate your own.
On her door, Canada has a DIY wooden
sign (just “a slice of wood,” she says, that’s
“still got bark on the edges”) painted with
chalkboard paint so it can hold any mes-
sage or picture. “Mine says ‘Come on in!’,”
she says. It’s the perfect place to let kids
draw spring flowers or write their own
welcome messages.
Howard also likes to get the whole fam-
ily involved in front-door decorating.
“Occasionally, if my kids make a wreath or
something at school, I will put it up on the
front door for a week or so,” he says. “They
can proudly show their friends when they
come in.”
HOT HOUSE NUMBERS
“Gone are the days when people would
just buy those reflective sticker numbers
and put them on their mailbox and call it
done,” Canada says. We’re now seeing
“beautiful house numbers ... and going
oversize.”
Flynn sees big, raised house numbers
as an investment in the front of a house.
“I’m all about splurging on house num-
bers that honor the architecture of the
house, and also going way oversize with
them so they’re easily visible from the
street,” he says. “I usually opt for laser-cut
metallic numbers installed on 2-inch
standoffs so they leave a little shadow
effect.”
Brushed stainless-steel numbers look
great on dark-colored houses, Canada
says, and classic wrought iron can be gor-
geous on a traditional house.
ENTERTAINING EVERYWHERE
People are starting to use more of the
yard for entertaining, Canada says, includ-
ing front porches and stoops, not just
backyards or decks hidden from the street.
Some are putting firepits in front or side
yards in view of neighbors. “It’s a lot more
welcoming,” she says.
Howard likes to welcome guests with
potted plants flanking an entry door.
“They can be changed out from time to
time and are not very expensive,” he says.
Put out potted ferns in early spring, he
suggests, and they’ll probably last through
to the first frost in fall.
If the house is the right style, Howard
says, “I love a great comfortable porch
swing. They make them oversize nowa-
days where you can get comfortable and
really stretch out. I also love the idea of a
great tile on the front porch, particularly
Spanish or Cuban style.”
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ing piece of furniture, bringing
in side tables or lighting, or
changing window coverings to
white.
ON THE SURFACE
Surfaces are the focus in dis-
tressed rugs, textured throw
pillows, and relief-patterned
and pin-tucked textiles and
wall coverings.
Printed, dyed velvets with
flora or fauna-inspired patterns
are luxe and painterly; Kevin
O’Brien and Beacon Hill have
collections.
Some furniture designs play
with layers and lines. West Elm
has a mirror named Tree Ring
that fuses mirrored glass with a
slice of Vietnamese hardwood.
An Indian pouf at the retail-
er is crafted from chunks of
jute and cotton like a 3-D rag
rug.
Cork has popped up in lots
of new decor.
Accessories in particular
lend themselves to the sustain-
able material’s pleasant feel,
but it’s in furniture now, too.
Ikea’s new Sinnerlig collec-
tion from London designer Ilse
Crawford includes stools and
benches with cork seats, as
well as coffee and dining tables.
Cork lampshades at AllModern
and Luxe Dicor throw a warm
light.
And check out 1stDibs,
Chairish and eBay for ‘70s-era
vintage cork table lamps.
Metallics aren’t going away,
says Chicago interior designer
Mikel Welch. But warmer ver-
sions are overtaking the chillier
chromes and silvers.
“This spring, we’ll begin to
see a twist added,” he says.
“From warm, rich, metallic
upholstery and galvanized
wallpaper to shimmering cof-
fee tables, luxurious metallic
finishes in pewter, gold and
bronze will command atten-
tion.”
Look for brushed copper,
soft rose-gold accents, and
painted metallics on throw pil-
lows and wall art.
Spring
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lighthearted collection of decor and bedding for
home and nursery, including this Oh Joy acrylic
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On the heels of the midcen-
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banking on the 1980s Italian
postmodernist style known as
Memphis to be the next big
thing. Characterized by bold
geometric designs and often
clashing colors, it’s not for the
faint of heart.
Musician Lenny Kravitz has
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scene.
