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By Patrick Blau

Oct. 14, 2015

BACK TO YOUR FUTURE

Most people my age can remember during their childhoods when they were told to be home ‘’by the time the streetlights come on.’’ It seemed everything was within walking distance or at most, a bike ride’s distance, and there were no businesses resembling today’s type of big-box store. Back then, there were still local butchers, offering excellent grades of meat sold with small town familiarity. There were little family owned pizzerias, ice cream parlors, bakeries, local small banks and credit unions. You could walk into these places and be called by your name and asked how your parents were doing, or where were your older sister and her husband living now. Young adults who read about these sorts of times and experiences roll their eyes and chuckle sarcastically about how it seems old people think that things were always better before. In most cases, yep, they were better; and today’s young adults and teenagers are going to claim the very same thing in about 30 years. They refuse to accept or admit it, but one day they too will use the phrase ‘’back in the day.’’ Let your kid stay out until the street lights come on in today’s world and see how many other parents complain about how negligent a parent you are, or even worse, get some governmental agency called in to look into how you are supposedly putting your child at risk. Try to find a screwdriver or pizza pan that doesn’t have ‘Made in China’ on it and you will spend a great part of your day doing so, and will probably have to go online to find it anyway. Much of the family oriented and quaint-sized feeling to small-town America is quickly being replaced by countrywide uniformity, with the predictability of generic ready made food, and locally owned businesses being supplanted

(photos above) This collage depicts Patrick Blau’s appreciation of (MP Photos/Patrick Blau) by global conglomerates and their offshoots. When I first moved into the Burton/Middlefield area it felt like an oasis to me, like I had found an area that still possessed some of the wholesomeness and small town familiarity I thought had been lost to the world years ago. Appreciate and hold onto these things now, you Burtonites and Middlefieldonians; be careful of corporate incursions into the area that have already happened. Protect your local flavor and guard it carefully, because if you don’t, it will forever be lost to future generations. Tourism creates lots of dollars for your

Septfonds, France’s diverse, local

local economy; but if there is nothing different, interesting, picturesque and worthy of being toured, if your town is a cookie-cutter village made to look like every other shopping-oriented place in America, those dollars will never find their way into local wallets. Where I live now, the village of Septfonds in France, is surprisingly similar in some ways to how the American city that I grew up in used to be, and similar in many ways to how Burton is today. Sure there are differences, as there should Continued on Page 4

2015 Geauga County Junior Fair Livestock Buyers Laura Adams All Controls Corporation* All Ohio Motorsports Al’s Plumbing Al’s Trucking & Excavating* American Brass AMG Peterbilt Arms Trucking* Ascherman’s Photography Audi Mentor Bada Bing Chesterland* Steve Beckner Belireus & Associates* Bentronix Corporation George Blankenship* Bloomfield Livestock Auction Blossom Hill Health Care Residence Joey & Tommy Bond* Bralyn Trucking Company Inc. Tyler Briggs Rick & Lisa Briggs* Brockway Bond Insurance* Andrew Brush Brushstrokes by Kenn LLC* Burton Scot Contractors Burton Sheet Metal* C U E Excavating Joyce Campbell Jeff Campbell, Jr. Mary Canfield Ashley Carpenter Carson Farms* Carter Lumber - Middlefield* Cellar Rats Brewery Chagrin & Middlefield NAPA* Chagrin Pet & Garden Chardon Tractor Chardon Welding* Cherry Valley Slaughtering & Processing* CKM Services* Clemson Towing* Jack Collum* Collumbine Farm* Compass Packaging

Cotterman Trucking* Country Jim’s Farm Fresh Meat* Creative Stone Crafters George Csatary CPA, Inc. Doug & Wendy Daugherty Katie Daugherty George E. Davis Del Davis Mechanical LLC Carol & Brian Derov Door Works & Construction East Geauga Kiwanis John Eklund, State Senator Escape Designs J. Etling Etna Products Inc.* John Evers Ken & Ammie Evers F & M Concrete Fairmount Santrol Fine Family Farm* Fowl Play Farm* Fowlers Mill Golf Course Nick Frank Patricia Fredericks Freeman Construction David & Emily Gardner Tim & Debbie Garlak Geauga County Farm Bureau* Geauga Farms Country Meats* Geauga Feed & Grain* Geauga Vision* Tom Gierke Frank Gliha, Geauga Co. Auditor Nick & Melissa Gorris Dr. Christine Graley* Maria Grbac Great Lake Cold Storage Great Lakes Crushing* Great Lakes Outdoor Supply* Green Family Funeral Home* David & Amy Grinstead* Laurie & Brian Gronowski H & B Storage*

