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Any Occasion! - The Daily Item
Golf Course
Worship
a Very
Cool Pool
Stepping
Back In Time
What’s all The
excitement
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a letter from the editor
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Central Pennsylvanians were forced inside for so long this
winter, we bolted out as soon as the onion snow — or the most
memorable last blast of winter we can recall — melted. A storm of
fat, heavy snowflakes lobbed down on the region on March 31. No
joke, despite the next day being a relatively warm April Fool’s Day.
The white stuff disappeared and we finally came out to play.
It was probably around then that golfers showed up at the
Bucknell Golf Club. They were no doubt the most anxious of us
hankering to get out. If you aren’t familiar with it, the golf course is a
swath of green in the Lewisburg sprawl. But not everyone uses the
fairways to hit balls. It’s a nice shortcut to walk over to the university
for those in the Smoketown Road environs and the road circling it
is a favorite jogging/biking course. And when it snows, its infamous
Deadman’s Hill draws sledders from near and far.
But it’s a good guess that only those who play the game know
about the Church Pew bunker near the third fairway. It’s the only
one of its kind in this area. Learn more about this special sand trap
on page 38.
JOTJEF
• • • • •
As the snow and ice started to melt, the water began to feed
a swimming hole near Forest Hill via what is recognized as the
largest natural waterfall in Union County. The headwaters begin in
Raymond B. Winter State Park, better known to locals as Halfway
Dam. The “secret” waterfall/swimming hole was leaked last year
by Shawna Franck, who competed in the Union County Queen
Pageant at the West End Fair. Shawna’s mom, Barbara Franck,
shares some history about this treasure beginning on page 11.
• • • • •
Though the frigid winter of 2015 has been thawed by plenty of
sunshine, some people just can’t let go of sliding on ice. It’s one of
the wackiest fun times to be had each summer during the annual
goat race in the sleepy farm town of Evendale. Called ice blocking,
this activity begins with water frozen in dish tubs, then kids put a
towel on top of an ice slab and ride it down a grassy hill.
Wait a minute ... did I say goat race? I did. And it’s probably even
more fun than ice blocking. The whole scoop on this festival can
be found on page 20. Mark your calendar. Don’t miss it.
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Cover Story: Active
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A Very Cool Pool
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From There To Here:
Fiddling Around
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From There To Here:
Storyteller’s Secret: ‘Know
More Than You Say’
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Violet Oakley: The
Art Of Politics
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Profile In Business:
Family Planning Plus
WIC Is Here To Help
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50 Fun Things To
Do This Summer
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Stepping Back In Time
What’s All The
Excitement In Evendale?
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cover story
Taking An Individualized
Customer Approach
There is no upfront cost for this service.
This allows the customers to create
their custom home. Mr. Wise explained
that building a custom home has been
linked, unfortunately, with the idea
that custom costs more, but the truth is
that custom can be accomplished with
everyday pricing, and that is what Active
Construction does. “Our goal is that our
customers should not have to modify
someone else’s idea, but they should be
able to create their own with everyday
pricing. This begs the question: ‘How
much a square foot?’ We do not know the
exact answer when we start the process,
but the customer’s budget and their
design will give us that answer.”
The next step in the process, after the
interviewing consultation, is that Active
says Thomas (Tommy) Wise, Owner of
Construction provides copyrighted prints
Active Construction LLC.
new Home Construction
and an estimate for the project At this
Active Construction has made a
According to Mr. Wise, many newtime the customers review the prints and
significant impact on the new home
home builders offer 70, 90, or 120 floor
make any necessary or desired changes.
construction and home improvement
plans to choose from. These floor plans
Then the customers are asked to make
trade in central Pennsylvania over the
often offer little opportunity for the
the decision to enter into a contract or
past several years. This impact has been
customers to get 100 percent of what
not. This generally takes a couple of
felt because of Active’s very interesting
they want in their home. That’s where
days to several months. If they choose to
business process called the Individualized
the Individualized Customer Approach
move forward they will continue to be in
Customer Approach. According to Wise,
steps in to make sure that the customers’
contact with Mr. Wise and a timeline will
this methodology allows the customers to
budget will get them as close as possible
be established and a start and finish date
have a detailed knowledge of their project
to their goals and expectations. Another
will be determined. Wise stays involved
without any builder/contractor hidden
touted attribute for choosing Active
throughout the process. The customers
agendas, for example, what is easiest for
Construction as the homebuilder of
will not be turned over to someone else;
the builder/contractor is not necessarily
choice is that Active only builds six to
however, an on-site project manager will
best for the customer.
eight new homes annually. This allows
be assigned whose project responsibilities
Mr. Wise points out, “Active
Active to work in much more defined
include making certain that the work site
Construction, since its inception, has
time frames and provides its customers
is clean and orderly at the end of each
tried to set itself apart from the other
with time-friendly starts and completions.
day, that materials are on site prior to
contractors in the area. We are different
Active Construction’s most recent new
their need, that there is a daily review
by design. We share information openly,
home build was completed from start to
of progress against the time-line, as well
we answer phone calls and text messages
certificate of occupancy in two months
as maintaining a continued ongoing
in a timely manner, and we believe that
and 26 days. This resulted in an additional
communication with Wise.
all of our customers deserve to be able
savings of $750 to the customer who was
to start their project (a new home or a
able to move in ahead of the next month’s
home improvement) at their beginning
Home Improvement Projects
rent.
and not at someone else’s. We do not
Active Construction prepares computerHome improvement projects utilize
have pre-engineered plans for either new
assisted drawings from the information
the same Individualized Customer
home construction or home improvement
gathered during the free consultation.
projects. We start at the beginning with
COntinued On Page 10
Our customers
have allowed us
to be successful
because they are
willing to accept
our individualized
approach.
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what the customers want to accomplish.
During our free listening consultation, we
ask what they are trying to accomplish,
become aware of their expectations, and
seek to understand their needs, wants,
budget, and timeline.”
This process starts out with a free
consultation between Mr. Wise and
the customers. “Communication is
the essence of what we do. We return
phone calls, we meet when and where
we are supposed to meet, on time, and
we practice the ancient art of listening...
listening without an agenda.”
Active Construction separates their
construction efforts into two categories:
New Home Construction and Home
Improvement (HIC PA097465).
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cover story
COntinued FROM Page 8
Approach...Active Construction listens,
reviews zoning requirements, shares
knowledge, provides copyrighted
drawings, helps the customers to
establish their budget and with mutual
agreement, builds the project. Active’s
design center, located between Danville
and Bloomsburg at 259 Montour Blvd.
(Highway 11), provides its customers an
opportunity to review materials that they
may want to use in their project.
“Material choices have simply exploded
over the last several years and being able
to show the products and share their
story about specifications as well as
pricing makes meeting a budget a whole
lot easier for the customer,” explains
Mr. Wise. “Active Construction also
pulls the permits that are required for
the project eliminating stress for the
customer and making sure that the code
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scope and sequence of the work to be
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part of the project in that he/she provide
the necessary link to guarantee a code
compliant completion.
Active Construction provides
home improvements through the
design and building of garages,
decks, porches, railings, additions,
sunrooms, new roofs, new doors
and windows, kitchens, bathroom
makeovers, etc.
In several conversations with
Mr. Wise, he shared that home
improvements are flamed by
changes within the
family: a parent(s) that has
moved in; health changes
requiring an accessible
home; a need for a garage
because there had never
been one or the need for
a larger garage because of
additional vehicles; the
kitchen is a poster for the
1950s; the bathroom looks
like it should be retired;
a hobby has become an
avocation; the kids are
getting older and they
need their own rooms;
there is more air coming
in through the doors and
windows than the heating/
cooling bill can afford;
the siding has faded so badly
that it’s translucent; the deck used to be
lovely 20 years ago; the porch protected
us but we did not protect the porch; we
just had a giant yard sale and we found
our basement and a pool table will now
fit if it had a makeover; and more. Home
improvements are the way to upgrade
your living standards without moving.
Mr. Wise and Active Construction are
looking
forward to showing you how the
Individualized Customer Approach works
and to building your next project.
He invites you to visit his website, www.
activeconstruction.com, and see what
past customers had to say about how they
were treated and how their project went.
Active Construction...where a custom
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By tricia Kline
A Very Cool Pool
Fed by the largest natural waterfall in the county
A
series of natural
waterfalls and a
swimming hole on private
property in a remote Forest
Hill area may be one of the
best-kept secrets in Union
County.
But for long-time locals, these natural
features are well-known and bubbling
over with some really great memories of
simpler times and bonding with friends
and family.
Historian and Union County native Bob
Lynch estimates that in this convergence
of waters from Stony Run into Rapid Run,
a series of gradual falls drops a distance of
approximately 30 feet in about 50 yards.
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It is reportedly the largest natural
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Rapid Run’s headwaters begin at
Raymond B. Winter State Park, Lynch
said.
At a location near Walbash Road, the
water leaves Rapid Run and flows into
Stony Run, which runs down the falls, at
the end of which it rejoins the Rapid Run
stream.
The falls are a rare find in this region of
Pennsylvania.
“I’m not familiar with many waterfalls
here, and I’m a native,” said Shawn
McLaughlin, planning director for Union
County. “There could be some small ones
scattered about, but our streams and
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types of features.”
He only knows of another small natural
waterfall on the property of the Union
County Sportsman Club outside of
Mifflinburg, also the location of the sonamed Pardee swimming hole.
Swimming holes were very popular
in the earlier part of the 1900s, when
public swimming pools were few and far
between, Lynch said.
“Anybody who lived in the country and
was close to a stream would have swum in
one of these swimming holes,” he said. “I
did along with everybody else.”
