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Summer is fading and fall is creeping in. There’s the
seasonal ebb and flow of other things, too — flip flops,
shorts and beach umbrellas are replaced with socks,
sweaters and ice scrapers. But swimsuits don’t need to go
anywhere, if your homestead includes a hot tub.
Strong Pools & Hot Tubs, located in Northumberland,
has grown and improved with each passing season since its
inception. It’s not afraid of change.
Armed with many patents throughout various industries,
the company is willing to reinvent products in its mission to
meet customer demands.
For instance, Strong has created a virtually indestructible
hot tub/spa cabinet system designed to last a lifetime while
conserving energy.
“One of the biggest issues with owning a hot tub has
always been the inability of a soft spa cover to hold up to
the harsh conditions of the hot tub and its surrounding
environment,” says Wade Spicer, company president. “Using
our plastics technology, we have created a spa cover that is
so durable it should last the life of the hot tub.”
Strong makes a cover that will not erode away with each
crushing snowstorm — that’s great news for anyone who
likes to keep a bathing suit in use long after the pool has
closed.
Find out more about how this company has changed to
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Once again, we would like to introduce to you some of
the Most Beautiful People inside Pennsylvania.
Each year since 2009, we have asked readers to submit
nominations and each year, we have been overwhelmed
with the response.
We think this issue is the best yet. Photographers Robert
Inglis and Amanda August spent many hours painstakingly
setting up photo shoots to reflect each person’s interests.
We think you’ll agree — their photos capture the spirit of
each finalist.
To date, we have profiled almost 100 people. It’s been
a pleasure meeting each and every one and we have
enjoyed sharing their stories and photos. We thank you, our
readers, for your participation. We consider you the most
beautiful people of all.
• • • • •
While moving forward through changes — of seasons
and otherwise — we also celebrate the glory of the true and
steadfast path. Around here, that path is called the Buffalo
Valley Rail Trail, a 9-mile stretch of paved and gravel railway
bed stretching between Lewisburg and Mifflinburg.
We are highlighting it in this issue that celebrates “change”
because while every season is a good time to hit the trail,
we think the best time of all is when the leaves ... change.
Fall 2014
Volume 8, Issue 2
Gary Grossman, publisher
Joanne Arbogast, editor
John Zaktansky, assitant editor
Bryce Kile, design editor
Patricia A. Bennett, director of advertising
Elizabeth Knauer, advertising sales manager
staff writers/contributors:
Cindy O. Herman, John L. Moore, Susan Field,
Jerri Brouse, Tricia Kline, Karen Lynn Zeedick,
Damian Gessel, Michael Todaro, Rick Dandes
staff photographers:
Robert Inglis, Justin Engle, Amanda August
Larry Schaeffer, information technology
Fred Scheller, circulation director
Leonard Machesic, controller
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On T he Cov er:
Wade Spicer founded Strong Pools & Spas in 1992 during
his last semester in University. Today, the company is
a thriving international business maintains a network
of more than 600 service technicians throughout the
world to care for its customers and products. Based in
Northumberland, Strong Pools & Spas recently opened
a store along Route 15 in Lewisburg.
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Letters to Inside Pennsylvania are always welcome. We also
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Dear Inside Pennsylvania,
To the editor,
What a pleasant surprise to open the summer edition of Inside
Pennsylvania and find the great article on the Public Library for
Union County’s annual book sale (“Quality, quantity are real
draws for annual book sale,” Summer 2014).
The article was both interesting and factual and I am sure will
result in new visitors to the sale this year (July). The book sale is
one of the library’s most profitable endeavors due to the yearround commitment of the committee. We do appreciate the
coverage given to us.
Thank you again,
— Sally B. Kobus, book sale chairperson
Lewisburg, Pa.
I had never heard of Mount Pisgah before reading about it in
your magazine (“One man’s very special legacy” by Tricia Kline,
Fall 2013). Then I was invited to a wedding there and I must say,
it’s pretty magnificent. To think one man, Robert Cryan, did all
this work not for himself but for all of us.
I plan to make many hikes up there this year. It has become
one of my most favorite places in Pennsylvania. Thank you for
introducing me to it.
— Beth Martin
Millheim, Pa.
Dear IPA,
I grew up in Dalmatia (Northumberland County) and left home
at 19 years of age. I was drafted and then remained in the
service until I retired. I now live in Globe, Ariz., and miss the
I love love love Brussels sprouts and was so happy to see the
Pennsylvania Dutch way of life.
article on them (“Get past the ‘ick!’ factor and try them,” Spring
I visit home every couple of years. My sister sends me Cindy O.
2014). I don’t know why more people don’t give them a chance.
Herman’s writing from Inside Pennsylvania magazine, and I just
They are truly easy to cook and absolutely delicious.
wanted to let you know that it, makes me feel good every time I
They are also fun to grow, and will grow just about anywhere. If
read her work.
you haven’t tried Brussels sprouts before — in your garden or in
By the way, Lebanon bologna is available here but I have to go
your kitchen — I highly recommend giving them a try.
to a specialty store to find it so I guess that makes the bologna
— L. Eva Baker
special. They used to have a butcher shop in town that would
Allentown, Pa.
make me ring bologna, but that is long gone now and I miss it
greatly.
Keep up the good work!
— Fred Klinger,
Globe, Ariz.
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COVER STORY: Going
Strong With Pools & Spas
23 Riding The Rail Trail More
Fun Than You Think
28 2014’s Most Beautiful People
38 Re-Enactors Remembering
1779 Struggles Of Indian
Warriors, Valley Settlers
48 From Here To There: What
Goes Around Comes Around
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Area Community Center
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18 Chef Paul: Fry Up Some Fritters
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58 Dates To Remember
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Cov er S tory | by Rick Dandes
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trong Pools & Spas’
president Wade Spicer
has demonstrated a
remarkable gift for creating
a thriving international
business at a time when
the world’s economy is
still recovering from a
recession.
From its start in a dorm room in college
— with Spicer as the only employee — to
a large, multinational sales, distribution
and consumer goods manufacturing
company, that, through its operations,
partnerships and dealer base — could be
credited with creating and maintaining
many thousands of jobs.
Spicer started Strong in 1992 in his last
semester at Alfred University. Spicer had
read an article in the school newspaper
about an incubator program to help
launch businesses in the glass industry.
He had already been accepted to law
school, but decided to start a business
instead, and enrolled in a few courses on
fiberglass. The name Strong was inspired
by the strength of fiberglass.
For the first couple of years, he had the
help of some high school friends when
needed. The business’s original products
were pet-related and were produced
using a fiberglass manufacturing process.
“Even though that was a long time ago,
we still manufacture some of those
original products,” Spicer said.
The company, which officially
incorporated in 1995, has gone through
many changes. A few years after he
started the company, Spicer moved
Strong’s operations from Sayre to
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Williamsport. Coupled with its move to
Williamsport, Strong purchased largescale plastics manufacturing equipment
and branched out from making its
proprietary pet products to become
a contract manufacturer to OEMs in
various industries. Strong built bumpers,
wheel wells and water tanks for the
motor-home industry, displays for the
shower, bath and golf industries, plastic
parts for the automotive industry, and
high-pressure hydraulic tanks for the
national defense industry, to name just
a few.
In the late ’90s, with a growing
company and a need for additional space,
Spicer purchased the current company
headquarters, a 140,000-plus squarefoot facility they presently occupy in
Northumberland.
As the company evolved, it faced many
challenges, including the terrorist attacks
of 9/11 and skyrocketing energy costs,
which changed things for everyone.
We’ve survived
through all this,
we’ve grown,
and we continue
to develop new
products and new
product lines. It
hasn’t been easy.