Mark Hamilton Hartsgrove Hardwood Lumber and Kiln* Headlands Contracting Scott Hildenbrand Frank Hinkle* Chip Hofstetter Holly Hill Healthcare Residence* Todd & Brenda Hornak Howard’s Apples* Hummel Construction* Hungry Bee Catering/Home Grown Geauga* Gary and Judy Huston Independent Meadows* Insurance Diversified Robert Guy & Anne Ivans Ivans Family J. Anthony Vinecourt LLC* J.R. Goodrich Construction Paul & Jan Jackam* Jims III Design Julie Howes Realtor* Junction Auto Sales* KBR Solutions* KC Farms Keller Williams, C. Sapolin Keller Williams, K. Bergansky* Keller Williams, M. O’Neill* Kellogg Insurance Agency TJ Kilbane Brian Kimmel Kleve & Associates Insurance* Kochever Home Services Anne Kolenic* Boyd & Rachel Kumher Matt & Heather Lane* Michelle Lane* Bill Lanhan Brian & Christine Lanstrum Laudato & Company Laudato Concrete Legacy Construction Services* Albert & Karen Lewandowski*

Linda’s Restaurant Bertha Louden Louden Farms Love Insurance Agency* Madison Electric Wolf Maison John J. Manfredi* Mangia Mangia* Mantua Vet Clinic Mar-Bal Inc. Martin Painting & Decorating Mike Mausling Maxxcadd Company* Jim McCaskey McCaskey Development Cheri Measures* Marylou Mele Middlefield Bank* Middlefield Market Mihalic Associates & Auctioneers* Joe & Angel Miller* Laura Miller* MJM Industries* Kim & Nancy Molnar* Morrison & Sons Trucking MSC Industries* MYGC General Contracting LLC* Marcy Nelson New Century Hair Design New Direction Photography Newbury Family Practice* NSL Analytical Services Inc.* Tim & Meg Obringer Ohio Addressing Machine Co.* Ohio’s Center for Oral, Facial, Implant Surgery* D. Kevin O’Reilly LPA Oscar Brugman Sand & Gravel Jeanette Oschek* Overlook Farm Tony Pestak Pet Stop Pet Fence Systems Pete Howes Auction*

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Matt Squire Phil Miller Construction* Robin L. Stanley, Esq.* Robert Philips Steven Douglas Corporation Phillips Technical Sales, Inc. Stone House Acres Jason Plante Pygmy Goats Pomona Grange Judge Terri Stupica Bob Powell Sunrise Farm Preston Chevrolet* Jennifer Surace* PuroClean T & T Cleaning Services* Lindsey Ramsey* Taylor Builders LLC Colin Ray The Bell Station* Mary Ray* The Flag Store Blake Rear, Commissioner The Pygmy Connection Red Brick Farm Greenhouse The Rotary Club of Chardon* Construction Tim Frank Septic Tank Tim ¬¬Regan Cleaning* REMAX Traditions, Totally Yours Farm Dan O’Reilly* Townsend Machine* Reserve Energy Exploration* Ken Townsend* Ricca Properties Trax Construction Co.* Chuck and Sue Rischar* Triple J Farm Rock-n-Roll Acres* UH Painesville Med Practice* Rolling Meadows Farm* Union Home Mortgage* Royle Insurance Union Home Mortgage* Rugg’s Pest Management* Uvara Management LLC* Kelsey Rumburg* Walker Landscaping Russell Locksmith Wendy Ward Sale Barn Auctions Ed Ward* Salo Maple Products* John & Jan Wargo Liz Sheer Warren Roofing, Nat Arp Sculpture by Lees Warren Roofing, J. Vetrovsky* Marion Sevich Waste Management The Sevich Family* Charles Waugaman Linton & Patricia Sharpnack Jeff Webinger Sheauga Gallery Weiss North America, Inc. Shetler Printing Whitetail Solutions & Office Supply Corporation* Shield Security Service* Wilks Inc. Silvercreek Veterinary Clinic Rich & Rebecca Wiseman* Thomas & Evelyn Siu Michael Wolf* Smith Farms X-Boom Coupler* Smith Vein Institute Zenith Systems Smokin’ T’s Beth Ziegler Mike Soltis Dr. Georgette Zifko-Baliga Soltis Brothers* Donna Soncrant Sonderry Farm * denotes a multiple buyer

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(l-r) Jenna Brown,  Courtney Czekaj, Dayna Shale, Carly Snow, Kylie Scott, Katie Dingman, Becca Hauser, Diana Shale and Mollee Chapman (MP Photo/BSD)

Junior/Senior High School CARE Team On Friday, Oct. 2, seventh graders were invited to a luncheon with the CARE Team members in the small gym.  The CARE Team under faculty advisor Nichole Kiczek provides activities to welcome new students to Berkshire Junior/Senior High School.  The upperclassmen ate lunch with their seventh-grade class members and conducted ice breaker activities to make everyone comfortable and welcome.

