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LOWELL, Mich. — Lowell is home to the river walk. But Lowell’s own Jim Ball could tell you a lot more about rolling on the river.
You can find him these days, selling hotdogs from a rolling cart beside the river. But you’d likely know him better if he had an ice cream cone in hand.
Jim’s family owned Ball’s Softee Creme, a Lowell hotspot for ice cream.
“Back in 1971 my mom and dad started Softee Creme. We had one ice cream machine, a pop machine, and a few toppings,” said Jim. “It was just a real big part of Lowell for 53 years. That’s a long time for a mom and pop stand.”
That mom and …