The Haseley Herald

The Haseley Herald
2003 Edition
Published annually for Friends and Relatives
Season’s Greetings
Who's Who in the Haseley Clan
Lynne & Scott
Davenport
Stuart & Sue
Miller
Niles
Andrew
Emily
Ruthanne (Ed H's sister) & Ed Rhem
Janet & Ed Haseley
Jack Long (Janet's brother)
Blair
Allan & Kelly
Haseley
Karen
Haseley/
Jeffrey
Dulberg
Jennifer
Scottie & Kim
Erin
Shelly
Emma
Mike
Frankfort/Malik Clan
Gaynor & Hans
Frankfort
Cameron
Mary
Edward
Susan
Patrick
Reese Emily
Happy Holidays from all of us
to all of you
Kat & Steve Malik
Jordan Malik
Andrea Malik/
Steve Roe
Jeff Schenk & Tania Malik
Kristi Schenk
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The Haseley Herald
2003 Edition
Left At Home…Again!
Happy New Year 2003! We were so excited
about the upcoming year and being able to
spend some qual ity time with our family…then on January 2, 2003 off they went to
Disney World and left us home alone…again!
They were gone 5 days and enjoyed riding
Space Mountain, visiting MGM, and despite
the rainy weather had a great time…without
us!
Since one of us is a great swimmer and the
other is a great tumbler and always lands on his
feet, we knew we would be invited to the girls’
birthday parties in mid-January. After all, Erin
was having her 8-year birthday party at an indoor swimming pool and Emma was having
her 5-year birthday party at the Little Gym. We
were looking forward to having a great time at
the parties…but no invitations, no cake, no
party…left at home…again!
Now don’t get us wrong, we love our family. After all, we have a roof over our heads, we
get fed every day and they even clean up our
poop at least once a week. But is it asking too
much to have been there to watch Erin and
Emma soar down the ski slopes in Steamboat,
Colorado, over Valentine’s weekend? Or at
least to have been there when they did an awesome job skiing down the slopes at Snowshoe,
West Virginia, with their friends the Billows
over Spring Break? They said they couldn’t
find skis the right size for us so we were left at
home…again.
Finally in April, the family decided to take a
trip we knew we were going to be going on. We
heard Emma and Erin talk all week about going
to Grandma Janet’s house for the Shad Festival. Imagine that, a whole weekend honoring a
FISH and lots of leftover food to eat…what a
perfect weekend! Of course, it would have
been perfect if our family had taken us with
Allan Haseley Family (1)
them to the Grifton Shad Festival. They had a
We were glad we were left at home this year
great time, but we were left at home…again.
when the rest of the family visited Grandma
Janet and Uncle Jack in R’vlle. They said they
Wow! What’s with all this extra attention?
had fun, but going to the horse races (with BIG
Who are all these people at our house and
horses), and visiting the Millers (and their BIG
what’s the Wachovia PGA Golf Championdog Midnight) and being there during the big
ship? Hey wait a minute, take us with you to the
“Black Out” did not sound like much fun to us.
golf tournament! We like chasing little white
For once, we were
balls around on the
glad they left us at
ground and swimhome…again.
ming in wa ter
hazards. Darn it! We
In August, Erin began
were left at home
3rd grade and Emma
again while our famstarted Kindergarten
ily
and
the
at Charlotte Latin. IsDavenports,
n’t it amaz ing how
Tunstalls, Bil lows,
time flies? It seems
Hensleys and many
like just yesterday we
other friends enjoyed
were teach ing them
watch ing the first
how to spell CAT and
PGA Golf Tour natrying to teach them to
ment at Char lotte’s
make a “Glub, Glub”
Quail Hollow Counsound and constantly
try Club in May.
reminding them not to
Allan, Emma, Erin and Kelly Haseley
give us our whole box
Finally it was sumof food at one time. Now with both girls in
mertime. We would be able to spend lots and
school, it really gets lonely around the house.
lots of quality time with our family. Erin and
Emma would be able to play with us all day and
With the kids back in school, it was time to
give us extra food and attention and we would
bond with Mom and Dad and sleep late in the
all sleep extra late. Wrong again! Between tenmornings and get extra shoulder, back and
nis camps, day camps, drama camps, beach
stomach massages. Wrong again! Between
trips, mountain trips, play dates, member-guest
Dad Allan running the Sports Warehouse Ingolf tournaments, dance, swimming and piano
door Sports Facility and Mom Kelly helping
lessons, etc., they had very little time for us.
out at school and playing interclub tennis and
And these people call us part of the family!
golf (as well as doing lots of laundry), there
That’s ok, we used the extra alone time to catch
was not much time left for us....again.
up on our sleep and personal grooming and
In September it was time for the multi-famtried to break the Guiness World Book of Reily annual Labor Day camping trip with the
cords for the most laps swum in a complete
Davenports, Quigleys, Billows, Hensleys and
circle without stopping.
other families and friends. We knew we were
going on the camping trip because we heard
that the Quigleys (the kind neighbors who feed
us when our family is away) were bringing
their new puppy dog, Blade. Of course, if the
neighbors’ dog was going, we would surely
get invited as well. Wrong again! We were left
at home alone to watch the house.
While the rest of the family was gone
camping, we had some new visitors come to
our house. We were asleep late one night when
some guys entered the house through a back
door and told us Mom’s jewelry and all the
computers and other stuff they had stuffed in
their bags needed to be taken to Santa’s workshop for repairs. Of course, with Christmas
only a few months away we didn’t want to say
anything. We thought at first it was Uncle Harold Haseley stopping by for an unannounced
visit, but was Harold crazy enough to break
into one of his own relative’s house? Of
course, Grandpa Ed always said “They don’t
call him crazy Harold for nothing.” We still are
not sure if it was Harold or someone else, but
we do know the only valuable things they left
at the house were us…again!
Everyone seemed to have fun hiking and
camping and sleeping in tents, but when they
got home they sure didn’t seem happy about
what the guests we entertained while they
were gone had done. Oh well, serves them
right for going off and leaving us at home
alone…again!
We hope you all have a Happy Holiday and
remember to spend lots of quality time with
the WHOLE family in 2004! If you are ever in
the Charlotte area, stop by and visit. Of course,
nobody will be at home but us…again!
Signed,
Smokey (the Cat) &
Goldie (the Goldfish) Haseley
2003 Edition
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Erin's Excursions
This year I’m in 3 rd
grade. My homeroom teachers’ names are Mrs. Gibson
and Mrs. Williams. I am also
in the 3rd grade book club.
There is a new girl in my
class named Heather and she
came over to spend the night.
We are now best friends.
One of my camps this year was camp
Whip-or-Wil. I was in the oldest group: Lovable Lions. We won most creative for our fort
and logo. Another camp was drama camp. We
did a play at the end of the week and I was an
Indian, a chipmunk, and a bush!
We went skiing with the Billows and the
Potts and we went on the Labor Day camping
trip. Our next-door neighbors brought their
new dog Blade. In January we went to Disney
World with Katelyn, my cousin, and I went on
Space Mountain 5 times.
This year I’m in an all girls basketball
league with my friend Ashley. So far it is very
fun. For Halloween I was a
teenage devil and
got 101 pieces of
candy!
I am making a
magazine called
Happy Peo ple
Mag.
— Erin Beck
Haseley
Allan, Erin and Emma at Indian Ladder Trail near Rensselaerville
Allan Haseley Family (2)
An Interview With Emma
What is your name? “Emma, that’s easy.”
How old are you? “5, whatever.”
When is your birthday? “January 22, this is
easy.”
What did you do for your last birthday
party? “Went to Little Gym, but she (Grandma
Janet), probably won’t know what Little Gym
is.”
Who are your best friends,
Emma? “Ellie, Olivia, Haley,
Cailyn, Katherine, Anne Berry,
Ellen.”
What are your favorite things
to do? “Watch TV, play with my
friends, play on our tire swing, coloring, playing with my dolls and Barbies. I like playing
with our next door neighbor’s dog. And I like
playing with my own cat and fish. My cat’s
name is Smokey and the fish is Goldie.”
What grade are you in? “Kindergarten.”
What are your teachers’ names? “Miss Austin and Miss Parsley.”
What do you like about Kindergarten? “Going to PE. I like French. I like Music.”
Did you remember going on any trips this
year? “Going to Disney World with Katelyn,
our cousin. And we went to Atlantis, or whatever it’s called.”
What else have you done this year? “We got
a lot of candy for Halloween. When we went to
Indian Princesses we had snacks and made
crafts. We go on field trips and this year we are
going camping at the Longhouse. Can you
please write I was a Tiger for
Halloween? Can you please
write robbers broke into
our house?”
When did rob bers
break into your house?
“When we went camping.”
Who went camping
with you? “Rory and
Cailyn, our next door
neighbors.”
What did you do on your
camping trip? “We went on hikes, I can’t think
of anything else. Oh yeah, our neighbor’s dog
tried to pull my and Blair’s pants down.”
Anything else you want to say? “I can’t remember a lot of stuff.”