The swimming hole near these falls in
the Forest Hill area was known as Jake’s
swimming hole after Jake Erb, who owned
the property on which it sits. It was quite
popular, at least up until the mid-1950s,
when Lynch left the area to attend college.
“It was always a place where you could
get cooled off and swim,” Lynch said.
Prior to about the 1960s, he said, no
one ever asked permission to enter onto
someone else’s property to swim or to
hunt.
It may be a different era now, but
swimming holes — at least this one — are
still pretty well utilized and enjoyed.
About 25 years ago, Barbara Franck’s
great uncle, Myron Kozicky, bought the
48-acre farm from Jake Erb, and that
began a new set of family traditions
around these age-old natural features.
Barbara, at that time living in New York,
would travel to the farm to help at her
grandmother’s greenhouses and to camp
by the swimming hole, where her brother
sometimes visited, too, to join her for a
day of swimming.
When her father came along, she said,
they would bring along the pop-up tent
and “Dad and I would set it up as close to
the waterfall as possible.”
He and Barbara’s daughter, Dawn, would
spend hours fishing there together.
Not until Dawn wrote a scholarship
essay about those times did Barbara
realize how precious that bonding time
was.
“They were having deep, heart-to-heartconversations,” she said. “They just talked
about life.”
After Barbara’s great-uncle passed away
in 1996, her parents purchased the farm.
“My father said to always buy land, it’s
a good investment,” she said, and added
with a smile, “and they’re not making it
anymore.”
He passed away in 2003.
Erosion has changed the banks of the
stream and the flow of the waterfall over
the years, Barbara said, so when she
moved down the road in 2001, it looked
different from when she had first visited
15 years before.
A few years ago, they restored a rock
dam so the water would continue to
gather in the swimming hole before
heading back out to the stream.
It remains a beautiful, serene destination
spot for her and her family, who like
to gather there for picnics or quick
barbecues.
“It’s just peaceful,” Barbara said. “It’s
relaxing. I just like to listen to it trickle.”
Barbara and her husband Joshua run
an adjacent farm, where they raise beef,
rabbits, swine and goats.
The family shares a love for the
outdoors.
Their daughter, Shawna, 17, who was
runner-up at the 2014 Union County
Queen Pageant at the West End Fair, runs
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A self-proclaimed farm girl, she said she
and her sister often head to the swimming
hole after doing barn chores, riding on
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Their younger brother, Garrett, and
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Every year, relatives come from New
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bothering you.”
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The swimming hole on Barbara Franck's
mother's property.
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Event organizers invite people from the area who have an interest in a craft or skill
that was once part of everyday life. These skilled historians volunteer to participate,
bringing the tools and materials needed to demonstrate their craft for the day. This
year’s event takes place July 11.
The presenters offer a unique opportunity for visitors to step back in time and see old
methods of doing tasks we take for granted today. Visitors can listen to the chugging
of a wood-fired steam engine, watch wool being spun on a wheel and feel the weight
and sturdiness of a hand-forged ladle.
Visitors of all ages are free to stroll the grounds and explore demonstrations that
interest them.
This year the old limestone house, built in 1793 by Samuel Dale, will be open with
exhibits and more demonstrators inside. Inside will be the summer exhibit “Logging
in Union County” and another exhibit featuring artifacts from the county’s smaller
communities such as Cowan, Vicksburg and Alvira/Spring Garden.
There will also be a display of original Pennsylvania long rifles which were made
Visitors are welcome to shake cream
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Anderson, of Watsontown, demonstrates.
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butter and samples for tasting.
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within the county. These guns are from the extensive collection
of Ed Smeltz, who will be there to discuss the guns, the details
that distinguish them from other Pennsylvania rifles and the
gunsmiths who made them.
Jim Fulmer, from the National Muzzleloading Rifle
Association, will also be on hand to demonstrate a wooden
rifling machine. (Rifling is the spiral grooves cut in the bore
of the barrel for improved accuracy.) This method is similar to
that used by Widow Smith at her mill and factory in White Deer
during the Revolutionary War.*
Anyone who has wondered what it is like to fire a
muzzleloader rifle will have the opportunity. The Union
County Muzzleloaders, will host a silhouette shoot for visitors.
Interested participants will be guided in loading the rifle, proper
What: 13th Annual Rural Heritage Day
When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 11
Where: Strawbridge Road, Lewisburg.
Look for signs.
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is pulled. With any luck, shooters will be rewarded with a
confirming “Clank!” and toppling of the steel target.
Other demonstrations will include Calib Stroik hand hewing
roofing shakes and William Hill making split oak baskets. Both
will begin with a length of log and go through all the steps
required to complete their product, using hand tools from the
18th century to shape the wood.
There will be also be farm animals, pony cart rides, tug-o-war
and a sack race. Learn about beekeeping and making butter;
taste the samples. Help grind corn with a Hit-and-Miss engine.
Children can safely experience the principals of blacksmithing
by forming clay with a wooden hammer on a wooden anvil.
They can wash clothes with a washing stick, using old-time soap
and elbow grease.
There will be antique farm machinery on the grounds, some
featured in the Wagon Shed, some working away as part of
demonstrations. A restored wood-fired steam engine will be on
display; it was once a source of power for many farm jobs. Oats
will be bindered with a still functional old machine and stacked
in the field to finish drying. Many farm hand tools and smaller
implements will be available for viewing in the reconstructed
Wagon Shed.
Food available for purchase includes hot dogs, hamburgers
and barbecued chicken dinners all day long; Meadow Tea; and
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chef paul
Stuffed Grape Leaves, ready for baking.
H
ow do you make Arabian food when
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“You want to break the directions apart into little steps that
you’re comfortable with,” said Chef Paul Mach, standing in
his kitchen classroom at Pennsylvania College of Technology
while 14 student chefs at seven stations followed the recipes he’d
prepared for a three-course, Arabian meal.
“But there’s a little mystery to it,” Chef Paul continued with a
smile. “There are a lot of directions in a recipe, and then there’s
interpretation of the data.”
The fourth-year students — slicing scallions, juicing oranges,
whisking eggs and measuring herbs — seemed to have no
problem with interpreting the data. They have learned well from
their instructor.
“One thing you learn,” said Darren Layre as he and his partner,
Brianna Bucklin, prepared pita dough and harissa hot chili
pepper paste at station three, “a recipe is just like a guide. There’s
no real, 100 percent way to do it each time.”
Then too, there’s always good old, firsthand experience.
“If it’s a dip, you can kind of eye it out for the consistency,”
said Alex Campolongo, as he and partner Arthur Carroll made
Arabian Bites
A look inside the culinary classroom
with Chef Paul Mach
Baba Ghanooj (eggplant dip), Tabbouleh (a salad of soaked
burghul grain, chopped parsley, and vegetables), and lentil dip
with cumin and coriander at station six. “I know what each
ingredient should taste like. If one is dominant, I should taste
that first.”
The students concentrated on each step in their respective
recipes, throwing quick glances at the clock as they raced to
finish the meal on time.
“Who’s got the cilantro?” a student called, and another held
up the labelled plastic bag. Throughout the class students
confirmed their progress with Chef Paul, calling him over to
check the taste, smell, texture or sight of various preparations.
“You can definitely smell when you think it’s seasoned
enough,” said Bradley Moriarty, making saudi boorak with meat
filling at station four with Jenna Haas.
At station two, Rachel Mertz chiffonade — yes, chiffonade —
kale by rolling the green leaves then cutting them into long, thin
ribbons for lentil Swiss chard soup (kale was substituted when
no chard could be found in the store). Mertz’s partner, Sam
Bagel, added onion ends and kale stems to a vegetable stock
simmering on one of the industrial-sized gas stoves.
“The recipe called for plain water,” Bagel said, “but Chef Paul
said we should make a vegetable stock because it will add more
flavor.”
At station one, Scott Neff and Brianna Helmick patiently
minced garlic and fine-diced cucumbers for falafel and tzatziki,
while Victoria Zablocky and Patrick Kelly baked a scrumptious
orange cake and whipped up a bowl of hummus.
All preparations stopped when Chef Paul called, “Demo!
Demo!” Students gathered around while Elizabeth Ball and Kyle
Abel demonstrated the skill they’d just learned: rolling pickled
grape leaves with sweet herbs and olive oil.
With many hands tending to many recipe directions, the meal
came together and was ready to be served … just a few minutes
ahead of deadline. Tables were set, water carafes were filled,
Arabian music lilted on the air, and the entire crew sat down
for a rare meal together. (They typically cook for Penn College’s
restaurant, Le Jeune Chef.)
Soup to cake, and every dish in between, were sampled and
evaluated by each student while Chef Paul went over some
Arabian customs and phrases.
“Daime,” a guest might say: “May you serve food forever.”
An apt sentiment for both the man who’s served countless
meals to people fortunate enough to eat them, and for a roomful
of aspiring chefs learning to continue his legacy of hospitality.
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Victoria Zablocky basks in the sweet fragrance of Orange Cake as
Patrick Kelly drizzles a glaze on it.
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What’s All The
Excitement In Evendale?
Story and photos by Cindy O. Herman
P
eople driving through
Evendale in Central
Pennsylvania might peg it as
a scenic, sleepy, farm town.
Until they hear about Family
Fun Night. And Movie Night.
And the goat races.
This town is rockin’.
And yes, you can race goats. No, they
don’t go very fast. Sometimes they don’t
go at all. That just adds to the fun.
“The goats are very important to us,”
announcer Tony Kline told runners at
the Fourth Annual Evendale Goat Race
last August. “You do not drag them. You
do not hurt them. It’s up to the goat to do
whatever it wants to do.”