A white lacquered media
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topped, white coffee table with
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Neon-hued acrylic fits the
era’s vibe; Land of Nod has fla-
mingo and palm-tree night-
lights, while Los Angeles
designer Alexandra von
Furstenberg displayed a suite
of sleek, neon acrylic serve-
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Crate Barrel has launched
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prints.
BOHO COMES HOME
Free-spirited, colorful and
often pattern-happy, bohemi-
an style is easy to embrace. Its
influences are global: India,
Africa, Latin America.
But the eclecticism often
comes from a mashup of deco-
rative styles and layered ele-
ments.
At NY Now, NewYork design-
er John Robshaw showed a
collection of softly hued wood-
block-printed textiles inspired
by the gardens, crafts and
clothing seen on his travels in
Northern India.
Hudson Vine stocks a
whimsical collection of animals
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drums. Urban Outfitters has
African mudcloth-printed bed-
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medallion-printed tapestries,
rugs and pillow covers; and a
selection of eclectic head-
boards made from macrami,
reclaimed wood, rattan and
iron. Homegoods has some
carved and painted African
objets d’art, trays and vases as
well as kuba cloth poufs.
One of Hoffman’s favorite
trends this spring is a combina-
tion of boho and minimalism.
Designs are pared down to
core elements — color, pattern
and texture. She suggests get-
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neutrals and accenting furni-
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often seen in Northwest Ohio,
including cymbidium orchids,
agave and heliconia, though
the latter is“on its way out,”she
said.
“We’ve got succulents and
cactus and house plants and
bonsai, just an array of edibles,
citrus,” she said, rattling off
what’s grown in the dome.
“Growing in one space, it’s real-
ly unheard of, but because of
the balance and the way these
things are put together, there’s
the right kind of humidity and
environment for everything to
exist together.”
“Last year we had such a
late spring, so you had spring
stuff that was blooming up
against summer stuff, so there
was color everywhere,” Slough
added.
In the summer, a collection
of bonsai trees will be brought
outside to be displayed on
pedestals surrounding the
dome.
Farther back, there’s a chil-
dren’s garden as well as many
play features to entertain kids,
and a walking path leads
through a floodplain down to
the river.
People are drawn to the 577
Foundation because of the
range of what it offers, Mennel
concluded.
“It’s really kind of a personal
preference, what it’s about for
people. You might have some-
body that comes in here and
does pottery, and they don’t
even know that there’s gardens
or that geodesic dome out
there. Same with the gardener
who just comes in and tends
their garden and they never
bother to even look at the class
list. And then you’ve got some-
body who walks here everyday
and just enjoys the peaceful-
ness of walking the grounds,”
she said.
“It’s a little bit of everything
to everybody.”
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the photo on the opposite page, one of the gardens is shown.
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of hosta everywhere.
The hardy hostas peek out
from under other plants in
some sections, and dominate
the bed in other areas.
They’re special in that they
came from the Cheetwoods’
former home, a stately abode
on West Wooster Street.
Cheetwood snipped a bit off
every hosta in her garden there
to replant at her condo.
“We brought one of each
kind.”
The garden is filled with
“hand-me-downs.”
“The plants we love in our
garden evolved through hand-
me-downs — we have plants
from both my maternal and
paternal grandmothers as well
as friends now and gone.”
Fred Arn built the very con-
temporary condominium in
the Stone Ridge subdivision.
Despite its airy, open, modern
appearance — inside and out
— the Cheetwoods could envi-
sion their antiques, an ancient
staircase, fireplace from India
and those hostas all coming
together to make a home.
They moved in 11 years ago,
immediately finished the inte-
rior, then set their sights on the
backyard that overlooks the
16th hole at Stone Ridge Golf
Club.
The garden is ever evolving.
“They do their own thing.
You’re just the caretaker,” Jane
Cheetwood said of the plants
and flowers that frolic togeth-
er.
“It’s all a game of survival
and it’s the gardener’s job to
help them survive in the best
way.
“The plants will tell you
what they want and need; you
just have to listen to them to
have a great garden.”
She is a fan of letting the
plants seed themselves, and
anything else they happen to
come in contact with. She mar-
vels at plants that have put
down roots on their own.
“Thatrudbeckia,”Cheetwood
said, pointing to a yellow flow-
er with a black center,“I did not
plant that.”
