Hours painted on the front door glass said it would open at noon. There is plenty to see at the store since it stocks a little bit of everything. Wandering up and down the aisles, one passes kerosene lamps and cooking utensils like Grandma used or souvenirs and knickknacks aimed at the tourists. I always buy friends a copy of the Budget, the weekly newspaper published in Sugarcreek in Tuscarawas County. The front section of the paper carries local news but other sections are worth a read for the dispatches from Amish and Mennonite communities around the world.
Correspondents tell of crops, weather, church activities and people's comings and goings.
We went back to the center but it remained closed. Moving along We were two days away from the weekly Kidron auction. Livestock is sold each Thursday year-round and a produce and flea market is held outdoors during the summer. Kidron is best known for the yearly relief sale sponsored by the Mennonite Central Committee. That is held the first Saturday in August at the Central Christian High School on Kidron Road.