I Love You!
— Emma Haseley
P.S. News flash! Emma just lost her first
tooth.
Vampire drawing by Emma
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Jeffrey’s “Stuff”
I watch and listen to Karen a lot, so this is
what I’ve seen and learned in the last 12
months, beginning in November 2002.
In November (and—give and take a little—like all the other 11 months), Karen has
been knitting, sewing, cross-stitching, stitching
hardanger projects, doing woodworking, devising experiments, doing all sorts of computer
gobbledegook, laying out the Haseley Herald,
creating the Haseley calendar, making Xmas
presents and birthday presents and unbirthday
presents for her family and friends, working on
projects, playing volleyball, mothering her
cats, and so on and so forth. In short, Karen has
been doing a lot of “stuff.”
In November, because Karen left early to
help Janet, I drove to Grifton alone. In Grifton,
Karen worked on the Haseley Herald, knitted,
did “stuff,” and talked to (and played with) her
family and friends. Ruthanne and I cooked
Thanksgiving dinner. Karen talked to me during
Thanksgiving dinner and during one of our
many trips with Janet to Kinko’s to get the
Haseley Herald done correctly. (But mostly,
she talked with Janet.) I drove us back to Maryland, while Karen knitted and talked about
“stuff.”
In December, I drove us to Grifton, while
Karen knitted and talked about “stuff.” In
The Big Kid's birthday celebration in R'ville
Karen Haseley
Grifton, Karen knit ted, did “stuff,” and
talked to (and played with) her family and
friends. Ruthanne and I cooked Xmas dinner.
Karen talked to me during Xmas dinner. I
drove us back to Maryland, while Karen knitted and talked about “stuff.”
In April, I drove us to Grifton, while Karen knitted and talked about “stuff.” In
Grifton, Karen knit ted, did “stuff,” and
talked to (and played with) her family and
friends. Karen talked to me sometime during
Shad Festival. I drove us back to Maryland,
while Karen knitted and talked about “stuff.”
In July and October, I drove us to New
York, while Karen knitted and talked about
“stuff.” Whether in New Hartford or in
Rensselaerville, Karen knitted, did “stuff,”
and talked to (and played with) her family
and friends. Sue and Stuart’s 20th anniversary
surprise party was terrific fun. During the
October trip, Stuart and I went salmon fishing. Naturally, Stuart caught all the fish.
Ka ren talked to me dur ing both trips,
but—except for a wonderful walk around Indian Lad der at Thacher Park—I don’t
remember when. I drove us back to Maryland, while Karen knitted and talked about
“stuff.”
From reading the above lines—and between those same lines—you’ll understand
more reasons for which I love Karen. I’ve seen
and learned that Karen genuinely appreciates
and cares for her family and friends.
Bye, bye—The Big Kid (Jeffrey Dulberg)
P.S. If I just make a few adjustments in the
future, I can use this same entry in the next 50
Haseley Heralds, and I won’t have to worry
about Karen bugging me every year to get it
written.
2003 Edition
Karen’s “Stuff”
Re-read Jeffrey’s (the Big Kid) article and
you’ll know what my year was like. I guess
I’ll have to give J. a little more attention! But
so many CRAFTS and so little TIME!!
In addition to what he wrote, I also went to
Rensselaerville for Labor Day, and I did drive
myself, so I couldn’t knit and talk about
“stuff” on the way L, but I did knit and talk
about “stuff” once I got to R’ville! I got reacquainted with Stuart’s niece, Catherine, and
met her husband and children for the first time.
We also hiked Indian Ladder Trail during this
visit and I decided Jeffrey should hike it when
we returned in October. (Which we did.)
I also drove to Sue’s in November for her
annual open house, and drove back home, to
go to work for two days and then fly to NC to
work on Haseley Herald so it would be finished by Thanksgiving. Since Jeffrey drives
down (by himself, I might add) and I ride
back with him on Sat ur day af ter
Thanksgiving, the HH has to be finished, so I
can knit and talk about “stuff” on the way
back to Maryland! Thanks to everyone for
getting the news in!
Volleyball this past year was disappointing…we didn’t even finish the season. But I
am really looking forward to this year’s season since I am coordinating an age group
team with lots
of friends who
have not played
to gether for
maybe 8 years.
It’s lots of fun
to have “old”
teammates and friends back playing together.
When we were in R’ville over the Fourth of
July, Blair and I worked on the family Christmas orna ments which were given out at
Thanksgiving when all the family was in
Grifton. Last year Emily helped make ornaments; this year it was Blair’s turn and next
year it will be Erin and Emma who will help. I
really enjoy working with my nieces to make
these ornaments. Thanks, girls! It’s nice having the “helping hands!”
Just for the record, Jeffrey and I went to see
Cats! at the National Theater in DC in October,
and I did NOT knit on the way to, or back from,
or during the performance, but I’m sure I
talked about “stuff” at some point during the
day (not during the performance, though!).
I guess that’s about all the additions for
now. Enjoy this year’s copy of the HH and until
next year…..
P.S. If anyone hears from Harold please
keep us posted. Thanks!
— Karen Haseley
Visit www.thehaseleys.com
to view the 2002 or 2003
HH online with
color photos!
2003 Edition
The Haseley Herald
On the Run
This year we have
been busy as usual.
Some ac tiv i ties are
much the same as last
year.
Lynne continues to
teach home bound
students part time and sells real estate. As one
of the Knitwits, she continues to peddle her
knitted handbags and scarves. She and Blair
spent their usual 2 weeks in upstate New York
visiting Rensselaerville and the Millers. While
there, she ran the Boilermaker, Utica’s famous
15K road race.
Two trips to Emerald Isle beach have become annual events. The week in April with
the Millers and the week in June were enjoyed
by all. Blair brought a couple of different
friends and Maw Maw (Scott’s mother) joined
them for a few days.
In August the Salems and Guptons joined
Lynne and Scott for a trip to Rensselaerville.
They took a side trip to Saratoga and had fun
betting on the horses. They also enjoyed a meal
with the Brazilians (see page 16) who were
staying at the Candy Ladies’ House.
The fall found the Davenports still die-hard
UNC fans as they attended several home ball
games in Chapel Hill.
The master bedroom addition downstairs
and Blair’s suite upstairs were completed just
before Christmas last year. The new space is
being enjoyed by all! There are still a few curtains to hang and some finishing touches that
need to be done. The kitchen is being painted
now so the projects sort of overflow into other
rooms.
Several new families joined in on the annual Labor Day camping trip this year. Bear
Lynne Davenport Family (1)
Den Family Campground was the destination
and lots of hiking was done around the Linville
Falls area.
The biggest news is that Scott is a Paw Paw
and Lynne is a Mama Lynne. Both are proud
grandparents of adorable baby Reese, born
Sept. 5. They along with Aunt Blair were lucky
to be able to see her hours after her arrival.
October found the Davenports in Florida 2
out of 3 weekends. First was a trip to Disney
World. It just happened to be Blair’s 8th birthday. Scott attended a few meetings for the
In su la tion Con tractors Association of
A me r i c a b u t
mostly the time
was spent visiting
Epcot,
An i mal Kingdom, and Magic
Kingdom. Then
Blair visited
Grandma Janet
while Lynne
and Scott went
to a dealer
conference at
Sandestin Resort on
the Gulf coast of Florida. They took a trip to
nearby Seaside to enjoy the beautiful weather
and scenery.
Blair continues to stay busy with all her activities- Where does the time go?? She is 8 and
is losing teeth. That toothless grin is almost
gone as her new teeth are starting to fill up her
smile J.
— Lynne Davenport
DAVCO, KLASCO
and Paw Paw
We are in our 9th year
with DAVCO Energy Systems and 2003 has been a
great year in spite of the
sluggish economy. Our business has been very
blessed and construction has held steady and
we have been able to increase our market share
with both insulation and fireplaces. We are
now working on a new showroom/warehouse
for 2004. KLASCO (Kelly, Lynne, Allan,
Scott) is building a new building to lease to
DAVCO and we will triple our showroom
and provide more warehouse space which
we desperately need. KLASCO hopes to
also build some additional commercial
rental property to start preparing for retirement. No retirement any time soon,
but hopefully this will be a good venture for all of us.
The highlight of our year was the arrival of our grand daugh ter, Reese
Emily Davenport. It has been very exciting. We look forward to every chance
we get to spend time with her. She is
very beautiful (I'm just a little prejudiced) and we look forward to the coming
years watching her grow and develop. I’m sure
Scottie and Kim will have all the details for you
in their news.
We hope that everyone has a happy and safe
holiday and a blessed 2004.