And whether a goat refuses to move,
gets tangled in the leash and trips its
owner, or makes a spectacular run for the
finish line, the race provides hilarious,
what-will-happen-next entertainment.
The costumes alone bring a chuckle.
Sisters Mary Stailey and Bonnie Strawser
decked out Stailey’s goat, Millie, in “her
summer attire”— a chic skirt, scarf and
tank top. Stailey handled the leash while
Strawser took on costume design.
“I wanted to do makeup,” Strawser
laughed. She’d seen goats at the Falmouth
races in Lancaster County, wearing
lipstick, eyelashes, and nail polish, which
she’s hoping to try on Millie some year.
“We can get a little more blingy with her.”
Carolyn Kratzer, of Kreamer, donned an
elf costume to match her goat’s (Nancy’s)
reindeer costume, while Kratzer’s
daughter, Kelsey Kratzer, wore a ladybug
costume that matched her goat, Haley.
Chuck Kantz, of Cocolamus, bravely
dressed as Little Bo Peep, complete with a
bonnet and a big white shepherd’s hook,
while Bone Saw, his incongruously named
“sheep,” sported a cotton-ball-covered
costume.
“A lot of people were laughing,” Kantz
said with a good-natured laugh of his
own.
The race started, as all serious sporting
events do, with the playing of the national
anthem. Then, to the tune of “CottonEyed Joe” (and the occasional bleat of
a goat), runners paraded their goats
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past the hundreds of spectators lining
the grassy banks around two sides of
Evendale Community Park, giving the
audience a chance to vote on Ugliest and
Best-Dressed goats.
“This is great,” said Joe May, who
recently moved from Philadelphia to
nearby McAlisterville. “We saw this
(advertised) and we knew we couldn’t
miss it.”
“We’ve been waiting for a month,” said
his wife, Christine May, adding with a
chuckle, “And we’ll be back (this year).”
Races started with an official shake of a
cowbell, two goats at a time through the
straight, rope-lined race track. Some goats
ran like thoroughbreds. Some meandered.
Some back-tracked. And some had to be
carried to the finish line, but all held the
crowds’ amused attention.
“It’s pretty cool,” said Bria Leister, of
Richfield. “A lot more entertaining than I
thought it would be.”
“A lot of people came out for it,”
marveled her cousin, Jonathan
Mazurkevich, of Mount Carmel. “I like it.”
During intermission fans enjoyed crazy
clowns on golf carts shooting T-shirts
into the crowd, watermelon seed spitting
contests and ice blocking.
“We do a lot of crazies,” said Twila
Graybill, a goat races committee member.
“We have a lot of fun.”
And that ice blocking? It’s slabs of ice
It’s pretty cool.
A lot more
entertaining
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it would be.
frozen in dish tubs. Place a towel on top
of a slab, have a seat and slide down the
grassy bank. Kids love the slippery ride
— when they can hang on long enough to
slide all the way down. Just more of that
crazy, Evendale fun.
“A lot of places don’t have this anymore,”
said Carole Davis, watching the kids
filling paper bags during the candy toss
on the baseball field. Davis grew up
in Richfield and now lives in Florida.
“It brings you back to a more relaxed
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you had as a child.”
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Surrounded by corn and grain fields, Evendale knows how to have fun. Along with
the annual goat races, it also hosts the Evendale Festival in June.
Upcoming Events:
“It’s more of an old, church-type festival,” said lifelong resident Luann Stroup.
“No rides. Just a tractor pull and tractor parade and golf cart parade and
entertainment. The money generated keeps the park updated.”
Keeping the park updated is important because residents gather there regularly.
The land for the baseball field was given to the community by brothers Delbert
and Clarence Hoffman. Every last Friday of the month the community meets at the
park’s picnic pavilion for Family Fun Night, which started when gas prices went so
high a few years ago.
“Everybody just brings games and a dish and a dessert to share,” Stroup said. The
community provides hamburgers and hot dogs, and the whole town plays board
games. During winter months they meet at the Richfield Senior Citizens Center. In
July they host Movies in the Park; in August, a shuffleboard tournament.
“It’s just a neat place to grow up,” Stroup said. “I didn’t like being in Evendale when I
was a teen because everybody knew everybody’s business. Now I like it. It’s a place
that, if a person’s going through hard times, the community really comes together
for them.”
Goat races, game nights, movies, shuffleboard, and the annual picnic —i t keeps
Evendale citizens busy while forming strong bonds.
“I always say, ‘I’m not leaving Evendale,’” Twila Graybill said. “It’s just home. It’s just
a community that I love to live in.”
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A triumphant Mary Stailey crosses the finish
line with her goat, Millie, dressed to impress in
a daring skirt, scarf, and tank top.
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June 13, 2015
This year marks Evendale Festival’s
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a cake walk, live entertainment,
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Goat Races and Flea Market, food,
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Evendale Picnic, continuing a
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September 21, 2015
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Fiddling Around With Violins
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usquehanna Valley
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an instrument worthy of
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or recording studio.
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and his name is William Muller.
Muller has lived with his wife Rianna
in Lewisburg for the past decade,
where he has a small shop and she
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fiddles to the old brand-name standards.
One of Muller’s violins was played on an
album called “The Legacy of Cremona” by
his father-in-law, Ruggiero Ricci, a great
concert violinist known for his playing
of Paganini over a 70-year, 6,000-plus
concert career. The album featured Ricci
playing pieces on 18 different modern
violins in a row so listeners could hear the
difference; an earlier album called “The
Glory of Cremona” featured the same
concept with classic fiddles.
“If you become a professional, or you
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Stradivarius and Guarneri.
“It is a visual issue. It’s just simply the
shape of the instrument,” Muller says of
the difference between the two makers’
designs. The C-bouts — the inward curve
in the middle of the body — are a bit
fatter in the Guarneri. “Strad was more of
a perfectionist than Guarneri. You’ll find
more, not mistakes, but a cruder build in
Guarneri than Strads,” Muller says.
The finer examples of work by the
famous old masters have fetched prices at
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billionaires and foundations that buy the
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They both sound the same.”
The Mullers moved to Lewisburg after 20 years in Croton-onHudson, N.Y. Muller played 15 years in the Paragon Ragtime
Orchestra, which plays often in the region since director
Rick Benjamin resides in Lewisburg. The couple found the
area congenial, and there was also the thought all the local
universities would prove good for selling violins, but “they all
want to go to New York and Philadelphia to buy instruments,”
Muller says.
The sculptures, too, have not achieved commercial success,
despite being displayed at the Metropolitan Opera shops in New
York City.
Such are the uncertainties of the artistic marketplace, and the
musician’s nomadic life is no more sure.
Since meeting while teaching on Long Island in the ‘60s,
William and Rianna have lived in Texas for her teaching gig, in
Nebraska and Germany while he played with Air Force bands,
and the couple played duets at the home of Donald Trump in
New York. Now, they live, work and play in Lewisburg.
William Muller, picutred below, of Lewisburg made this boot-shaped
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from there to here
Storyteller’s Secret:
‘Know More Than You Say’
A
Since visiting the mill, Powell says that she now pronounces
the phrase “come closer” in a way that imitates the sound of the
grinding stones.
Old stories often have details that modern listeners might not
understand because the tales involved obsolete technology such
as water-powered gristmills. Unless the storyteller knows these
details, it’s nearly impossible to explain them to an audience.
“I constantly research,” says Powell, who reports that she
The gristmill can talk, and at one point, it tells the witch,
knows 150 stories by heart. “It’s so important to have the
“Come closer. Come closer.” She does. Indeed, she runs so
iceberg effect — to know more than you say.” She adds, “Now
rapidly down the stairs to the millstones that she falls into the
that I’m edging 60, I’ve worn into my stories, and I know what
stones, and “she gets ground into dust,” Powell says. “And as
I’m talking about.”
soon as she does, the girls cease to be stones.”
The daughter of a British couple — her mother was an actress,
Powell says that as she rehearsed and
and her father a barrister — “I was brought up mostly in
told this story, she often wondered
England although my family was very involved with Wales. My
about the sounds that millstones
father was passionate about Wales,” she says. “I’ve concentrated
make as they grind wheat into
on Welsh folklore and Welsh life.”
flour. So when the storyteller
Powell spent a decade working as a professional shepherd in
went to Wales recently, she
Great Britain before coming to the United States in 1988.
visited an 1852 water-powered
Of Welsh and Scots descent, Powell has been telling stories
gristmill that still produces
professionally since the late 1980s. She does appearances in such
flour.
venues as schools, churches, libraries, historic properties and
“I spent an hour with the
museums, and Celtic festivals.
miller,” who gave her a
If the person she’s scheduled to portray at a school or other
full tour of the working
venue is a middle-aged woman from the 1800s, Powell is
museum near Cardiff. As likely to arrive lugging a wooden spinning wheel and wearing
part of the tour, she
old-fashioned, and possibly patched, clothing. “They never see
got to listen to the
Fiona Powell. I arrive in character, and I leave the same way,” she
noises the stones
says.
made as they
“I never want to do anyone famous, prominent or rich,” Powell
milled
says. “I’m interested in working women whose stories were not
wheat
told — who struggled.”
into
One of these women is Polly Jenkins, the widow of an
flour.
anthracite coal miner. Powell acknowledges that Polly’s
character is fictional, and explains that Polly consists of a
composite of fragments of true facts taken from the lives of
many different Welsh women who emigrated to Pennsylvania
during the 1800s.
The daughter and sister of iron workers, Polly was about
16 when she sailed to America. “Her brother Sion Morris
came to Danville in about 1851, and sent for her in about
1853,” Powell says. “He changed his name to John in
America.”