When the monarda, or bee
balm, is done blooming, she
lets it be.
“I leave the heads here
because when they get dry,
they’ll re-seed themselves.”
Cheetwood shares the fruits
of her labor. She asks guests
— very straight-faced— to
bring a wheelbarrow with
them to haul some clippings
home.
The hanging baskets have
elaborate drip systems that
need almost nonstop care.
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“They’re constantly stressed
with sun and wind.”
She rotates them, and
replants when something dies.
She’s not afraid to take a root
randomly lying in the garden
and plug it into the soil.
One fun thing about the
pots is that they drop their
seeds. This has resulted in
mystery plants popping up in
the garden, and even in the
cracks in the patio between
stones.
A plethora of pots congre-
gates around the garden.
“That’s kind of fun because
you get to try something dif-
ferent every year.”
In one pot this past season,
she planted sticks of fire, a
tropical plant from California.
They grew but didn’t fabulous-
ly flame like the ones she saw
on the coast.
“It being an arid climate,
with no rain and really the dry
heat — and we don’t have
that.”
Another experiment was
planting tulip bulbs in pots in
the fall — instead of the
ground. They stacked the pots
near the wall of the condo and
snuggled them insulation.
“The tulips bloomed. It was
awesome,” she said. “But that
was enough. It’s fun to experi-
ment.”
Knockout roses are always
around — Cheetwood calls
them a “real workhorse” — as
are a combination of hydran-
gea bush and clematis vine
varieties.
She also keeps a few pots of
herbs around the steps so she
can snip chives or thyme when
she’s cooking.
Cheetwood swears the
same hummingbird family has
been in her garden for a few
years.
“They fly to South America
for the winter, then come right
back to the same place,” she
said.
It’s not surprising that they
return — it’s a great space.
“It’s always a peaceful place
to be,”Cheetwood said.“You’re
close to God in a garden, more
than anywhere else on earth.”
A hanging arrangement is seen among other plants
in the Cheetwood garden (top). Below, a window in
the contemporary condo is thrown open to let occu-
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polyurethane) doesn’t fade,
the furniture can be left out all
winter so storage is not an
issue, and it is heavy so it won’t
blow in the wind.
People can view the furni-
ture at the store’s website,
www.herronsfurniture.com
Herron’s also will be offer-
ing its biggest sale of the year
at the show.
The pieces will be for sale
(you haul), can be ordered
unassembled and shipped
free, or can be delivered for a
fee.
“I just think our product is
unique,” said Herron. “It’s been
a good show.”
LievensMarketandOutdoor
Living will be showing off its
homemade fire pits, metal art
sculptures, fountains and stat-
uaries.
They, too, will be offering
deals, to be announced later.
Owner Chad Lievens said
the Perrysburg company is
participating because its new
landscape designer has
attended in the past and got-
ten a lot of business.
The show will be open from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Betty Grable, Eva Marie Saint
and Marlene Dietrich.
“Those are basically the
girls I draw.
“I resonate with a blond
bombshell,” said Lee, who
sports long, natural platinum
curls.
She also paints with water-
colors and acrylics, inspired by
starlets of the 1920s to the
1950s.
She even dresses in 1950s
style, “when they made an
effort,” and she never leaves
the house without full makeup
and her signature red lipstick.
Eachofhersewingmachines
has a purpose. Her workhorse,
from the 1950s, will sew
through leather; one is for zig
zag stitches; one is for stretchy
material.
She doesn’t cook and
instead uses her kitchen cabi-
nets to store fabric.
Her artwork also graces a
40-foot wall at Fossil Park in
Sylvania, where she created a
“whimsical, abstract” fossil
theme to go along with the
park’s fossilized brachiopods,
coral and more than 200 spe-
cies of prehistoric life.
The 2002 Bowling Green
High School graduate spent
some time in New York City “to
get it out of my system.”
She worked as a freelance
fashionassistantafterrespond-
ing to an ad in “Harper’s
Bazaar.”
She has a magnet of the
block of Main Street with her
apartment building.
Coincidentally, she is living
above what used to be
Randall’s Bakery, operated by
her grandfather.