The Death Of Autumn By Edna St. Vincent Millay When reeds are dead and a straw to thatch the marshes, And feathered pampas-grass rides into the wind Like aged warriors westward, tragic, thinned Of half their tribe, and over the flattened rushes, Stripped of its secret, open, stark and bleak, Blackens afar the half-forgotten creek,— Then leans on me the weight of the year, and crushes My heart. I know that Beauty must ail and die, And will be born again,—but ah, to see Beauty stiffened, staring up at the sky! Oh, Autumn! Autumn!—What is the Spring to me?

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Back To Your Future Continued From Page 1 be between two countries with different histories and cultures. There are no big box stores anywhere in Septfonds; but in nearby Caussade you can find a locally-owned hardware store where the screwdrivers are stamped with ‘Fabriqué en France’ (Made in France). In Sepfonds itself you will find: a locally owned boulangerie (bakery); a boucherie (butcher shop) owned, operated and supplied by one man who lives in Septfonds; a privately-owned La Poste (post office) that also doubles as La Banque Postale (Post Office Bank); a few different coiffures (hair dresser/barber) whose corporate offices are located in small rooms in the back; a pizzeria that makes its pizza dough onsite and has all toppings bought from local sources. Isn’t that at least similiar to your own hometown, or how you always wanted your hometown to be? Isn’t that close to what most parents want to expose their children to, so that they can have good, clean memories of their formative environment? There are reasons that teenagers and young adults crave to leave small town America, and small town France; it’s too tiny for them, too cramped, too far from the cities, too secluded from the big happenings of the outside world. These same reasons are why the vast majority of them return to these same small towns, once they have realized that small towns such as these are where life really happens. There is only one street light on our rue (street) in Septfonds. We’re home, most evenings, by the time it comes on.

Patrick Blau was born and raised in northeast Ohio. For the past six years, he lived and worked in Burton/Middlefield along with his daughter, McKenzie and his son, Kevin, until he recently moved to France and married his wife, Sarah. Patrick and Sarah currently live in Septfonds, a Burton-like village in southern France.”

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searches, and stronger bond between dogs and handlers develop as handlers learns to observe, understand, and rely upon their dog. Saturday’s workshop is an Introduction to K9 Nose Work for those who have never done any scenting or tracking work with their dogs. Sunday’s workshop is Continuing Nose Work/ Introduction to Odor for those who want to move their dog from searching for food to searching for one of the standard nose work odors: birch, clove or anise. Each day offers Working Spots for dogs and their handlers, as well as Auditor spots for people without their dogs. For information call 855-286-DOGS (3647) or visit www.coldnosecompanions.com/ Special_Events_2.html. Cold Nose Companions Dog Training offers rewards-based training methods through group classes and private in-home training. All instructors are highly qualified and consistent in training methods. Visit www.coldnosecompanions.com or call 440-479-4523.

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enjoy going to the fair and looking at all the equipment on display by the various dealers. This year I was interested in a commercialz e ro - t u r n   m o we r and though I could possibly negotiate a good deal on a display model. What I found was “sales people,” if you could call them that, were more interested in sitting in front of the cooling fans than selling their wares. I had to plead with a “salesman” to explain the features of an $8,000 machine to me and he was barely able to answer my questions, let alone point out any special features I may have been interested in knowing. Not one person had the interest to take down my name and phone number to follow up. This is basic salesmanship 101; get the contact info. They all play with their cell phones, yet fail to use them for their most important function; getting my digits. It has been determined that Millennials also known as the Y generation (born 1962 to 2004), waste a minimum of 20 to 40 percent of their day at work playing with their phones. I also find that some generation Xers (born 1961 to 1981) are less than enthusiastic about their careers acquired more by chance than choice. I am writing this as a public service to all those companies who display at trade

shows, fairs and other venues: train your people to sell. I find this lack of salesmanship everywhere: retail stores, car dealerships, big box stores and yes even restaurants where the waitress doesn’t know the day’s specials. It must be expensive purchasing display space, transport to and from the show a vast array of equipment and pay people to work the booth. Why would you not train them to sell this equipment? Product knowledge was lacking as much as enthusiasm and excitement about the product line on display. Hey Jack, if you are not enthusiastic about the product you are selling, why should I be enthusiastic about purchasing it? (Jack is a name I use for anyone I am not thrilled with, but I don’t actually intend to demean anyone named Jack.) I hope Sony Corporation perfects their robot line very soon so that companies can start employing them as knowledgeable and interesting sales people. Until then, contact me and I will train your people to sell. But it will be pricey. To find out what Joe would do, e-mail questions to editor@middlefieldpost. com. Joe has 20-some years experience in manufacturing and says that as a small business owner, he found that you either learn how to solve a problem yourself or pay to have it done. Joe’s articles are his opinion and are only intended as a guide. Please consult an expert when in doubt.