While working at a church stand at the
Bloomsburg Fair, which started in 1855, Polly met
a coal miner named Jenkins, whom she eventually
married. When Jenkins died in a mining accident,
she became a widow with five children — two
key part of a Welsh folktale that
Susquehanna Valley storyteller Fiona
Siobhan Powell often tells takes place
inside a water-powered gristmill. In “The
Long Leather Bag,” an evil witch has turned
two girls to stone inside the mill.
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Fiona Powell
I never want to do anyone
famous, prominent or rich.
I’m interested in working
women whose stories were
not told — who struggled.
daughters and three sons.
“I’ve played Polly for more than 20 years, so I’ve gradually aged
with her,” Powell says.
In the course of researching Polly’s character, Powell learned
that a woman named Polly Jenkins had actually once lived on
Danville’s Railroad Street.
“Nobody knows anything about her,” Powell says.
Much more is known about another of Powell’s characters,
Florrie Ware, a real woman who lived in the south of England in
the early 1900s and whose husband was also a man named John.
“He was a carpenter and they wanted to emigrate to
Connecticut,” Powell says. To raise money for their passage
across the Atlantic Ocean on a ship, “they sold everything they
owned.”
The year was 1912, “she was in her mid-30s” and they sailed
as second-class passengers on the RMS Titanic. John was one of
the 1,500 passengers and crew members who died after the ship
struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Florrie became one of
the 700 survivors, although at first “she didn’t want to get into
the lifeboat,” Powell says.
When Powell was considering developing a character who was
a Titanic survivor, she learned that following the wreck, Florrie
Ware returned to England, and “ended her days in Devon,” also
in the south. Powell knows the details about Florrie Ware’s life
because “she had told her story to the newspaper in Bristol.”
As Powell researched Florrie’s story, “I was able to go and look
at the house where they had lived in Bristol.”
One difficulty confronting any living history interpreter is
managing to look the part of the character. Appropriate clothing
from the period that the character represents helps a great deal.
But the age of the storyteller in relation to the character has a
great importance as well. This is certainly the case with Powell
and Polly Jenkins.
“I generally think I can get away with playing her about 15
years younger than I am,” says Powell, who is in her late 50s.
However, “in about 10 years, I’m going to have to pull her into
the 1880s. For now, I’m getting away with it!”
Storyteller Fiona Siobhan Powell recently visited this three-story
gristmill in Wales. Built in 1852, the water-powered facility, known as
Melin Bompren Corn Mill, is a working museum that is part of the St.
Fagans National History Museum near Cardiff. (Photo provided by St.
Fagans National History Museum.)
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Golf Course Worship
It was installed in October 2014 and
is the only one of its kind in this area. It
both toughens the third hole and serves
as a visual reminder of an important
aspect of the club’s history.
The Church Pew bunker is about 50
yards long and 15 yards wide (by the way,
the term bunker is the more formal name
for a sand trap). The bunker incorporates
seven roughly parallel strips of raised turf
within the bunker — the pews — making
for a unique challenge for anyone whose
ball ends up between the pews. A golfer
if you go
W
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a golfer or just
shopping at the pro shop
at Bucknell Golf Club, you
will see the latest addition
to the historic golf course as
you drive along the club’s
entrance road. Just to your
left as you approach the
clubhouse, on the right
side of the third fairway, is
a distinctive Church Pew
bunker.
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playing from the bunker has a shot of
between 100 to 150 yards to hit the green,
most likely out of a very difficult sandy
lie. And if the ball is between the Church
Pews, it may be impossible to advance
the ball toward the green. The golfer may
have no choice but to hit the ball sideways
out to the fairway.
Bucknell’s Church Pew bunker was
the idea of golf course architect Mark
Fine of Allentown, who included it as a
feature of the renovation plan he prepared
at the club’s request in 2005. Fine did
exhaustive research on the history
of Bucknell Golf Club in making his
recommendations.
The course’s original nine holes were
designed and built in 1930 by Emil
“Dutch” Loeffler. The course was
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of Oakmont Country Club near
Pittsburgh. Oakmont is one of the most
famous golf courses in the world. It
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Oakmont is famous for its Church Pew
bunkers. It has two: one between the third
and fourth holes — which is the original
Church Pew Bunker — and one on the
15th hole. Loeffler created Oakmont’s
Church Pews by combining rows of
closely situated bunkers into a single
larger bunker.
Bucknell Golf Club made other
improvements to the par-5 third hole
in connection with the new bunker,
including the construction of three new
tees and widening the fairway to the
left of the Church Pews. The golfer will
now have a choice of either playing an
aggressive second shot to the left of the
Church Pews in order to shorten the
approach shot to the green, or playing a
safe shot short of the Church Pews and
settling for a longer approach shot.
Bucknell’s Church Pew bunker was
installed by Henderson & Company of
Pittsburgh.
Three individuals with life-long
connections to the Bucknell Golf Club are
primarily responsible for making Mark
Fine’s conceptual plan for the Church
Pews a reality on the golf course: George
Benson, Randy Hoffman and Chick
Wagner.
George Benson is a native of Lewisburg
and a longtime, now nonresident,
member of the club and the former
president of the College of Charleston
in South Carolina. He is a distinguished
alumnus of Lewisburg Area High School
and a Bucknell University graduate. He
played varsity golf at both institutions and
won the 2003 Senior Club Championship
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The rooster is crowing, twine is
being strung in preparation for
twisting it into rope and smoke
from the collier’s fire is drifting
across the yard at the Dale/Engle/
Walker Farm on the morning of
Rural Heritage Day.
David Witmer, of Watsontown, demonstrates
and explains how to make a field rake using
hand tools, skill and sweat.
It’s always fascinating to watch
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The swimming hole on Barbara Franck's
mother's property.
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Water flows from the largest natural
waterfall in Union County.
“Penn’s Vision” by Violet Oakley
Violet Oakley: The Art Of Politics
A
and her careful planning of the mural
compositions. She became the first
woman in art history to be commissioned
to paint murals in a public building.
However, the building commission had
no way of knowing that their concession
to have the smallest public room in the
Capitol be decorated by a woman would
eventually lead to her painting murals for
the Senate and Supreme Court chambers
as well. Thus, Violet Oakley, an artist,
author and advocate for peace, became
In 1902, in an era when women were
the first woman, but not the last, to
not allowed to vote, the State Capitol
have a voice in the executive, legislative
Building Commission of Pennsylvania
and judicial branches of Pennsylvania
approached shy 28-year-old Violet Oakley
government.
(1874-1961), a resident of Villanova,
Oakley’s series of murals, titled The
to paint 18 murals for the Governor’s
Founding of the State of Liberty Spiritual,
Reception Room. Mary Cassatt of
depicts the events of religious intolerance
Pittsburgh had already declined the
that led to William Penn’s departure from
invitation, but the building commission
England to America, and includes images
and Joseph Miller Huston, the Capitol’s
of Penn as a student at Oxford, his arrest
architect, were determined to create a
and condemnation, and finally his vision
Palace of Art along the Susquehanna
for the new world and his first sight of
River and wanted a woman to round out
shores of Pennsylvania.
the cadre of craftsmen they had chosen to
A production titled “Violet Oakley
decorate the newly constructed palace.
Unveiled” was written by playwright
Oakley accepted the invitation and
Cindy Dlugolecki, to invite audiences to
created hundreds of preparatory studies
peer behind the canvas and discover how
that reveal her rigorous working methods
this pioneer hid the secrets of her private
ll artists fight for
recognition and
success, but a woman
faces additional scrutiny,
especially when she publicly
defies society’s expectations
of traditional marriage
and children to pursue her
dreams.
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life in the brushstrokes of her public art in
the Harrisburg State Capitol Building.
Tour the Capitol
In addition to visiting the Welcome
Center, you may want to consider
a 30-minute guided tour of “the
handsomest building” President
Theodore Roosevelt ever saw.
Capitol tour guides are available
to point out the architectural and
artistic highlights, and to make the
Capitol’s history come alive for you.
Guided tours of Pennsylvania’s
Capitol are offered every half hour
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to
4 p.m. Weekends and most holidays
tours are offered at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1
p.m. and 3 p.m. The Capitol is closed
for tours New Year’s Day, Easter
Sunday, Thanksgiving Day and
Christmas Day. Schedule subject to
change without notice.
Call 1-800-868-7672 or visit
www.pacapitol.com/tours.html
to schedule a tour. Use the East
Wing entrance at the fountain on
Commonwealth Avenue (also the
handicapped entrance), and the
Main Rotunda entrance at Third and
State streets.
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chef paul recipes
Lentils and Swiss Chard Soup
1 cup brown lentils
3 quarts water or vegetable stock
1 head Swiss chard
1½ cups Spanish onion, chopped fine
3 Tbsp. virgin olive oil
1 bunch cilantro, minced
4 tsp. garlic cloves, minced
1 tsp. salt
Ground black pepper to taste
1. In a large soup pot over medium heat,
cover the lentils with the water or stock,
bring to boil, reduce to simmer uncovered
and cook for 45 minutes until the lentils
are approximately half tender.
2. Chiffonade the Swiss chard (or other
leafy green) into long, thin strips. Wash
the chard and drain in a colander.
3. In a large pan over high heat, sauté the
onions until browned. In batches, add
Swiss chard, cilantro and garlic to the
pan, cooking until wilted. Add the cooked
greens mixture in batches to the soup.
4. When all the greens mixture is in with the
lentils, simmer 15 to 20 minutes or until
the greens and lentils are tender. Taste
and adjust seasoning, if needed.