Photos of her dolls, as well
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be seen on Lee’s Facebook
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of green, like incorporating
topiaries and bushes,” Church
said. “Then flowers, of course.
Hydrangeas are very popular
and yellow flowers that you
can put in a holder on the
wall.”
For those inspired to create,
Charniga and Reynolds and
Holden offer do-it-yourself
classes at their respective
shops.
The two farm girls teach
hands-on customers how to
paint upholstery and furniture,
picture frames and any specific
pieces they bring into the
shop.
Holden also hosts furniture
painting classes, as well as craft
classes like making welcome
signs out of pallet wood for
homes’ front entrances.
Classes are not only instruc-
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patrons save a buck while over-
hauling the look of their homes,
Reynolds said.
“The DIY movement, sup-
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shows on HGTV, is huge. People
see things on HGTV and they
say they want to do it them-
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“We started building from
that,” Parsons said. “We have
expanded the perennials con-
siderably.”
He took an active role in
transforming the existing gar-
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asparagus bed along with red
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blueberries.
However, Parsons said, “for
health reasons, most of the
garden maintenance has fallen
to Merle. By default the super-
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hands.”
One of the challenges in
transforming the gardens on
the property was the volume
of mature walnut trees on the
land.
“Those trees secrete a chem-
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growth from succeeding,”
Parsons said.
Peoples said, “We cut down
some of the trees and we
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added soil to form raised beds
to expand the gardens.”
They added several varieties
of cherry trees, including yel-
low cherries. Also, tricolor red
marbles were planted to keep
the birds from going after the
strawberries.
The explanation is the birds
will go for those and not dis-
turb the neighboring strawber-
ries.
“We put in more flower beds
and expanded the ones around
the house,” Peoples said.
“We added a lot of flower
beds around the foundation of
the house with an emphasis on
spring bulbs, spring bulbs and
lilies and a number of hardy
dinner plate hibiscus shrubs
with contrasting burgundy
leaves,” Parsons said. “We also
use a variety of types and col-
ors of foliage from silvers to
burgundy, dark and light green,
and chartreuse.”
When asked how much time
they have worked on the gar-
den over the last three-plus
years, Parsons said, ”It’s been
thousands of hours.”
Peoples added, “It’s a never-
ending task.”
Parsons clarified, “You can’t
count it as work — you have to
think of it as pleasure — which
it is.”
Peoples said,“We built upon
the grape arbors and we also
expanded with a variety of
perennials.”
The two men bring different
skills and experience to their
gardens. Parsons, who is 75,
said he has been involved with
flowers since he was very
young. “Since I could walk.”
He recalls raising bonsai
trees and special ornamentals
in Michigan.
Peoples was raised in the
small community of Ney, Ohio,
and is more acclimated to the
natural and farm aspects of
gardening.
“We like to use the garden
for the benefit of the commu-
nity,” Parsons said. “We provide
flowers for everybody.”
“We really like to cheer up
shut-ins,” Peoples added.
“We pass out flowers to any-
one who will take them,”
Parsons said with a laugh. “We
are purveyors of free bou-
quets.”
Parsons said they have also
supplied flowers for their
church, Haskins Community
Church, and assisted with the
village and helping it to bloom
by putting flowers around the
Haskins Town Hall.
In addition to their flowers,
they also mix vegetables into
their landscape and gardens.
“Our vegetables like toma-
toes and beets are intermin-
gled with the shrubbery,”
Peoples said.
The couple also installed a
dog run alongside the house.
“We love the sense of com-
munity here. It’s been a wel-
coming and invigorating situa-
tion for us,” Parsons said.
“We’re just trying to enjoy
and share our gardens,”Peoples
said. “We entertain.”
“We like to entertain other
gardeners,” Parsons added.
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had little play in November
and December and we’ve been
shut down since then but we
had some play (in early
March).”
The country club officially
opened for the season on
March 1.
Opening earlier in the year
means more business, but it’s
not always better for the golf
business.
Doug Michael, owner of
Sycamore Hills, near Helena,
said there are some setbacks to
letting players out too early.
“They understand if they’re
out there, they can do damage
and they don’t want a crappy
course,” he said of golfers. “We
want to be open more than
they do.”
