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SPRING 2010 VOLUME 4, ISSUE 1
In celebrating the seasonal return of all things beautiful
in Central Pennsylvania, it feels right to give a special nod to
some of the beautiful people who live here. We do it in many
ways with each issue but annually, in the spring, we devote a lot
of space to a chosen handful of great faces.
All were nominated by our readers (and you can start
suggesting people for next spring right now. Details are below).
How do we pick which ones, among the many we receive, to
spotlight? Not easily, that’s for sure. A core group of impartial
Inside Pennsylvania staffers look at the submissions you have
written and the photos you have sent and then the narrowingdown process begins.
A little insider information here: Without exception, this year
every nominee called and told what they had been selected for
first laughed, then hesitated. Truly beautiful people are humbled
when so described. They have probably never even seriously
considered “beautiful” as something that describes them.
They aren’t the ones who asked to be in this position — YOU
asked them to be. We just agreed.
The final step was convincing them that this was something they
should do, and that, too, was not an easy task. Be considerate to
them as you tell them you saw them on our pages because they
are, one and all, some of the kindest folks around and as such,
among the most beautiful.
This year we decided to invite local professional photographers
to take the pictures of the final 15. Those experienced shutterbugs
were encouraged to not only take a close-up of each but also have
some fun and let their creativity shine in the task of capturing
beauty. So we not only applaud the good sports who agreed to
accept the honor bestowed on them, we also applaud some fine
photographers.
Also in this issue, we take you to a chapel in Boalsburg with ties
to Christopher Columbus.
However, the chapel’s most sacred item is a reliquary reportedly
containing two pieces of the True Cross of Jesus Christ. The True
Cross is the name for physical remnants believed to be from the
actual cross upon which Jesus was crucified.
The museum also contains medieval armor and even a scale
model of the Santa Maria.
Another Central Pennsylvania destination with historical
significance is Ephrata Cloister where worshipers long ago lived a
meager and strict existence.
From beautiful people to beautiful places, inside Pennsylvania
has more to admire than you may imagine.
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Editor
Want to nominate someone over the age of 18 from Union,
Snyder, Montour or Northumberland County for the 2011 Most
Beautiful People issue of Inside Pennsylvania? Take — or obtain
— a current photograph that really shows that person’s beauty
and briefly tell us why this person should be selected. Include
their hometown and contact information. Send the photograph
and information to “Most Beautiful People 2011,” Inside
Pennsylvania, 200 Market St., Sunbury, PA. 17801, or e-mail to
[email protected]. Deadline for nominations is
Nov. 30, 2010.
Letters and editorial contributions should be sent to Inside Pennsylvania
magazine, 200 Market St., Sunbury, PA 17801. Inside Pennsylvania
magazine is not responsible for unsolicited submissions. Reproduction
or use of editorial or graphic content in any manner, without
permission, is prohibited. Copyright 2010 by Community News Group
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a member of Community News Group LLC.
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LETTERS
I received your
winter issue from
my daughter
and was really
surprised — Santa
Claus is my
brother-in-law!
And there were
two letters to
the editor from
people I know and
I worked with.
We take our area
for granted and
will wonder about
some beautiful
building or some
natural areas, but
then just don’t get
around to visiting
them. Your
magazine explains these things and makes us want to know more
about them. It’s a good magazine!
— Robert Row, Northumberland
I enjoyed your magazine — I read it while I was having my car
(serviced) at W&L Subaru in Northumberland.The article about
Williamsport and the wealthiest woman in the world who once
lived there was so interesting. My uncle Victor Michael, Sr. lived
on High Street. He was director for the YMCA for many years.
Also, my great-uncle Morris Michael was mayor of Sunbury
for many years. During his time in office he was a great help in
getting the dikes built — by selling the trolley tracks to fund the
project. I understand he was very well liked.
— Ruth Michael Bath
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The magazine looks great (Winter 2009). I read it from cover
to cover. We quizzed everyone who came to see the model train
display and several mentioned the magazine and saw the article
(“Model trains ... Rollin’ back memories” ).
Keep up the good work! I just renewed my subscription.
— Ray Leeser, Milton
sources for further information about the town, to which you
can add one more – the Danville Business Alliance web site,
which went “live” on Nov. 3, 2009: www.visitdanvillepa.org.
It is intended as a comprehensive site for information about the
past, present and future of Danville and the surrounding region,
one we hope increasing numbers of visitors and shoppers, as well
as individuals and businesses interested in relocating to central
Pennsylvania, will utilize to investigate and explore what our
community offers.
Thank you again for spotlighting Danville, and you have our
best wishes for the continued success of your publication.
— James D. Wilson, executive director/Main Street Manager of
The Danville Business Alliance
I read with interest your informative article about the Pine
Barn Inn (Winter 2009 issue). As you know, it is a beloved,
local institution in Danville that after six decades is continuing
its tradition of fine food and lodging under the ownership and
management of the Geisinger Health System.
I also noted your short profile of Danville, and the list of
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CONTENTS
SPRING 2010
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12 From Here to There
Meet a local ‘bonnet book’ writer
18 Buy Fresh, Eat Local
What are this season’s favorites?
20 Chef Paul Mach
A bottle of white or red?
23 “Pamper Me” Giveaway
Enter to win more than $300 in prizes
24 2010’s Most Beautiful People
Meet 15 of the region’s beautiful
residents
40 Ephrata Cloister
A visit to a place where life was
never easy.
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Mindy Dull of Lewisburg is one of the 15 nominees
featured for this year’s Most Beautiful People. Photo
taken by John Gardner of Lewisburg Studios.
42 Columbus Chapel
Home to pieces of the True Cross
46 Get your game on
Dining on wild game
48 Caterpillar Collection
Dad collects CATs, son collects
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8 Barn Story
10 Either/Or
12 From Here to There
14 Culinery Quartet
16 Sprecken Sie
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18 Buy Fresh Eat Local
20 Chef Paul
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56 Fiction
58 Dates to remember
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BARN STORY
Story and photos by Jerry Westbrook
The Moore barn in winter.
COOL SPRING
FARM STILL
RUNNING
SOME DREAMS DO COME TRUE. Just ask Dr. and
Mrs. J. William Moore of Cool Spring Farm in Union County.
Leaving his western Pennsylvania farm roots in 1959 to teach at
Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Dr. Moore quickly realized that
apartment life was a bit stifling. He roamed the area, feasting on the
panoramic views of scenic farms. He confesses to “coveting” one
farm in particular, a dairy operation just off Route 45, west of town.
He looked up one of the owners, Edith Erdley, who worked in
a Lewisburg bank, and half-jokingly asked if she would sell the
farm. She wasn’t interested in selling the property that had been in
her family since the 1930’s and had been developed into a thriving
dairy with its own bottling plant and delivery routes. The goodnatured bantering continued for more than 25 years until one day in
1985, then he asked the question again, “Edith, when are you going
to sell me your farm?”
Her one word answer was, “Now!” The dream came true, but the
work had just begun.
No stranger to hard work, “Bill” Moore, who had taken as many
as 21 credits a semester in college while helping to run his family’s
western Pennsylvania dairy
farm, grasped his mother’s sage
advice: “Take the next step that
is available to you, no matter
how difficult it is.”
This step took a year to
rejuvenate the house, opening
closed fireplaces, repairing a
spider-web of cracks in the
horse-hair plaster walls and a
plethora of other modernization
projects.
Fortunately, the midOne of the many cupolas on the
1800s-era
barn was in good
barn roof.
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Bill and Phyllis Moore’s daughter-in-law Connie, with her daughter Holly,
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shape. Boasting huge mortise-and-tenon wood-pinned beams, it
demonstrates expert craftsmanship with a broad-axe by Amish
farmers who originally populated that area of Union County. It has
three stories, but holds dozens more stories of the folks who built
it, enjoyed it, and expanded it as families and herds grew.
There have been a lot of changes in farming in the last century.
Mounds of loose hay moved by block and tackle and hay forks
were replaced by rectangular bales, and now round bales. Small
tractors that have the horsepower of modern lawn tractors, sit in
the corners. Hand tools for cutting corn stalks have been replaced
by a combine that harvests six rows at a time. A grain drill, manure
spreader, and other monstrous harvesting equipment take up much
of the room freed up by modern hay storage.
The stately semi-gothic designed structure is naturally ventilated
by a system of louvers in the side walls and cupolas in the roof. No
longer a dairy barn, but still a working barn, it features an opensided addition which allows the steers and the grandchildren’s
horses to find shelter from the weather.
Besides its majesty, its yellow color makes it a striking image for
photographers. Its photos appear in magazines and calendars. A
leading magazine for farm and ranch life is preparing an article for
a 2010 issue.
As for the spring from which the farm takes its name, it’s still
running inside the spring-house, although the windmill no longer
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Tina Randello, owner of the
Danville Sub Shop, began hunting
years ago because she enjoys
the outdoors and the serenity
nature brings her. She’s hunted
in Colorado, Alaska, Canada and
Africa.
“My first big trophy was taken in
the Black Mesa area of Colorado,”
the Danville resident recalled. “I had
asked my friend (now fiancé) Paul
Gardner to come with me and we’ve
been together since.” All the meat
harvested through Randello’s hunts
is used to feed the Colorado village.
“The meat is never wasted as one
spirit feeds another,” Randello said.
Hunting is Randello’s way of
unwinding, enjoying nature, and
being able to provide food to people
who truly need it. “I’ve always
loved the thrill of the unknown and
the memories I will reflect on and
cherish,” she said. “I enjoy looking
at my mounts and reflect on my
journeys and the wonderful people I
have met along the way.”
Owner of Southside Sports Bait
& Tackle in Sunbury and a licensed
guide, Ken Maurer has been fishing
since he can remember. “My first
memories are of my dad taking me
to farm ponds,” he said.
Maurer and his brother spend a
week in Canada each year fishing
for muskie. “We found a little spot
on an un-named lake which we call
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Death Row is not for the weak
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We’ve both had our lines and our
hearts broken there.”
Maurer and his wife, Rose, have
been married for 30 years and have
two grown children, Andrea and
Cristina. The Maurers live “near
the metropolis of Herndon, in
the suburbs of Mandata,” Maurer
laughed.
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FROM HERE
TO THERE
By Bill Kavanaugh
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Martha
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Martha Johnson is enjoying popularity as a “bonnet book” writer.
IN THE 1980s, MARTHA
JOHNSON OF BLOOMSBURG
was a Sunday school teacher who dreamed
of becoming a writer. Now, 35 books later,
she’s in the midst of releasing a series
of Amish romance fiction novels set in
Central Pennsylvania written under the
pen name Marta Perry.
Recently, Amish romance fiction or
“bonnet books” have been making national
best seller lists and interest about Amish
life is growing.
Johnson explains: “I think a lot of people
have a longing for a simpler life. We have
all this technology which is supposed to
make our lives easier, and make it simpler
for us to keep in touch with people, but
instead we sit in front of our computers
and lose touch maybe with the people
around us.”
She also believes many admire the
Amish because of their willingness to be
different and their courage to live by faith
and its principles.
Her writing career began while serving
February 2010
as religious education director for her
Church. Her first submission, a story for
a children’s Sunday school paper, was
rejected. But handwritten on the bottom
of the form letter was a glimmer of
encouragement: “Nice story. Try us again.”
I think a lot of people
have a longing
for a simpler life.
She resubmitted it, this time to a
Mennonite publication, and it sold. Like
many writers, she remembers the magic of
that moment: “That was just so amazing
to me that I could write something that
someone would pay me money for,” she
said excitedly.
About 11 years ago, she began writing
love-inspired, inspirational novels, for
Steeple Hill, a division of Harlequin. In
these stories, she said, the main character’s
faith in God plays an important role. The
first book, “A Father’s Promise,” was a
break-through.
“It led me into what I think I was really
meant to be writing … where my talent
was, and where the market was, just finally
coincided,” Johnson says.
She describes these books as “safe reads”
— not too spicy — the kind you can pass
on to your teenaged daughter. And she
believes that’s part of their appeal.
In 2007, the novel “Restless Hearts” was
published. And through this book, which
centers on the character of a midwife in
Central Pennsylvania, she discovered the
appeal of the Amish element: “I have a
friend who was a midwife, and she had a
number of clients who were Amish. So I
thought — that’s unique to our area … so I
included that,” explains Johnson.
Initially she was unsure how readers
would respond; today, a total of more
than 2.5 million copies have been sold or
distributed.
