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celebration. It is open for tours, other than on major holidays, Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. and Sunday 2-4 p.m. The Gaineswood grounds can be rented for weddings and photographs by contacting gaineswd@bellsouth.net or gaineswood.org. "We were very fortunate there was little vandalism while the house was vacant all those years," says Smith. "We think that was because of all of the ghost stories that were spread through generations." BAKING BREAD FOR THE MULTITUDE For seven years, Janalee Schmidt sold homemade bread and cakes, first out of her home kitchen, then, as her business grew, from a dedicated single-wide trailer and later from a double-wide. Dr. Peter Keen liked the pastries so much he asked her to partner with him, and last year he purchased a building in front of Wal-Mart and they opened Simply Delicious. "My mother taught me how to bake," she says. "I've been cooking and baking my whole life." Now in addition to cooking cornbread, cupcakes and other confections, Schmidt heads a staff of 18 Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. until 5 p.m., serving breakfast and lunch while ringing up cinnamon roll sales and other customer-favorite bakery purchases. She admits the full-scale restaurant business "is a challenge," but Schmidt relies on the help and guidance of her husband, parents and siblings. "I use a lot of Mennonite recipes, like for our Poor Man's Steak. A lot of people ask what it is, which is a variation on traditional hamburger steak with a mushroom gravy," she says. The area Mennonite Church has about 150 members who live a simple lifestyle and dress conservatively but have much in common with other Christian denominations. The local congregation isn't a large enough pool to fill Schmidt's staff, since many Mennonite women work at home and on their farms. She often goes outside the church family to hire cooks and servers. "We love all of our employees," she says. "We're one big family here." Rebecca Handmore was working at a building supply store when Keen went through her check-out lane as she wished him a blessed day. The doctor asked if she would like a job at his business but she learned the pay would be less than she was earning. Handmore has two daughters, ages 10 and 15, and was able to see them only about two hours each day. She decided to gamble on Simply Delicious, which would allow more flexible hours to take her children to school and pick them up afterward. "I've worked at three or four places and they all said 'We need you to work when we need you,'" says the non-Mennonite Handmore. "They didn't say that here." But the bigger bonus came after the boss saw Handmore in tears 16 Schmidt holds her favorite cinnamon rolls as customers choose lunch items. Simply Delicious cookies

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