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the ground is too soft.
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out in winter, we tend to
err to the side of caution,”
Czerniakowski said.
“If there’s a chance there
could be damage, then
there’s no play, but by all
means we want to let peo-
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Putting players out on
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“Anytime there’s a
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than the last couple of
years,” Czerniakowski said.
Garcia agreed that let-
ting players out early helps
out.
“Any business we get in
March is a bonus for our
income,” he said.
Tom Blanchard, owner
of TangleWood Golf Club in
Perrysburg, said the early
play is not enough to make
a noticeable difference. He
only allows walkers, no
carts, early in the year.
“We don’t get a lot of
play during the winter.
We’ll get some play, but it
doesn’t generate enough
revenue to have staff here
during this time,”Blanchard
said.
TangleWood opened
officially last week.
“We anticipate cutting a
number of trees down to
open the course more,” he
said.
“We also plan to put
bunkers on the golf course,
which we’ve never had
before, but we’re looking
forward to a good year, for
members, leagues and the
general public to come out
and play.”
Bowling Green Country
Club also cut down dead
trees this past winter.
Stone Ridge, will have
new golf carts,
Czerniakowski said.
Sycamore Hills, which
used to be a farm, has no
plans to add on to its three
9-hole courses.
“We’ve been here for 52
years, the course has always
been in pretty good shape,”
Michael said.
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world and starting to figure
out what my style was.
“That has evolved over the
past couple of years. Both
through my interactions with
Caroline, being inside the ropes
of the pro game, and working
everyday to try to get better
and learn, try to adjust and be
a better coach.”
He returned to Bowling
Green in May 2014 and worked
at Stone Ridge in addition to
caddying full time for his sister
last summer.
“After I left St. Bonaventure
and started working with
Caroline, I still wanted to coach.
I just needed the right oppor-
tunity to come up, where I
could get some experience,”
Powers said. “I wanted to stay
close to Caroline too. So this
was the perfect opportunity.”
Powers’ love of golf comes
naturally as his family has a
vast background in the sport.
Powers’ mother, Lindy, grew
up playing and working at the
family-owned Lincoln Hills Golf
Course in Upper Sandusky. She
also worked at BGSU’s Forrest
Creason Golf Course in several
capacities, and is a PGA teach-
ing professional working with
youth golfers.
Powers’ father Buddy, a for-
mer head hockey coach at
BGSU and currently a scout for
the National Hockey League’s
Dallas Stars, plays golf at every
opportunity.
Caroline was a standout
golfer at BGHS and at Michigan
State and is currently playing
professionally.
And Barbara, John’s other
sister, is the director of opera-
tions for the University of
Tennessee’s track and field
team, who also plays golf.
In fact, the Powers family
fivesome played a few holes at
Stone Ridge on Christmas Day.
“It was really fun. We went
around for a few holes. It
reminded us of the old days,”
Powers said about playing on
Christmas. “It’s not too often
that we get the whole family in
one room anymore. You have
to take advantage of it when
you get the chance.”
Meanwhile, Caroline played
in 21 events last season on the
Symetra Tour and was 60th in
the first tour event this season.
She turned professional after
graduating from Michigan
State in 2013.
“It’s all about the experience
on that tour,” he said. “If you
can turn a little bit of a profit,
that’s great. But it’s mostly
about trying to get to the next
step and be ready for the
LPGA.”
Caroline is also playing on
the National Women’s Golf
Association tour and was 20th
in a tournament in early March.
The NWGA events are mostly
held in Florida.
“She is learning how to be a
professional,” Powers said
about his sister.
“Until you are invested 100
percent (in being a profession-
al) it’s hard to substitute for the
experience. When you are a
rookie and just getting started,
it’s hard to know what the
grind is like.
“She’s had two consecutive
seasons now where she’s
played at least 20 events in one
season. That something that
you can’t simulate until you
get there,” Powers continued.
“That’s a challenge, going week
to week to a new city, driving
in your car for six or seven
straight months … You realize
it’s real work.”
Powers said he would be
carrying Caroline’s bag this
summer when there are events
in the area. There are LPGA
tournaments at Highland
Meadows in Sylvania and
another in Ann Arbor. There
are also three Symetra tourna-
ments in Michigan and one in
Indiana.