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Many OEMs that Strong manufactured
products for scaled back or went out
of business entirely. During that time,
Strong saw its sales fall and its ability to
collect its outstanding debt diminish.
It was then that Spicer decided he
needed to create more proprietary
products to better control the company’s
future. This lead to the creation of the
Colosseum Pool, one of the world’s
best above-ground swimming pools.
The downside to this product was its
seasonality, which led to the development
of the less-seasonal hot tub product line
in 2004.
In 2006, just as Strong was ramping up
pool and spa production, the recession
began. When the housing bubble burst,
the hot tub industry, along with many
other industries in North America,
suffered a serious blow. Over the next
four years sales of hot tubs went from
a peak of 580,000 units sold per year to
180,000 units sold per year by the end
of 2012. The swimming pool industry
followed the same dismal path.
During this time period, many hot
tub/swimming-pool manufacturers
drastically scaled back their operations
or went out of business entirely. Strong
Pools & Spas, a division of Strong
Industries, managed to go from under
1,000 hot tubs in 2004 to nearly 10,000
hot tubs over the same time period the
industry was cut by two-thirds. “It was
pretty remarkable,” Spicer said.
In 2008, just as the company was
strengthening its position within the
pool and spa industry, the unthinkable
happened … a major plant fire. Spicer
said, “It was a Monday morning” and
he can recall the phone call he received
like it was yesterday. During first-shift
operations, an employee smoking in a
nondesignated smoking area accidentally
lit a cardboard recycling dumpster on
fire. As luck would have it, the wind that
day was blowing east to west, instead of
its usual west to east direction. The wind
deposited burning cardboard onto the
rubber roof, which resulted in a near
catastrophic fire.
“We’ve survived through all this, we’ve
grown, and we continue to develop new
products and new product lines. It hasn’t
been easy,” Spicer said.
Strong employs a lot of people who
depend on the success of the company.
Spicer does not think the country has
come out of the recession yet.
“We’re holding our own, but that is
partly due to our global footprint and
our ability to sell our product throughout
much of the world.” The company
boasts sales in Sweden, Norway, U.K.,
Netherlands and France, to name several.
Strong has also developed long-term
partnerships with many well-known
retailers, such as Costco, Home Depot,
Sam’s Club, Amazon, BJ’s Wholesale,
Sears, Leslies Swimming Pool Supplies
and others. Strong has become very
well known for its ability to ship large
products from its manufacturing facilities
and/or warehouses directly to the end
consumer. “We can ship an 8-by-8
foot, 1,000-pound hot tub and have it
delivered and installed most anywhere in
North America within one to two weeks,”
said Spicer.
Strong is in the process of developing
a unique partnership with its North
American dealers that will allow
consumers more choices in how they
purchase a Strong product. North
American consumers will have the
option of purchasing Strong’s products
through their favorite “big-box” store,
Strong’s direct-to-consumer websites
(strongspas.com and buyhottubsdirect.
com) or through time-tested, Strong
Authorized Dealers (“brick-and-mortar”
stores).
However they choose to purchase a
Strong-manufactured item, they can
rest assured knowing that Strong takes
servicing its customers and warrantying
its products very seriously.
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“Variety, options and price may vary depending on the
sales channel, but the one thing that remains constant is the
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in a manner they feel most comfortable.
“However they choose to purchase a Strong-manufactured
item, they can rest assured knowing that Strong takes servicing
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Strong’s core strength is its dedicated associates and its
ability to create unique products. Strong holds many patents
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by Walter Brasch, Greeley & Stone Publishers
Although the book’s focus is Pennsylvania, the center of the Marcellus
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country, says Morris Stone, editor-in-chief of Greeley & Stone Publishers.
Karen Feridun, one of the leaders of the anti-fracking movement,
says the book “is packed with information everyone living in
any area being drilled or likely to be drilled needs to know.” The
Gettysburg Times says the 466-page book is “painstakingly
researched and readable, a narrative worth reading by fracking
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in t he k i tche n: Chef Paul | Story/Photos by Cindy O. Herman
Origin of the name Hushpuppies
Where did the name Hushpuppies come from? It seems to be one of
those terms that has been around for so long, no one really knows how
it started. But Internet sites list three possibilities:
1. Hunters and fishermen would fry a little cornmeal
mixture and feed it to their dogs to keep them quiet.
2. Civil War soldiers tossed fried cornmeal to
silence the barking of local dogs.
3. Runaway slaves also silenced dogs with pieces of fried cornmeal.
We might never know the real origin of the term … but that doesn’t
stop us from enjoying the food!
Fry up some
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enough, it’s fritters. Mmm. Such lipsmacking, flavor-packing fun!
And so easy to make, says Chef Paul Mach, defining fritters as
“little bits of something fried,” a food that’s found in cultures all
over the world. Add just about any ingredients to a basic dough
batter, and you’ve got fritters.
“Fritters make a perfect presentation for leftovers,” Chef Paul
said as he prepared three varieties for a tailgating party. “If you
have a small amount of leftovers, oh, my goodness, all you have
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From left: bacon, tomato,
parmesan, scallion fritters;
apple walnut, craisin whole
wheat fritters dusted with
powdered sugar (and
paired with a tiny bottle of
Pennsylvania Honey Bear
honey for drizzling); and
BBQ shrimp hushpuppies.
to do is chop it up and put it in a little batter and fry it, and the
American dinner bell is going off.”
In no time Chef Paul whipped up BBQ shrimp hushpuppies;
bacon, tomato, parmesan and scallion fritters; and apple,
walnut, craisin, whole-wheat fritters. Small amounts of a variety
of ingredients resulted in hearty, texture-rich fritters, light and
crispy on the outside, doughy and crunchy inside.
“There’s no rule for fritters” Chef Paul said while he chopped
onions, shrimp, apples, peppers, and walnuts. “There are
a gazillion shapes and ingredients for fritters, but all are
something fried with dough.”
Clockwise from top left: Having ingredients chopped and
ready for action makes for speedy fritter prep; Chef Paul adds
the wet ingredients to the flour mixture to make the apple,
walnut, craisin, whole-wheat fritters; “Fry till the fritters stop
sizzling,” Chef Paul says. “Listen for fewer spatters;” Fritter
platter from left: bacon, tomato, parmesan, scallion fritters;
apple walnut, craisin whole wheat fritters dusted with powdered
sugar (and paired with a tiny bottle of Pennsylvania Honey
Bear honey for drizzling); and BBQ shrimp hushpuppies.
Chef Paul opted for round, golf-ball sized fritters, perfect for
nibbling or popping in your mouth while standing around an
outdoor barbecue or tailgating get-together. The batter can be
prepared indoors, then taken out to fry on the grill.
Just be sensible when cooking with hot oil. Fill the pot only
about one-third full and fry on medium — not high — heat.
High heat will brown the outside of the fritter before the inside
is done. Flip the fritters so they cook all the way through.
And make sure your utensils are dry — water in hot oil is a
dangerous combination.
“Fry till the fritters stop sizzling,” Chef Paul said. “Listen for
There are a gazillion shapes and
ingredients for fritters, but all are
something fried with dough.
fewer spatters. That means all the moisture from the inside is
disappearing.”
Fritters are done in a matter of minutes, which means a
backyard chef can cook and serve the fresh, hot treats while
socializing with guests. And only your creativity limits the
variety of fritters you can make.
“In terms of fun, you could take any ingredients and put them
in there,” Chef Paul said. “So whatever your family’s favorite
foods are, if there are any leftovers, put them into a fritter!”