— Scott Davenport
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Blair
I am in sec ond grade. I
started school Aug. sixth. Hudson Voughn and Kathryn Scott
are in my class. I went to
Rensselaerville in the summer. I
went to the beach and saw my
cousins there names are Niles,
Andrew, Emily, and Cameron. I went to Disney World Wed. and came back Sun. Oct. 26
was my birthday. I had to spend my birthday on
two air planes it was boring. So I had my b-day
on Halloween. I had 4 friend’s over they went
trick-or-treat ing with me, had cake and
ice-cream, opened presents,
and had a pillow fighting
ghost story’s fantastic slumber party. I’m in brownies
again. I went to dixie stamMonkey pede in Nov. I went to A
drawing DAY AT THE FARM with
by Blair the brownies also. I am doing basketball again I am
not on Hudson’s team but I’m on Taren’s
(Taren is a new girl she’s my friend). My favorite animal is a monkey. I went to the beach with
my 2 friends there name’s are Kate and
Catherine. I took swim team again. I was in a
golf ternament with my dad. I also took golf
lessons and tennis and horse back riding lessons. I am a aunt to Reese Emily Davenport.
I went to Bild-a-Bear with Shelly.
Bild-a-Bear is were you can make a stoffed animal. I made a monkey. First it was just the skin.
Then I got a sound for it. Next I got somebody
to put it in. Then I stuffed him. Next I got a
heart. Then I rubbed the heart to make it warm.
Then I put it in the monkey. Next I gave him a
bath. Then I got close for him. Then I made his
brith crtificet. Finally I took it home.
— Blair Davenport
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2003 Edition
New Twig on Davenport Family Tree
WOW! Is it news
time al ready? It
always sneaks up
on us and we
are late making
our dead line
ev ery year.
We have had
a very newsworthy year in
2003. As you
all prob a bly
know, the Davenports have added a precious,
precious baby girl to the family. Reese Emily
Davenport graced our presence on Friday, September 5th at 1:51 p.m.; she weighed in at 7 lbs.
12 oz. and was 21.25 in. long. She has been a
special reward to finish out a year that we
thought would drag on forever because of the
pregnancy.
Looking back to January, when we first
found out we were expecting, it now seems as
though it flew by. The year for us was full of
planning and preparation along with fun and
anticipation.
After the morning sickness was over, between the doctor visits and designing the
nursery we found some time for us. In May we
took a trip to Chicago to visit some friends.
Neither Scottie nor I had ever been there. Our
friends had planned a full schedule of events
for us. We went to the aquarium, an improvisational comedy show, shopped downtown and
of course went to a Cubs game. We had a great
time in what really is the “windy city”. We hit
the NC beach a couple of times in June, once
with friends and once with family. The family
was from Idaho and had never been to an ocean
beach before.
Lynne Davenport Family (2)
July and August were filled with childbirth
classes, baby showers and even more doctor
visits. The classes were fun; we met other
first-time parents and learned everything from
breathing techniques during labor to changing
diapers.
We were given three baby showers before
Reese was born and one afterwards. We want
to again send thanks to all of those who are responsible for planning such wonderful parties
for us. Tresie Salem and Sherry Moman held a
lovely brunch in New Bern. My sister-in-law
Jenny Roach had a sweet traditional shower for
my family in Reidsville. Our friend Dana
Brush gave a shower for us locally with our
friends in the Raleigh area. Lisa Smith, Beth
Smith, Rosie Smith, and Jennifer Davenport
recently had an after-the-birth shower, which
was also nice since Reese was there to meet everyone. Thanks to all of you, we love you!
We could not have asked for a better pregnancy, labor and delivery. I am ready to do it
again! We have been so blessed in having
Reese. Her name is very special to us because
she is named after our grandmothers: my Nana
Clarice Roach and Scottie’s
Sithy Emily Zaytoun.
Some spe cial memo ries
we have from her birth, aside from the obvious,
was the fact that we waited to be surprised by
the sex of the baby. Hearing the doctor and
Scottie exclaim “it’s a girl” was so wonderful.
Also, I called the date of her birth months before it got here. September 5th is significant
because everything happens to us on the 5th!
For example, we started dating on February
5th. Scottie’s birthday and our engagement is
October 5th. We got married on August 5th.
My dad has a birthday on May 5th. My grandfather Delaney’s birthday is December 5th.
Soon we will have every 5th of the calendar
year used up.
For the rest of the year we are looking forward to every day with Reese Emily. We love
watching her grow and interact with our families, who have been so won der ful and
supportive. I especially want to mention how
great our moms were when we came home
with this baby that the hospital failed to give us
the owner’s manual for! Your help and love
was graciously received and appreciated.
Thanks, moms, we love you very much!
We are ready for the holidays and hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a very
Happy New Year!
— Kim Davenport
Aunt Jennifer
I am afraid I do not have much to write
about this year. I finished my residency in July
and moved back from Virginia and am now
work ing as a float ing phar ma cist for
Walgreens in the Raleigh-Durham area.
I think the biggest news for our family this
year is that I became an Aunt J. I imagine that
Scottie’s news made it ahead of mine in the paper—since babies and weddings usually do.
But I cannot write without mentioning my
Reese. She is a wonderful blessing and I am really happy for my brother and Kim.
I really do not have much else going on, I
guess you get to a certain age and things start to
become routine. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season.
— Jennifer Davenport
2003 Edition
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Millers Roller Coast Through 2003
We rang in the New Year by skiing at Whiteface for a few days in Lake Placid with several
other families. The kids are all snowboarders
but Stuart and I both ski. You have to have an
outdoor winter activity to enjoy the winters in
the north or it is a long, cold winter!
The routine of work, ball games, and practices keeps us hopping. Each season there are
different sports but the car pooling and juggling continues to be our biggest task. Juggling
the kids’ activities is our full time job!
In our spare time, we both continue to have
paying jobs. Stuart is also playing racquetball,
coaching baseball and fishing when he can.
I am a preschool director and the teacher of
the 4-year-olds. The job allows me to work part
time so I have time to volunteer at the elementary school as well and to have a little time to
myself for exercising, lunch, errands etc.
Our 4 kids are at 3 different schools this
year. Niles is in high school, Andrew is in junior high and Emily and Cameron are in
elementary school.
During winter break in February, we went
to the Berkshires to check out a time share and
we bought one in the hopes of using it to trade
for different vacations around the country.
In March, Sue or ga nized her firs t
Longaberger bus trip to Dresden, Ohio. The
group of shoppers and Longaberger enthusiasts enjoyed seeing the basket weavers and had
a nice time seeing the sights.
Our April vacation was spent once again in
Mr. Bosley’s beach cottage at Emerald Isle,
NC. We always love the relaxing visit and it is
great to see and feel that spring is just around
the corner. Stuart’s niece, Catherine Poulson,
and children, Mack and Susie who live in New
Jersey, joined us at the beach this year.
Sue Miller Family (1)
Sue took her annual Mothers Day weekend
retreat with 3 other friends this year. The group
traveled to Rensselaerville where we enjoyed
leisurely breakfasts, gourmet meals and a relaxing time.
In June, Emily and Sue highlighted their
scouting year with a trip to Hershey Park with
the whole troop. Sue decided to stop being a
leader after many years, as many of the girls
were losing interest and it was taking up a lot of
her time. They are still registered Girl Scouts
but as independents.
July brought the 4th of
July
“re union”
in
Rensselaerville with the
Haseley fam ily mem bers
who could get to gether.
Friends from New Hartford
joined us as well.
Stuart and Sue celebrated
their 20th anniversary in July.
They were totally surprised by an anniversary
party planned by Lynne, Janet, Karen and
Sue’s friend Annie, right in the Millers’ own
home. The party was five days before the actual anniversary date, when Lynne was visiting
to run the Boilermaker road race in Utica. That
was the first time S&S can remember ever being really surprised. It was a lot of fun
as family, friends and neighbors helped to
make it a special celebration. The following
week end Stu art and Sue were able to
get away for a quiet weekend to Newport,
RI, for a few nights.
In August, Sue went to the annual Basket
Bee, a Longaberger convention in Columbus,
Ohio. Here she made a decision to grow her
business and to become a branch advisor. She
is in the process of becoming qualified and, if
all goes well, will start 2004 as a branch advi-
sor. This means more paper work but also more
income and the chance to run her own meetings.
After the convention was over, Stuart and
the kids drove out and joined her. We met in
Pittsburgh at Stuart’s brother’s house and celebrated Niles’ 16th birthday at the Pittsburgh
Pirates game. After taking in some sights of
downtown Pittsburgh and getting reacquainted
with Stuart’s high school friends, Mike and
Patty Gilmore and Chris Carlson, we continued re liv ing some of
Stu art’s child hood. We
drove through Marietta
where Stuart grew up and
drove past his old house
and neighborhood, looking up some old neighbors
and taking a tour of his old
house. The kids had to hike
to one of Stuart’s favorite
childhood places called Split Rock, to see if it
still looked the same! The kids were very patient with Stu’s reminiscing.
Sue looked up an old college friend and Stuart called his old elementary school friend who
was able to come down and visit. It had been
30+ years since they had seen each other. We
also toured the Fenton Art Glass Factory
across the Ohio River in Williamstown, WV.
After Marietta, Sue showed the family the
Longaberger Homestead and big basket building that she has been visiting for many years.
The family was as impressed as the customers
she brings out to Dresden, only we did less
shopping than the busload of ladies did!!!!!!