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Saudi Booraks (Crisp pastry triangles with meat filling)
¾ cup Spanish onion, minced
½ cup leeks, white and green, cleaned and chopped
2 Tbsp. virgin olive oil
½ lb. ground beef or lamb
½ tsp. cumin, ground
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. black pepper
2 hardboiled eggs, whites only, chopped
1 package phyllo dough
1 ½ cup virgin olive oil
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In a large sauté pan over medium heat, sweat
the onion and leek in the oil until they are soft.
Add the meat, sprinkle with the cumin, salt and
pepper, and cook until done, breaking up lumps.
Cool and add the egg whites. Mix well.
To assemble the boorak, brush a layer of phyllo lightly with oil, and lay
each oiled sheet on top of the last to make 4 layers.
Place a rounded portion of the filling mixture at the bottom of each strip. Fold the pastry on an angle over
the meat, diagonally, to start a triangle shape. Continue to fold the pastry packet up the strip of oiled phyllo,
forming a triangle with even sides that will seal the filling inside. Brush the finished triangle package with oil.
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It’s Pert-Near Clear
Dutchified Here
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Can you speak “Pennsylvaniaish”?
» clear — entirely, completely
» all — all gone
» dee — day, as in thursdee, Fridee, Saturdee
» It wants rain — it’s going to rain.
» pert-near — pretty near, almost
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“Tell her the feeders are clear full,” she said. “But the sunflower
seeds are all.”
If that makes sense to you, you understand our homespun,
“Dutchified” way of talking in Central Pennsylvania.
The feeders are clear full. The mud-splattered car is clear dirt.
And visibility on our trip yesterday was terrible because it was
made in clear fog.
I suppose you could substitute a word like entirely for clear,
but you’d lose all of its quaintness, wouldn’t you?
As for the sunflower seeds being all, well, that means we need
to make a trip to the store to buy more. We’ll pick strawberries
until they’re all. The pear blossoms won’t stop falling until
they’re all. And, now that Lent is all, I’ve got a craving for
chocolate, so I sure hope the candy jar isn’t all.
Does that clear up the Pennsylvania Dutch use of all and clear?
Another little speech pattern you might notice in Central
Pennsylvania is calling a “day” a “dee,” as in Mondee, Tuesdee,
Wednesdee. You might think Sunday and sundae rhyme, but
a Pennsylvania Dutchman might eat ice cream with chocolate
syrup, whipped cream, and a cherry, and call it a sundae … even
if he eats it on a Sundee.
Don’t eat your sundae if it wants a hot, sunny day because the
sundae will be pert-near melted before you can finish it! And
yes, I slipped in two Pennsylvania Dutch phrases in there: it
wants and pert-near.
When talking about the weather, some people might say, “It
might rain” or “It’s going to rain.” We here in Pennsylvania say,
“It wants rain.” Well, just look at those heavy, foreboding, gray
clouds — it’s easy to see they want rain.
And while you might think a thunderstorm sounds like it’s
pretty near, a true Dutchman would say it’s pert-near, and the
Pennsylvanians around him would understand just what he
meant.
Then you might want to run for shelter before the storm
breaks and the rain falls. Because we all know, that rain won’t
stop until it’s all.
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dora Row Hoover’s high school english composition about the
area where she lived had to be turned in to the teacher before the
easter holidays.
the composition could be about a person, historical event,
building or even an animal. dora’s mother suggested she write
about their church, the Salem Lutheran and Reformed Church that
stood on the hill beyond their rural village.
“You know, it was organized about 1775,” euphemia smiled at her
daughter. “it was the first church in the area. and george Row,
one of our early ancestors, donated the land. You’ve seen his
monument behind the church.”
“Yes, yes, i know.” dora didn’t like her mother’s idea. “it’s dull, not
interesting. What would i write about the church anyway?”
“Savilla has a copy of the church’s history.”
“Savilla?”
“Your Sunday school teacher. You could ask to see it. i’m sure
she’d lend it to you. i’ve read it. Fascinating account. the first log
church was torn down and another was built across the road,
where the new red brick church stands. it was rebuilt twice. i
believe in the early 1800s, then again in 1842.”
after Sunday’s devotions, to please her mother, dora asked Savilla
gemberling to borrow the historical account of their church.
Savilla was eager to lend dora Pastor Weiser’s essay.
“Mind,” Savilla stressed to the young girl, “take good care of it. it’s
the only copy i have. there are very few left. and did you know our
little village of Salem is named after the holy city of Jerusalem?”
dora wasn’t impressed. She hated being in the boondocks
because most of her school friends lived several miles away in
Selinsgrove. When she obtained her driver’s license, she hoped her
father would allow her to take the car into town some evenings.
But that was a year away.
battalion? george Row needed the soldier’s pay to support his
family.”
the following Sunday after services, dora trudged through the
snow into the graveyard behind the church and stared at george
Row’s 6-foot monument dated 1890. the three-tiered rectangle
obelisk, dedicated by Row’s descendants to mark his grave more
than 100 years after his death, had several distinct embellishments.
at the summit, a triangular-shaped cement arrowhead pointed
to the heavens. the sculptured oblong blocks of tree leaves
coupled with round and bell-shaped flowers were clearly visible
near the top. in the border above the square foundation, a casting
of trifoliate leaves skirted the polished brown granite base. the
monument was inscribed: george Row born 1723 — killed by
indians 1780.
dora immediately decided her ancestor’s monument would be
the subject of the english composition. But she was puzzled by
the german epitaph engraved on the pedestal. it was necessary
to know the phrase’s translation for her composition. Of course!
grandpa Sephares would be able to tell her.
after writing the german words on her church program, dora
excitedly went to grandpa’s nearby home. Cousin Oletha ushered
her into the living room where Sephares was reading the Sunday
daily item newspaper. She told him her dilemma and he nodded
and stared at her scribbling.
He read aloud: der tod gewiss; ungewiss der tag, die Stunde auch
niemand wissen mag. drum fuerchte.
“But grandpa,” dora stared at the man. “What does it mean?”
“ach, my dear, ‘tis a warning to those who sin.”
“What does it say?”
“it says: ‘death cometh, uncertain the day. Hour neither no one
knowth of. therefore fear!’”
dora knew she would get an “a” on her composition.
Kenneth E. McIntosh lives in Selinsgrove.
at home browsing through the treatise, a passage about her
ancestor george Row caught her eye.
“Legend says in July 1780, george Row was hauling grain in
his wagon to a Buffalo Valley grist mill near today’s town of
Mifflinburg. He was attacked and shot by indians and succumbed
to the chest wound eight hours later. in retrospect, it is doubtful
george was taking a load of corn or wheat to a mill in Buffalo
Valley — that was at least a two-day journey over rutted trails and
steep terrain. at the time, two mills were closer. Both were along
Penns Creek near present-day Selinsgrove. the app Mill had been
constructed north of Selinsgrove and gabriel’s Mill was situated at
the mouth of Penns Creek.”
as dora thumbed through the pages, she came upon a 1967
account of george Row written by Ruth Row Clutcher, another
descendant of george.
dora read more about her ancestor. “there is a probing question.
Why did george Row, in his late 50s, remain in Peter Hosterman’s
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“Born in germany, george Row sailed from Rotterdam on the
British ship Phoenix with his wife, Mary Magdalene, and 4-year-old
son george Jr. arriving in Philadelphia, he took the english oath of
allegiance in 1754. after purchasing 50 acres in northumberland
County, now Snyder County, he settled in Penn township. His land
bordered the north side of the future Salem log church’s warrant.
He enlisted in a battalion of the northumberland County Militia
commanded by Colonel Peter Hosterman. the battalion was
stationed at Focht’s Mill in Buffalo Valley, where Row was killed by
attacking indians. His body was brought home and became one of
the first buried in the Salem log church cemetery.”
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may
MAYFEST AND WINEFEST
alendar
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
VFW carnival grounds, Route 45 west of Mifflinburg
Also artists on the streets, entertainment, kids
activities, vendors, Maypole, country music by the Michael Christopher Band. New this
year: microbreweries. Free parking.
Many activities free. For beer and wine events, advance tickets $20, at the gate $25, nontasting $5
(570) 966 - 1666 or (570) 966 - 0888,
www.mifflinburgpa.com
GARDEN FAIR AND PLANT SALE
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Ag Progress Days Site, 2710 W. Pine
Grove Road, Pennsylvania Furnace
Sponsored by Penn State Extension Master
Gardeners of Centre County. Premier home gardening event in Centre County. Vendors, silent auction, garden - related resale items, and food and beverages for sale, workshops, Master Gardeners
on hand to answer gardening questions.
Admission: free
www.extension.psu.edu/centre/programs/master - gardener/master - gardener - plant - sale
June 18 - 20
11TH ANNUAL SMOKED COUNTRY
JAM BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL
Quiet Oaks Campground, Cross Fork
Family - friendly live music event features a three day auction to benefit Lupus Foundation. Also bluegrass workshops, children activities, vendor midway,
and the Pennsylvania Heritage Songwriting Contest.
(570) 753 - 8878, www.smokedcountryjam.com
Advance tickets; day tickets Thursday $20, Friday
$25, Saturday $30; age 12 and under free
June 20
26th ANNUAL BILLTOWN BLUES FESTIVAL
Theme: “It’s Electric”
Downtown Shamokin
Exhibits, rides, entertainment, 5K race, parade Friday night 6 p.m.
(570) 648 - 9500, (570) 850 - 9121 www.nccarts.com
Noon - 10 p.m., rain or shine. Gates open 11 a.m.
