Marie’s Candies to be featured at Urbana event (FROM URBANA DAILY CITIZEN)
Marie’s Candies immersed itself in history when it moved the old train depot to its existing retail site in West Liberty and began using it to feature an array of sweet treats.
On Sunday, Oct. 28 at 2 p.m., the Champaign County Historical Society Museum will feature one local family’s triumph over adversity which resulted in – pun intended – one of the sweetest success stories in west central Ohio. The museum is located in Urbana on East Lawn Avenue.
Kathy King will recount the development of Marie’s Candies from its inception in the family kitchen to an area legend for delicious goodies.
The story of Marie’s Candies began in 1956, long before a historic train depot entered the picture. Marie and Winfred started making chocolates in their farm home on state Route 508 after an illness sidelined Winfred from his farming career.
Jay, second son of Marie and Winfred, took over day-to-day operations of Marie’s Candies after Winfred died in 1973. He and his wife, Kathy (who is a registered nurse) continued to carry on the business in the 1980s and 1990s and began to dream of expanding the retail space.
Together with much advice from Steve Gray, architect, they realized the goal of remodeling and renovating the 1926 historic West Liberty train depot into a retail candy store and opened it for sales in November 1996.
TONIGHT OCTOBER 26TH AT PATTERSON PARK CHURCH IN BEAVERCREEK A GREAT CONCERT FEATURING WEEC ARTISTS THE MARTINS, MICHAEL ENGLISH OF THE GAITHER VOCAL BAND, AND JAKE HOLDER. ORDER YOUR TICKETS ONLINE AT WWW.ENCOREPRODUCTIONSONLINE.COM.
THE MITT ROMNEY CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCES U.S. REPRESENTATIVE PAUL RYAN WILL HAVE THREE AREA STOPS ON SATURDAY AS PART OF HIS “VICTORY IN OHIO” BUS TOUR, WHICH WILL INCLUDE VISITS IN CIRCLEVILLE, YELLOW SPRINGS, REPORTEDLY ONE STOP AT YOUNG’S JERSEY DAIRY, AND DAYTON, THE NEWS SUN SAYS.
New Report: American Lives at Risk from Unsafe Foods
Food Recalls Rack Up $227 Million in Economic Costs in 2011
Columbus, October 24 – Despite government commitments to address the problem, food recalls are on the rise and our food safety systems are broken, according to a new report by Ohio PIRG. Contaminated food makes 48 million Americans sick every year and costs over $77 billion in aggregated economic costs. Here in Ohio in the last 21 months, 27 people were made sick from foodborne illnesses linked directly to food recalls and the cost in Ohio was $1.5 million.
WEEC SPORTS – FRIDAY 10-26-12:
WORLD SERIES GAME 2: SAN FRANCISCO 2 DETROIT 0, THE GIANTS 2 WINS AWAY FROM WINNING THE WORLD SERIES TITLE! GAME 3 SATURDAY NIGHT IN DETROIT, RYAN VOGELSONG THE SCHEDULED STARTER FOR SAN FRANCISCO, ANNABAL SANCHEZ TO TAKE THE MOUND FOR THE TIGERS!
NFL THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: TAMPA BAY 36 MINNESOTA 17. SUNDAY 1PM: SAN DIEGO AT CLEVELAND, INDIANAPOLIS AT TENNESSEE, WASHINGTON AT PITTSBURGH, CINCINNATI ON THEIR BYE WEEK.
THE NASCAR TRUCKS SERIES RACE IS SATURDAY 2:15PM AT MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY, AND THE SPRINT CUP RACE IS SUNDAY 1:45PM AT MARTINSVILLE, SAYS CBSSPORTS.COM.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL FRIDAY 8PM: CINCINNATI AT LOUISVILLE, SATURDAY 2PM: URBANA UNIVERSITY AT MISSOURI S & T, 3:30PM: FLORIDA AT GEORGIA, OHIO AT MIAMI, OHIO, TEXAS TECH AT KANSAS STATE, MICHIGAN STATE AT WISCONSIN, USC AT ARIZONA, 5:30PM: OHIO STATE AT PENN STATE, 7PM: WITTENBERG AT DENISON, 8PM: NOTRE DAME AT OKLAHOMA, MICHIGAN AT NEBRASKA, 8:30PM: MISSISSIPPI STATE AT ALABAMA, 9PM: DAYTON AT SAN DIEGO.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 10: TRIAD AT WEST LIBERTY-SALEM, GRAHAM AT URBANA, CHAMINADE-JULIENNE AT KETTERING ALTER, MISSISSINAWA VALLEY AT BETHEL, EAST CLINTON AT CLINTON-MASSIE, FORT RECOVERY AT COLDWATER, ARCANUM AT COVINGTON, WAYNESFIELD-GOSHEN AT DAYTON CHRISTIAN, RIVERSIDE AT FAIRBANKS, UPPER SCIOTO VALLEY AT FORT LORAMIE, SOUTHEASTERN AT GREENEVIEW, BENJAMIN LOGAN AT INDIAN LAKE, TECUMSEH AT KENTON RIDGE, BEAVERCREEK AT FAIRMONT, HILLIARD DAVIDSON AT MARYSVILLE, NORTHEASTERN AT MECHANICSBURG, NATIONAL TRAIL AT MIAMI EAST, WEST CARROLLTON AT MIAMISBURG, HIGHLAND AT RICHWOOD NORTH UNION, WAYNE AT NORTHMONT, GREENON AT NORTHWESTERN, TROY AT PIQUA, BUCKEYE VALLEY AT MARION PLEASANT, TIPPECANOE AT SHAWNEE, GREENVILLE AT SIDNEY, CENTERVILLE AT SPRINGFIELD, CEDARVILLE AT CATHOLIC CENTRAL, VERSAILLES AT ST. HENRY, BELLEFONTAINE AT STEBBINS, VANDALIA BUTLER AT TROTWOOD-MADISON, MIAMI TRACE AT WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, JONATHAN ALDER AT COLUMBUS WATTERSON, BERNE UNION AT WEST JEFFERSON, FAIRBORN AT XENIA, LONDON AT MADISON PLAINS, TECUMSEH AT KENTON RIDGE. HEAR SCORES ALL SEASON LONG ON WEEC SPORTS, AND VIEW THEM AT OUR WEBSITE!
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER DISTRICT FINALS THURSDAY: WAYNE 3 ELDER 2 OT, LAKOTA WEST 2 XENIA 0, ST. XAVIER 4 BEAVERCREEK 2 PK, MASON CENTERVILLE 1, DAYTON CARROLL 8 KENTON RIDGE 0, INDIAN HILL 3 TIPPECANOE 1, MADEIRA 3 GREENEVIEW 0, DAYTON CHRISTIAN 4 FRANKLIN-MONROE 3, CATHOLIC CENTRAL 4 YELLOW SPRINGS 0.
GIRLS SOCCER DISTRICT FINALS SATURDAY, TEAMS INVOLVED LOCALLY INCLUDE KENTON RIDGE, NORTHWESTERN, LEHMAN CATHOLIC, CATHOLIC CENTRAL, AND TROY CHRISTIAN.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL DISTRICT FINALS SATURDAY, LOCAL TEAMS INVOLVED INCLUDE, MIAMI EAST, TECUMSEH, URBANA, AND ANNA.
CROSS COUNTRY REGIONALS ARE SATURDAY AS WELL, I’LL BE AT TROY WATCHING MY SON ROSS RUN! BEST WISHES TO ALL OF OUR AREA ATHLETES AND TEAMS TAKING PART!