Then we ventured on to an old friend’s to
visit Chrisanne Webster and her two children,
Chelsea and Elliott. Here we had a nice
cookout and celebrated Andrew’s 13th birth-
day. The kids had fun getting reacquainted as
they were infants and toddlers together and
had no recollection of having met each other!
Then on to Cedar Point, another amusement park, where we spent a full day to take in
all the sights and rides.
August found us back into the sports routine, gearing up for the football season. Niles
played varsity football and Andrew played his
last year of Pop Warner.
Labor Day was spent in Rensselaerville where
we enjoyed having Stuart’s niece and family
come again. This time Catherine’s husband, Jim
Poulson, was able to accompany the family.
September began and everyone seemed to
have a good start for the new school year.
November just concluded with Sue’s annual open house. Karen was able to come up
again and to help with the set up. The show has
grown in the years Sue has been doing it. This
year there were over 20 different presenters
and a lot of customers. Attendance was only
slowed slightly by the early snowfall and blizzard conditions the first day of the show. The
weekend was highlighted with a special visit
by three original open house attendees from
the early 90s. These people had moved from
the area and were some of Sue’s first friends in
New Hartford: Pat Presenti, Mary Zwagerman
and Cathy Barry. They came back for a “reunion” and we had a lot of fun and laughs. Our
16- and 13-year-old kids who met each other
as preschoolers had fun reminiscing and driving around to places they went as children: the
Utica Children’s Museum and the zoo!
We wish everyone a healthy and happy holiday and new year. Count all of your blessings
as you never know what to morrow will
bring!!!!!!!!
— Sue Miller
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Review of First Two Harry
Potter Movies
Harry Potter was
a fa mous wiz ard
who lived with
Dorslys. He had a
mean cousin whose
name was Dudly.
H o g wa r t s i s t h e
school that Harry
went to. There are 7
years in Hogworts.
Harry has two best
friends one had Red
hair his name is
Movie reviewer dressed as Ronald Wesly and
Harry Potter on Halloween the other one is
named Hermyanea
Granger. Hermyanea’s parents are muggles. In
the second movie Malfoy is the seeker. A
seeker is the person who captures the snitch.
Harry has a pet owl. Harry is the bravest wizard
I ever saw. He defeated a giant monster snake.
Also he went in to a pit of snakes, went through
flying key’s and stayed alive in a dangerous
checker’s game. It’s Jenny Wesly’s first year in
the second movie. Jenny goes in chamber of
secrets then Hermyanie gets petrified because
she has muggle parents. So Harry and Ron go
an save Jenny. Harry defeated a giant monster
snake by knock ing his teeth out and
Hermyanea was better and Harry saved
Hogwarts. Harry was the hero that day.
THE END
— Blair Davenport
The Haseley Herald
Niles
Hey, I’m Niles. This year was a lot of fun. In
the spring, I played lacrosse. We had an awesome year, we were undefeated. I was on the
Junior Varsity team. We were really good. I
play mid-field.
We went on vacation during Spring Break.
We went down to North Carolina and stayed at
Mr. Bosley’s beach house like we do every
year. Our friends the Younts also came down
and they stayed at the Rhems’ condo. We had
lots of fun down there even though the water
was pretty cold.
During the summer I played in the BULL
(Brine Upstate Lacrosse League) for lacrosse.
We won most of our games but there were only
two other teams. I played midfield and a little
bit of defense. We also went to Rensselaerville
a lot this summer. While we were up there, I
started to learn to drive on the back roads.
We went on a big vacation this summer.
First we drove out and stayed with our relatives
Front row: Mack Poulson, Blair Davenport, Cameron
Miller, Jack Long, Niles Miller
Back row: Andrew Miller, Emily Miller, Susie Poulson
on the Atlantic Ocean, Emerald Isle, NC
Sue Miller Family (2)
2003 Edition
the Mill ers in Penn syl va nia.
Then my mom met up with us
there because she was at a basket
convention in Ohio. I turned 16
and on my birthday we went to a
Pirates game and stayed for the
fireworks after. We also visited my
dad’s old home and met some of
the people he knew that were still
around. We also went to my dad’s
old college roommate’s house for
a day. We went to my mom’s old
friend’s farm. They had a big
black stallion along with a bunch
of other horses they bred. Then we went to see
where my mom was for her basket convention.
We also met her friend that lived in Ohio who
had children named Elliot and Chelsea. Then
we went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
and the Science Museum. Both were really
cool.
We also went to Cedar Point Amusement
Park. It was the biggest park I have ever been
to. There were tons of giant roller coasters. I
rode the fastest roller coaster in the world, The
Dragster. There were also tons of other really
cool rides. We spent one whole day there and
went on most of the rides. It was the highlight
of my vacation.
When I came back home I got my permit
and I am scheduled to have a road test to get my
license on December 3. I am still practicing
parallel parking.
After my vacation, football started. I was on
our school’s Varsity team. We were really good.
I play guard and defensive tackle. I was also on
the punt team the whole year and the punt return, kick off, and kick return teams for part of
the year. We were the best team we had in
years. We beat our rivals Whitesboro
which was a big moment since we
had not beaten them in 10 years and
we also shut out Fulton. It was the
first time they had ever been shut
out. We only got to the second round
of playoffs and we lost a game which
we shouldn’t have to Fulton. We
ended our season with only 2 losses.
It was a great year.
This year I am in 11th grade and I
am having a good year so far. I have a
lot of work but I am getting through
it. I am also playing indoor lacrosse
right now and indoor soccer. This year I got a
big present for my birthday from my Uncle
Allan and his family. I got a paintball gun. It’s
really cool and I play a lot with my friends in
the woods behind our houses. It was a really
big pres ent and I am en joy ing it a lot.
Thank you, Uncle Allan.
— Niles Miller
Cameron’s Clipped
Comments
I went to Water Safari
and Seter Point (Ce dar
Point) and Darian Lake. It
was fun.
My friend, Aaron
Tompkins had his birthday party. It was laser
tag. I also went to
Wood berry (lo cal
swimming pool).
—Cameron Miller
2003 Edition
The Haseley Herald
Emily’s Eggstra
Dur ing the year
2003 I started beading. I bead necklaces,
bracelets, an klets,
and earrings. I use
glass beads. My
aunt Karen got me
into bead ing. My
bead ing name is
E m i l y ’s E x o t i c
Beads. The next
thing I did this year
was that I got my
ears pierced. I got
them pierced at Piercing Pagoda in the Sangertown Mall. I got them
pierced in diamonds. It was on February 1st
2003.
During the winter I snowboarded. Cameron
got a snowboard for Christmas. Cameron and I
raced down the slopes. My sports this year
were basketball, lacrosse, baseball, softball,
gymnastics, and tennis. In gymnastics I have
been working on back handsprings and back
flips.
This year I painted my room. I painted it
tie-dye. The four walls are red, yellow, green,
and blue. The border is tie-dye too.
This summer I went to 4 theme parks. They
are Hershey Park, Darien Lake, Cedar Point,
and Water Safari. I also went to horse camp this
summer. I learned how to jump. Becky said
that I am a natural. Now I am taking lessons
there. Over the summer my 2 guinea pigs died.
I miss them. Their names were Anastasia and
Jeanie.
Cameron and I both got a chameleon.
Cameron’s chameleon’s name is Squiggly. My
chameleon’s name is Do a Little Dance. In the
spring we got chick and duck eggs to hatch
Sue Miller Family (3)
from a farm. We got 44 eggs but only 3
hatched. We had a chick and 2 ducks. The
chick’s name was Early Bird Earl. We named
him that because he hatched early. The 2 ducks
were named Poofy and Penguin Pete. They
were black and yellow. They liked to follow us
around. I had a lot of fun with them but they
had to go back to the farm.
In September I started school. I am in 6th
grade. My teacher is Miss Deuvall. She is really nice. I am also doing flute in school. My
band teacher is Mr. Ferguson. He is also really
nice. The last thing that happened to me this
year is that I tried out for the Christmas Carol
“Scrooge” and I made it. My friends also made
it. Their names are Lauren Boyce and Heather
Matthews.
— Emily Miller
Rensselaerville Presbyterian Church Pulpit
by Emily Miller
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Andrew Achieves Age 13
I’m Andrew and I was 13 years
old on August 5. I had a lot of fun
this year playing sports and going
on several trips. I started 8th grade
in the fall and am taking French.
School is going well; I am an honor
roll student which means my average is in the 90s. All my grades
were in the 90s except social studies. I like 8th grade and am having a
great year. My teacher for social
studies this year was my brother’s
football coach.
In the spring, I played lacrosse
and I was on the modified team for
the 7th and 8th grade. I played mid-field and
was 3rd string. We were a really good team.
During the summer I played in the BULL
(Brine Upstate Lacrosse League) for the 7th
and 8th grade team. My team had a good season
in this league.