Recipes and Tips on Page 20
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Apple, Walnut, Craisin,
Whole-Wheat Fritters
½ cup whole wheat flour
½ cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 large egg
½ cup milk
2 Tbsp. sour cream
1 ¼ cup apples (2 varieties preferred),
peeled, cored, small chop
¼ cup craisins
¼ cup walnuts, chopped fine
1 quart canola or vegetable oil
Powdered sugar, as needed
Measure the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Beat the
egg, milk and oil together in a separate bowl. Combine the dry
and wet ingredients with the apples, craisins and walnuts at
the same time, mixing until the batter is combined uniformly
so it forms a stiff batter that holds its shape when placed on
a spoon.
When the batter is done, prehear the oil in a 3-quart saucepot
over medium heat (the oil should take about 5 minutes to reach
350 – 375º F). Test if the oil is hot with one small fritter. If it
bubbles and begins to brown slowly, the oil is ready (or use a
thermometer to test the temperature).
Fry the fritters in small batches. When they float, touch them
with a slotted spoon to gently flip them over. Remove them
with a small slotted spoon or strainer, placing them on some
absorbent paper to allow any excess grease to drain. They may
be held in a 200 F oven for a short period.
Dust the fruit fritters with powdered sugar and serve them hot!
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½ tsp. black pepper, ground
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½ cup bacon, cooked crisp, chopped fine
½ cup scallions, sliced thin
¼ cup sun-dried tomatoes, chopped fine
¼ cup Parmesan cheese, shredded
¼ cup basil, finely chopped
1 quart canola or vegetable oil
Measure the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Beat the
egg, milk and oil together in a separate bowl. Combine the
dry and wet ingredients with the bacon, scallions, tomatoes,
cheese and basil at the same time, mixing until the batter is
combined uniformly so it forms a stiff batter that holds its
shape when placed on a spoon.
When the batter is done, prehear the oil in a 3-quart saucepot
over medium heat (the oil should take about 5 minutes to reach
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absorbent paper to allow any excess grease to drain. They may
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Some of the sights along the Buffalo Valley Rail Trail
can transport people to a different time and place.
Riding the rail
trail more fun
than you think
S
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ridden a bike in 35
years.
“I didn’t expect to like it,” Dinsmore, of
Lewisburg, said. “I never dreamed that I
would like it as much as I do.”
Part of the allure has been riding Union
County’s Buffalo Valley Rail Trail, a
nine-mile stretch of paved and gravel
railway bed that has become a portal to
the healthier lifestyle many of us in the
area crave.
“It’s just an interesting place,” Dinsmore
said. “It’s beautiful. We’re just very lucky
to have this in our area.”
The BVRT, completed in 2011, offers
bikers, walkers, and others a protected
site, away from engine noise, exhaust
fumes and distracted motorists.
Paralleling Route 45 between Lewisburg
and Mifflinburg, it borders working
farms and camera-worthy fields, flowers,
and trees.
“I like seeing the seasons and the subtle
changes in the landscape over time,” said
Sam Pearson, chairman of the BVRT
committee. “You get these incremental
glimpses of what the landscape looks like
over time.”
“Townies” enjoy a chance to watch
field corn grow from a hint of green,
to towering plants with silken tassels,
to crisp, yellowed stalks perfect for
continued on page 24
It’s just an interesting place. It’s beautiful.
We’re just very lucky to have this in our area.
Rail Trail Tips:
» Riding from Mifflinburg to
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The prevailing winds are at your
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continued from page 23
A bridge along a scenic creek
makes a good stopping place
to look for birds and turtles.
Halloween decorations. For two-years,
Dinsmore enjoyed seeing a cheery field
of sunflowers just outside of Mifflinburg.
When they were replaced the third year
with a swaying rows of grain, she recalled
learning that farmers must rotate crops.
“You realize, they really do that,” she
said.
Beyond the agricultural lessons,
Dinsmore appreciates the unexpected
delights she encounters on the trail and
roads leading to it.
“I had to stop once because cows were
crossing the road, being led by a little
Amish boy in his bare feet,” she said. “Oh,
he must have been about 5 to 7 years old,
with a big smile on his face. And I had to
sit there and wait.”
Another time, she ran for cover at
Reiff ’s Nursery and Greenhouse in
Vicksburg to avoid getting soaked.
“You can really watch storms coming
in,” she said. She made it to Reiff ’s just
as the skies opened up. “I took videos
because no one would believe me.”
In what she calls the summer of the
Fs, she saw a fire in Vicksburg, a fawn
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“I had not seen a pheasant for years,”
she said.
“There are definitely stretches where,
if you stop, you can just sit there and
listen to the birds,” Pearson said. “When
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Dinsmore once took a picture of the
flag at the Mifflinburg Community Park
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“You finish, and you’ve got endorphins
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good,” Pearson said. “You’ve got that
feeling of satisfied tiredness.”
And don’t forget to reward yourself!
“There are lots of ice cream
opportunities (along the trail),” Pearson
said.
“Oh, I’ve hit them all,” Dinsmore
laughed.
The trail is open to people of all ages
and abilities, whether to walk, jog, bike
or skateboard. The women have even
seen tandem bikes and cross-country skis
on wheels.
“We just encourage people to get out on
the trail,” Pearson said.
“Oh, absolutely,” Dinsmore agreed.
Wayne Miller and Molly Hegenstaller-Miller live near the trail. While Wayne originally
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enjoys biking there with Molly almost every day. They carry bring groceries home
in saddle bags on their bikes, and Molly sometimes bikes to work in Lewisburg.
“Exercise is good for your body. It’s good
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Top left: Residents of Mifflin Place, along the Buffalo
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Rebecca Dressler
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Ask Dressler what her biggest accomplishment is, and
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“My children,” she said.
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Jagger, Dylan and Lennon. She looks to her family for
inspiration and beauty.
“True beauty is kindness, compassion and confidence.
It’s how you are as a person and how you make others
feel about themselves,” she said.
Dressler, who works in a tax and accounting office, said
some of the best advice she ever received involved family.
“When hugging a child, always be the last one to let go –
you never know how long they need it,” she said.
Dressler enjoys photography, working in her flower
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Matthew Pierce
31, Watsontown
The quickest route to true beauty may simply be to unplug,
according to Pierce.
“It’s difficult in our culture for people to take the time to put down
their devices or pause in the middle of the day and experience
an actual conversation. Call me old-fashioned, but with text
messages, emails and all the other instant communications out
there, it’s nice to talk to someone face to face and acknowledge
their personality and emotion,” he said. “Being able to interact
with someone who’s right in front of you and fulfill their needs or
requests and have them walk away happy is true beauty.”
Pierce strives to provide that daily at Blue Heron Sports in Milton,
which offers bait and tackle, sports equipment, paintball supplies
and silk screening. It was a labor of love, inspiring others’ hobbies
while pursuing his own.
“Fishing requires me to do ‘field research,’ so I’m then able to
recommend what works best in which waters and different times of
the year,” Pierce said. “My wife hasn’t caught on yet, I think.”
Pierce and his wife, Amber, have three children: Roman (age 7),
Annabelle (4) and Isaiah (2).
“I’m thrilled to be able to teach my children things I’ve learned
over the years. I pray that we can continue to grow and share in all
the great experiences that life has in store,” he said. “It’s important
for my kids to know their family history and educate them to be
better people. We value traditions, chivalry and family. If that’s all
they take from me, I’ve succeeded.”
Lisa Dooley
23, Sunbury
Life has been busy for Dooley — formerly Laboskie
— who walked down the aisle on June 21.
The director of finance for the town of Bloomsburg,
Dooley says her biggest accomplishment to date was
earning her MBA degree.
“While doing this, our leadership class went on
a Quest trip to Mt. Katahdin, which is a part of the
Appalachian Trail in Maine,” she said. “The 20-hour
hike, getting through Knife’s Edge and managing my
fear of heights while reaching the summit was pretty
big.”
Dooley’s no stranger to the outdoors — suggesting
that many threads of true beauty can be found there.
