Kristin Ondulick and Caitlin Mefford join the podcast to share about Swindler & Sons, their family’s fourth generation flower shop that has been serving the Wilmington community for over 100 years.

Kristin and Caitlin both have a love for Wilmington's local community and passion for value flowers bring to every important life event, including births, birthdays, holidays, weddings, and funerals.

This episode is longer than our usual episodes, but we had a lot of fun getting an in-depth look into one of Wilmington’s most iconic local businesses and families.

Tom Dryer joins the podcast to share about his new venture with the National Christian Foundation, joined by their president of their Ohio team, Dwight Montgomery. Tom was formerly the Business Development Director at Ohio Living Cape May and is still very involved in Wilmington by serving on the board at Wilmington-Clinton County Chamber of Commerce.

Since 1982, National Christian Foundation has facilitated more than $25 billion in charitable grants to over 90,000 ministries and nonprofits worldwide. The foundation helps people maximize their charitable giving through “donor-advised funds”, and donate non-cash assets( such as stocks, real estate, and even business interests) in a way that can reduce capital gain taxes so that more money goes towards the charities people chose to support.

Special thanks to our sponsor, Fiesta Veracruz, for helping keep our podcast, newspaper, and other resources free to our community. Fiesta Veracruz is a locally owned Mexican restaurant located at 37 W Locust Street in downtown Wilmington across from the City Building. Fiesta Veracruz does so many great things to support our community, so please check out Fiesta Veracruz for great deals on lunch specials and drinks during happy hour.

Josh Perez joins the podcast to share about Dub Town Soccer Club. You may know Josh from his family’s restaurant, El Dorado Mexican Restaurant, on Rombach Avenue in Wilmington.

Josh graduated from Wilmington High School and currently helps coach their soccer team—which recently went undefeated in their regular season for the first time in school history! After teaching soccer lessons and seeing his own son excel, Josh started Dub Town Soccer Club as a way to be more involved in his student’s development and give them a place to grow their skills.

Dub Town Soccer Club is part of Miami Valley Youth Soccer Association. Their 2025 fall team included students from Clinton Massie Local Schools, East Clinton Local Schools, Hillsboro City Schools, Miami Trace Local Schools, Wilmington Christian Academy, and Wilmington City Schools. Josh is passionate about brining players together and supporting their creativity.

Special thanks to our sponsor, Fiesta Veracruz, for helping keep our podcast, newspaper, and other resources free to our community. Fiesta Veracruz is a locally owned Mexican restaurant located at 37 W Locust Street in downtown Wilmington across from the City Building. Fiesta Veracruz does so many great things to support our community, so please check out Fiesta Veracruz for great deals on lunch specials and drinks during happy hour.