In the fall I played Pop Warner football and
was the starting running back. I carried the
football many times. I had 2 touchdowns
throughout the whole season. One I ran for
about 10 yards and another I ran about 35 yards
and broke three tackles. Football is very fun. I
played line backer when I was on defense. It
was my last year in Pop Warner. I am also doing indoor lacrosse and am doing well. It is
very exciting.
During spring break we went to North
Carolina and stayed at Mr. Bosley’s beach
house again this year. We have so much fun
down there. Friends from New Hartford came
too and we played in the sand and in the water. I
had a great time. We also go miniature
golfing down there.
On our summer vacation my dad
and my sister and my brothers and I
visited my uncle Jimmy’ family in
Pennsylvania. They had a pool that we
swam in. While we were there, we
went to a Pirates game. My mom
joined the rest of the family at Uncle
Jimmy’s because she was coming
from a basket convention in Ohio. We
all visited my dad’s old home were he
grew up and met some people that he
knew. Then we vis ited other old
friends of my dad and of my mom. One
of them had a baby horse and a lot of other
horses. Then we went to my mom’s basket convention place and saw how they make baskets.
Next, we went to the Cedar Point amusement park and went on many rides. My dad and
older brother and I went on a ride called the
Top Thrill Dragster, the tallest and fastest
roller coaster in the world. It goes 120 mph and
420 feet high. After this theme park we went to
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Science Museum which were both really cool.
One of the times we went to Rensselaerville
my uncle Allan was there. He gave my older
brother and me four paintball guns. He said
that two are for us and the other two are for my
younger brother and sister or for our friends to
play with us. They were a great present. We
play with them in our back yard and they are really fun.
— Andrew Miller
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Shelly Graduates!
I’m a Tar Heel born,
I’m a Tar Heel bred,
And when I die,
I’m a Tar Heel dead.
Hail to the Brightest
Star of All,
See its Radiance Shine
Reveal all Praises Thine!
Yes, you read it right, I’m singing UNC’s
praises, but only because it is my biggest news
of the year…I GRADUATED!!! I’m now an
official graduate of the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. I finished in August,
obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and
Mass Communication, with a concentration in
public relations. I’m not sure what the future
has in store for me, but I’m pretty sure it is
something exciting. The possibilities are endless – maybe working with a professional
sports team or an advertising/public relations
agency - you’ll have to wait until next year’s
HH to find out! J
That’s my news, there’s nothing else to report, so I won’t bore you any longer. In closing,
I want to thank Mom, Dad, Grandma and
Grandpa for all of your love and support
throughout my college career. Thank you for
giving me the opportunity to become the person you knew I could be. Grandpa, I did it!!
I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday season and a wonderful new year!
— Shelly Rhem
P.S. Aunt Lynne, you were wrong, I didn’t
become a Tar Heel fan until AFTER I graduated! J
Rhem Family (1)
The Haseley Herald
Rhems Roam East Coast
Hello Everyone!
Ruthanne and I continue to hold down
Grifton while everyone else has left (except for
part-time Jan). This past year was our 20th in
Grifton. It’s just hard to believe! Our first
house in Grifton continues to be HOME. I
would have thought we might have moved
around, but Ruthanne and the children wouldn’t dream of it. I will have to say that things
have worked out pretty well!
Ruthanne and I were actually able to get out
of Grifton for a few trips this year. In
February we joined our friends
from Greenville, the Bryants, on a
trip to Florida. While the Bryants
looked for retirement homes near
Melbourne, Ruthanne and I
headed to Key West for a
few days. We joined the
Bryants later for a tourist
visit to Sea World and the
Kennedy Space Center. The
Space Center was an emotional experience as
our visit was only two days after the Columbia
disaster.
In breaking a July 4th tradition, Ruthanne
and I decided to head to the mountains instead
of the beach. The week trip proved to be a nice
change since the temperatures in Grifton were
starting to elevate. In August Shelly and I celebrated my birthday in Atlanta with tickets to
see the Braves play. A side trip to Stone Mountain was fun.
In August Ruthanne and I made the trip
north. After visiting (and dining) with Karen
and Jeffrey, we headed for Boston and Cape
Cod. Oh yes, I had to see another baseball
game, but a baseball game at Fenway Park in
Boston was something special. From Boston
we headed to Rensselaerville. Unfortunately,
the extended driving took its toll on my back. A
pulled muscle made relaxation a requirement
instead of a luxury. As a true gamer, I did join
Ruthanne, the Haseleys and the Millers for the
horse races at Saratoga. I think on my next visit
to Saratoga, I will use Emma’s proven winning
edge in picking the jockey’s colors instead of
looking at winning odds. Thanks, Jan and Jack,
for the hospitality. By the way, Jack, I have finished 2 of the 5 books you gave me to read! On
our way back, a quick visit to Annapolis completed our northern trip.
Of course there was that trip to Chapel Hill
in May. No, we didn’t go to see the big
celebration for Roy! I guess with
Shelly’s graduation, she now is really a “Tarheel”. Thanks to Jan,
Lynne and Mike in sharing our
excitement on graduation day.
Mike continues to stay busy
with school, work, and baseball
in the summer. If you are in Greenville ask for
Mike to wait on you at Ruby Tuesday’s. He will
give you great service; just leave a “big” tip!
Volunteering and part-time work continues
to occupy most of Ruthanne’s and my time.
Ruthanne works part-time at the hospital in the
Standardized Patient Program and volunteers
time with the Grifton Shad Festival and Family
Violence Program in Greenville. I continue to
help the Ayden-Grifton High School athletic
program and still find a little time to play golf
and tennis. All of the activities keep us quite
busy!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
from the Rhems.
— Ed Rhem
2003 Edition
Mike
Well, here we are again, another Christ mas, an other
news let ter. Not much has
changed since last year.
I’m still working part-time, going to school, and playing baseball in the
summer. I am now waiting tables at Ruby Tuesday’s Restaurant in Greenville on the days I
don’t have class. The other days I am still going
to Pitt Community College where I am working on my Associate Degree in Architectural
Technology. I hope to finish up this summer. I
can’t wait to finish school so I can move somewhere new and different.
I have moved to a new apartment on the
other side of Greenville and am rooming with a
good friend of mine who also goes to Pitt. A lot
of students live there and it is closer to the college action.
In the summer I am still trying to play baseball on a semi-pro team here in Greenville. I
did a lot of pitching last summer and hope to do
the same this year.
Guess that’s about all for now. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year.
— Mike Rhem
2003 Edition
The Haseley Herald
Frankforts Travel Abroad
This year Gaynor and Hans can report several memorable events, among which are Tania
and Jeff’s wedding, the addition of another
grandson, more travel abroad, and a family vacation in Myrtle Beach. We are sure that Tania
will provide details of her wonderful wedding
with family in Pinehurst, and the party with
friends in Raleigh.
Mary (our daughter) and Drue Head, after
four sons and a daughter, were blessed with another son. They now have their basketball team
and a cheerleader! We made two visits to
Asheville and stayed with the Heads; the first
trip to help out after Steven (the youngest son)
was born, and the second trip to attend a memo rial ser vice for Hans’ spon sor, Elsie
Richardson, who died this summer at age 97.
Elsie Richardson was responsible for getting
Front row: Vyan Fenwick, Steve Roe,
Jordan Malik.
Back row: Hans Frankfort, Andrea Malik,
Gaynor Frankfort, Treeva Fenwick.
Treeva and Vyan, who live in the UK, are
Andrea's first cousins.
Frankfort/Malik Family (1)
Hans into this country when he came over from
Holland in 1956.
This summer we were able to spend some
time in Myrtle Beach with Susan and Dave
Winningham (daugh ter and son-in-law),
Andrea and her boyfriend Steve, son Patrick
Frankfort, and Nabil Salameh. We had a wonderful time.
We also made two trips abroad. The first trip
was to the UK where we did a lot of sightseeing
with Jordan, Andrea and Steve. We spent about
3 days in London visiting the main tourist spots
including several palaces, museums, and castles. We also visited Stratford-on-Avon and
Warwick Castle (2 days) before we moved on
to Swansea, Wales, where we stayed about 4
days with Gaynor’s family, and visited more
castles. Jordan was a big hit with the family in
Swansea, and he enjoyed the trip immensely.
All of us did. Gaynor and Hans also visited
Holland for about 10 days to be at a 50th wedding anniversary of one of Hans’ sisters. We
met a lot of his relatives at this family reunion:
sisters, nieces and nephews he had not seen in
over 15 years, and their children he saw for the
first time. It was a very memorable experience.
This year we again look forward to having
our children in Kinston over the Thanksgiving
and Christmas holidays. We would like to wish
everyone a very Blessed Christmas and a
Happy 2004.
— Hans and Gaynor Frankfort
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Jordan's Year
Hello everyone! I have done lots of fun
story short, my mom and I
things this year and will show them to you on a
got caught in the London
monthly basis. Have a very, merry Christmas
blackout, and met a reand a happy New Year! Bah Humbug!
ally cre epy guy...
you’ll have to ask me
JANUARY: My mom and I moved to a bigin person to get the
ger house and we had lots of snowstorms. I
whole sordid story! My painting of a house was
love my new house and new neighborhood. I
chosen by Starbucks Coffee to be displayed in
am the leader of the group of kids around my
one of their stores. It is a really big deal.
cul-de-sac and we have a great time.