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designed to handle farm trucks, trailers and tractor trailer tankers
with plenty of driveway turning radius.
LOW COST
Water costs $8.00 per 1,000 gallons purchased.
EASYTO USE
Water is purchased from the bulk water stations using one of the
District’s plastic access cards. Simple and easy to use, the card is
similar to a bank’s ATM card, with a PIN number to ensure safe,
secure access. The same card can be used at all locations.
• Your account will be billed monthly, with all bills due
by the middle of the following month.
• Accounts will be billed a late fee if paid past the due date.
• A one-time set up fee of $8.00 per card will be billed
the first month. Multiple cards are available.
EQUIPMENT SPECS.
The District’s fill station has a 3” male
cam locking fitting. Each hauler is
responsible to adapt their equipment
to fit the District’s outlet using a 3”
female cam lock fitting. Your vehicle
must be plumbed with an air gap with
prior inspection by District personnel.
6 Bulk Water Stations Locations
NORTHWESTERN
WATER AND SEWER
DISTRICT
12560 Middleton Pike (SR582)
Bowling Green, OH 43402
877-354-9090 www.nwwsd.org
Bays Rd. Water Tower site
Open 24/7
13100 Bays Rd.
County Landfill site
Open 24/7
15150 Tontogany Rd.
District Office site
Open May - Oct.
12560 Middleton Pike
Weston
Open 24/7
12805 Van Tassel Rd.
CSX-Henry Twp. site
Open 24/7
18290 Deshler Rd.
Lemoyne
Open May - Oct.
23613½ Lemoyne Rd.

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We have some of the greatest golf
courses in the region. Check out these
local golf clubs for specials.
Belmont Country Club
Perrysburg . . . . . . 419-666-0440
Birch Run Golf Club
North Baltimore. . . 419-257-3641
Bowling Green Country Club
Bowling Green . . 419-352-3100
Brandywine Country Club
Maumee . . . . . . . . 419-865-2393
Chippewa Golf Club
Curtice. . . . . . . . . 419-836-8111
Crosswinds Golf Club
Perrysburg . . . . . . 419-872-4653
Dixie Driving Range
Fallen Timbers Fairways
Waterville . . . . . . . 419-878-4653
Forrest Creason Golf Course
Bowling Green . . . 419-372-2674
Green Hills Golf
Clyde . . . . . . . . . . 419-547-7947
Heather Downs Country Club
Toledo. . . . . . . . . . 419-382-3481
Hidden Hills Golf
Woodville. . . . . . . 419-849-3693
Hillcrest Golf Club
Findlay . . . . . . . . . 419-423-7211
Loudon Meadows Golf Club
Fostoria. . . . . . . . . 419-435-8500
Oak Harbor Golf Club
Oak Harbor. . . . . . 419-898-1493
Red Hawk Run Golf Course
Findlay . . . . . . . . . 419-894-4653
Riverby Hills Golf Club
Shady Acres Golf Course
McComb. . . . . . . . 419-293-9656
Spuyten Duyval Golf Course
Sylvania . . . . . . . . 419-829-2891
Stone Oak Country Club
Holland . . . . . . . . . 419-867-8400
Stone Ridge Golf Club
Sycamore Hills Golf Club
Fremont. . . . . . . . 419-332-5716
TangleWood Golf Club
Perrysburg . . . . . . 419-833-1725
The Golf Shop
Napoleon . . . . . . . 419-592-3911
White Pines Golf Course
Swanton . . . . . . . . 419-875-5535
Monday -Friday
$1650
BirchRun
LoudonMeadows
SaturdaySunday
after2p.m.
$15-allyoucanplay
After5p.m.
$10-allyoucanplay
Valid withcouponthrough7/15/16
18Holeswith Cart
Plus 2 Beverages
$2900
Cannotuseanyothercoupons,
customeradvantagecardsorany
otherspecialstogetthesedeals.
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14451DeshlerRd.
NorthBaltimore,OH45872
www.birchrungolf.com
419-435-8500
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Fostoria,OH44830
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5
Winter?