Asked if she would have written more
Amish related books if “Restless Hearts”
“Rachel’s Garden,” Martha Johnson’s second
book in the series and written under the pen
name Marta Perry, is due out in early March.
Book signings are planned at The Cloak and
Dragon (Bloomsburg) and Border’s Books in
the Lycoming Mall. For more information, visit
www.martaperry.com.
hadn’t sold as well: “I don’t know if I would have or not. I tend
to write where the doors seem to be opening ... obviously I’m
writing stories that are close to my heart and for me there’s a
faith component in what I do ... It just makes sense as a writer
to be trying to go in the direction where you see there’s a
need.”
On Nov. 3, 2009, “Leah’s Choice,” her first of four Amish
romance novels, was released. It’s the story of an Amish
woman who has dedicated her life to teaching. And although
she doesn’t expect to marry, things change when two men
arrive. One, an Amish widower with three children; the other,
her fiancée from years ago, who left her, and the sect, for
another way of life.
“And so this person (Leah) who thought her life was settled,
suddenly decides that these different things are opening up
before her. Life is changing very quickly and she has to make
some choices about what to do,” she says.
Johnson enjoys fan mail from all over the world. One letter
came from a young Norwegian woman, serving on a mission
hospital ship off the coast of Africa, who read three of her
romantic suspense novels and was inspired and encouraged by
their message. “It touched my heart so much,” she says.
Is she sympathetic to the Amish way of life? “I can’t help but
admire anybody that has the courage to live out their life in a
way that seems so different from contemporary society.”
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Sharing a cup of kindness
with treasured friends.
culinary sojourn takes us to a
cozy, inviting establishment
that can thaw the heart, soul
and body. If you’re in need of a
late winter /early spring boost,
try “sharing a cup of kindness
with treasured friends” — the
motto for Sarah’s Teacup in
Selinsgrove.
Parking on Market Street
near the restaurant, we found
Sarah’s Teacup with its log
cabin frontage and welcoming
window-dressed storefront.
We entered through the main
retail store and were cheerfully
greeted by the owner, Sherri
Bolig.
The décor is Primitive
Country meets English Garden
and works beautifully. And
after your meal, be sure to
check out the wide assortment
of retail items adorning the
walls, shelves and cupboards.
Sarah’s Teacup is the former
Bearly Country, which was
in operation for 20 years. The
Boligs added the restaurant
one year ago and in September
2009, added a cute ice cream
parlor, which is also adjacent to
Photo by Matthew Harris
the retail store.
Each table is decorated with
delicate English patterned tea
accessories and petite vases
filled with posies. There are
even quaint pots of sugar cubes
for that perfect cup of tea. The
restaurant seats 40 with various
sized distressed wooden tables
holding parties of two, four and
six, interspersed throughout the
shopping area.
After perusing the menu and
listening to all the choices of
homemade specials, we made
our decisions: two types of
quiche (one ham and brie, the
other spinach and cheddar),
a tuna melt on sourdough,
and chicken salad on a bed of
lettuce. Torn between all the
mouth-watering offerings, half
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Each of our choices was
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as the restaurant boasts. The
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the chef (no canned tuna used
here!) and the clam chowder
was rich, smooth and delicious.
We saved room for tea and
scones, especially since Mrs.
Bolig mentioned at the onset
that some cranberry scones had
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SELINSGROVE
Selinsgrove, located along the
Susquehanna River, was founded in 1787
by a Swiss soldier, Captain Anthony Selin,
who fought with George Washington
in the Revolutionary War. The town’s
estimated population in 2003 was
approximately 5,400. Selinsgrove is the
home of liberal arts college Susquehanna
University. The downtown features a
variety of shops and restaurants with an
abundance of colonial and early American
architecture. There are several local
events throughout the year including The
Market Street Festival, Antiques on the Isle
and Old Timer’s Day. For dates or more
information, visit www.selinsgrove.org.
and especially enjoyed the
daughters, or friends to the
just come out of the oven.
sugar cubes.
Valentine’s Day tea, or just
Making a tea selection took
Consider taking your
stop in for a spot of tea – no
a few minutes since there is
sweetheart, mother or father,
special occasion needed.
such a large assortment. Our
dessert choices came with
two scones and a pot of
Princess Sarah Ham and Swiss sandwich with a side of cole slaw.
tea. Clotted cream — a
thick, slightly sweetened
cream that some have
likened to whipped cream
(a bit heavier) — is served
on the side. The cream
is considered a luxury
in England and we felt
luxurious eating it here, too.
Sarah’s Teacup hosts tea
parties for the young and
young-at-heart, showers,
and monthly event teas. One
of our daughters (8 years
old) had attended a birthday
tea party here in the fall and
had a fabulous time. All the
little girls got dressed up,
tried on the hats and boas
and even made a craft. Each
enjoyed drinking punch
from the “special” tea cups,
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The unisex, single stall
bathroom is small and to
the point. Painted floor,
several small pictures;
paper towel/soap
dispenser give it a cozy
atmosphere.
February 2010
SPRECKEN SIE PENNSYLVANIA(ISH)
By Cindy O. Herman
MARCH WINDS BRING
APRIL SHAR-ERS
FEBRUARY, WITH
ITS SHTIVERS, HAS
ARRIVED, and soon March
winds will be roaring over the
hills and rattling your windows.
And that is the time when you
might hear a Pennsylvania Dutch
person say, “I hope the wind lays
itself overnight.” You can almost
picture the wind curling into itself
like a warm, contented cat, can
you not?
Those March winds will bring
April shar-ers, of course. If you’re
not from rural Pennsylvania, it
might wonder you — excuse
me, you might wonder — what a
shar-er is, until the sky erupts in
great big drops of rain and your
Dutchified neighbor says, “It
wondered me if it would give a
shar-er.”
April shar-ers will bring May
flar-ers. Many gardeners grow
competitive with their flar-er beds,
wanting their tulips to be taller
than their neighbor’s.
Or, as a Dutchified person might
say it: to have more heighth. It
may not be the correct word but
you have to admit — length,
width, heighth — it makes sense.
Describing distance can be
equally puzzling when talking to
a Pennsylvania Dutch person. Is it
farther, further, or futher?
The family I’m neighbors with
lives futher down the road. They
sell flar-ers at their produce stand,
which is a little futherer along,
just past their house. If you go
all the way to the futherest house
on the road, they sell flar-ers,
too. But theirs don’t have much
heighth to them.
This and that usually suffice
for most people’s conversational
needs, but many Pennsylvania
Dutch folks like to help the words
out with a here and a there. Thus,
“This here snow pile on the south
side of the barn will melt fast, but
that there pile on the north side
could last till the flar-ers start to
bloom.”
And sometimes, this here and
that there become so joined
together that they seem to need
another here and a there to show
emphasis: “This here here gets a
lot of sun, but that there there is in
the shade all day.”
Once is another word that gets
a little Dutch help. It usually
indicates something that occurs
one time. The Pennsylvania
Dutch, however, like to tuck it on
at the end of a sentence, for no
particular reason. And they like
to add a T to it, too. For the same
reason.
We still have quite a few cold,
wintry days ahead of us, here
inside Pennsylvania, but spring
will come. We just have to wait
for the March winds to lay
themselves and the April sharers to give us some good rain,
and then you’ll see: the flar-ers
will start blooming. And this
here snow will be melted into
that there river. Who knows? It
might even break a record for the
futherest heighth the river’s ever
reached. We’ll just have to wait
and see, wunst.
Cindy O. Herman lives in Snyder
County. Send e-mail comments
to her at Cindyherman1@yahoo.
com.
Sprecken Sie Pennsylvania(ish)?
SHTIVERS Snow squalls or flurries
I HOPE THE WIND LAYS ITSELF. I hope the wind dies down.
SHAR-ERS Showers
FLAR-ERS Flowers
IT WONDERS ME. I wonder.
February 2010
HEIGHTH Height
FUTHER Farther or further
THIS HERE AND THAT THERE This and that
WUNST Once
Note: All spellings are phonetic.
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February 2010
BUY FRESH, EAT LOCAL
By Emma Renninger
The Susquehanna Valley’s
Buy Fresh Campaign is a
great resource for locating
local farmers, their
produce, products, and
even meat.
Visit www.buylocalpa.
org for more detailed
information such as
comprehensive lists and
maps of farmers markets,
Community-Supported
Agriculture (CSAs) and
area restaurants serving
local food. The map is also
available at several local
businesses and at the
Susquehanna Valley River
Visitors Bureau, 81 Hafer
Road, Lewisburg, (570)
524-7234, (800) 525-7320,
www.visitcentralpa.org;
e-mail:
[email protected]
February 2010
AFTER A LONG COLD WINTER
in the Susquehanna Valley, the promise of
spring makes hearts light. Imaginations run
wild with the thought of fresh vegetables and
beautiful flowers. Following nature’s law, or
eating with the seasons, is a great way to foster
a connection to the changes occurring right
outside your window. By observing and aligning
our diets with produce that is available locally,
we allow nature to be our teacher and find that
our surroundings are one big classroom.
Our bodies need the fresh plants and greens
that emerge in the springtime to cleanse, restore,
and to lighten our bodies for the warmer days to
come.
The long winter of eating heavier foods to
fortify our bodies against the cold necessitates a
cleansing in the springtime.
Spring greens such as dandelion, arugula,
spinach, miner’s lettuce, mesclun or spring mix,
mustard, broccoli, and sprouts are naturally
detoxifying.
Eating plenty of these tasty vegetables, along
with asparagus, rhubarb, beets, spring onions,
snow peas, and staple grains, provide our bodies
with seasonally appropriate fare.
We live in a rich agricultural area, so finding
these local foods in the spring is not hard.
There are many farmers’ markets in the area,
as well as roadside stands and buying clubs.
Selinsgrove is home to an excellent buying club
which allows you to choose from products from
several farms in the area, place your order, and
pick up all of the products at once. For more
information, visit www.threesistersbuyingclub.
com or call Carla Hine at (570) 898-5734.
Another option is to try your hand at
gardening. This can be very fulfilling, cost
effective, and is the tastiest, freshest and most
convenient produce of all. If you don’t have
time to have your own garden, but still want to
get involved in an integral way with the growing
of local vegetables, now is the time to think
about joining a local Community Supported
Agriculture (CSA).
CSA is a term used to describe a farm that
sells shares of their crops to anyone interested
in getting involved and will give you different
options for joining. You may choose to work
on the farm or not which will determine the
amount you will pay for your share. In return for
investing in the farm, you will receive weekly
shares of the produce that the farm grows. Most
CSAs will provide you with a list of produce
that they wish to grow so you have some idea
of what to expect to receive. Many farms allow
you to split shares with other people if you don’t
think you can use up all of the produce.
For a comprehensive list of local CSAs, visit
www.buylocalpa.org.
Celebrate the return of spring by cooking a
meal using fresh local produce.
Crab Asparagus Bisque
(10 to 12 servings)
2 Tbsp. olive oil
½ onion, diced
3 carrots, diced
1 ½ celery stalks, diced
1 cup white wine
8 ounces crab meat
2 quarts chicken stock
2 bunches asparagus, woody
parts removed, tips reserved,
remainder diced
1 cup butter
1 cup flour
2 cups heavy cream
Salt and white pepper to taste
Sauté onion, carrots, and celery in olive oil. Add white wine,
diced asparagus and chicken stock. Simmer 10 minutes or until
vegetables are soft.
Puree in food processor or blender. Return to stove and heat
uncovered to boiling. Meanwhile melt butter in a small pan.
Add flour and whisk to combine. Cook over medium heat
about 5 minutes stirring occasionally. When soup is boiling, add
butter and flour mixture and whisk vigorously.
Add asparagus tips.
Allow soup to cook over medium heat for 2 minutes to thicken.
Remove from heat and add crab, heavy cream and salt and
pepper.
Rhubarb Sauce
1 ½ quarts cut-up rhubarb
Enough water to cover
rhubarb
1 ½ cup sugar
2 Tbsp. tapioca
1 orange, peeled and finely
chopped
Boil rhubarb in water. Reduce heat and simmer until tender.
Add sugar, tapioca, and orange. Simmer about 10 minutes.
Can be frozen. May serve with shortcake and strawberries.
Strawberry
Spinach
Salad
(Serves 4)
1 pint strawberries,
quartered
4 oz. soft goat cheese, crumbled
10 oz. fresh spinach, washed
1 cup pecans, toasted
8 to 12 oz. strawberry champagne dressing
Divide spinach, strawberries, goat cheese, and pecans between
4 salad plates. Serve with dressing on the side.