Lycoming County Fairgrounds, 300
E. Lycoming St., Hughesville
Ten hours of non - stop music on two stages. Music lineup includes Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown, Ruthie
Foster, Roomful of Blues, Mr. Sipp, Tom Rosencrans,
Miz Ida and her Blues Revue, Dave Brumbaugh’s Boogie
Chillen’s Guitar Workshop, Mike Mettalia and Midnight
Shift with Rockin’ Johnny, and the Festival Auditions winners, The Vanessa Collier Band and Doug McMinn.
Advance discount tickets (through April 30)
$20; after April 30 tickets are $25; at the
gate: $30; under age 16 get in free.
(570) 584 - 4480, www.billtownblues.org
May 24
June 26
May 22 - 23
10TH ANNUAL ANTHRACITE HERITAGE
FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
(MUST RUN) The Buffalo Valley
Singers Spring Pops Concert
FOURTH OF JULY BAND
CONCERT/FIREWORKS
7 p.m.
Central Oak Heights, 75 Heritage Road, West Milton
Free
Connie Pawling - Young is the director and Tim Latsha is the accompanist.
(570) - 286 - 9559
June 27
June 8
june
35TH ANNUAL STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Warrior Run Church, Turbotville
Family event with homemade food, ice cream, hamburgers, hotdogs and ham barbecue. Strawberry desserts made from local berries. Musical entertainment, antique car show, old - fashioned hymn sing.
Free admission, free parking
www.freelandfarm.org or [email protected]
June 14
35TH ANNUAL STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Warrior Run Church on the Freeland Farm,
56
246 Warrior Run Boulevard, Turbotville
Homemade ice cream, variety of strawberry items, ham barbecue, hot dogs, hamburgers. Supports restoration and upkeep of the Warrior
Run Church and the Hower - Slote House.
Sponsored by the Warrior Run Fort
Freeland Heritage Society
Free admission, free parking
www.freelandfarm.org, email [email protected]
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7 p.m. patriotic show followed by fireworks at dusk. (rain date: 9 p.m. June 29)
Wolfe Field, Lewisburg
(570) 523 - 3237, www.unioncountyveterans4thofjuly.com
21st ANNUAL UNION COUNTY
VETERANS 4th OF JULY PARADE
10 a.m.
Downtown Lewisburg
Festivities include a veterans recognition ceremony, picnic and band concerts at parade end on Bucknell University’s campus
(570) 523 - 3237, www.unioncountyveterans4thofjuly.com
June 28 - July 3
42ND ANNUAL PINEKNOTTER DAYS
King Street Park, downtown Northumberland
Live entertainment, crafts, food, soapbox derby, car show, checker and checkerboard contests.
Free
(570) 274 - 0291, (570) 473 - 3414, www.
northumberlandborough.com
July 9 - 12
9TH ANNUAL REMINGTON
RYDE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL
Gates open Tuesday, July 8 at 9 a.m.
Centre Hall Grange Fair
Grounds, Centre Hall
More than 20 acts. day prices Thursday
$20, Friday and Saturday $25, Sunday $15.
Admission Four - day advanced ticket by
July 1: $55; Day tickets: Thurs. $20, Fri.
and Sat. $25, Sun. $15; ; age 12 and under free when accompanied by adult
July 12
ANTIQUES ON THE AVENUE
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
University Avenue between Broad
and West Pine streets, Selinsgrove
More than 40 antique dealers and vendors expected. Features include a map
of participating dealers and their locations, music, food stands.
www.selinsgrove.net
July 14 - 19
July 18
7TH ANNUAL HOPS, VINES
&WINES FESTIVAL
2 - 6 p.m.
Downtown Selinsgrove
Micro and craft brews and regional wineries participate in this tasting event; entertainment, food.
(570) 541 - 1932, www.selinsgrove.net
SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY DRIVER
AND FAN APPRECIATION NIGHT
7:30 p.m.
Selinsgrove Speedway Raceway Park, intersection of Routes 11/15 and 35
(570) 374 - 2999, (570) 374 - 6270,
www.selinsgrovespeedway.com
July 25
ANNUAL NATURE & ARTS FESTIVAL
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art,
176 Water Company Road, Millersburg
Moree than 70 programs
and performances.
Free
(717) 692 - 3699, www.nedsmithcenter.org
31ST ANNUAL BENTON RODEO
AND FRONTIER DAYS
5 p.m. Tuesday through 1 p.m. Sunday
Bronc riding, steer wrestling, barrel racing, calf roping, entertainment
Benton Rodeo Grounds, 569
Route 487, Benton
(570) 925 - 6536, www.bentonrodeo.com
July 16 - 25
145TH ANNUAL LYCOMING
COUNTY FAIR
Opens at 10 a.m.
Route 405 north, Hughesville
Admission includes midway stage
shows, mechanical carnival rides, demolition derby, fireworks, midway
shows and some main stage shows.
Parking on the fairgrounds $2, admission to
fairgrounds $6. Ticket office opens June 15
(570) 584 - 2196, www.lycomingfair.net
July 17
16TH ANNUAL BLUEBERRIES
AND BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL
6 - 9 p.m.
Mifflinburg Community Park,
North Fifth Street, Mifflinburg
Music by the West End Bluegrass
Band and all things blueberry pies, ice
cream and more. Bring lawn chair.
Free
(570) 966 - 1666, www.miffinburgpa.com
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August 2 - 8
august
90TH ANNUAL UNION
COUNTY WEST END FAIR
Lincoln Park, 1111 Route 235, Laurelton
Theme: Harvest the Fun.
Live entertainment, amusement rides, goat
show, Miss Union County pageant, car
and truck show, livestock benefit auction
Admission: $3 Monday through
Thursday; $4 Friday and Saturday;
weekly pass $18; under age 5 free.
Ride wristband: $5; free parking
www.unioncountywestendfair.com
August 8 - 15
CLINTON COUNTY FAIR DAYS
Clinton County Fairgrounds, 97
Racetrack Road, Mill Hall
Competition for recognition and premiums, entertainment, promotion of
county agriculture, home economics and animal husbandry; fair queen.
(570) 726 - 4213, www.
ClintonCountyFairPA.com
August 9 - 15
77TH ANNUAL MONTOUR DELONG COMMUNITY FAIR
Montour - DeLong Community
Fairgrounds, Route 254, Washingtonville
Theme: Harvest the Fun
Showcases agriculture, horticulture,
home arts, home gardening, tractor pulls,
lots of live entertainment and food.
(570) 437 - 2178; www.montourdelongfair.com
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Lehigh gorge SCeNiC rAiLwAy
Fun Things To
do This Summer
a 16-mile, narrated, round trip train ride into
the scenic Lehigh gorge State Park originates from the downtown Historic district
of Jim thorpe. the train consists of oldstyle passenger coaches from the 1920s
with large clear windows at each seat which
can be opened to enjoy the clean air of
the Lehigh River gorge, or ride the open
air car. Located at 1 Susquehanna St., Jim
thorpe, (570) 325-8485, www.lgsry.com.
MiLLerSburg ferry
the historic town of Millersburg is home to
a unique transportation service. Here, across
the mile wide Susquehanna, one can ride the
last ferry on the river and experience a part
of transportation history. (717) 692-2442,
www.millersburg.com/attractions/ferry.html
pride of the SuSQuehANNA
riverboAt
amusement parks/
waterparks
AdveNture SportS iN herShey
this family entertainment center in the
heart of Central Pennsylvania provides fun
for all ages. go-karting, play miniature golf,
take a swing in the batting cages, cruise on
the bumper boats and play in the arcade.
adventure Sports is located on Route 743
S (3010 elizabethtown Road), 4 miles from
HersheyPark, www.adventurehershey.com.
CAMeLbeACh wAter pArk
Features 22 waterslides, slides, swings and fun
water gadgets, a 1,000-foot-long river journey, a swimming pool, bumper boats, chairlift rides, miniature golf and more. Located off
exit 299 i-80, 1 Camelback Road, tannersville
(570) 629-1661, www.camelbeach.com.
dorNey pArk & wiLdwAter
kiNgdoM
200 acres with more than 100 rides, games,
restaurants and attractions for the entire family. two parks for the price of one. Located
at 3830 dorney Park Road, allentown.
(610) 395-3724, www.dorneypark.com.
herSheypArk
See how chocolate is made and then
spend hours in one of the best amusement parks in the country. Hershey chocolate characters stroll throughout the park
and there are award-winning shows and entertainment. Located at 100 W. Hershey
Park drive, Hershey. (800) HeRSHeY,
www.hersheypark.com/index.php.
kNoebeLS AMuSeMeNt reSort
With more than 60 rides, free admission, free
parking, free entertainment, and free picnic
facilities. Knoebels has something to offer for
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all. Swim in the Crystal Pool, camp, eat at the
many food stands, play mini golf or play 18holes at the golf course. Located on Route
487 between elysburg and Catawissa. (800)
487-4387, park phone: (570) 672-2572, campground: (570) 672-9555, www.knobels.com.
SeSAMe pLACe
Features whirling rides, water slides, colorful shows and furry friends. in 2009,
the largest attraction in the history of the
park opened with Count’s Plash Castle, a
multi-level interactive waterplay attraction with more than 90 play elements including a 1,000 gallon, 8-foot tipping bucket. Located at 100 Sesame Road, Langhorne.
