Show Farmers Market Helps Revive Pioneer Park ParI 1 Martha lartha Carter Arts Editor Each Saturday morning during the summer summer summer sum sum- mer months Pioneer Park has been flooded with connoisseurs of all kinds The Farmers Market an annual event involves a plethora of the arts for sale and exhibition Presented by the Downtown Alliance the Market began June and will continue through October Wandering through the park patrons will find fresh produce honey and herbs handmade handmade hand hand- made mad J jewelry lot lotions s and Eg pottery entertainment entertain entertain- v f J J J j C M m ment ment an and food J merchandise e is ri throughout l p y tents booths and tables tables- The people vendors are as fascinating as their products Marguerite Blakey owner of Echoes of Life Soap Suds and More is a schoolteacher by night soap goddess by day She has participated in the Farmers Market for four years Blakely prepares for months in advance pouring soaps which need over four weeks to set Due to her summertime summertime summertime sum sum- success Marguerite hopes to retire in five years and open her own shop The fresh unique nature of the mer merchandise merchandise han han- dise at the Farmers Market is undeniable Items for sale include goat dairy samplings and hot mango salsa flowers like and the LA Lily hand-dipped hand candles and fresh preserves One booth boasts homemade Bloody Mary Mix while Shady's Steady's Barbecue Sauce claims to be best kept secret Customers are pampered by massage massage massage mas mas- sage therapists or painted with Henna Body Art Original art pieces are also for sale in the form of watercolors wood woodcarvings woodcarvings woodcarvings carvings glassworks glassworks glassworks glass glass- works and pottery Throughout the market various musicians provide provider neAt jen r rr r t. n n ai harpist l lust U tt ta crowd while others others oth oth- others oth- oth ers danced to the wild rhythms of a homemade percussion percussion percus percus- percussion sion kit Diane and Jerry Jones ran a booth for the first time I this year Under the name Cottage Greens the Jones sold fruit and vegetables vegetables vegetables as well as OWN Y f f 7 ff I. I lJ J ft J 1 N 9 n ff f s1 t. t k chamomile mi oregano lavender and other herbs We Farmers Market has continued to thrive The plan on doing this again in the streets are crowded with eager ready future said Diane Its lilts a good way to make to sample and spend on treasures one cant can't money on your hobby find in the grocery store Every weekend its it's easy to see why the |