Dandelion Greens with
Hot Bacon Dressing
(4 to 6 servings)
1/2 pound bacon
3 Tbsp. flour
1 Tbsp. vinegar
2 Tbsp. sugar
2 eggs, beaten
Enough water to make sauce
the consistency of gravy
10 to 12 cups washed,
chopped dandelion greens
Fry bacon in a large sauté pan or skillet until crisp. Remove from
pan and drain on paper towels. Skim off excess fat from pan,
but leave 3 Tbsp. for cooking. Add flour to pan with bacon fat
and cook over low heat stirring constantly for 2 minutes. Add
vinegar, sugar, and water. Stirring constantly, increase heat
until sauce comes to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for two
minutes.
Remove from heat and temper eggs by stirring a small amount
of the sauce into the eggs. Then add the egg mixture into the
sauce stirring well. Chop the bacon and add it to the sauce.
This sauce may be poured over the raw greens and served or
you may add the greens directly to the sauce and wilt them
before serving. Serve over boiled potatoes or pasta if desired.
Strawberry Champagne Dressing
1 quart strawberries, washed
and tops removed
1 Tbsp. white wine vinegar
1 tsp. salt
2 cups champagne
Reduce champagne to ½ cup in a saucepan over low heat.
Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor and process
until smooth. Serve with your favorite salad.
Emma Renninger is co-owner of Emma’s Food for Life
restaurant, 11 S. Market St., Selinsgrove.
February 2010
“ Whatever kind
CHEF PAUL
of mood
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By Cindy O. Herman
Photo provided.
“A BOTTLE OF WHITE? A BOTTLE OF RED?
Perhaps a bottle of rosé instead,” Billy Joel crooned in his
1977 “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant.”
People have been tormenting themselves over the right
wine choice for a long time, but keep your spirits up, folks.
This month Chef Paul Mach offers not only a romantic,
rose-tinted Valentine’s Day meal recipe, but also some tips
for the Bordeaux-blanc-challenged among us.
“It’s a lot easier to pair the right wine with meat than
people think,” said Mach.
COMPLEMENT FOOD WITH WINE.
Chef Paul E. Mach is a certified hospitality
educator and assistant professor at
Pennsylvania College of Technology’s
School of Hospitality, Williamsport,
which features Le Jeune Chef, a teachinglearning, gourmet restaurant. He was the
co-host – along with grilled-cheese-loving
Tom Speicher – of the award-winning TV
show, “You’re the Chef,” which ran from
1996 to 2005, originally in Williamsport
and eventually reaching as far as Japan.
Rebroadcast episodes of the show can be
seen on WVIA (Wilkes-Barre) Saturdays
at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. For more
information, visit www.chef.pct.edu.
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Take pork, for example. You know it goes well with
applesauce; choose an apple wine or a wine with apple
flavor (Pennsylvania Chardonnay).
See how easy that is? Now try this:
Pineapple is a common flavor in Chardonnays from
California and Australia, Chef Paul said. What food
item would you pair with pineapple? (Ham)
How about the crisp lemony/grapefruit acidity
in Sauvignon Blanc? (Chicken) What food item is
commonly paired with lemons? (Seafood) See? You
can choose a wine.
CONTRAST FOOD WITH WINE.
Opposite flavors, like sweet and spicy, can work
well together, too. If you’re serving a hot, spicy
dish like Mexican or Chinese food, try a semidry Riesling, which has a very delicate, light fruit
character, Chef Paul suggested. Or a Pennsylvania
sweet wine, or even a French-American hybrid,
which is usually very gentle, not too dry.
WEIGHT TO WEIGHT.
“The old adage, white wine with white meat,
works,” Chef Paul said. Think of heavy-bodied foods
TIPS
Photo by Elizabeth Rohde
with heavy-bodied wines. A powerful, red wine can be served
with a rich dish like steak, while a Chardonnay goes nicely with a
rich, buttery fish dish. Keep in mind, too, that heavy dishes – and
wines – tend to be more common in the winter, while lighter, fruit
wines are more popular in the summer.
PAIR WINE WITH PEOPLE.
Photo provided.
Cindy O. Herman lives in Snyder County. Send e-mail
comments to her at [email protected].
Photo provided.
You’re standing in the liquor store staring at bottles of sweet,
dry, light, heavy, red, pink, purple, and white, and there’s Billy
Joel’s song again, running desperately through your mind: “A
bottle of red. A bottle of white. Whatever kind of mood you’re
in tonight….” All you want is to choose the wine that will make
your guests happy. What to do?
“Ask them what they like!” Chef Paul said. “Pair the wine with
people, with what your guests like.” If you can’t or simply don’t
want to ask them, see if this clue helps: People who drink tea or
coffee without cream and sugar will tend to like drink dry wine,
Chef Paul said.
And if all else fails, ask for help. Ask the state store employee to
guide you in the right direction, or try reading the label.
“One thing that I’ve found is that wineries that are serious will
tell you on the label what the wine will taste like,” Chef Paul said.
Or check the wine’s website, he suggested, to see if it would pair
well with your meal.
You can choose a wine. Chef Paul and Billy Joel would agree:
“It all depends upon your appetite.”
• Many people prefer sweet wines because,
especially here in America, we’re raised to appreciate
sweet flavors. Drinking drier wine can help us move
to less sweet tastes, and then we can begin to
appreciate the other flavors in the wine.
“People say a wine is good or bad. It’s okay to say,
‘I like it’ or ‘I don’t like it,’” Chef Paul said, “but the
flavors are there. Pairing them with food often
makes it easier to pick out the flavor.”
• Dessert wines should be served with
desserts that aren’t too sweet, or the
wine will taste sour. Try a fruit wine with
cheesecake or a chocolate dessert.
• When frying meats, like the chicken in
the recipe on page 22, “Always lay the
meat in the pan – never drop it in – and
lay it in away from you so if it does
splash, the hot oil won’t hurt you.”
• When frying flour-coated meats,
watch for the coating to dampen
on top. When the heat forces the
moisture in the meat up through
the top, it’s ready to turn.
• Too much oil in the pan? Pour
off the excess. “Now, when you
add the wine, it won’t spatter.”
• “Pilaf is a method, not a box
item,” Chef Paul quipped. The
process of preparing the rice
creates the pilaf.
• “You never want to cook rice too
fast,” Chef Paul said. “Rice is a dry
grain. The slower you cook it, the
more gently it cooks, and it won’t
get sticky on the outside.”
• Some of Chef Paul’s favorite
Pennsylvania wineries: Galen
Glen, Mount Nittany, Clover Hill,
Chaddsford, Presque Isle
February 2010
Sautéed Breast of Chicken with
Tomato Cream and Blushing Rice
Yield: 2 portions
¼ c. olive oil
1 c. white converted rice
½ c. Spanish onion,
finely-chopped
1 Tbsp. paprika
2 Tbsp. tomato paste
2 c. chicken broth
In a 1 quart saucepot, heat the oil over medium high heat. Add
the onion and paprika, and stir until the onion is soft. Add the
rice and stir until the rice is coated with the oil. Add the tomato
paste and broth and bring the liquid to a boil. Cover with a tight
fitting lid, and turn the heat to low. Cook for 18 minutes, until the
rice is fluffy and a kernel will crush smooth when pressed with
your finger on a flat counter. Cover and hold warm.
2 chicken breasts, 1 inch thick
¼ c. all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp. paprika
½ tsp. ground black pepper
¼ c. olive oil
¾ c. heavy cream
½ c. petite diced tomatoes
½ c. Pennsylvania dry white
wine
1 tsp. salt
½ tsp. ground black pepper
Combine the flour, salt, paprika and pepper and mix well. Coat
the chicken with the flour; shake off excess. In a sauté pan over
high heat, brown the chicken on both sides. Add wine, cream
and tomatoes and continue cooking over high heat until cream
thickens and chicken is fully cooked. Place chicken on top of a
portion of rice. Season sauce with salt and pepper. Pour sauce
over the chicken and serve immediately.
Chocolate Cheesecake
Yield: One 10-inch cake
9 oz. chocolate wafer cookies,
crushed
¼ lb. salted butter, melted
1 lb. cream cheese, room
temperature
¾ c. granulated sugar
Combine the cookie crumbs and butter. Press into a 10-inch
spring-form pan or 10-inch cake pan lined with waxed paper
on the bottom.
On high speed in a mixer with a paddle, cream the cheese and
sugar until it is light and fluffy, scraping the bowl at least once.
Melt chocolate over a water bath.
In a large bowl, use a whisk to beat eggs and sour cream
together completely. Add heavy cream and vanilla, mixing
thoroughly.
Add sour cream mixture in three stages to the cream cheese,
scraping the bowl after each addition.
Whisk in the melted chocolate.
Pour the cheesecake mixture into the chocolate crust. Bake in
a 350 degree oven with a cake pan of water in the oven on a
separate shelf for 1 hour.
The cheesecake should be firm except for the center 2 inches.
Remove and cool, then chill until you are ready to serve.
¾ lb. semi-sweet chocolate
chips
3 large eggs
¾ c. sour cream
½ c. heavy cream
1 tsp. vanilla
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February 2010
Living in the beautiful towns, hills and valleys of Central Pennsylvania,
and all along the banks of the Susquehanna River, are more beautiful
people than you may imagine. From the many, many nominations we
received, the task of choosing just 15 was not easy. But here they are.
Kalyn Follmer
Photo by Robert H. Brown, Premier Studios, Danville
Whether she’s jumping out of airplanes, traveling or just working
out, Kalyn Follmer probably has plenty of family and friends along
for the adventure. She loves skydiving but she loves her loved ones
more. They include her parents Holly and Harvey Follmer III, a sister
Taylor Walter, and boyfriend Alex Morse who is a first lieutenant in
the U.S. Army. Follmer, 22, lives in Winfield and is a project manager/
production coordinator at Sire Advertising. She also is a volunteer
swim coach for the Lewisburg Gators swim team.
Follmer’s Fountain of Youth secrets/tips: “Maintaining a healthy
diet, exercising and yoga; using good skin and makeup products,
traveling and adventures, saving time for great friends who keep
me laughing, and treating myself to a spa every now and then!”
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IINNSSIIDDEE Pennsylvania
Dawn Raszcewski
Photo by Kerry Shirk, The Picture Place, Shamokin Dam.
Never
stop being
grateful.
Giving back to the community
is the number one activity
Dawn Raszcewski enjoys
doing in her spare time. But
riding her motorcycle is right
up there. Raszcewski, 24, of
Selinsgrove, is a Community
Income Development specialist
with the American Cancer
Society. She also serves as the
communications coordinator
for the Susquehanna Valley
Young Professionals and is a
member of its events committee.
Each month the group has two
events: a community service,
professional building or a social
gathering. In 2009, they helped
build a Habitat for Humanity
home, assisted with The Campus
Theatre’s Annual Canned Food
Drive and hosted an energy
seminar. In her quieter moments,
she can be found hiking, writing
poetry or hanging out with
her ferret LuLu and her SPCAadopted pit bull/terrier mix dog
Riley.
Raszcewski’s Fountain of Youth
secrets/tips: Never stop being
grateful. Take a moment every
day to thank someone. We all go
through hardships, but there is
always someone out there going
through something more. My
favorite quote is “How people
treat you is their karma. How you
react is yours.” I really live by that
and believe in that.
February 2010
Diane Meixell
Photo by Mel Rakerd, Rakerd Studios, Lewisburg
You can’t miss her. Diane Meixell is everywhere and — quietly
— involved in everything. The 62-year-old Lewisburg resident
describes herself as a homemaker but she hardly stays
at home. Family is husband Ted, daughters Amanda and
Rebekah, and son-in-law Nacho and probably because of
those family ties, you will usually find her working at the familyowned Reba and Pancho’s restaurant in Lewisburg.
But that’s just a portion of how she spends her days. She’s
also involved with the Eastern Union County Supplemental
Food Program as a volunteer, on the Lewisburg Cemetery
Board of Managers, Albright Care Services Board of Trustees,
League of Women Voters of the Lewisburg Area Board of
Directors, Union County Historical Society Board of Directors,
Friends of Packwood House Museum, and the Union County
Redevelopment Authority.
What little free time remains finds her walking, playing tennis
and reading.
Meixell’s Fountain of Youth secrets/tips: The answer is simple.
“Living with Ted.”