What winter?
Area golf courses
weather the mild
weather just fine
By MARIAH TEVEPAUGH
Spring weather in Northwest Ohio
can change at the drop of a hat — a sunny
day can easily turn into snow.
It can be a tease for those who enjoy
the warmer months and want to start their
spring activities early, like many golfers.
Tony Czerniakowski, director of golf at
Stone Ridge Golf Club, said that golfers
love to get extra play in during the winter
months.
“It’s been a good winter, nice and mild,”
he said.
Stone Ridge unofficially opened around
March 17. Most courses usually don’t open
until April, but with the more mild weath-
er this year, golf directors around the area
have made exceptions.
“A lot of public courses wait until about April,” said Tom
Garcia, golf professional at Bowling Green Country Club. “We
(See WEATHER on 32)
In the photo,
Perrysburg
High School
student
Elizabeth
Finney tees
off while
practicing at
Crosswinds
Golf Club in
Perrysburg
in March.
Close convenient parking
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By JACK CARLE
Sentinel Sports Writer
John Powers wants to
continue learning as much as
he can about all phases of the
game of golf.
The assistant coach for the
Bowling Green State University
women’s golf team since last
summer, Powers has been
immersed in the sport from a
very young age.
Powers played golf at
Bowling Green High School
and BGSU and has worked on
and off at Stone Ridge Golf
Club since he was 16. He has
been a head coach at the col-
legiate level, a caddie for his
sister Caroline, and has played
professionally.
In addition to coaching with
the Falcons, Powers is working
on gaining certification by the
PGA of America, which is a
work-experience program, to
know more about the business
of golf. It can take up to four
years to complete the program.
“That will help with my qual-
ifications and I can learn more
aboutthegolfbusiness,”Powers
said. “I will spend this summer
working up at Highland
Meadows to get to know the
private side of golf more.
“I feel like I have a pretty
good handle on the public side
of golf,” he continued. “I think
the formal training now
through the program is going
to help me, both in my own
private side of the golf busi-
ness and with the team as well
as learning to teach a little bet-
ter and learn about golf event
operations.
“For now I’m just trying to
get as much experience as I
can … so I will be ready for
anything that pops up.”
As part of his undergraduate
program at BGSU, Powers was
an intern at Ohio State
University in 2010.
“I did an internship to finish
up my sport management
degree,” Powers said. “That was
a good experience, getting to
know the golf operations a lit-
tle better, just to change things
up from Bowling Green.”
Powers earned his master’s
degree in 2013 at St.
Bonaventure. While at St.
Bonaventure, Powers coached
the men’s golf team for three
years.
“I was involved in a lot of
things at St. Bonaventure, kind
of like I am here.” Powers said.
“The experience at St.
Bonaventure was great, just to
get familiar with the coaching
Powers pursues all phases of golf
4
Former BGHS standout golfer coaches, teaches and caddies
John Powers, assistant coach of the Bowling Green
State University women’s golf program, is seen
inside the university’s golf training facility.
(See POWERS on 34)
15-211 US Hwy. 6, Napoleon, Ohio 43545
Shop is located on US Route 6 West, Napoleon, Use Exit 39
419-592-3911 Fax 419-592-3911
www.thegolfshopnow.com
Driving Range
10th
ANNUAL HUGE DEMO DAY
Saturday, June 4, 2016
10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Reps will be here from:
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know the rules pretty well.”
And Gardner’s teams have
been successful on the course
with 13 Suburban Lakes League
titles, four trips to the state
tournament as a team, and
several individuals who quali-
fied for state tournament play.
Eastwood’s best individual fin-
ish at the state was a third-
place effort by Gary Michel in
2005.
“When we were very suc-
cessful in the won-loss column
or championship areas, we had
over the years quite a few play-
ers that really put golf near the
top of their priorities as far as
working at it, and you have to,”
Gardner said. “They spent a
whole lot of time in the sum-
mer. We had some of our best
years where we had five or six
kids playing between 15 and
22 summer tournaments.
“They did it and it paid off.
They were ready when the fall
season came around,” Gardner
continued. “It was just a con-
tinuation of competitive golf
plus they hit the practice range
a lot.”