(866) go-4-eLMO, www.sesameplace.com.
boAtS ANd trAiNS
electric City trolley Station and Museum
Relive the time of the trolleys in a restored
late 19th-centruy mill building in Scranton.
through interactive exhibits and displays,
discover the story of the electric traction
systems and the impact they had on development in Pennsylvania. during the operating season, a trolley excursion departs
from the main passenger platform of the
Steamtown national Historic Site. (570) 9636590, www.ectma.org/museum.html.
hiAwAthA pAddLewheeL riverboAt
Hiawatha, Queen of the Susquehanna, located in the Susquehanna State Park in
Williamsport, just 15 miles north of the intersection of u.S. Route 15 and interstate 80.
the park offers off-street parking and picnic tables overlooking the Susquehanna
River. take a one-hour leisurely cruise
on the Susquehanna or pick from a variety of specialty cruises. (570) 326-2500,
(800) 248-9287, www.ridehiawatha.com.
the Pride of the Susquehanna is an authentic stern paddlewheel riverboat owned and
operated by the Harrisburg area Riverboat
Society. From May to October, the Pride
offers a variety of cruises. Located at 10
n. Market Square, Harrisburg. (717) 2346500, www.harrisburgriverboat.com
SteAMtowN
Relive the era of steam as the steam engines come back to life. Ride a train, visit the Locomotive Shop and explore
the technology Museum and History
Museum in Scranton. explore the people, history, technology and lore of steam
railroading. 150 S. Washington ave.,
Scranton. Visitor information (570) 3405200, train Ride info & Reservations
(570) 340-5204, www.nps.gov/stea.
campgrounds
fANtASy iSLANd CAMpgrouNd
approximately 100 sites with water, electric, sewer hook-ups, free WiFi, and they offer cable tV. it has a full range of activities including special themed weekends, planned
events, live entertainment, heated in-ground
swimming pool and a 9-hole miniature golf
course. Located at 401 Park drive, Sunbury.
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Hidden Valley offers everything from full
hookup to primitive wooded tent sites. go
for a relaxing paddle boat ride on the lake
or play a game of miniature golf or just enjoy the scenery. Located at 162 Hidden
Valley Lane, Mifflinburg, (570) 966-1330.
J & d CAMpgrouNd
Only 1 mile from Knoebels amusement grove
, with 250 sites. Families can enjoy swimming,
mini golf, fishing, volleyball, basketball, and
two playgrounds. Located at 973 Southern
drive (Route 487), Catawissa, (570) 356-7700.
LittLe MeXiCo CAMpgrouNd
Campground is on 42 acres with 265
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campsites with creek side sites. There is
swimming, mini golf, fishing and lots of
scheduled activities. Located at 1640 Little
Mexico Road, Winfield, (570) 374-9742.
Nittany Mountain Campground
Campground has 350 campsites with log
cabins, trailers and fully equipped cabins and tent camping. There is a camp store,
a fishing pond, petting zoo, hayrides, bingo, ceramics, swimming and live entertainment. Located at 2751 Millers Bottom
Road, New Columbia, (570) 568-5541
historical sites/
forts/museums
of 1,500 acres is home for deer, elk, wolves
and black bear. The 90-minute tour by vehicle also includes the operational farm.
Located at 222 Penns Cave Road, Centre
Hall. (814) 364-1664, www.pennscave.com.
Children’s Discovery Workshop
Affiliated with the local YMCA, the center has a variety of hands-on exhibits that lets children develop coordination and nurture creativity. Great for kids
age 3-11. Located at 343 W. Fourth St.,
Williamsport YMCA, Williamsport. (570)
322-5437, www.williamsportymca.org.
Woodward Cave
Located on Route 45 between State College
and Lewisburg, the cave is known as “The
Big One” and is one of the largest caverns in
Pennsylvania. Guides conduct a tour of its five
spacious rooms. A campsite faces the cave
entrance and is suited for tents as well as RVs.
(814) 349-9800, www.woodwardcave.com.
Joseph Priestley House
The Joseph Priestley House was built in 1794
by the pre-eminent theologian and chemist, reflects the lifestyle of the famous scientist who discovered oxygen. He lived
there until his death in 1804. The house
features Priestley’s laboratory with authentic period objects. Located at 472
Priestley Ave., Northumberland. (570) 4739474, www.josephpriestleyhouse.org.
Yogi at Shangri-La
A “hidden paradise” nestled between the
Chillisquaque Creek and Montour Ridge.
A family-oriented campground open all
year round, with limited sites. Some amenities include a heated pool, game room, fishing ponds, hiking/biking trails, convenience
store and gift shop. Located at 670 Hidden
Paradise Road, Milton, (570) 524-4561
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Soft Serve & Hand
Dipped Ice Cream
Little League Museum
casinos
777 Hollywood Boulevard, Interstate
81, Exit 80, Grantville, www.
hcpn.com, (717) 469-2211.
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs
1280 Highway 315, Wilkes-Barre, www.
poconodowns.com, (888) 946-4672.
Mount Airy Casino Resort
44 Woodland Road, Mount Pocono, www.
mtairycasino.com, (877) 682-4791.
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RTS. 11 & 15, LIVERPOOL
717-444-0044
490348
Hollywood Casino at Penn
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McAlisterville, PA • 717.463.2838
The Meadows Racetrack
and Casino
210 Racetrack Road, Meadow Lands, www.
meadowsgaming.com, (724) 503-1200.
caves
Hours: Tuesday - Thursday 6am - 8pm
Friday & Saturday 6am-9pm
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Indian Caverns
Nestled into a hillside overlooking Spruce
Creek, it is the largest limestone cave in the
state. The cave is a “living” cave with the majority of the dripstone still active and contains the largest sheet of flowstone in the
northeast. There are also facilities for meetings, picnics, parties and meals. Located at
5374 Indian Trail, Spruce Creek. (814) 6327578 or visit [email protected].
Lincoln Caverns and
Whisper Rocks
This fascinating family adventure features
winding passageways and rooms containing
thousands of delicate stalactites, white calcite and sparkling crystals. Enjoy a one-hour
educational tour. Located at 7703 William
Penn Highway, U.S. Route 22, Huntingdon.
(814) 643-0268, www.lincolncaverns.com.
Penn’s Cave and Wildlife Park
America’s only all-weather cavern and wildlife park. The limestone cavern can be seen
on a one-hour tour by boat. The wildlife park
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The Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum
is a tribute to Little League, past and present. The museum is full of pictures, displays,
films and exhibits about the players, equipment, history and rules of Little League. It’s
educational and has hands-on components
like the running track, push-button quiz panels, and the opportunity to do your own
play-by-play commentary on a World Series
game. Located at 539 Route 15, Williamsport.
(570) 326-3607, www.littleleague.org.
Mifflinburg Buggy Museum
In 1845, a new industry came to Mifflinburg
— carriage making. And in time, the town became home to more than 80 buggy shops,
earning the nickname “Buggy Town.” The
Buggy Museum offers guided tours of the
William A. Heiss Coachworks, the only museum in the United States housed in an original carriage factory with original tools and
supplies. The museum’s visitor center is located at 598 Green St., Mifflinburg. (570)
966-1355, www.buggymuseum.org.
Millionaires’ Row
490127
KERN RUN CRAFTS
“The Primitive Place”
Located 1/2 Mile on
Brick Plant Road,
off Gross Road,
Beavertown, PA
Packwood House Museum
• Real Lookin’ Florals
• Great Smellin’ Candles & Tarts • Curtains and Linens
• Braided Rugs, with Special Order Available
• Primitive Furniture • Upholstered Furniture
• And Many Unique & Needful Things
• Oodles of Decorating Ideas for the look of days gone by.
Be sure to visit “The Olde Yellow House”
Fri. 10-5 • Sat. 9-4
Hours: Tues., Thurs., Fri. 10-5 • Sat. 9-4 • 570-658-4322
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Lumber barons in Williamsport built
their homes along Millionaires’ Row
and many of these architectural landmarks have been preserved. A walk will
take you past architectural styles of Italian
Villa, Queen Anne, Victorian Romanesque,
Second Empire and Gothic Revival. Located on 707 W. 4th St., Williamsport,
www.visitorinfo@williamsport, org.
490560
Constructed in 1796, the Packwood
House is among the oldest log structures in Pennsylvania. It has served as a tavern, a hotel, and the residence of John and
Edith Fetherston, who purchased the 27room building as a retirement home. The
Fetherstons filled it with art and antiques
from Pennsylvania and across the world.
They left their home and collections in a
trust to create a public museum for the educational benefits of everyone. Located at
the Slifer House is the former home of
Col. eli Slifer, distinguished businessman, manufacturer and secretary of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania during the Civil War. the house was opened
in 1976 to the public as a museum and is
furnished with decorative arts from the
Victorian era. Located at RiverWoods, 80
Magnolia drive, Lewisburg. (570) 5242245, www.albrightcare.org/slifer-house.
StAte MuSeuM of peNNSyLvANiA
the State Museum of Pennsylvania covers all aspects of Pennsylvania history and holds significant collections, that relate to some of america’s most well-known
events as well as important, historical
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buShkiLL fALLS
Known as the “niagara of Pennsylvania,”
Bushkill Falls is a series of eight waterfalls
that cascade deep in the Pocono Mountains.
excellent network of hiking trails and bridges afford fabulous views of the falls. Other
features include a Pennsylvania wildlife exhibit, american indian exhibit, paddle boat rentals, miniature golf, gift and
souvenir shops, and snacks. Located at
Bushkill Falls Road, Bushkill. (570) 5886682, www.visitbushkillfalls.com.
poe vALLey StAte pArk
nestled in a rugged mountain valley in Centre
County. endless forests surround the 25-acre Poe Lake. the 620-acre state park is surrounded by the 198,000-acre Bald eagle
State Forest. attractions are camping, fishing, boating, swimming, hiking and picnicking. (814) 349-2460, www.dcnr.state.pa.
