Charlie Pagnard at Young at Heart Luncheon

Our program today was an outstanding one with our own Charlie Pagnard accompanied by Dr Charles Clevenger at the piano. Charlie is our Ministry Pastor and leads our band, choir and the praise team. Of course, he also occasionally plays a piece or two on his trumpet for the church.
Charlie's day job is at Cedarville University where is a professor teaching trumpet, etc. He is also a part of several other musical ventures. He is first chair with the Dayton Symphony, plays trumpet with the Carillon Brass and does an annual program in Germany with EuroBrass. Since this doesn't keep Charlie busy enough, he also is in partnership with his son in a local Papa Murphy's Pizza franchise. Dr. Charles Clevenger is also a professor at Cedarville University and teaches piano. We should also plan a piano concert by Dr. Clevenger, some day!
Today Charlie played a nice variety of pieces intermixed with stories from his past. I think I saw Charlie's mom, Betty, cringing a few times as he told things about his childhood that she is hearing for the first time. All in all, this was a wonderful time together.

Thank you Charlie, we will do this again! Everyone insists. You can hear the entire program HERE.

Day Trip - Mrs Wick's Pies

Today, we visited the Wick's Pies production facility in Winchester, Indiana. Wicks produces a huge volume of pies and pie shells each day. On a typical year, they bake approximately 12 million pies and shells; sending pies to about 30 states in the USA. They employ about 75 people to work three shifts a day. The third shift is dedicated to cleaning and maintenance.

As you can see below, our group and any visitors, must wear hair and beard nets. There are other clothing and adornment restrictions as well. They broke our group into two smaller groups with a man and his wife each taking part of the group.
Our guides (a man and his wife) explained some of what we could expect to see before we entered the facilities. I was impressed with how clean and efficient the factory was.
I couldn't help taking this photo of Bill Potter. He had a beard that had to be covered, so we nicknamed him Santa! Tease him about this when you see him!
After the factory tour, we went across the street to Mrs. Wick's Pies Restaurant for lunch and some of their famous pie. Most of us also bought a pie or two (or even many more) to bring home to family and friends.