SEPTEMBER: I started 4th grade and went
FEBRUARY: My baby cousin was born
to Tania’s wedding. I really enjoyed Tania’s
and I took the Disney Cruise with my mom.
wedding because there were lots of kids and I
The cruise was my favorite yet because I knew
got to ride in a limousine. I’m really glad she
every kid in the kids’ club and I got to eat a lot!
got married to Jeff. I really like him and his
MARCH: I finally had a good soccer year
daughter, Kristi, a lot.
and scored four goals for my team!
OCTOBER: My dad coached the best socAPRIL: I turned 9 and had my very best
cer team I’ve ever been on even though we lost
birthday party yet at Battlezone (a laser tag
almost every game except the last when we
area). I had a great time at the Shad Festival and
beat the second best team in the league. I got to
then at the beach with the Haseley clan. I sure
be a “robed archer” for Halloween. I went
hope we can do it again this year!
trick-or-treating with a group of kids I was in
MAY: You won’t believe this, but I got the
charge of.
“Citizenship Award” for the whole 3rd Grade
NOVEMBER: I went on a camping trip to
at St. Timothy’s School.
the
Outer Banks with Uncle Sandy. We got to
JUNE: I went to Camp Sea Gull and had a
sleep on a deserted island. The mosblast. Then I went to England and
quitoes were insanely huge. I think I
Wales with my grandmother, Hans,
got sick from so many mosquito bites.
Andrea and her boyfriend, Steve. It
The next week end I went to my
was amazing! We had such a good
mom’s best friend’s wedding and got
time that I want to go back next
to see a lunar eclipse and play all sorts
summer!!!!!
of fun games around a bonfire in the
JULY: I went to Disney World
dark.
and Kennedy Space Center with my
DECEMBER: I get to be the first
dad and Kat. We got to go to the
Reader
at the Christmas Pageant
landing platform which we had to
which
is
a really, really big deal! And
get a special pass to.
my
mom
and I go to Williamsburg the
AUGUST: I went back to Engweek
end
before Christmas like we alland to be in a wedding. I was a
ways
do
but hopefully this time I
pageboy in my uncle Whit’s wedwon’t
get
sick.
ding in Oxford. To make a long Jordan in England
— Jordan Malik
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The Haseley Herald
2003 Edition
Long Run on a Dog Day Afternoon
We added a new puppy this year. One look
at his black and tan hair and he was instantly
named Guinness. Guinness is Astro’s brother
from another litter. Jordan and Kathleen drove
to the Uwharrie Mountains and picked him out
and he joined his sister a few weeks later. Although Mr. G is now bigger than his sister,
Astro treats him like her puppy, licking the
sand from his eyes every morning and teaching
him the fine of art of tearing up the back yard
and frightening visitors. We thought that if she
had company all day it would tire her out, but
we were wrong. If we could harness those
dogs’ energy then they’d dramatically reduce
our dependence on foreign oil.
Highlight of our year was a 17-day trip to
Europe. Cruising from Barcelona, we went to
the French Riviera, Florence, Rome, Athens,
Mykonos, Santorini, Naples and Malta. It was
great to have time away with Kat from the
day-to-day hassle. The boat was awesome and
we had a great time. Lots of walking and picture taking. Kat was quite Janet-like, armed
with
the
camera constantly. (She
took 20 rolls
of pho tos.)
The highlight of the
trip was Mt.
Vesuvius and
Pompeii. We
hiked up the
volcano and
saw a crater
many times
larger than I
Steve, Kat and Jordan Malik
Frankfort/Malik Family (2)
ever imagined. Pompeii was like walking the
streets in 79 AD. Very impressive and a bit
spooky because everything that was going on
at 1 p.m. was frozen in a time capsule when the
eruption covered the place with 6 meters of
ash.
Kat, Jordan and I also went to Orlando for a
week. Kat got to eat in Cinderella’s castle for
her 40th birthday. J-man reprised my last visit
to Disney when I barfed in my plate at a nice
hotel. He returned the favor at Kat’s birthday
meal in the castle, proving I really did spit him
out. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist that pun.) It was
probably due to me not having him drink more
water during the 100-degree heat/100% humidity. Things only got better and we did the
whole deal from rides at 6 theme parks to fireworks to food. Personally, I liked the Blizzard
Beach water park and Kennedy Space Center
the best. We got the up front and personal tour
where we went right out to the launching pads
for the space shuttle. Extremely cool. No doubt
this trip tested my surgically repaired knees to
the max, as a trip of a lifetime seemed like the
trip of two lifetimes to me.
Faced with the end of our three-year lease
for the business, Kat, Allan, Kelly and I took
advantage of the terrible commercial real estate market and low interest rates and bought a
building in downtown Raleigh. 21,000 SF cost
us about what a new lease in our old space was
going to cost. We moved in May 15 and the day
we moved (which was over 100 degrees) the
HVAC stopped working. It’s been very interesting dealing with landlord issues but will
definitely be worth it in the long run.
— Stephen Malik
Tania
The most
sig nif i cant,
amazing,
wonderful
thing that
happened
this year is
that Jeff and
I ma r r i e d .
Some of you
may have
some leftover HHs
around and
are confused
since we do
not live in
Utah, but I am just trying to make it on the front
cover of the HH as many times as possible in a
three-year span. I had a swing and a miss and
this time I believe I have hit a home run. Jeff is
my partner and yep, soul mate. We had a wonderful honeymoon for about 3 weeks in New
Zealand and Australia.
He is an entrepreneur who has owned his
own business for the last 9 years and owns a
few restaurants in town and is a little picky
about the business I choose because he is ada-
mant that he wants me to stay out of jail. He has
an eleven-year-old daugh ter so I am a
step-mom, a wife, and have changed careers.
I am consulting with MedicalWeb, Steve’s
business, but not working there full-time. I
have started a company called Dagny Diversified, named after the female character in Atlas
Shrugged (my dog is named after the male
character, Galt). I am gathering different clients and trying
t o ma r k e t a
gym bag for
women.
We are going
through our
first Christmas
as a mar ried
couple and we
wish everyone
a won der ful
holiday full of
fam ily times
and laughter.
— Tania Malik and Jeff
and Kristi Schenk
2003 Edition
The Haseley Herald
Andrea
Happy
Holidays!
I hope
this season finds
everyone
in good
health
and full
of hol id a y
cheer. This has been a year of normal life, highlighted with some memorable events.
After a busy spring at work, a vacation was
definitely in order. Mom, Hans, Jordan, Steve
(my boyfriend) and I took a “European Vacation” in the classic Chevy Chase style. Of
course, we saw all the highlights (Big Ben,
Westminster Abby, London Eye, Buckingham
Palace, Trafalgar Square, Tower of London,
Windsor Castle, Warwick Castle, Swansea,
and Mumbles), and had the luxury of all staying together in a one-bedroom apartment in
London for a couple of days. Nothing says
family bonding like sharing one bathroom
among five people J.
As we were touring Warwick Castle, I could
have sworn I saw Harold sword fighting with
the locals. We were going to call out to him, but
thought he might be a little busy at the moment.
Not only did we visit all the tourist attractions in England, but we were also able to visit
relatives in Wales that I had not seen since I
was 12. It was wonderful to be surrounded by
several family members and realize that we are
part of a large, loving family, even if they are
an ocean away. As always, I learned a lesson
from my godmother (Janet) and took several
Frankfort/Malik Family (3)
rolls of pictures that I’ll bring home for
viewing over the holidays.
After returning from Europe, my boyfriend,
Steve (not to be confused with brother Steve)
and I purchased a true fixer-upper house which
will hopefully become a good investment after
some TLC. We have spent weekends knocking
out walls, cutting down trees, remodeling the
kitchen along with all the small things (paint,
crown molding, etc.).
We were pulled away from the “home improvement” project for one special weekend in
September when Tania got married. We all had
a wonderful time in Pinehurst, playing golf,
watching people play the “Hog Hole” and welcoming Jeff into the family. It was also great to
see Scott, Lynne and Blair at the Carolina game
and party to celebrate and CHARE (ask Tania
or Jeff for the meaning) Tania and Jeff’s wedding.
After the busy summer and fall, I’ve become buried in work again. Hopefully, the
project on which I’m working will close by the
end of the year to give me another reason to
celebrate the New Year.
I hope you all had a wonderful year! Happy
Holidays!
— Andrea Malik
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“Edward Scissorshand”
Janet put over 2200 medical miles on the
car, driving to and from Albany three days a
week all summer and fall for visits to the hand
therapist. That and two hours a day of hand exercises and contrast (heat and cold) soaks and
wearing a contraption that looks like “Edward
Scissorshand” to stretch tendons, and doing
finger-strengthening exercises left little time
for much else. The flowers and the raspberries
reverted to jungle as no weeds were pulled and
no plants were pruned.