“Being outside and seeing lightning bugs in the
month of July or in winter when the white snow
covers the ground and tree limbs or seeing a beautiful
rainbow,” she said. “Individually, true beauty is being
your unique self and allowing others into your life to
laugh and love together. Life is too short not to live it to
its fullest.”
It’s a quality she has learned from her family.
“The best piece of advice I ever received is from my
family history of being hard workers and dedicated,”
she said. “Ever since I was young, they told me you
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Elise Robbins
19, Danville
Six years ago, at the age of 13, Robbins moved away from
home to a boarding school. It was an experience that she still
considers her biggest accomplishment.
“Away from home at such a young age allowed me to grow as
a person and take care of myself at a young age,” she said.
Being independent is a lesson she can take from her
grandmother, Carolyn Robbins.
“I look toward my grandmother for inspiration. Her husband
and she started a boat business in Milton almost 60 years
ago,” Robbins said. “Despite the passing of my grandfather
years ago, she has continued to run the business, to this day,
with grace.”
A rising sophomore at Fairfield University in Connecticut,
Robbins loves to keep active.
“One of my biggest passions in life is personal fitness,” she
said. “I go to the gym daily and focus on reaching my fitness
goals and relieving stress. I started playing sports when I was 5
years old and have continued ever since.”
According to Robbins, striving for personal happiness is a key
to being beautiful.
“My personal definition of ‘true beauty’ is loving yourself and
feeling beautiful for the reasons that, personally, make you
happy,” she said. “I think that people who accept themselves
for who they are is truly beautiful. Also, true beauty, to me,
can be found in nature in things that truly are natural and
untainted.”
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Shannon D Agostino
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Someone once told D’Agostino she did not have any
leadership abilities. If only that person could see her now.
D’Agostino is the lead pastor of Calvary Wesleyan Church in
Millersburg.
“Serving as the lead pastor in my home church (where my
dad has served for almost 40 years), working through the
unique transition and being a wife and mommy — that all
feels like my biggest accomplishment to this point.”
Her inspiration through it all?
“The quick answer from any pastor should be Jesus Christ.
However, beyond my close relationship with Christ, I find that
people (of all ages) in our church inspire me,” she said. “Other
moms. Christian leaders. Women in ministry. Friends.”
And when things get especially overwhelming, she turns to
the Bible.
“Philippians 4:13: ‘For I can do everything through Christ,
who gives me strength,’” she quoted. “There are a whole lot
of days when I feel very overwhelmed by everything — trying
to be a good wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, pastor,
substitute, friend, etc. There are days I am sure God could
have called someone else to do this job and do it better than
me. But in those moments, I am reminded of a sweet friend
of ours telling me to claim her life verse of Philippians 4:13. I
hold on to those words tightly.”
D’Agostino lives with her husband, Mark, and 3-year-old
daughter, Mia.
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Barbara Hudock
65, Williamsport
Experiencing “true beauty” can be an experience in itself,
according to Hudock, the CEO and founding partner of
Hudock Moyer Wealth Resources, LLC.
“When we see something truly beautiful, we feel ‘full,’ we
feel complete. True beauty is something that commands
our awe, our attention, our presence and expands our
awareness or our consciousness,” she said. “True beauty
inspires us to be better, be ‘bigger,’ inspires us to reach out
and connect with nature and help other human beings. True
beauty can be art, music, religion, spirituality, a sunrise or
a rainbow — anything that encourages us to connect in
an open and loving way with nature and with other human
beings.”
Hudock has helped her firm become a leader in the
investment industry, recognized by magazines such as
Barron’s and Forbes.
“My biggest accomplishment is the firm we have created
— our fabulous ‘dream team’ that focuses on adding value
and making a profound and positive difference in the lives
of our clients, our team members and our communities,”
Hudock said. “Our clients are unique and incredible people
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Carl Dixson
50, Coal Township
Never heard of a gaming manager of technical field representatives?
Neither did Dixson when he was hired for the position seven years
ago. At that point, no one had heard of the position – Dixson was the
state’s first.
“I oversee live casino floors across the state for technical
compliance,” he said. “I had done different things in the area where I
sold and managed and held my own business, but they were asking
me to take over and run a team for something that didn’t exist. I never
took a position where I had to learn, develop and install a business
model where I didn’t know the industry. It was challenging but also
very rewarding.”
The experience suits Dixson, someone who takes pride in
challenging himself to push limits (like bungee jumping and skydiving)
and staying on the cutting edge of technology. But he also has learned
to appreciate his roots.
“My medicine is blue water and a beer. I love beaches. I’m a huge fan
of the Caribbean and Mexico. However,” Dixson said, “gtoing away to
see other areas gives you a better appreciation for where you’re from.
The mountains around here are gorgeous. People get so busy in their
lives, jobs, family – which is all important – but we don’t always take
time to appreciate what we have here.”
It can be similar in people – and he says is at the core of true beauty.
“Someone can be drop-dead gorgeous on the outside but a horrible
person inside,” he said. “True beauty is a package. It comes from
the inside out. You see it in people who care as much or more about
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Benita Kolman-Solomon
53, Lewisburg
Looking for some quality advice on how to live life?
Look no further than a stick-shift vehicle, said KolmanSolomon, who wears numerous hats — from being a stayat-home mom who doesn’t stay home much to Sunday
School organizer at Congregation Beth El to mediator for
the Susquehanna Valley Mediation center and volunteer
for the Susquehanna Valley Reading Partners, Inc.
“My father always said to learn to drive stick shift and
never buy a car without air conditioning. It took a great
deal of perseverance, patience, loud discussion and a
willingness to set out on my own — and it all turned out
well in the end,” she said. “If one can keep cool, work
through those sticky and sometimes bumpy situations life
throws our way, than usually we get to the other side — or
at least out of the driveway.”
Those learning moments can create a life of beauty,
according to Kolman-Solomon.
“The joy and laughter and even the sadness that my
family and my friends share with me throughout my
journey makes my life beautiful. I would hope this joy
reflects my beauty,” she said. “I believe true beauty is the
reflection of the inner person seen in the people around
him/her and in the actions of that person.”
Kolman-Solomon lives with her husband, Tom Solomon,
and two children, Polly and Avigal Solomon.
Phoebe Faden
33, Lewisburg
People may look at Faden in her professional capacity
first and foremost – she is a property-management Realtor
with Coldwell Banker PennOne.
But she’s also a wife, mother, cook … and knitter.
“Aside from spending time with my friends and family, I
love to knit and cook. I have been doing both since I was
a child,” she said. “I would love to say I knit every day,
but there are not enough hours in the day to do that. I do,
however, cook every day.”
Faden was a stay-at-home mother to son, Otto, and
daughter, Mette, for the past seven years, but went back to
working this past year.
“I enjoy working with people and I love houses, so real
estate seemed like a logical career path for me,” said
Faden. “I strive to be a kind and helpful person to those
around me and to make my little bubble in the world a
happier place to be.”
And what are her biggest goals moving forward?
“To raise our children to be courteous, kind and confident
people,” Faden said. “To travel more … and finish more
knitting projects!”
“I enjoy working with people
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Wes Wagner
46, Middleburg
Some may think an artist would consider beauty as
something to be seen on the outside, but not so with
Wagner, who teaches art and graphic design at Line
Mountain High School.
“True beauty is not superficial,” he said. “It comes
from the heart and makes you appreciate the person
for their essence and how they treat others.
“I think many beautiful things go overlooked. A kind
gesture, a selfless act, a willingness to listen — all are
marks of true beauty.”
Wagner attributes his views on life to his parents,
who inspired his love of art, music and the outdoors.
“My family has always been strongly involved in
music, and of course I thank my mom now in hindsight
for those piano lessons as a young boy,” Wagner said.