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our 2014 Huntsburg Pumpkin Festival Queen is .... Makenzie Healy!” Those are the words that will always remind me of the best year of my life. After being crowned, it felt like I was aboard a train going full speed ahead. My reign has gone by so fast, but I would not change it for the world. I have visited festivals all over Ohio that I never had been to, let alone heard of. Some of these festivals I attended were Applebutter festival, Winterfest, Maple festival, North Ridegville Corn Festival, Johnny Appleseed Festival and Geneva Grape Jamboree. Along with festivals, I attended many county fairs and community service projects. My overall favorite thing about being queen was the young people who look at you as an inspiration and ask for pictures with you. Almost everywhere I went, you would hear, “Look, a princess.” Those three little words filled my heart with joy because I was the same way when I was younger. My reign proved to me that dreams do come true. Along with the exposure to new festivals, so many friendships came out of my reign. The first friendship created during my reign was actually one week after I was crowned while at the Applebutter festival. The 2015 Maple Festival Queen and I, after meeting, attended many festivals and other events together. When you attend these other festivals and queens’ banquets, you meet so many new people and along with meeting new people you have to introduce yourself to them. This boosted my self-confidence in communication. A lot of introductions were included in my year as queen and that helped with public speaking skills. So, when a queen, it is not just a crown and sash that is earned. You gain selfconfidence and from my own experiences, that is a must to a successful life. There are so many people to thank for supporting me during my reign. This is a year I will never forget and I thank you all for my success throughout it. Again, my name is Makenzie Healy your 2014 Huntsburg Pumpkin Festival Queen.

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veryone loves to talk about the weather; too hot, too cold, too wet, too dry.  As we watch television and get the weather reports each day, we notice more and more how excited the newscasters get when they are darting back and forth in front of the weather screen.  They sometimes go into so much detail that at the end of the report, Ron and I look at each other and say “what’s the temperature going up to today?” We tend to block out the statistics such as, “In 1890, there was a blizzard,” or “1910 brought with it torrential rains.” It absolutely was important to the people back then but I’m more interested in the present. Of course weather information is important to all of us, but sometimes they go overboard and we tend to tune them out. Climate and weather information is vital to farmers so they know when to plow and plant their crops and the Farmers’ Almanac still works great. Mountain climbers need to know if blizzards are on the way so they can plan their trips accordingly and commercial fisherman have to be aware of impending storms and hurricanes.   That being said, I have also heard that weather is responsible for the mental attitude of a lot of people.  Rainy, dreary days tend to make them somewhat depressed. While that fact may be clinically proven, I see a way out of that kind of thinking. Read a book, visit a home bound friend, volunteer at a hospital or nursing home. When we put others needs ahead of ours, it lifts the spirit. I personally have never felt that weather had a thing to do with

my disposition.  Weather never makes me grumpy, but sometimes people do.  Look at it this way. You can tolerate all kinds of bad weather, but can you tolerate a bad relationship or illness?   We can put up with snow or rain just by adjusting our life style and staying indoors.  No doubt about it, Ohio is the best place to live.  The West Coast suffers earth quakes, mud slides, drought and raging fires, the Midwest has their share of tornadoes each year and the south puts up with hurricanes. Need I say more? We have family living in Florida and, of course, we get the occasional teasing, especially during our cold spells in the winter. “Sun is always shining here and the weather is perfect.” Once in a while I reply, “Oh, it’s sunny and beautiful here too but it’s a whopping 10 degrees.  No problem, furnace is on.”   We can easily put up with freezing temperatures just by maintaining a good attitude and hiking up the thermostat. There are cold evenings in the winter where I find Ron covered from head to toe with a fleece blanket, jacket and hat and that’s when he’s sitting in his chair watching television. He’s just happy to be indoors. My outlook is this: it’s not where you live or what kind of weather comes your way, it’s how you live; your respect of others, good morals, kindness, forgiveness. “Weather” we like it or not, Ohio is still the best location in the nation.   Ellie has been a freelance writer for more than 40 years and has written more than 400 articles. She and her husband spend as much time as possible at their cabin where they enjoy the beauty of the surrounding area. This is where the majority of her writing is done as it is the perfect quiet setting for a writer.

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