Fortunately, Patty and Bob Olson came and
went frequently during most of the time from
May through October and Patty did a lot of the
cooking and food prep when she was in residence. And one of the three Brazilian house
painters who we put up at Candy Ladies’
House for six weeks is also a chef and invited
us to dinner often.
The reason for Janet’s infirmity was two
broken metacarpal bones in her right hand
which have not healed as satisfactorily as we
wished. The hand is still very stiff and awkward, with three fin gers look ing very
misshapen and still swollen, partially from ar-
thritis which was aggravated by immobilization when the splint and cast were helping the
bones knit.
It happened when Clumsy did not see a
speed bump while walking in a parking lot ad-
The infamous photo - Deaconess Hospital,
Cleveland, OH
jacent to Deaconess Hospital in Cleveland on
June 11, and sprawled on the pavement, fortunately not damaging the three cameras she was
carrying. However, one look at the large gash
across her right index finger (required 8
stitches) and the weirdly-bent middle finger
and she said, “I need to go INTO this hospital
now.”
Three hours later after the ER nurses and a
surgeon had fixed her up, she finally took the
photo she was heading to take when she fell, a
picture of the hospital where Ed and Ruthanne
were born.
Second cousin Blair Gilmour Cooper from
NM visited R'ville - also with an injured right
hand - while Janet's was still in a cast
Janet Haseley (1)
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Jack Dances Across Country
As I look over my calendar for the last year, I see
that two significant events took place in Dec. 2002, too
late to be included in last year’s Haseley Herald: we
had snow storms over Christmas and again over New Year’s that
amounted to over 24 inches! I didn’t get snowed in, however, because I
was at the Millers’ (New Hartford, NY) for Christmas and at Ashokan
Field Camp on New Year’s weekend (in Catskill Mountains near
Kingston, NY). Fortunately, my neighbors shoveled out the street end of
my driveway prior to my return (thanks, Greg and Cindy). A nearby town
on NY State Rt. 20 between Rensselaerville and the Millers’ had more
than 30 inches during just the Christmas storm! Snowfall in Albany last winter was over 100 inches and up to 200 inches or more
was recorded in some of the higher nearby elevations.
The only other significant snow storm (21 inches) occurred on
Sunday-Monday of Presidents’ Day (Feb. 16-17), but I was comfortably settled in a hotel at the Dance Flurry. However, it took
2-1/2 hours to drive the usual half hour from Saratoga to Albany
Monday afternoon!
I was able to fly to Grifton, NC, to the Shad Festival again this
year in April, and to visit many old friends and relatives there and
at Dave Bosley’s cottage on Emerald Isle (NC coastal banks near
Jacksonville).
Also, I volunteered again at several festivals throughout the
Jack at Empire Mine in CA.
year, sometimes on the first aid staff or in charge of first aid, some- The sign says price of gold per
Troy ounce: 1854= $6.23;
times on set-up and take-down of equipment such as for the field
2003 = $349.20
kitchen to serve volunteers and performers. Festivals included the
New England Folk Festival (Natick, MA), Old Songs, Gray Fox, Falcon Ridge, Champlain Valley,
Adirondack Weekend, and I will participate again in Ashokan 2004 over New Year’s weekend. I
attended many other contra dances too, including Dawn Dances at Brattleboro, VT (dancing starts
at 8 p.m. and ends when the sun comes up). New dance locations for me this year were San Diego
and Santa Fe in September (see next paragraph).
By far the most memorable event(s) of the year were during our west coast trip (with sister Janet
during most of September), including stunning scenery and fascinating history in the Gold Country, along the Pacific coast in the Carmel and Big Sur area and San Diego in California; Grand
Canyon, Petrified Forest and Jerome in Arizona; Santa Fe, Pecos, Taos, Bandelier cliff dwellings
and Holy Ghost Canyon in New Mexico.
We visited or re-visited many old and new friends and relatives. Janet was the planner and navigator; I was the driver, keeping my eyes on the road and the scenery while Janet absorbed the maps
and guidebooks. Surprisingly in spite of a month of intense togetherness, we are still on speaking
terms with each other!
— Jack Long
Jack Long
2003 Edition
Cemeteries Yield New Family Facts
I collected more family facts and many photos this sum mer and fall while vis it ing
cemeteries in Cleveland, OH (Haseley and
Witzke); Owensboro, KY (Gilmour and Blair);
Coeymans, NY (Searls, Serls, Searles, Surls
and Sarles); and Nevada City, CA (Searls).
In Cleveland in June I finally located where
Ed’s parents are buried and arranged to have
stones placed on their graves. His mother died
55 years ago and his father died 47 years ago.
Alice Haseley in Cleveland was the local tour
guide who knew where some other Haseley
relatives are buried. She is the widow of one of
Janet at grandfather
Ed’s first cousins and now a close friend since
James Harvey Blair Gilmour's grave
the Ohio excursion. Alice also provided TLC
and overnight shelter the day I broke my right
Over Labor Day Niles (Eddy) Serls from
hand (see article “Edward Scissorshand”).
Warrenton, NC, came to Rensselaerville and I
A week later in Owensboro, second cousin
took him to Coeymans (about half an hour
Sarah Martin Purdy was the overnight hostess
from R’ville) to see the graves of his great,
and local tour guide as we searched for and
great, great, great grandparents Abraham and
found Gilmour and Blair graves and drove
Joanna Tompkins Sarles. Among the Sarles’
around town to see sites where these ancestors
grandchildren were Eddy’s ancestor John Serls
had lived. We poured over a drawerful of pa(who moved to NC) and John’s brother Niles
pers Sarah had not looked at since her mother
Searls (who went to California in the Gold
died and found several gems, including a penRush). When Jack and I were in Nevada City,
cil sketch of the Gilmour Ranch at Willis, NM
CA, in mid-September, we found Niles Searls’
in Holy Ghost Canyon
grave and those of several of his denear Pecos where my
scendants, including yet another
grand mother, Cornelia
Niles Searls (middle name Pond).
Niles Gilmour, had lived
We also visited Niles Pond Searls’
as a bride. The house is
son Niles Isham Searls in Murphys,
no longer standing, but
CA.
Jack and I sat on its founI documented all this genealogy,
da tion in Sep tem ber
gravestones and interviews with nuwhen we had a picnic
merous relatives and friends as well
there with Blair Cooper
as scenery on 6 two-hour videoJack and Janet in Holy Ghost
on a day trip out from
tapes, 5 rolls of 35 mm film and over
Can
yon,
NM,
at
foun
da
tion
of
house
Santa Fe.
where their
300 digital images.
grandparents lived
— Janet Haseley
Janet Haseley (2)
2003 Edition
The Haseley Herald
Coast to Coast by Plane and Car
While we didn’t replicate
the route Niles Searls took in
the Gold Rush (we flew to
Sac ra mento and drove to
Santa Fe), in September Jack
and I explored many of the
places Niles walked and
worked and lived. Dave
Comstock served as host and
Searls house, Nevada City, CA
guide in the Gold Country.
He had discovered our mother, Frances Gilmour Long, through her
booklet “Coast to Coast by Railroad, the Journey of Niles Searls, May
1869”. This was a compilation of letters Niles wrote to his wife while he
was on the first through train after the Golden Spike was driven at Promontory Point to join two railroads which had been built from opposite
sides of the country. Dave wrote three books about the settlement of the
Gold Country, drawing for research on many of the 150-year-old letters
we have which were written by Niles and other ancestors.
Sites we visited included the house in Nevada City, CA, where Niles
and subsequent generations of Searlses lived, the cemetery where he is
buried, the main street of Nevada City, the Searls Law Library, and several gold mine sites.
Staying at the Comstocks’ is an interesting experience since they are
miles from the nearest paved road or electricity or phone lines. We lit our
“bedroom” in Dave’s “book shack” building with a kerosene lamp and
used a flashlight to find our way outdoors to the bathroom.
During our trip, we visited relatives Niles Searls in Murphys, CA, and
Phoebe Searls True who lives near San Francisco.
Both are great grandchildren of the Niles who settled Nevada City. We also met for the first time
Phoebe’s niece Gwynna Searls Brom and Stanley
Searles. Stanley is descended from Niles Searls’
brother John Serls.
Other relatives we stayed with en route were
Don and Mary Ann Long (Fair Oaks, near Sacramento); Preston and Anne Gilmour Hill (Los
Gatos, CA and visited Anne’s 99-year-old mother,
Prehistoric cliff
Lola Belle, who is in assisted living in San Jose); Phil
dwellings,
Bandelier, NM
and Ruth Smith (Camarillo, CA – she is descended
Janet Haseley (3)
from another Niles branch but we are 9th cousins); Helen Marie Long
(San Diego, CA – we also met several of her children and grandchildren); and Blair Gilmour Cooper (who lives in an adobe in the historic
district of Santa Fe, NM that has been in her family for five generations).