A1968graduateofEastwood
High School, Gardner earned
his teaching degree from
Bowling Green State University.
In his first two years at BGSU,
Gardner played baseball before
switching to golf for his final
two years. Gardner was a mem-
ber of the Falcons’ 1972 Mid-
American Conference champi-
onship team.
He was married to Judy
shortly after graduation from
collegeandstartedatEastwood
in the fall of 1972 as a physical
education teacher for kinder-
garten through six grade. He
retired after 41 years of teach-
ing.
“The golf job opened up (in
1972) and fortunately for me, I
was able to teach and coach,”
Gardner said.
Gardner was inducted into
the Ohio High School Golf
Coaches Hall of Fame in 1992.
“It was a source of pride and
honor at that time, and still is,”
Gardner said about the Hall of
Fame induction.
Currently he is the district
representative on the Ohio
High School Golf Coaches
Association executive commit-
tee. He is also a rules official at
the state golf tournament.
In addition to golf, Gardner
has coached basketball at the
junior high for both boys and
girls, as well as freshman and
junior varsity basketball and as
a varsity boys head basketball
coach for three years. He also
coached junior high football.
Also, he and Judy have kept
the boys basketball scorebook
since 1984-85.
Still, golf has been Gardner’s
passion.
“I didn’t consider it a grind
and I still don’t,” Gardner said
about coaching golf.“It’s a long
time to do something, but I
love golf and I have been fortu-
nate to work with a whole lot
of quality individuals.”
He added that he doesn’t
foresee retiring as golf coach in
the near future.
Gardner has lived next to
TangleWood Golf Club on
Dowling Road since the sum-
mer of 1972. He is now in his
56th year of working at
TangleWood, which is
Eastwood’s home course.
Gardner keeps the shag
bags of balls in his garage and
team members can pull in his
driveway, grab a bag and hit
the practice area located right
behind the house.
“All the time that I have
been here coaching, and even
before when I was a player, the
owners have never charged us
a dime all the years Eastwood
has been using TangleWood as
our home course,” Gardner
said. “The kids work in the
spring getting the course ready
for the season. That’s all they
have to do, and all the school
has to do as far as payment.
“We’re pretty fortunate with
that.”
Even with over four decades
of experience, Gardner is still
doing things the same way.
“I would think that most of
my coaching philosophy, what
I stress and points of emphasis,
are almost the same as it was
back in the early 1970s,”
Gardner said. “Hopefully I have
learned some things and done
some things better later than I
did at the beginning; I certainly
have learned a lot of things.”
Eastwood golf coach Mike Gardner (left) talks about
a club with Eastwood golfer Nick Coffman at
TangleWood Golf Course in September. On the
opposite page, Gardner coaches Eastwood golfer
Brian Selhorst on his chipping.
“ I didn’t consider it a grind and I still don’t. It’s
a long time to do something, but I love golf
and I have been fortunate to work with
a whole lot of quality individuals.”
— Mike Gardner
has been coaching Eastwood golf for 45 years
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Excludes Holidays, outings and other discounts.
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2
By JACK CARLE
Sentinel Sports Writer
The most visible end
results in sports are wins and
losses, league championships
and post-season tournament
play.
However, there is much
more involved, including learn-
ing how to compete the right
way.
That’s one reason why Mike
Gardner, who will be starting
his 45th year as Eastwood’s
boys golf coach this fall, has a
three-hour preseason meeting
with prospective team mem-
bers about the rules of golf.
“I have always stressed a
pretty thorough knowledge of
the rules, playing with proper
etiquette on the course and
around the course at all times.
I have done that since the first
year,” Gardner said.
“We try to become the best
players that we can be and the
best team we can be, but not
at the sacrifice of playing with
proper etiquette. I think of all
the things that have pleased
me over the years, that is prob-
ably number one.
“One thing that also excites
me is to see players after they
graduate. I see a ton of them
playing golf and they play with
proper etiquette and still
Gardner
grows a great
golf program
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G O L F
2016
VETERAN COACH
Gardner preaches
proper golf etiquette
Page 2
POWERS’ PATH
BGHS standout John
Powers is coaching for
BGSU women
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