L iving with Ted
Dr. William Payn
Photo by Kerry Shirk , Picture Place, Shamokin Dam
Dr. William Payn and his wife Ruth have an address with history
– they live on the original Walnut Acres organic farm near Penns
Creek. But Dr. Payn doesn’t stay idle down on the farm, where he
enjoys quiet activities like hiking and reading. This year he’ll turn
64 and is in his 28th year as professor of music and director of
Choral Studies at Bucknell University. He is also the music director/
conductor for the Susquehanna Valley Chorale and Orchestra. His
involvement and contributions in local music have no doubt helped
enhance the cultural arts scene in central Pennsylvania. When he’s
not making music, and he’s not on the farm, he’s traveling the world.
In addition to his wife, the family includes Daniel Payn, Malina and
Ryan Bowan, Nate and Renee Anderson, Chris Anderson, and four
grandchildren.
Dr. Payn’s Fountain of Youth secrets/tips: “Workouts three times a
week with my trainer keep me fit and allow me to maintain physical
endurance as a conductor.”
Workouts three
times a week...
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...surround myself with positive, loving people
Maria “Peach” Krebs
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Life is an amazing race for all of us but Peach
Krebs, 41, of Irish Valley, is one of the very few
who can say she’s traveled the globe competing
in TV’s Emmy award-winning “Amazing Race.”
She was on the second season in 2001 and
finished 7th out of 11 teams. The experience
helped her become more grounded and find a
way to give back to her community. She used
her experience as a platform to raise money
for children through a variety of community
projects. There’s an annual Amazing CoalCracker
Race at the start of the Fourth of July festivities in
Shamokin that emulates the TV show but gives
children, friends and family a day of togetherness
through exercise and the incorporation of history
that shows them how to work together for a
common goal. If anyone would like to help out,
contact Peach!
Still, Peach, who owns Peach and Company Hair
Salon, 17 W. Sunbury St. in Shamokin, says being
a mom is her most memorable achievement
to date. Married to Terry Krebs, she is the proud
mother of a son, Jordan, and foster mom to her
nephew, James Dylan. Sure, she’s been on TV and
owns a successful business and is committed to
her community but she also volunteers at her
church, Clark’s Grove in Irish Valley, working with
the youth group.
Travel with friends and family remains a top
priority though, and she stays in shape running
with her two dogs, Petie and Jaxs, because the
personal Amazing Race never ends. To round it
all off, she loves a good game of poker.
Kreb’s Fountain of Youth secrets/tips: “That’s a
good one. I do take care of my body. My parents
gave me a great start with good values and
the belief in God. I eat healthy except for my
love of chocolate. I exercise at least four times a
week and surround myself with positive, loving
people.”
February 2010
Dr. Lawrence Winans
Photo by Schindler’s Studios, Sunbury
A deeply devoted family man, dentist Dr. Winans, 44, of Lewisburg,
thinks first and foremost of his son Ryder, daughter Savannah, and as
he describes her, “my lovely wife Xana.” When not in the office, you will
probably find him at one of Ryder’s soccer games or watching Savannah
ride horses, or listen to her play her guitar. “I enjoy being with my family
and friends, being close with my wife and especially watching my kids
grow,” he says. Still, he finds time to train for triathalons (swimming, riding
his bike and running). It’s one of his missions, he said, to encourage others
to be healthy and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Winans’ Fountain of Youth secrets/tips: “I maintain a positive attitude and
try to see the good in everything. I do my best to enjoy life and whatever it
is I am doing. Eating well, exercising five to six times per week and taking
time for myself are all important parts of staying young.”
I maintain a positive
attitude and try to see
the good in everything.
Dr. Ernest Normington
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Dr. Normington, 46, knows beauty perhaps better than most. He is
a board-certified plastic surgeon at the Lewisburg Plastic Surgery
and Laser Center. He takes pride in plastic surgery techniques that
provide a natural appearance, avoiding techniques that overcorrect or look artificial. “Knowing what to expect physically and
emotionally will make you more comfortable with your decision
to have plastic surgery,” he says adding that “improving beauty can
make you feel better and more confident about yourself.”
He and his wife Tamara and their sons Steven and Stuart live in
Lewisburg where they are very involved with the local food bank.
In his spare time, he enjoys gardening and is an avid skier and
scuba diver.
Normington’s Fountain of Youth secrets/tips: Use sun block
when in the sun, and quit smoking. It makes you look much
older and is terrible for your skin!
February 2010
Use sunblock
when in the sun,
and quit smoking.
Pamper yourself and spend time
with your friends. You deserve it.
Piano lessons aren’t what they used
to be, thanks to lively teachers like
Jennifer Stahley of Lewisburg. The
26-year-old is a full-time student at
Bloomsburg University, choir director
and youth fellowship leader at
Beaver Memorial United Methodist
Church in Lewisburg and mom to
“my beautiful little girl,” Emily Nicole.
She leads an adult chancel choir and
a youth fellowship program that
performs at many local and global
outreach ministries. She also sings and
accompanies in the University Choirs
at Bloomsburg and on March 21 will
play in the String Chamber Orchestra
concert beginning at 2:30 p.m. at St.
Matthew’s Lutheran Church, 123 N.
Market St., Bloomsburg. She is also
the pianist for the Women’s Choir
performing April 17 and will perform
in a senior vocal recital in the fall.
Jen Stahley
Photo by Mel Rakerd, Rakerd Studios, Lewisburg
What does she do in her free time?
“Free time? Is there free time?” she
asks. When she can, she spends those
moments with her family, which
includes her mom Terry, dad Bob,
brother Joe, sister Sara, brother-inlaw Tripp, and niece Ellie. And her
dog, Abby. And when she has open
moments, she can be found playing
the piano.
Stahley’s Fountain of Youth secrets/
tips: “Sleep in once in awhile. Pamper
yourself and spend time with your
friends. You deserve it. Always be
confident with who you are. Stand tall!
Be strong! Play hard and always be
proud of yourself. Do what people say
you CAN do, and what people say you
can’t, and be proud of yourself when
you accomplish your goals. I think
Eleanor Roosevelt gave good advice
when she said ‘No one can make you
feel inferior without your consent.’
Also, be silly. Surround yourself with
positive people and have fun every
day. Always do your best to make
other people smile.”
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This Lewisburg woman works as a social worker for a partial
hospitalization program for youth and having just earned
a master’s degree, will soon begin a career as a special
education teacher. She also coaches high school basketball
in Lewisburg and after running her first marathon (in San
Diego) last May and her last in December 2009, she plans to
do more.
Just 27, she ran the first marathon in honor of her husband
Derrick, who died in 2008 after a 10-month battle with
leukemia. The second marathon took place in Las Vegas on
the first anniversary of Derrick’s death. When Derrick was
diagnosed, they found few foundations and fundraisers that
focused on the needs of young adults suffering with the
disease. So they began planning just such a foundation and
called it DJD Fight On Foundation (www.djdully.blogspot.
com; www.djdfighton.org). Mindy and her aunt continue to
be advocates for others who find themselves where Mindy
was less than two years ago. They have raised $10,000 for
the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and also help local
families who have a member battling cancer pay medical
bills, medications and living expenses.
Dull’s Fountain of Youth secrets/tips: “Staying active and
busy and participating in activities that I love, as well as
travelling. Also spending time with my family which includes
a 4-year-old niece and a 3-year-old nephew. Being with
them is sure to keep anyone young!”
Mindy
Dull
Photo by John Gardner, Lewisburg Studios
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and busy and
participating in
activities that
I love...
February 2010
According to her father, Ashley Oswald’s most
striking feature is her eyes. “They are bright, happy,
and stunningly beautiful,” but he is quick to point
out that his 22-year-old daughter is also extremely
kind and focused on those around here. She’s just as
complimentary of her family, who all live in Selinsgrove.
“Family is one of the most important things to me …
my dad, Kevin, my mom, Jill, and my brother Ben. They
are wonderful and so supportive. I’m very blessed!”
A senior at Messiah College, Oswald is majoring in
elementary and special education. “I absolutely love
working with children and cannot wait to start my
career,” she said. She is also very involved with the
Special Olympics. She has been a buddy to athletes,
been on the fundraising committee, and this year is
heading up the fundraising committee.
Oswald’s Fountain of Youth secrets/tips: I think one of
the biggest secrets to staying young and beautiful is
to laugh and laugh often. It is essential to surround
yourself with positive people and have fun. After all, life
is what you make it.
Ashley
Oswald
Photo by Heather C. Necessary, Blue Dog Imaging, Selinsgrove
After all,
life is what
you make it.
Lisa Wilson
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Owner of Wilson Ross, a vintage/antiques shop in downtown
Lewisburg, Lisa Wilson has been described as a phenomenal stylist,
loyal friend, true Christian ... and a walking fashion plate. Married
to John for 24 years and mother to three boys (Mitchell is 20 and
studying physics at Temple University; Andrew and John attend
Selinsgrove Area High School), Wilson arrived in the Susquehanna
Valley in 2005 from Florida and opened the store she co-owns
with Barb Ross. In her spare time, the Selinsgrove resident enjoys
shopping at thrift stores and “absolutely loves to sew.”
She’s 48 but “age is only a number to me,” she says.
“I feel young and full of life and don’t plan on slowing down
anytime soon!” How the family spent this past Christmas is a
perfect example — they helped feed the homeless at Times
Square Church in NYC.
Wilson’s Fountain of Youth secrets/tips: “Being married to
your best friend, loving God and your family, and living a
stress-free life.”
Being married to
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February 2010
Megan Lee
Bollinger
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Being able
to laugh
at myself
Soccer plays a critical role in this Kreamer resident’s life. Though the
26-year-old devotes much of her time as director of special events
for the Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce, she
also holds down two part-time jobs and one of them is as assistant
women’s soccer coach at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove.
She also works as a bartender at BJ’s Steak and Rib House in
Selinsgrove.
Society, Snyder County Red Cross and Middlecreek Area Community
Center through the GSV United Way campaign. She sits on the
steering committee for Susquehanna Valley Young Professionals
and serves as the chair for its events committee. Through SVYP she
has helped with canned food drives and those in need through
the Community Harvest in Milton. She is a member of St. Peter’s
Lutheran Church.
Plenty of her spare time is not only spent playing soccer but
spending time fishing, attending sporting events, playing board
games, reading novels, and watching movies with friends and family
(including her parents Ken and Bonnie Bollinger, sister Elizabeth,
brother-in-law Juan and nephew Mason Vasquez, grandmother
Eleanor Dinius, and grandparents Ken and Grace Bollinger).
Bollinger’s Fountain of Youth secrets/tips: “Being able to laugh
at myself. Giving back because there are many people who are
less fortunate. Staying positive and trying to see other peoples’
thoughts, opinions and beliefs. When I get frustrated or stressed, I go
for a jog or do some sort of physical activity.” A favorite quote: “You
were born an original. Don’t die a copy.” by John Mason.
She was a 2009 Jailbird for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and
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In 1805, Elias Youngman, the proprietor
of Youngmanstown, as Mifflinburg was
then called, conveyed to the trustees of the
Lutheran and Reformed (now the United
Church of Christ) congregations a small
tract of
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land on what is now Fifth Street to erect a
church. The two congregations both worshiped in this building, which was called
the Elias Church.
A joint building committee was appointed.
The amount spent for the erection of the
building was 607 pounds, 2 pence. Prior
to its erection in 1806, there were only
two other congregations of any denomination in Union County that
were worshipping in buildings
expressly erected for that
purpose, the Presbyterian
Church at Buffalo Crossroads and the Dreisbach
Church.
The Elias Church
at that time was
considered one
of the finest of its
kind in this section of the state.
It was a weatherboarded, almost
square building
with doors on the
north, west and
east sides. In 1820,
a bell that cost
$112 was placed in
the tower. The bell
was later moved to
be used on the high
school building.
This building is still standing and is now being refurbished for historical purposes.
By the mid-1800s, the two grow-
ing congregations were each ready to break
ground for new church buildings. They
both relocated two blocks away, across
from each other on Market Street. In 1857,
the cornerstone of the Lutheran church was
laid by the pastor, the Rev. J.G. Anspach.
The first floor was used as a Sunday school
room, and the second floor for church worship.
At a congregational meeting on July 17,
1897, the question of remodeling the old
building, which had become unsafe, was
discussed. By a vote of 62-4, it was decided
not to remodel, but to build a new building. A plan was drawn by architect Dempwoff, of York, and the existing building
was torn down.
Following the razing of the old church,
the congregation worshipped in the high
school building until the new building was
completed. The cornerstone was laid on
Aug. 7, 1898. In 1911, a Moller pipe organ
was installed at a cost of $2,700. Half of this
amount was paid by Andrew Carnegie. In
1923, an addition was added for Sunday
school use, and in 1927, a parsonage was
built on an adjoining lot. The church building is recognized today as the one with the
clock in the tower.