Friends we either visited or stayed with overnight were Kathy and
Myron Gire (Granite Bay, CA), Patty and Bob Olson (Sutter Creek, CA),
Charlie and Bonnie Krone (Carmel, CA), Ed and Annie Koran (Phoenix,
AZ). Ed Koran was one of Ed Haseley’s best friends at Kenyon College.
The scenery everywhere was spectacular: mountains, canyons,
desert, ocean, adobes, former gold rush towns now either ghost towns or
full of antique shops, prehistoric cliff dwellings, Petrified Forest and the
Grand Canyon. Jack drove
and I navigated and stopped
often to take photos. Although the purpose of the
trip was to visit people, we
did take in several historic
sites and museums in the
Gold Country, in San Diego
and in Santa Fe.
Ed and I had been to most
of these places a couple of
times, but Jack had not and I Point Lobos on the Pacific Ocean - view from
Charlie Krone's house, Carmel, CA
enjoyed revisiting them. Ed
“accompanied” us too, as I
carried along his photo (the one that was on the front of the 2002 Haseley
Herald). Ed and I had stayed at Dave’s cabin in the woods twice on previous visits to the Comstocks and staying there on my 50th wedding
anniversary brought back poignant memories. When many friends and
relatives sent anniversary greetings, it was special. The woods and the
crisp fall air were reminiscent of my honeymoon in a cabin in the woods
in Pennsylvania (also without indoor plumbing or electric lights).
— Janet Haseley
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“Old Miami, New Miami”
After 50 years away, Janet returned
to her alma mater June 12-15 in Oxford,
Ohio, for her college class’ golden anniversary
reunion. It was a wonderful experience and she
came away enthused about the beautiful Miami University campus (large shade trees, red
brick Georgian-style architecture); the friendliness of the visitors, professors and students;
the interesting and stimulating programs (including free “classes without quizzes”); the
philosophy of teaching (professors, not graduate students, teach freshmen, in classes with no
more than 30 students, not 300 as in many univer si ties). And it was fun. The Golden
Anniversary class was inducted into a society
which has an owl as its mascot (Older, Wiser
Leader) and they taught us the special call:
“Whooo, whooo, —- who are you?” (Implying
that we “older” folk are forgetful.)
Since the reunion began the day after she
broke her hand, Janet had to drive the rental car
one-handed (left hand) from Cleveland in the
northeast of the state to Oxford in the southwest all in one day instead of the planned two
days, and got to Oxford about 15 minutes before the opening dinner. A real life-saver was
Dorothy Baxter Cibula who had invited Janet
to share her room at the Miami Inn instead of
staying in a dorm, which meant a live-in assistant for tying shoes and other dressing chores
that were difficult or impossible with only one
usable hand.
After the reunion, she drove to Owensboro,
KY to find her grandfather, James Harvey
Blair Gilmour’s grave. En route to Owensboro,
she stopped for a short visit in Cincinnati with
Marlyn and Marge Rabenold and an overnight
near Lou is ville with Mi chael, Belle and
6-year-old Jonathan Fosbury (and Michael’s
parents, Deb and Dave, who were visiting
there also, a delightful treat).
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R’ville Properties
After over 40 years of attempting to purchase a tiny piece of land already surrounded
by ours, we finally were the successful bidder
at a tax sale in Albany. Janet’s mother had attended tax sales numerous times only to find
the delinquent owners paid up at the last minute
and the property was removed from the sale.
Years ago Janet had unsuccessfully offered to
purchase it directly from the owner. When the
county finally took possession, Janet frequent
flew up for the March 1 sale. It was the first
time she had ever been in R'ville during snow
season.
The exterior of the Candy Ladies’ House
was fi nally painted this summer af ter a
three-year wait to move up to the top of Tim
Lippert’s list of “to dos” (Catskill Paint Co.).
When Tim asked if he could rent a bedroom or
two for a few weeks to accommodate three
house painters he had sub-contracted, Janet
said, “No, you can’t pay, but you can do a few
more jobs around the place that need to be
done, like painting the bathrooms and trimming overhanging tree branches which require
a ladder to reach.” Thus began an interesting
The Brazilians: Gerardo, Oliver, Paulo
Janet Haseley (4)
and mutually bene fi cial sum mer.
The three are
from Brazil but
have lived in the
USA for some
years, three hours
from R’ville. One
of the local paint
jobs they did for
Tim was to paint
the exterior of the
R’ville Library.
Candy Ladies' House,
March 2003
One of the
Brazilians has his own painting company and
one is a chef in the winter. He loves to cook and
frequently invited us and several of our summertime guests for dinner. They stayed during
the week and went back to their own homes on
the weekends which worked out well for sharing accommodations at Candy Ladies’ House
since most of our other 53 guests were
weekenders only. They stayed one session of
four weeks in July-August and one session of
two weeks in October and cleaned the kitchen
and bathrooms daily, leaving the place spotless
when they departed. They even did a bit of gardening. A true win-win arrangement!
Two other former strangers/now friends
who shared Candy Ladies’ House with the Brazilians during the week were Carolyn and Lynn
Richbart from South Carolina who stayed
three weeks while Carolyn volunteered her
time and talents to transcribe handwritten information onto a computer database for the
R’ville Historical Society. She completed two
of our 79 looseleaf notebooks which were created 40 years ago by His tor i cal So ci ety
volunteers. Any other typists out there who
would like a free vacation in R’ville?
2003 Edition
Letter to the Haseley Herald Editor
Dear Editor:
We have enjoyed your publication for many
years, though we must confess we do get rather
confused as to how Stanley is related to the
people we read about in the Haseley Herald.
Thirds, fourths, fifths? Once, twice, thrice removed? Well, anyway, there is a common
ancestor, and today we thought he must be
smiling at the gathering of his descendants.
This gathering took place thanks to Janet
Haseley.
Janet and Jack visited California in September, and we met them and Gwynna Searls at
Phoebe Searls True’s house. We had never met
Phoebe even though she lives ten minutes from
us, and we’d never met Gwynna who lives
about 45 minutes from us!
Today we went to Gwynna’s house and met
her husband Tom, daughter Mira, and dog,
Jack. We had a great time and really enjoyed
our new-found relatives!
So thank you, Janet and Jack.
Best wishes to all you cousins,
Stanley and Sharon Searles, 20 Nelson Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941.
P.S. Since we’ve sent our letter in, can we
have some turkey now?
Ed. Note: The common ancestors are Henry
and Hannah Hicks Niles, parents of John Niles
and his sister Joanna Lydia Niles (Mrs. Abram
Searls). Janet and Jack are fourth cousins of
Stanley. Janet's children are Stanley’s fourth
cousins once removed and her grandchildren
are his fourth cousins twice removed.
Niles cousins: Phoebe Searls True, Stanley Searles,
Janet Haseley, Jack Long, Gwynna Searls Brom
Visitors
From May through October three day visitors and 53 overnight guests visited us in
Rensselaerville for at least one night and some
as much as six weeks. In addition to Haseley
Clan family members, guests included Miller
friends and relatives Pacilio, Mailloux, Butler,
Mulvihill, Donovan and Poulson; Davenport
friends Salem and Gupton; Janet’s relatives
and friends Hodge, Fosbury, Cooper, Richbart,
Cardoza, da Siha, Hall, Olson, Eldridge, Serls
and Peoples.
In R'ville Niles Miller
met Niles Serls, Jr.
(Eddy) from NC. They
are 5th cousins once
removed
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Michael & Jamie Peoples
Allan, Karen, Janet, Lynne, Sue at Shad
Festival 2003
Cathe, Jim, Susie & Mack Poulson visit
the Millers in R'ville
Haseley grandkids,
Grifton, NC
Mulvihill family joins us for a picnic at the lake
...and in Grifton
Blair Cooper & Blair Davenport
second cousins, twice removed
Some of our visitors in
Rensselaerville, 2003
Emily won a Shad Festival trophy for women's
basketball free throws
Frances G. Long Memorial Trust house in R'ville
Lynn & Carolyn Richbart
Tim & S
ue Gu
enport, Tpton, Lynne & S
c
resie & T
ony Saleott Davm
Jim & Louise Hodge
Dave & Debbie Fosbury
Sue Miller (left) & Annie
Mailloux (center) at contra
dance in R'ville
Front: Emma Haseley, Emily Miller, Erin Haseley;
back: Jeff Schenk, Tania Malik, Steve Roe, Stuart
Miller, Sue Miller, Andrea Malik, Lynne Davenport at
Shad Festival
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Niles I. & Lena
Searls
Dave & Ardis Cosmtock
Kathy & Myron Gire
Bonnie & Charlie Krone
David and Sarah Martin
Purdy
OH/KY/CA/AZ/NM
Hosts for Janet & Jack
Bob & Patty Olson
Helen Marie Long
Dorothy Baxter Cibula (right) with
Janet at Miami University reunion
Mary Ann & Don Long
Phoebe Searls True
Phil & Ruth Smith
Ed & Annie Koran
Alice Haseley
Walt & Myra Manfrina
Not available: photo of Vince & Lolly Fowler Young,
Michael & Belle Fosbury
Anne Hill & her mother, Lola Belle
Gilmour