“While I was growing up, my parents instilled a deep
appreciation for nature and wildlife as we spent a lot
of time outdoors.”
Wagner, and his wife, Starla, have three daughters:
Brooke, Beverly and Beth.
“I would say that being a great husband and dad
ranks at the top of my priorities. Even though we
often can point to our own career or professional
accomplishments in life, nothing can surpass leaving a
legacy of love and time spent caring for our family.”
Kathryn Landis
31, Mifflinburg
Three-of-a-kind merged with a pair makes a full house —
something the former “Katie” Campbell-Reynolds knows all
too well.
Her three children — Nolan (age 11), Kilee (8) and Mason
(6) — gained a new dad, Andy, and two new siblings, his two
sons — Brysen (9) and Kaden (7).
“We also have two dogs and two cats,” Landis said. “It’s a
busy, crazy household filled with noise and lots of love and
we wouldn’t have it any other way!”
Above and beyond the busyness of handling such a full
house, Landis finds time for a host of hobbies, including
writing, cooking, baking and singing.
“I started singing when I was young with my family in
churches around the area,” she said. “I always enjoyed being
in the choir and musicals in school.”
All of her experiences — and especially her family — have
helped her navigate through a variety of health issues and
shaped her definition of “true beauty.”
“I was raised to look for the beauty in all. Everyone
and everything is a creation of God and therefore is truly
beautiful,” Landis said. “However, I have always had a difficult
time seeing myself as ‘beautiful.’ Four years ago, I was 70
pounds heavier, depressed, and not very happy with who I
saw in the mirror. One of the hardest lessons for me to learn
and remember is that beauty is what you feel about yourself,
not what you see in the mirror.”
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Alec Sheaffer
20, Port Trevorton
Overcoming adversity is just par for the course for
Sheaffer, who made it through three ACL injuries and
persevered as a walk-on redshirt freshman diver at the
University of Pittsburgh.
“I was a gymnast my entire life. The first time I ever dived
was when I was a freshman at college,” Sheaffer said.
She went on to place in all three of her events at the Big
East conference championships that year.”
Where did she get her inspiration?
“My brothers (Branden and Nick). They have taught
me the true meaning of perseverance and determination
when the odds are against you,” she said. “My current
diving coach once told me, ‘Replace fear of the unknown
with curiosity.’ My old gymnastics coach has been an
inspiration, too, once saying, ‘Do not pray for an easy life.
Pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.’”
Even at age 20, Sheaffer has seen those qualities play
out in real life.
“I have spent the past two summers at an orphanage
in Cap-Haitien, Haiti. I also spent a month in rural
Vietnam teaching and coaching underprivileged seventh
and eighth graders. These children are truly beautiful,”
Sheaffer said. “They are filled with compassion and
unconditional love despite the unfortunate circumstances
they live with.”
Yaacov Yisrael
33, Shamokin
Diehard football fans may recognize Yisrael from his days
at Penn State or with the Pittsburgh Steelers. More recently,
he spent a season coaching the Shamokin Indians.
“Football has been the navigator of my life, I came to
Pennsylvania because of a scholarship to play football for
Joe Paterno,” he said.
Yisrael lists football among his major accomplishments,
including graduation from Penn State and “making it to the
NFL to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers.”
But football is only a small part of what Yisrael considers
important in his life right now.
“My biggest accomplishment is knowing the Creator of
Heaven and Earth. Also meeting my wife Jill Yisrael, my son
Jahzeel Yisrael and learning my heritage,” he said.
Yisrael has changed careers to medical sales and
insurance for more security for his family and retirement
purposes. Boosting that business is one of Yisrael’s goals
moving forward.
“I’m looking forward to loving my wife and family, Taking
a trip to West Africa with my family, raising my son to know
the Creator of the Heaven and Earth, growing my business
and helping others,” said Yisrael.
The best piece of advice he’s received?
“Work hard and good things will happen,” Yisrael said.
“I received that from my high school basketball coach Ed
Molitor.”
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Amy Spencer
33, Watsontown
Want to see something beautiful? Saddle up and take a
trail ride with Spencer, a horseback-riding instructor and
horse trainer at her family’s Spencer’s Farm and Feed.
“I find a lot of beauty in nature. God has made some
truly amazing things for us,” she said. “True beauty to me
is much more than looking good. Although the looks are
our first impression and help create that spark, the true
character of the person takes over and becomes what’s
truly real.”
Spencer’s life revolves around the horses she so
emphatically loves.
“I do a variety of horse-related tasks daily as we offer
boarding, lessons, training and sell Tribute feeds,” Spencer
said. “My mom has always had a love for horses and she
and dad supported me and my sister’s love for them from
a very young age. We kind of took our love of horses and
ran with it. We both have our own horse-related businesses
now.”
All the work that goes with horse raising has been well
worth it, according to Spencer.
“My biggest accomplishment to date I suppose is having
my own business that I truly enjoy and love – and it pays
the bills,” she said. “Although someday, I hope a wonderful
husband and a couple of great kids will top my list. My
parents have truly set a great example for all us kids!”
Cheryl Clayberger
60, Selinsgrove
Sources of inspiration are never a problem for Clayberger,
who loves to find encouragement from music, poetry and
other, more inward, reflections.
But a piece of advice she found on a tea tag provided her
greatest revelation.
“It said, ‘the human spirit is stronger than anything that
can happen to it,’” she recalled.
The phrase has become a theme for Clayberger, who
prides herself in being independent – both personally and
via her business ventures. She owns Personal Preference
salon behind Ritas in Hummels Wharf and works in the
jewelry department of Kohl’s.
“I enjoy helping people, making them look better, making
them feel better,” she said. “It makes me feel good to help
others.”
Clayberger has been doing it on her own for quite a while.
She was divorced when her now-28-year-old daughter was
4.
“I was raised where my father was the caretaker – the
provider. It was hard for me to realize I could do it on my
own,” she said. “But I found a way to raise my daughter and
keep up with other things that needed done. I learned it is
important to always be able to depend on yourself, because
if you depend on others they very well could let you down.”
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years later.
But the howling was the work of Indians, not wolves.
During the night, a large war party had surrounded the fort
and Indian warriors had imitated the wolves. Watts didn’t
know this, and “when about 90 yards from the fort, he was
seized by … a Seneca chief who wished to make a prisoner
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the re-enactors begin firing their flintlocks. That’s because
the killing of James Watts holds special interest for the retired
health and physical education teacher.
“He was my fifth great-grandfather,” Watts says.
“This was not an isolated, run-of-the-mill attack,” says
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the homeland of the Iroquois Indians. By
attacking Fort Freeland and other places
along the West Branch, the British were
“attempting to divert Sullivan from going
north,” Swartz says. But Sullivan ignored
them, “and the attack on Fort Freeland
took place while Sullivan was still in the
Wyoming Valley.”
Swartz and his wife, Debbie, are
re-enactors who regularly make the
300-mile round trip from their home in
Keedysville, Md., to take part in Heritage
Days, which attracts as many as 2,000
people.
Swartz narrates the battle, much of
which takes place in a field along the
Warrior Run, east of the Warrior Run
High School. Scores of spectators line the
hillside to watch re-enactors portraying
Pennsylvania militia soldiers led by Capt.
Hawkins Boone attack a larger force of
American Indians and Tory rangers. The
militiamen are unsuccessfully attempting
to rescue the defenders of Fort Freeland,
who had surrendered before Boone’s men
arrived.
Debbie Swartz portrays Turtle, a Seneca
Indian woman from New York’s Genesee
Valley who accompanied Cornplanter,
the Seneca chief who led the attack
on the fort. Armed with her flintlock,
Debbie once took part in the fighting,
but in recent years, she has joined other
native women who go through the
crowd and relieve (prearranged) women
spectators of valuables.
