Mike Roe

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  Published on: 10/10/2008    Last Visited: 10/10/2008  

  BRIDGETON — With the large number of food vendors, Mike Roe sometimes calls the Parke County Covered Bridge Festival the covered dish festival.
  
  Roe, owner of Bridgeton Mill, expects to sell between 8,000 and 10,000 pounds of various flour, meal and pancake mixes during the 52nd annual Covered Bridge Festival, which starts today and ends Oct. 19.
  
  Hundreds of vendors will be working throughout the county from Tangier to Rosedale and Sylvania to Fallen Rock and everywhere in between.
  
  Roe said 70 to 80 vendors will be at the mill.
  
  New at the mill this year for the festival will be Pigs in a Pumpkin Blanket, a breakfast sausage wrapped in a pumpkin pancake, Roe said.
  
  He and his wife bought the mill in 1994 and have been restoring it since that time.Though they don't spend as much time as others in the community preparing for the festival, Roe recognizes its importance, noting that there was no way they could continue their work on the mill throughout the year without the revenue from the festival.
  
  "It's a beautiful area, covered bridges, turning of the leaves," Roe said.

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  Bridgeton Mill owner Mike Roe says he expects to sell between 8,000 and 100,00 pounds of flour, meal and pancake mixes.
  
  He's introducing a new treat this year: Pigs in a Pumpkin Blanket, a breakfast sausage wrapped in a pumpkin pancake.
  
  Roe said 70 to 80 vendors will be at the mill.

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  www.tribstar.com/news/local_story_219234715.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/8/2007    Last Visited: 8/8/2007  

  BRIDGETON - Mike and Karen Roe have a lot of dam jokes.
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  Initially, Mike Roe said they were trying to get grants to fund the project, but with estimations of $250,000 to $750,000, there was no way they could afford that, figuring they'd have to pay half.
  
  Instead, they've opted to use the help of friends, volunteers and donations to complete the restoration themselves at an estimated cost of $30,000, he said.
  
  "We can't go into debt hundreds of thousands of dollars because it's pretty," he said about not using contractors to complete the project.
  
  Because the mill and dam are privately owned by the Roes, they are paying for the project on their own, unlike the rebuilding of the Bridgeton Covered Bridge because that is owned by Parke County.
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  By doing this project, Mike Roe also hopes to make the "famous swimming hole" larger because they are going to tear out all the vegetation that has grown over half of the creek over the years.
  
  They have been working from 8 a.m. to 7 or 8 p.m. each day, taking a couple of hours off in the middle of the day because of the heat.
  
  Mike Roe said they hope to have the entire project completed by next fall, but it depends on "time, money and Mother Nature."
  
  The Bridgeton Grist Mill is open from April 1 to Dec. 1.Part of the funding for the mill comes from the sale of their products such as pancake, corn bread and grits mix, along with many Amish-made jams and candles.
  
  He said the growing demand for "real foods" and the popularity of fresh whole grains has really helped business.
  
  "We're doing our best to put out a quality product that we can be proud of," Mike Roe said.
  
  To make sure the products are fresh, he said he grinds wheat and corn about once a week on the mill's original 48-inch French Buhr Stones.They weigh more than 2,000 pounds and are about 200 years old.
  
  Nothing would have been possible, Mike Roe said, without the revenue brought in from the Covered Bridge Festival.
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  But Mike Roe said if people knew about the mill then they would come at times other than the festival.
  
  "I want to get the mill restored and recognized," he said.
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  Under construction: Bridgeton Mill owner Mike Roe his heading a group of volunteers to restore the Bridgeton Dam to its original configuration.Bob Poynter/The Tribune-Star (Click for larger image)
  
  Framed view: Mike Roe and Dave Gaheimer can be seen at the base of the inactive side of the Bridgeton Mill Dam on Tuesday afternoon.

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  Bridgeton Mill owner Mike Roe says he expects to sell between 8,000 and 100,00 pounds of flour, meal and pancake mixes.
  
  He's introducing a new treat this year: Pigs in a Pumpkin Blanket, a breakfast sausage wrapped in a pumpkin pancake.
  
  Roe said 70 to 80 vendors will be at the mill.

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  With the help of the Bridgeton Mill's owner, Mike Roe, and many others, it was a great success!

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  The Bridgeton Mill and Covered Bridge - [Cached Version]
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  Mike RoeBridgeton Mill
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  Guess it had too many letters for Mike.
  
  7:12 AM

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  The Bridgeton Mill and Covered Bridge - [Cached Version]
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  The Bridgeton Mill and Covered Bridge: Auction for the... - [Cached Version]
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  Mike, thanks for sharing your pictures and updates of the bridge.

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  Mike Roe
  
  Bridgeton Mill

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