Throughout the past 200 years, the building has had some needed remodeling and
renovations, but this stately brick building
with its beautiful stained-glass windows
is the one that is home today to nearly 800
members.
First Evangelical Lutheran Church is located at 404 Market St.
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Deana Naugle
Photo by Schindler’s Studios in Sunbury
There are a lot of Ds in the Kreamer-based family of Deana Naugle
— there are her parents, Daniel and Deborah, her older brother
Doug, and their dog named Dixie.
Blame her parents. Mom Deb has a brother named Dean and a
dad also named Dean. “My mom told me I was named after my
pap, Dean. They just added an “a” on the end. And by the way, my
middle name is Danielle, after my dad, Daniel.” Her dad has a sister
named Deb and a brother Donnie. Deana also has an uncle Dave
who is married to her aunt Deb, and a cousin Drew who is her uncle
Donnie’s son. Confused yet? It doesn’t matter. It’s just some of the
family’s fun history.
A student at McCann School of Business and Technology in Sunbury,
Deana is majoring in early childhood education and will graduate
in June. The 20-year-old Naugle lives at home and spends as much
time as possible with her friends and family. What are some of her
other passions? Depending on the season, watching sprint car
racing, the Philadelphia Phillies or the Philadelphia Eagles.
Everything
happens for
a reason.
Chelsea Cole
Photo by Rob Inglis, Inside Pennsylvania
Born, raised and still living in Sunbury, Cole is proud to say she has a
support system “built of steel.” Her mom “is my never-ending source
of love” and her father is “my role model — he is a man with many
morals and the kindness you only read about.” Her older brother “is my
rock — the person I can tell anything to, who helps guide me with his
intelligence and integrity” and her twin brother “has always been by my
side, always given me the security and comfort I needed to be myself.”
Cole, 23, majored in communications and minored in psychology at
Bloomsburg University. She is currently a bartender as well as a student
but the most gratifying work she has done was when she worked
in a daycare. “Treating children with kindness and giving them the
necessary tools to succeed is the most important thing in the world.”
Cole’s Fountain of Youth secrets/tips: Allow yourself to be exactly what
you aspire to be.
...be exactly what
you aspire to be.
February 2010
Naugle’s Fountain of Youth secrets/tips: Living life by following some
favorite quotes such as “If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up
with the rain,”“Everything happens for a reason,” and “When you look
at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.”
Tara Roadarmel
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Tara Roadarmel, 22, finds herself on
the other end of the camera lens this
time. A resident of Freeburg, she is a
professional photographer. Taking
photos is also something she enjoys
doing in her spare time, along with
kayaking, “trying to learn how to cook”
and spending time with friends and
family.
“I am very close with my family. I have
realized over the years that family
means so many different things. Family
to one person may be totally different
to another. As a teenager, I thought my
friends were my family.
No matter what happens in your life,
you always have your family at the end
of the day. They will always most likely
disagree, never be afraid to tell you
when you are wrong or just stand by
your side and that is why I continue to
love mine so very much,” she says.
Roadarmel’s Fountain of Youth secrets/
tips: “Be worry free! My mother has
taught me that if you always strive to
do your best, it will pay off some way
shape or form in the end. I stay young
by remaining positive, looking for the
best in everyone and reminding myself
constantly that everything happens for
a reason.”
February 2010
WHEN CONRAD BEISSEL SETTLED on 250
acres in Ephrata, Lancaster County, he created a one-man
town.
Born in Germany in 1691, Beissel left the country
in 1720 to escape religious persecution. Settling in
Pennsylvania, Beissel spent several years as leader of
a Brethren congregation before seeking the solitude of
the wilderness. It was in the forests he sought to remove
himself from the world, to prepare himself for heaven.
Followers soon joined Beissel in his radical escape from
worldliness. By 1750, more than 80 Brothers and Sisters
occupied the property and were known as the Solitary.
They followed their leader in a life of celibacy. Another
200 non-celibate members, known as Householders, lived
on nearby farms. Though the Householders considered
Beissel their religious leader, they did not follow the rules
of the Solitary members.
Beissel believed in a male and female God aspect;
therefore, both sexes were perfecting themselves for
holy marriage — men to Christ and women to Sophia. In
preparation, the Solitary Brothers and Sisters followed
strict guidelines.
Believing that God does not eat, and that there will be no
food in heaven, followers ate a meager diet of one meal
per day. Because Beissel considered meat “hot flesh,” their
diet was mainly vegan. One visitor noted the evening meal
consisted of barley boiled in milk, mashed pumpkin, bread
and water.
Following the scripture, “Christ might return like a
thief in the night,” the Solitaries slept on wooden beds
with wooden pillows so that upon Christ’s return they
would not be so soundly asleep as to miss him. The same
scripture explains their nightly services from midnight to
2 a.m. Weekend services were held on the seventh day,
Saturday.
In addition to midnight worship, several hours each day
were spent in prayer. The others were spent working,
writing music or writing in a form called frakturschriften.
More than 1,000 hymns, sung without instruments, were
produced by Beissel and his followers.
Living dormitory style, the women lived on one floor
and the men on another, with kitchens on the first floor.
Besides cooking and preparing meals, the Solitaries
operated five mills, a bakery and a printing house, where
they produced the largest book printed in colonial America
— the 1,500-page “Martyrs’ Mirror” for the Mennonites.
When Beissel died in 1768, the radical lifestyle he
encouraged lost popularity. When the last celibate member
died in 1813, Householders formed the German Seventh
Day Baptist Church (not to be confused with Seventh Day
Adventists). The group worshipped in Ephrata until 1934.
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
took over the historic site in 1941. Though not all of the
village survives, 23 sites are still intact and in good repair,
including the meeting house, Beissel’s house, the academy
(school), the bakery, the printing office and the stable.
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Ephrata
Cloister
Story and photos by Paula Cochran
The large kitchens were centrally located and were used to cook the day’s
single meal. The dishes were simple and mainly vegan, as Beissel believed
“hot flesh” encouraged immoral longings and that dairy products were bad
for the singing voice.
Far left: The Ephrata Cloister
was founded in 1732 by German
settlers seeking spiritual goals
rather than earthly rewards.
Left: The Saal (the Meetinghouse)
is a Fachwerk or half-timbered
building constructed in 1741 as
a worship hall for Householders.
The Meetinghouse was also used
for special fellowship gatherings
called Love Feasts which
celebrated the coming of Christ
with feet washing, a meal, and
the Eucharist with bread and
wine.
Left: The restored home of Daniel
Eicher now serves as the Eicher
Arts Center.
Below: Inside the Eicher Arts
Center.
The 1733 Eicher cabin now houses the Eicher Indian Museum Shop.
THE EICHER HOMESTEAD
In 1733, sisters Anna and Maria Eicher moved to Ephrata
to assume the solitary life at the Ephrata Cloister. Their
cabin was located across the Cocalico Creek from the
Cloister campus. In 1734, their father, Daniel, acquired
an adjacent 100-acre plot from William Penn and built a
home and barn next to his daughters’ cabin.
The restored homes now serve as the Eicher Arts
Center and Indian Museum and Shop, and the Ephrata
Performing Arts Center, also known as the Playhouse in
the Park, is built on the Eicher barn foundation.
The daughters’ 1733 cabin, the oldest surviving
structure in Ephrata, houses the Indian Museum and
Shop. The museum includes a collection of American
Indian artifacts like authentic ceremonial headdresses,
baskets, embroidery, and beadwork, as well as changing
collections and a gift shop.
Daniel’s former 1730s’ home has been restored and is
used to promote arts and crafts.
In the early 1900s, the barn was torn down and a pavilion
was built on its foundation. Over the years, the former
barn and pavilion was used as a dancehall, roller rink and
privately-owned playhouse. Open year round, the center
now serves as a community theater.
IF YOU GO:
Ephrata Cloister
632 W. Main St., Ephrata, PA 17522
(717) 733-6600; www.ephratacloister.org
The Eicher Arts Center and Indian Museum Shop
(717) 738-3084; www.virtualephrata.org
Ephrata Performing Arts Center
(717) 733-7966; www.EphrataPerformingArtsCenter.com
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In the chapel you discover Spain,
and in the mansion
you discover America.
Columbus
Chapel
The two pieces of
wood that form
the cross in this
reliquary are
believed to have
been part of The
True Cross.
VISITORS TO THE COLUMBUS
CHAPEL IN BOALSBURG are
transported back to 16th century Spain. As they
walk through the chapel adorned with striking
historical treasures, Renaissance paintings and
religious relics from the 14-1800s, all eyes
are drawn to the altar, an ethereal centerpiece
surrounded by beautiful artwork framed in
gold.
It is the resting place of the chapel’s most
sacred item: a reliquary containing two pieces
of the True Cross of Jesus Christ.
In Christian tradition, the True Cross is the
name for physical remnants believed to be
from the actual cross upon which Jesus was
crucified. In 1958 a scientific investigation
conducted by Madrid’s Forestry Research
Institute (recorded on the official Web site of
the monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana
in Spain, from which the Columbus Chapel’s
True Cross relics came) concluded that the
relics are of a Mediterranean Cypress Wood
that is very common in Palestine. The wood
could be more than 2,000 years old.
Pieces of the True Cross ended up in the
chapel in Boalsburg on the Boal Mansion
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Home to two pieces of the True Cross
and Columbus Artifacts
Museum’s grounds through inheritance,
explains Christopher Lee, museum CEO and
an eighth-generation descendent of the Boal
family.
In 1817, the Bishop of León, Spain, went
to the monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana
and asked permission to remove a portion of
the True Cross that resided there. The bishop
presented two pieces of the wood arranged in
the form of a cross in a reliquary as a gift to
Don Josef Joachim and Don Felix Columbus,
descendants of Christopher Columbus, for their
family castle in Asturias, in the mountains in
northern Spain. “The Bishop served on a royal
council with Josep Columbus, so they were
co-workers at a high-level in government,” Lee
says. “The Columbus castle is in the Bishop’s
diocese.”
The bishop also gave the family a document
with his official signature and seal stating the
relics’ authenticity.
In the fifth generation of the Boal family, Col.
Theodore (Terry) Davis Boal — for whose
family the town of Boalsburg was named
— studied architecture in Europe, where he
met and married French-Spanish aristocrat,
Photo by Chris Lee
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–Christopher Lee
Photo by Chris Lee
The admiral’s
desk inside the
chapel is said
by the family to
have belonged
to Christopher
Columbus. It
folds up into a
chest-like box,
probably to
maximize space.
Inside the
Columbus
Chapel.
Photo by Bob Airhart
Mathilde de Lagarde, whose aunt was
a direct descendent of Christopher
Columbus.
In 1908 Terry and Mathilde inherited
the chapel and its contents. They wanted
to bring the chapel back to their family
estate in Boalsburg so they had the
interior, including the intricately carved
wooden door, imported to Pennsylvania
in large crates by ship in 1909. In 1912
they had the chapel’s interior installed in
a stone building on the estate.
The inside of the chapel contains a
painting by Ambrosius Benson, a famed
Flemish artist, who also has artwork on
display in the Louvre, religious statues
and vestments that date back to the
1400s, and a choir loft complete with an
organ. The chapel features the Columbus
family archives, dating from 1453 to
1908, the Columbus family coat of arms,
and an admiral’s desk that is said by the
family to have belonged to Christopher
Columbus.
Nestled in a tranquil wooded area of the
estate, the chapel soon became of high
significance to the family, the community,
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Boal Mansion
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The Boal Mansion Museum.
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and the country, says Lee.
Mass is held in the chapel once a year by the Pennsylvania
Knights of Columbus on Columbus Day.
“Visitors to the chapel are in awe when they discover pieces
of the True Cross,” Lee says. “Many ask if they may stand
silently in front of them for a few minutes to reflect. One man
wrote from Texas to ask if I would touch his rosary to the
pieces, which I did.” The chapel and Boal Mansion Museum
contain the most important collection of Columbus artifacts in
North America. The two locations have received much media
coverage, by the BBC, Belgian National Public TV, PBS,
the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and National
Geographic.
“In the chapel you discover Spain, and in the mansion you
discover America,” says Lee, who resides in the home. “The
Boal mansion tells the story of America as seen through the
eyes of one family.” Christopher Columbus opened the door
from the old world to the New World, and the Boal family
history is the story of what happened in the New World, says
Lee.
The home is listed on the National Register of Historic
Places.