“And then we take a couple of captives,”
she says.
Re-enacting the battle is a perennial
attraction of Heritage Days, a two-day
festival that emphasizes a wide variety
of activities and all-but-lost arts and
skills that once were essential parts of
frontier life. Well-trained participants
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“Everything we do here has to do with the
heritage of this area right here.”
She and husband Randy are cochairmen of Heritage Days this year.
“As you sense that connection with
heritage, it grows within you,” Randy
Watts says. “It’s the foundation of what
you’re about, and you want that to carry
on to future generations.”
As interesting as the craft
demonstrations may be, the re-enactment
of the battle remains a top attraction.
A British force of perhaps 200 Indians
and 100 Tories attacked the well-fortified
Freeland farm that settlers from New
Jersey had established in the early 1770s.
Members of some 13 families had come
to the fort for safety. On the morning
of July 28, there were 51 women and
children and perhaps as many as 35 men,
many of whom were militia troops sent to
Fort Freeland by Col. Samuel Hunter, the
commandant at Fort Augusta in Sunbury.
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Freeland. He is a direct descendant of James Watts, who was killed by a Seneca
Indian during the battle’s opening minutes. The annual Warrior Run-Fort Freeland
Heritage Days takes place on the site on the first weekend in October.
Susquehanna River Valley.
“It’s local history,” says Alan
Hackenberg, a re-enactor who is the field
commander of the Augusta Regiment.
On which side do the Augusta reenactors fight? “Sometimes we’re the good
guys and sometimes we’re the bad guys,”
Hackenberg quips.
The “good guys” that Hackenberg
mentions were Boone’s militia soldiers.
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many people as I thought I could, and try
to get them interested in things around
the state that people don’t know about.”
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F rom Here To T here | by Susan Field
What goes around
comes around
State College native living in Ireland
promotes coming PSU-UCF game
M
atthew Craig’s
life has come full
circle. The State
College native, who grew
up immersed in the Penn
State football culture, has
lived in Ireland for the last 11
years.
He is a board member of the Irish
American Football Association,
promoting American football on the
Emerald Isle.
His latest mission is to help the Gaelic
Athletic Association promote the Croke
Park Classic, where the University of
Central Florida Knights will host the
Penn State Nittany Lions on Aug. 30 in
Dublin.
“When I heard about Penn State and
UCF coming over, I jumped on board,”
said Craig, who lives in Ballymena, two
hours north of Dublin, with his wife, Jill,
and his 5-year-old son, Zachary. “As a kid
who grew up in the shadows of Beaver
Stadium, to now be promoting Penn State
in Ireland is pretty neat.”
Craig’s promotional efforts have
included trips to State College and
Orlando, Fla., promoting the game with
both sets of fans. He’s also promoted the
game in Ireland. “I’ve gone around the
city in Penn State gear. It’s pretty cool
being a 36-year-old guy going around the
city in a No. 14 jersey trying to look 20,”
Craig said with a laugh.
The inaugural Croke Park Classic is the
first time that either UCF or PSU have
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played outside the United States. “This
game will be a fantastic opportunity for
both teams to raise their profile and boost
their global brands,” Craig says. “It’s a
wonderful experience for the players, and
fun for fans.”
Approximately twenty-thousand
Americans are expected to attend the
game in a stadium that holds 69,000.
There will be a pep rally in Dublin Castle
the night before the game, but not the
kind of traditional tailgating that Penn
State fans are used to. Croke Park is
located in center city with no parking.
Craig says it’s a challenge to explain
Penn State tailgating to people in Ireland.
He asks, “How do you explain to someone
that a small town with agricultural roots
(State College) turns into the third-largest
city in Pennsylvania on game days?”
For someone who graduated from State
College Area High School and attended
Penn State before transferring to West
Chester University, Craig is the perfect
ambassador for Penn State football in his
adopted homeland.
It’s a wonderful
experience for
the players, and
fun for fans.
Craig went to Ireland in 2003, the
same day he graduated with a degree in
elementary education from West Chester
University. While attending West Chester,
he met his future wife, and the two
decided to settle in Ireland after college.
In his late 20s, when Craig began to miss
home and the Penn State football culture,
he joined an American football league as
a receiver. “I started playing for fun, then
got far more involved in it. I realized my
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The Six Degrees of Matt Craig
Read on to see how Craig’s connections to the Croke Park Classic come full circle.
• Penn State connections: Craig is a State College native, a graduate of State
College High and he attended Penn State early in his college career. Being
homesick for the Penn State football culture inspired Craig to join a football
league in Ireland, which led to his involvement in IAFA, the GAA and the Croke
Park Classic. Penn State football games were a big part of Craig’s youth. The
Croke Park Classic will be his son’s first Penn State game.
• University of Central Florida connections: Craig’s mother, a former criminal
justice instructor at Penn State, now teaches criminal justice at UCF. She will be
attending the Croke Park Classic. The American football team Craig manages in
Ireland also is called the Knights and has the colors black and gold.
• Pittsburgh Steelers connections: The black-and-gold jerseys Craig’s team wears
were donated by Dan Rooney, chairman of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the early
’90s. At the Croke Park Classic, UCF and PSU will be playing for the Dan Rooney
Trophy, named for the former U.S. ambassador to Ireland and supporter of the
GAA.
I miss the
summers. I miss
the Pennsylvania
winters. I miss
the snow.
love for the sport and realized I could
help develop it,” he said. He was asked to
join the national governing body (IAFA)
and to help develop a youth system. Now
Craig is the chairman of a team called the
Knights with the colors black and gold,
the same as UCF.
Craig is pleasantly surprised at how big
American football has become in Ireland.
“American football here is one of the
things that crosses the divides; religions,
social classes — it’s something different,”
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he said.
Though he enjoys living in Ireland
and the work he does there, Craig still
misses Pennsylvania. “I could use more
sunshine. A lot of people love Ireland’s
green-grass concept, but it requires a lot
of rain,” Craig says. “I miss the summers.
I miss the Pennsylvania winters. I miss
the snow.”
Right: Matthew Craig in his No.
14 jersey promoting Penn State’s
appearance in the Croke Park Classic.
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teaching children as many safety/lifesaving skills as many times as we
can. DACC Swim Lessons are available at a member/nonmember fee.
Please ask if you need assistance with the fee. We’ll try to help.
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Furmano’s strong on legacy
by John L. Moore
F
urmano’s, the foodproducts company
based in Point
Township, has come a long
way during the past nine
decades without veering far
from its roots.
Back in 1921, founders J.W. and
Emma Furman used the kitchen stove
in their farmhouse to prepare 360 jars
of tomatoes. Ninety-three years later,
the family owned company still raises
tomatoes in its own fields, but employs
more than 200 full-time workers and
annually processes 50,000 tons of
tomatoes, which it markets under the
Furmano’s label.
“We’re a small company on the verge of
being big,” says Chad Geise, president,
CEO and chairman of Furmano Foods.
Geise also happens to be a great-
Welcome to
grandson of J.W. and Emma. His office,
located in a renovated farmhouse,
occupies a room that was once the
bedroom of his grandmother, Elnora
Furman Geise.
Members of the first and second
generations who served the family
business have all passed away. The last
member of the second generation,
longtime CEO Foster Furman, died in
2006 at age 95.
In recent years, many third-generation
members of the Furman family have
retired. “There are two who are still
employed full-time,” Geise says.
Although several others continue to
work on a part-time basis, David Geise,
a third-generation family member who
served as president and CEO for many
years, has fully retired, his successor
says.
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in the company,” says Geise. They range
in age from their mid-50s to their 30s.
Geise, who is 33, says he started
working for the company when he was
11. His first job involved tending crops
for a roadside stand near Lewisburg.
