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Credit: Tom Gilliam
Credit: Tom Gilliam
Young’s birthday celebration is an annual event.
“It’s a lot of fun,” Dan Young, the family-owned business’ chief ice cream dipper and CEO, told us last year when Young’s celebrated a milestone 150 years. “Our local community really likes it. They can take the entire family.”
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Commemorative 151st anniversary milk bottles will be free with the purchase of sundaes, ice cream cones, milkshakes or fried cheese curds while supplies last.
OTHER DEALS TO MOO ABOUT:
Dairy Store Specials:
Single dip waffle cone $1.51
Cheeseburgers $1.51
Kid's Meals $1.51
Fried Farmstead cheese curds $3.99
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Credit: Photo: Young's Jersey Dairy
Credit: Photo: Young's Jersey Dairy
Golden Jersey Inn Specials:
Cheeseburgers $1.51
Kid's Meals $1.51
Fried Farmstead cheese curds $3.99
Young’s Farmstead Cheese Specials:
Special sampler package of four kinds of Young’s Farmstead Cheese, $7.99
Two samplers featuring eight of Young’s farmstead cheeses
Udders & Putters Specials:
Game of miniature golf $1.51
Medium bucket of golf balls $1.51
MOMENTS IN YOUNG’S HISTORY (Source: Young’s)
1869: Young family relatives built the famous red barn.
Around 1945: Hap Young bought the 60-acre farm and house shortly after the end of World War II.
1958: The family began selling fresh Jersey milk to the public.
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1960: The Youngs built and opened their first real dairy store.
1968: The family built part of its current dairy store.
1990: Young mascots — Cowtherine, Barnabe, Cafleen and Cowvin — are born.
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1993: Young's adds its first activity at Udders and Putters, its 18-hole farm theme miniature golf course.
1995: The drive range is added.
Credit: Tom Gilliam
Credit: Tom Gilliam
1996: The nine position batting cage opens.
1998: The Golden Jersey Inn, a full-service restaurant, opens.
1999: Barnabe's Walnut Grove is built for picnics, reunions and other functions.
2000: A second mini golf course is added.
2008: Cowvin's Fast Slide, a 30-foot slide, opens.
2009: The family starts making Young's Farmstead Cheese.
2017: Young's on the Moove, a food truck is launched.
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WANT TO GO?
WHAT: Young's 150th Birthday Celebration
WHERE: 6880 Springfield-Xenia Road, Yellow Springs
WHEN: Friday to Monday, Jan. 18-21
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