Nine generations of the Boal family dating back to 1789
have lived there. Authentic furnishings, artwork, and
historical artifacts reflecting their cultures, character, and life
experiences fill every room of this surprising jewel of Central
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Get Your Game On
at the wild game dinner
By Jeffrey Allen Federowicz
“IT TASTES JUST LIKE CHICKEN!” You’ll never hear
The Fourth Annual Wild Game Dinner, hosted by the
Sullivan County Recreational Association, will be held
Feb. 13 at 6 p.m. at the Muncy Valley Fire Company Hall,
Route 42, Muncy Valley. A $20 donation is suggested for
the dinner.
For more information, visit the Sullivan County Recreational
Association’s website at www.4scra.com
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diners utter that comment at the Sullivan County Recreation
Association’s (SCRA) Wild Game Dinner, where traditional dishes
are put on the back burner in favor of entrees more adventurous
and wild.
For the past three years, the dinner has offered a buffet of culinary
creations including boar, caribou, buffalo, grouse, antelope, elk,
bear, rabbit, pheasant, beaver, squirrel, and moose.
If you’ve always had a hankering for savory meatballs made
from moose, but the local grocery store was all out of moose meat,
here’s your opportunity to dine on delicacies while helping a good
cause.
“Our inspiration for the dinner came from a local resident
who approached our group and said he had done this fundraiser
elsewhere and thought it might go over well here ... and that it did,”
said Sue Mullen, president of the SCRA. “The dinner has been a
tremendous success.”
Proceeds from the dinner benefit the Sullivan County
Recreational Association, which maintains the community soccer
and baseball fields in Sullivan County.
By no means is it the only wild game dinner held in Central
Pennsylvania. Look around. You’ll find more. This one, which
is limited to 150 guests, is held each year at the Muncy Valley
Fire Company Hall. Last year’s dinner attracted epicureans from
Central Pennsylvania eager to experience a meal that would rival
anything “Food Network” chefs could whip up.
“At last year’s dinner, we had many locals attend, but we also
had a lot of weekend visitors and many curious people,” said Bob
Lonsdale, vice president of the SCRA. “Of course, there were our
‘frequent flyers’ who return year after year to the event.”
Many people must feel curious when they see the menu at the
Wild Game Dinner, which features the game prepared as roasts,
meatballs, fried, made into stroganoff, chili, sausage, hotdogs, soup
and lasagna.
Traditional side dishes, such as macaroni and cheese, broccoli
salad, green beans, pasta salad and a selection of homemade
desserts, round out the menu.
“The people that come to our dinners are impressed with the
number of choices of wild game we offer,” he said. “We have
varieties of the same wild game and it is served buffet style so they
can enjoy as much as they want.”
A large percentage of the game used for the dinner is local and
Game dinners of years past.
donated by area hunters, in addition to game donated by people
who hunted elsewhere.
The volunteer cooks have used old-fashioned family recipes and
some they created themselves to create the menu items.
“Friends of mine told me about the Wild Game Dinner they
always go to and last year I made a point of marking it on my
calendar so I wouldn’t miss it,” said Ron Ulmer, Williamsport. “I
wasn’t sure what to expect because except for venison, I never had
wild game. Geez, I don’t even know what an antelope looks like,
let alone what they taste like. There were some dishes I liked best,
like the pheasant, it was awesome. It was most definitely a great
buffet and a real change of pace from McDonald’s or Pizza Hut.”
Planning and cooking a dinner for a large crowd is difficult
enough, wild game brings with it an extra challenge of proper
cooking and seasoning methods, so the taste of the meat is not
covered up by too many spices.
“We start planning in October for the February dinner and meet
monthly to discuss plans with about 15 people attending the
monthly meetings,”
Mullen said. “The day of the event we have a crew of 20 to 25
working from 7 a.m. until the cleanup is done, which is usually
10 p.m.” An added element to this year’s dinner will be a guest
speaker, Dr. Wilson Ferguson, who will discuss the “Sullivan
County Natural Environment Over Time,” and there will be a
silent auction. Taxidermist Donnie O’Conner will feature a display
of mounted wild animals throughout the fire hall.
“If you go to the dinner, you have to do so with an open mind
and get out of your familiar food comfort zone. You don’t go to a
dinner like this and expect to find regular cheese burgers or fish
sticks,” Ulmer said.
“Chances are you‘ll be pleased by the experience.”
Antelope Barley Soup
2 pounds ground meat
1 large potato, cut into small
bite-sized pieces
2 Tbsp. olive oil to sauté
Beef broth, 64 oz. or more
½ cup onion, chopped
½ cup uncooked barley
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 Tbsp. Italian seasoning
½ cup celery, chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
2 Tbsp. cornstarch
16 oz. bag of mixed
vegetables (carrots, peas,
beans, etc.)
Brown meat until no longer pink, place in slow cooker.
Sauté chopped onion, minced garlic, chopped celery in olive
oil until opaque, remove from heat. Add 2 Tbsp. cornstarch
to the mixture and stir. Add mixture along with remaining
ingredients to slow cooker and pour beef broth over top. Stir.
Cover and let cook four hours on high. Turn heat to medium
and cook an additional two to four hours. Or cook on
medium for a full eight to 10 hours.
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Collecting
the big
CATs
Story by Jeffrey Allen Federowicz
THE QUIET HAMLET
OF CASCADE is home
to an unusual collection
— Caterpillar construction
equipment. Because of
their name as well as their
trademark dark yellow and
black color scheme, the
equipment is commonly
referred to as CATs.
This particular collection,
which has grown to include
more than 125 pieces, is
owned by Lycoming County
businessman George Logue,
Sr. During winter, the majority
of the machines are under
cover but when the weather
breaks, they can be found
neatly arranged in a nearby
field.
Logue is ready to bring his
CATs out. “I just got a new
one,” he said recently, “a brand
new Caterpillar loader that
weighs 11 tons.”
“Ever since I was young, I
always wanted to own one of
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Some of the older
Catepillar tractors
George Logue has
collected over the years.
If you go:
Visitors are welcome to
see the CAT collection
which is located
off Route 14, about
40 minutes north
of Williamsport. To
arrange a visit, contact
George Logue at Logue
Industries, Inc., 120 S.
Arch St., Montoursville.
Phone (570) 368-2639 or
visit www.logueind.com.
get the CAT equipment on the
prowl again.
These parts were not made
individually but in a limited
quantity, enabling Logue
Industries to make them
available to other collectors
looking to restore antique
CATs.
“Like any other collector, I
want to make sure everything
that I have is in excellent
condition, so there is generally
a lot of restoration work
that needs to be done on the
equipment I buy.”
Logue’s collection ranges
from small pieces used for
commercial building to
mammoth, tractor-trailer
type rigs used for paving or
massive engineering projects.
“It’s not uncommon for other
collectors, some from around
the world, to contact me if
they have questions about a
certain type of equipment,” he
said. “Chance are pretty good
Photos provided
these machines,” said Logue,
83. “What makes my collection
different than others is that I
have sets of things. If a piece
of equipment had two pieces to
it, a lot of times a person might
have only one part, not both.”
During the day, he can be
found at Logue Industries
of Montoursville, a custom
fabrication and machining
facility which provides
factories with quality, custommade parts using the latest
in technology. This same
technology also helps Logue
with his collection.
In order to restore most of
the CAT equipment Logue
has collected, numerous parts
have been needed. However,
many of the parts are no longer
available due to the age of the
equipment.
Since he already owned a
factory that manufactures such
items, it was only logical to
fabricate the needed parts to
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Photos by Elizabeth Rodhe
I know the answer, too. This is
just something I have always
enjoyed doing — working
with equipment, knowing
how it works and repairing
old pieces I find that are for
sale. It’s my hobby and also a
good investment. You always
want to keep working at it and
finding more to add to your
collection.”
Plus, “it’s also nice to talk
with other guys who collect
CATs and find out what they
know.”
George Logue uses some of the
Caterpillar tractors he has collected
over the years to build a lake on his
property north of Williamsport.
February 2010
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
Story and photos by Jeffrey Allen Federowicz
VISITORS TO BOB
LOGUE MOTOR
SPORTS in Williamsport
will not only find one of the
area’s largest selections of
Honda motorcycles, parts
and accessories, but they will
also find a “museum” of more
than 150 vintage and unique
motorcycles on display. The
collection, owned by Bob
Logue, whose father is George
Logue Sr., has been featured
on the Discovery Channel’s
“Seven Wonders of the
Motorcycle World.”
“When I was 9, my dad
bought me a CT200, Honda’s
first Trail 90 bike. For a 9year-old country kid, that bike
allowed freedom, to get out of
the house and go places on my
own. It also allowed me to go
see my grandfather whenever
I wanted to. That bike allowed
me to do a lot of things I would
not have been able to do,”
Logue said.
That experience helped
change Logue’s future. When
he was nearing graduation
from Pennsylvania State
University with an education
degree in the late 1970s, he
saw a small ad in a local
newspaper for a Honda
motorcycle dealership
available in the Williamsport
area.
After numerous inquiries,
interviews and stacks of
paperwork, Logue became the
proud owner of a franchise
selling one of the most popular
brands of motorcycles in the
world.
The motorcycles on display
in the museum feature
bikes from 1962 to 1989,
the majority of
which were made
during the 1960s
and 1970s and
include classics
such as a mint
Honda Cub 50.
They all are kept
in good condition,
“thanks to Myron
Schroeder, our inhouse motorcycle
artist,” Logue said.
One of the
museum’s most
unique bikes is the
1966 450 Police Special, which
features a sleek design and
loud siren, two patrol lamps,
and a rear carrier for mounting
emergency equipment.
Still, the museum is not large
enough to house his entire
collection.
Like his father, Logue has
become an expert on what he
collects and that knowledge
has led even the Honda
company to contact Logue
with history questions about
their bikes.
“If you’re going to collect
something, you need to have
a strong passion for not only
what you’re collecting, but also
the company and its values,”
Logue said.
IF YOU GO:
Bob Logue Motor Sports,
2091 Lycoming Creek Road,
Williamsport.
The motorcycle museum is
free and open to the public.
For more information call
(570) 323-9959 or visit
www.boblogue.com
Family means everything to George Logue. One
of 10 children, he has 10 children. He also has 32
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
In 1992, George Logue
created not just one but two
memorials in honor of his
brother, Robert B. Logue, who
died aboard the USS Wahoo
submarine when it was
destroyed by the Japanese at
9:20 a.m. on Oct. 11, 1943.
One of the memorials was
built in Japan, 12 miles from
where Robert’s sub went
down. On a visit to Japan and
the memorial about 19 years
ago, Logue met the pilot who
sank his brother’s submarine.
He was subsequently
contacted by ABC and the
story aired on “The Evening
News” just a couple of years
ago.
“My brother’s sub sank five
Japanese ships and was
heading back out of the Sea
of Japan,” he said. “I’m sure he
was a hero.”
Another memorial by Logue
to his brother is located along
Route 220 at the west end
of Williamsport. It includes a
15-foot torpedo and propeller
from the USS Torsk. The 6- by
10-foot base pays homage
to submarines sunk during
the war, gives information
about the attack that took
his brother’s life and lists
the soldiers who died. The
installation of the memorial
inspired local veterans
and city officials to create
Lycoming County Veterans
Memorial Park, which honors
the men and women who
served in all branches of the
military and wars.
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The Ned Smith Center is a
leader in the study of owl
migration, especially the
movements of northern
saw-whet owls, the little
species people see on
Pennsylvania Conservation
license plates. “I oversee
a crew of more than 85
volunteers and 18 banders,
who every fall catch, band
and release as many as
900 owls, as well as doing
radio-telemetry, genetics
studies and other research,”
says Scott Weidensaul,
trustee.
One
Man’s
Love of
Nature
Becomes
Tangible
Story and photos by
Deb Brubaker
IF YOU GO:
The Ned Smith Center for
Nature and Art
176 Water Company Road,
Millersburg, PA. 17061
For hours, ticket information
and events calendar,
including details about the
annual Nature and Arts
Festival in July, visit
www.nedsmithcenter.org or
call (717) 692-3699 or e-mail
[email protected]
February 2010
AS THE SEASONS CHANGE, so does
the beauty of the 500-acre Ned Smith Center
for Nature and Art, near the banks of the
Susquehanna River in Millersburg.
“When most people think of art, they think
of art that hangs,” said Jerry Regan, executive
director of the Ned Smith Center for Nature
and Art. “But the mountains and creeks
surrounding the center are a museum all its
own.”