During his college years, he spent
summers as an intern at Furmano’s.
Following graduation from Penn State
University, he obtained an MBA from
Duke University.
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During his seven years at J&J — a
company he says has “great values” —
Geise worked in consumer products,
finance and mergers and acquisitions,
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“I enjoyed myself there,” Geise says,
and adds, “For a while I didn’t see myself
coming back to the company.”
While employed by J&J, he lived in
suburban Philadelphia. Meanwhile,
back in Point Township, in 2007, as
David Geise completed his 30th year
as president and CEO of Furmano’s,
company leaders began discussing the
question of locating a successor.
In 2009, Chad Geise decided to return
to Furmano’s. In 2011, he was selected to
succeed the older Geise, who is his father.
In 2012, he became president, and last
year he became CEO and chairman.
As this suggests, being away from
Furmano’s doesn’t hurt a family member’s
chances of returning to the fold. “Family
members need to work outside the
company for at least three years,” Geise
says. To come back, they need to show
“that they have the skill sets needed” to
help the company.
With its centennial year — 2021 — less
than a decade away, Furmano’s faces the
short-term future with confidence.
“Our goal is to continue to grow and to
continue to expand,” Geise reports. “Now
we’re selling nationwide in food service.”
He explains that although its consumer
retail products — tomatoes and cut
beans — are sold principally in regional
markets, products targeted to foodservice customers have found acceptance
in schools, prisons, health care and other
institutions across the country. These
products include a variety of beans
and tomatoes that come in large cans
weighing more than six pounds.
Furmano’s has found the food service
market so promising that “over half of
our product are in dry beans,” Geise says.
Although the green beans that
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Spreck e n sie Pe nnsy lva ni a(ish)? | by Cindy O. Herman
Do you have a
Pennsylvania accent?
C
oulda, shoulda …
better woulda?
There’s no denying we here
in central Pennsylvania have some
unique ways of expressing thoughts and
pronouncing words. We might could take a
lesson from our fellow citizens to the north
and south.
Might could. That’s an expression I learned
from a former neighbor of mine who hailed from
Alabama. The ladies in my rural neighborhood liked to
walk together, and Miss Alabama would say, “We might could
walk tomorrow if it doesn’t rain.” Only she didn’t say doesn’t, as
in DUZ-int. In her sweet, Southern twang, she said DUH-int.
Funny how the place you grow up in shapes the words you
speak. Another neighbor who had grown up in the Boston area
joined our daily jaunts. She’d say, “The neigh-bahs can walk
tomahrah if it doesn’t rain.”
And our local-born neighbors would say, “We should take our
umbrellas along, just in case. We better would.”
Only they didn’t say um-BRELL-as, like the rest of the nation.
They said it the Pennsylvania Dutch way: UM-brellas.
I recently met a very nice woman from New York. Naturally,
my husband and I teased her about her “New Yahker” accent.
But she turned the tables on us by pointing out our big
Pennsylvania accent.
Pennsylvania accent? I didn’t know there was such a thing!
I challenged her to give me an example. With no effort
whatsoever, she rattled off three:
 Land. This is tough to get the pronunciation on paper, but
apparently we here inside Pennsylvania say a flat-out, short-a,
land, while elsewhere people add a little lilt action to that “a,”
almost a lay-and effect.
 Orange. Do you say AR-ange or OR-ange? New Yahkers go
with OR, while we Pennsies tend to be AR-ange people. (And
when you hear Bucknellians in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, sing
their fight song, “Yay for the orange and the blue,” listen for the
beautiful blending of the ARs and the ORs.)
 County. This one took me by surprise. I was sure my new
New York friend would laugh at the Pennsylvania Dutch way of
saying cahn-tee instead of cown-tee, but what gave her a chuckle
was not the pronunciation of the vowels but the near-absence
of the “t” sound. I said it out loud a few times, laughing when I
realized she was right. Try it: Union Cow-nee, Snyder Cow-nee,
Cow-nee Fair — we almost never hit that “t” very hard, do we?
Right then and there I decided it was more of a silent “t,” after
all. Practically optional, really.
The great thing about language is that we all think we’re doing
it right … even when we’re fehunst as all get-out and might
could be giving others some good, inward giggles.
Can you sprecken sie “Pennsylvania(ish)?”
better would – ought to
AR-ange – orange, pronounced the Pennsylvania way
might could – can, could (Southern)
cow-nee – same as a county, but with
the recently invented silent “t”
UM-brella – same as an um-BRELL-a, only Dutchified
land – when spoken with a flat-sounding
“a,” it’s Pennsylvaniaish
fehunst – messed up, mixed up
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Furmano’s kitchens use the dried beans
as raw materials when preparing such
items as kidney beans or spiced chili
beans.
Furmano’s has begun offering its food
service-line in plastic pouches rather
than metal cans, a move that institutional
customers like because the pouches
weigh less than conventional packaging,
and thus cost less to ship. They are also
easier and safer to open, and generate less
waste.
In the foodservice sector, “we were the
first company in the nation to bring our
(bean) products to market in a pouch,”
Geise says.
Whether diced, crushed or as pizza
sauce, canned tomatoes remain
Furmano’s top retail product.
“Eighty percent of our tomatoes come
from Pennsylvania,” Geise says.
About 40 percent of these tomatoes
are grown in fields located less than a
20-minute drive from the Cannery Road
plant, which Geise says “is the only
Eighty percent of
our tomatoes come
from Pennsylvania.
tomato-processing facility that we use.”
With Pennsylvania farmers producing
most of Furmano’s tomatoes, the
remaining 20 percent come from
growers in Delaware, Maryland and New
Jersey. “These are all family farms,” and
Furmano’s tomato products “are from
trusted family farms,” Geise says.
At Johnson & Johnson, some of Geise’s
work involved mergers and acquisitions.
Asked if any acquisitions may lie ahead
for Furmano’s, the executive says, “We’re
looking. … We don’t have any plans for
the next year or two, but acquisitions are
a possibility.”
With more than 200 regular employees,
“we’re processing year-round. We’re
working in three shifts five and six days a
week,” Geise says.
“A lot of other processors run their
plants seven days a week,” but with family
members at Furmano’s deeply committed
to Christian values, this won’t happen at
the Point Township plant.
“We’re closed on Sunday,” Geise says.
“That’s always been part of our family
philosophy.”
One of Geise’s tasks as Furmano’s top
executive will be to involve the greatgreat-grandchildren of Emma and J.W.
as fifth-generation members of the
company.
“The oldest just graduated from
college,” Geise says. The young man has
spent summers at the company as an
intern.
There are also “some who work out in
the fields,” Geise says.
“Our whole goal is to help them get
an understanding of our company” as
well as the family legacy, traditions and
values, he says.
At least one member of the fifth
generation is just too little to know much
about the company at all. That’s Geise’s
daughter, who was born in February.
“Her name is Emma in tribute to her
great-great-grandmother,” Geise says.
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August 21-28
76th ANNUAL MONTOURDELONG COMMUNITY FAIR
Route 254, Washingtonville
Old-time, small-town festival featuring livestock, crafts, food vendors, tractor pulls, entertainment. New this year: Great Monster
Beef Challenge (eating contest, August 13)
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CENTRE COUNTY GRANGE FAIR
Grange Fairgrounds, Centre Hall
Concerts, rides, food, games, competitions.
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75th LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES
Howard J. Lamade and Volunteer stadiums, South Williamsport
Four teams will be eliminated from advancing in the tournament by virtue of losing their
first two games. Those four teams, two on
each side of the bracket, will play “crossover”
games – U.S. team vs. International team. This
is the only time in the tournament, except the
World Championship and consolation games,
U.S and International teams oppose each other. All teams will play at least three games at
the World Series, and all 32 games will be televised by the ESPN family of networks or ABC.
