Its Thursday, the day of the Farmers Market in Swansea, Il. This market takes place every Thursday at the Rural King parking lot, during the summer months of April thru October.My grandfather Norm started this event about 4 year ago, with just around 3 vendors. Now the business booming, with approximately 15 vendors participating ,vendors now range from wooden sculptures, to jewelry, and even Shea butter to help eliminate dry skin. Norm was born and raised in Belleville, il where he and his wife Deloris raised four children Mary ,Mike, Tom ,Barb. When Norm was young he attended Belleville west high school, where upon he found his first job working in Sears sales department. Later into his career he found an interest in auctioneering, and created his own family business, called “Geolat auction”. After 30 years of being an auctioneer, he retired and began his real passion in agriculture. At his house in Belleville Norm owns around 3 acres of land that he uses to grow peppers,tomatoes,beets,turnip,and even square watermelon. Norm was…
Norm didnt believe in homework, however he believed that school was meant for doing homework during the schooldays. There is this clear memory that i have of my grandfather one time , about a year ago when I first got my license. It was a really chilly morning, late in January when my grandfather called me on my cell phone, about two weeks after of owning my drivers license, and asks me “Brian would like to learn how to drive a manual car”. I couldnt say no to him, so i drove over to his house , and at the time he had a Ford 1986 box van, that he used for auctions, and I was a little frightened when I killed the truck about nine times, but in the end I learned in his backyard on the frozen…