Founded in 1993 as a way to continue the
legacy created by wildlife artist and writer
Ned Smith, the Ned Smith Center for Nature
and Art houses a gallery collection of Smith’s
work, as well as exhibits of other artists, a
classroom, and a gift shop.
According to Regan, the mission of the Ned
Smith Center is to merge the arts and the
natural world and foster a celebration of both.
“The essence of our work is in connecting
nature, people, and the arts. We do this in a
variety of exciting ways ranging from our
hands-on educational programs to our worldclass art exhibits to our lands and trails.”
Hikers, bikers, cross country skiers, and
horseback riders can take advantage of over
12 miles of trails. The mountains are home
to deer, wild turkey, grouse, fox, hundreds of
species of songbirds, insects, and reptiles. The
tract lies within the corridor for the annual
fall migration of hawks, eagles and falcons.
The rich land is filled with hearty plants, thick
mountain laurel, and pine forests.
“The vision was to unite nature and the arts
and make them both accessible and exciting
for people of all ages and from all walks of
life,” said Regan.
“We do this through education, a unique
combination of a fine art museum and nature
center, and by bringing some of the world’s
best artists, naturalists, writers, and performers
here.”
Trustee Scott Weidensaul was one of two
original people whom Marie Smith asked to
help figure out what to do with her husband’s
large collection of original art left behind when
Ned Smith died in 1985. (The other was John
Strawbridge, one of the key founders of the
center and a former board president.)
“I first encountered Ned’s art and writing as a
nature-besotted kid,” remembered Weidensaul.
“I consumed his book ‘Gone for the Day’ and
realized here was a guy who apparently spent
most of his time either outside messing around
with nature, or inside drawing it.”
It was then that Weidensaul decided he
wanted to be Ned Smith when he grew up. “Of
course, it wasn’t until many years later, after I
was out of college, I discovered I didn’t have
Ned’s innate talent for art.”
Weidensaul first met Smith at Hawk
Mountain. A nervous 14-year-old, he asked
Smith to sign a copy of “Gone for the Day,”
a compilation of excerpts from Smith’s
celebrated column in the Pennsylvania Game
News. “Later, when I was in college and
studying art, I got back in touch with him. He
and Marie graciously invited me to spend a day
The 1-mile stretch of the Wiconisco Creek
can be used for delayed harvest and
artificial lure fishing.
Jerry Reagan, left, executive director, and Derek Shaffer,
public relations manager enjoy the Ned Smith oil painting
titled “Mallard Morning.”
The essence of our work
is in connecting nature,
people and the arts.
visiting with them. Later, we became friends
through the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writer’s
Association. Ned was always generous with
his advice and guidance.”
After Smith died, Weidensaul became closer
friends with Marie as the idea of creating a
center dedicated to Ned’s work and legacy
began to form.
“Marie was integral to its formation and its
early years,” said Weidensaul. “She would be
enormously proud of how we’ve grown since
her death in 2002. Ned was a very modest,
self-effacing man; I think he’d be embarrassed
at all the fuss — but, I’d like to think he’d also
be supportive of our work.”
Last July, more than 4,000 people attended
one of the center’s biggest events, the annual
Nature and Arts Festival.
“From beekeepers and creative bonsai to
nature, art and edible wild plants, there are a
plethora of programs, vendors, and exhibitors
available at the festival,” said Alexis Campbell,
the center’s marketing coordinator.
Stephen and Cynthia Witmer of Dalmatia,
volunteer their time at the Ned Smith Center.
Mrs. Witmer has been volunteering since
the late 1990s, while her husband has been
volunteering since 2004. “We’ve always been
interested in wildlife and birds, so working at
the center just seemed like a natural thing for
us to do,” said Mrs. Witmer.
The biggest change she has seen over the
years has been the increased interest. “The
amount of people attending shows, educational
programs, has been exceptional,” she said.
“The center continues to grow and we’re never
quite sure what’s coming next.”
In July 2007, Rick and Zoe Boni, a father/
daughter artist team from Appalachian Arts
Studio, Ridgway, created a 12-foot whitepine chainsaw sculpture inspired from images
created by Ned Smith.
The sculpture, which features an eagle,
woodpecker, owl, and two herons, can be seen
across the Gateway to the Wild Bridge built in
March 2007.
The 240-foot two-span pedestrian bridge over
the Wiconisco Creek connects the center with
more than 500 acres of forest and trails.
Eventually, the trails and entrance to the
center will be turned in to a full-blown
sculpture park with traditional and tree-cut
sculptures.
The 240-foot two span pedestrian bridge over the
Wiconisco Creek.
Deb Brubaker lives in Selinsgrove.
AMPHITHEATER
The Ned Smith Center for
Nature and Art’s newest
initiative is the creation
of a regional outdoor
amphitheater that will
connect the performing
arts to the land. It will seat
approximately 250 people
and will include VIP box
seating, state-of-the-art
theatrical lighting and
sound equipment.
“It’s a way to connect the
performing arts and nature.
The setting will inspire
beauty of a great museum
known as the wonderful
outdoors,” said Jerry Regan,
executive director of the
center.
TRAILS
The modern trail routes
were developed, marked
and mapped by Eagle
Scouts Wesley Hoffman
and Eric Anderson, both of
Millersburg, and Nick Miller,
of Lykens, their families and
fellow Boy Scouts.
Ned Smith walked some
of the pre-existing trails in
his search for inspiration
and insight for his writings
and for the art that would
grace the covers of all the
major sporting and nature
magazines.
The 12 trails, two of
which are handicappedaccessible, vary in degree
of difficulty and length.
February
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WHO WAS NED SMITH?
Stanley “Ned” Smith was born in
1919 in Millersburg. A self-trained
artist and naturalist, in his 46-year
career he created a remarkable
body of work, including thousands
of astonishingly accurate drawings
and paintings of wildlife for books
and magazines.
He was a gifted photographer,
inventor and craftsman. Most of
all, he was an avid naturalist and
conservationist whose work was a
fixture for a generation, introducing
millions to the excitement and
wonder of the natural world.
In 1939, he made his first
commercial sale, a cover painting
for “Pennsylvania Angler” magazine.
He moved to South Carolina to take
a job with Samworth Publishing,
where he illustrated the hunting
and firearms books.
After his return to Pennsylvania,
Smith landed a job as the staff
illustrator with the Pennsylvania
Game Commission, beginning a
lifelong association with the state’s
wildlife agency. Over the years, he
created 121 cover paintings for
“Pennsylvania Game News,” the
agency’s magazine.
In 1953, Smith left the game
commission to work full time as a
freelance artist.
In the late 1970s, Smith began
to work in the burgeoning field of
fine art prints, initially publishing
them himself, but eventually
joining with Sportsman Specialties,
a gallery and publisher in western
Pennsylvania.
In the final five years of his life, he
produced a series of exceptionally
popular prints from large acrylics
and oils.
Although Ned Smith died in 1985
at the age of 65, the importance of
his work continues to grow, lending
inspiration to those who, like
him, seek to marry the worlds of
creativity and the natural sciences.
From his wife’s initial desire
to find an institution to house
her extensive collection of Ned’s
art eventually grew the idea for
the Ned Smith Center for Nature
and Art, which uses Ned’s many
overlapping interests and talents
as a springboard for bridging the
worlds of art and natural science.
Marie Smith died in January
2002, less than two weeks before
then-Pennsylvania Gov. Mark
Schweiker, a Republican, presented
a check for $2 million to the Ned
Smith Center toward construction
of the facility that would fulfill her
dream.
bon appétit
Ned and Marie Smith in an
undated photo.
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FICTION
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Illustration by Ashley Troup
By R.S. Trego
COLLAPSING ONTO THE BENCH at the end of the
walkway, her breaths came sharply and rapidly as she clutched
her side with one hand and emptied the pebbles from her sandal
with the other. She rested her head on the back of the bench and
looked up into the drapery of cherry blossoms above. The trees
were just starting to bloom. More than anything else, they had
always endeared her to her picturesque country home, but today,
they— they and the whole garden! — seemed to be in league
with her mother.
“They weren’t in bloom yesterday,” she thought. “Every day
they change. Even the trees.”
Closing her eyes, she involuntarily relived the images from
the scene in the dining room fifteen minutes ago: her mother,
in her sleeveless yellow dress and her perfect row of pearls,
clinking her knife against her glass to quiet the family; the looks
of delighted anticipation pasted on her sisters’, aunts’, uncles’,
cousins’ faces; her mother’s perfect smile to match her perfect
pearls as she made the announcement with graceful felicity; the
way her mother had looked at her, her eyes practically bursting
February 2010
with an unspoken, “Isn’t it wonderful?”
But she seemed to be the only one who realized that it wasn’t
wonderful. It was just another change, another momentous,
uprooting, suffocating change to add to their collection. She
sometimes imagined her mother proudly displaying those
changes to dinner guests, lined up in glass jars topped with
patterned circles of fabric like peach preserves. That would
be just like her mother. Decorating her house with overpriced
catalog items meant to invoke the memory of stolid, reliable
days gone by in an attempt to mask her own inability to stay in
one place with one person for any meaningful length of time.
And somehow, the masquerade seemed to work.
Everyone was convinced that her mother was a striking
original, a lovably unique sort of person whose constant
migrations in both space and personality showed profound
gumption.
But she knew differently. Her mother was impatient, reckless.
And what her mother saw as a series of adventures, she saw
as a lifestyle of transitory ugliness. And now the garden was
mocking her with its ubiquitous change. Tomorrow’s cherry
blossoms would be different than today’s,
which were different than yesterday’s. The
grass was greener and longer than it was even
a week ago. She could have almost sworn
that the bushes outside her front door were
thicker than when the relatives had arrived that
morning.
She knew this was the stuff that poems
and ballads were made of, but to her it was
hideous. The cherry blossoms, the grass, and
the bushes simply equated to change, change
and change. The combined force of all of these
changes was what had sent her hurtling away
from the house moments before.
As she saw Mr. Solomon, an aged gardener
and recent widower who lived in the next
house down, strolling near her bench with
a wildflower in hand, he seemed to be just
another float in the parade. In the short time
she had known him, he seemed to acquire
more wrinkles every time they met.
Despite her deliberate attempt to avoid eye
contact, he stopped next to the bench and
remarked, “Isn’t it a beautiful time of year?”
She gave a polite grin and half-hearted nod.
“When I walk through the woods a few
miles down, I feel like I’m wrapped inside
Pennsylvania. And that’s a pretty nice place to
be, don’t you think?” he continued.
“Sure.”
“I’ve lived here seventy-nine years, and one
of my favorite things about this place is that
I know every year, without fail, winter will
follow fall, and spring will follow winter.”
“Yes. Yes, that’s true, isn’t it?”
“Have a nice day, Miss March.”
“Thank you.”
As he made his way closer to the woods, she
stared at his slow-going frame. Finally, she
tore her eyes away and fixed her attention once
more on the garden.
Just then, her rambunctious retriever bounded
out the front door she had left slightly ajar and
ran to her side. He leapt onto the bench beside
her and started pawing at a nearby cherry
blossom branch. In a fit of energy, he knocked
the branch so hard that all the blossoms floated
to the ground in a heap. The tree looked
emptier after this subtraction, and Wharton,
seeming to notice, offered an apologetic gaze
to his owner.
“It’s alright,” she replied. “They’ll be back
next year.”
— R.S. Trego lives in Sunbury.
Your fiction story or poem
could appear in this spot in the
next issue, on newsstands in
May.
Your original, never-beforepublished fiction or poem must
be no more than 800 words,
have a title and may include a
photograph or illustration.
Your piece also must
include the words “inside
Pennsylvania” (together).
The deadline to submit is 5
p.m. March 12. The winner
author will be notified by
phone or e-mail after 5 p.m.
March 12.
Entries must include your
name, address, and phone
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February 2010
DATES TO REMEMBER
Feb. 25-28
Pennsylvania Horse World Expo
Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex,
Harrisburg
Adults $12, ages 7-12 $6, under 7 free.
(480) 905-5353,
www.easternsportsshow.com
Feb. 26-28
Pennsylvania Garden Expo
Harrisburg
General admission $12, under age 12
free
(717) 236-4300 ,
www.pagardenexpo.org
“Love and Loss: Famous
Opera Choruses”
Susquehanna Valley
Chorale Spring Concert
Zion Lutheran Church,
Fifth and Market streets,
Sunbury
Special guest talent
includes soprano Jill
Gardner and tenor
Zachary Stains
March 13, 7:30 p.m. with pre-concert
talk at 6:45 p.m.; March 14, 3 p.m. with
pre-concert talk at 2:15 p.m.
