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Home My WebLink AboutLucknow Sentinel, 2009-08-05, Page 9Pap 8 - Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, August 5, 2009 • a . .' .& 4. a��.�1 /qa.a •j ►.1. Tridizy, August 14 Event o ,i . b local Ta beginning at 7:30 p.m. Scott Chow and Friends / Next Rite Blackbeard Inflatable Obstacle Course Knights of Columbus Food Vendor aturcfay,ugust 13 nniversary Ceremony begins at 1 p.m. with the Classic Car Show 1- 4 p.m. istorical Conversations with local Historians.i:4S p.m. Artisan Displays 12 ppm. John Heeman 5:30 p.m. Com Roast 5 8pim. -sponiored by Sobeys ping at Dusk by Kyle MacDonald ghthouse Swing Band 8 -11 p.m. Throughout the day etlialk Chicks / Silly People / Kite Flyers 'Blackbeard Inflatable obstacle Gose knights of Columbus FoodVendor atur�faAugust .13 an outdoor Church Service Officiated by Rev. Ruth Madean. ch to purchase from Pine River ghthouse Photo and Painting Contest los display their own wort to be judged at 1 pm. Musical Entertainment ' Hall 1:30 p.m. / Brontae Hunter 2:30 p.m. broadcasts all weekend from *e Amato. Radio Club own chair atm stay forthedayt tfie Point airkLightftouse Market is family affair for Simpsons BY GARIT REID Sentinel Staff Tracey Simpson has had a love for gardening ever since she can remember . and four years ago she and her family started up a little vegetable market at the end of her driveway. Located just off of Hwy. 86 on Kintail Line, Simpson and her family started up the market because : there was a detour ' from Hwy. 21 that went by - the Simpson home, so they. decided since they had such, a bumper crop of sweet. corn, they would sell it. The idea of the market devel- oped evel- o ped from there. "1 had just sold day care and I TI1 Distribut the LakeHur�i4:.IiiF Wiartonsouth . Poril Ftanhi and all ..in. between! • The CIIIItOII NSWSRSCOflL phone... 482-3443 nM.Mericb SIgnaIStar_ phone:.. 524-261 a nM. 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Baked goods have also been added to the market just for something extra. The idea for .the baked goods came from Tracey's husband Steve who has fond Memories of homemade • baked goods. "It was my hus- band's idea for the baked goods because he grew up on a nearby farm," said Simpson. "His sis- ter used to make baked goods and take them down to the .MacKenzie trailer park for all of the campers." Buying local and especially buying local pro duce is- starting to be a. popular trend as people look to support the local economy and at the "same time a healthier diet. "I thinkeo le •. P P like fresh local produce . as opposed. , to out of -country or out of province pro- :duce, said Simpson. I think it's _ kid of like how Knechtels has just gone inde- pendent ;and they are . now ,getting local food. They know it's fresh and picked fresh everyday." A big thing for Simpson is the ability to work closely with her family and it's not just her market, but a family group effort for the past four years. That's the reason why the money the market makes goes towards her kids. "All of the money that we snake from the -market goes into a trust fund," said Simpson. "So it's a win win situa- tion - for my kids' education." Adding a wide variety of produce has always . been something Simpson and her family have tried to provide because a lot of the visitors they get are from all around and Simpson believes that adding that variety will give local people and tourists : alike a - better appreciation of the area. "Every year I try and add some kind of new veg- etable because a 1pt of the people that come by are from the MacKenzie trailer park," , said Simpson. "They come from areas l i k e Kitchener/Waterlo o, so they are used to going to places like the St. Jacobs :Market. We are just trying to broaden the vari- ety of what these people can get in Lucknow." One of the inter- esting things that. the Simpson mar- ket : offers is the honour system. They provide all of ' the food . avail- able on .a list- and people can drop by : the marke, pick up their food and. drop off their money. For the Simpson family -is just: goes to show ; the : type of honesty and friendly atmos- phere Lucknow. area provides on _ a daily basis. Photo by Garit Reid Tracey Simpson's family has been selling local produce at the end of their driveway for the past four years and it's something that has become a family affair.11.acey and her daughter Kenzie stand out in front of the cozy little market stand, where all of their goods are sold.