(570) 326-3607, www.LittleLeagueMuseum.org
August 16
22ND ANNUAL PIONEER DAY
10 a,m. to 5 p.m.
Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine,
19th and Oak streets, Ashland
Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train in
Ashland will hold its 22nd Annual “Pioneer
Day” in celebration of its 52nd anniversary; variety of special events will be held in
Higher-Up Park adjacent to the Tunnel.
(570) 875-3850, www.pioneertunnel.com
August 17
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER ARTS
PLEIN AIRE SHOW
Noon to 5 p.m.
O’Donnell Winery, 25 Hayes Road, Berwick
Join the Susquehanna River Artists “in the
open air” for an afternoon of art, wine and
food. Fare from Smokehouse Bar-B-Q
in Benton will be available for purchase;
O’Donnell Winery will provide wine pairings.
Free
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August 22-24
MIDDLECREEK VALLEY ANTIQUE
ASSOCIATION’S 18TH ANNUAL
MACHINERY SHOW
Old Colony Road, Selinsgrove
Exhibits and demonstrations of numerous antique equipment items from rural Pennsylvania,
flea market and craft items, food vendors,
Minneapolis Moline tractors and equipment and Stover Hit and Miss engines.
(570) 374-9420, www.mvaapa.org
August 23
44th ANNUAL NEW BERLIN DAY
ANTIQUES, ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOW
9 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine
Town Square and Firemen’s Field, New Berlin
Antiques, collectibles, arts, crafts,
food, museum tours.
(570) 66-2677, www.newberlinpa.com
August 21-23
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY FAIR
3-9 p.m. Thursday, Friday; 9
a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday
Tall Cedars of Lebanon #65 Grove,
522 Seven Points Road, Sunbury
Contests (bale stacking, water hauling, nail driving, corn shucking, etc.), animals, goat show,
art contest, food, entertainment and vendors
(570) 286-5131, www.northumberlandcountyfair.com
September 6
ANNUAL FALL ARTS & CRAFTS FESTIVAL
Mill Street, Danville
More than 100 crafters and artisans from throughout the state.
Free parking, shuttle service, and admission.
(570) 284-4502, www.visitdanvillepa.org
September 6-7
RIVER TOWNS CYCLING CLASSIC
Danville
The Mon-Tour bike races have been reborn as the 2014 River Towns Cycling
Classic. Rides, races and demonstrations.
Register with Active.com; www.rivertownsrace.com/races
August 22-23
September 7-13
WASHINGTONVILLE FIRE
COMPANY FESTIVAL
9 Strawberry Ridge Road, Washingtonville
Cake wheel, soda ring toss, 50/50 raffles, kids activities, crafts, food and more.
Activities start at: 5 p.m. Friday; 3 p.m.
Saturday. Bands both evenings.
Free
(570) 437-2069, www.washingtonvillefireco.org
123rd ANNUAL McCLURE BEAN
SOUP FESTIVAL AND FAIR
Route 522, Cold Springs Grove, McClure
Bean soup made according to Civil
War recipe, parade, garden tractor pulls, fireworks, entertainment.
Free.
(717) 543-5467, www.mcclurebeansoupfair.com
10th ANNUAL CENTRAL PA VINTAGE
IRON CLUB FALL FESTIVAL
Laurelton
(570) 412-7307
September 12-20
MILTON HARVEST FESTIVAL
Various locations throughout Milton. Street
festival, bike race, parades, princess pageant and the Tomato Bowl football game.
(570) 713-5761, www.miltonharvestfestival.com
September 14-20
86th ANNUAL BEAVER
COMMUNITY FAIR
Routes 522 and 235, Beaver
Fairgrounds, Beaver Springs
Agricultural exhibits, baking contests, games, midway attractions, livestock and farm competitions.
Free parking;
Free on Sunday; $3 Monday through
Saturday; $13 weekly pass. Age 5
and under free. Free parking.
(570) 658-4963, www.beaverfair.org
September 20
SECOND ANNUAL LAKE AUGUSTA
WINE & BREW FESTIVAL
2-6 p.m.
On Lake Augusta, entrace Front
and Chestnut streets, Sunbury
Wines and brews, music, food vendors
Tickets: $30
(570) 286-7768, wwwsripa.com
September 20-27
159TH ANNUAL BLOOMSBURG FAIR
Bloomsburg Fairgrounds, Bloomsburg.
Largest agricultural fair in Pennsylvania and
one the largest on the East Coast. Food vendor, more than 1,400 animals; Grandstand performers include Chris Young, ZZ Top, Little Big
Town and cast members from “Duck Dynasty.”
Cost: Regular admission $8
(570) 784-4949, www.bloomsburgfair.com
September 27
36th ANNUAL SELINSGROVE
MARKET STREET FESTIVAL
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Market Street, Selinsgrove
Crafters, civic groups, food,
games, entertainment.
(570) 541-1932, www.selinsgrove.net
October 2-5
33rd ANNUAL COVERED BRIDGE
AND ARTS FESTIVAL
391 Knoebels Boulevard, Route 487, Elysburg
More than 350 craft vendors, more
than 35 food vendors, agritourism fair
and bus tours of covered bridges.
Free parking, free admission and free entertainment.
(800) 847-4810, www.itourcolumbiamontour.com/events/covered-bridge-festival
October 3-4
OKTOBERFEST
1-11 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 10
p.m. Saturday, rain or shine
VFW Fairgrounds, Route 45, Mifflinburg
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Beer, wine, German bands and dancers, hayrides, German food, keg toss
Free parking
(570) 966-1666, wwwoktoberfest.mifflinburgpa.com
October 4
12th ANNUAL CHILLI CHALLENGE
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Bike 19.3 miles through Montour and Columbia
counties , paddle 2.2 miles around Lake
Chillisquaque and then run 4.7 miles along
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part of a 2, 3 or 4-person ironman team.
Check-in: 7-8:30 am.
Cost: $45 individuals; $80 two-person teams; $105 three-person teams;
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WARRIOR RUN-FORT FREELAND
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9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. October 4, 11
a.m. to 5 p.m. October 5
246 Warrior Run Blvd., Turbotville
Colonial foods, crafts, demonstrations
and lectures that help visitors learn about
the lives of the area’s early settlers.
Adult $6, students $2, under age 5 free.
(570) 538-1756, freelandfarm.org/heritage-days; email [email protected]
October 10-12
29th ANNUAL BUFFALO
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8030 West Branch Highway, Lewisburg
Antique tractors, gas engines and cars; demonstrations of antique farm machinery; homemade sausage, scrapple, apple butter and apple dumplings; kiddie peddle pull; antique
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(570) 538-2741, (800) 5257320 www.bvama.net
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NED SMITH CENTER FALL
FAMILY FUN DAY
176 Water Company Road, Millersburg
(717) 692-3699, www.nedsmithcenter.org
October 11-12
SHADE MOUNTAIN WINERY
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Route 104 north of Middleburg
(570) 837-3544, www.shademountainwinery.com
October 10-25 (Fridays and
Saturdays) and October 31
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7 p.m., rain or shine
Route 497 at the Elysburg Valley
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Tickets: $10
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With more than 100 species, roses vary in
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Colors range from whites and yellows to that
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miniature form as well as its normal height.
Roses are just one of the many flowers
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Whichever season you decide to
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They dispense American-made hearing-aid products manufactured
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His son, business owner Emil Feryo Jr., is a 1981 graduate of
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During his years in the field, Emil Feryo Sr. has witnessed the
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Emil Feryo Sr. explained that old-fashioned hearing-aids were
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The senior Feryo explained that to begin the process of getting a
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“Then we do a hearing test on the audiometer.” From that point,
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