{"id":15060,"date":"2016-08-24T15:30:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T19:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=15060"},"modified":"2016-08-24T15:30:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T19:30:32","slug":"market-musings-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/market-musings-64\/","title":{"rendered":"MARKET MUSINGS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Jan Freedman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have been ever so lucky with the weather this season at the Farmers\u2019 Market and Saturday was no exception.<br \/>\nOur annual Community Corn Roast was well attended with the Mayor and several Town Councillors helping to barbecue the corn for the public. As usual, all donations raised from the Corn Roast will be donated to the Aurora Food Pantry. We want to thank the Mayor, our Council Liaison Sandra Humfryes and the other Town Councillors who helped with the BBQ.<br \/>\nIn addition to our Corn Roast on Saturday, Mayor Geoff Dawe handed out the Town of Aurora\u2019s Community Recognition Awards to seven of our longtime, active Market volunteers: 5 year Volunteer Service awards went to Victoria McArthur, Bruce McArthur, Anna Kroeplin, Frank Condlln and Gabriel Schacher: 10 year awards were given to Shirley Wiedemeyer and Jan Freedman.<br \/>\nNow I\u2019d like to introduce the family behind \u201cJewels for His Crown\u201d, another new vendor. Some people believe that a diamond is one of the most precious jewels to possess. At Jewels for His Crown, they have proven that there are gems of much greater value which last a lifetime &#8211; love, peace, joy, hope faith, forgiveness, courage and charity, to name a few. In a society where many of these jewels are lacking, and where many people have no hope, the family wants to make a difference one stitch at a time.<br \/>\nJewels for His Crown is a family based business. Their mother has gathered her daughters and sons, as well as their offspring, to collectively exercise love, unity and divine ingenuity to create many different items for people to enjoy.<br \/>\nThey make beautiful custom crocheted, knitted and sewn items such as baby blankets, booties, cardigans, bibs and bonnets. They also make scarves, throw cushions, bookmarks, shawls for adults and children, accessories and much more.<br \/>\nThey offer handcrafted cedar planter boxes and wooden blanket chests which can be ordered. They are reasonably priced considering the hours that go into creating each unique piece and the high quality.<br \/>\nThose involved in making each piece have said that it has created in them love, joy, peace, grace, unity, perseverance and patience. They hope that those who purchase their products will be blessed with the same virtues.<br \/>\nThe proceeds that they raise from their sales are used to help others. Last summer, with the help of the community, they were able to raise enough money to assist a family with 5 children overcome some dismal situations and they are now on their way to recovery. Their current project is to fix facilities enabling them to help both the young and the elderly.<br \/>\nMany are searching for true change and a chance at love. With help from their customers, the family believes it is possible and they thank everyone for their help and support.<br \/>\nIt has come to our attention that some people are not aware that the Farmers\u2019 Market is ending its outdoor season on October 8 this year, earlier than usual. We intend to then move indoors to the Armouries approximately every two weeks until the middle of December, after which we will close until we re-open outdoors in May.<br \/>\nI will let you know the actual dates when our booking is confirmed.<br \/>\nSee you at the Market!<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F15060&amp;t=MARKET%20MUSINGS&amp;s=100&amp;p[url]=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F15060&amp;p[images][0]=&amp;p[title]=MARKET%20MUSINGS\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F15060&amp;text=Like%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=MARKET%20MUSINGS&amp;body=Like%3F:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F15060\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jan Freedman We have been ever so lucky with the weather this season at the Farmers\u2019 Market and Saturday was no exception. Our annual Community Corn Roast was well attended with the Mayor and several Town Councillors helping to barbecue the corn for the public. 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