Adults $15, students $5
(570) 523-1041, www.svcmusic.org
March 6-14
Pennsylvania Home Show
Harrisburg
Adults $8, under 12 free
(480) 905-5353, www.pahomeshow.com
March 14
Commonwealth Charter Day
Joseph Priestley House,
Northumberland
(570) 473-9474,
www.josephpriestleyhouse.org
March 11
Outdoor Survival Skills with Carl Graybill
Ned Smith Center, Millersburg
7 p.m.
Program focuses on surviving outdoors,
even under the most severe weather
conditions. Learn how to: build a fire
under any condition, find and treat
water that is safe to drink, prepare wild
edibles, build a shelter, and more.
Free to center members and children
under 12, $3 otherwise.
(717) 692-3699, (717) 692-0977
www.nedsmithcenter.org
15th Annual Waterfowl Watch: Ducks and
Geese of the Susquehanna River
On the river bank at the old Millersburg
Gun Club Headquarters located at the
mouth of the Wiconisco Creek (2 miles
west of the Ned Smith Center).
8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Participants will view and learn to
identify waterfowl. Birding experts will
be on hand with spotting scopes to help
identify and count the waterfowl.
Dress warmly; binoculars, a warm fire
and refreshments will be provided.
(717) 692-3699, (717) 692-0977
March 13-14
PAWS Abilities
Susquehanna Service Dogs with Dog
Olympics, demonstrations
Harrisburg
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Adults $10, ages 4-12 $5
www.pawsabilities.net
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March 19
Greater Susquehanna Valley YMCA’s
St. Patty’s Day Celebration
5-11 p.m.
Sunbury Social Club,
352 E. Drive, on the island between
Sunbury and Northumberland.
Music & buffet for adults - $25
www.gsvymca.org/index.htm
March 28
Keystone Brass Quintet
Hillside Christian Fellowship, Millersburg
3 p.m.
$12 members, $15 general public
717-692-3699, 717-692-0977
April 8
“Exploring the Susquehanna River Trail”
with Brook Lenker
Ned Smith Center, Millersburg
7 p.m.
Lenker, manager of Education and
Outreach for the Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources and
a co-founder of the Susquehanna River
Trail, will discuss the significance of
this 51-mile water trail, extending
from Sunbury to Harrisburg. The
Susquehanna River Trail is the first
modern water trail in the Chesapeake
Bay watershed.
Free to members and children under 12,
$3 otherwise.
(717) 692-3699, (717) 692-0977
April 10
Popcorn Hat Players presents
“Aesop’s Fables”
10:30 a.m.
Millersburg Senior Center,
109 Edward Dr., Millersburg
$6 for ages 2 and older.
(717) 692-3699, (717) 692-0977
Feb. 14-20
Selinsgrove Speed Week
Hummels Wharf
(570) 374-8222
Golf Classic
Susquehanna
Valley Country Club,
Selinsgrove
www.gsvcc.org
(570) 743-7052
April 16 to May 14
North Mountain Art League Membership
Exhibition “Vintage”
An exhibit of various art mediums by
regional artists addressing the theme of
“vintage.”
Northumberland County Career & Arts
Center Fine Art Gallery,
N. 8th and Arch Streets, Shamokin
9 a.m. - 6 p.m. weekdays
http://gallery04pa.tripod.com
May 1
Sunbury Fireman’s Carnival
Cameron Park, Sunbury
10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
May 15
17th Annual Spring Fling & One Mile
Run/Walk
Milton YMCA, Milton
742-7321
May 21 to June 25
“Local Landmarks”
An invitational exhibition of various
mediums by artists depicting
existing popular landmarks found in
Northumberland County and adjoining
counties. Reception 6:30-8 p.m. May 21.
Light refreshments provided.
Northumberland County Career & Arts
Center, Fine Art Gallery, Eighth and Arch
streets, Shamokin
Free
(570) 648-5801
Through Feb. 28
“Wondrous Cold: An Antarctic Journey”
Degenstein Gallery,
Susquehanna University,
Selinsgrove
Noon-4 p.m.; Free
570-372-ARTS , (570) 372-4119,
www.susqu.edu
Through March 2
Multi-cultural Film Festival
Films on successive Tuesdays.
All films begin at 8 p.m. in
Charlie’s Coffee House on
Susquehanna University campus,
Selinsgrove
(570) 372-ARTS, (570) 372-4119,
www.susqu.edu
March 2
Women’s History Month
with guest speaker Cathy Bao Bean
Shearer Dining Room 1,
Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove
11:30 a.m.
(570) 372-4119, www.susque.edu
March 12-14
Sports Car Show
Susquehanna Valley Mall,
Hummels Wharf
During mall hours.
(570) 374-8222
March 19 to April 4
Landscape and Garden Show
Hummels Wharf
During mall hours.
(570) 374-8222
April 3 to May 23
Dalí Illustrates Dante’s Divine Comedy
Spring exhibition
Opening reception April 3, 7–9 p.m.
Mon.–Sun. Noon-4 p.m.; Free
(570) 372-ARTS, (570) 372-4119, www.
susqu.edu
April 14
Evangelical Community Hospital
Mammathon
Hummels Wharf
(570) 374-8222
May 5-16
Shikellamy Art Expo
Hummels Wharf
During mall hours.
(570) 374-8222
May 7
Susquehanna Valley Chorale Pops
Concert
“Forty Years of Fabulous Favorites”
Special guest artist Kaitlyn Lusk
Weber Chapel Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
Adults $20, students $8
(570) 523-1041,
www.svcmusic.org/concerts
May 14-16
Middlecreek Valley Antique Association
Antique & Annual Spring Show
Showgrounds, Old Colony Rd.,
Selinsgrove
Free Admission
(570) 837-1237
February 2010
DATES TO REMEMBER
Feb. 12
“Starry Starry Night”
Ecplore lore, science and identification
of common winter constellations.
7:30-8:30 p.m.
Environmental Education Center,
PPL Montour Preserve, Danville
(570) 437-3131
www.pplpreserves.com
Feb. 13
Sweetheart’s Dance
$3 admission for center members,
$5 non-members
Northern Columbia Community and
Cultural Center, 42 Community Drive,
Benton
(570) 925-0163
www.n4cs.org
Feb. 18
Art Walk
4-8 p.m.
Downtown Bloomsburg
www.bloomsburgdowntown.com
Feb. 18-21
Central Susquehanna Builder’s Show
Decorating, gardening, new ideas in
remodeling, etc.
$3 admission
Feb. 18: 5–9 p.m.; Feb. 19: Noon-9 p.m.;
Feb. 20: 10 a.m.-9 p.m.;
Feb. 21: Noon - 5 p.m.
Bloomsburg Fairgrounds, Bloomsburg
www.csbapa.com
Feb. 18 through March 14
“Hamlet”
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays 7:30
p.m., Sundays 3 p.m.
Also: Hamlet Mini-Fest on Feb. 27
$10/general admission to both, $5
students with valid ID
Alvina Krause Theatre,
226 Center St., Bloomsburg
(800) 282-0283, (570) 784-8181
www.bte.org
February 2010
Feb. 21
Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour
Featuring Kenny Barron,
Regina Carter, JKurt Elling,
Russell Malone
7 p.m.
Mitrani Hall, Bloomsburg
University, Bloomsburg
(570) 389-4409
www.bloomsburg.edu
March 1
Dana Fritz; Garden Views and Terraria
Gigantia exhibit
2-8 p.m.
Madigan Library, Rm. 303, Gallery
of Penn College, 1 College Ave.,
Williamsport
www.pct.edu/galerie
March 6
Geisinger Humdinger
7.1 mile trail run, starts at 10 a.m.
Pine Barn Inn, Danville, www.
rivertownrace.com
Spring Craft Show 2010
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Columbia-Montour Area Vo-Tech
(570) 784-8040
March 13
Community Day
Columbia Mall, Bloomsburg, www.
columbiamall.com
St. Patrick’s World
PPL Susquehanna River Lands, Berwick
(570) 437-3131
www.pplpreserves.com
March 21
Kids’ Day
Little League Museum, Williamsport
Presentations at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Free admission
(570) 326-3607
March 27-28
Antique Show and Appraisal
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday,
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday
Northern Columbia Community and
Cultural Center, Benton
www.nc4s.com
March 28
Bloomsburg University Spring Concert
2:30 p.m.
Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg
www.bloomu.edu
May 1
Annual Spring Fling
Downtown Danville
open with the start of the 3rd Annual
River Towns Marathon and Half
Marathon
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., rain or shine
(570) 284-4502
What’s
Going On?
For your event to be
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in the calendar, please
send information to
Inside Pennsylvania,
200 Market Street,
Sunbury, PA 17801
Feb. 14
Black History Month Presentations:
Slaves and Free African Americans
in Union County 1790-1890
Dale Engle Walker House, Lewisburg
www.unioncountyhistoricalsociety.org
March 12-14
Central PA Builders Association
Home Show
Bryce Jordan Center, University Park
Adults $6, under 12 free
www.centralpabuilders.com
March 14
Charter Day
Commemorates Charter Grant from
Charles II to William Penn founding
Penn’s Woods in 1681.
Noon to 4 p.m.
Free admission
Pennsylvania Military Museum, 602
Boalsburg Pike, Boalsburg
www.pamilmuseum.org
March 27-28
Shaver’s Creek Maple
Harvest Festival
Shaver’s Creek
10:30 a.m.–3 p.m.
$4
(814) 863-2000,
(814) 667-3424,
shaverscreek@outreach.
psu.edu
April 17-18
Battery B Weekend
Civil War era re-enactment
of 3rd PA Volunteers
PA Military Museum,
602 Boalsburg Pike, Boalsburg
Noon to 4 p.m.
http://pamilmuseum.org
April 24
Lewisburg Arts Festival
Market Street, Lewisburg
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(570) 524-5221, www.
lewisburgartscouncil.com
Sin City Puzzle Answers
from page 55.
May 16-17
Buggy Days
Buggy Museum,
598 Green St., Mifflinburg
Sat. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sun. 1-5 p.m.
Free
Tours, demonstrations, buggy rides
(570) 966-1355
www.buggymuseum.org
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PENNSYLVANIA PLANTS
By Kathleen Arcuri
Photo by Joy Hockman
THE POET WILLIAM
BLAKE SAW “HEAVEN
IN A WILDFLOWER,”
like these delicate skyblue
stars twinkling in a time-worn
meadow, their open-faced
petals reflecting the serenity
of a cloudless day. Called
Bluets or Innocence by most,
in Pennsylvania they’ve been
christened Quaker Ladies or
Quaker Bonnets to honor some
of our earliest colonists.
Bouquets of Houstonia
caerulea nod sweetly each
spring in rocky pastures;
and along trodden paths,
roadsides, and forest margins
– in any sandy habitat where
taller competitors have been
banished. Come April through
QUAKER LADIES
June, in most states east of
the Mississippi, 6- to 8-inch
wire-thin stalks erupt out of
ground-hugging patches of
leafy rosettes, followed by
half-inch starlets of bloom.
These pale blue natives with
their bright yellow eye may
indeed look innocent but are
actually sturdy and clever
enough to multiply a thousandfold by seed dispersal and
creeping rhizomes, covering
bare spots in the wild, and rock
gardens in cultivation. They are
also easily potted, and a clump
of roots dug in the fall may
well burst forth in bloom on a
sunny windowsill in dreariest
winter.
In scruffy lawns, they are
often found with orange
hawkweed and pussytoes, low
class company for such ladies,
and with the more refined
little meadow fritillary sipping
nectar from their dimorphous
male and female flowers.
Gardeners nestle them into
sandy pockets, to spill over
rocks and romp with other
low-growers like candytuft and
basket-of-gold.
Wherever you find them,
these heavenly flowers hark
back to more innocent times,
when Quaker ladies and
gentlemen brought religious
freedom, pacifism, and
simplicity to the colony of
Penn’s woods.
Kathleen Arcuri, of Benton,
is a retired psychologist who
devotes her time to gardening
and grandmothering.
Joy Hockman is a former
elementary school teacher
and clinical psychologist who
now enjoys photographing
wildflowers.
Panther Creek Native Plant Sanctuary
Pennsylvania now has its first-ever native plant sanctuary — it’s located on a private 7.6 acre tract of land on Moosic Mountain, in
Wayne and Lackawanna counties. To learn more, log on to www.dcnr.state.pa.us/wrcp/wildnotes/fall09/sanctuary1-fall09.html.
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