Ricketts glen State Park has 13,050 acres
in Sullivan, Wyoming and Luzerne counties. take the falls trail and explore the glen,
which boasts a series of wild, free-flowing waterfalls, each cascading through
rock-strewn clefts in the hillside. Visit
Lake Jean to swim, fish and boat or relax on its beach. Located at 695 Route 487,
Benton. (570) 477-5675, www.dcnr.state.
pa.us/stateParks/parks/rickettsglen.aspx.
worLdS eNd StAte pArk
Worlds end State Park is in a narrow S-shaped
valley of the Loyalsock Creek just south
of Forksville, Sullivan County. Canyon
Vista, reached via Mineral Spring and Cold
Run roads, provides views of the endless
Mountains. More than 20 miles of hiking
trails, camping and rustic cabins are available. (570) 924-3287, www.dcnr.state.pa.
wineries
r.b. wiNter StAte pArk
huNterS vALLey wiNery
the park covers 695 aces within Bald eagle
State Forest. the focal point of the park
is Halfway Lake, which is filled by springfed mountain streams and contained by
a hand-laid, native sandstone dam. Sand
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the winery is housed in a beautiful building that overlooks the vineyard and
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beach. Open year-round. Campsites accommodate tents, trailers and motor homes.
Located in union County on Route 192, 18
miles west of Lewisburg. www.dcnr.state.
pa.us/stateParks/parks/rbwinter.aspx
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Located off Route 61 in ashland. tour a real
anthracite coal mine riding in open mine cars
pulled by a battery-operated mine motor.
this mine tour is educational as well as entertaining. then travel back through time on
an old-time narrow gauge steam locomotive, one of the last of its kind in existence.
Free parking; spacious picnic area. Lunch,
snack bar, and gift shop are housed in a replica of an old colliery office. (570) 875-3850,
(570) 875-3301, www.pioneertunnel.com.
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individuals. Features include Civil War exhibits and artifacts representing the foundations of american industry and political history dating to the early republic. Located
300 north St. Harrisburg. (717) 787-4980.
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15 n. Water St., Lewisburg. (570) 524-0323,
www.packwoodhousemuseum.com.
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Seasoned Sounds - 18 Piece Swing Band
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670 Hidden Paradise Road • Milton, PA 17847
We have RV Sites ranging from W/E/C to
Full Hook-up and Cabins that sleep from 4
to 8 people. WiFi & Cable TV available.
Numerous Activities, Themed Weekends for All
Ages, Snack Bar, Fishing, Bingo & More!
For Reservations, Call 570-524-4561
or visit www.slcreek.com
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10:00 AM 21st Annual Union County Veterans 4th of July Parade
Market St. & S. Third St.
12:00 PM Union County Veterans Recognition Ceremony
The President’s Grove, Loomis Street University Avenue,
Bucknell University
12:30 PM Picnic and Band Concerts, the President’s Grove,
Loomis, Street & University Avenue, Bucknell University
6:00 PM “Welcome Home Gala Dance,”
Larison Hall, St. George Street, Bucknell University
Contact Betty Cook for ticket information at (570) 524-9912.
SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015
2:00 PM
Campus Theater honors our veterans with “Stars & Stripes”
Free admission.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2015
7:30 PM
The 17th Annual Stars, Stripes and Sousa!
Penn Central Wind Band, William Kenny, Conductor
Hufnagle Park
For updates on events or to make donations using a credit card
or PayPal, call our information line at 1-844-838-7329.
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features a view of the Susquehanna River.
award-winning wines to taste. Located
at 3 Orchard Road, Liverpool. (717) 4447211, www.huntersvalleywines.com.
SeLiN’S grove brewiNg Co.
this historic building was built in 1816 by
Pennsylvania’s third governor, Simon Snyder.
the logo was designed when they discovered
an historical account of a distillery and brewery in Selinsgrove in the 1830s that used stray
dogs to run in a wheel, powering the pumps.
121 north Market St., Selinsgrove. (570) 3747308, www.selinsgrovebrewing.com.
ShAde MouNtAiN wiNery
established in 1989 with the winery and
tasting room housed in a 19th-century converted bank barn. take a picnic lunch,
browse the gift shop and taste the awardwinning Pennsylvania wine. Located at
16140 Route 104, Middleburg. (570) 8373644, www.shademountainwinery.com
SpygLASS ridge wiNery
Plenty of fine wines to taste and enjoy.
Features include a large deck and pond on
the vineyard grounds. Check the web site for
the many special events in all seasons. 105
Carroll Road, Sunbury. (570) 286-9911, www.
spyglassridgewinery.com/visit.htm.
zoo’s & animals
CLyde peeLiNg’S reptiLANd
Reptiland introduces visitors to the less-loved
members of the animal kingdom in a safe
and entertaining format. Live handling demonstrations offer visitors the chance to touch
harmless specimens and speak with experts.
the indoor complex allows comfortable
viewing of more than 40 species in naturalistic habitats. Located on Route 15, allenwood.
(570) 538-1869, www.reptiland.com.
variety of clothing and gifts
made from alpaca
wool/fiber. Located
at 2908 Middle
Creek Road,
Selinsgrove,
in the village of Kantz. (570)
374-1016, www.
patchworkfarmalpacas.com.
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LAke tobiAS wiLdLife pArk
Lake tobias Wildlife Park resounds with
sights and sounds of the jungles and grasslands of six continents with animals, reptiles
and birds from around the world. More than
100 acres are scattered with buffalo, deer, elk
and watusi and 50 acres of zoo-type setting
of monkeys, tigers, ostriches and other interesting creatures. there is a petting zoo for
young and old to feed the animals, 20-minute shows in the Reptile Building, with the
Safari tours as the main attraction. Picnic facilities available. Located at 760 tobias Road,
Halifax. (717) 362-9126, www.laketobias.com.
pAtChwork fArM ALpACAS
this alpaca farm offers hands on tours
and education on alpacas. Open to
the public everyday from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. except thursday and Sunday,
also open by appointments.
their on site alpaca store has a
an exotic and wild animal refuge located at
the foot of Jack’s Mountain on Mountain
Road in Penns Creek which provides a
home for more than 200 abused, mistreated, and unwanted exotic animals. it is a
safe haven for nearly 70 lions, tigers, servals and leopards as well as many other animals. Stroll through nearly 40 acres
of forest with enclosures 5 feet away providing up-close and personal encounters. (570) 837-3377, www.tdsCats.com.
ZooAMeriCA
Zooamerica, open daily with both indoor
and outdoor exhibits, offers year-round,
family fun and learning. Zooamerica introduces an all-new ocelot exhibit in honor of
the 100th anniversary of a zoo in Hershey.
Located at 201 Park avenue, Hershey,
(717) 534-3900, www.zooamerica.com.
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Visits Our farm is open to the public 9-5 daily except
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SHOPPING We have a large selection of clothing made
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For more info visit us online
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Emil
Feryo, Sr.
Emil
Feryo, Jr.
NuEar Digital Hearing Aid Systems
Behind the Digital Hearing-aid System sign hanging outside at
Sunbury Plaza is a father and son team with a combined total of 86
years of experience serving the hearing-impaired.
Emil Feryo Sr. said he and his son, Emil Jr., have been doing
business as Digital Hearing-aid Systems for about 10 years or so.
They dispense American-made hearing-aid products manufactured
by NuEar, which is based in San Diego. In addition to the aids,
they also dispense batteries, and other hearing accessories, like
amplified telephones and clocks to wake up hearing-impaired
people. Other services include repairs to all brands of hearing-aids
and making earplugs.
A U.S. Navy veteran and a Penn State graduate, Emil Feryo Sr.
is a second-generation hearing-aid dispenser, with over 56 years
of experience. Because of his father, a coal miner who was deaf in
one ear and severely impaired in the other, Emil was sympathetic
and compassionate to the hearing-impaired from an early age.
He started dispensing hearing-aids in 1955, while employed in his
uncle’s practice.
His son, business owner Emil Feryo Jr., is a 1981 graduate of
Bloomsburg University and was a first lieutenant in the Marine
Corps. In 1985, upon completion of his active-duty military service
and inspired by his father’s commitment to help the hearingimpaired, Emil Feryo Jr. pursued his career in the hearing health
care field. He has been nationally board certified in hearing
instrument sciences for 22 years.
During his years in the field, Emil Feryo Sr. has witnessed the
development of products from the ear horn to the first body-worn
hearing-aids, from the invention of the microchip to today’s 100
percent invisible modern digital hearing-aids using nanoscience
technology, as featured in NuEar’s Imagine product line.
Emil Feryo Sr. explained that old-fashioned hearing-aids were
analog amplifiers. “In other words, we’d amplify one sound, and
we’d amplify them all.” That meant a wearer might have to turn
down their hearing aids because some sounds were being made
too loud.
Modern digital hearing-aids have as many as sixteen channels
that can be programmed for a wearer’s specific needs. Modern
hearing-aids also include filters for background noise. So, the
more filters and the more channels, the better the hearing-aid.
One of the advantages offered by NuEar products is an “active
feedback suppressor” which allows a wearer to use a telephone
without having to take off the hearing-aid.
The senior Feryo explained that to begin the process of getting
a hearing-aid, a customer would fill out a confidential report
providing information about his/her symptoms. “After that, we’ll
go and do a visual inspection of the ear with our otoscope.” That
examination will show things such as the presence of earwax or
the condition of the eardrum.
“Then we do a hearing test on the audiometer.” From that point,
the audiogram report is put into a computer, which will program the
person’s hearing loss to the hearing-aids available. The hearing-aid
is then placed on the patient to show how hearing is improved with
the new aid. The whole process can be completed in about 45
minutes.
The Feryos offer a friendly, relaxed atmosphere in their offices,
and they take pride in providing high-quality products with stateof-the-art technology backed by the service, knowledge and
expertise necessary for a successful practice.
Business hours are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through
Wednesday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday. For more information,
call (570) 286-4400.
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