Wednesday, August 30 2017

Hello Wednesday. It's James.

When's the last time you had a great sandwich?Sandwiches are kind of an odd meal - a quick go to that's easy to put together when you're feeling lazy on the low end, but just about gourmet when someone takes the time to do it right, especially if you're a carb addict in love with bread. Zoey takes a look at the 7 best places do a sandwich up right in Columbus. Bookmark this list and spice up your lunch plans in the coming weeks.Navigator full story: The 7 Dopest Sandwich Shops In Columbus [Miller]

The Rundown:Weather: 79. Partly cloudy.To Do: It's the 71st Millersport Sweet Corn Festival. This is apparently the world's largest sweet corn festival, and features carnival rides, games, animals, tractor pulls, concerts, and more. Runs from today through September 2nd. All the info you need is right here.Bonus To Do: Two awesome movie screenings are happening tonight. Gateway Film Center is screening Texas Chainsaw Massacre in a 4k restoration. This is sadly timely as the director passed away over the weekend. Free and starts at 9pm.  And Gateway Plaza is showing Clueless outdoors. Starts at 8:30pm. 

**Giveaway**This week we are giving away a Hot Chicken Takeover combo pack that includes a free shirt and meal. Easy to enter and win, and who doesn't need clothes and food? Pretty universal if you ask me.Enter here!

Navigator Originals:Ladies 80’s At Skully’s Is No More … Bring On The 90’s [Arney]Time marches forward, and it's come for Ladies 80's at Skully's. If you want to say goodbye to the 80's, you'll have one more chance on September 7th, but from then on it's all 90's on Thursday nights. Direct Flights From Columbus To Cancun? Let’s Go! [Wiley]Southwest has added direct flights from Columbus to Cancun which I imagine is going to sound pretty tempting in just a few months.What Do The New AEP Smart Meters Mean For Customers? [Wiley]AEP has a new effort underway to install smart meters throughout central Ohio. These meters should reduce some of the hassle that sometimes takes place when it comes to AEP needing to get meter readings, and should also reduce errors, which seem distressingly common if my neighborhood Facebook group is anything to go by.

The Wednesday Conversation:Frontrunner Columbus is working to collect shoes for Hurricane Harvey victims. Fleet Feet + FrontRunner stores are collecting the shoes and donations can be made at any of their three stores in Upper Arlington, Lewis Center and Worthington. For more ways to help with Hurricane Harvey aid, you can check our guide. [ABC6]Some national praise for Columbus, mixed in with some gloom: Bloomberg points out that Ohio is underperforming economically in most areas, save for Columbus, and posits that the rest of the state would do well to follow our lead. [Bloomberg/Smith]The Longaberger "Big Basket" building sale seems to have (mostly - the buyer is still doing due diligence) gone through, but the Longaberger Homestead property is going up for auction in late September. The Homestead is a mixed use commercial and industrial campus that has distribution, manufacturing, office and retail. The property is over 500 acres and includes some interesting touches that were meant to be tourist attractions much like the Big Basket, including a giant apple basket that you can see by clicking through this Dispatch article. The Big Basket asking price was $5 million, but eventually sold for $1.55 million, and it will be interesting to see if this property fares better. [Dispatch/Feran]

Longread for your lunch break:The Ringer travels to  Middlesboro, Kentucky to look at one of the last snake handling preachers in America.Three years after his father was killed during a service, Cody Coots carries on as pastor of the South’s most famous signs-following church. In a town rife with drugs and poverty, Coots leads a group of congregants who live and worship in extremes — and who, by engaging with death, show their faith in a God they believe delivers life.The Ringer: Touching Death: The Turbulent Life of One of America’s Last Snake-Handling Preachers

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